Patent ID: 7209894
Filing Date: 2007-04-24
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A process-delay-monitoring system comprising: a server and brand manufacturer's terminal that belong to a brand manufacturer which is an order-receiving party; a dealer's terminal that belongs to a dealer which is an ordering party and that is connected to said server via a communications line such that they can communicate with each other; and a parts manufacturer's terminal that belongs to a parts manufacturer and that is connected to said server via a communications line such that they can communicate with each other, and wherein said server has a processor that executes program instructions comprising: receiving an order for parts from said dealer's terminal; managing information about processing and process delays from the time when said order for parts is received from said dealer's terminal until the scheduled delivery of the parts; providing information about said processing and process delays of the parts being managed to said dealer's terminal; wherein said brand manufacturer's terminal transmits various information and has a communications and display function, and wherein said dealer's terminal has a communications and display function and is connected to said server in order to display instructions for ordering said parts and viewing information about said processing and process delays of the parts, and wherein said parts manufacturer's terminal has a communications and display function and receives procurement information from said brand manufacturer's terminal related to the procurement of said parts, and wherein said server is accessed from said dealer's terminal and brand manufacturer's terminal by using an order contract number to view information about said processing and process delays for a part, wherein said server further comprises: wherein said management-number-issuing-function unit issues an ID number that is attached to said ITEM No. for managing said procurement information after said inventory-check-function unit checked and determined there was insufficient inventory.