Inventory management server, inventory management system, inventory management method, and recording medium

An inventory management system comprising:

• a first server that manages an inventory of a flagship store;
• a second server that manages an inventory of a given branch store of a plurality of stores at which a product is sold and to which an employee of the flagship travels and at which the employee replenishes an inventory of the product;
• and
• a store terminal of the employee to which the second server is communicatively connected, wherein
• the second server comprises:
• a memory;
• and
• at least one processor coupled to the memory,
• the at least one processor performing operations to:
• generate expiration information including information for specifying the product and information for specifying the given branch store based on an inventory of the product in the given branch store and based on a sell-by date of the product;
• generate a route on which the employee moves among the plurality of branch stores;
• set a timing to transmit the expiration information to a store terminal of the employee based on at least either a movement time or a movement distance from a current position of the employee to the given branch store, a time required for the employee to replace the product in the given branch store, and a time of the sell-by date related to the product;
• and
• transmit to the store terminal of the employee, at the set timing, the expiration information and information indicating the route.

An inventory management method comprising:

• generating, by a processor, expiration information including information for specifying a product and information for specifying a given branch store of a plurality of branch stores at which the product is sold based on an inventory of the product in the given branch store to which an employee of a flagship store travels and at which the employee replenishes an inventory of the product and based on a sell-by date of the product;
• generating, by the processor, a route on which the employee moves among the plurality of branch stores;
• setting, by the processor, a timing to transmit the expiration information to a store terminal of the employee based on at least either a movement time or a movement distance from a current position of the employee to the given branch store, a time required for the employee to replace the product in the given branch store, and a time of the sell-by date related to the product;
• and
• transmitting, by the processor and to the store terminal of the employee, at the set timing, the expiration information and information indicating the route.