Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and recording medium

An information processing method comprising:

• acquiring current status information related to a current status of cost related to distribution of a product;
• acquiring assumed information including accuracy improvement information indicating a degree of improvement assumed for demand prediction accuracy regarding the product and current status improvement information indicating a degree of improvement assumed for the current status information;
• and
• estimating an effect amount indicating an effect due to improvement in the demand prediction accuracy as an amount of money based on the current status information and the assumed information.

A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program causing a computer to execute processing comprising:

• acquiring current status information related to a current status of cost related to distribution of a product;
• acquiring assumed information including accuracy improvement information indicating a degree of improvement assumed for demand prediction accuracy regarding the product and current status improvement information indicating a degree of improvement assumed for the current status information;
• and
• estimating an effect amount indicating an effect due to improvement in the demand prediction accuracy as an amount of money based on the current status information and the assumed information.