JP2002230356A - Information providing method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information providing method which can provide information regarding manufacture so that the lowest manufacture cost is actualized according to the specifications of the product. SOLUTION: At a Web site 1 which can be accessed through the Internet, the respective costs of materials, components, processes, etc., for manufacturing the product are stored in a database 2 and when the specifications of the product are inputted from an Internet terminal to the Web site 1 through the Internet, a cost estimating program 3 computes the manufacture cost according to the specifications by using the database 2; and information regarding the materials, components, processes, etc., which minimizes the manufacture cost is provided.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information providing method for providing information using the Internet.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, when a seller sells a certain product, the seller orders a manufacturer to manufacture the product before selling the product. Then, the manufacturer manufactures the above-described product at a low manufacturing cost.

[0003]

However, if a manufacturer always manufactures a product having the same specifications (size, shape, etc.), the manufacturer experiences the knowledge of reducing the manufacturing cost of the product. However, when manufacturing a product having a specification different from usual, it is difficult to reduce the manufacturing cost because there is no empirical knowledge to reduce the manufacturing cost.

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide an information providing method capable of providing information on manufacturing so that the manufacturing cost is lowest according to product specifications. And

[0005]

Means for Solving the Problems In order to achieve the above object, an information providing method of the present invention is an information providing method for providing information at a Web site accessible via the Internet. The costs of materials, parts, processes and the like for manufacturing the product are stored in a database, and when the specification of the product to be manufactured is input from the Internet terminal to the Web site via the Internet, according to the specification. The production cost is calculated by a computer program using the above-mentioned database, and information on the above-mentioned materials, parts, processes, etc., at which the production cost is the lowest, is provided.

[0006]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the information providing method of the present invention. In this embodiment, the information providing method is a Web site 1 that can be accessed via the Internet, so that materials, parts, and materials for manufacturing the product can be minimized according to the specification of the product to be manufactured. This is a method that can provide information on each element that is costly in a manufacturing process such as a process.

More specifically, the Web site 1 stores in the database 2 the costs of materials, parts, processes, and the like for manufacturing products (each element that is expensive in the process of manufacturing products). For example, in the case of a compact container for accommodating cosmetics, examples of the material include a resin or the like that is a material of the container body.
There are a mirror to be attached to the back of the lid of the container body, a pin used for hinge connection of the container body, a gold plate for filling cosmetics, and the like. A mold used for molding the main body and a processing destination when a predetermined processing is required are exemplified.

[0009] The Web site 1 is accessed from an Internet terminal via the Internet, and the specifications of a product to be manufactured are input. The Internet terminal is not particularly limited as long as it can access the Web site 1 via the Internet, and a personal computer, a mobile phone with an Internet connection function, a video game machine, or the like is used.

At the Web site 1, the production cost is calculated by the cost estimation program (computer program) 3 using the database 2 according to the specification of the input product, so that the production cost is the lowest. It is possible to specify a combination of the above-mentioned materials, parts, processes and the like. Then, the result can be transmitted to the Web server 4 and displayed on the Web site 1.

[0011] Therefore, if the manufacturer A accesses the Web site 1 after receiving an order for a product from the seller B and inputs specifications according to the order, the manufacturing cost of the product becomes the lowest. It is possible to know the combination of the above-mentioned materials, parts and processes, and the manufacturing cost in that case. Then, a product is manufactured from the combination of the materials, parts, processes, and the like that can be obtained and delivered to the seller B.

As described above, according to the above-described embodiment, by accessing the Web site 1 and inputting the specifications of the product to be manufactured, the above-described materials and parts that can be manufactured at the lowest cost can be easily obtained. It is possible to know the combination of the steps and the steps, and the manufacturing cost in that case. As a result, it is possible to easily improve the productivity of the product and increase the profit of the manufacturer A.

[0013] Furthermore, if the database 2 also stores transportation costs and labor costs from overseas, it is possible to easily know the manufacturing costs based on the transportation costs and labor costs when manufacturing products overseas. .

[0014]

As described above, according to the information providing method of the present invention, the Web which can be accessed via the Internet
An information providing method for providing information on a site,
At the website, the costs of materials, parts and processes for manufacturing products are stored in a database.
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When the specification of the product to be manufactured is input to the website, the manufacturing cost is calculated by the computer program using the database according to the specification. Is provided. Therefore, the above W
By accessing the website and inputting the specifications of the product to be manufactured, it is possible to easily obtain information on the above-mentioned materials, parts, processes, etc., at which the manufacturing cost of the product is the lowest. As a result, it is easy to improve the productivity of the product and increase the profit of the manufacturer of the product.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of an information providing method according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Web site 2 Database 3 Cost estimation program

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An information providing method for providing information on a Web site accessible via the Internet,
At the Web site, the costs of materials, parts, processes, and the like for manufacturing the product are stored in a database, and when the specifications of the product to be manufactured are input from the Internet terminal to the Web site via the Internet, According to the specification, the production cost is calculated by a computer program using the database, and information on the material, component, process, etc., at which the production cost is the lowest, is provided. Information provision method. 2. The information providing method according to claim 1, wherein transport costs and labor costs from overseas are also stored in the database, and the transport costs and labor costs are also provided.