JP2002007824A - System and method for collective inventory management of discontinued product/maintenance product - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily distribute discontinued products and maintenance products necessary for purchasers when the products are requested by controlling the inventory of the manufacture-stopped products and maintenance products in a plurality of parts and material traders in a manufacturable period of the discontinued products and in a maintainable period of the maintenance products. SOLUTION: An inventory management server 2 solely implements the retrieval service of the inventory, the replacement information of the discontinued products and maintenance products such as the parts and the materials from terminals 1 of purchasers via the Internet 100, the registration service of the information on the discontinued products and the maintenance products from terminals 4 of manufacturers, and the collective storage and delivery control of articles to be ordered from the terminals 1 of the purchasers.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] The present invention relates to a discontinued product / maintenance product using the Internet (in the present invention,
"/" Indicates "and" or "or":
Hereinafter, “/” is indicated).

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a manufacturer who manufactures discontinued products such as parts and materials / maintenance products of special products requires a strict schedule (a schedule indicating a period during which a discontinued product can be manufactured and a maintenance period between maintenance products). ), A plan of the planned quantity to be manufactured is made, the plan is presented to the purchaser, an order is placed in advance, and the ordered discontinued product / maintenance product is supplied.

[0003] In other words, the conventional inventory management of discontinued products / maintenance products is based on the discontinued products / manufactured products / components / material suppliers.
Based on the notification document of the maintenance product information, the parts / materials vendor makes an inventory contract corresponding to a plurality of purchasers, and the purchasers manage the inventory collectively.

[0004]

In the conventional inventory management of discontinued products / maintenance parts, since parts / material suppliers disclose discontinued product / maintenance information in a document to a plurality of purchasers. In addition, there is a problem that information transmission efficiency is low, and furthermore, there is a problem that information cannot be shared between related parts / material suppliers.

In the conventional inventory management of discontinued products / maintenance parts, since the parts / material supplier manufactures the discontinued products / maintenance parts according to a plan, the purchaser needs to carry out the inventory management cost / inventory period of the relevant parts. On the other hand, there is a problem that the number of man-hours for inventory management corresponding to a plurality of purchasers becomes enormous in parts / materials suppliers.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above problems, it is an object of the present invention to manage the stock of discontinued products / maintenance products of a plurality of parts / material suppliers, and to provide the discontinued products /
The purpose of this is to make it easier for maintenance items to be passed.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention relates to a method for managing inventory of discontinued articles / maintenance articles, which comprises an Internet, a server connected to the Internet for inventory management, and a purchaser. A plurality of purchaser terminals used by the trader, a plurality of manufacturer terminals used by the manufacturer, and a stock management terminal used by the stock management company are provided, and the server is provided with parts and materials from the manufacturer terminal. Registration means for registering information on discontinued products / maintenance products, reception means for performing a search service for the discontinued products / maintenance products information from the purchaser terminal and accepting the searched order for the discontinued products / maintenance products; A counting means for counting the number of discontinued products / maintenance products ordered each time an order for the discontinued products / maintenance products is received; It is characterized by having a ordering means for performing blanket order to the manufacturer terminal manufactures made the order the Discontinued / maintenance products based on aggregator.

Further, the registration means notifies the inventory manager terminal that the registration has been made when there is a registration from the manufacturer terminal, and in accordance with an instruction from the inventory management company terminal, the registration means connects to the Internet by the registration means. The feature is to disclose registered / discontinued product / maintenance product information.

[0009] Further, the accepting means may be provided with the discontinued product /
It is characterized in that the number of ordered maintenance parts is checked, and requests exceeding the number of manufactured parts set in advance are not accepted.

Further, according to the present invention, there is provided a method for managing inventory of discontinued products / maintenance products, wherein a server for inventory management by an inventory manager, an inventory management terminal used by the inventory manager, and a plurality of purchases used by the purchaser. Discontinued product / maintenance product information received from the server by connecting the vendor terminal and a plurality of manufacturer terminals used by the manufacturer to the Internet, and the purchaser terminal accessing the server via the Internet Is displayed on the display unit of the own terminal, and the order information is input according to the attached order request form based on the discontinued product / maintenance product information. The input order information is transmitted to the server via the Internet. When the server receives the order information, the server checks the number of manufactured parts that can be secured for the discontinued product / maintenance product ordered, If the order quantity is within the manufacturing quantity, the order information is received, and every time the order information is received, the total number of the discontinued products / maintenance products received is totaled as order information, and a predetermined date is determined. , A batch order of the discontinued product / maintenance product for which the order has been placed is made to the manufacturer terminal based on the order information.

[0011] Further, after the server has received an order for all of the manufactured quantities of the discontinued products / maintenance products that have received the order, the purchaser terminal receives the discontinued products / maintenance products received via the Internet. When the information is displayed on the display unit of the own terminal, a display for notifying the sold out of the discontinued product / maintenance product for which all the production quantities have been ordered is performed.

Further, when the server has completed the delivery of the discontinued / maintenance product and the confirmation of the payment from the purchaser to the purchaser, the server subtracts the management cost from the payment to the manufacturer. It is characterized by performing the payment to pay the sum.

Further, when the server has completed the delivery of the discontinued / maintenance product and the confirmation of the payment from the purchaser to the purchaser, the server subtracts the management cost from the payment to the manufacturer. It is characterized by performing the payment to pay the sum.

[0014] Further, the manufacturer terminal displays the target product registration form received from the server by accessing the server via the Internet on the display unit of the own terminal, and performs the manufacturing in accordance with the target product registration form. Discontinued product / maintenance product information is input, and the server makes a registration request for the discontinued product / maintenance product information.

Further, the server registers the discontinued product / maintenance item information received from the manufacturer terminal by a registration request, notifies the inventory manager terminal of the registration, and the inventory manager terminal The server is instructed to release the registered discontinued / maintenance information to the Internet by a notification of registration.

[0016]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Referring to FIG. 2, the present embodiment comprises a purchaser terminal 1 used by a purchaser as a customer,
A stock management server 2 that manages stock maintenance information, a stock management company terminal 3 used by a stock management company that manages the stock management server 2, and a parts / materials company that manufactures parts / materials required by customers (hereinafter, manufacturing (Manufacturer), and the Internet 100 connecting the inventory management server 2 on a network so that the terminals can be accessed from the respective terminals. In FIG. 2, a plurality of manufacturer terminals 4 (or a plurality of terminals) prepared by a plurality of manufacturers are used, and a plurality of purchaser terminals 1 (a plurality of terminals) prepared by a plurality of purchasers are used.

Referring to FIG. 2, the inventory management server 2
An interface unit 22 for exchanging data with the Internet 100, a control unit 21 operated under program control by a processor (not shown), a homepage database 23 for storing information on homepages, inventory of parts and materials, It is composed of an inventory management database 24 storing manufacturing information and an authentication database 25 storing authentication information of manufacturers and inventory managers.

Referring to FIG. 3, the homepage database 23 stores a screen information area 231 storing screen information to be displayed on the screen of each terminal and various common forms displayed on the screen of each terminal. Form area 232 is allocated.

The screen information area 231 stores authentication screen information, target item registration screen information, ordered item menu screen information, ordered item screen information, administrator screen information, and the like. The form area 232 stores an object item registration form, an order item request form, and an Internet open registration form.

Referring to FIG. 4, the inventory management database 24 stores a target product public list (for example, information such as a product code, a product name, a product code, a quantity, a delivery cycle, a price, a manufacturable period, and a substitute product code). And a list of order receipts (for example, information such as a product name code, the number of orders, and a delivery date) for each purchaser (including information such as address and contact information). An order item reception list list area 242 and an order item list list for each manufacturer (including information such as address and contact information) (for example,
And an order item list area 243 storing information such as the item name code and the number of items to be ordered.

Next, an outline of an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. Referring to FIG. 1, there is shown a schematic configuration diagram of FIG. 2 as viewed from the standpoint of each company using the Internet.

The purchaser uses the purchaser terminal 1 to receive the information managed by the inventory management company from the Internet (the inventory management server 2), so that the information on the parts / materials to be purchased can be obtained via the Internet (inventory). It is provided to the management server 2), and after obtaining the parts / materials, the price is paid to the stock management company.

The stock management company connects to the Internet (the stock management server 2) using the stock management company terminal 3,
Exchange of information with purchasers and manufacturers and parts and
Make a contract for material purchase.

The inventory management server 2 uses the inventory management terminal 3 so that each terminal can access the inventory management server 2 via the Internet 100.
The stock management server 2 has a stock management database for storing stocks of parts and materials and manufacturing information. Further, the inventory management server 2 is connected to each terminal used by the purchaser, the inventory management company, and the manufacturer via the Internet 100, and mutually provides information.

The manufacturer uses the manufacturer terminal 4 to obtain order information on parts and materials that the purchaser wants to purchase from the Internet (the inventory management server 2), performs manufacturing if necessary, and performs inventory management. Deliver the product to the trader.

Next, an outline of the operation using the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. First, in the sequence A1 in FIG. 1, the manufacturer has previously concluded an inventory management contract (tie-up) with an inventory manager. The manufacturer
When it becomes clear that the plan for the products being handled will be discontinued / maintenance products, each time register the advance information (information on product name, quantity, available period, etc.) on the Internet, Request formal inventory management registration (that is, publication on the Internet) via the Internet. Then, the inventory management company adjusts the discontinued product / maintenance product requested by the manufacturer if necessary, registers the inventory / maintenance information in the database, and stores the name and quantity of the product on the Internet.・
Disclose information such as manufacturing cycle / price and possible manufacturing period.

Next, in the sequences A2 and A3, the purchaser checks the discontinued product /
Based on the maintenance item information (obtained by searching), a stock management agency business of batch arrangement and management is requested (ordered) to a stock management company via the Internet.

Next, in the sequence A4, the inventory management server 2 sends the inventory request (order) from a plurality of purchasers to the manufacturer on the basis of the production or maintenance period indicated by the manufacturer. At the same time as notifying the order information, the stock quantity / necessary time and the like are compiled as order information, and when a predetermined time comes, an order is automatically made to the manufacturer based on the order information. Therefore, the stock management company enters into a stock purchase contract with the parts / materials company based on the order information.

Next, in the sequence A5, the manufacturer manufactures the article based on a stock purchase contract with the stock manager, and after the manufacture is completed, supplies the goods to the stock manager in a lump.

Next, in a sequence A6, the inventory management company delivers a required quantity of the product at a required time in exchange for the price to a plurality of purchasers.

In the last sequence A7, the inventory management company receives a management fee corresponding to the delivery (delivery) of the article to the purchaser from the manufacturer, and pays out the remaining price after subtracting the management fee to the manufacturer.

Next, the operation of the embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG. First, the manufacturer
A browser of the manufacturer terminal 4 is started, and a URL (Uniform Res.) Is input from an input screen of a display unit (not shown).
source Locator: This corresponds to the address of the homepage and is displayed as "http: //www.-.-". When the URL of the manufacturer's homepage is input in the input field, the manufacturer terminal 4 performs inventory management via the Internet 100. Access server 2. Then, the inventory management server 2 checks the manufacturer user ID and the individual user ID.
The authentication screen information prompting the input of the password and the password is read out from the screen information area 231 of the homepage database 23 and returned to the manufacturer terminal 4.

Then, the manufacturer terminal 4 displays an authentication screen based on the authentication screen information received on the display unit. When the manufacturer user ID, the individual user ID, and the password are input on the authentication screen, the manufacturer terminal 4 transmits the input authentication information to the inventory management server 2 via the Internet 100. The control unit 21 of the inventory management server 2 received via the interface unit 22 checks the validity of the authentication by searching the authentication database 25 based on the received authentication information. The target product registration screen information stored in the image information area 231 and the target product registration form stored in the form area 232 are read out and returned to the manufacturer terminal 4.

Then, the manufacturer terminal 4 displays the received information on the screen of the display unit. According to the target product registration form displayed on the display unit of the manufacturer terminal 4, necessary target product registration information (for example, manufacturer user ID, product code,
When a product name code, a product name, a quantity, a manufacturable period, and the like are input, the manufacturer terminal 4 transmits the input target product registration information to the inventory management server 2 via the Internet 100. In this case, if there is a replacement product for the discontinued product or the maintenance product, the target product registration form is set to input the replacement product code. The control unit 21 of the inventory management server 2 having received the target item registration information via the interface 22 uses the user ID, the product code, and the product name code to open the target product public list 24 in the inventory management database 24.
Search for 1 and register (new or revised) in the corresponding column,
Access is prohibited (for example, there is a prohibition mode column so that it can be set for each product name code, and when a logical value is set to "1", when the part code is accessed, the edition is being displayed). Further, the control unit 21 of the inventory management server 2
The product registration information is transmitted to the stock management company terminal 3 and the registration is notified.

In response to this notification, the inventory management company read from the inventory management company terminal 3 negotiates with the manufacturer in terms of price and manufacturing cycle (time required for manufacturing) as necessary. After the negotiation, a price and a manufacturing cycle are set by using the manufacturer user ID and the part code notified from the inventory management company terminal 3 as keys, and a price input request is made to the inventory management server 2.

That is, the stock management company starts up the browser of the stock management company terminal 3 and accesses the home page for the manager by setting the URL. Then, the inventory management server 2 reads out the authentication screen information prompting the input of the personal user ID and the password from the screen information area 231 of the homepage database 23 and returns the same to the inventory management company terminal 3. The inventory management company terminal 3 displays an authentication screen based on the received authentication screen information on a display unit (not shown). When the authentication information (individual user ID and password) is input to the authentication screen, the inventory management company terminal 4 transmits the input authentication information to the inventory management server 2 via the Internet 100. The control unit 21 of the inventory management server 2 received via the interface unit 22 checks the validity of the authentication by searching the authentication database 25 based on the received authentication information. The server 2 reads out the manager screen information stored in the image information area 231 of the homepage database 23 and the Internet publication registration form stored in the form area 232, and returns it to the inventory management company terminal 3. The stock management company terminal 3 displays the received information on the screen of the display unit. When necessary price registration information and a manufacturing cycle are input in accordance with the displayed Internet public registration form, the inventory management company terminal 3 transmits the information to the inventory management server 2 via the Internet 100 as Internet disclosure registration information. The control unit 21 of the inventory management server 2 that has received the Internet disclosure registration information via the interface unit 22 stores the received price (for example, one to one) in the price column corresponding to the manufacturer user ID and the part code.
Unit price for 100 pieces, unit price for 100 pieces or more, 1
000 units or more), and in the delivery cycle column (indicating the time required for delivery of discontinued and maintenance parts after receiving an order), the delivery cycle is automatically calculated from the received production cycle (manufacturing). (A predetermined value is added to the cycle). Further, the control unit 21 of the inventory management server 2 releases the access prohibition (sets the logical value “0” in the prohibition mode column) to permit the access from the Internet 100 (disclose it on the Internet).

In the above description, the price and the delivery cycle are set as the information of the target product public list from the inventory management company terminal 3 using the Internet public registration form. Is input at the manufacturer terminal 4 from the manufacturer terminal 4 using the target product form, and the inventory management server 2 automatically calculates from the input price and the manufacturing cycle. May be set in the various price columns and the delivery cycle column.

Next, the purchaser starts up the browser of the purchaser terminal 1 and enters UR from the input screen of the display unit (not shown).
When the URL of the purchaser's homepage is entered in the L input field, the purchaser's terminal 1 accesses the inventory management server 2 via the Internet 100. Then, the control unit 21 of the inventory management company terminal that has received the access request via the interface unit 22 transmits the homepage database 2
The order item menu screen information stored in the third image information area 231 is read out and returned to the purchaser terminal 1.

Then, the purchaser terminal 1 displays a menu screen (for example, company name, product name, etc.) on the screen of the display unit in accordance with the received order menu screen information. When the selection is completed according to the menu screen displayed on the purchaser terminal 1, the purchaser terminal 3 transmits the selected menu item information to the inventory management server 2. Then, the control unit 21 of the inventory management server 2 uses the target item disclosure list area 241 of the inventory management database 24 based on the menu item information.
And reads the corresponding target item public list, reads out the order item screen information in the image information area 231 and the order item request form in the form area 232 at that time, and transmits them to the purchaser terminal 1.

Then, the purchaser terminal 1 displays the received target item public list and the order item request form on the screen of the display unit according to the received order item image information. Eventually, when necessary information (order name, purchaser code, address, product name code, order quantity, delivery date, etc.) is input to the order request form displayed on the display unit of the purchaser terminal 1, the purchaser terminal 1 transmits the input order information. Upon receiving the order information, the control unit 21 of the inventory management server 2 determines the number of ordered product name codes (manufactured center product / maintenance product),
A check is made with the production number in the quantity column of the corresponding product name code from the target product disclosure list in the target product disclosure list area 241.

As a result of the check, if the order quantity is within the production quantity at which the production can be ensured, the control unit 21 of the inventory management server 2 creates an order reception list for each purchaser and creates an order reception list. It is stored in the list area 242. Further, the inventory management server 2 adds the received order quantity to the order quantity column corresponding to the article name code in the order article list registered for each manufacturer in the order article list list area 243. At this time, the inventory management server 2
Target product public list area 2 of inventory management database 24
Revise the quantity of the corresponding product name code of 41 (subtract the received order quantity).

As a result of the check, if the order quantity exceeds the production quantity that can be ensured, the inventory management server 2
Control unit 21 displays an order refusal message indicating that the ordered quantity of the ordered product name code exceeds the production quantity on the display unit of the purchaser terminal 1 that has made the order via the Internet 100, Again, it prompts the purchaser terminal 1 to input the order request form.

As a result of the check, when the order quantity has received (received) all of the production quantities that can be produced, the control unit 21 of the inventory management server 2 sets the target item in the sun product open list area 241 of the inventory management database 24. The sold out is registered in the quantity column of the product name code for which all orders have been received in the product public list. Therefore, after the inventory management server 2 has received an order for all the production quantities for which the ordered discontinued product / maintenance product can be ensured, the purchaser terminal 1 automatically stores the discontinued product / maintenance product information received via the Internet 100. When displayed on the display unit of the terminal, a display indicating that the product has been sold out appears in the quantity column of discontinued products / maintenance products for which all the production quantities have been ordered. In this case, it is effective if the item column of the discontinued product / maintenance item that has been sold out in the discontinued product / maintenance product information is set in red so as to be noticed, so as to be immediately understood.

Further, when a predetermined time comes, the inventory management server 2 reads out each ordered item list from the ordered item list area 243 of the inventory management database 24, and corresponds to each ordered item list. The order list read out is attached to the manufacturer terminal 4, and an order is arranged.

Upon receiving the order arrangement, the manufacturer produces the discontinued product / maintenance product and delivers it to the inventory management company.

On the other hand, the inventory management server 2 searches the delivery date column of the order reception list of each purchaser in the order reception list list area 242 of the inventory management database 24 at regular intervals to determine the delivery time. The inventory management server 2 performs a check, but when the near-term delivery time is detected, the inventory management server 2 delivers the discontinued product / maintenance product ordered by the purchaser to the inventory management company terminal 3 that is performing the delivery business. (Alarm display notifying delivery). When the discontinued product / maintenance product is delivered to the manufacturer according to this instruction, the purchaser transfers the price to the designated bank account specified by the inventory manager, and the transfer notice is sent to the inventory management server 2 via the Internet 100. Will be notified. Then, the control unit 21 of the inventory management server 2 subtracts the management cost from the transferred amount. Further, the control unit 21 debits the deducted amount from a bank account (or a credit card) and transfers the debited amount to a bank designated by an inventory management company (not shown) via the Internet 100 so as to be transferred to a bank account designated by the manufacturer. Notice.

As described above, according to the present invention, the inventory management server 2 accepts the registration of the discontinued product / maintenance information from the manufacturer terminal 4 and the discontinued product / maintenance product from each purchaser terminal 1. An information search service is performed, an order is received for a required discontinued product / maintenance product from each purchaser's terminal 1, and the ordered production discontinued product / maintenance product is totalized to order collectively. Therefore, information can be transmitted smoothly, and information can be shared between manufacturers.

Further, according to the present invention, since the inventory management server 2 performs the inventory management, in the purchaser,
There is no need to store extra discontinued products / maintenance products in advance, and it can be expected that inventory management costs and inventory periods of the products will be reduced. Manufacturers do not need to deal with multiple purchasers, Man-hours can be reduced.

Further, according to the present invention, when the public information of the inventory management server 2 is revised, it is made public according to the instruction of the inventory management terminal 3, so that the manufacturer cannot arbitrarily falsify the information. Prevent disclosure of information.

Further, according to the present invention, the inventory management server 2 monitors that the number of orders received from the plurality of purchaser terminals 1 does not exceed the number that can be manufactured, thereby preventing erroneous order arrangement.

Also, according to the present invention, the inventory management server 2 performs a procedure of confirming the payment from the purchaser, subtracting the management cost from the payment, and then paying the subtracted amount to the manufacturer. Manual intervention is small, and the inventory management company operating the inventory management server 2 can make a living.

[0052]

As described above, according to the present invention, the inventory management server accepts the registration of discontinued product / maintenance product information from the manufacturer terminal and the discontinued product / maintenance product information from each purchaser terminal. Search service, and accepts orders for required discontinued / maintenance products from each purchaser's terminal. The inventory management can be performed by the management company, so that it is not necessary for the purchaser and the parts / materials company to manage the inventory.
In addition, the inventory management server checks the payment from the purchaser, subtracts the management cost from the payment, and then performs the procedure of paying the subtracted amount to the manufacturer. Payment and inventory can be implemented.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a configuration as viewed from the standpoint of each company using the Internet in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram showing details of a homepage database of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram showing details of an inventory management database of FIG. 1;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Purchaser terminal 2 Inventory management server 3 Inventory management terminal 4 Manufacturer terminal 21 Control part 22 Interface part 23 Homepage database 24 Inventory management database 25 Authentication database 231 Screen information area 232 Form area 241 Target product public list area 242 Order goods reception List list area 243 Ordered product list list area

Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. An Internet, a server connected to the Internet that performs inventory management, a plurality of purchaser terminals used by purchasers, a plurality of manufacturer terminals used by manufacturers, and inventory management used by inventory managers. And a server, wherein the server receives parts and
A registration unit for registering information on discontinued products / maintenance products such as materials, and a service for searching for the discontinued products / maintenance products information from the purchaser terminal and performing the search for the discontinued products / maintenance /
Receiving means for receiving an order for a maintenance product, totaling means for counting the number of discontinued products / maintenance products ordered each time an order for the discontinued product / maintenance product is received, and And ordering means for making a batch order to the manufacturer terminal which manufactures the discontinued product / maintenance product ordered based on the totaling means. Inventory management method. 2. The registration means, when there is a registration from the manufacturer terminal, notifies the inventory manager terminal that the registration has been made, and in accordance with an instruction from the inventory management company terminal, registers on the Internet by the registration means. 2. Disclose registered / discontinued product / maintenance product information.
Collective inventory management system for discontinued products / maintenance items described. 3. The discontinued product / manufactured product according to claim 1, wherein said accepting unit checks an ordered quantity of said discontinued product / maintenance product and does not accept a request exceeding a preset production quantity. A batch inventory management system for maintenance items. 4. A server on which an inventory manager performs inventory management, an inventory management terminal used by the inventory management company, a plurality of purchaser terminals used by the purchaser, and a plurality of manufacturer terminals used by the manufacturer are connected to the Internet. The purchaser terminal accesses the server via the Internet to display the discontinued product / maintenance information received from the server on the display unit of the terminal, and displays the discontinued product / maintenance. The user inputs the order information according to the attached order request form based on the item information, transmits the input order information to the server via the Internet, and, when the server receives the order information, A check is made of the number of manufactured parts for which discontinued products / maintenance products can be secured, and if the number of ordered products is within the number of manufactured products, the order information is accepted. At the same time, every time the order information is received, the order number of the discontinued / maintenance products that have received the order is totaled as order information. When a predetermined date comes, the manufacturer terminal is determined based on the order information. A batch order for discontinued products / maintenance products, the batch inventory management method for discontinued products / maintenance products being ordered. 5. After the server has received an order for all the production quantities that can be secured for the discontinued product / maintenance product that has been ordered,
When the purchaser terminal displays the discontinued product / maintenance product information received via the Internet on the display unit of its own terminal, the discontinued product / order of all the production quantities is received.
5. The method according to claim 4, wherein a display is provided to notify the sold-out of the maintenance item. 6. The server checks the delivery time of the discontinued product / maintenance product that has received the order at regular intervals, and when the time approaches a predetermined time, the server sends the order to the manager terminal. 5. The method according to claim 4, wherein an instruction to deliver the discontinued product / maintenance product is received. 7. The server, after completing the delivery of the discontinued / maintenance product and receiving the payment from the purchaser to the purchaser and confirming the payment from the purchaser, subtracts the management cost from the payment to the manufacturer. 5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the payment of the sum is performed. 8. The manufacturer terminal displays the target product registration form received from the server by accessing the server via the Internet on a display unit of the terminal, and performs the manufacturing according to the target product registration form. 5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the discontinued product / maintenance product information is input, and the server requests the server to register the discontinued product / maintenance product information. 9. The server registers the discontinued product / maintenance item information received by the registration request from the manufacturer terminal, notifies the inventory manager terminal of the registration, and the inventory manager terminal 5. The collective stock of discontinued products / maintenance products according to claim 4, wherein the server is instructed to release the registered discontinued products / maintenance products information to the Internet by a notification of registration. Management method.