JP2019014551A - Apparatus, method and computer program for quality control - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide an apparatus for quality control capable of storing articles in a warehouse at an optimal temperature/humidity for each article, and suitably storing articles and inhibiting the energy cost required for temperature/humidity control within the warehouse by sectioning the interior of the warehouse and considering them as a plurality of spaces and further predicting a temperature/humidity for each space.SOLUTION: A quality control apparatus 1 has a prediction unit 11 that calculates a temperature/humidity prediction value in a future constant time on the basis of a plurality of sectioned spaces within the warehouse, an article information DB 1B that stores information about a temperature/humidity suited for control for each article stored in the warehouse, and a warehouse information DB 1C that stores information of the article stored in each space. A determination unit 12 refers to the article information DB 1B and deposit information DB 1D, and determines the presence/absence of an article that the prediction value of temperature/humidity in the space departs from the temperature/humidity suited for control within the space in a future constant time.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a technique for managing the quality of an article by storing the article in a warehouse at an appropriate temperature and humidity.

In recent years, inventory management of pharmaceuticals has been progressing in a direction in which strict standards are applied to storage.
In the first place, it is necessary to pay sufficient attention to temperature and humidity when storing pharmaceuticals, but the temperature and humidity in the warehouse varies from place to place due to various factors such as the weather and the structure in the warehouse, and is not uniform.
On the other hand, it is difficult to maintain the inside of the warehouse at a strictly constant temperature and humidity, and the cost for that is not negligible. Therefore, various methods for measuring temperature and humidity in the warehouse have been proposed.

For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a spatial physical quantity distribution measuring method for measuring a physical quantity distribution in a predetermined space using a physical quantity measuring body including a predetermined number of physical quantity sensors, an acceleration sensor, and a counter. Dividing into pre-numbered small spaces, associating the numbers assigned to the small spaces with the numerical values of the counters, moving the physical quantity measuring body in order of the numbers assigned to the small spaces in the space, When the physical quantity sensor continuously measures the physical quantity of the space and moves the physical quantity measuring body, the acceleration is given to the physical quantity measuring body, and when the acceleration sensor detects a predetermined value, The numerical value is changed by a predetermined number, and the measured value by the physical quantity sensor in the numerical value of the counter is obtained. Based on the numerical value of the counter, the small space and the Associating the measured values according to physical quantity sensor, the spatial physical quantity distribution measuring method and measuring a physical quantity distribution of the space has been proposed.
Further, in Patent Document 2, a carriage that moves in a space to be measured, a temperature sensor that is installed in the carriage and detects a spatial temperature at each point in the space, and an output signal of the temperature sensor is processed. There has been proposed a space temperature measuring device including a calculation unit that calculates the space temperature.
In Patent Document 3, a laser light source that emits an optical pulse, an optical fiber that is arranged so as to pass through a plurality of measurement points, an optical fiber that receives the optical pulse, and a backscattered light that is output from the optical fiber are detected. A measuring device that measures the temperature at the plurality of measurement points to obtain measured temperature data, and the measuring device has time-series differential temperature data within a range based on the target position of the optical fiber. A temperature measuring system is proposed, which calculates corrected temperature data corrected by changing the degree of averaging in the time direction of the measured temperature data depending on whether there is a spatial or temporal correlation. Has been.

JP 2014-215063 A JP 2011-112470 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2006-151505

  However, the articles stored in the warehouse have different temperatures and humidity optimum for management depending on the types and properties thereof, and the warehouse storing the articles also has different temperatures and humidity for each space in the warehouse.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to store articles stored in a warehouse at an optimal temperature and humidity for each article. In addition, the warehouse is divided into two or more spaces, and the temperature and humidity are predicted for each space, so that the goods are properly stored and the energy cost required for the temperature and humidity management in the warehouse is reduced. And

  In order to achieve the above object, a quality control device according to one aspect of the present invention is a device that performs quality control of an article stored in a warehouse, and each of a plurality of partitioned spaces in the warehouse. A prediction means for calculating a predicted value of temperature and humidity for a certain period in the future, an article information storage means for storing information related to temperature and humidity suitable for management for each article stored in the warehouse, and the space With reference to the warehouse information storage means for storing the information of the articles stored every time, the article information storage means and the storage information storage means, the predicted value of the temperature and humidity in the space is determined within a certain period in the future. Discriminating means for discriminating the presence or absence of articles deviating from temperature and humidity suitable for management.

  In addition, it further includes factor information storage means that stores factor information serving as a basis for calculating a predicted value of temperature and humidity, and factor information reception means that receives factor information of natural factors as one of the factor information, The prediction means may calculate a predicted value of temperature and humidity for a certain period in the future for each of a plurality of partitioned spaces in the warehouse based on the factor information.

  The factor information of the natural factor may be weather prediction information.

  In addition, when there is a predetermined article in which the predicted value of temperature and humidity in the space deviates from the temperature and humidity suitable for management within a certain period in the future, the predicted value of temperature and humidity is referred to the item information storage means. May further include first search means for searching for a space within a temperature and humidity range suitable for management of the predetermined article.

  Further, storage information storage means for storing the capacity of storable articles is further provided for each space, and the article information storage means is further stored in the warehouse for each article stored in the warehouse. In this case, the article stores a capacity that occupies the space, and the first search means determines that the predicted value of the temperature and humidity in the space deviates from the temperature and humidity suitable for management within a certain period in the future. When the article is present, referring to the article information storage means and the storage information storage means, a temperature and humidity predicted value within a temperature and humidity range suitable for management of the predetermined article, A space having a capacity capable of storing the predetermined article may be searched.

  In addition, when a suitable space does not exist as a result of the search by the first search means, the predicted value of the temperature and humidity is referred to the predetermined article by referring to the article information storage means and the storage information storage means. A space that is within a temperature and humidity range suitable for management, and that can secure a capacity for storing the predetermined article by moving another article stored in the space to another space. It is good also as having the 2nd search means to search.

  In addition, there is further provided alert means for notifying an administrator of an alert when there is a predetermined article whose predicted value of temperature and humidity in the space deviates from the temperature and humidity suitable for management within a certain period in the future. It may be a thing.

  The alert means may further instruct the administrator to move the predetermined article whose predicted temperature and humidity in the space deviates from the temperature and humidity suitable for management to the searched space. Good.

  Further, a quality control method according to another aspect of the present invention is a method for performing quality control of an article stored in a warehouse, and the temperature and humidity suitable for management for each article stored in the warehouse. For each space by means of a computer having article information storage means for storing information relating to and warehouse information storage means for storing information on articles stored for each of a plurality of partitioned spaces in the warehouse. The process for calculating the predicted value of temperature and humidity in a certain period in the future and the predicted value of temperature and humidity in the space are managed within the specified period in the future with reference to the article information storage means and the storage information storage means. And a process for determining the presence or absence of an article that deviates from the temperature and humidity suitable for the above.

  A computer program according to still another aspect of the present invention is a computer program for performing quality control of articles stored in a warehouse, and is suitable for management for each article stored in the warehouse. For a computer having article information storage means for storing information relating to temperature and humidity, and warehouse information storage means for storing information of articles stored for each of a plurality of partitioned spaces in the warehouse, For each of the spaces, with reference to the process for calculating the predicted value of temperature and humidity in a future fixed period, and the article information storage means and the storage information storage means, the temperature and humidity in the space in the future fixed period And a process for determining whether or not there is an article whose predicted value deviates from temperature and humidity suitable for management.

  According to the present invention, information for storage under appropriate environmental conditions can be acquired for articles stored in a warehouse, and based on the information, rearrangement of stored articles and optimization of air conditioning use are performed. Can do. Moreover, since the warehouse is considered as a plurality of compartmentalized spaces, and the temperature and humidity of each space are predicted, the articles can be stored more appropriately, and by moving the articles between the spaces, etc. The amount of adjustment of temperature and humidity can be reduced, energy costs required for management can be suppressed, and air conditioning costs can be saved.

It is the functional block diagram which showed the function with which the quality control apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention is provided. It is the figure which showed an example of the data memorize | stored in the consignor information DB which concerns on this embodiment. It is a figure showing an example of data memorized by article information DB concerning this embodiment. It is the figure which showed an example of the data memorize | stored in warehouse information DB which concerns on this embodiment. It is a figure showing an example of data memorized by storage information DB concerning this embodiment. It is the figure which showed an example of the data memorize | stored in prediction information DB which concerns on this embodiment. In the quality control apparatus which concerns on this embodiment, it is the figure which showed an example of the graph showing the temperature change among the temperature and humidity in the future predetermined date calculated by the prediction part. It is a processing flowchart which showed the flow of the process performed by the quality control apparatus which concerns on this embodiment. It is the figure which showed the example of output of the prediction information which concerns on this embodiment.

Hereinafter, a quality control device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
The quality control device shown in FIG. 1 is a device that performs quality control of articles stored in a warehouse. The quality management apparatus stores an article in accordance with a commission from a consignor and manages the article in the warehouse. It is a device that was originally installed.

  This quality control device includes, for example, an arithmetic device such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a computer program executed by the CPU, a RAM (Random Access Memory), a ROM (Read Only Memory), an HDD (Hard Disk Drive), etc. Consists of server computers and the like, consignor information DB1A, article information DB1B, warehouse information DB1C, storage information DB1D, prediction information DB1E, prediction unit 11, discrimination unit 12, search unit 13, alert unit 14, instruction unit, communication processing unit 15 A functional block including the input / output processing unit 16 is configured.

The consignor information DB 1A is a storage unit that stores information related to a consignor who entrusts storage of articles.
As shown in the example of FIG. 2, in this consignor information DB1A, for each consignor ID for identifying the consignor, there is information on the consignor detailed information such as the name and contact information of the consignor, contract capacity, and item ID. They are stored in association with each other.

  Here, the contract capacity is a capacity in which the consignor can store articles in the manager's warehouse, and is determined by a contract between the manager and the consignor. The consignor can request management of the item within the scope of the contracted capacity, and the manager stores the article in the warehouse within the contracted capacity according to the request of the consignor. . Conventionally, in consignment of the storage of goods, the consignor borrows a specific area in the warehouse and the consignor's goods are stored in that area, but in this example, the consignor, regardless of the area in the warehouse Entrusts the management of the article to the administrator within the capacity specified in the contract, and the manager stores the article in the warehouse accordingly.

  The article ID is information that can identify the article entrusted to the administrator by the consignor, and the article the consignor requests the administrator to store by referring to the article ID. Can be identified.

The article information DB 1B is a storage unit that stores information related to temperature and humidity suitable for management for each article stored in the warehouse.
As shown in the example of FIG. 3, the article information DB 1B associates an article with an identifiable article ID, and consignor ID of a consignor entrusting article management, temperature and humidity suitable for article management. Is stored, information on the proper temperature and humidity, the contents of the article, and the capacity occupied by the article when the article is stored in the warehouse.

  Here, the appropriate temperature / humidity is an appropriate temperature and humidity in the management of the article, and varies depending on the property of the article. This appropriate temperature and humidity is normally configured as a numerical range having a certain width, and includes a numerical range such as “temperature 5 ° C. to 25 ° C., humidity 0% to 60%”.

By referring to the exclusive capacity for each article, the exclusive capacity of each article entrusted by the consignor can be added up to calculate the total capacity entrusted by the consignor. By comparing this total capacity with the contracted capacity in the warehouse that the consignor has contracted with the manager, whether or not the amount entrusted to the storage by the consignor exceeds the amount specified in the contract Alternatively, it is possible to grasp how much the article can be entrusted to store the articles within the scope of the contract.
Although there are practical circumstances such as hygiene regarding the implementation of the present invention, the type of article is not particularly limited in technical aspects.

The warehouse information DB 1C stores information for predicting the capacity and temperature / humidity of articles that can be stored for each space in the warehouse as information that is referred to when the articles are stored in the warehouse.
In the warehouse information DB 1C, as shown in the example of FIG. 4, in association with a warehouse ID for identifying a warehouse, a space ID for individually identifying a plurality of partitioned spaces in the warehouse, a capacity of the space, The past measurement value related to the measurement value of the past temperature and humidity in the space and the factor information in the space are stored.

  Here, even in the same warehouse, the temperature and humidity in the warehouse can vary depending on the location, depending on whether the doorway and air conditioning equipment are nearby, whether on the north side or the south side. It is possible to realize proper management of articles by dividing the space into two and predicting and managing the temperature and humidity for each space.

  The capacity of the space is the total capacity of articles that can be stored in the space. Therefore, when an article is stored in a predetermined space, it is possible to grasp how much of the remaining article can be stored in the space by reducing the capacity of the article stored from the capacity of the space.

The past measurement value is a measurement value of the past temperature and humidity, and when predicting the future temperature and humidity in a predetermined space, the prediction of the temperature and humidity becomes more accurate by referring to the past measurement value.
The factor information is information regarding factors that can affect the temperature and humidity of the space. This factor information is based on environmental factors, personnel activity factors, and natural factors. Environmental factors include, for example, the positional characteristics of the space, such as whether the air conditioner is operating, whether it is close to the entrance, whether it faces a passage where people come and go, and so on. The personnel activity factor includes, for example, things related to human activities such as the frequency of people entering and exiting the entrance. Natural factors include nature such as seasons and weather. All of these factor information is converted into a coefficient and used when calculating a predicted value of temperature and humidity.

The storage information DB 1D stores information on articles stored for each space in the warehouse.
As shown in the example of FIG. 5, the storage information DB1D includes a warehouse ID for identifying a warehouse, a space ID for identifying a space in the warehouse, an article ID for identifying an article stored in the space, and can be stored in the space. Information relating to the storable capacity relating to the capacity of the various articles is stored in association with each other.

  Here, the storable capacity is obtained by subtracting the exclusive capacity of each article stored in the space from the capacity of the article that can be stored in the space.

The prediction information DB 1E is a storage unit that stores predicted values of temperature and humidity in the warehouse.
As shown in the example of FIG. 6, the prediction information DB 1E stores a space ID for identifying a space and information related to the temperature and humidity of each space at a predetermined date and time in association with a warehouse ID for identifying the warehouse. The

Here, the temperature and humidity at a predetermined date and time in the future are calculated by the prediction unit 11 described later, and can be provided to the administrator as a graph shown in the example of FIG.
FIG. 7 is a graph showing a temperature change in the temperature and humidity, where the horizontal axis shows the passage of time and the vertical axis shows the temperature change. Here, the temperature at a predetermined date and time is indicated by a numerical range (A, B) having a certain width. Numerical range A indicates that the predicted temperature occurs in this range with a probability of approximately 70%, and numerical range B indicates that this range occurs with a probability of approximately 98%. Show. The most predicted temperature is indicated by a line m in the graph.

The prediction unit 11 calculates predicted values of temperature and humidity for a certain period in the future for each of a plurality of partitioned spaces in the warehouse.
Based on the factor information, the prediction unit 11 calculates a predicted value of temperature and humidity for a certain period in the future for each of a plurality of partitioned spaces in the warehouse. In calculating the predicted value, for example, a worst point where an abnormal value occurs in a warehouse is identified, and a sensor is disposed there. And the predicted value of the temperature / humidity in the other space is calculated from the temperature / humidity measured by the sensor.

  The determination unit 12 refers to the article information DB 1B and the storage information DB 1D, and the predicted value of the temperature and humidity in the space deviates from the temperature and humidity suitable for management within a certain period in the future based on the predicted value of the temperature and humidity. The presence / absence of an article is determined.

  The search unit 13 refers to the article information DB1B and the storage information DB1D when there is an article whose predicted value of temperature and humidity in the space deviates from the temperature and humidity suitable for management within a certain period in the future. A first search process is executed to search for a space having a predicted value of within a temperature and humidity range suitable for management of the article and having a storage capacity necessary for storing the article.

  The search unit 13 further detects the temperature / humidity in which the predicted value of the temperature / humidity is suitable for management of the article as a result of the first search process for an article whose predicted value of temperature / humidity in the space deviates from the temperature / humidity suitable for management In the case where there is a space within the above range, but there is no space having a capacity capable of storing the article, the second search process is executed. In the second search process, the search unit 13 refers to the article information DB1B and the storage information DB1D for articles whose predicted values of temperature and humidity in the space deviate from the temperature and humidity suitable for management. It is a space within the temperature and humidity range suitable for the management of the article, and the capacity for storing the article can be secured by moving the other article stored in the space to another space. Search for space.

A specific example of processing by the search unit 13 will be shown. That is, for the article A stored in a predetermined space, when the appropriate temperature and humidity are “temperature 0 ° C. to 20 ° C., humidity 0% to 50%” and the exclusive capacity is 3 m ³ , It is assumed that the temperature and humidity of the space are predicted as “temperature 15 ° C. to 23 ° C., humidity 25% to 40%”. At this time, as a first search process, the search unit 13 is a space where the temperature and humidity predicted for the next day are within the ranges of temperature and humidity “temperature 0 ° C. to 20 ° C., humidity 0% to 50%” appropriate for the article A. Then, the space having the exclusive capacity 3 m ³ of the article A as the storage capacity is searched.

  Furthermore, if a suitable space is not found as a result of the first search process, the temperature / humidity range in which the predicted value of temperature / humidity is suitable for management of the article A with reference to the article information DB 1B and the storage information DB 1D A space that can secure a capacity for storing the predetermined article is searched by moving another article stored in the space to another space. In this process, first, a space (for example, space A) in which the predicted value of temperature and humidity is within the temperature and humidity range suitable for management of the article A is specified. For other articles stored in the space, the article can be stored at an appropriate temperature and humidity based on the temperature and humidity suitable for the management of the article and the exclusive capacity of the article, and the article can be stored. It is determined whether or not there is a space with a storable capacity. Accordingly, when the article A can be stored in the space B by moving the other article (for example, the article B) to another space (for example, the space B), the article A is stored in the space A. It can be seen that the article A can be properly stored in the space A while all the articles in the warehouse are appropriately stored by moving the existing article B to the space B.

The alert unit 14 notifies the administrator of an alert when there is an article whose predicted value of temperature and humidity in the space deviates from the temperature and humidity suitable for management within a certain future period.
The alert unit 14 further instructs the manager to move an article whose predicted value of temperature and humidity in the space deviates from the temperature and humidity suitable for management to the appropriate space searched by the search unit 13. .

The communication processing unit 15 is a functional unit for executing transmission / reception processing of data via an external server or database or the like via a network NW such as the Internet.
The communication processing unit 15 can receive the factor information from, for example, the factor information DB 2A that stores the weather prediction information that is the factor information of the natural factor as one of the factor information.

The input / output processing unit 16 is a functional unit for outputting a result of processing executed by each functional unit of the quality control apparatus or inputting data necessary for processing of each functional unit. Is realized by a display or a keyboard.
Factor information can also be received from this input processing unit.

  In this example, the quality control device is configured to be able to communicate with the factor information DB2A via the network NW such as the Internet. The factor information DB2A includes the factor information of natural factors as one of the factor information. Stores forecast information for a certain weather. The quality control device can access the factor information DB 2A and acquire weather forecast information at any time.

Subsequently, a flow of processing executed by the quality management apparatus according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.
First, the quality control device accepts factor information as a basis for calculating a predicted value of temperature and humidity in the warehouse from time to time (S101). Factor information includes environmental factors, personnel activity factors, and natural factors. Acceptance of such information is, for example, from an external database such as factor information DB2A configured to be able to communicate via a network NW such as the Internet. Can be received or input from the input / output unit.

Based on the factor information, the prediction unit 11 calculates a predicted value of temperature and humidity for a certain period in the future for each of a plurality of partitioned spaces in the warehouse (S102).
The calculated prediction value is stored as prediction information in the prediction information DB 1E (S103).

  The discriminating unit 12 refers to the prediction information DB1E, the article information DB1B, and the storage information DB1D, and the predicted value of the temperature and humidity in the space is suitable for management within a predetermined period based on the predicted value of the temperature and humidity. It is determined whether or not there is an article that deviates from temperature and humidity (S104).

  As a result of the determination, when there is an article (hereinafter, referred to as article A) in which the predicted value of temperature and humidity in the space deviates from the temperature and humidity suitable for management within a certain period in the future, the search unit 13 Referring to the item information DB1B and the storage information DB1D, the space where the predicted value of temperature and humidity is within the temperature and humidity range suitable for the management of the item A, and the storage capacity necessary for storing the item A The space having is searched (S105).

  As a result of the search, when there is a space (hereinafter referred to as space A) in which the article A can be stored at an appropriate temperature and humidity, the alert unit 14 sends the space to the administrator within a certain period in the future. An alert indicating that there is an article A whose predicted temperature and humidity values deviate from the temperature and humidity suitable for management is issued, and an instruction is given to move the article A to the space A (S106).

  On the other hand, as a result of the processing in S105, for the article A, there is a space where the predicted temperature and humidity values are within the temperature and humidity range suitable for the management of the article A, while the space can store the article A. When there is no available capacity, the search unit 13 further refers to the article information DB 1B and the storage information DB 1D, and stores a space within a temperature and humidity range suitable for management of the article A in the space. It is determined whether or not a capacity for storing the article A can be secured by moving the article to another space (S107). That is, the article A is stored in the space B by moving the article B stored in the space B to another space C in the temperature B within the temperature and humidity range suitable for management of the article A. It is determined whether or not the storable capacity can be secured.

  At this time, the search unit 13 also determines whether the article B to be moved to the space C has a storable capacity for the article B in the space C and can be managed in an appropriate temperature and humidity range. Only when the article B can be properly stored in C, it is determined that the article A can be stored in the space B.

  In addition, when searching for a space where the article A can be stored in an appropriate temperature and humidity range, whether or not it is possible to secure a storable capacity capable of storing the article A in a predetermined space by moving a plurality of articles It is also possible to determine whether or not the article can be properly stored by exchanging the storage space of the article A and the article A stored in the predetermined space.

  As a result of the search, it was found that by moving the storage space of the article B from the space B to the space C, the article A can be properly stored in the space B, and the article B can also be properly stored in the space C. In this case, the alert unit 14 issues an alert together with an instruction to that effect to the administrator (S108).

On the other hand, even if the process of S107 does not find a space where the article A can be managed in an appropriate temperature and humidity range, the alert unit 14 requests the administrator to adjust the temperature and humidity of the space together with an alert. Is issued (S109).
The request for adjustment of the temperature and humidity of the space may require that the article A is set to a temperature and humidity at which the article A can be stored at an optimum temperature and humidity for the space in which the article A is stored. It is also possible to request adjustment of the temperature and humidity in the other space while moving to the other space. That is, by moving the article A to another space and adjusting the temperature and humidity in the other space, if the temperature and humidity adjustment range is small as a whole warehouse, the cost of electricity etc. for temperature and humidity adjustment Can be suppressed.

  According to the quality control device 1 according to the present embodiment, articles stored in a warehouse can be stored at an optimal temperature and humidity for each article. Moreover, since the warehouse is considered as a plurality of compartmentalized spaces, and the temperature and humidity of each space are predicted, the articles can be stored more appropriately, and by moving the articles between the spaces, etc. The adjustment amount of temperature and humidity can be reduced, and the energy cost required for management can be suppressed.

In the above embodiment, an example of a screen for notifying the manager of the article management status is shown in FIG.
In this example, for the article A, the current storage location, appropriate temperature and humidity, and exclusive capacity are shown. In addition, the predicted temperature and humidity of the space in which the article A is stored is shown for a certain period in the future. For items of temperature and humidity exceeding the temperature and humidity suitable for the article A, color-coded display and highlighting are displayed. Etc., and a discrimination effect is added.
In addition, when there is a date and time that exceeds the temperature and humidity suitable for the article A, information on other storable spaces searched by the search unit 13 is shown. In the example of FIG. 9, it is possible to grasp that the article A is stored at an appropriate temperature and humidity by moving the article A to the space identified by A002 and A003. In addition, in the space identified by A005, when the item C and the item A stored in the space identified by A005 are exchanged, it is possible to grasp that the item A is stored at an appropriate temperature and humidity. ing. Further, in the space identified by A007, when the article D stored in the space identified by A007 is moved to the space A, the article A is stored at an appropriate temperature and humidity in the space identified by A007. It is possible to grasp what to do.

  In addition, in the calculation of the predicted value of temperature and humidity, various things can be incorporated in addition to the factor information described above. For example, information related to business records such as business time records, cargo carry-out histories, and on-site information, and information related to environmental control such as power, lighting, and air conditioning can be incorporated as appropriate.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, in order to properly store the article, an alert with an instruction to move the article is issued to the administrator. However, an apparatus that handles the transportation of the article is arranged in the warehouse. By doing so, it is possible to automatically move and manage the article based on the information related to the alert.

  In addition, the search unit 13 of the present embodiment described above performs the first search process when there is an article in which the predicted value of the temperature and humidity in the space deviates from the temperature and humidity suitable for management within a certain period in the future. Referring to the article information DB1B and storage information DB1D, a space in which the predicted value of temperature and humidity is within the temperature and humidity range suitable for the management of the article, and has a storage capacity necessary for storing the article Search for. In this regard, in another embodiment, it is possible to propose to the administrator to adjust the air conditioning to control the predicted value of the temperature and humidity in the space to be a temperature and humidity suitable for management.

  That is, when the prediction unit 11 calculates the predicted value of the temperature and humidity in a predetermined space in a future fixed period, there is an article in which the predicted value of the temperature and humidity in the predetermined space deviates from the temperature and humidity suitable for management. In addition, the air conditioning adjustment or control content (adjustment value or control value) capable of maintaining the optimum temperature and humidity for the management of the article even in the future fixed period is calculated backward. The predicting unit 11 incorporates the content of air conditioning adjustment or control as one of the factor information when predicting the temperature and humidity of the space in a certain period in the future. It is also possible to grasp how the predicted value of the future temperature and humidity changes.

With the sequence described with reference to FIG. 8 described above, in the processing of S105 and S107, the adjustment or control of air conditioning that can manage the article at the optimum temperature and humidity without changing the article storage space. Calculate the content. And in each process of S106 or S108, the content of the adjustment or control of an air conditioning is proposed with the information regarding the change of another space or the storage space. In this case, when an administrator requests adjustment of air conditioning or a change in the contents of control, the air conditioning may be automatically adjusted or controlled according to this request.
As an administrator, in order to manage an article within the optimum temperature and humidity range, not only the movement of the article but also the adjustment or control of the air conditioning can be selected. It is possible to respond accordingly.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Quality control apparatus 11 Prediction part 12 Discriminating part 13 Search part 14 Alert part 15 Communication processing part 16 Input / output processing part 1A Consignor information DB
1B article information DB
1C Warehouse information DB
1D storage information DB
1E Prediction information DB
2A Factor information DB
NW network

Claims (10)

A device for quality control of articles stored in a warehouse,
Prediction means for calculating a predicted value of temperature and humidity in a certain period in the future for each of a plurality of compartmentalized spaces in the warehouse,
Article information storage means for storing information relating to temperature and humidity suitable for management for each article stored in the warehouse;
Warehouse information storage means for storing information on articles stored in each space;
A discriminating means for discriminating whether or not there is an article whose predicted temperature / humidity value in the space deviates from a temperature / humidity suitable for management within a fixed period in the future with reference to the article information storage means and the storage information storage means Having
A quality control device characterized by that. Factor information storage means for storing factor information as a basis for calculating a predicted value of temperature and humidity;
As one of the factor information, a factor information receiving means for receiving factor information of natural factors is further included,
The prediction means calculates a predicted value of temperature and humidity in a certain period in the future for each of a plurality of partitioned spaces in the warehouse based on the factor information.
The quality control apparatus according to claim 1. The natural factor information is weather forecast information.
The quality control apparatus according to claim 2. When there is a predetermined article in which the predicted value of temperature and humidity in the space deviates from the temperature and humidity suitable for management within a certain period in the future, the predicted value of temperature and humidity is determined by referring to the article information storage means. First search means for searching for a space within a temperature and humidity range suitable for management of a predetermined article;
The quality control apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3. Storage information storage means for storing the capacity of articles that can be stored for each space;
The article information storage means further stores, for each article stored in the warehouse, a capacity that the article occupies a space when stored in the warehouse.
The first search means includes the article information storage means and the storage information when there is a predetermined article whose predicted value of temperature and humidity in the space deviates from a temperature and humidity suitable for management within a certain period in the future. With reference to the storage means, a space having a predicted temperature / humidity value within a temperature / humidity range suitable for management of the predetermined article and having a capacity capable of storing the predetermined article is searched.
The quality control apparatus according to claim 4. As a result of the search by the first search means, when an appropriate space does not exist, the predicted value of temperature and humidity is managed for the predetermined article by referring to the article information storage means and the storage information storage means. A space that is within a temperature and humidity range suitable for the above, and that can secure a capacity for storing the predetermined article by moving another article stored in the space to another space. A second search means for searching;
The quality control apparatus according to claim 5. An alert means for notifying an administrator of an alert when there is a predetermined article whose predicted value of temperature and humidity in the space deviates from the temperature and humidity suitable for management within a certain period in the future;
The quality control apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 6. The alert means further instructs the administrator to move the predetermined article whose predicted value of temperature and humidity in the space deviates from the temperature and humidity suitable for management to the searched space.
The quality control apparatus according to claim 7. A method for quality control of goods stored in a warehouse,
Article information storage means for storing information relating to temperature and humidity suitable for management for each article stored in the warehouse;
A warehouse information storage means for storing information of articles stored for each of a plurality of compartmentalized spaces in the warehouse,
For each of the above spaces, processing for calculating a predicted value of temperature and humidity in a certain period in the future
With reference to the article information storage means and the storage information storage means, a process for determining the presence or absence of articles whose predicted values of temperature and humidity in the space deviate from temperature and humidity suitable for management within a certain period in the future; Run the
A quality control method characterized by that. A computer program for quality control of articles stored in a warehouse,
Article information storage means for storing information relating to temperature and humidity suitable for management for each article stored in the warehouse;
For a computer having warehouse information storage means for storing information of articles stored for each of a plurality of compartmentalized spaces in the warehouse,
For each of the above spaces, a process for calculating a predicted value of temperature and humidity in a certain period in the future,
With reference to the article information storage means and the storage information storage means, a process for determining the presence or absence of articles whose predicted values of temperature and humidity in the space deviate from temperature and humidity suitable for management within a certain period in the future; To execute,
Computer program.

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