Merchandise planning and development system and method for the same, and a computer product
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1. A merchandise planning and development method, comprising:
- a merchandise planning information notice step of informing many and unspecified customers of merchandise planning and development information relating to design specifications of a trial product of new merchandise in a development period, through the Internet, and until before the trial product of the new merchandise is manufactured;
a displaying step of displaying, on a display of a customer client the merchandise planning and development information including a preview design of an image of the trial product received through the Internet; and
a step of displaying an inquiry input screen on the display of the customer client after displaying the preview design of the image of the trial product;
receiving input opinion information based on the displayed merchandise planning and development information in the development period of the new merchandise, prior to manufacture of the trial product of the new merchandise,wherein the received input opinion information is not on actual use of the new merchandise by the customers, but on the merchandise planning and development information displayed on the display of the customer client, and,wherein, when the opinion information is input by the customers, the method further includes;
an opinion information collecting step of collecting the received opinion information input by the customers, through the Internet;
a drafting step of drafting an improved design of the trial product of the new merchandise using a computer-aided design (CAD) device, based on an improved design and specification of the trial product of the new merchandise determined according to an analysis of the opinion information collected; and
a merchandise information notice step of informing the customers of information on the improved design of the trial product of the new merchandise, through the Internet.
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The merchandise planning and development system includes a WWW server 33 for informing many and unspecified customers 31 to 3n of merchandise planning and development information about planning and/or development of new merchandise through the Internet 20, and a news server 35 for collecting the opinion information of the customers 31 to 3n looking up the merchandise planning information through the Internet 20. The WWW server 33 informs the customers 31 to 3n of the merchandise information suited to the needs of the customers on the basis of the opinion information by way of the Internet 20.
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1. A merchandise planning and development method, comprising:
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a merchandise planning information notice step of informing many and unspecified customers of merchandise planning and development information relating to design specifications of a trial product of new merchandise in a development period, through the Internet, and until before the trial product of the new merchandise is manufactured; a displaying step of displaying, on a display of a customer client the merchandise planning and development information including a preview design of an image of the trial product received through the Internet; and a step of displaying an inquiry input screen on the display of the customer client after displaying the preview design of the image of the trial product; receiving input opinion information based on the displayed merchandise planning and development information in the development period of the new merchandise, prior to manufacture of the trial product of the new merchandise, wherein the received input opinion information is not on actual use of the new merchandise by the customers, but on the merchandise planning and development information displayed on the display of the customer client, and, wherein, when the opinion information is input by the customers, the method further includes; an opinion information collecting step of collecting the received opinion information input by the customers, through the Internet; a drafting step of drafting an improved design of the trial product of the new merchandise using a computer-aided design (CAD) device, based on an improved design and specification of the trial product of the new merchandise determined according to an analysis of the opinion information collected; and a merchandise information notice step of informing the customers of information on the improved design of the trial product of the new merchandise, through the Internet. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A merchandise planning and development method, comprising:
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a merchandise planning information notice step of informing many and unspecified customers of merchandise planning and development information relating to design specifications of a plurality of trial products of new merchandise on the basis of one concept in a development period through the Internet, and until before the trial products of the new merchandise are manufactured; a displaying step of displaying, on a display of a customer client the merchandise planning and development information including a preview design of images of the trial products received through the Internet; and a step of displaying an inquiry input screen on the display of the customer client after displaying the preview design of the images of the trial products; receiving input opinion information based on the displayed merchandise planning and development information in the development period of the new merchandise, prior to manufacture of the trial products of the new merchandise, wherein the received input opinion information is not on actual use of the new merchandise by the customers, but on the merchandise planning and development information displayed on the display of the customer client, and, wherein, when the opinion information is input by the customers, the method further includes; an opinion information collecting step of collecting the received opinion information input by the customers, through the Internet; a drafting step of drafting an improved design of the trial products of the new merchandise using a computer-aided design (CAD) device, based on an improved design and specification of the trial products of the new merchandise determined according to an analysis of the opinion information collected; and a merchandise information notice step of informing the customers of information on the improved design of the trial products of the new merchandise, through the Internet.
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