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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2026
Filed:
May. 30, 2023
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Junya Ota, Tokyo-to, JP;
Takatoshi Morimitsu, Toyota, JP;
Uori Koike, Saitama, JP;
Kunihiro Iwamoto, Nagakute, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A management apparatus, a management method, and a program capable of preventing inefficient replenishment from being performed are provided. A management apparatus includes an information acquisition unit configured to acquire consumption information, which is information indicating an amount of consumption of articles stored in a storage container and a replenishment determination unit configured to determine, based on the consumption information, whether to individually replenish articles in the storage container in which the articles have been consumed using a picking robot or to replace the storage container in which the articles have been consumed by a storage container in which a predetermined number of articles are stored.