Component refill management system and component mounting system

A component refill management system that is installed in a mounting machine and manages refilling of a plurality of component housing members which house components for a plurality of component supply devices, the mounting machine mounting a component to board and producing a mounting board, the plurality of component housing members being attachable to each of the component supply devices, the system comprising:

• a controller including a processor configured to:
• specify a component supply device which is to be refilled with a component housing member;
• specify refillable time intervals representing time intervals during which a new component housing member is refillable with the refillable time intervals being associated with the component supply devices, respectively,
• recognize a first refillable time interval indicating when a first component supply device is available for refilling, and at which the refillable time interval ends earliest in the refillable time intervals and specify a component supply device, which is available for refilling during the first refillable time interval, as the first component supply device which is to be preferentially refilled with a component housing member, and
• specify a different component supply device, which is refillable with a component housing member within the first refillable time interval, as a second component supply device, with reference to the refillable time intervals;
• and
• an interface circuit configured to output specified result information representing a specified result obtained from the processor.