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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2013
Nippon Gas Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Shinji Wada, Tokyo, JP;
Nippon Gas Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A distribution cost is reduced by a gas delivery system that delivers gas cylinders. The delivery system is configured to receives operation data including the number of delivered gas cylinders from the mobile terminals of a deliverymen; collect first delivery data and the operation data for all deliverymen, wherein the first delivery data includes the number of gas cylinders to be delivered by each deliveryman on a current day; calculate the number of cylinders in stock in a depository; collect second delivery data including the number of gas cylinders to be delivered by the deliveryman on a next day for the all deliverymen; subtract the number of gas cylinders in stock from the number of gas cylinders to be delivered on the next day; and generate depository delivery data that includes the number of gas cylinders to be transported to the depository by the next day.