MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, MANAGEMENT METHOD AND COATING PROCESSING FACILITY

A management apparatus manages driving of a plurality of automated guided vehicles that convey a conveyance target object in a production facility. The apparatus acquires remaining amount information of a battery provided in a selected vehicle selected from the plurality of automated guided vehicles, acquires a conveyance condition of a conveyance target object, the conveyance condition including a condition for specifying a conveyance destination, estimates, based on the remaining amount information and the conveyance condition, a remaining amount of the battery at the time of conveying the conveyance target object to the conveyance destination, and decides a driving mode of the selected vehicle based on an estimation result of the estimation unit.