COMMODITY ALLOCATION SYSTEM, COMMODITY ALLOCATION METHOD, COMMODITY ALLOCATION PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

摘要

PPROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To grasp delivery in a time unit, and to efficiently allocate commodities produced in the time unit to a customer. PSOLUTION: A production schedule of the time unit is provided from a production company. A cargo collection time limit for a distribution vehicle is set district by district in the production schedule. The latest collection time limit in time for a desired delivery date is specified when an order is issued from the customer. A commodity for the customer is secured to be allocated along a direction going back to the past using the cargo collection time limit as an origin. A cargo collection time is set in the time when the distribution vehicles meet each other in a transshipment point. The commodity is transshipped in the transshipment point to be distributed to the destination. The commodity is efficiently distributed by this manner while satisfying a desire of the customer by allocating the commodity to the customer. PCOPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI