A management system for managing updating of operating software of a plurality of fusion splicers to which unique identifiers are assigned respectively, is disclosed. The management system is provided with a receiving unit that receives identifiers from a plurality of fusion splicers through wireless signals, the identifiers being assigned to the respective fusion splicers, a determination unit that determines whether or not operating software of a fusion splicer assigned to an identifier received by the receiving unit is operating software to be updated, an acquisition unit that acquires operating software update information appropriate for the fusion splicer for which the operating software is determined by the determination unit to be operating software to be updated, and a transmitting unit that transmits the operating software update information appropriate for the individual fusion splicer acquired by the acquisition unit to the fusion splicer.