A distribution management device, a distribution management method, a
program storage medium and a distribution management system are
disclosed. The client order data of the merchandise 4 of the sales
channel utilized the internet 3 and the store order data of the
merchandise 4 for the quantity sold of the sales channels excluding the
Internet 3 are received by the sales managing server 20 via the internet
3. The stock of merchandise 4 is controlled by the settlement/delivery
instructing server 21 based on the client and store order data. The
actual sales condition of merchandise in each sales channel is grasped by
the shipment control server 55 based on the storage data and the delivery
condition data obtained from the client and store order data and the
storage data and delivery condition data obtained from the
settlement/delivery instructing server 21, and the supply of merchandise
4 to the manufacturing factory will be instructed based on the actual
sales condition. Thus, the distribution stocks to each of sales channels
can be one-dimensionally controlled and can be efficiently distributed in
the market based on the actual sales information. And thereby, the stocks
can be constantly and certainly secured to various sales channels.