What is claimed is:
1. A method for providing a supplier interface, comprising:
a) receiving data from a plurality of stores of a supply chain utilizing a network, the data relating to an amount of goods sold by the stores;
b) aggregating the data in a database;
c) receiving a request from a supplier, the request including a plurality of supplier parameters;
d) extracting information from the database relevant to the supplier parameters in response to the request;
e) transmitting the information from the database to the supplier utilizing the network; and
f) adjusting a supply of raw materials from which the goods are produced based on the information.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the parameters relate to a forecasted amount of the required goods.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein the network includes the Internet.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the information is displayed utilizing a network-based interface.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the stores include restaurants.
6. A system for providing a supplier interface, comprising:
a) logic for receiving data from a plurality of stores of a supply chain utilizing a network, the data relating to an amount of goods sold by the stores;
b) logic for aggregating the data in a database;
c) logic for receiving a request from a supplier, the request including a plurality of supplier parameters;
d) logic for extracting information from the database relevant to the supplier parameters in response to the request;
e) logic for transmitting the information from the database to the supplier utilizing the network; and
f) logic for adjusting a supply of raw materials from which the goods are produced based on the information.
7. The system of claim 6, wherein the parameters relate to a forecasted amount of the required goods.
8. The system of claim 6, wherein the network includes the Internet.
9. The system of claim 6, wherein the information is displayed utilizing a network-based interface.
10. The system of claim 6, wherein the stores include restaurants.
11. A computer program product for providing a supplier interface, comprising:
a) computer code for receiving data from a plurality of stores of a supply chain utilizing a network, the data relating to an amount of goods sold by the stores;
b) computer code for aggregating the data in a database;
c) computer code for receiving a request from a supplier, the request including a plurality of supplier parameters;
d) computer code for extracting information from the database relevant to the supplier parameters in response to the request;
e) computer code for transmitting the information from the database to the supplier utilizing the network; and
f) computer code for adjusting a supply of raw materials from which the goods are produced based on the information.
12. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the parameters relate to a forecasted amount of the required goods.
13. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the network includes the Internet.
14. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the information is displayed utilizing a network-based interface.
15. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the stores include restaurants.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. An ink jet recording method comprising:
recording an image on a target recording face including polyolefin by ejecting an ink composition containing water, a coloring agent, and resin from nozzles of an ink jet recording head,
wherein the following condition (A) is satisfied and one or both of condition (B) and condition (C) are satisfied,
Condition (A): Prior to the recording, there is included performing a hydrophilic treatment on the target recording face such that the target recording face has a hydrophilic polar group,
Condition (B): The ink composition includes glycol ethers of which an HLB value calculated by the Davis method is 4.2 or more to 9.0 or less,
Condition (C): After the recording, there is included coating the image with a coating liquid composition containing wax.
2. The ink jet recording method according to claim 1, wherein:
the Condition (C) is satisfied, and the method further comprises performing a second hydrophilic treatment on the image before the coating in the condition (C).
3. The ink jet recording method according to claim 1, wherein the resin is at least one type or more selected from
(a) a resin including a (meth)acrylic acid based copolymer,
(b) a resin including a copolymer of an olefin based monomer and a monomer having an aprotic polar group,
(c) a resin including a copolymer of an olefin based monomer and a monomer containing halogen, and
(d) a resin including a polycondensate of polycarboxylic acids and polyhydric alcohols.
4. The ink jet recording method according to claim 1, wherein the wax in the condition (C) is a paraffin wax or a polyolefin wax.
5. The ink jet recording method according to claim 1, wherein the coating liquid composition in the condition (C) contains glycol ethers of which the HLB value calculated by the Davis method is 4.2 or more to 9.0 or less.
6. The ink jet recording method according to claim 1, wherein an alkyl group of the glycol ethers in the condition (B) has a branched structure.
7. The ink jet recording method according to claim 1, wherein the hydrophilic polar group is a carboxyl group or a hydroxyl group.
8. The ink jet recording method according to claim 1, wherein the hydrophilic treatment is performed using a corona discharge treatment apparatus or a plasma discharge treatment apparatus.