JP2002049649A - Environmental information simulation system, device, method and recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system and a method which can accurately evaluate environmental information about a product even when the environmental information is insufficiently collected, so that the environmental information complying with customer's management policy can be provided when providing the environmental information about the delivery product to the customer. SOLUTION: This system comprises the following: a database to which the environmental information about a part is registered in advance; a retrieving means for retrieving a part constituting the product from the database; an environmental information evaluation means which calculates, being based on the results of the retrieval, the evaluation value of the environmental information about the part of the retrieval object, using the environmental information when the environmental information about the part of the retrieval object is registered in the database, or else by averaging processing of every pieces of the environmental information about the parts which are registered to the database and are same in terms of part type or material with the part of the retrieval object when the environmental information of the part of the retrieval object is not registered in the database; and an environmental information evaluation result means for outputting the evaluation result of the environmental information calculated for the product.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a technology for evaluating the environment of products, and more particularly, to a product supplier (provider) that provides equipment products and the like, which evaluates environmental information on the amount of use of predetermined chemical substances in the products. The present invention relates to a system and a method for outputting data and a recording medium.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Recently, a product provider (product supplier) has been required to implement, for example, the following countermeasures as a target setting of eco-efficiency for products in an eco action plan. Each item in parentheses is a specific example.

[0003] Global warming prevention measures (low power consumption, L
Implementation of CA) ・ Recycling of resources (recycling, expanding the use of recycled plastic) ・ Greening (reduction of lead solder and vinyl chloride)

[0004] Of these, "LCA" (Life Cycle Assessment) refers to CO2 that causes global warming over the life cycle from product manufacture to disposal.
It refers to grasping and managing the amount of generation.

[0005] In addition, the number of customers who receive product procurement from product suppliers are also promoting product procurement in consideration of the environmental impact, and have established product procurement guidelines. Some customers are asking product suppliers to submit data on environmental indicators for the products.

[0006] The product supplier's approach to such product procurement guidelines includes: • unification and selection of component materials; • control of the use of harmful substances and management of the content of harmful substances; • labeling of material names; Necessary environmental countermeasures, such as conversion, are implemented.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION As described above, recently, it has been demanded that equipment product suppliers also enhance environmental measures.

By the way, while the management of environmental information in the mass sales industry such as personal computers and mobile phones is relatively advanced, the progress of the management of environmental information is not always good in the small-lot, high-mix equipment industry. No, in fact.

[0009] The reason is that a huge number of parts are used in high-mix low-volume production, and collecting environmental risk information for all parts requires enormous man-hours. This is because the situation is substantially impossible.

[0010] Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a highly accurate evaluation of environmental information of a product even when the collection of environmental information is insufficient. An object of the present invention is to provide a system, an apparatus, a method, and a recording medium which are enabled.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a system, an apparatus, a method, and a recording medium capable of acquiring evaluation data of environmental information of a product in advance during trial production of the product.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a system, an apparatus, a method, and a recording medium capable of providing environmental information on a delivered product to a customer in accordance with a management policy of the customer. It is in.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a system, an apparatus, a method, and a recording medium for supporting green design in a product supplier.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a system, an apparatus, a method, and a recording medium which facilitate construction of a database for storing environmental information, facilitate system introduction, and reduce TOC. . Other objects, features, advantages, and the like of the present invention will be immediately apparent to those skilled in the art from the following description of the embodiments and the like.

[0015]

According to the present invention, there is provided a database for pre-registering environmental information of parts, a means for searching the database for parts constituting a product, a result of the search, When the environment information of the component is registered in the database, the environment information is used. On the other hand, when the environment information of the component is not registered in the database, the component registered in the database is used. Means for calculating the evaluation value of the environmental information of the part from the averaging process of the environmental information of the parts of the same type or the same material, and means for outputting the evaluation value of the environmental information calculated for the product, It has. The above object is achieved in the same manner by the present invention in each claim of the present application, as will be apparent from the following description.

[0016]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a basic configuration of an embodiment of the system of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, as a basic configuration of a system according to an embodiment of the present invention, an environment information evaluation apparatus 10 includes a database (referred to as an “environment database”) in which environment information of parts is registered in advance. And 20), a search means 11 for searching the database 20 for parts constituting the product, and using the environment information when the environment information of the parts is registered in the database 20 as a result of the search. Environmental information of parts is stored in the database 20
Is not registered in the database 20, the evaluation value of the environmental information of the components constituting the apparatus is obtained by averaging the environmental information of the components of the same type or the same material as the components whose environmental information is registered in the database 20. And an environment information evaluation means 12 for calculating environmental information of a product by integrating environmental information of the parts, and an environment for outputting an evaluation result of the environmental information calculated for the product to an output file 15 or the like. And information evaluation result output means 13. This environment simulation system 10 is preferably constructed on a server connected to a network 30 such as the Internet or an intranet (LAN), and is transmitted from a client terminal 16 via the network 30 to a desired environment information evaluation device 10. The function is accessed.

Further, the present invention includes a configuration data expanding means 14 for expanding the device configuration data having a hierarchical structure to the lowest level for the device product. For example, if the equipment product
When a plurality of substrates are provided, each substrate includes a plurality of circuit blocks, and each circuit block includes a component such as an IC or a discrete element, the device configuration data expanding means 14 generates the device configuration data based on the configuration data. To expand to the lowest level parts. The database 20
A well-known database management system (not shown) is used for registering data in the database.

The parts developed by the configuration data developing means 14 are searched in the database 20 by the searching means 11 to evaluate the environmental information.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the product development and design department performs a component information system (CIS: Component
When selecting parts by using (searching) the Information System, environmentally friendly parts are selected. Such a design is also referred to as “green design”.

In the embodiment of the present invention, search means 1
1. Environment information evaluation means 12, environment information evaluation result output means 13, and configuration data development means 14
The processing and functions are realized by a program executed on a computer constituting the "0". In this case, a recording medium (FD (floppy (registered trademark) disk)), CD-ROM, DVD (digital ver.
(satile disk), MT (magnetic tape), semiconductor memory, etc.) by mechanically reading the program into a computer and executing the program, or by downloading the program from a server or the like to the computer via a communication medium. The invention can be implemented.

In order to facilitate understanding of the outline of the system of the present invention, an embodiment applied to environmental evaluation of a product in a product supplier who develops, designs, and delivers a product will be described. In the following description, the form to which the system according to the present invention is applied and the functions and features of the system according to the present invention will be immediately clarified.

A product supplier purchases parts from a parts manufacturer and delivers products to customers. Product suppliers
A database (technical information database) is provided with information such as the item code and name of the parts for the parts list constituting the apparatus, and the environmental information (CO2 generation amount, harmful substance content) of the parts already acquired is stored in the database. Register and manage. In the following, the product supplier is described as having an organizational structure including a quality assurance department, a development and design department, a production technology department, and a sales department. Of course, it is not limited only.

First, with reference to FIG. 2A, a case where a device is newly designed at a product supplier will be described.

The quality assurance department performs a predetermined product assessment 200 as described above for newly designed equipment, and instructs the development and design department to present product specifications at the planning stage.

The indicators for product assessment include, for example: • reduction of products, • recycling, • easy disassembly and separation, • safety and environmental preservation, • ease of collection and transportation, • long term Use, ・ Low power consumption, ・ Provision of information / Description in instruction manual, etc. are set as appropriate as guidelines for product design.

The quality assurance department instructs the production engineering department to perform an environmental assessment as a part of the product assessment, that is, to prepare for an environmental simulation using the system of the present invention (10 in FIG. 1).

The development design section acquires from the CAD system 201 a parts list (referred to as “configuration data”) 202 constituting the development product device. The development and design department usually selects a component from the component information database system storing component information storing component characteristic data and price information, and incorporates the component into the product. The development and design department responds to the quality assurance department with the product specifications at the planning stage at the beginning of design. In the late design stage, the final product specifications will be answered.

The development and design department provides the production engineering department with product configuration data.

The production engineering department executes a simulation 203 of environmental information based on the configuration data 202 provided by the development and design department. It should be noted that the environmental information simulation system according to the present invention has been
-ECO "(Virtual Factory ECO sysyem).

Based on the results of the environmental simulation,
If it is determined that there will be a significant impact on the environment, the development and design department will be requested to improve the design, such as reviewing the adopted parts. In the development and design department,
Calculated environmental information (information on harmful substances, CO2 emissions, etc.)
Can be used to promote green design.

The Production Engineering Department submits the results of the simulation to the Quality Assurance Department as a report on the results of the environmental assessment. As a result of the simulation, a harmful substance total list, a product name code total list, and the like are output.

The system according to the present invention does not pollute the global environment at the time of selecting the components constituting a product by providing the environment information of the components constituting the product at the time of new design of the product at the development design department or the like. Environmentally friendly parts can be selected, which makes it possible to support green design.

Next, with reference to FIG. 2B, a case in which environmental information of an already designed device is obtained will be described.

The sales department receives a request from a customer to submit environmental information. The sales department receiving the submission request clarifies the target device to the production engineering department and requests a simulation of environmental information.

In the production engineering department, the configuration data 206 of the device is developed and generated by the configuration data developing means 14 of FIG. 1 based on the technical information database 205 for the device requested by the sales department. An environmental risk simulation 207 is performed based on the configuration data, and the result of the simulation is submitted to the sales department as a report.

As the report output function, an LCA report, a report on harmful substances, a power consumption comparison report, a recycled plastic utilization rate report, a recycling rate report, and the like are output.

The sales department receiving the environmental risk simulation result from the production engineering department reports this to the customer.

The user can use all the functions of the system according to the present invention by using the WEB browser on the client terminal, and can output reports including graphs only with the browser, and install software on the client terminal. Are not required.

Next, the configuration of the database 20 according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described. Equipment products such as electrical and electronic devices manufactured by product suppliers generally include electrical components (resistor, individual components of capacitors, relay switches, connectors, semiconductor devices) and mechanical components (chassis, board)
Consists of

The database 20 of the system according to the present invention for storing and managing the environmental information of these components has the following features.

[Characteristics of Database]: (1) Information on electrical components is classified and managed for each product type.

(2) Regarding the mechanical parts, information on the material is managed by parameters such as material, plating, and painting.

(3) Environmental information provided from a component manufacturer to a product supplier is managed separately from item information inside the product supplier.

(4) A list of harmful substances given to the environment is managed by being classified into three levels (prohibition, avoidance, management), and harmful substance management policies for each product supplier and each customer who delivers products. Is different, it is possible to perform evaluation and report output according to the type of harmful substances to be managed and their ranking according to each management policy. I have.

(5) Information on parts and materials purchased by a product supplier from a component maker is not managed by a product supplier's unique product name code (product name code assigned inside the product supplier), but is managed by a component manufacturer's item. , Manage.

(6) Related information (item-related) regarding which manufacturer item (manufacturer item of component manufacturer) the item unique to the product supplier is composed of is maintained. In addition, when one item is purchased from a plurality of component manufacturers (also referred to as “multi-vendor purchasing”), the item name of the product supplier is 1 for this item.
, And are managed and maintained in the form of many maker items. Note that the calculation of the harmful substance content at the time of the multi-vendor purchase is integrated, for example, assuming that the component having the largest content has been selected for each harmful substance.

(7) In general, since one component contains a plurality of types of harmful substances, information on the harmful substances contained in the parts (manufacturer's items) delivered by the component maker and the content thereof ( Hazardous items), one for the manufacturer item
The harmful items are managed and held in a data model of many (one-to-n parent-child relationships).

(8) The content of the harmful substance in the electric parts is uniformly different at one point even if the parts are of the same type and have the same characteristics. That is, for example, even if the characteristics (the same capacitance value, the same resistance value) of the capacitor and the resistor are the same, the content of the harmful substance is different if the component maker providing the same is different. Therefore, in the present invention,
Environmental information of electrical components is registered and managed in a database for each product type. On the other hand, the content of a harmful substance in a mechanical component (a housing or the like) is determined by the weight and surface area of the mechanical component, and is calculated when the material, plating, and painting are determined. Therefore, in the present invention, regarding the mechanical parts,
The harmful substance content per unit weight of the material and the harmful substance content per unit area of plating and painting are managed and maintained as harmful material information.

As described above, in the system according to the present invention, the database 20 includes harmful item information for each maker item of the component maker, and associates the item name code unique to the product supplier with the maker item. Through the information, the environmental information of the item can be retrieved from the product supplier's unique product name code.

By the way, in realizing the environmental information simulation system, the most time-consuming operation is the collection of contents from a component manufacturer. According to the present invention, it is possible to execute an accurate environmental simulation even when the environmental information of the components is not completely prepared. And, as the collection amount of environmental information of parts increases,
Simulation accuracy is improved.

In the system according to the present invention, the environmental information of the parts is managed by the manufacturer item of the part manufacturer that provides the parts to the product supplier. For this reason, it is not necessary to perform re-input or the like in correspondence with the product name code of the product supplier for the construction of the database (avoiding double input of data), thereby improving work efficiency.

Further, for example, when implementing the system according to the present invention at another product supplier (other business unit),
It is possible to reuse environmental information (contents) of parts, shorten system introduction, and reduce total cost (TCO).
of Ownership).

The environmental information of the mechanical parts is also registered in the database 20 in association with the material, weight, surface area and the like of the mechanical parts for each maker item of the part maker.

Next, an environment simulation executing section according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described. The simulation of the environmental information of the equipment product usually uses equipment configuration data consisting of a large number of parts (list of parts that make up the equipment)
Is changed and executed many times. For this reason, the amount of calculation processing in the simulation increases, and the turnaround time (TAT) increases.

Further, it is inefficient to execute the simulation by designating the apparatus configuration again every time a report is output.

Therefore, in the embodiment of the present invention,
The simulation work and the report output work are separated, and the result of the simulation can be registered as report output information.

In the system according to the present invention, when the simulation of the environmental information is executed, as a result of the search of the database 20 by the search means 11, the environmental information of the electric parts constituting the apparatus has not been collected and has not been registered in the database 20. , Environmental information of components of the same type as the electrical component already registered in the database 20 is extracted, a weighted average of the environmental information of each component is calculated in real time, and then integrated. . The calculated environmental information of the electric component is registered in the database 20, and the value is used from the next time. Of course, when environmental information is provided from the component manufacturer for the component, the acquired environmental information is registered in the database.

As for the environmental information of the mechanical parts, the environmental information is integrated from the information of the material of the mechanical parts, the weight, the surface area, the plating, and the coating.

Thus, accurate simulation can be performed even when collection of environmental information is insufficient.

One of the features of the system according to the present invention is that a multi-user interface corresponding to the number of simulation data is provided as the search means 11 of the database 20. That is, three types of configuration data are specified according to the number of cases for newly designed equipment.

(1) When searching a small amount of data immediately, access the system from the browser of the terminal and enter the product name code.

(2) At the time of a normal search, a file containing several to several hundreds of search item code information is transferred from a terminal browser to a search server to execute a search, and the search result is displayed on the terminal. .

(3) In the case of a batch search of a large amount of data exceeding the order of 1,000, the search request is copied to the file server, and the search server stores the search result in the file server.

Further, the system according to the present invention is provided with means (14 in FIG. 1) for automatically expanding configuration data corresponding to the apparatus. In other words, the environment information evaluation unit 12 includes a configuration data expanding unit 14 that expands configuration data of a device (a component list that configures the device) over, for example, a plurality of (multi) layers and expands the components to a lower level component. The environmental information of each part is integrated. The user automatically expands the configuration data of the child items constituting the product name code, for example, only by instructing the parent product name code. Configuration data is automatically expanded. For this reason, by inputting the product name code, the development designer or the like can obtain environmental information obtained by integrating the environmental information of the child, grandchild, and further great-grandchild components of the product name code.

The introduction of the system according to the present invention configured as described above is expected to enhance environmental measures in the equipment industry.

With the introduction of the system according to the present invention, environmental information such as the amount of harmful substances and the amount of generated CO2 can be quantitatively grasped.

Manufacturers are strongly required by customers and other companies to take environmental measures for their products. In the future, it is inevitable that environmental measures corresponding to the procurement guidelines of customer companies will be required. By introducing and implementing the system according to the present invention, it is possible to expect an improvement in business performance such as an increase in orders due to a focus on environmental measures. In addition, interest in environmental issues is increasing socially, and companies that place importance on environmental initiatives are favorably received by the public. Environmental measures can also enhance non-price competitiveness, such as improving the image of a company and securing excellent human resources.

According to the present invention, all systems including the report function are configured as a network type system connected to the Internet and an intranet, so that dedicated software can be installed in the terminal and specific configuration settings (environment Setting) is unnecessary, and reduces the TCO.

Further, according to the present invention, since the component maker information is independently managed, it is possible to compare the amount of harmful substances used for each component maker, and the product supplier can, for example, Parts can be purchased preferentially from parts manufacturers with advanced environmental measures. In addition, it is possible to educate and educate parts manufacturers who have not advanced environmental measures to strengthen environmental measures.

In the system of the present invention, environmental information is
Aggregated in item units and linked to the parts information system. Thereby, for example, in the product development stage of FIG.
Development designers can select “environmentally friendly” parts that do not contain or contain a small amount of harmful substances, enabling green design.

By the way, at present, it can be said that there is no official standard for regulation of harmful substances in equipment. For this reason, equipment manufacturers and companies that purchase equipment are setting their own internal standards. In such a situation, manufacturers operating the business globally have to perform environmental measures, report output, and the like for each customer, country of delivery, and local government. According to the system of the present invention, in response to such a situation, it is possible to hold a plurality of management policies for harmful substances, change the management method to the management policy of the report presentation destination, and perform simulation. Can be performed.

Further, according to the present invention, the product supplier does not manage the information on the parts and materials purchased from the component manufacturer by using the product supplier's own product name code (product name code assigned inside the product supplier). It is a component item of a component manufacturer and is managed, so it can respond to multi-vendor purchasing.

[0074]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS In order to describe the above-described embodiment of the present invention in more detail, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a system configuration of an embodiment of the present invention. The system configuration shown in FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a specific configuration of the embodiment described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 3, the technical information mainframe 3
1 includes a master file of component information, and downloads data to the technical information server 32.

The technical information database 32A for registering and managing the item data in the technical information server 32 has a structure shown in FIG.
This corresponds to the technical information database 205 shown in FIG.
Based on the device information stored in the technical information database 32A, it is possible to develop an already designed device configuration.

The environment simulation system according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises a group of servers. Environment database 20
A database server 34 (corresponding to the database 20 in FIG. 1), and an application server 3 that executes a simulation in cooperation with the database server 34
5. For a report server 36, a client terminal 38, and the like that generate a report output of a simulation result,
It comprises a web server 37 that provides a user interface.

The WEB browser of the client terminal 38 inputs, for example, an HTML (hypertext markup sentence) sentence from the WEB server 37, and various functions of the environment simulation system are selected and executed on the screen of the terminal 38. That is, the functions of the environment simulation system can be accessed from the browser of the client terminal 38 via the Internet 30, and installation of dedicated software is not required. By simply clicking print from the browser screen of the client terminal 38, output data (including image data) from the report server 36 is printed out on the printer of the client terminal 38.

Further, by setting item-related information for defining the relationship between the manufacturer item and the product supplier item in the environmental database 20 for another product supplier, it can be used from another product supplier (business unit) 39. .

FIG. 4 shows a relation between data stored in the environment database 20 according to an embodiment of the present invention using a data model.

In the environment database 20, information on electric components is classified and managed for each product type. Electric parts type 1
01 indicates the type as a primary key (PK) and CO2
It is a table including the generation amount as information.

For the mechanical parts, information on the mechanical material
For example, classification management is performed for each of three types of parameters: material, plating, and painting. The material 102 has a material symbol (primary key), material, classification (primary key), CO
2 Includes the generated amount as information.

The maker 103 has a maker name, the maker 103 has a maker item 105 as a child as a data model parent-child relationship (1: n), and has a maker item 10
Reference numeral 5 includes a manufacturer's product name, a manufacturer's name, weight, power consumption, area, type, material, plating, painting, CO2 generation amount, and the like.

The maker item 105 has an item relation 106 as a child as a parent-child relationship of the data model, and the item relation 1
Reference numeral 06 has a manufacturer product name and a product name code as keys.

The item relation 106 associates the item name code of the component item in the product supplier (office) with the manufacturer name of the component in the component manufacturer that supplies the component. The product name (manufacturer item) can be searched, and a list of which component manufacturer's product item (referred to by the product supplier's product name code) of the product supplier (office) can be searched and output can be output. I have.

The item relation 106 has a child name of the product supplier, and the item 116 has a product name code, a model name, a standard mark, and a name code.

The product type 101 has a product type determination 108 as a child of the parent-child relationship of the data model, and has a product type as a primary key, a foreign key (FK), and a name code as a primary key and a unique key (UK). The primary key is used for a search key, the foreign key is used for verifying the existence of a parent in a parent-child data model, and the unique key takes a unique value. Although CK is a check key, since it is not directly related to the subject of the present invention, detailed description of these keys is omitted.

The name code 117 has a Japanese name, an English name, and a database registration date. Item 116 is
The name code 117 is also information stored in the component information database managed by the technical information server.

The material 102 has a plurality of harmful materials 109 as a child (parent-child relationship of the data model) (one to n), and the harmful material 109 has a symbol, a harmful substance name, presence / absence, and content. For example, regarding a chassis or the like which is a mechanical member of a product, a substance of a harmful material such as lead or cadmium is linked for each material such as iron or plastic resin.

The harmful substance 104 has a harmful substance name, a harmful rank, and a harmful level (quantification data), has a harmful material 109 as a child, and has a harmful item 107 as a child.

The harmful item 107 includes a maker item name, a harmful substance name, presence / absence of harmful substance, and content.

The device item 111 includes a product name code, a device name,
Includes power consumption, weight, recycled plastic weight, cumulative weight, cumulative weight electricity, cumulative weight mechanism (machine), cumulative weight metal, and cumulative weight plastic.

The device item 111 has, as a child, the LCA 110 searched by the product name code, and the LCA 110 has information on the product name code, life stage, and the amount of generated CO2.

The device item 111 has a device hazard 112 as a child, and the device hazard includes a product code, a harmful substance name, and a content.

The hazardous format 113 has a format, a standard hazardous substance name, a changed hazardous substance name, and a hazardous level, and has the hazardous substance 104 and the format 114 as children.

The device item 111 and the format 114 have a device harmful report 115 as a child, and the device harmful report 1
Reference numeral 15 includes a format, a product name (product) code, a harmful substance name, a harmful rank, a harmful level, and a content.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the configuration of the database 20 for realizing the function of classifying and managing the information of the electric components for each product type will be described.

FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining a specific configuration for realizing the feature (1) described as a feature of the database in the embodiment. Information on electrical components
It is classified and managed for each variety.

The product type 101 is composed of a table in which a product type list of electric components and the amount of CO2 generated for each product type are stored. The product type 101 links a product item 105 storing product item information and a product type determination 108. Type judgment 108
Is a table for determining the type from the name code. Get the name code from the item information, the name code is
It is a table for associating English and Japanese names.

FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining a specific configuration for realizing the above-mentioned feature (2) of the database. For the mechanical parts, the information on the materials is managed by parameters such as the material, plating, and painting.

Information on the mechanism material is classified and managed for each of three types of parameters, for example, material, plating, and painting. The material information 102, which is a table storing a list of materials, plating, and coating of mechanical parts and the amount of generated CO 2, points to the manufacturer item information 105.

FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining a specific configuration for realizing the above-mentioned feature (3) of the database. Manufacturer 103, which is the information of the trading parts manufacturer,
It is managed separately from the manufacturer item 105 which is a table including information on the manufacturer item. The maker 103 and the maker item 105 are a data model of a 1: n parent-child relationship. Using the manufacturer name as a key, harmful substance content information can be compared for each manufacturer.

FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining a specific configuration for realizing the above-mentioned feature (4) of the database.

The list of harmful substances given to the environment is managed in three stages (prohibition, avoidance, management), and is managed according to the harmful substance management policy for each product supplier and each customer who delivers products. The types of target harmful substances and their ranking can be adapted to multiple management policies. The maker item 105 having the maker information of the component maker has a plurality of harmful items 107 as children of the data model for each maker item, and the harmful substance 104 also has the harmful item 107 as a child of the data model. The harmful substances 104 are classified as outside ranks according to the degree of danger of harmful substances.
It is divided into three stages of management. The harmful level is a numerical value of the harmful rank, and data of a product supplier standard is set. As harmful levels, prohibition = 1, avoidance =
2, management = 3.

Among them, the prohibition prohibits harmful substances, and parts containing the harmful substances cannot be used. Avoidance is to minimize harmful substances,
Management is to perform prescribed management of harmful substances, such as reporting on the content. The rank decreases in the order of prohibition, avoidance, management, and the like.

The harmful substance 104 is a harmful format 11
3 as a child of the data model. Harmful Format 1
Reference numeral 13 denotes a table for performing notation of a harmful substance name and a conversion of a harmful rank (conversion from a product supplier to a customer-specific rank) in order to cope with a harmful material management method that differs for each customer.

The harmful format 113 has the format 114 as a child of the data model. Format 1
Numeral 14 is toxic substance management policy list information of the client company.

The format 114 has the device harmful report 112 as a child of the data model. The device harmful report 112 is a table of harmful substance management report data to be submitted to the customer, and enables the same device to be output in a format conforming to the management method of each submitting customer company.

The harmful items 107 are determined from the maker items 105, and for each harmful item, necessary conversions are made to the notation and rank of harmful substances for the customer based on the information of the harmful format 113, and the device harmful report for each customer Create 112 information.

FIG. 9 shows the characteristics (5) of the database.
It is a figure explaining the concrete composition for realizing (6). The information of parts and materials of the product supplier is not managed by the product supplier's own product name code, but managed by the manufacturer item 105 of the component manufacturer. It manages and holds an item relation 106 indicating which manufacturer item is composed of an item unique to the product supplier.

A maker item 105 which is a table of maker item information of a component maker has an item relation 106 as a plurality of children, and one item of a product supplier can correspond to a plurality of component maker items. That is, in response to the case where one item is purchased from a plurality of component manufacturers (multi-vendor purchase), the item relation 106 is managed and held in a format in which one product supplier item and one manufacturer item 105 are many. I have.

Since it is not possible to specify whether the parts of the vendor (parts manufacturer) will be used in the product at the time of production of the relevant device, the calculation of the harmful substance content at the time of multi-vendor purchase requires the maximum harmful substance for each harmful substance. Integrate assuming that the parts with the content are selected.

Since the component information is managed by the manufacturer item 105 and does not depend on the item information of the product supplier, the content can be used by a plurality of product suppliers.

FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining a specific configuration for realizing the above-mentioned feature (7) of the database. In order to cope with the situation where one part contains a plurality of types of harmful substances, a part manufacturer item 105 of a part delivered by a part maker has an item relation 10
6 (one-to-n parent-child relationship).

FIG. 11 is a view for explaining a specific configuration for realizing the above-mentioned feature (8) of the database.

The material 102 has a maker item 105 and a harmful material 109 as children of the data model. Material 10
Reference numeral 2 holds information on material, coating, and plating.

The maker item 105 holds information on the weight and area of the mechanical component, and holds information on the material used for the mechanical component, the type of plating, and the type of coating.

The harmful material 109 holds information on the harmful substance content per unit weight of the material, the harmful substance content per unit area of plating, and the harmful substance content per unit area of coating.

The materials of the mechanical parts, their weight and surface area,
The total amount of harmful substances contained in the mechanical parts (housing, etc.) is calculated according to the type of plating and painting.

FIG. 12 is a diagram for explaining the registration processing of the simulation result according to one embodiment of the present invention. The simulation of the environmental information of the equipment product is based on the equipment configuration data consisting of a large number of parts (list of parts that make up the equipment).
It is inefficient to change and execute the simulation many times, and to specify the device configuration data each time a report is output and execute the simulation. Therefore, in an embodiment of the present invention, the simulation work and the report output work are separated, and the result of the simulation can be registered as report output information.

In the device item 111, basic information of the device is registered, and the product name (product name), device name, power consumption,
The integrated information other than the weight and the weight of the recycled plus chip is automatically set.

The device item 111 has the LCA 110 as a child of the data model. The LCA life stage will be described. In the LCA, the amount of CO2 generated in six life stages, that is, raw material production, component production, product assembly, distribution, use, and disposal, is calculated for the device name (product name code).

The LCA 110 has C at each life stage of raw material production, parts production, product assembly, distribution, use, and disposal determined as a result of LCA simulation.
The O2 generation amount is registered. Normally, a determined value is registered as a result of a plurality of simulations.

The device item 111 has a device harmful 112 as a child of the data model. A simulation result of a harmful substance is registered in the device harmful 112. Normally, a determined value is registered as a result of a plurality of simulations. When the device harm 112 is updated, the device harm report 115 is also automatically updated. The device harmful report 115 is used as report data submitted to the customer.

In addition, for each supplier (business entity) or each customer company using the system according to the present invention, a management policy of harmful substances (which substances are harmful and how harmful ranks are determined) ), The types of hazardous substances to be managed and their rankings can be adapted to multiple management policies. That is, harmful substance 1
No. 04 has a harmful format 113 as a child (one-to-n parent-child relationship), and can provide different harmful ranks and harmful level information for one harmful substance, and change and adjust the name of the harmful substance. (For example, “mercury” will be referred to as “mercury compound”), and from the format 114 and the device hazardous format 115, for each device to be supplied to the customer, the type of the harmful substance to be managed and the ranking thereof It can be carried out.

The content of harmful substances in electric parts is different even at one point even for parts of the same type and the same characteristics. That is, for example, even if the characteristics (the same capacitance value, the same resistance value) of the capacitor and the resistor are the same, the content of the harmful substance is different if the component maker providing the same is different. The content of the harmful substance in the mechanical component (housing, etc.) is determined by the weight and surface area of the mechanical component, and is calculated when the material, plating, and painting are determined.

In the present invention, the contents of harmful substances per unit weight of the material and the contents of harmful substances per unit area of plating and painting are managed and maintained as the manufacturer item 105 for the mechanical parts. .

In the present invention, when the information of the environmental information (hazardous substance content, CO2 generation amount, etc.) of the corresponding item of the electrical component is not registered in the environmental database 20, the content of the harmful substance of the electrical component is determined based on the environmental information. The weighted average of the harmful substance content and the component weight of the same type of component (manufacturer's item) registered in the database 20 is calculated.

That is, it is necessary to collect environmental data of electric components included in the equipment from a component maker one by one. However, this information is: 1. The number of target parts is large. 2. It is time-consuming and expensive to analyze contained substances at product suppliers or component manufacturers; It is difficult to collect complete information for reasons such as contacting the trade secrets of parts manufacturers.

That is, it can be said that it is practically impossible to register accurate information on the content of harmful substances in the manufacturer's items in the database for all electric components.

Therefore, in one embodiment of the present invention, when environmental data is not collected from a component maker, a weighted average is obtained for each product type in real time at the time of executing the environmental simulation of the device product, and the simulation is performed. Use for calculations in.

When there are n parts of the same type registered in the environment database 20 and the weight of the ith part is wi and the content of the harmful substance is zi, the weight data of the electric part having the weight W is pollutant level Z is the average processing weighted average) is given by ^{Z = W · {(Σ n} i = 1 z i / w i) / n}. Similarly, when the i-th component weight is wi and the harmful substance content rate is xi, the harmful substance content Z of the electric component whose weight data is W is obtained by averaging (weighted average) Z = W It is given by _{^{{(Σ n i = 1 x}} i · w i) / (Σ n i = 1 wi)}.

In this manner, a highly accurate simulation can be realized even if there is a lack in the environmental information of the component.

That is, in one embodiment of the present invention,
Even when the environmental data of the electrical parts is not registered in the database 20, the environmental data of the representative parts is calculated from the environmental data of the representative parts. Even if it is not in the state, the system can be operated, and the introduction of the system is facilitated.

As shown in FIG. 3, in one embodiment of the present invention, all of the system functions can be used only by the web browser on the client terminal 38.

Further, the output of the environment report including the graph can be performed as the image displayed on the screen without relying on the printing function of the web browser for the Internet.

Further, when introducing the system according to the present invention to another business establishment, it may not be necessary to newly collect harmful substance content information from a component manufacturer. Related information indicating which parts manufacturer's item is composed of the item unique to the product supplier (business entity) (item related 106)
Just for any product supplier,
Easy and short-term introduction of the system.

The system according to one embodiment of the present invention has three types of configuration data specifying methods for newly designed devices as multiuser interfaces according to the number of simulation data.

(1) When a small amount of data is to be searched immediately, an article name code is input from the WEB browser of the client terminal.

(2) At the time of a normal search, a file including the search item code information is transferred from the terminal browser to the search server to execute the search, and the search result is displayed on the terminal.

(3) In the case of batch search of a large amount of data, the search request is copied to the file server, and the search server stores the search result in the file server.

By preparing a plurality of user interfaces, a large amount of data processing (batch processing) can be performed.
It enables flexible search processing from to individual search.

In one embodiment of the present invention, a function of automatically expanding the configuration data of the apparatus is provided by linking to the technical information database 32A of the core system that stores and manages the item and name information of the parts of the apparatus.

In the case of a pre-designed device, it is not necessary to create configuration data, and it is linked to the technical information database (parts information database) 32A of the core system. Automatically collect item information of all layers.

The simulation output of the environmental information includes a harmful substance total list (including graph information), a product name code total list, an LCA report, and the like.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a report output result of the environment simulation system according to one embodiment of the present invention, and is a diagram showing an example of a product name code total list. Figure 1
In the example shown in FIG. 3, six parts (capacitor, connector,
Coil, IC, cable, shield case)
Item name code column, type name column, standard column, type column, material column, plating column, coating column, quantity column, weight column, power consumption column, area column,
Includes a column for CO2 emission, a column for harmful substance content (mg), and a column for harmful substance content (%). The standard gives environmental guideline information, and takes values such as numerical values 1, 2, and 3 according to the degree of recommendation.

Among the hit ratios, two were registered, the hit ratio was 33.30% (the environmental information of the parts was registered in the database), and the average was 4 (determined by the load averaging process).
In this case, 66.7% and mistakes are 0%.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a report output result of the environmental simulation system according to one embodiment of the present invention, and is a diagram showing an example of a harmful substance unit total list. For the harmful rank, a ban, avoidance, and management rank is added for each harmful substance name. This harmful rank is changed according to the management method of the customer. The harmful substance content can be tabulated for each harmful rank.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a report output result of the environment simulation system according to one embodiment of the present invention, and is a diagram showing an example of an LCA report. Raw material production, parts production, product assembly,
The amount of CO2 generated at each stage of distribution, use, and disposal and the total amount thereof are given.

In one embodiment of the present invention, raw material production,
The method of calculating the amount of generated CO2 (LCA evaluation method) at each stage of parts manufacturing, product assembly, distribution, use, and disposal will be outlined below.

1. Raw material production: CO2 generation amount of mechanical parts = (C per unit weight of material)
O2 generation amount) x (part weight)
The amount of CO2 generated in raw material production.

2. Component production: CO2 generation amount of electric components = (CO2 generation amount per type of electric component) The amount of CO2 generation of electric components integrated for each device is defined as the CO2 generation amount of component production.

3. Equipment assembly: CO2 generation amount of equipment assembly = (power consumption required for production per device) x (CO2 generation amount per energy usage) Power consumption required for production per device = (consumption of factory) 3. Electricity / (average equipment production capacity) Distribution: CO2 generated in distribution = (weight of equipment) x (CO2 generated by transport per weight) CO2 generated by transport per weight is: CO2 generated by transport per weight = (transport distance) /
(Fuel efficiency of 4t truck) x (C per liter of light oil)
4. O2 generation amount) / 4000 When using: CO2 emission during use = (power consumption when using the device) x
(CO2 generation amount per amount of energy used) x (lifespan) Therefore, in the case of a product having a long lifespan, most of the CO2 at the stage of use is reduced.

The power consumption during use of the device is measured by the development and design department at the time of completion of the product assessment or the like.

6. Disposal: CO2 emissions at the time of disposal = (CO2 emissions per unit weight by transportation to disposal site) + (C per unit weight per unit disposal)
O2 generation amount) CO2 generation amount by disposal per weight = (power consumption of shredder device) x (CO2 per energy usage amount)
Generation amount) x (crushing time)

FIG. 16 is a view showing a report output result of the environmental simulation system according to one embodiment of the present invention, and is a view showing a harmful substance report sample. The report output is generated and output by the JAVA (registered trademark) report function of the report server 36 in FIG. In the example shown in FIG. 16, the harmful rank rate and the harmful substance content rate are displayed in a pie chart for the apparatus name and the product name code, and the harmful substance name and its content, the harmful rank total, and the apparatus total are shown for each rank in the harmful rank. Is output. As described above, in one embodiment of the present invention, the report output including the graph (image) information can be printed as a screen display image by selecting the print output with the browser of the terminal 38 (FIG. 3). Is output.

The details of an example in which the system according to the present invention is applied to the environment evaluation of communication equipment will be described below with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. FIG. 17 and FIG.
FIG. 8 is a diagram showing details of the processing procedure shown in FIG.

FIG. 17 is a diagram for explaining a processing (business) flow in the case of a new product design.

The quality assurance section performs the above-described product assessment on a newly designed product (step S11).

The development and design department is requested to create a product assessment, and the development and design department creates a product assessment (step S12).

The production engineering department prepares for an environmental assessment as a part of the product assessment, that is, a simulation by the system of the present invention (step S1).
3).

The development design section creates product configuration data from the CAD system (step S14).

The production engineering department executes an environment simulation by referring to the product configuration data from the development and design department and the environment database (step S15).

The production engineering department creates an environmental report (step S16). The report submitted to the customer consists of information on the presence or absence of harmful substances, comparison of power consumption, usage rate of recycled plastic, life cycle assessment, recycling rate, etc.

The development and design department submits a product assessment result report to the quality assurance department (step S17).

The quality assurance department receives the product assessment (step S18).

FIG. 18 is a diagram for explaining a processing flow when presenting environmental information to a customer for an already designed product.

The sales department receives a request for submission of environmental information from the customer (step S21).

The sales department clarifies the target device to the production engineering department and requests an environmental risk simulation (step S22). This is done to understand the environmental risks in the delivered equipment.

The production engineering department expands and generates the device configuration information requested by the sales department, and performs an environmental risk simulation with reference to the environment database (step S2).
3) A report of the simulation result is output (step S24). The production engineering department submits the report to the sales department, and the sales department receives the environmental report (step S2).
5) Submit to the customer (step S26).

FIG. 19 is a diagram showing the process of outputting the configuration data to the newly designed product in FIG. 17 (step S14). CAD system 201 for products currently being designed
From the component list (configuration data) 202 of the device
Is output.

In the configuration data 202, the apparatus is composed of a plurality of units (for example, substrates), and each unit (substrate)
Is composed of a plurality of circuit blocks, and each circuit block is composed of a semiconductor device and individual components, and so on, and is represented as hierarchical component tree information.

FIG. 20 is a diagram showing the processing procedure of executing the environment simulation (step S15) in FIG. 17, and is a diagram showing the transfer control of the configuration data before the execution of the simulation. The following processing steps are processed and controlled by a computer executed on the computer. By designating the file from the web browser, the file (product configuration data file) 202 on the client terminal of the development design department is designated (step S31), and the data of the development design department is changed according to the file transmission instruction from the web browser. Transmitted (step S3
2) The environmental simulation system of the Production Engineering Department
The product configuration data is received and stored in the product configuration data file 122 on the server (step S33).

FIG. 21 shows the time of execution of the environment simulation (step S15 in FIG. 17, step S23 in FIG. 18).
6 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the first embodiment. The following processing steps are processed and controlled by a computer executed on a server computer.

The product configuration data file 122 is read, and the product configuration data 122A is stored in the memory (step S41).

The product configuration data 122A is read from the memory, and typically expanded product configuration data 120 is stored. The component tree having the hierarchical structure of the device is expanded to the leaf at the end of the tree structure (step S42).

The simulation is executed with reference to the technical information database storing the item and the name, the parts of the developed product configuration data, and the environment database 20 (step S43).

When the total result of harmful substances is output to the simulation result data 121, the total result of harmful substances 1
21A is issued (step S44).

In the case of the item code total output, the item code total result 121B is output (step S45).

When the detailed result is output, the detailed result 121C is output (step S46).

FIG. 22 is a flowchart showing the procedure of a simulation process according to an embodiment of the present invention. The following processing steps are processed and controlled by a computer executed on a server computer.

Item 116 in the technical information database (the database on the technical information server 32 in FIG. 3) (see FIG. 4)
, The item information (model name, classification) of the product supplier is acquired (step S51).

By searching the environment database 20 and referring to the maker item 105 and the item relation 106, the item of the product supplier is converted into a maker item, and maker item information is obtained (step S52).

The maker item information stores weight, area, type, material, plating, painting, and CO2 generation.

It is checked whether there is harmful item information (step S53).

When there is harmful item information, harmful substance 10
4. The harmful substance content is acquired with reference to the harmful item 107 (step S54), and the simulation result data 1 is obtained.
21 (product name code, harmful substance name, content, content rate, harmful rank, harmful level, type name, standard mark, variety, material,
(Plating, painting, quantity, weight, power consumption, area, CO2 generation amount) are stored in the memory.

When there is no harmful item information, the harmful substance 10
4. The developed product configuration data 120 is read, the average harmful substance content is calculated (step S55), and the simulation result data 121 is stored in the memory.

FIG. 23 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure for calculating the average harmful substance content in step 55 of FIG. The following processing steps are processed and controlled by a computer executed on a server computer.

It is determined whether the component is an electric component or a mechanical component (step S61). In this determination, if the type is set in the information of the maker item 105 (see FIG. 4), the component is determined to be an electrical component, and if the material is set, the component is determined to be a mechanical component.

If the result of determination in step S61 is that the component is an electrical component, the manufacturer item 105 storing the common information of the component,
Hazardous item 1 containing harmful substance content of varieties and electrical components
07, a harmful substance 104 storing basic information of the harmful substance,
With reference to the developed product configuration data 120, the average harmful substance content of the product type is obtained (step S62), and the simulation result data 121 is stored in the memory.

In the case of a mechanical part, the content of harmful substances contained in the material of the mechanical part is calculated from the weight of the mechanical part (step S63).

The content of harmful substances contained in the plating is calculated from the area of the mechanical parts (step S64).

The content of harmful substances contained in the paint is calculated from the area of the mechanical parts (step S65). A value obtained by adding these results is stored in the memory as simulation result data 121.

FIG. 24 is a flowchart showing a procedure for outputting report data in one embodiment of the present invention. The following processing steps are processed and controlled by a computer executed on a server computer.

The simulation result data 121 is read from the memory, and the device item 11 of the environment database 20 is read.
The information of No. 1 (weight integration result) is updated (step S7)
1).

The result of integrating harmful substances is stored in Environmental Database 2
It is registered in the device harmful 112 of 0 (step S72).

The result of the LCA integration is stored in the environment database 20.
(Step S73).

With reference to the hazardous format 113 storing conversion data for outputting a report corresponding to a hazardous substance management system different for each customer, information on the apparatus hazard 112 is read, and the result of the hazardous substance integration is submitted to the customer. (Step S74), and the harmful substance containing report data to be submitted to the customer is stored in the environmental database 20.
Is registered in the device harmful report 115.

In one embodiment of the present invention, if environmental information has not been collected for a component of the same type as the electrical component of the configuration data, the same type registered in the database is
The weighted average for each product type is calculated in real time and then integrated. If the environmental information of the mechanical parts has not been collected, it is added up from the information on the material, plating and painting. As a result, even when collection of environmental information is insufficient, a highly accurate simulation can be executed. That is, the introduction of the system of the present invention is expected to enhance environmental measures in the equipment industry.

Next, still another embodiment of the present invention will be described. Environmentally friendly parts generally require the application of new technologies, leading to increased costs. While it is natural to consider the environment, it must also be cost competitive as a product.

In order to make these both compatible, it is necessary to compare and examine the environment and cost at the stage of component selection, and to carry out a balance design between environment and cost from an early stage of design. In this case, the data link between the VF-ECO and the component information system is effective.

Although the Green Purchasing Law came into effect in April 2001, companies and the like are also required to preferentially purchase goods (green purchasing) from companies actively working on the environment ( Green purchasing). To this end, it is necessary to understand the status of each company's environmental activities, so it is necessary to manage the results of environmental questionnaire surveys for each company in a database and search for that information in real time at the component selection stage. Met.

FIG. 25 is a diagram for explaining the function and configuration of this embodiment. Referring to FIG. 25, a data link function between the VF-ECO system 300 for outputting various environmental reports described in the above embodiment and the component information system 320 is added. With this configuration, it is possible to simultaneously search for component information (quality, cost information, etc.) and environmental information, and achieve: ・ Environment and cost balance design; and ・ Green purchasing promotion.

In this embodiment, the component information system 3
The 20 computers (server devices) and the VF-ECO system 300 are communicatively connected via the Internet / intranet or another network. The component information stored in the database by the component information system 320 is transmitted to the VF-ECO system 300 by the VF-ECO system 300. The information is linked to the environmental information of the parts held or information on the environmental activities of the parts manufacturers. PDM (Productive Database
Management; the component configuration data 311 from the manufacturing management DB 310 and the mechanical drawing information from the CAD system 314
What is provided to the F-ECO system 300 is the same as in the above-described embodiment. In this embodiment, the information of the questionnaire 313 from the component manufacturer is stored in the VF-ECO system 300. The questionnaire 313 from the parts maker includes answers to a questionnaire regarding the maker's environmental efforts. VF-ECO system 300
Outputs various environmental reports based on the environmental simulation as described in the above embodiment.

<1. Environment and Cost Balance Design> In this embodiment, the VF-ECO environment database 2
0 (see Fig. 1), environmental information on electrical and mechanical parts (hazardous rank of contained harmful substances, harmful substance types,
Application) is data-linked to the component information system 320.

For this reason, for example, in the development design department, the development designer 321 uses a data link to the component information when retrieving information (quality, cost, etc.) of the component to be used from a terminal accessing the component information system 320. With reference to the environmental information to be performed, an optimal part can be selected, and an environmental simulation can be performed at a unit and product level.

By repeatedly executing this simulation, it is possible to realize a product design in consideration of environmental considerations and cost reduction.

Further, according to this embodiment, the environment and the cost can be compared and examined at the stage of selecting the parts, so that the balance between the environment and the cost can be designed from an early stage of the design.

<2. Promotion of Green Purchasing> In this embodiment, the parts information is linked to information on the environmental efforts of the parts manufacturer. In other words, based on the questionnaire information 313 on the environmental activities of the parts manufacturers, information on the environmental activities of the parts manufacturers (such as the status of acquisition of ISO14001, which is the international standard for environmental management systems, the use of harmful substances during manufacturing, etc. etc)
Are stored and managed in the database of the VF-ECO system. This VF-ECO system database (manufacturer's approach information) is stored in the parts information system 320.
Is linked to the development and design department.
When the designer 321 accesses the component information system 320 and selects a component from the terminal or the like, the designer searches for information on the environmental efforts of the component manufacturer, and selects a component of the manufacturer that is more environmentally friendly. This will promote green purchasing. For information on environmental activities of parts manufacturers, see V
The file may be stored in the F-ECO system 300 as a file.

FIG. 26 is a diagram showing an example of a search screen for the status of environmental efforts by component manufacturers. This search screen is displayed on the screen based on information stored in the database of the VF-ECO system 300 (information on environmental efforts of component manufacturers), and includes information on the manufacturer (agent, response date, Responsible person, contact information, URL), I
Information on SO acquisition, information on whether or not use of harmful substances is banned or avoided (YES / NO), names of harmful substances and their uses and plans to completely abolish them, and whether or not there is product assessment (YES / N
O), reuse and use of recycled materials (YES / NO)
And location of use, whether or not packaging is reduced (YES / NO) and specific examples, packaging collection and system overview, global warming countermeasures (for example, reduction of power consumption, reduction of alternative CFC usage, etc.), improvement proposals, etc. Information such as waste reduction activities aimed at zero emission, improvement of the real rate of product assessment, introduction of manufacturing method assessment, promotion of environmental management, etc. are displayed. As shown on this search screen,
Understand the status of parts manufacturers' environmental initiatives. The above data link function between the component information system 320 and the VF-ECO system 300
0 and a program executed by a computer constituting the VF-ECO system 300 respectively.
The function is realized.

According to this embodiment, it is possible to grasp the status of the parts maker's approach to the environment, and it is possible to select (green purchase) parts of the maker that are more environmentally friendly.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to the above embodiments, the contents of the illustrated drawings are not intended to limit the present invention, but merely to illustrate and explain the present invention. Of course, the present invention includes various variations and modifications that can be made by those skilled in the art within the scope of the invention set forth in the appended claims.

[0213]

As described above, according to the present invention, the following effects can be obtained.

A first effect of the present invention is that a highly accurate simulation can be executed even when collection of environmental information is insufficient.

The reason is that the environment information of the uncollected components is calculated by averaging processing from the known environment information of the components. In the present invention, the contents of the database storing the environmental information are increased by the public information and the information provided by the parts maker, and the accuracy of the evaluation result is further improved.

A second effect of the present invention is that, when providing environmental information on a product to be delivered to a customer, the environment information corresponding to a management policy for each customer can be provided.

The reason is that the evaluation result of the environmental information is output as a report based on the rank information corresponding to the management method of the customer.

A third effect of the present invention is that the system introduction can be shortened.

The reason is that, in the present invention, the information (contents) of the component maker is used as it is as the component information in the database, and the product name code of the product supplier is linked with the item-related information. This is because, when introducing the system to other business establishments, it is only necessary to prepare the item-related information.

The fourth effect of the present invention is that the T
That is, to reduce OC.

The reason is that, in the present invention, the system is configured to be connected to a network such as the Internet or an intranet, and any function of the system can be accessed from an existing browser mounted on the terminal. This is because installation work, environment setting, and the like are unnecessary. In the present invention, in constructing a database for storing environmental information, the environmental information of the component manufacturer is used as it is,
It is not necessary to input data to the product supplier, and the working cost can be reduced. According to the present invention, it is possible to obtain a report output such as a graph as an image displayed on a screen from a browser of a client terminal.

The fifth effect of the present invention is that evaluation data of environmental information of a product can be acquired in advance at the time of trial manufacture of a product, and it is possible to cope with product assessment and green design.

The reason is that, in the present invention, for a newly designed product, environmental information is calculated from product configuration data.

A sixth effect of the present invention is that, since environmental information of parts is managed by a manufacturer's product name, it is easy to deal with multi-vendor purchase.

A seventh effect of the present invention is that the work efficiency of the simulation is improved.

The reason is that the simulation work and the simulation result output are separated, and the simulation decision result is registered as report output information.

An eighth effect of the present invention is that an appropriate processing mode is selected according to the data amount of a search.

[0228] The reason is that a multi-user interface configuration is adopted in which an interface can be selected according to the data amount of the search data.

Further, according to the present invention, the environment and the cost can be compared and examined at the stage of selecting the parts, so that there is an effect that the balance between the environment and the cost can be designed from an early stage of the design.

Further, according to the present invention, the product development department and the like can grasp the status of environmental efforts of component manufacturers,
It is possible to select parts (green purchasing) from parts manufacturers who are more environmentally friendly, and to promote green purchasing.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a basic configuration of a system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining an actual application example of the system according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a system configuration according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a relation between databases in one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a feature (1) of a database according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a feature (2) of a database according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a feature (3) of a database according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a feature (4) of a database according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining features (5) and (6) of a database according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a feature (7) of a database according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a diagram for explaining a feature (8) of a database according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating characteristics of a simulation according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of a product name code total list that is a simulation result of one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an example of a harmful substance count list as a simulation result of one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating an example of an LCA report that is one of the report outputs according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing an example of a harmful substance containing report which is one of the report outputs according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of a new design job in one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of an already-designed job in one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure for creating new design configuration data in one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing a procedure for transferring new design configuration data in one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 21 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure for executing a simulation in one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 22 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure for executing a simulation according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 23 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure for executing a simulation (calculating an average harmful substance content) in one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 24 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure for generating report data according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 25 is a diagram for explaining another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 26 is a diagram showing an example of a search screen according to another embodiment of the present invention.

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REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 10 environment information simulation apparatus 11 search unit 12 environment information evaluation unit 13 environment information output unit 14 configuration data development unit 15 output file 16 terminal 17 network 20 environment database 30 network (Internet or intranet) 31 technical information mainframe 32 technical information server 32A Technical information database (item data) 33 Server group 34 Database server 35 Application server 36 Report server 37 WEB server 38 Client terminal 39 Other department 101 Type 102 Material 103 Maker 104 Hazardous substance 105 Manufacturer item 106 Item related 107 Hazardous item 108 Type judgment 109 Hazardous Materials 110 LCA 111 Equipment Item 112 Equipment Hazard 113 Hazardous Format 114 Format 15 Device Hazard Report 116 Item 117 Name Code 120 Expanded Product Composition Data 121 Simulation Result Data 121A Hazardous Substance Total Result 121B Product Name Code Total Result 121C Detail Result 122 Product Composition Data (File) 122A Product Composition Data (Memory) 200 Product Assessment 201 CAD system 202 Configuration data 203 Environmental information (environmental risk) simulation 204 Environmental data request 205 Core system technical information database 206 Configuration data 207 Environmental information (environmental risk) simulation 300 VF-ECO system 310 PDM 311 Parts configuration data 312 Mechanical drawing information 313 Parts manufacturer questionnaire 314 CAD system 320 Parts information system 321 Developer / designer

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[Claims] 1. Environmental information for deriving an evaluation value of the environmental information of a product by referring to storage means for storing and managing environmental information of the component and accumulating the environmental information of the component from a list of components constituting the product. An evaluation apparatus, wherein, for a component constituting a product, when environmental information of the component is not registered in the storage unit, the environment information is already registered in the storage unit, and the same type or the same as the component. An environmental information evaluation apparatus, comprising: means for performing predetermined arithmetic processing on environmental information of a component of a material to calculate an evaluation value of environmental information of the component constituting the product. 2. Environmental information for deriving an evaluation value of environmental information of a product by referring to storage means for storing and managing environmental information of a component and integrating environmental information of the component from a list of components constituting the product. An evaluation device, wherein, for environmental components of a product, when environmental information of the component is not registered in the storage unit, the environmental component is the same type of component as the electrical component, and the environmental information is stored in the storage unit. An environmental information evaluation apparatus, comprising: means for calculating an evaluation value of environmental information of the electrical components constituting the product by averaging environmental information of a plurality of registered components. . 3. The environmental information of the product is obtained by accumulating the environmental information of the part from a list of parts constituting the product by referring to a storage means for storing and managing the environmental information on the material of the mechanical part and the surface treatment. An environmental information evaluation device that derives, from the information on the weight, area, and surface treatment of the material of the mechanical component, the mechanical information constituting the product into environmental information on the material registered in the storage unit. An environmental information evaluation device, comprising: means for calculating an evaluation value of environmental information of the mechanical component based on the evaluation value. 4. A database in which environment information of parts is registered in advance; a search unit for searching the database for parts constituting a product; and, as a result of the search, environment information of a part to be searched is registered in the database. If the environment information of the part to be searched is not registered in the database, the environment information of the part to be searched is the same as the part to be searched, which is registered in the database. Environmental information evaluation means for calculating an evaluation value of the environmental information of the part to be searched from the averaging process of the environmental information of the part or the same material, and outputting an evaluation result of the environmental information calculated for the product An environmental information simulation system, comprising: an environmental information evaluation result output unit. 5. The method according to claim 4, further comprising calculating environmental information of the component to be searched from a weight of the component to be searched based on environmental information of the component registered in the database. Environmental information simulation system. 6. The environment information of an electric component to be searched is stored in the database in which a component item is registered, and a plurality of electric components of the same type as the electric component to be searched are registered with the environmental information. The environmental information simulation system according to claim 4, wherein the calculation is performed by a weighted average process of the environmental information of the electric component. 7. The system according to claim 1, wherein the database includes:
The predetermined chemical substance content per unit weight of the material of the mechanism component, and the content of the predetermined chemical substance per unit area of plating and painting are managed and held. The weight of the material,
The environmental information simulation system according to any one of claims 4 to 6, wherein a content of a chemical substance in the mechanical component to be searched is calculated from a plating area and / or a painting area. 8. A means for outputting a report of the evaluation value of the environmental information calculated by the environmental information evaluating means is provided separately from the environmental information evaluating means, and the determination result of the execution of the evaluation of the environmental information is used for outputting the report. The environment information simulation system according to any one of claims 4 to 7, wherein the information is registered in the storage unit as the information of (1). 9. Environmental information of components registered in the database is managed in the database by a maker item which is item information of a component maker providing the component, and a product name code of a product supplier and the component maker 9. The environment information simulation system according to claim 4, wherein the maker item is associated with each other by item-related information. 10. In the database, predetermined chemical substances are classified and managed in a plurality of ranks in accordance with a management policy, and ranking information corresponding to a management policy of environmental information for each customer who delivers a product. And for outputting the report to the customer for the calculated evaluation value of the environmental information, comprising means for converting and outputting to a ranking classified in accordance with the management policy of the customer,
The environment information simulation system according to any one of claims 4 to 9, wherein: 11. A component data expanding means for automatically expanding configuration data comprising component information constituting a product, wherein component information is hierarchized from a parent component item to child components and further to grandchild-related component items. 5. The method according to claim 4, further comprising:
11. The environment information simulation system according to any one of claims 10 to 10. 12. A configuration in which the configuration data of the product is inputted, and when the configuration data is the configuration data of a hierarchical configuration, the configuration data is expanded to the lowest level part and stored in the storage means as expanded product configuration data. 11. The apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising a data expansion unit, wherein the environment information evaluation unit calculates an evaluation value of environment information of a part from the expanded product configuration data stored in the storage unit. 12. The environmental information simulation system according to any one of the above. 13. An interface for inputting from a terminal according to the number of search items, an interface for inputting a file in which a search item is recorded and performing a search and displaying a search result on the terminal, The environment information according to any one of claims 4 to 9, wherein an interface for performing the search in (1) and storing the search result in a file is selected. Simulation system. 14. An environment information simulation system according to claim 4, wherein said environment information simulation system is freely connectable to a technical information database for providing technical information data. An environmental information simulation system, which outputs environmental information on a product to be developed from environmental information. 15. An output of the evaluation value of the environmental information includes: a harmful substance content list which is a list of harmful substance content states; and environmental information including a harmful substance content state and a CO2 generation amount for each part name code of a part. The environment information simulation system according to any one of claims 4 to 14, wherein at least one of the following is output: 16. The report output according to any one of claims 4 to 15, wherein the report output includes: a report indicating a state of harmful substance content; and a life cycle assessment (LCA) report. Environmental information simulation system. 17. The environment information simulation system according to claim 4, further comprising: the database, the search unit, the environment information evaluation unit, and the environment information evaluation result output unit. Environmental information comprising a server device or a group of server devices, wherein a user can freely access the environment information simulation system from a browser of a terminal connected to the server device via the Internet or an intranet. Simulation system. 18. A report including a graph according to print designation from a browser of the terminal, wherein the report is output.
The environment information simulation system according to claim 17. 19. A database in which environment information of parts is registered in advance. The database is searched for parts constituting a product, and as a result of the search, the environment information of the parts to be searched is registered in the database. If the environment information of the part to be searched is not registered in the database, the environment information of the part to be searched is not registered in the database. An environmental information simulation method, wherein an evaluation value of environmental information of the component to be searched is calculated from an averaging process of environmental information of a component of a material. 20. Based on environmental information of components registered in the database, the weight of the component to be searched is
20. The environment information simulation method according to claim 19, wherein environment information of the component to be searched is calculated. 21. Environmental information of an electric component to be searched is registered in the database as a component item, and is an electric component of the same type as the electric component to be searched, and environmental information is registered in the database. 21. The environmental information simulation method according to claim 19, wherein the calculation is performed by averaging the environmental information of the electrical components. 22. The database manages and holds, for mechanical parts, a predetermined chemical substance content per unit weight of material of the mechanical parts and a predetermined chemical substance content per unit area of plating and painting. And for the mechanical component to be searched, the weight of the material,
22. The environmental information simulation method according to claim 19, wherein a content of a chemical substance in the mechanical component to be searched is calculated from a plating area and / or a painting area. 23. A process for calculating the evaluation value of the environmental information and a process for outputting a report of the calculated evaluation value of the environmental information are provided separately, and the result of the execution of the evaluation of the environmental information is stored as report output information. 23. The environmental information simulation method according to claim 19, wherein the method is registered in a means. 24. Environmental information of components registered in the database is managed in the database by a maker item which is item information of a component maker that provides the component, and a product name code of a product supplier and the component maker are provided. 20. The maker item is associated with each other by item-related information.
24. The environmental information simulation method according to any one of items 23 to 23. 25. The database, wherein a predetermined chemical substance is classified and managed in a plurality of ranks in accordance with a management policy, and the database is provided with ranking information respectively corresponding to a management policy of environmental information of a customer. 25. The method according to claim 19, further comprising, when outputting a report to the customer with respect to the evaluation value of the environmental information, converting the evaluation value into a rank classification suitable for the management policy of the customer and outputting the result. An environmental information simulation method according to one of the preceding claims. 26. In automatically expanding configuration data comprising information on parts constituting a product, a parent item, a child item,
26. The environment information simulation method according to claim 19, wherein the environment information is hierarchically developed into grandchild-related items. 27. When the configuration data of the product is inputted, and when the configuration data is the configuration data of a hierarchical configuration, it is expanded to the lowest level part, and the environmental information is evaluated from the expanded configuration data. The environmental information simulation method according to any one of claims 19 to 25, wherein a value is calculated. 28. In the environmental information simulation system according to claim 19, environmental information on a product to be developed is obtained from component information of a database that provides technical information data and environmental information of the component. Outputting an environmental information simulation method. 29. As the output of the evaluation value of the environmental information, a harmful substance content list, which is a list of harmful substance content states, and a harmful substance content state, CO2
The environmental information simulation method according to any one of claims 19 to 28, further comprising outputting a product name code total list for outputting environmental information including the generation amount. 30. The report output according to claim 19, wherein the report includes a report indicating a state of the content of harmful substances and a life cycle assessment (LCA) report.
30. The environment information simulation system according to any one of items 30 to 29. 31. A database for preliminarily registering environmental information of a component, wherein a process for searching for whether the environmental information of the component is registered in the database includes: A) a process of integrating using the environment information when the environment information of the component is registered in the database; and (c) a process of integrating the database if the environment information of the component is not registered in the database. (D) calculating an evaluation value of the environmental information of the component from the averaging process of the environmental information of the component of the same type as the component registered in the above, and integrating the evaluation value; A recording medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute each of the above-described processes (a) to (d). 32. The recording medium according to claim 31, wherein a process of calculating the environment information of the search target component from the weight of the search target component based on the environment information of the component registered in the database is performed. A recording medium recording a program to be executed by the computer. 33. The recording medium according to claim 31, wherein a part item is registered in the database, and an electric part of the same type as the electric part to be searched, and environmental information is registered. A recording medium on which is recorded a program for causing the computer to execute processing for calculating environmental information of a search target electrical component by averaging environmental information of the electrical component. 34. The recording medium according to claim 31, wherein the database contains, for a mechanical component, a predetermined chemical substance content per unit weight of a material of the mechanical component, and plating, The content of a predetermined chemical substance per unit area of the coating is managed and held, and for the mechanical parts to be searched, the weight of the material,
A recording medium recording a program for causing the computer to execute a process of calculating a content of a chemical substance of the mechanical component to be searched from a plating and / or painting area. 35. The recording medium according to claim 31, wherein a process of calculating the evaluation value of the environmental information and a report output of the calculated evaluation value of the environmental information are provided separately. A storage medium storing a program for causing the computer to execute the processing, wherein the result of the evaluation execution is registered as report output information in a storage unit. 36. The recording medium according to claim 31, wherein the environmental information of the component registered in the database is item information of a component maker providing the component in the database. It is managed by the manufacturer item, and the product name code of the product supplier and the manufacturer item of the component manufacturer are mutually associated by the item related information, and the manufacturer item of the component manufacturer is searched from the product supplier product name code. And a recording medium for recording a program for causing the computer to execute the processing. 37. The recording medium according to claim 31, wherein predetermined chemical substances are classified into a plurality of ranks in the database in accordance with a management policy, and the environment of the customer is controlled. It is provided with ranking information corresponding to each information management policy. When outputting a report to a customer with respect to the calculated evaluation value of the environmental information, it is converted and output into a ranking suitable for the customer management policy. A recording medium on which a program for causing the computer to execute a process is recorded. 38. The recording medium according to claim 31, wherein when automatically constructing configuration data comprising part information constituting a product, items from a parent item to items related to a child and a grandchild. A recording medium on which a program for causing the computer to execute processing, which is hierarchically developed, is recorded. 39. The recording medium according to claim 31, wherein configuration data of the product is input, and when the configuration data is hierarchical configuration data, a component at the lowest level. And a program for causing the computer to execute a process of calculating an evaluation value of environmental information from the expanded configuration data. 40. The recording medium according to any one of claims 31 to 39, wherein the evaluation value output of the environmental information includes a harmful substance content list that is a list of harmful substance content states, and a part name code of the part. A recording medium for recording a program for causing the computer to execute a process for outputting a product name code total list for outputting environmental information including a harmful substance containing state and an amount of generated CO2 for each time. 41. The recording medium according to claim 31, wherein the computer outputs a report indicating a harmful substance content state and a life cycle assessment (LCA) report as a report output. Recording medium for recording a program to be executed by a computer. 42. In an environmental business in which environmental information of a product is evaluated and presented, in a product development stage, parts constituting the product are based on environmental information registered in advance in a database or are equivalent to the parts. By performing predetermined arithmetic processing on environmental information registered in the database in advance with respect to parts, a simulation of evaluation values of environmental information of parts constituting the product is executed, and a simulation result and / or a simulation is performed. A method of an environmental assessment business model, comprising outputting a predetermined report created based on the result. 43. In an environmental business in which environmental information of a product is evaluated and presented, for a customer-supplied product, based on environmental information registered in advance in a database regarding parts constituting the product, or equivalent to the part. By performing a predetermined calculation process on the environment information registered in the database in advance, a simulation of the evaluation value of the environment information of the components constituting the product is executed, and the environment related to the product is determined based on the simulation result. A method of an environmental assessment business model, wherein a predetermined report of information is created and presented to the customer. 44. A database in which environment information of parts is pre-registered, means for searching the database for parts constituting a product, means for calculating an evaluation value of environment information of the parts to be searched, Means for outputting an evaluation result of environmental information calculated for the product; anda component information system including at least component price and quality information, and a component information system comprising: Means for linking with the database of the environment information simulation system, and for searching for component information from a terminal accessing the component information system, searching environment information for data linking to the component information and displaying the information on the terminal; Link system for environmental information simulation and parts information system Tem. 45. A user of the component information system can select a component by referring to the environment information at the terminal, and execute a simulation of environmental information in units or products using the selected component. The link system for environmental information simulation and parts information system according to claim 44, characterized in that: 46. A database in which environmental information of parts is registered in advance, means for searching the database for parts constituting a product, means for calculating an evaluation value of environmental information of the parts to be searched, Means for outputting an evaluation result of the environmental information calculated for the product, and a component information system including at least the price and quality information of the component, and a component information system comprising: The parts information system stores and manages environmental information on the part in a database, and the parts information system is linked to a database that stores and manages the environmental information of the parts manufacturer in the environmental information simulation system; From the terminal accessing the system, the user can check the parts information. Means for displaying, on the terminal, search information for information on environmental efforts of a component maker related to the component information, so that a user can select a component of a maker that is more environmentally friendly. A link system between an environmental information simulation and a parts information system, wherein 47. The parts manufacturer's environmental information includes, in addition to the parts manufacturer's information, information on ISO acquisition, information on whether or not use of harmful substances is banned, use of harmful substances, and the names and uses of harmful substances. At least one of the following: abolition plans, product assessments, reuse and use of recycled materials and locations, packaging reductions and specific examples, packaging recovery and system overview, global warming countermeasures, and improvement proposals 47. The environment information simulation and parts information system link system according to claim 46, wherein the information is displayed on a screen of the terminal. 48. In the environment information simulation system, when environment information of the component to be searched is registered in the database, the environment information is used,
On the other hand, if the environment information of the part to be searched is not registered in the database, the averaging of the environment information of the part of the same type or the same material as the part to be searched registered in the database. 47. The link system for environmental information simulation and component information system according to claim 44, wherein an evaluation value of environmental information of the component to be searched is calculated from the processing. 49. A database for pre-registering environmental information of parts, searching said database for parts constituting a product, calculating an evaluation value of environmental information of said part to be searched, The database of the environmental information simulation system that outputs the evaluation result of the environmental information calculated for the component information system and the component information system that includes at least the price and quality information of the component are linked, and from a terminal that accesses the component information system When a user searches for component information, environment information that is data-linked to the component information is also searched for and displayed at the same time. The user refers to the environment information to select a component, and selects the component. Environmental information simulation in a unit or a product unit using the selected parts. Link method of configuration and component information system. 50. A database in which environmental information of parts is registered in advance, the database is searched for parts constituting a product, an evaluation value of environmental information of the parts to be searched is calculated, and The environmental information simulation system that outputs the evaluation result of the environmental information calculated for the component information stores and manages information on the environmental efforts of the parts manufacturers in a database, and the parts information system that includes at least the price and quality information of the parts is stored in the environment. It is linked to a database that stores and manages information on environmental activities of the parts manufacturer of the information simulation system.From a terminal that accesses the parts information system, when a user searches for parts information, Search information of related parts manufacturer's environmental efforts information is displayed on the terminal, It is made possible to select the manufacturer of the components that are friendly to the boundary, and wherein the environmental information simulation and link method parts information system. 51. In addition to the information on the manufacturing company, the information on the environmental activities of the parts manufacturer includes information on the acquisition of ISO, information on whether or not the use of harmful substances is banned, and the use of harmful substances. At least one of the following: abolition plans, product assessments, reuse and use of recycled materials and locations, packaging reductions and specific examples, packaging recovery and system overview, global warming countermeasures, and improvement proposals The method of linking an environmental information simulation and a component information system according to claim 50, wherein the method is included and displayed on a screen of the terminal. 52. In the environment information simulation system, when environment information of the component to be searched is registered in the database, the environment information is used.
On the other hand, if the environment information of the part to be searched is not registered in the database, the averaging of the environment information of the part of the same type or the same material as the part to be searched registered in the database. The link method between the environment information simulation and the component information system according to claim 49 or 50, wherein an evaluation value of environment information of the component to be searched is calculated from a process. 53. A database in which environmental information of parts is registered in advance, the database is searched for parts constituting a product, an evaluation value of environmental information of the part to be searched is calculated, and The database of the environmental information simulation system that outputs the evaluation result of the environmental information calculated for the component information system and the component information system that includes at least the price and quality information of the component are linked, and from a terminal that accesses the component information system When a user searches for component information, the user searches for environment information that is data-linked to the component information from the environment information simulation system, and displays a search result on the terminal. A program to be executed by a computer constituting the environmental information simulation system. 54. A database in which environmental information of parts is registered in advance, the database is searched for parts constituting a product, an evaluation value of environmental information of the part to be searched is calculated, and An environmental information simulation system that outputs evaluation results of environmental information calculated for the component stores and manages information on environmental efforts of component manufacturers in a database, and a component information system that includes at least component price and quality information is used in the environment. The information simulation system is linked to a database that stores and manages information on environmental activities of the component manufacturers. When a user searches for component information from a terminal that accesses the component information system, the component information is In connection with the above, the environmental information simulation system Retrieved from beam, the search result information processing to be displayed on the terminal, a program to be executed by a computer constituting the environmental information simulation system and the parts information system.