Abstract: A control unit configured to execute: acquiring a past processing result of each of a plurality of companies constituting a supply chain that manufactures a product by a plurality of processes using a recycled material, a current load state, an inventory amount, and a required amount of recycled material; generating a combination of companies in which the load of each company corresponding to each process is equal to or less than a predetermined load in accordance with a past processing result, a current load state, an inventory amount, and a required amount of recycled material in a plurality of processes in response to generation of the recycled material; and outputting information on a delivery time and a delivery amount of the recycled material to terminals of each company corresponding to a combination of the generated companies.

Abstract: A control unit configured to execute: acquiring first information regarding deterioration of a battery at the start of reuse of a battery to be reused by a business operator; acquiring second information regarding a usage environment of the battery by the business operator; acquiring third information regarding performance of the battery required by the business operator; and outputting a recovery time of the battery after the business operator uses the battery according to the first information, the second information, and the third information.

Abstract: A pressure pouring furnace includes a molten metal chamber containing molten metal within a furnace body, a receiving siphon and a pouring siphon both communicating with each other at the bottom of the molten metal chamber, a furnace cover sealably covering the top of the molten metal chamber, and a pressuring unit connected to the furnace cover. In such a furnace, a plurality of pouring nozzles are arranged above a pouring chamber on top of the pouring siphon a distance apart from each other, and each of the plurality of pouring nozzles is provided with a stopper enabling it to be opened and closed from above.