SPECIFICATION SETTING SYSTEM, SPECIFICATION SETTING METHOD, AND SPECIFICATION SETTING PROGRAM

• US 20120316982A1
• Filed: 04/08/2011
• Published: 12/13/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/09/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Nichiyu Forklift Co., Ltd. (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Mitsubishi Nichiyu Forklift Co., Ltd. (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.)
• Inventors: Futahashi, Kensuke, Koga, Yoshiyuki, Nishimoto, Nobuhide
• Application Number:
  US13/580,326
• Publication Number:
  US 20120316982A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/26.5
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0283 Price estimation or determination

Abstract

An object is to easily set product specifications according to a client'"'"'s requirements. A specification setting system (1) that sets a specification of a product including at least one component, which is an element meeting a need, includes a storage unit (3) that stores previous specification records, which include a previous specification that is set according to a previous need, and information about a delivery date and price for the previous specification, and component information, in which each component is associated with information about a delivery date and price of the component; an estimation unit (21) that estimates a delivery date and price for a new specification on the basis of the component information and the new specification, which is a new specification meeting a new need; and a presentation unit (23) that presents new specification information that includes the new specification and the delivery date and price for the new specification, and a previous specification record that matches a predetermined comparison condition and that is read out of the storage unit (3) in a manner allowing comparison thereof, and, when the new specification information is changed, presents the new specification information after the change, in addition to the new specification information before the change.

Claims

1. A specification setting system that sets a specification of a product including at least one component, which is an element meeting a need, the system comprising:

a storage unit for storing previous specification records, which include a previous specification that is set according to a previous need and information about a delivery date and price for the previous specification, and component information, in which each component is associated with information about a delivery date and price of the component;

an estimation unit for estimating a delivery date and price for a new specification on the basis of the component information and the new specification, which is a new specification meeting a new need; and

a presentation unit for presenting new specification information that includes the new specification and the delivery date and price for the new specification and a previous specification record that matches a predetermined comparison condition and that is read out of the storage unit in a manner allowing comparison thereof,

wherein, when the new specification information is changed, the presentation unit presents the new specification information after the change, in addition to the new specification information before the change.

2. The specification setting system according to claim 1, wherein the presentation unit generates a graph whose axes correspond to the delivery date and the price and presents the new specification information and the previous specification record on the graph in a manner allowing comparison thereof.

3. The specification setting system according to claim 1, further comprising an estimate generation unit that generates an estimate on the basis of information about the component, price, and delivery date of the new specification presented by the presentation unit.

6. The specification setting system according to claim 2, further comprising an estimate generation unit that generates an estimate on the basis of information about the component, price, and delivery date of the new specification presented by the presentation unit.

4. A specification setting method for setting a specification of a product including at least one component, which is an element meeting a need, the method comprising:

an estimation stage of reading out component information from a storage unit for storing previous specification records, which include a previous specification that is set according to a previous need and information about a delivery date and price for the previous specification, and component information, in which each component is associated with information about a delivery date and price of the component, and estimating a delivery date and price for a new specification on the basis of the component information and the new specification, which is a new specification meeting a new need; and

a presentation stage of presenting new specification information that includes the new specification and the delivery date and price for the new specification and a previous specification record that matches a predetermined comparison condition and that is read out of the storage unit in a manner allowing comparison thereof, and, when the new specification information is changed, presenting the new specification information after the change, in addition to the new specification information before the change.

5. A specification setting program for setting a specification of a product including at least one component, which is an element meeting a need, and for causing a computer to execute:

estimation processing for reading out component information from a storage unit for storing previous specification records, which include a previous specification that is set according to a previous need and information about a delivery date and price for the previous specification, and component information, in which each component is associated with information about a delivery date and price of the component, and estimating a delivery date and price for a new specification on the basis of the component information and the new specification, which is a new specification meeting a new need; and

presentation processing for presenting new specification information that includes the new specification and the delivery date and price for the new specification and a previous specification record that matches a predetermined comparison condition and that is read out of the storage unit in a manner allowing comparison thereof, and, when the new specification information is changed, presenting the new specification information after the change, in addition to the new specification information before the change.