Design support method, server, and design support system

A computer having a CPU for determining a price or a delivery date of an item group configured by a plurality of items, the CPU configured to:

• recognize the items included in the item group;
• acquire, for each of the items, the price or the delivery date of the item for each of manufacturing conditions selectable at a time of manufacturing the item;
• recognize a designated condition designated from the manufacturing conditions;
• determine a first price or a first delivery date of the item group on the basis of the price or the delivery date of the item corresponding to the designated condition;
• recognize an asking price or an asking delivery date of the item group;
• recognize a fixed condition selected from the manufacturing conditions;
• calculate, for each of the manufacturing conditions, a variation value of the price or the delivery date of the item group, to be determined in a case where the manufacturing condition is changed, with respect to the first price or the first delivery date;
• retrieve with exception of the fixed condition a recommended condition that is a manufacturing condition, by which the price or the delivery date of the item group to be determined in a case of changing approximates the asking price or the asking delivery date than the first price or the first delivery date;
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• indicate the fixed condition, the recommended condition, and the variation value in a case of changing to the recommended condition.

An automatic estimation method for determining a price or a delivery date of an item group configured by a plurality of items by a computer having a CPU, the automatic estimation method comprising the steps of:

• recognizing the items included in the item group by the computer;
• acquiring by the computer, for each of the items, the price or the delivery date of the item for each of manufacturing conditions selectable at a time of manufacturing the item;
• recognizing by the computer, a designated condition designated from the manufacturing conditions;
• determining by the computer, a first price or a first delivery date of the item group on the basis of the price or the delivery date of the item corresponding to the designated condition;
• recognizing an asking price or an asking delivery date of the item group by the computer;
• retrieving by the computer, at least two recommended conditions that are manufacturing conditions, by which the price or the delivery date of the item group to be determined in a case of changing approximates the asking price or the asking delivery date than the first price or the first delivery date, and recognizing by the computer, for the two recommended conditions, degrees of approximation of the price or the delivery date of the item group to be determined in the case of changing with respect to the asking price or the asking delivery date;
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• simultaneously indicating by the computer, the at least two recommended conditions with a format different from each other according to the degrees of approximation.

A computer having a CPU for determining a price or a delivery date of an item group configured by a plurality of items, the CPU configured to:

• recognize the items included in the item group;
• acquire, for each of the items, the price or the delivery date of the item for each of manufacturing conditions selectable at a time of manufacturing the item;
• recognize a designated condition designated from the manufacturing conditions;
• determine a first price or a first delivery date of the item group on the basis of the price or the delivery date of the item corresponding to the designated condition;
• recognize an asking price or an asking delivery date of the item group;
• retrieve at least two recommended conditions that are manufacturing conditions, by which the price or the delivery date of the item group to be determined in a case of changing approximates the asking price or the asking delivery date than the first price or the first delivery date, and recognize, for the two recommended conditions, degrees of approximation of the price or the delivery date of the item group to be determined in the case of changing with respect to the asking price or the asking delivery date;
• and
• simultaneously indicate, the at least two recommended conditions with a format different from each other according to the degrees of approximation.