KR20090058208A - Product factory system and method for modeling product of the same - Google Patents

Abstract

An integrated product management system and a product modeling method thereof are provided to maximize flexibility and scalability of product development. A product modeling unit(110) produces a product node. The product modeling unit models a product by defining/combining product attributes and rules. A typical information storage unit(120) stores typical information about a product such as product structure, product attribute and service. An atypical information storage unit(130) stores rules about the product such as a product rule, a condition rule and a processing rule. A rule engine(140) produces a source of the atypical information. A deploy manager(150) applies product information generated/managed by an integrated product management system to a work processing system.

Description

Integrated product management system and product modeling method {Product Factory System and Method for Modeling Product of the Same}

The present invention relates to an integrated product management system and a product modeling method thereof, and more particularly, to provide integrated management of product attributes and product rules, and to define a product through a combination of product attributes and product rules. The present invention relates to an integrated product management system and its product modeling method that can maximize convenience, provide a tree-like intuitive product hierarchy, a product modeling environment, and a high-performance architecture to enable convenient and agile product development.

At present, various types of products and services, such as insurance products and financial products, are diversified according to various customer and market requirements, and an agile response is a key success factor of business.

On the other hand, in order to provide such complex and diverse products and services to customers with agility, it is necessary to drastically improve the product management system that effectively supports the entire process related to product development. Product Factory) system is gradually spreading.

Product Factory is an integrated product management system that automates the development, launch, and management of a variety of new and complex products, enabling product-related businesses to be productive and effective. As new products can be provided, securities and insurance companies as well as banks are showing great interest.

This product factory system is recognized as an essential system when implementing the next generation system because it is located at the center of competitive advantage in the rapidly changing market environment.In particular, the product factory system was recently included in the request for the next generation system construction proposal from an insurance company. In the next generation of insurance companies, product factory systems are expected to spread rapidly.

Product factory systems, meanwhile, have evolved in the following order: programmatic, parametric, and business rule.

The programming method is a product system that has been adopted by a general company and directly programs the product attributes and rule elements, and it is easy to optimize the business logic of the customer's business and product structure. The logic is redundant, product information is difficult to maintain consistently, and IT operation efficiency gradually decreases over time.

The parameter method developed to compensate for the shortcomings of the programming method is a structured method of formal product information, and is implemented by changing parameter values, so that proactive responses to changes in product attributes and rule parameter values are possible. There is an advantage. However, this method requires DB design and application development that can accommodate various product types, not only has a large range of system influences due to DB changes, but also limits the expandability of product information because it does not deviate from the existing product category. There is this.

In addition, the proposed business rule method is a rule of unstructured product information. Since the product is managed based on the rule, it is a way to secure flexibility of product change and efficiency of maintenance. It is difficult, there is no concept support such as attributes or services for product definition, additional UI convenience functions are required, and it is difficult to reflect various product processing logic. In addition, since the business rule method utilizes the output of the existing business, there is a limit in the standardization of enterprise product development, change, and combination, and there is a concern in terms of performance.

Therefore, it is required to propose a new product factory system that can take advantage of the parametric method and rule engine based method, speed up product development and increase system efficiency.

Accordingly, the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned disadvantages and problems of the prior art, while accommodating all the advantages of the existing product management systems, integrated product management system with an optimized architecture for the purpose of product development and management and its It aims to propose a product modeling method.

In particular, the present invention integrates and manages product attributes and product rules to provide consistent information across the enterprise, and maximizes the flexibility and extensibility of product development by defining products through a combination of product attributes and product rules, Its purpose is to provide an integrated product management system and its product modeling method that can develop a convenient and agile product by providing an intuitive product hierarchy structure, a product modeling environment, and a high performance architecture.

Furthermore, the present invention provides a convenient UI and object-oriented concept to ensure the rapidity of product definition, and can be immediately reflected in the system without program modification when changing product rules and meta-based products, and load product information into memory Another purpose is to ensure high performance by enabling it after use.

The present invention for achieving the above object is an integrated product management system that automates the development, release and management of the product, creating a product node in a hierarchical structure of the business area, product group, product / service, product attributes, and stores the structured information A product modeling unit for modeling a product by defining / combining a rule stored in the product attribute and the atypical information storage unit; A structured information storage unit for storing structured information about a product, such as a product structure, a product attribute, and a service constituting the product depending on the product; An unstructured information storage unit that stores a rule about a product such as a product rule, a condition rule, a processing rule, and the like; A rule engine for generating a source of the unstructured information; And a deployment manager for applying the product information generated and managed by the integrated product management system to the business processing system. Provides an integrated product management system comprising a.

In this case, the product modeling unit, a product node generation unit for generating a product node in a hierarchical structure; A product that automatically generates an attribute of a corresponding product by inheriting an attribute of a parent node of the corresponding product with respect to the generated product, and supports a change of the inherited attribute value and addition of an attribute other than the inherited attribute for the product. An attribute designation unit; A function designation unit that registers a function representing an interface for mapping a rule to a product, to the generated product, and calls a rule to be used for the product through the function to map the generated product to the generated product; A service designation unit that registers one or more services that constitute the generated product; A product storage unit for storing the processing results of the product attribute specifying unit, the function specifying unit, and the service specifying unit as corresponding product information; It may be configured to include.

The product node generation unit generates product generation information including a parent node name of a product to be generated, a corresponding product node name, and a node type according to a user's product node creation request, and generates a unique key for the corresponding product. In addition, a product node may be created by adding a column of a corresponding product to a product table that stores a product structure.

The product attribute designator may add a corresponding attribute as an attribute of the product when a specific attribute is selected by a user in an attribute pool in which predefined attributes are stored.

In addition, the product attribute designation unit, if a specific attribute group is selected by the user in the attribute group pool (Pool) in which one or more predefined attribute groups are stored, all attributes included in the attribute group are assigned to the product. Can be added as an attribute to the.

The product attribute specifying unit may generate a new attribute according to a user's request and add the generated attribute to an attribute pool in which predefined attributes are stored.

In addition, the product attribute specifying unit may create a new attribute group by grouping one or more attributes which are predefined according to a user's request, and add the generated attribute group to an attribute group pool in which the attribute groups are stored.

The function designation unit may automatically register a function for a corresponding product by inheriting a function having a parent node of the corresponding product with respect to the generated product.

In addition, the function designation unit, if a specific function is selected by the user in a function pool in which the predefined functions are stored, may register the function as a function to be used for the corresponding product.

The function designation unit may generate a new function according to a user's request, and add the generated function to a function pool in which predefined functions are stored.

The service designation unit may automatically designate a service for constituting the product by inheriting one or more services constituting the parent node product of the product with respect to the generated product.

The service designator may create a new service according to a user's request and add the generated service to a service pool in which predefined services are stored.

In addition, the service specifying unit registers a function representing an interface for adding an attribute to the generated service and mapping a rule to a product for the generated service, and calls a rule to be used for the service through the corresponding function. Can be mapped to the generated service.

The product storage unit may perform source generation and compilation of a function through the rule engine when storing the processing result of the function designation unit.

On the other hand, the integrated product management system, it is desirable to provide a graphical user interface (GUI) that can define / combine the product attributes and rules in a drag and drop (Drag & Drop) method when product modeling.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a product modeling method in an integrated product management system that automates product development, release, and management, comprising: generating a product node in a hierarchical structure; The product that inherits the attribute of the parent node of the product for the generated product to automatically generate the attribute of the product, and the change of the inherited attribute value and the addition of attributes other than the inherited attribute for the product An attribute designation step; A function specifying step of registering a function representing an interface for mapping a rule to a product to the generated product, calling a rule to be used for the product through the function, and mapping the generated product to the generated product; A service designation step of registering one or more services to constitute the generated product; And a product storing step of storing product attribute, function, and service information designated for the generated product as corresponding product information. It provides a product modeling method of the integrated product management system comprising a.

Here, in the product node generation step, according to a user's product node creation request, product generation information including a parent node name of a product to be generated, a corresponding product node name, and a node type is generated, and a unique key for the corresponding product is generated. It may be a step of generating a product node by adding a column for the corresponding product to the product table for storing the product structure.

The specifying a product attribute may include adding a corresponding attribute as an attribute of the product when a specific attribute is selected by a user in an attribute pool in which predefined attributes are stored.

In addition, the product attribute designation step, if a specific attribute group is selected by the user from the attribute group pool (Pool) in which one or more predefined attribute groups are stored, all the attributes included in the attribute group are selected. Adding as an attribute to.

The product attribute specifying step may include generating a new attribute according to a user's request and adding the generated attribute to an attribute pool in which predefined attributes are stored.

In addition, the product attribute designation step may include generating a new attribute group by grouping one or more predefined attributes according to a user's request, and adding the created attribute group to an attribute group pool in which the attribute groups are stored. It may include.

The function specifying step may be a step of automatically registering a function for a corresponding product by inheriting a function of a parent node of the corresponding product with respect to the generated product.

The function specifying step may be a step of registering a function as a function to be used for a corresponding product when a specific function is selected by a user from a function pool in which predefined functions are stored.

Meanwhile, the function designation step may include generating a new function according to a user's request and adding the generated function to a function pool in which predefined functions are stored.

The service designating step may be a step of automatically designating a service for configuring a corresponding product by inheriting one or more services constituting a parent node product of the corresponding product.

The service designation step may include creating a new service according to a user's request and adding the created service to a service pool in which predefined services are stored.

In this case, the process of adding a service, adds an attribute to the generated service, registers a function representing an interface for mapping a rule to a product to the generated service, and uses the function through the corresponding function. It may be a process of calling a rule and mapping the generated service.

The product storing step may include: generating and compiling a source of a function registered to the generated product; It may include.

Therefore, according to the integrated product management system and the product modeling method of the present invention, since integrated management of product attributes and product rules can provide consistent information throughout the enterprise, the product can be defined through a combination of product attributes and product rules. In addition, because it inherits the attributes and rules of the parent product, it is possible to maximize the flexibility and expandability of the product development.

In addition, the present invention provides an intuitive product hierarchy structure, a product modeling environment, and a high-performance architecture in the form of a tree, which enables the development of a convenient and agile product. The product can be easily changed and the product shape can be represented intuitively. It is easy to manage and operate.

In addition, since the present invention provides a convenient UI and adopts an object-oriented method, it is possible to guarantee the speed of product definition, and to be immediately reflected in the system without program modification when changing product rules and meta-based products, and accessing DB. By minimizing the performance, high performance is guaranteed, and the method call to the compiled module is executed when the rule is executed due to the adoption of the source generation method of the product rule, thereby ensuring the high performance and stability of the system.

In addition, the system of the present invention has an optimized architecture for product development and management while accommodating all the advantages of the existing product management systems, thereby maximizing the integration and manageability of product management, and furthermore, the work efficiency. In addition, the company is expected to increase productivity, enhance product / service, and reduce operating costs of product-related systems.

Details of the above object and technical configuration of the present invention and the resulting effects thereof will be more clearly understood from the following detailed description based on the accompanying drawings.

First, Figure 1 is a block diagram of an integrated product management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In the present invention, the integrated product management system (Product Factory) refers to a system that broadly integrates product planning, development, sales, and analysis to support the enterprise business, and manages the shape of the developed product in consultation. Means a commodity system that provides commodity information to a business system that handles contracts, deposits, withdrawals, terminations, sales management, finance, assets, and audits.

As shown in FIG. 1, the integrated product management system 100 according to the present invention receives a product shape according to a user command through a UI, and a product modeling unit 110 for modeling a product, a product structure, a product attribute, and a product. Unstructured information storage unit 120 for storing formal information related to the product, such as a service constituting the product subordinate to the substructure, and informal information for storing atypical information represented by a rule such as product rules, condition rules, processing rules It includes a storage unit 130, a rule engine 140 for generating a source of unstructured information, and a deployment manager 150 for applying product information to a business system.

The product modeling unit 110 generates a product node in a hierarchical structure, and models the product by defining / combining product attributes such as product conditions, ranges, lists, and rules such as structure, calculation formulas, conditional expressions, and the like of business logic. As a block in charge of the role, a product node generating unit 111, a product attribute specifying unit 112, a function specifying unit 113, a service specifying unit 114, and a product storing unit 115 are configured.

In the present invention, the product structure is hierarchized into a business area, a product group, a product / service, and a product attribute. First, the product group is classified hierarchically, and then, the product attribute and rule are defined and combined to form the product.

The commodity node generator 111 generates a commodity node in a hierarchical structure according to a commodity node creation request. The commodity node generator 111 generates commodity generation information including a parent node name of the commodity, a commodity node name, a node type, and the like. It creates a unique key for the product and adds a column for the product to the product table that stores the product structure.

The commodity table is a commodity structure storage table and may have columns such as a commodity name, commodity ID, commodity description, parent commodity ID, node name, commodity group code, and the like.

When the product node is generated by the product node generator 111, the product attribute designator 112 inherits the attribute of the parent node of the corresponding product and automatically generates the attribute of the corresponding product. It supports the change of inherited property value and the addition of new property.

When adding a new attribute, the product attribute designator 112 may use an attribute group pool in which attribute groups in which one or more predefined attributes are grouped or an attribute pool in which predefined attributes are stored. do. That is, the user can select a specific attribute group from the attribute group pool and add a plurality of grouped attributes to the product in a drag-and-drop manner, and select individual attributes from the attribute pool and add them to the product.

If the creation of a new attribute group or attributes that are not in the predefined attribute group pool or attribute pool is required, the product attribute designator 112 identifies the ID, type, and description of the attribute / attribute group to be created. Generates property / property group creation information including the property, and generates a unique key for the property / property group and adds the column for the property / property group to the property / property group table to add the property / property group information. Should be stored.

The attribute / attribute group table is a table that stores the attribute / attribute group structure and may have columns such as name, ID, description, creation date, and update date.

As such, the product attribute designation unit 112 serves to define / configure an attribute / attribute group necessary for composing the product, and each attribute is created / deleted in the attribute pool and may be called and used in the attribute group. That is, all the attributes in the attribute pool are used in the attribute group as needed, and the added / modified / created attribute group is used as a component of the product.

The function designation unit 113 is a block that registers a function in a product and calls a rule to be used for the product through the corresponding function and maps the product to the product. Here, the function means an interface for mapping a rule to a product. In other words, in order to map a rule to a product, an interface called a function is required, and the rule can be called and used in the product.

On the other hand, similar to the inheritance of the attribute, the function designation unit 113 preferably inherits the function of the parent node of the product with respect to the generated product to automatically register a function for the product, in addition to the function pool (Pool) Register a function to be used for the generated product among the functions defined in the above.

In addition, the function designation unit 113 plays a role of generating a new function according to a user's request and adding the generated function to a function pool in which predefined functions are stored. That is, when the creation of a new function is required, the function designation unit 113 generates function generation information including a function name, a function type, an input / output parameter number, etc. for the function to be generated, and generates a unique key for the function. Then, add the column for the function to the function table to store the function information.

The function table is a table that stores a function structure and may have columns such as a function name, a function ID, a description, a parent product ID, a node name, and a product group code.

Next, the service designation unit 114 is a block that registers a service to be used for the generated product among the services predefined in the service pool for the generated product. Generate service creation information including service ID, service type, description of service, etc. for the service to be created, generate a unique key for the service, and add a column for the service to the service table. Store service information.

The service table is a table that stores the information needed to add services from attributes and functions, and has columns such as service name, service ID, description, service creation date, and update date.

In the present invention, the service basically has the same tree structure as the product, and is used only by the product. That is, a service may be defined as a sub-product for composing a product, and each service has attributes and functions like the product, but exists only as a component of the product.

As mentioned, since services have attributes and functions like products, the service designation unit 114 is an interface that adds attributes to the generated services and maps rules to the products when a new service is created. Registers the generated service, and plays a role of mapping a generated service by calling a rule to be used for the service through a corresponding function.

Meanwhile, the processing result data of the product attribute designation unit 112, the function designation unit 113, and the service designation unit 114 for product generation are maintained internally in the UI until the product is completed and stored. Upon completion, the product storage unit 115 stores the processing results of the product attribute specifying unit 112, the function specifying unit 113, and the service specifying unit 114 as the corresponding product information.

Next, the structured information storage unit 120 is a repository for storing structured information about products, such as product structure, product attributes, and product services dependent on the product, and the informal information storage unit 130 is a product rule, a condition rule. It is a repository that stores unstructured information, which means rules for products such as rules and processing rules.

As such, the system 100 of the present invention includes both the structured information storage unit 120 and the unstructured information storage unit 130 to enable unified definition and management of the structured and unstructured information, and to provide information such as attributes. High performance is supported by storing in the repository, not DB.

The rule engine 140 is an engine for generating a source of unstructured information represented by a rule, and generates and compiles a source of a function when storing product information.

The deployment manager 150 is a block that applies product information generated and managed by the integrated product management system 100 of the present invention to an external business processing system (new contract system, supply / demand system, sales support system, etc.), After the modeling of the product is completed, procedures such as the simulation of the attributes defining the product and the operation of rules and the approval to determine whether to sell the finished product are performed. Roy.

Product modeling process by the integrated product management system 100 of the present invention described above in more detail with reference to Figures 2 to 8 as follows.

2 is a view sequentially showing a product modeling process in the integrated product management system according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 3 illustrates a product node generation procedure in the integrated product management system according to an embodiment of the present invention 4 is a view for explaining an attribute group addition procedure in an integrated product management system according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a function in the integrated product management system according to an embodiment of the present invention. 6 is a view for explaining a function usage procedure in the integrated product management system according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 7 is an integrated product management according to an embodiment of the present invention FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining a function mapping procedure in a system. FIG. 8 is a section for adding a service in an integrated product management system according to an embodiment of the present invention. A diagram illustrating a.

The implementation of the product in the system 100 of the present invention consists of tree nodes in an object-based architecture, and visual modeling is supported. In addition, by defining the attributes, functions, and services of the product in each pool, the product can be modeled by reusing the attributes, functions, and services defined in the pool.

The product modeling process begins with generating a product node first (S111).

As shown in FIG. 3, when generation of a new product is required at a specific node (a product node or a product group node), the system of the present invention generates a product to be generated such as the type, name, code, description, parent node information, etc. of the product. Outputs the window in which the information is entered.

At this time, the information of the parent node is automatically input, and when the necessary information is completed, product generation information such as parent node name, own node name, and node type (product, product group) is generated and the node is generated. Becomes a child node of the parent node and is visualized as a tree structure.

When the creation of the commodity node is completed, a procedure of specifying the commodity attributes, functions, and services should be performed next.

Product attributes are inherited from parent nodes by default. However, the user may change the inherited property value through the UI of the screen as shown in FIG. 4 and add a new property group or property (S112). At this time, when the user selects and adds an attribute group in which a plurality of attributes are grouped as shown in FIG. 4, the plurality of attributes included in the attribute group are collectively added to the corresponding product.

Meanwhile, when an attribute / attribute group to be used for a product is not previously defined in the attribute pool / attribute group pool, the user may define a new attribute / attribute group.

Next, when the attribute designation is completed, as shown in FIG. 5, a function addition procedure for the corresponding product must be performed (S113). The function used for the product is defined in the function pool, and as shown in FIG. 5, the user can add a function by selecting a function to use for the product among the functions in the function pool, and define a new function. Do. When defining a new function, the function column is added to the function table and the function's unique key is automatically generated.

The use or mapping of the function is performed by referring to the function pool as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7. If a function to be added for the product is defined in the function pool, the function is registered in the product. Defines association and performs input / output mapping of rule and function. If the function to add is not defined, you must create and register a new function in the function pool and register the function in the product.

Next, when the function definition and addition is completed, a process of adding a service to the product through the screen as shown in FIG. 8 is performed (S114).

Services used for commodities, like attributes and functions, are also defined in the service pool. If no service is specified for the product, a new service can be defined, in which case the newly defined service column is added to the service table and a unique key is automatically generated. At this time, the service basically has the same tree structure as the product, and depends only on the product.

On the other hand, the result data such as attributes, functions, and services designated for the created product are all maintained inside the UI until the product is stored.When the user completes modeling of the product and requests the product to be saved, the information that the UI has The information is stored as information of the product and transmitted to the operation server or the business processing system, and a column is added to the product table for each attribute, function, and service (S115). In the process of product storage, the function is compiled and registered after source generation.

Hereinafter, referring to FIG. 9 to FIG. 12, the additional product management system 100 of the present invention will be described.

9A is a diagram illustrating a merchandise hierarchy in an integrated merchandise management system according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 9B is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a merchandise hierarchy in an integrated merchandise management system according to an embodiment of the present invention. 10 is a diagram illustrating an integrated GUI of an integrated product management system according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 11 is a view illustrating a product attribute and service definition screen of an integrated product management system according to an embodiment of the present invention. 12 is a view showing a product rule definition screen in the integrated product management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 9A, in the integrated product management system 100 of the present invention, a product structure is hierarchized into a business area, a product group, a product / service, and a product attribute. You define products and rules by defining rules and rules.

The business area refers to a business area that is being independently performed or will be performed through the corresponding companies and subsidiaries. In the case of a bank, 'banking' may be a business area as shown in FIG. 9B.

The product group refers to a product type which is subordinate to each business area and distinguished by component differences of the product, and is a template constituent unit for registering the product. As a product group that can be subordinated to a business area called 'banking', there may be 'deposit' as shown in FIG. 9B, and in addition, 'savings' and 'fund' may be designated as a product group.

Goods / services are subordinate to each product group (product group) and represent tangible / intangible goods created for the purpose of commerce, and are the basic units on which customer selection / purchasing actions take place. At this time, the single product, the composite product and the package product are all included in the product.

Lastly, the product attribute is formal information constituting the product, which is the minimum unit constituting the product, and the product rule refers to atypical information expressing the relationship and rules between the product attributes. As shown in FIG. 9B, a product attribute of a product called 'long term housing savings' may be a subscription target, a subscription period, a monthly payment, an interest rate, and the like, and a product is completed when a relationship and rules between these attributes are determined.

On the other hand, the integrated product management system 100 of the present invention provides a convenient integrated GUI that can define the product components and combine in a drag and drop manner.

Referring to Figure 10, the integrated product management system 100 of the present invention provides a product tree which is a tree structure that intuitively shows the inheritance relationship of the product, each node is divided into product groups / products, having similar characteristics Products can be grouped and managed.

In the case of a service, it is dependent on a product and means a service of a sub-product concept for expressing a complex product. Like a product, a service has a tree structure to define inheritance relationships and can be added to the product edit window by drag and drop.

The product edit window is a window that can define a product by combination of service, attribute group, and rule.The inherited attribute group and the attribute group to redefine can be distinguished on the UI, enabling intuitive product structure along with the product tree. In addition, it supports the actual attribute value setting of the attributes constituting the added attribute group.

The attribute pool is a pool that defines the attributes that make up the product group. It supports various data types such as Int, String, Boolean, and date, and enables data representation in various ways such as enumeration, range, and metatype.

The attribute group pool defines an attribute group, which is one of the product components, and can define an attribute group by using a combination of predefined attributes, and similarly supports a drag-and-drop method.

Next, as shown in FIG. 11, the integrated product management system 100 of the present invention allows the product to be flexibly defined through inheritance and resetting on an object-oriented basis. Since the attributes and rules are inherited as is, the product can be developed conveniently and quickly.

Lastly, FIG. 12 illustrates a screen for defining a product rule. When modeling a product, a rule must be defined for processing atypical data of the corresponding product.

That is, as shown in FIG. 12, in order to process the biz logic for a product, a product must be defined by interlocking a corresponding rule, and operation between product data is performed by interworking a predefined rule and product information, and a product / property is performed. Setting relationships between / services / rules makes it easy for applications to understand the relationships between products.

On the other hand, the integrated product management system 100 of the present invention supports a function for verifying through the simulation whether the data and rules of the defined product is normally configured for the defined product as described above, product developers It is desirable to complete the product development after verifying the validity of the product by identifying the relationship between the components of the product and whether there is an error in the attribute using this verification function.

In addition, the developed product will be sold or not through the decision of the approval department, and will be deployed to the production server after the final approval.

Product information defined in the integrated product management system 100 of the present invention can be accessed in three ways for application gable, for example, the product attribute is accessed through the API, the product rule is generated as a source API The entire product tree and attributes are created in XML and can be accessed based on XQuery.

As those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains may implement the present invention in other specific forms without changing the technical spirit or essential features, the embodiments described above should be understood as illustrative and not restrictive in all aspects. Should be. The scope of the present invention is shown by the following claims rather than the detailed description, and all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalents should be construed as being included in the scope of the present invention. do.

1 is a block diagram of an integrated product management system according to an embodiment of the present invention,

2 is a view sequentially showing a product modeling process in the integrated product management system according to an embodiment of the present invention,

3 is an embodiment diagram for explaining a product node generation procedure in the integrated product management system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a view for explaining an attribute group addition procedure in the integrated product management system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 5 is an embodiment for explaining a function addition procedure in the integrated product management system according to an embodiment of the present invention,

6 is a view for explaining a function using procedure in the integrated product management system according to an embodiment of the present invention,

7 is a view for explaining a function mapping procedure in the integrated product management system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

8 is a view for explaining a service addition procedure in the integrated product management system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

9A is a view showing a merchandise hierarchy in an integrated merchandise management system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

9B is a view showing an embodiment of a product hierarchy in the integrated product management system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

10 is a view for explaining an integrated GUI of the integrated product management system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

11 is a view showing a product attribute and service definition screen of the integrated product management system according to an embodiment of the present invention,

12 is a view showing a product rule definition screen in the integrated product management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Claims (28)

Integrated product management system that automates product development, launch and management. Modeling a product by creating a product node with a hierarchical structure of business area, product group, product / service, product attribute, and defining / combining the product attribute stored in the structured information storage and the rule stored in the structured information storage. A product modeling unit; A structured information storage unit for storing structured information about a product, such as a product structure, a product attribute, and a service constituting the product depending on the product; An unstructured information storage unit that stores a rule about a product such as a product rule, a condition rule, a processing rule, and the like; A rule engine for generating a source of the unstructured information; And A deployment manager for applying product information generated and managed by an integrated product management system to a business processing system; Integrated product management system comprising a. The method of claim 1, The product modeling unit, A commodity node generator for generating commodity nodes in a hierarchical structure; By inheriting the attribute of the parent node of the product for the generated product, the attribute of the corresponding product is automatically generated, and support for changing the inherited attribute value and adding an attribute other than the inherited attribute to the product. A product attribute designation unit; A function designation unit that registers a function representing an interface for mapping a rule to a product, to the generated product, and calls a rule to be used for the product through the function to map the generated product to the generated product; A service designation unit that registers one or more services that constitute the generated product; A product storage unit for storing the processing results of the product attribute specifying unit, the function specifying unit, and the service specifying unit as corresponding product information; Integrated product management system comprising a. The method of claim 2, The product node generation unit, According to a user's request for creating a product node, product generation information including a parent node name of a product to be generated, a corresponding product node name, and a node type is generated, a unique key for the corresponding product is generated, and the product structure is stored. Integrated goods management system, characterized in that to create a product node by adding a column for the product in the product table. The method of claim 2, The product attribute designation unit, And when a specific attribute is selected by the user in an attribute pool in which predefined attributes are stored, adding the attribute as an attribute for the product. The method of claim 2, The product attribute designation unit, When a specific attribute group is selected by the user in the attribute group pool in which one or more attributes are grouped, the user adds all attributes included in the attribute group as attributes for the product. Integrated product management system. The method of claim 2, The product attribute designation unit, And generating a new attribute according to a user's request and adding the generated attribute to an attribute pool in which predefined attributes are stored. The method of claim 2, The product attribute designation unit, Grouping one or more predefined attributes according to a user's request to create a new attribute group, and adds the created attribute group to the attribute group pool in which the attribute groups are stored. The method of claim 2, The function designation unit, Integrated product management system, characterized in that to automatically register a function for the product by inheriting the function of the parent node of the product for the generated product. The method of claim 2, The function designation unit, If a specific function is selected by the user in a function pool in which the predefined functions are stored, the integrated product management system for registering the function as a function to be used for the product. The method of claim 2, The function designation unit, Create a new function according to the user's request, and the integrated product management system, characterized in that for adding the generated function to the function pool (Pool) in which the predefined functions are stored. The method of claim 2, The service designation unit, Integrated product management system, characterized in that for the generated product, by automatically inheriting one or more services constituting the parent node product of the product to configure the service to configure the product. The method of claim 2, The service designation unit, Create a new service according to the user's request, and the integrated product management system, characterized in that for adding the created service to the service pool (Pool) in which the predefined services are stored. The method of claim 12, The service designation unit, A function representing an interface for adding an attribute to the generated service and mapping a rule to a product is registered to the generated service, and a rule to be used for the service is called through the corresponding function to the generated service. Integrated product management system, characterized in that for mapping. The method of claim 2, The product storage unit, And when the processing result of the function designation unit is stored, generating and compiling a source of a function through the rule engine. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 14, The integrated product management system, Integrated product management system, characterized in that it provides a graphical user interface (GUI) that can define / combine product attributes and rules in the drag and drop (Drag & Drop) method when product modeling. Product modeling method in an integrated product management system that automates product development, launch and management. A product node generation step of generating a product node in a hierarchical structure; The product that inherits the attribute of the parent node of the product for the generated product to automatically generate the attribute of the product, and the change of the inherited attribute value and the addition of attributes other than the inherited attribute for the product An attribute designation step; A function specifying step of registering a function representing an interface for mapping a rule to a product to the generated product, calling a rule to be used for the product through the function, and mapping the generated product to the generated product; A service designation step of registering one or more services to constitute the generated product; And A product storing step of storing product attribute, function, and service information designated for the generated product as corresponding product information; Product modeling method of the integrated product management system comprising a. The method of claim 16, The product node generation step, According to a user's request for creating a product node, product generation information including a parent node name of a product to be generated, a corresponding product node name, and a node type is generated, a unique key for the corresponding product is generated, and the product structure is stored. The product modeling method of the integrated product management system, characterized in that the step of generating a product node by adding a column for the product in the product table. The method of claim 16, The product attribute designation step, And when a specific attribute is selected by the user in an attribute pool in which predefined attributes are stored, adding the attribute as an attribute for the product. The method of claim 16, The product attribute designation step, If a specific attribute group is selected by the user in the attribute group pool in which one or more predefined attribute groups are stored, adding all the attributes included in the attribute group as attributes for the product. Product modeling method of the integrated product management system, characterized in that. The method of claim 16, The product attribute designation step, And generating a new attribute according to a user's request and adding the generated attribute to an attribute pool in which predefined attributes are stored. The method of claim 16, The product attribute designation step, Grouping one or more predefined attributes according to a user's request to create a new attribute group, and adding the created attribute group to an attribute group pool in which the attribute groups are stored. Product modeling method in the management system. The method of claim 16, The function specifying step, And inheriting a function of a parent node of a corresponding product with respect to the generated product to automatically register a function for the corresponding product. The method of claim 16, The function specifying step, If a specific function is selected by the user in the function pool (Prestore) stored in the predefined function, the product modeling method of the integrated product management system, characterized in that the step of registering the function as a function for use in the product. The method of claim 16, The function specifying step, Creating a new function according to a user's request, and adding the generated function to a function pool in which predefined functions are stored. The method of claim 16, The service designation step, The product modeling method of the integrated product management system, characterized in that for the generated product, by inheriting one or more services constituting the parent node product of the product to automatically specify a service to configure the product. The method of claim 16, The service designation step, Creating a new service according to a user's request, and adding the generated service to a service pool in which predefined services are stored. The method of claim 26, The process of adding the service, A function representing an interface for adding an attribute to the generated service and mapping a rule to a product is registered to the generated service, and a rule to be used for the service is called through the corresponding function to the generated service. Product modeling method of the integrated product management system, characterized in that the mapping process. The method of claim 16, The product storage step, Performing source generation and compilation of a function registered in the generated product; Product modeling method of the integrated product management system comprising a.

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