Patent ID: 8712823

Claim:
A supply capacity estimating system that performs information process for supporting transaction of parts between a buyer and a supplier by using at least one computer using a communication network, the supply capacity estimating system comprising the at least one computer comprising: a storing portion configured to store and manage transaction information of the parts including information of delivery requests including the number of required parts from the buyer and information of delivery responses including the number of suppliable parts from the supplier on a database (DB) in chronological order as transaction history information; and a calculating portion configured to perform processes of estimating the parts supply capacity of the supplier with respect to delivery responses of the supplier in reply to delivery requests of the buyer, the calculating portion configured to perform: a process of acquiring, from the DB, delivery request history information related to the delivery request of the buyer; a process of acquiring, from the DB, delivery response history information related to the delivery response of the supplier; a process of acquiring or inputting process lead time information related to provision of parts from the supplier; wherein the calculating portion comprises: a first estimating portion configured to perform processes of estimating the number of suppliable parts of the delivery response with respect to the required number of present or future delivery request as the supply capacity by referring to numbers of suppliable parts of delivery response in reply to required numbers of delivery requests at past time points that have been retroacted by process lead times from a reference delivery date of parts to the buyer for each of the parts by using the delivery request history information, the delivery response history information and the process lead time information, wherein the process lead time information includes a first process lead time for transporting parts from the supplier to the buyer related to inventory in transit on the supplier side, and wherein the first estimating portion is configured to perform processes of estimating a quantity value based on the inventory in transit on the supplier side as the supply capacity by the referring to the numbers of suppliable parts of delivery response in reply to the required numbers of delivery requests at past time points that have been retroacted by the first process lead times from a reference delivery date of parts to the buyer; and a process of outputting a screen including the estimated result information to the user.