Method for replenishing consumables and system for managing the replenishment of consumables

摘要

A system for managing the replenishment of consumables is configured by composing, via communications lines, a network of computers 11 for managing the state of consumption, which manages the state of consumption of ink and printing paper as consumables to be consumed in apparatuses for printing digital photographing images installed in a plurality of DPE shops 10, a computer 21 for managing the replenishment of consumables, which is installed in a management company 20 that manages the replenishment of consumables for apparatuses for printing digital photographic images, which are installed in the respective DPE shops 10, on the basis of information from the computers 11 for managing the state of consumption, which are installed in the respective DPE shops 10, and a computer 31 for managing the delivery, installed in a logistics company 30, which procures the consumables and actually replenishes the same by delivering the same, wherein it becomes possible to adequately and timely manage the replenishment of the consumables and to prevent the replenishment of the consumables from being forgotten.