Processing apparatus, processing method, and non-transitory storage medium

A processing method executed by a computer, the method comprising:

• obtain, by communication over a network, inventory information and optimal inventory information at a plurality of points in a supply chain, the inventory information comprising any of current inventory quantities and current inventory values, and the optimal inventory information comprising any of an optimal inventory quantities and optimal inventory values;
• identify ratios between the inventory information and the optimal inventory information, the ratios indicating at least quantity differences between ones of the current inventory quantities and the optimal inventory quantities and value differences between ones of the current inventory values and the optimal inventory values;
• generate graphical containers based on the ratios such that sizes of contained objects in the one or more graphical containers are adjusted based on sizes of any of the quantity differences and value differences;
• and
• generating and outputting, on a user interface, an inventory status screen on which an inventory status at each of the points in the supply chain is displayed and also at least one of the contained objects of at least one of the graphical containers is displayed, on the inventory status screen, at a size, of the sizes adjusted based on at least one of the ratios, the size visually illustrating at least one of any of the quantity differences and the value differences,
• wherein on the inventory status screen, the graphical containers respectively correspond to ones of the plurality of points in a manner representing an appearance order of the points in the supply chain.

A non-transitory storage medium storing a program causing a computer to:

• obtain, by communication over a network, inventory information and optimal inventory information at a plurality of points in a supply chain, the inventory information comprising any of current inventory quantities and current inventory values, and the optimal inventory information comprising any of an optimal inventory quantities and optimal inventory values;
• identify ratios between the inventory information and the optimal inventory information, the ratios indicating at least quantity differences between ones of the current inventory quantities and the optimal inventory quantities and value differences between ones of the current inventory values and the optimal inventory values;
• generate graphical containers based on the ratios such that sizes of contained objects in the one or more graphical containers are adjusted based on sizes of any of the quantity differences and value differences;
• and
• generate and output, on a user interface, an inventory status screen on which an inventory status at each the points in the supply chain is displayed and also at least one of the contained objects of at least one of the graphical containers is displayed, on the inventory status screen, at a size, of the sizes adjusted based on at least one of the ratios, the size visually illustrating at least one of any of the quantity differences and the value differences,
• wherein on the inventory status screen, the graphical containers respectively correspond to ones of the plurality of points in a manner representing an appearance order of the points in the supply chain.