Management method of vending machines, vending machine management program, that program computer-readable recording the recording medium and vending machines of the management device

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To visit a plurality of vending machines to shorten a working time while maintaining an amount of sales.;SOLUTION: The vending machines are sorted by every type of a commodity to be sold, and for each of the sorted vending machines, the amount of sales over a span from finish of supply of the commodity to requirement of the next supply is set in every term. The number calculated by dividing the previous amount of sales during a predetermined term by the amount of sales during the set corresponding term is found for every vending machine. From the found number, a visit scheduled date is set. A plurality of visiting places are stored with the directions and the distances from a predetermined place and the visit scheduled date within the predetermined term. At the stored visit scheduled date, the stored visiting places are shown with marks representing the stored directions in the order of stored distances in a visit schedule table of the predetermined term. On the basis of the visit schedule table, the respective commodities are supplied and the amount of sales is collected in every vending machine by a frequency of the found number within the predetermined term.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO