Food Transportation Assistance System, Food Transportation Assistance Method, and Food Transportation System

A food transportation assistance method comprising, by execution of software recorded in a memory by a processor:

• accepting shipping source information including first location information, which is location information of a plurality of shipping sources including plant factories, and information about food to be shipped by a shipping source, and shipping destination information including second location information, which is location information of a shipping destination, and information about food requested by the shipping destination;
• finding a matching degree) between the information about food which is included in the shipping source information and the information about food which is included in the shipping destination information, and transportation information when transporting the food from the shipping source to the shipping destination;
• and
• outputting a candidate shipping source as candidate shipping information from among the plurality of shipping sources on the basis of the matching degree and the transportation information.

A food transportation system comprising:

• a first terminal device that inputs shipping source information including first location information, which is location information of a plurality of shipping sources including plant factories, and information about food to be shipped by a shipping source;
• a second terminal device that inputs second location information, which is location information of a shipping destination, and information about food requested by the shipping destination;
• and
• a food transportation assistance system that outputs candidate shipping information which is a candidate shipping source when shipping food from the shipping source to the shipping destination,
• wherein the food transportation assistance system includes:
• an input device that accepts the shipping source information and the shipping destination information;
• an arithmetic device that finds a matching degree between the information about food which is included in the shipping source information and the information about food which is included in the shipping destination information, and transportation information when transporting the food from the shipping source to the shipping destination;
• and
• an output device that outputs the candidate shipping source as the candidate shipping information from among the plurality of shipping sources on the basis of the matching degree and the transportation information.