Report management device, report management program, and report management method

A computer-readable medium having a report management program stored therein for causing a computer to execute operations including management of a report on information concerning a product, said operations comprising:

• obtaining first information as information concerning a first product;
• determining whether or not a first report on the first product as a report of a predetermined report type can be created, based on order of report type priorities set as order of priorities given to plural report types that can be created;
• and
• creating, when the determining indicates that the first report can be created, the first report based on the first information obtained and stores the information of the first report, and
• wherein the determining manages state information for each report, and based on the state information, determines that the first report can be created when no report exists on a product that is the same as the first product where a report of the first product is given a higher report type priority than a report type priority of the first report, and when creation of a report on the first product having a higher report type priority than a report type priority of the predetermined report type has been completed.

A report management method that manages a report on information concerning a product, comprising:

• obtaining first information as information concerning a first product;
• determining whether or not a first report on the first product as a report of a predetermined report type can be created, based on order of report type priorities set as order of priorities given to plural report types that can be created;
• and
• creating, when said determining indicates that the first report can be created, the first report based on the first information obtained and stores the information of the first report, and
• wherein the determining manages state information for each report, and based on the state information, determines that the first report can be created when no report exists on a product that is the same as the first product where a report of the first product is given a higher report type priority than a report type priority of the first report, and when creation of a report on the first product having a higher report type priority than a report type priority of the predetermined report type has been completed.