CN117519027A

CN117519027A - Process flow arrangement method and arrangement device

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Publication number: CN117519027A
Application number: CN202311549706.9A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 吴楠; 王峰; 包秀
Original assignee: Hangzhou Hollysys Automation Co Ltd
Current assignee: Hangzhou Hollysys Automation Co Ltd
Priority date: 2023-11-20
Filing date: 2023-11-20
Publication date: 2024-02-06

Abstract

The application relates to the technical field of automatic control, and provides a process flow arrangement method and an arrangement device. The method comprises the following steps: acquiring an industry process flow, and dividing the process flow into N production units; respectively determining node types of N production units; configuring nodes corresponding to the N production units by using a preset configuration strategy, wherein the preset configuration strategy comprises a public configuration strategy and a specific configuration strategy, and different node types correspond to different specific configuration strategies; and combining the nodes corresponding to the N configured production units to obtain the arranged process flow. The method provides a standardized process flow arrangement method, which can be used in various industries and has strong universality; meanwhile, each node corresponds to one or more configuration strategies, so that the flexibility is high, the suitability is strong, the learning is easy, and the use cost is low.

Description

Process flow arrangement method and arrangement device

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of automatic control, in particular to a process flow arranging method and an arranging device.

Background

Process flow planning is a software tool used to plan, design, and optimize industrial processes. They provide a visual way to create and manage the process flow, helping the user understand and optimize the various links and steps in the production process.

Existing process flow orchestration schemes are typically custom implemented by a software vendor for a certain enterprise or industry and are typically implemented based on a Client/Server (C/S) architecture, providing process flow functionality based primarily on the concept of electronic data logging and electronic signatures. The process flow arrangement mode is realized in a highly customized mode, cannot be flexibly accessed or used, cannot be in butt joint with other enterprise software systems such as enterprise resource planning (Enterprise Resource Planning, ERP) and customer relationship management (Customer Relationship Management, CRM) systems, and is easy to form a data island. Furthermore, the learning cost of the process flow arranging software is high, and meanwhile, the functions of the custom components are limited, so that the special production scene requirements of enterprises cannot be supported.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of this, the embodiments of the present application provide a process flow arrangement method and arrangement device, so as to solve the problems of poor flexibility, narrow application range and high learning cost of the process flow arrangement method in the prior art.

In a first aspect of an embodiment of the present application, a process flow arrangement method is provided, including:

acquiring an industry process flow, dividing the process flow into N production units, wherein N is a positive integer;

Respectively determining node types of N production units;

configuring nodes corresponding to the N production units by using a preset configuration strategy, wherein the preset configuration strategy comprises a public configuration strategy and a specific configuration strategy, and different node types correspond to different specific configuration strategies;

and combining the nodes corresponding to the N configured production units to obtain the arranged process flow.

In a second aspect of the embodiments of the present application, there is provided a process flow arrangement apparatus, comprising:

the acquisition module is configured to acquire an industry process flow, divide the process flow into N production units, and N is a positive integer;

a determining module configured to determine node types of the N production units, respectively;

the configuration module is configured to configure the nodes corresponding to the N production units by using a preset configuration strategy, wherein the preset configuration strategy comprises a public configuration strategy and a specific configuration strategy, and different node types correspond to different specific configuration strategies;

and the combination module is configured to combine the nodes corresponding to the N configured production units to obtain the arranged process flow.

Compared with the prior art, the embodiment of the application has the beneficial effects that: according to the embodiment of the application, the industrial process flow is obtained, the process flow is divided into N production units, the node types of the production units are respectively determined, the nodes are configured by using different specific configuration strategies corresponding to different node types and including a common configuration strategy, and the configured nodes are combined to obtain the arranged process flow, so that the standardized process flow arranging method is provided, can be used in various industries, and is high in universality; meanwhile, each node corresponds to one or more configuration strategies, so that the flexibility is high, the suitability is strong, the learning is easy, and the use cost is low.

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In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, the following description will briefly introduce the drawings that are needed in the embodiments or the description of the prior art, it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present application, and that other drawings may be obtained according to these drawings without inventive effort for a person skilled in the art.

Fig. 1 is a schematic view of an application scenario according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 2 is a flow chart of a process flow arrangement method according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 3 is a flow chart of a method for implementing a specific configuration policy of a sub-flow task node according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 4 is a flow chart of a method for dividing a process flow into N production units according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of a process flow arrangement apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 6 is a schematic diagram of an electronic device provided in an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

In the following description, for purposes of explanation and not limitation, specific details are set forth, such as particular system configurations, techniques, etc. in order to provide a thorough understanding of the embodiments of the present application. It will be apparent, however, to one skilled in the art that the present application may be practiced in other embodiments that depart from these specific details. In other instances, detailed descriptions of well-known systems, devices, circuits, and methods are omitted so as not to obscure the description of the present application with unnecessary detail.

A process flow arrangement method and apparatus according to embodiments of the present application will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Fig. 1 is a schematic view of an application scenario according to an embodiment of the present application. The application scenario may include industrial devices 1, 2 and 3, a terminal 4, and a network 5.

Industrial devices 1, 2 and 3 may be various industrial devices supporting communication with terminal 4, and terminal 4 may be hardware or software, and when terminal 4 is hardware, it may be an electronic device including but not limited to a smart phone, tablet, laptop, desktop, server, etc.; when the terminal 4 is software, it may be installed in an electronic device as described above. The server may be a server, a server cluster formed by a plurality of servers, or a cloud computing service center, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present application.

The network 5 may be a wired network using coaxial cable, twisted pair and optical fiber connection, or may be a wireless network capable of realizing interconnection of various communication devices without wiring, for example, bluetooth (Bluetooth), near field communication (Near Field Communication, NFC), infrared (Infrared), etc., which is not limited in the embodiment of the present application.

The user can establish a communication connection with the terminal 4 via the network 5 through the industrial devices 1, 2 and 3 to receive or transmit information or the like. Specifically, the terminal 4 may issue the process flow obtained by the arrangement to the industrial apparatuses 1, 2, and 3, so that each terminal apparatus performs the production task according to the process flow. Meanwhile, the industrial devices 1, 2 and 3 can report the task execution data to the terminal 4, so that the terminal 4 stores and performs statistical analysis on the collected data, and corrects the programmed process flow based on the statistical analysis result.

It should be noted that the specific types, numbers and combinations of the industrial devices 1, 2 and 3, the terminal 4 and the network 5 may be adjusted according to the actual requirements of the application scenario, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present application.

As mentioned above, existing process flow orchestration schemes are typically implemented in a highly customized manner, are not flexibly accessible or usable, and are not capable of interfacing with other enterprise software systems, such as enterprise resource planning (Enterprise Resource Planning, ERP), customer relationship management (Customer Relationship Management, CRM) systems, and are prone to data islanding. Furthermore, the learning cost of the process flow arranging software is high, and meanwhile, the functions of the custom components are limited, so that the special production scene requirements of enterprises cannot be supported.

In view of this, the embodiment of the present application provides a process flow arrangement method, by acquiring an industry process flow, dividing the process flow into N production units, determining node types of each production unit respectively, configuring each node using different specific configuration policies including a common configuration policy and corresponding to different node types, and combining the configured nodes to obtain an arranged process flow, and providing a standardized process flow arrangement method, which can be used in various industries, and has strong versatility; meanwhile, each node corresponds to one or more configuration strategies, so that the flexibility is high, the suitability is strong, the learning is easy, and the use cost is low.

Fig. 2 is a flow chart of a process flow arrangement method according to an embodiment of the present application. The process flow arrangement method of fig. 2 may be performed by the terminal of fig. 1. As shown in fig. 2, the process flow arrangement method comprises the following steps:

in step S201, an industry process flow is acquired, and the process flow is divided into N production units.

Wherein N is a positive integer.

In step S202, node types of the N production units are determined, respectively.

In step S203, the nodes corresponding to the N production units are configured using a preset configuration policy.

The preset configuration strategies comprise a public configuration strategy and a specific configuration strategy, and different node types correspond to different specific configuration strategies.

In step S204, the nodes corresponding to the configured N production units are combined, so as to obtain an orchestrated process flow.

In the embodiment of the application, the process flow arrangement method may be executed by a terminal, and further, may be executed by a process flow arrangement tool in the terminal. The terminal can be a personal computer, a workstation or a mobile device, and the process flow arranging tool can be a software tool realized based on Browser/Server (B/S) architecture, can be accessed in the terminal through a Browser, can perform process flow arranging work after logging in, and is an online process flow tool.

In the embodiment of the application, the process flow arrangement tool may first obtain a process flow of an industry to be arranged, and divide the process flow into N production units.

In this embodiment of the present application, after dividing the industrial process into production units, the process flow arrangement tool may determine node types of the N production units respectively. In the process flow orchestration tool provided by the embodiment of the present application, the node types may include a start node type, an end node type, a manual task node type, an automatic task node type, a custom node type, a sub-flow task node type, a conditional branch node type, and a script node type. Through the self-definition of the node types, production units of different industries can be summarized into production units corresponding to the limited node types, and further, the process flow of each production unit is configured based on the node types, so that the process flow arranging tool can be used in various different industries and has good universality.

In the embodiment of the present application, the process flow arrangement tool may configure the nodes corresponding to the N production units using a preset configuration policy. The preset configuration strategies comprise a public configuration strategy and a specific configuration strategy, and different node types correspond to different specific configuration strategies. That is, for each node corresponding to the N production units, the node may be configured using a common configuration policy and a specific configuration policy corresponding to a node type of the node, thereby obtaining flow arrangement information of each node.

In the embodiment of the present application, after each node is configured by using a preset configuration policy, the process flow configuration tool may combine each node, so as to obtain a configured process flow.

According to the technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the application, the technical process is divided into N production units by acquiring the industrial technical process, the node types of the production units are respectively determined, the nodes are configured by using different specific configuration strategies corresponding to different node types and including a common configuration strategy, and the configured nodes are combined to obtain the arranged technical process, so that the standardized technical process arranging method is provided, can be used in various industries and has strong universality; meanwhile, each node corresponds to one or more configuration strategies, so that the flexibility is high, the suitability is strong, the learning is easy, and the use cost is low.

In the embodiment of the application, the public policy configuration may include an interface configuration policy, a database integration configuration policy and a file integration configuration policy. The interface configuration strategy is configured on all nodes and is used for configuring data interaction and function call between a system for realizing process flow arrangement and other systems.

In other words, in the embodiment of the present application, an interface configuration policy may be configured for each node, where the interface configuration policy is used to configure interface settings supported by the node, so as to implement real-time synchronization and sharing of data between the node and other World Wide Web (Web) services, and implement seamless connection between different software systems. The interface configuration policy may include configuring an interface uniform resource locator (Uniform Resource Location, URL), a server address ip, a service port, an interface submission mode httpm method, an interface parameter param, and the like.

In the embodiment of the application, the database integration configuration policy may be configured on a first node supporting database integration, and by configuring database parameters in the first node, direct data transmission between the first node and the database is realized.

That is, for the first node supporting database integration, the first node can directly read data from a database such as a business database or directly store the data into the database by configuring database parameters such as url, user name, password, database type, executing structured query language (Structured Query Language, sql) and the like of the database, thereby realizing data synchronization and data transfer between a system to which the process flow arrangement tool belongs and other systems. Wherein the first node may comprise one or more nodes.

In this embodiment of the present application, the file integration configuration policy may be configured on a second node supporting file import or export, and by configuring the file integration configuration policy in the second node to be in an on state, data interaction between the second node and other systems is implemented based on file transmission.

That is, for the second node supporting file integration, i.e. file import or export, the file integration configuration policy in the second node may be configured to be in an on state, so that the node may exchange and share data between the system to which the process flow arrangement tool belongs and other systems in the form of import and export of the file. Wherein the second node may comprise one or more nodes. It should be further noted that, when performing file import and export, it is necessary to ensure that the file format is consistent with the data structure of the node.

In this way, the shortcomings of the existing process flow orchestration tool that integration with other systems is difficult due to high degree of customization can be overcome. Specifically, when the existing process flow arranging tool is integrated with other systems, the method is usually implemented by adopting a script running mode, and the script is required to be written and run in accordance with various rules of the customized process flow arranging tool, so that the learning cost is high and the operation is complex. By using the technical scheme of the embodiment of the application, through the common configuration strategy configuration interface, the parameters integrated with the database or the parameters integrated with the file, each node in the process flow can be flexibly and conveniently integrated with other systems in various modes, the universality and the flexibility of process flow arrangement are improved, the configuration mode can be defined by a user, and high learning cost and complex operation steps are not required.

As previously described, the node types in embodiments of the present application may include custom node types. For the custom node type, the corresponding specific configuration policy may be to configure a form URL or a form designer for the custom node, so that the user may use the form URL or the form designer to program the custom node.

The custom nodes in the existing process flow orchestration tool are self-defined based on the understanding of the orchestration tool provider to the industry, and have specific orchestration rules, so that users need to fully understand the orchestration rules and the functions of all components in the tool before compiling and discharging the custom nodes meeting the requirements.

In the process flow arranging tool provided by the embodiment of the application, the configuration rules of the custom nodes are not agreed in advance, but a mode of supporting the configuration form URL or providing the built-in form designer is provided to enable the user to define the configuration rules of the custom nodes by himself, so that the learning cost is reduced, and the operation complexity is reduced.

Specifically, the custom node in the embodiment of the present application supports the form URL configuration manner to load the form information customized by the user, for example, information specific to the enterprise where the user is located, including special equipment, special materials, regulatory constraints of various aspects of the enterprise itself, and the like. Therefore, maintenance personnel of the enterprise only need to pay attention to the URL defined by the enterprise, and the form can use the existing form developed by the enterprise to realize the standardization of process flow nodes in the enterprise, so that the strong adaptability in the enterprise is greatly improved.

In the embodiment of the application, the custom node in the embodiment of the application also supports providing a built-in form designer, and can realize the enterprise work interface display function through the form designer. The commonly used table elements may include, for example, "input box", "drop-down box", "form", and the like. In addition, an interface component is supported to realize special functions of an interface, such as a code scanning gun, a bar code printer, worker electronic work card identification and the like. The function interfaces with rich functions can be realized by organizing the form elements, enterprises are not required to develop the service forms by themselves, and the personalized requirements of the enterprises can be realized by simple combined application.

By adopting the technical scheme of the application embodiment, the form URL is configured or the form is customized through the form designer, and the form is mounted in the working node, so that the working node in the business can be flexibly customized by enterprise users, the process instance sediment of the enterprise is formed, and the long-term maintenance and the function multiplexing are convenient. The cost of culturing the enterprise professionals is reduced, and the efficiency of arranging the enterprise process flows is improved.

As previously described, the node types in the embodiments of the present application may also include manual task nodes and automatic task nodes. The specific configuration strategy aiming at the artificial task node can be to configure a task form or an artificial production interface of the artificial task node; the specific configuration policy for the automatic task node may be to configure a check condition of the automatic task node, and a task interface or a task script of the automatic task node.

That is, for a human task node, node configuration may be accomplished by configuring a task form or a human production interface. Specifically, for manual task nodes in the process industry, the process flow orchestration tool supports configuration of task forms, and manual operations can input process values and results of the work during the work according to form content, such as operating environment temperature, selected equipment, finished product weight of the work, and the like. The content is manually input and can be used as production parameters or equipment parameters of the next step of the production flow. In manual forms operations, interfaces are supported for configuring various automation devices in the form, such as weighing tools, code guns, packaging machines, and the like. Thus realizing manual operation and docking of different devices.

For the artificial task nodes in discrete industry, the process flow arrangement tool supports configuration of task forms or artificial production interfaces, and is used for displaying various information in the production process, such as information of worker names, shifts, artificial production quantity, abnormality and the like through configuration of custom forms or production interfaces developed by enterprises. The built-in form designer supports the butt joint with the intelligent equipment, and the production information generated by the intelligent equipment is recorded into a visual interface of artificial production by setting an industrial Ethernet protocol interface or a ModBus protocol and the like of the intelligent equipment, so that the information statistics and real-time feedback of the artificial task nodes are ensured.

For the automatic task node, the node configuration can be completed by configuring the check condition of the automatic task node and the task interface or task script of the automatic task node. Specifically, for manual task nodes in the process industry, the process flow orchestration tool supports configuration node input parameter verification, and the process engine automatically verifies whether conditions are met during operation. The automatic task finds out the content such as interface, script, etc. preset in the process arrangement, and automatically executes related work such as interface call, script running, etc. In an example, if a production unit corresponding to an automatic task node is a control device for drying operation for 10 minutes, information such as a material type, a material weight and the like is required to be configured, then an object link and embedded process control (OLE for Process Control, OPC) or an ethernet interface of the dryer are configured, an operation instruction is executed, and during the operation, a flow engine automatically invokes the dryer to start up, and after the completion of the operation, parameters such as drying time, material humidity and the like are returned. The process engine judges whether the automatic task returns to the preset parameters, the automatic task is completed if the automatic task meets the conditions, the automatic task fails to execute if the automatic task fails to execute, and the manual intervention is notified according to the configured alarm information to perform manual operation or re-execute.

For automatic task nodes in the discrete industry, such as "automatic plugins," the process flow orchestration tool supports control and call interface configuration of automatically produced work devices, such as call parameters, protocol types, script paths, etc., to enable automatic generation. And meanwhile, the system can also support the real-time quantity record query interface configuration, the interface configuration of the automatically produced product quality monitoring equipment, the upstream product configuration depending on the automatic production, the automatic early warning and other settings. The real-time recording and inquiring of the production information of each node are guaranteed, and the continuity and stability of production are guaranteed. In the production process, real-time data of each production node, such as production lines, defective products, accumulated production quantity, equipment idle time and the like, can be queried in real time through a monitoring interface, so that flexible production control of a support enterprise is realized, and the production capacity of each production line equipment is optimized.

As mentioned above, the node types in the embodiments of the present application may further include a sub-flow task node, where the sub-flow task node is a sub-node of a manual task node or an automatic task node.

Fig. 3 is a flow chart of a method for implementing a specific configuration policy of a sub-flow task node according to an embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 3, the method comprises the steps of:

In step S301, the associated node and the child node type of the child flow task node are configured.

Wherein the associated node includes a parent node, a sibling node, and/or a next level child node.

In step S302, if the child node type of the child flow task node is a manual task node type, the child flow task node is configured by using a specific configuration policy of the manual task node.

In step S303, if the child node type of the child flow task node is an automatic task node type, the child flow task node is configured using a specific configuration policy of the automatic task node.

In this embodiment, the specific configuration policy for the sub-process task node may be to configure an associated node and a child node type of the sub-process task node, where the associated node includes a parent node, a sibling node and/or a next level child node, the child node type may be a manual task node type or an automatic task node type, and when the child node type of the sub-process task node is a manual task node type, the specific configuration policy of the manual task node may be used to configure the sub-process task node. When the child node type of the child flow task node is an automatic task node type, the child flow task node may be configured using a specific configuration policy of the automatic task node. Further, the sub-node type may also be a sub-flow task node, i.e. the node may also continue to divide into a plurality of sub-flow tasks. At this time, the configuration of the sub-flow task node may be continued by using the specific configuration policy for the node, which is not described herein.

As previously described, the node types in the embodiments of the present application may also include script nodes. The configuration policy aiming at the characteristics of the script node can be to configure a task script for the script node, so that the script node can call the task script to realize a preset operation function or call specific equipment or service.

In particular, at some nodes it may be necessary to run scripts to perform specific operations required by the user or to invoke specific devices or services required by the user. At this time, task scripts can be configured for the nodes, so that a preset operation function is realized by calling the task scripts, or specific equipment or service is called.

As previously described, the node types in the embodiments of the present application may also include conditional branch nodes. The specific configuration strategy for the conditional branch node may be to configure a judging condition and a jump rule for the conditional branch node, so that the conditional branch node realizes the flow jump between different nodes.

Specifically, the process flow includes process execution conditions and execution sequences, so that judgment conditions and skip rules in each case need to be set when the process flow is arranged, and the process flow is skipped. In the embodiment of the application, the arrangement of the process execution conditions and the execution sequence is realized by setting the conditional branch nodes and configuring the judging conditions and the jump rules for the conditional branch nodes.

Fig. 4 is a flow chart of a method for dividing a process flow into N production units according to an embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 4, the method comprises the steps of:

in step S401, an industry type of an industry is determined.

In step S402, if the industry type is a process industry type, the process flow is divided into N production units with the production recipe as a core.

In step S403, if the industry type is a discrete industry type, the process flow is divided into N production units with the bill of materials as a core.

In the embodiment of the application, the industries to be arranged can be distinguished based on different industry types, and the process flow can be divided into N production units by taking the production formula as a core aiming at the industries to be arranged, such as industries of pharmacy, biotechnology, chemical industry and the like, of which the industry types are the flow industry types. On the other hand, for industries to be orchestrated, such as industries of machine manufacturing, aviation manufacturing, automobile manufacturing, etc., where the industry type is a discrete industry type, the process flow may be divided into N production units with a bill of materials as a core.

The process flow arrangement method provided by the embodiment of the application can be used for carrying out process flow arrangement aiming at a plurality of different industries. In the implementation tool of the process flow arrangement method, the following default working node types can be set: a start node type, an end node type, a manual task node type, an automatic task node type, a custom node type, a sub-process task node type, a conditional branch node type, and a script node type. For a start node type, configuring a process flow from the node to start, and for an end node type, configuring a process flow to end at the node. The configuration method of the remaining node types is described in detail above.

The workflow of the process flow arrangement method will be described below by taking the flow industry and the discrete industry, respectively.

Aiming at the process industry, a production model takes a formula as a core, an enterprise works in a continuous production mode, the requirement on the automation degree of equipment is high, the automation operation is focused on data acquisition, and the data acquisition is focused on the configuration of an interface of the automation equipment. The process flow in the process production industry not only needs to give a working instruction, but also needs to convert the working instruction into an operation interface of each production line, an operation instruction of equipment and control parameters of various basic automation equipment. Therefore, the process planning tool is required to integrate the manual business operation forms and support rich industrial equipment interfaces.

Process engineering in the process industry requires the disassembly of the process flow in the recipe into different production units, such as: weighing, mixing, distilling, emulsifying, sub-packaging, packaging and the like, and abstracting the different production units into manual task nodes, automatic nodes, sub-processes and the like in a process arranging tool according to the actual production process, so that the arrangement of the whole process can be completed. From the practical working scene, most of working tasks can be abstracted into manual task nodes and automatic task nodes, and the configuration modes of the two nodes are explained in the following.

For the manual task node in the process industry, as described above, the process layout support configuration task forms, the manual operation can input the process value and the result of the work according to the form content during the work, and the manual input content can be used as the production parameter or the equipment parameter of the next step of the production process. In manual form operation, interfaces for configuring various automation devices in the form are supported, so that the manual operation and the docking of different devices are realized. For the automatic task node of the process industry, as described above, the process orchestration support configuration node inputs parameter checks, which automatically check if conditions are met during operation by the process engine. The automatic task finds out the content such as interface, script, etc. preset in the process arrangement, and automatically executes related work such as interface call, script running, etc.

In the embodiment of the application, aiming at the process industry, the whole production process of the process industry can be abstracted into a set of standard process flows by combining different working node elements such as a start node, a conditional branch, an end node, a sub-flow and the like through configuration of different working nodes so as to meet the process arrangement requirement of the process industry and guide actual production work.

Aiming at discrete industries, a production model takes a Bill of materials (BOM) as a core, and a discrete enterprise performs production scheduling based on limited capacity according to production priority, working center capacity and equipment capacity scheduling. Therefore, the fluctuation change exists in the production of a discrete enterprise, the real-time early warning is needed to be carried out on the production process, the direct or indirect detection result is fed back and tracked in real time, and the data are continuously collected for fault analysis and diagnosis. The discrete manufacturing process has few material changes, the product is assembled by various materials, and the product and the required materials have definite quantity proportion.

The process of discrete industry is arranged, and the BOM model is firstly required to be disassembled into different production units on a production line, such as production nodes in electronic products: preparation for production, automatic pasting, reflow soldering, automatic inserting, manual inserting, wave soldering, manual repair soldering, repairing, experimental testing, packaging and the like. And then arranging the actual technological production flow by the production units according to manual operation or automatic operation in actual production.

The embodiment of the application supports the input of production task conditions of the discrete industry, such as the expected total production yield of a production line in a construction period, and then supports the circulation production of the discrete industry by setting a production circulation flow and combining different production modes to carry out work flow arrangement. From the actual working scene, most of working tasks can be abstracted into manual task nodes and automatic task nodes.

For the manual task node of the discrete industry, as described above, the manual production interface is supported to be configured, and various information in the production process is displayed by configuring a custom form or a production interface developed by an enterprise. The built-in form designer supports the butt joint with the intelligent equipment, and the production information generated by the intelligent equipment is recorded into a visual interface of artificial production by setting an industrial Ethernet protocol interface or a ModBus protocol and the like of the intelligent equipment, so that the information statistics and real-time feedback of the artificial task nodes are ensured.

For the automatic nodes in discrete industry, as described above, the control and calling interface configuration of the working equipment for automatic production is supported, and the real-time quantity recording and inquiring interface configuration, the interface configuration of the product quality monitoring equipment for automatic production, the upstream product configuration for automatic production dependence, automatic early warning and other settings can be supported, so that the real-time recording and inquiring of the production information of each node are ensured, and the continuity and stability of production are ensured. In the production process, the real-time data of each production node can be queried in real time through the monitoring interface, so that enterprises are supported to carry out flexible production control, and the production capacity of each production line device is optimized in real time.

In the embodiment of the application, the process flow arrangement tool can be realized by using an open source tool flow-ui.

The process flow arrangement method provided by the embodiment of the application supports the process flow arrangement function of multiple industries, supports the binding of the custom node to the URL of the enterprise form, and supports the functions of a built-in form designer and the like. The method supports various rich production interface configurations of enterprises, and production data query can enable enterprise management personnel to conduct process arrangement and real-time data query through mobile equipment.

The process flow arranging method provided by the embodiment of the application supports the process flow arranging work in the browser, can be conveniently integrated or integrated into the existing software system of the enterprise aiming at interface configuration and worksheet organization of discrete industry and multi-industry of the process industry, has lower culture requirements on professionals of the enterprise, can support personalized production requirements of the enterprise, and is a process arranging tool with higher universality, usability and practicability.

In terms of usability, as long as a process orchestrator has a certain browser use experience, the common use mode of the general flow design tool, such as the mode of configuring a start node, a condition node, a working node and an end node, is known, and the tool can be used quickly. In terms of practicality, the tool provides a set of standard process flow nodes, and simultaneously supports user-defined working nodes which are customized to conform to the actual production of enterprises, and has better practicability according to the analysis of different industries.

Any combination of the above optional solutions may be adopted to form an optional embodiment of the present application, which is not described herein in detail.

The following are device embodiments of the present application, which may be used to perform method embodiments of the present application. For details not disclosed in the device embodiments of the present application, please refer to the method embodiments of the present application.

Fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of a process flow arrangement apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 5, the process flow arrangement apparatus includes:

the obtaining module 501 is configured to obtain an industry process flow, and divide the process flow into N production units, where N is a positive integer.

A determining module 502 is configured to determine node types of the N production units, respectively.

A configuration module 503, configured to configure the nodes corresponding to the N production units by using a preset configuration policy, where the preset configuration policy includes a common configuration policy and a specific configuration policy, and different node types correspond to different specific configuration policies.

And the combining module 504 is configured to combine the nodes corresponding to the configured N production units to obtain an orchestrated process flow.

In the embodiment of the application, the public configuration policy comprises an interface configuration policy, a database integration configuration policy and a file integration configuration policy; the interface configuration strategy is configured on all nodes and is used for configuring data interaction and function call between a system for realizing process flow arrangement and other systems; the database integration configuration strategy is configured at a first node supporting database integration, and the data direct transmission between the first node and the database is realized by configuring database parameters in the first node; the file integration configuration strategy is configured on a second node supporting file import or export, and the file integration configuration strategy in the second node is configured to be in an on state, so that data interaction between the second node and other systems is realized based on file transmission.

In the embodiment of the application, the node type comprises a custom node type; the specific configuration strategy corresponding to the custom node type comprises the step of configuring a form Uniform Resource Locator (URL) or a form designer for the custom node, so that a user can use the form URL or the form designer to program the custom node.

In the embodiment of the application, the node types comprise manual task nodes and automatic task nodes; the specific configuration strategy of the artificial task node comprises the steps of configuring a task form or an artificial production interface of the artificial task node; specific configuration strategies of the automatic task node comprise configuration of verification conditions of the automatic task node and task interfaces or task scripts of the automatic task node.

In the embodiment of the application, the node type further includes a sub-process task node, where the sub-process task node is a manual task node or a sub-node of an automatic task node; the specific configuration strategy of the sub-process task node comprises the steps of configuring the associated node and the sub-node type of the sub-process task node, wherein the associated node comprises a father node, a brother node and/or a next-level sub-node; if the child node type of the child flow task node is the manual task node type, configuring the child flow task node by using a specific configuration strategy of the manual task node; if the sub-node type of the sub-flow task node is the automatic task node type, the sub-flow task node is configured by using a specific configuration strategy of the automatic task node.

In the embodiment of the application, the node type comprises a script node; the specific configuration strategy of the script node comprises configuring the task script for the script node, so that the script node can call the task script to realize a preset operation function or call specific equipment or service.

In the embodiment of the application, the node type includes a conditional branch node; the specific configuration strategy of the conditional branch node comprises the steps of configuring judging conditions and jump rules for the conditional branch node so as to enable the conditional branch node to realize flow jump among different nodes.

In this embodiment, the process flow is divided into N production units, including: determining the industry type of the industry; if the industry type is a process industry type, dividing the process flow into N production units by taking the production formula as a core; if the industry type is discrete, the process flow is divided into N production units by taking the bill of materials as a core.

In the embodiment of the application, the process flow arrangement method is executed by an arrangement tool, and the arrangement tool is realized based on a browser and a server architecture. Furthermore, the process orchestration tool provided in the embodiment of the present application may be stored or installed in a plurality of different terminals, so as to implement disaster recovery backup of the tool.

It should be understood that the sequence number of each step in the foregoing embodiment does not mean that the execution sequence of each process should be determined by the function and the internal logic of each process, and should not limit the implementation process of the embodiment of the present application in any way.

Fig. 6 is a schematic diagram of an electronic device provided in an embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 6, the electronic device 6 of this embodiment includes: a processor 601, a memory 602 and a computer program 603 stored in the memory 602 and executable on the processor 601. The steps of the various method embodiments described above are implemented by the processor 601 when executing the computer program 603. Alternatively, the processor 601, when executing the computer program 603, performs the functions of the modules/units of the apparatus embodiments described above.

The electronic device 6 may be a desktop computer, a notebook computer, a palm computer, a cloud server, or the like. The electronic device 6 may include, but is not limited to, a processor 601 and a memory 602. It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that fig. 6 is merely an example of the electronic device 6 and is not limiting of the electronic device 6 and may include more or fewer components than shown, or different components.

The processor 601 may be a central processing unit (Central Processing Unit, CPU) or other general purpose processor, digital signal processor (Digital Signal Processor, DSP), application specific integrated circuit (Application Specific Integrated Circuit, ASIC), field programmable gate array (Field-Programmable Gate Array, FPGA) or other programmable logic device, discrete gate or transistor logic device, discrete hardware components, or the like.

The memory 602 may be an internal storage unit of the electronic device 6, for example, a hard disk or a memory of the electronic device 6. The memory 602 may also be an external storage device of the electronic device 6, for example, a plug-in hard disk, a Smart Media Card (SMC), a Secure Digital (SD) Card, a Flash Card (Flash Card) or the like, which are provided on the electronic device 6. The memory 602 may also include both internal and external storage units of the electronic device 6. The memory 602 is used to store computer programs and other programs and data required by the electronic device.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that, for convenience and brevity of description, only the above-described division of the functional units and modules is illustrated, and in practical application, the above-described functional distribution may be performed by different functional units and modules according to needs, i.e. the internal structure of the apparatus is divided into different functional units or modules to perform all or part of the above-described functions. The functional units and modules in the embodiment may be integrated in one processing unit, or each unit may exist alone physically, or two or more units may be integrated in one unit, where the integrated units may be implemented in a form of hardware or a form of a software functional unit.

The integrated modules/units, if implemented in the form of software functional units and sold or used as stand-alone products, may be stored in a computer readable storage medium. Based on such understanding, the present application implements all or part of the flow in the methods of the above embodiments, or may be implemented by a computer program to instruct related hardware, and the computer program may be stored in a computer readable storage medium, where the computer program may implement the steps of the respective method embodiments described above when executed by a processor. The computer program may comprise computer program code, which may be in source code form, object code form, executable file or in some intermediate form, etc. The computer readable medium may include: any entity or device capable of carrying computer program code, a recording medium, a U disk, a removable hard disk, a magnetic disk, an optical disk, a computer Memory, a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a random access Memory (Random Access Memory, RAM), an electrical carrier signal, a telecommunications signal, a software distribution medium, and so forth.

The above embodiments are only for illustrating the technical solution of the present application, and are not limiting thereof; although the present application has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it should be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: the technical scheme described in the foregoing embodiments can be modified or some technical features thereof can be replaced by equivalents; such modifications and substitutions do not depart from the spirit and scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, and are intended to be included in the scope of the present application.

Claims

1. A process flow arrangement method, comprising:

respectively determining node types of the N production units;

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the common configuration policies include an interface configuration policy, a database integration configuration policy, and a file integration configuration policy;

The interface configuration strategy is configured on all nodes and is used for configuring data interaction and function call between a system for realizing the process flow arrangement and other systems;

the database integration configuration strategy is configured at a first node supporting database integration, and the data direct transmission between the first node and the database is realized by configuring database parameters in the first node;

the file integration configuration strategy is configured on a second node supporting file import or export, and the file integration configuration strategy in the second node is configured to be in an on state, so that data interaction between the second node and other systems is realized based on file transmission.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the node type comprises a custom node type;

the specific configuration strategy corresponding to the custom node type comprises the step of configuring a form uniform resource locator URL or a form designer for the custom node so that a user can use the form URL or the form designer to arrange the custom node.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the node types include manual task nodes and automatic task nodes;

The specific configuration strategy of the artificial task node comprises the steps of configuring a task form or an artificial production interface of the artificial task node;

the specific configuration strategy of the automatic task node comprises the steps of configuring the verification condition of the automatic task node and a task interface or a task script of the automatic task node.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the node type further comprises a sub-process task node, the sub-process task node being a child of the manual task node or the automatic task node;

the specific configuration strategy of the sub-process task node comprises the steps of configuring the associated node and the child node type of the sub-process task node, wherein the associated node comprises a father node, a brother node and/or a next-level child node;

if the sub-node type of the sub-flow task node is a manual task node type, configuring the sub-flow task node by using a specific configuration strategy of the manual task node;

and if the child node type of the child flow task node is an automatic task node type, configuring the child flow task node by using a specific configuration strategy of the automatic task node.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the node type comprises a script node;

the specific configuration strategy of the script node comprises the step of configuring a task script for the script node, so that the script node can call the task script to realize a preset operation function or call specific equipment or service.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the node type comprises a conditional branch node;

the specific configuration strategy of the conditional branch node comprises the steps of configuring judging conditions and jump rules for the conditional branch node so as to enable the conditional branch node to realize flow jump among different nodes.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein dividing the process flow into N production units comprises:

determining an industry type of the industry;

if the industry type is a process industry type, dividing the process flow into N production units by taking a production formula as a core;

if the industry type is a discrete industry type, dividing the process flow into N production units by taking a bill of materials as a core.

9. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the process flow orchestration method is performed by a process orchestration tool, the process orchestration tool being implemented based on a browser and server architecture.

10. A process flow arrangement apparatus comprising: