Inventory analysis device, inventory analysis method, and inventory analysis system

An inventory analysis method comprising:

• a step for causing an inventory index value acquisition unit and a sales index value acquisition unit of a computer to acquire an inventory index value, which is an index value relating to the inventory status of a product, and to acquire a sales index value, which is an index value relating to the sales status of the product;
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• a step for causing an inventory identification unit of the computer to identify, as dead stock, inventory of a product by classifying the inventory into one of four types in accordance with a combination of whether or not the inventory index value is on a low evaluation side of an inventory threshold and whether or not the sales index value is on a low evaluation side of a sales threshold;
• a step of performing a mapping unit of the computer to generate an inventory positioning map on which a symbol corresponding to the product is represented on one of four quadrant areas corresponding to the four types of classifications on the basis of the inventory index value and the sales index value of the product;
• a step of performing the mapping unit to generate the inventory positioning map by transforming the inventory index value and the sales index value into coordinate data representing differences from corresponding target values, and representing the symbol corresponding to the product in one of four quadrant areas based on the coordinate data.

An inventory analysis system comprising:

• an inventory index value acquisition unit that acquires an inventory index value, which is an index value relating to the inventory status of a product;
• a sales index value acquisition unit that acquires a sales index value, which is an index value relating to the sales status of the product;
• an inventory identification unit that identifies, as dead stock, inventory of a product by classifying the inventory into one of four types in accordance with a combination of whether or not the inventory index value is on a low evaluation side of an inventory threshold and whether or not the sales index value is on a low evaluation side of a sales threshold;
• wherein the inventory analysis system further comprises a mapping unit that generates an inventory positioning map on which a symbol corresponding to the product is represented on one of four quadrant areas corresponding to the four types of classifications on the basis of the inventory index value and the sales index value of the product;
• wherein the mapping unit generates the inventory positioning map by transforming the inventory index value and the sales index value into coordinate data representing differences from corresponding target values, and representing the symbol corresponding to the product in one of four quadrant areas based on the coordinate data.