An image forming apparatus is provided which is capable of preventing a
drop in productivity even if a consumable such as toner is not
replenished as expected. The image forming apparatus has a feature of
shifting to a mode of saving the consumable if an arrival time of the
consumable is determined to be later than a time when the consumable
needs to be replenished, on the basis of the shipping status information
on the consumable obtained from a management server and the calculated
time when the consumable needs to be replenished.