To allow a manager in charge of carrying commodities in/out of a store to grasp the storing state of commodities.

This physical distribution managing system includes a physical distribution managing device 1 for renewing an inventory file 131, which shows the commodities in a storehouse, by inputting commodity reception data and outputting the file 131 at need, a physical distribution managing device 2 for outputting an inventory file 231, a physical distribution managing device 3 for renewing an inventory file 331 by inputting commodity shipping data and outputting the file 331, and a physical distribution managing device 4 for outputting an inventory file 431, which shows the specific commodities in the storehouse. The commodity reception data input in the physical distribution managing device 1 when carrying commodities in the storehouse (1) are transmitted to the physical distribution managing device 2 and 3 (3 and 4), renewing the inventory files 231 and 331 respectively, and the reception data of specific commodities are transmitted to the physical distribution managing device 4 (5). The commodity shipping data inputted in the physical distribution managing device 3 when shipping commodities are transmitted to the physical distribution managing devices 2 and 3 in order, renewing the inventory files 131 and 231 respectively, and the shipping data of specific commodities are transmitted to the physical distribution managing device 4.