Consumables Management System and Consumables Management Methods

Abstract

The objective of this invention is to predict the supply and demand information of consumables for testing facilities, distributors, and manufacturers without the need for manual information collection. The solution is a consumables management system (200) comprising: an information management device (112) that receives historical information and analysis-related information of analyses performed in the specimen analysis device of the testing facility, as well as patient appointment-related information for each clinic; and a cloud server (140) that receives inventory information (i.e., inventory information) detected by the inventory management systems of multiple testing facilities, as well as analysis-related information and patient appointment-related information for each clinic sent from the information management devices (112) of multiple testing facilities. The cloud server (140) includes a supply and demand information analysis unit that, based on the analysis-related information, patient appointment-related information for each clinic, and inventory information received from each testing facility, calculates usage information of consumables used in multiple testing facilities, supply and demand information of consumables handled by distributors, and supply and demand information of consumables supplied by manufacturers to distributors.

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