DEMAND-SUPPLY ADJUSTING DEVICE AND DEMAND-SUPPLY CONDITION CONSOLIDATING METHOD

摘要

A logistics network that is optimum under consolidated demand-supply conditions is obtained. A demand-supply information storing unit stores demand-supply information about demand and supply. A similarity degree calculating unit calculates a degree of similarity between items that are included in the demand-supply information. A grouping unit groups together the items included in the demand-supply information together, based on the degree of similarity. An impact degree calculating unit calculates, for items that are grouped by the grouping unit and for items that are not grouped by the grouping unit, the degrees of impact of the items on demand-supply conditions to be used in processing of searching for an optimum logistics network. A determining unit determines, based on the degrees of impact calculated by the impact degree calculating unit, whether or not the demand-supply conditions of the items are to be used in the logistics network search processing.