Abstract: An exchange assisting system is provided in an exchange center. Each maker who trades in used goods, such as copying machines, for new ones from a business entity brings goods produced by other makers into the exchange center. The system manages the inventory information of goods delivered from each maker and stored in the exchange center. The system prepares inventory information on goods maker by maker every given period and sends the information to each maker on-line. Each maker prepares list data of goods the maker wants to collect based on the inventory information and sends the list data to the exchange assisting system on-line. The exchange assisting system prepares delivering-out information for delivering goods out of the exchange center based on the desired goods-to-ship data and outputs the information as one needed to ship associated goods to each maker.

Abstract: An exchange assisting system is provided in an exchange center. Each maker who trades in used goods, such as copying machines, for new ones from a business entity brings goods produced by other makers into the exchange center. The system manages the inventory information of goods delivered from each maker and stored in the exchange center. The system prepares inventory information on goods maker by maker every given period and sends the information to each maker on-line. Each maker prepares list data of goods the maker wants to collect based on the inventory information and sends the list data to the exchange assisting system on-line. The exchange assisting system prepares delivering-out information for delivering goods out of the exchange center based on the desired goods-to-ship data and outputs the information as one needed to ship associated goods to each maker.

Abstract: An evaluation apparatus (environmental measures evaluation apparatus) of an evaluation system (environmental measures evaluation system) obtains data representing environmental measures carried out by users from user terminals via a network. The evaluation apparatus obtains score corresponding to the contents of the environmental measures from a research item DB, then calculates total scores category by category. The evaluation apparatus specifies level of each category based on the calculated total scores and progress level decision data stored in a progress level DB. The evaluation apparatus obtains advisory information corresponding to the specified level from an advisory information DB, and transmits data including the advisory information and specified level to the user terminal via the network.

Abstract: An evaluation apparatus (environmental measures evaluation apparatus) of an evaluation system (environmental measures evaluation system) obtains data representing environmental measures carried out by users from user terminals via a network. The evaluation apparatus obtains score corresponding to the contents of the environmental measures from a research item DB, then calculates total scores category by category. The evaluation apparatus specifies level of each category based on the calculated total scores and progress level decision data stored in a progress level DB. The evaluation apparatus obtains advisory information corresponding to the specified level from an advisory information DB, and transmits data including the advisory information and specified level to the user terminal via the network.

Abstract: An exchange assisting system is provided in an exchange center. Each maker who trades in used goods, such as copying machines, for new ones from a business entity brings goods produced by other makers into the exchange center. The system manages the inventory information of goods delivered from each maker and stored in the exchange center. The system prepares inventory information on goods maker by maker every given period and sends the information to each maker on-line. Each maker prepares list data of goods the maker wants to collect based on the inventory information and sends the list data to the exchange assisting system on-line. The exchange assisting system prepares delivering-out information for delivering goods out of the exchange center based on the desired goods-to-ship data and outputs the information as one needed to ship associated goods to each maker.