PHYSICAL DISTRIBUTION INTERMEDIARY SYSTEM FOR RETAIL BUSINESS

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce the wasteful cost and time of affiliate sales and construct a transverse organization through a network.;SOLUTION: Respective clients of member retailer, maker and home delivery company 1, 2 and 3 are connected to a server 5 via a network 6, and data bases 12, 14 and 16 storing preregistered member retailer information, maker information and home delivery company information and a web site 10 storing product information and product related information are provided. When a product is specified by the member retailer client 1, providing makers are retrieved and product related information is selected. A home delivery company is searched and selected on the basis of pieces of location information of the member retailer and each maker, and a delivery estimate and an estimate of each maker are added up and sent to the member retailer client. An order sheet to a selected maker is sent by the member retailer client 1 to the order destination maker client 2, and an instruction regarding product delivery is sent to the home delivery company client 3.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO