Delivery date answering system, delivery date answering method, order / delivery date answering device and program

摘要

PPROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable an updating process in a delivery notifying system to be made in a short time to a file that stores various pieces of information used in notifying delivery which may be needed in the case of delay in delivery at a manufacturing site. PSOLUTION: A plurality of records are stored in a file 11, including a distributor, an outlet, a product, a shipping date, an allocated shipping quantity and the remainder of allocation. A plurality of records are stored in a file 13, including a manufacturing site, a product, a shipping date, an allocated shipping quantity and the remainder of allocation. Units 43F and 43G update contents of the file 13 in accordance with delay in manufacturing a product at the manufacturing sites F and G. When an order sheet with an outlet, a product, a requested shipping date and an order quantity is sent, a unit 71 finds a quantity to be allocated for the order sheet using the file 11, finds a possible shipping date for the product in the quantity to be allocated using the file 13 and decides the delivery to be notified based on the possible shipping date which has been found and the requested shipping date. PCOPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO