Patent ID: 6865505

Claim:
A measurement support method for supporting measurement performed by a measurement device using consumable materials, the measurement device being connected to a management device via a communications network, and the management device collecting and managing measured data of the measurement device, the method comprising: setting a quantity of consumable materials supplied to a user for each measurement device as an initial value of a stock of consumable materials kept by the user for each measurement device when the consumable materials are supplied to the user; sending measurement information from the measurement device to the management device after each measurement, the measurement information including measured data derived from the measurement and a consumable material identifier that identifies the consumable materials consumed during the measurement; and allowing the management device to update the stock of consumable materials kept by the user of the measurement device based on the consumable material identifier that is included in the measurement information received from the measurement device and to take a procedure for supplying the consumable materials to the user of the measurement device when the stock is lower than a predetermined level.