JP2002150034A - Business intermediation system, business intermediation method and computer-readable medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a business intermediation system capable of giving to a purchaser an opportunity to select various kinds of traders to reach a final result. SOLUTION: A business intermediation server 14 automatically forms a supply chain which is a link of various trades to acquire an order in accordance with an order condition in the middle of demanding an estimation by referring to a supply chain model data base 18 at the time of receiving the demand for the estimation from the purchaser. Thereafter, the business intermediation server 14 automatically forms all trade link candidates which are arrangement of the traders along this supply chain by referring to a trader data base. Thereafter, the business intermediation server 14 computes a total delivery date, total amount and total precision for each of the trader trade link candidates, automatically sorts out the trader link candidate the best in a standard designated by the purchaser and presents it to the purchaser.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an orderer who intends to order one final product with a company that performs a part or all of the steps in the manufacturing process of the final product. It is an object of the present invention to provide a business mediation system for mediating business between them, such a business mediation method, and a computer-readable medium storing a program for operating a computer as a business mediation system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art With the development of communication networks such as the Internet in recent years, it has become common to conduct various transactions online. Such online transactions have the advantage that the ordering party can save the trouble of searching for a contractor who can receive orders and get a quote,
For the order receiving side, there is an advantage that it is possible to save the trouble of developing a sales network and conducting business.
There is an advantage that there is no need to spend time and human resources in negotiations with the other party, so it can be expected that it will continue to develop further.

[0003] The merits of such online transactions should be enjoyed by industries in which the processes up to the final result are handled by a plurality of companies in various industries. One example of such an industry is the molding industry. FIG. 94 shows an industry belonging to the molding industry. As shown in FIG. 94, the traders in the “molding” industry, which is the center of the molding industry, are the traders in the “new molding machine (sales of new molding machines)” industry or the “molding machine old (sale of used molding machines)” industry. In addition to purchasing a molding machine from a supplier, the peripheral equipment necessary for the operation of the molding machine is purchased from a supplier in the "peripheral equipment (temperature controller, take-out machine)" industry. In addition, the company purchases molds for molding molded products that have been ordered from the “molded product orderer” from vendors in the “mold making” industry, purchases raw materials for the molded products from vendors in the “resin” industry, Purchase consumables from vendors in the "consumables" industry. Note that a trader in the "mold production" business requests a die design from a trader in the "mold design" business. Also,
Molded products manufactured by traders in the "molding" industry are inspected and packed by traders in the "inspection and packing" industry. In addition,
The trader in the “inspection / packing” business purchases packing materials necessary for the packing from the trader in the “packing material” business. In addition, the packaged molded products can be handled by traders in the “delivery” industry.
It is delivered to the person who ordered the molded product. In the molding industry, a plurality of competitors usually belong to each of these various industries. In some cases, the same trader covers a plurality of industries.

Conventionally, a person who orders a molded product orders a molded product, selects one trader from a plurality of traders in the "molding" industry, and gives the trader an order specification (desired). Orders have been made by designating delivery date, quantity, desired total price, desired accuracy). Then, the contractor of the "molding" industry, who has received the order, himself selects a contractor of the "mold production" industry that can manufacture molds that can meet the order specification,
The order specification (delivery date, purchase price, accuracy) is set by itself, and a die is ordered to the selected contractor. In the same way, the company selects its own “resin” business that sells raw materials that can meet the ordering conditions, and also sets its own ordering specifications (delivery date, quantity, purchase price), Place an order for raw materials. In addition, the contractor who receives the order for the mold selects the contractor in the "mold design" industry that can perform the mold design that can satisfy the order specification, and adjusts the order specification (delivery date, purchase price, accuracy) by himself. Set and request design from the selected company. In this type of transaction between traders, the order receiving side (that is, the side that delivers the ordered goods to the ordering side) is referred to as “upstream”, and the ordering side (ie, the side that receives the ordered goods) is “downstream”. Called.

[0005]

By the way, in an industry in which such a form of transaction between traders is adopted, even if the above-mentioned online transaction is simply introduced, the business model realized is simply There is nothing more than conducting transactions between each company online. Therefore, the contractor must select an upstream contractor so as to maximize his or her profits while satisfying the order specification provided by the contractor, and therefore must select a contractor other than the main business (ie, “molding”). The part is burdened. Also, since the ordering party usually does not have the opportunity to interfere with which upstream supplier the supplier selects, even if there are other upstream suppliers that can improve cost, accuracy and delivery time. However, cost and accuracy cannot be improved by selecting these upstream contractors.

According to the present invention, in an industry in which the process up to the final result is handled by a plurality of vendors of various industries, the orderer selects a company of each industry until the final result is obtained. The present invention relates to a business mediation system capable of giving an opportunity to perform, such a business mediation method, and a computer-readable medium storing a program for causing a computer to operate as a business mediation system.

[0007]

The business mediation system according to the present invention, which has been devised to solve the above-mentioned problems, has an advantage in an industry in which a process leading to generation of a final result is handled by a plurality of companies in a plurality of industries. This is a business mediation system that presents contractors that can receive orders to the orderer who orders the final result, and associates multiple contractors with each type of business in which the result is generated based on order conditions. A database that holds information, a search receiving unit that receives a search request from the orderer using order conditions and final results as search conditions, and searching the database based on the search request received by the search receiving unit Therefore, the above-mentioned ordering conditions or the results of the other business are used as order conditions, and the order conditions of the other business or each of the industries that use the final product as a result are individually handled. Are linked to each other by the fact that the result of one type of business is the order condition of the other type of business. And a presenting unit that automatically presents the vendor permutation created by the retrieval unit to the orderer.

Similarly, the business mediating method according to the present invention provides a business which can receive orders for an orderer who places an order for the final product in an industry in which the process leading to the generation of the final product is handled by a plurality of companies in a plurality of industries. Is a business mediation method that presents a search request from the orderer using the ordering condition and the final result as search conditions, and generates a result based on the order receiving condition, and associates the business type with the type of business. By searching a database holding information of a plurality of traders based on the search request, the order condition or the result of another business is set as an order condition, and the order condition of the other business or the final result is determined. It is respectively associated with each type of business as a result, and the result of one type of business is linked to each other by the order condition of the other type of business. Note conditions as final products from industries that the resultant structure to create a skilled permutations formed by a plurality of skill is connected leading to industry, to be presented to the orderer suppliers permutations created, characterized.

Similarly, a program stored in a computer-readable medium according to the present invention is provided to a computer.
An orderer who has access to a database that holds information on multiple vendors in association with the type of business that produces a result based on the items corresponding to the order conditions, and uses the order conditions and the final result as search conditions. By receiving the search request from, and searching the database based on the received search request, the order condition or the result of another industry as an order condition and the order condition of the other industry or the final result. Are linked to each other by the fact that the product of one industry is the order condition of the other industry, and this link links the industry with the order condition to the final Automatically create a vendor permutation in which multiple vendors leading to the type of business with the resulting product are connected, and present the created vendor permutation to the ordering party Things, and features.

[0010] When configured as described above, the orderer:
Not only candidates for directly producing final products, but also candidates for upstream suppliers, such as those who deliver materials, raw materials, and tools as products to the contractor as products, are listed as a supplier permutation. You can find out. Therefore, based on one's own intentions, it is possible to select from the upstream company to the downstream company by themselves, and to place an order for the business of each type of business. As a result, it is possible to reduce the cost as a whole, increase the accuracy, and shorten the delivery date.

It is preferable that a plurality of such vendor permutations be presented in order to widen the range of choice of the vendor by the orderer. In addition, in order to facilitate the selection of the supplier by the orderer, it is desirable to display the capability value of each supplier. In this case, if the total value is automatically calculated and presented based on the capability values of all the vendors included in the vendor permutation, what is the overall cost for the orderer who places an order in the vendor permutation unit? , How much the overall accuracy is improved, or K
Since it is possible to directly know how much the delivery date as a whole is advanced, it is very meaningful as a guide for selecting an industry permutation. If the orderer places various importance on the ability values, it is desirable that there are a plurality of types of ability values. In this case, if the plurality of vendor permutations are sorted according to the total value of the capability values of the type selected by the orderer and presented in that order, the most desirable vendor permutation for the orderer can be presented. .

[0012] Further, if the orderer can arbitrarily specify the limit value of the entire capability value as a search condition,
Since it is possible to immediately delete a supplier permutation in which the entire capacity value does not satisfy the limit value, it is possible to eliminate wastefulness of presenting a supplier permutation clearly not satisfying the orderer to the orderer. Can be.

In addition, based on each information stored in the database, all the permutations whose capacity values satisfy the limit value are created, and the vendors not included in any of the permutations are dispatched. If the information is recorded as information, this trader can recognize that his or her own ability value is insufficient, and this can be a trigger for improving the insufficient ability value. Please note that this information is
It is desirable that the results be tabulated according to various tabulation methods and the tabulated results be presented. The result of the aggregation may be presented to the trader or a trader who intends to conduct business with the trader when these persons wish or periodically. The presentation method may be a display on a computer screen or an e-mail.

Further, the system may be arranged so as to request an estimate from each of the traders belonging to the trader permutation selected by the orderer. It may be configured to place an order. In the latter case, if the information of the trader who placed the order is totaled as the order information, the share of the trader can be known. Further, this order information may be presented in the same manner as the above-mentioned information on expulsion. In this case, if the total information is combined with the order information and the received information, the added value of the information is further improved.

Further, in the present invention, the contractor permutation can be constituted by only one contractor associated with the type of business in which the order condition is the order condition and the final result is the result. Most obvious is the case where the vendor permutation is composed of multiple vendors.

The order conditions and order conditions include not only tangible objects such as materials, parts and tools but also intangible objects such as information shown in a design drawing. Similarly, the final product and the final product also include intangible objects such as information shown in a design drawing, in addition to tangible objects such as machines, parts, and products.

[0017]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. It should be noted that the industry in which the present invention can be implemented may be any industry as long as the process up to the final product is performed by a plurality of companies in various industries. Is applied to the molding industry, which is a resin molded product. (Configuration of Business Mediation System) FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a business mediation system according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, this business mediation system is a server-client system constructed on the Internet N, and has one host computer 1 and communicably connected via the Internet N. , A plurality of client computers 2 (only one is shown in FIG. 1). Host computer 1
Is installed at the provider that operates this business mediation system. In the present embodiment, it is assumed that this provider is a trader in the “new molding machine” industry. On the other hand, the client computers 2 are installed in a large number of ordering companies and a large number of order receiving companies, and in the sales departments of the companies serving as the providers, respectively.

Each client computer 2 is a normal personal computer used as a terminal device, and includes a CPU 20, a communication adapter 21. Display 22, input device 23, RA
M24 and the hard disk 25.
Of these, the CPU 20 is a central processing unit that controls the entire client computer 2. The communication adapter 21 is a modem or the like that interfaces with a line on which the Internet N is established. The display 22 is a display device that displays an image generated by the CPU 20. The input device 23 includes a keyboard and a mouse. The RAM 24 is a main storage device in which a work area is expanded when the CPU 20 executes various programs as described above.

The hard disk 25 stores various programs read and executed by the CPU 20. The program stored in the hard disk 25 includes an operating system including a function of performing communication according to TCP / IP with the host computer 1 via the communication adapter 21, and a host using the communication function of the operating system. Various messages (such as URLs) are transmitted to the computer 1 and Web contents (HTML documents, JPEG or GIF) transmitted by the host computer 1 in response to these messages.
Web browser 27 for displaying an image file such as an image file.

On the other hand, the host computer 1 is a computer used as a server device,
CPU 10, communication adapter 11, R connected by
It comprises an AM 12 and a hard disk 13. Among these, the CPU 10 is a central processing unit that controls the entire host computer 1. Also, R
The AM 12 is a main storage device in which a work area when the CPU 10 executes various processes is expanded. Note that RA
A part of M12 functions as a display buffer (first area and second area) 12a for storing information serving as a source when dynamically creating HTML. The communication adapter 11 is a modem or the like that interfaces with a line on which the Internet N is established.

The hard disk 13 stores various programs and various data read and executed by the CPU 20. The data stored in the hard disk 13 includes a trader database 16, a molding machine database 17, a supply chain model database 1
8, a business mediation database 19 is included. Also, in order to store HTML which is a kind of data, H
A TML storage area 30 is reserved. The programs stored in the hard disk 13 include, in addition to an operating system (not shown) having a function of performing communication according to TCP / IP with each client computer 2 via the communication adapter 11, a client A server program for responding to information corresponding to the message transmitted from the computer 2 and some application programs are included.

The server program is executed by the CPU 10, and when the message from the client computer 2 specifies the URL of the Web content 15 stored in the hard disk 13, the URL is indicated by the URL. The Web content 15 to be transmitted is returned to the client computer 2 that has transmitted the message.

When the message is of a predetermined type, the server program performs processing corresponding to the content of the message by using a CGI (Common Gateway Interface).
And a request to various application programs (CGI programs) via the Internet, and when the requested application program notifies the processing result, the processing result is returned to the client computer 2 that has transmitted the message. Some of these various CGI programs are stored in a trader database 16, a molding machine database 17,
The application program accesses the supply chain model database 18, the business mediation database 19, and the HTML storage area 30 (data read and data write) and generates necessary information. Therefore,
Hereinafter, the server program, the CGI, and the functions formed by the CGI program as a whole are referred to as “business mediation server 14”. The business mediation server 14 is started every time there is a request from the browser 27 of each client.
2) There may be more than one above. The other one of the CGI programs is activated when a request is received from the business mediation server 14, and the requesting business mediation server 14
Is an estimate management CGI 15 that manages responses (estimate answers) from each client independently of the client. The operations of the business mediation server 14 and the estimate management CGI 15 will be described later in detail based on the flowcharts of FIGS. Further, another one of the CGI programs is an order / delivery management system 31 that is activated upon receiving a request from the business mediation server 14 and manages the ordering between members. The operation of the order / delivery management system 31 will be described later in detail together with the operation of the mediation server 14 that makes the request.

Further, the application programs stored on the hard disk 13 include an automatic monthly report distribution program 32. The automatic monthly report distribution program 32 is automatically executed at the end of each month at the end of each month, and transmits a monthly report summarizing the order status in the month to each contractor registered in the business mediation system as a contractor (notification). Part). This automatic monthly report distribution program 3
The operation 2 will be described later in detail.

The trader database 16 is a relational database that stores information about traders (ordering traders and order-receiving traders) registered as members in the business mediation system. As shown in FIG. 2, a company record that holds overall information of the trader is stored as a record of the highest hierarchy in the trader database 16 for each member. FIG. 3 shows information items held in each company record. As shown in FIG. 3, each company record includes the “company name (character string)” of the trader, the “company information comment (character string)” of the trader, and the “contact person name” as a contact. (String) ",
"Address (character string)", "telephone number (TEL: character string)",
"Fax number (FAX: character string)" and "e-mail address (e-mail: character string)", and "number of registered business types (integer)" registered in the business mediation system within the business scope of the trader And the identification information (industry: preset industry code) of each registered industry, the "maximum production capacity (an integer indicating the number of products produced per day)" of the trader, and the trader issues the product "Maximum precision (real number [unit: μm])", "Number of owned facilities (integer)" of the trader, "Password (character string)" given to the trader, and trading account of the trader "Bank account number (character string)" is included as an item. In addition, if the target contractor is the ordering party, specific values are written in all of the above-mentioned items in the company record, but if the target contractor is the ordering side, the “number of registered industries” The following is left blank.

When the “number of owned facilities” is one or more, a owned facility record as shown in FIG. 4 is stored in the trader database 16 using the “company name” as a key. This owned equipment record includes “company name” as a key, “equipment type (equipment code set in advance)” and “equipment type (character string)” for each owned equipment.
And an entry consisting of items of “equipment maker (preset maker code)” and repeated the same number of times as the “number of owned equipment”.

Further, when the “number of registered industries” is 1 or more, one or more industry records are stored in the industry database 16 using each “industry” as a key. As shown in FIG. 5, FIG. 7, and FIG. 9, each type of business record includes a “company name” in which the same character string as the “company name” in the linked company record is registered, and a “business type” as a key. And "Condition / Estimated number (integer)" indicating the number of estimation conditions,
include. The example shown in FIG. 5 is an industry record in which “industry” = “mold” in the company record of FIG. 3 is stored as a key, and the “condition / estimated number” is “3”. I have. Also, the example shown in FIG.
This is an industry record stored using “industry” = “mold design” in the company record of FIG. 3 as a key, and the “condition / estimated number” is “1”. FIG.
The example shown in Fig. 3 is "Business type" in the company record in Fig. 3 =
This is an industry record stored with “Mold making” as a key, and the “conditions / estimated number” is “3”. Such “condition / estimated number” is set in a plurality of ways when the unit price changes depending on the number of orders.

Each of these industry records is further linked to a condition / estimation record, using “business type” as a key. As shown in FIG. 6, FIG. 8 and FIG. 10, each condition / estimation record has a “company name” and a “company name” in which the same character strings as “company name” and “industry” in the linked industry record are registered. "Industry" and "production lower limit (integer [unit: unit])" and "production upper limit (integer [unit: ]], "Production accuracy lower limit (real number [unit: μm])", "production accuracy upper limit (real number [unit: μm])", "shortest delivery date (real number [unit: day])" and unit price (per piece) (The unit is yen)) and an entry that is repeated the same number of times as the “condition / estimated number” is included. Note that the example shown in FIG. 6 is a condition / estimation record linked to the industry record in FIG. 5, and the example shown in FIG. 8 is a condition / estimation record linked to the industry record in FIG. Is a condition / estimation record linked to the business type record in FIG. The "production accuracy lower limit" and the "production accuracy upper limit" in the condition / estimation record for "industry type" = "mold design" shown in FIG. 8 are blank, respectively. This is because it has the character that becomes the standard of the. Also, the condition / estimation record for “industry type” = “mold” shown in FIG. 6 and the condition / estimation record for “industry type” = “mold production” shown in FIG. Three estimation conditions (set such that the unit price decreases as the number of orders increases) are registered for each range of the "quantity lower limit" and the "production quantity upper limit". "Industry" =
Since “die design” is a one-piece production, of course, only one type of estimation condition is registered in the condition / estimation record shown in FIG.

The molding machine database 17 is a relational database in which the specifications of various molding machines sold by a provider who operates this business mediation system are registered. As shown in FIG. 11, the molding machine database 17 includes a main record 17a defining a model for each molding machine, and a main record 17a.
The pointer is registered in the “basic specification” in FIG. 3A, and the pointer is registered in the “basic specification record” 17b having the contents of “mold clamping pressure” and “maximum injection speed” and the “corresponding molded product” in the main record 17a. Are registered, and "Molded product (name of item to be molded)", "Number of products taken (unit is number)", "Production capacity (unit is number per day)", and "Product accuracy (unit is μm)" And the corresponding molded article record 17c whose content is "".
When the same molding machine can mold a plurality of molded products, a plurality of corresponding molded product records 17c are registered corresponding to each molded product.

Supply chain model database 18
Each time a quote request for the final result is received from the client computer 2 of the ordering company,
From the most upstream business to the most downstream business related to the final product ordered (in this case, it may be a molded product, but it may also be a mold [for example, when a molding industry trader places an order]) The basic data for automatically generating connections (hereinafter referred to as “supply chain”) to the industries (industry that directly produces final products) located in, according to the type of final products, Stored. Specifically, the supply chain model database 18
As shown in FIG. 12, for each type of business (see FIG. 94) following the molding industry, the name of the type of business (“type of business”) and the name of the product or information (product name) generated as a result of the type of business are shown. "Products") and articles or information ("order conditions") provided to the trader to produce products or provide services in the industry.

The business mediation database 19 is a database for storing and storing the mediation data record 190 for managing the estimation request issued from the client computer 2. Therefore, in the initial state, there is no mediation data record 190 in the business mediation database 19, and the CP executing the business mediation server 14
Each time U10 receives a new quote request from client computer 2, a new mediation data record 1
90 is generated in the business mediation database 19. The detailed description of each item in the mediation data record 190 will be made in the description of the processing by the business mediation server 14.

The HTML storage area 30 is an area for storing an HTML document transmitted by the CPU 10 running the business mediation server 14 in response to a request from each client computer 2. Note that this HTML
A part of the storage area 30 is a dedicated area prepared exclusively for each member registered in the business mediation system. (Processing contents of business mediation server) Next, processing contents of the CPU 10 based on the business mediation server 14 will be described.
In this description, "displaying a screen" means transmitting screen data to a browser 27 in the client computer 2 that has started the business mediation server 14, and displaying an image based on the screen data on the client computer 2. Is displayed on the display 22. Further, “the button has been pressed” means that the symbol mark of the button with the hyperlink is displayed on the display 22 of the client computer 2 that has started the business mediation server 14, and the mouse of the input device 23 The cursor is placed on the button in accordance with the operation, and in this state, the click button of the mouse is pressed. Similarly, “information has been input” means that a text box is displayed on the display 22 of the client computer 2 that has started the business mediation server 14, and the operation of the mouse or the keyboard included in the input device 23 is performed. This means that the cursor is superimposed in the text box according to the key input, and information is written according to the key input to the keyboard in that state (the information is displayed in the text box by the browser 27). I have.

The CPU 10 sends a business mediation system home page (HTML in the HTML storage area 30) from any client computer 2 via the Internet N.
Each time the URL of one of the documents is received, the business mediation server 14 is started, and according to the business mediation server 14, FIG.
3 is started. Since the CPU 10 is capable of multitask execution, it is possible to simultaneously activate a plurality of business mediation servers 14 and execute processing based on each of them.

The CP according to the business mediation server 14
U10 (hereinafter simply referred to as “business mediation server 14”) displays a home page on the display 22 of the client computer 2 in the first S001 after the processing is started. This home page contains the qualifications of the user who operates the client computer 2 (whether the user is registered in the trader database 16 or a guest who is not registered, or the trader as a provider of the business mediation system). Sales representative) is included. Then, the business mediation server 14 waits for any one of these three buttons to be pressed, and when any one of the buttons is pressed, qualifies the user based on the type of the pressed button. To check. If the qualification of the user is a guest (when the button associated with the guest is pressed), the business mediation server 14 performs the processing in S00.
The process proceeds to S014 for a member, and proceeds to S1401 for a salesperson.

In S002, the business mediation server 14 displays a system information page on the display 22 of the client computer 2. This system information page contains a description of the service contents provided by the business mediation system, and means "NEX", which means that the page is advanced.
When the "NEXT" button is pressed, the business mediation server 14 displays an enrollment application page on the display 22 of the client computer 2 in S003. Numerous text boxes for entering various information (excluding passwords) to be registered in the company record and the record linked thereto in the trader database 16 shown in FIGS.
Button and an "Apply for membership" button. Then, when the “cancel” button is pressed, the business mediation server 14 ends the processing as it is.

On the other hand, when the "enrollment application" button is pressed, the business mediation server 14 checks in S005 whether necessary items have been input. Here, since the company that performs only the order is also registered as a member,
Among the items of the company record shown in FIG. 3, “company name”,
“Company information comment”, “contact information” and “bank account number” are set as necessary items. If the required items are missing, the business mediation server 14
After displaying the alarm in S006, the process proceeds to S
Return to 004 and wait for replenishment of necessary items. On the contrary,
If all the necessary items have been input, the business mediation server 14 advances the processing to S007.

In S007, the business mediation server 14
A page indicating “acceptance completed” is displayed on the display 22 of the client computer 2.

In the next S008, the business mediation server 14
Performs an authentication process. This authentication processing is performed by inquiring of the bank whether the name of the “bank account number” matches the “name of the trader” or by inquiring of a third-party credit bureau. Then, in the next S009, the business mediation server 14 checks whether or not the result of the authentication processing is OK. If the result of the authentication process is OK, the business intermediation server 14 adds a new company record (and another record to be linked to this record, if necessary) in the next S010, And register the information of each item entered in each text box on the enrollment application page. In the next step S011, the business mediation server 14 sets an area dedicated to the new registered trader in the HTML storage area 30. In the next step S012, the business mediation server 14 issues a password for associating with the input “trader name”, registers this password in the company record, and addresses “e-mail” in “contact information”. Send an e-mail to notify the password. After the above, the business mediation server 14 ends the processing.

On the other hand, if the result of the authentication processing is not OK in S009, the business mediation server 14
In S013, an e-mail is sent to "e-mail" in the "contact information" to notify that the membership is refused. After the above, the business mediation server 14 ends the processing.

On the other hand, in S014, the business mediation server 14
Causes the login screen shown in FIG. 72 to be displayed on the display 22 of the client computer 2. This login screen includes a “user name” text box for inputting a trader name and a “password”.

In the next S015, the business mediation server 14
Waits for input in both text boxes on the login screen. If there is an input, the business intermediation server 14 stores the combination of the trader name entered in the “user name” text box and the password entered in the “password” text box in S016, Check if it is registered in any of the company records. If the combination of the trader name and the password is not registered, the process proceeds to S.
015, and if the combination is registered, the process proceeds to S
Proceed to 017.

In S017, the business mediation server 14
In step 016, it is determined whether a request for quote or the result of the quote has been delivered to a company (hereinafter, referred to as a “login company”) indicated by the company record for which the combination of the company name and password has been registered. To check. This check is performed based on whether or not the HTML document of the quote inquiry screen (FIG. 78) or the quote answer list screen (FIG. 81) is stored in the login trader exclusive area in the HTML storage area 30 (S403, See S411). If the request for estimation or the result of the estimation has not arrived, the business mediation server 14 determines in S018
The HTML document of the main menu for members stored in the HTML storage area 30 is read, and the main menu for members shown in FIG. 73A is displayed on the display 22 of the client computer 2. On the other hand, if there is an estimate request, the business mediation server 1
4 is the HT of the main menu for the member in S022.
A comment text “estimate is requested” is added to the ML document, and the main menu for members shown in FIG. 73B is displayed on the display 22 of the client computer 2 in S018. When the result of the estimation has been received, the business mediation server 14
In step S022, a comment text “estimation has been received” is added to the HTML document of the member main menu. In step S018, the member main menu shown in FIG. 73 (c) is displayed on the display 22 of the client computer 2. Display. In any case, the main menu for members includes a “business mediation” button and a “business information” button.

In the next S019, the business mediation server 14
Waits for any button in the member main menu to be pressed. If the “business mediation” button has been pressed, the process proceeds to S020; if the “business information” button has been pressed, the process proceeds to S060.

In S020, the business mediation server 14 checks again whether or not a request for quote or a result of the quote has been sent to the log-in trader. Then, when the estimation request or the estimation result has not been received, the business mediation server 14 reads the HTML document of the business mediation screen stored in the HTML storage area 30 in S021, and The business mediation screen shown in
It is displayed on the display 22 of the client computer 2. On the other hand, if there is an estimate request, the business intermediation server 14 adds a comment text “There is an estimate request” to the HTML document of the business intermediary screen in S023, and in S021, FIG.
4 (b) is displayed on the display 22 of the client computer 2. If the estimation result has been received, the business mediation server 14
In S023, the comment text “Estimation has been received” is added to the HTML document of the business mediation screen, and in S021, the business mediation screen shown in FIG.
2 is displayed. In any case, the business mediation screen displays an “Order” button and “Quote inquiry” button,
Contains.

In any case, the business mediation server 1
No. 4 waits for any button on the business mediation screen to be pressed in the next S024. And "Quote inquiry"
If the button has been pressed, the process proceeds to S032,
If the “order” button is pressed, the process proceeds to S025
Proceed to.

In S025, the business intermediation server 14 checks again whether or not the result of the estimation has been sent to the login company. If the estimation result has been received, the business intermediation server 14 proceeds to S031,
HTML of the order screen stored in the L storage area 30
After reading the document and adding a comment text "Estimate has arrived" in this HTML document,
In step 026, an order screen based on the HTML document is displayed on the display 22 of the client computer 2. FIG. 75 shows the order screen displayed by the HTML document after the comment is added in S031. As shown in FIG. 75, this order screen includes a “new order” button, an “ordered history” button, and an “unordered history” button.

On the other hand, if the estimation result has not been received, the business mediation server 14
HTML of order screen read from TML storage area 30
The order screen is displayed on the display 22 of the client computer 2 based on the document itself. Therefore, in this case, the comment "Estimate has been received" is not displayed on the displayed order screen.

In any case, the business mediation server 1
No. 4 waits for any button on the order screen to be pressed in the next S027. Then, if the “new order” button is pressed, the process proceeds to S028. If the “order history” button is pressed, the process proceeds to S0.
51, and if the “unordered history” button is pressed, the process proceeds to S040.

In S028, the business mediation server 14 displays a search condition input screen shown in FIG. 76 on the display 22 of the client computer 2. The search condition input screen includes an order condition (supply condition) indicating the name of the order item (that is, the final result desired by the log-in user who is the orderer) and the goods or information provided by the orderer to the upstream supplier at the time of ordering. It includes text boxes in which the order conditions (number, desired total amount, desired product accuracy, desired delivery date) indicating the detailed conditions specified at the time of ordering are written, respectively. Further, the search condition input screen includes an “OK” button and a “Cancel” button.

In the next S029, the business mediation server 14
Waits until the "OK" button is pressed or the "Cancel" button is pressed in a state where necessary items have been entered in the respective text boxes on the search condition input screen. Then, if the “cancel” button is pressed, the processing is terminated.

On the other hand, if the "OK" button is pressed after the necessary items have been entered, the content entered in each text box of the search condition input screen by the browser 27 of the client computer 2 is displayed. Is transmitted to the business mediation server 14 as an estimate request (that is, a search request using the order condition and the final result as a search condition) (corresponding to a search receiving unit). Therefore, the business mediation server 14
Executes the estimation process in S030.

FIG. 21 is a subroutine showing the contents of the estimation process executed in S030. In the first step S101 after entering this subroutine, the business mediation server 14 assigns a unique mediation ID to the new quote request, and stores a new mediation data record 190 in which the mediation ID is registered in the business mediation database. 1
9 is generated. As shown in FIGS. 40 and 41, the mediation data record 190 includes “mediation ID”, “creation date”, “ordering company name”, “ordered item”, “ordering condition”,
“Order quantity”, “desired total price”, “desired product accuracy”,
Items such as “desired delivery date”, “number of supply chains”, “number of vendors / industries”, “search for vendors / industries”, “candidate link of vendors”, “estimate”, and “estimation deadline” can be stored. . At the point in time when the mediation data record 190 is newly generated in S101, the date of creation is stored in the “creation date”, the name of the login supplier is stored in the “orderer name”, and the , "Order conditions", "order quantity", "desired total amount", "desired product accuracy", and "desired delivery date" store the input contents in the corresponding text boxes on the search condition input screen, respectively. In the “estimation time limit”, a date after a predetermined period has elapsed from the creation date is stored. The remaining items in the mediation data record 190 are each set to “0” as an initial value.

In the next S102, the business mediation server 14
Executes a supply chain creation process. This supply chain creation process is a process for generating all supply chains from the “order condition” to the “order item”. FIGS. 22 and 23 are flowcharts showing the supply chain creation processing subroutine executed in S102. In the first step S201 after entering this subroutine, the business mediation server 14 searches the supply chain model database 18 for an industry in which the “order conditions” match the “order conditions” in the mediation data record 190.

In the next S202, the business mediation server 14
Checks whether there is a corresponding business type as a result of the search in S201. If there is no applicable industry, the supply chain creation process is immediately terminated,
The process returns to the routine of FIG. On the other hand, if there is a corresponding business type, the business mediation server 14
A number is assigned to each of the business names found by the search at 01, and the total number is set in a variable imax.

In the next S204, the business mediation server 14
Secures a plurality of list areas as shown in FIG. Each list area is an area for building a connection between business types in a tree structure starting from the root. Then, the business mediation server 14 sets R
At the root position of each of the first to imax-th areas secured on the AM 12, each business name found by the search in S201 is set.

In the next S205, the business mediation server 14
Sets the variable i indicating the number of times of execution of the loop to "1". Subsequently, the business mediation server 14 performs steps S206 to S2.
18 loop processing is executed.

In the first step S206 after entering this loop processing, the business intermediation server 14 starts from the i-th list area.
All the business names located at the ends of each branch in the tree structure (except for the business whose order is a product) are all specified. However, if this loop processing is executed for the first time, only the type of business of the route is specified here.

In the next S207, the business mediation server 14
Checks whether the type of business has been specified in S206. If there is a terminal business other than the business whose order is a product, the business mediation server 14
Advances the process to S208. In S208, the business mediation server 14 reads from the supply chain model database 18 all the products corresponding to the respective business names specified in S206. Then, numbers are assigned to the entire set and the subset (including the subset having only one element) of the readout product, and the total number is set as a variable jmax.

In the next S209, the business mediation server 14
Initializes a variable j indicating the number of times of execution of the sub-loop to "1". Subsequently, the business mediation server 14 performs a sub-loop process of S210 to S213.

The first S21 after entering the sub-loop processing
In the case of “0”, the business mediation server 14 searches the supply chain model database 19 for an industry whose “order conditions” match the combination of the products constituting the j-th set (whole set and subset).

In the next S211, the business mediation server 14
Writes the business name retrieved in S210 in the i-th list area as a lower node commonly linked to each business that produces each product constituting the j-th set. If the business name is not searched in S210, the business mediation server 14 does not perform any processing in S211.

In the next S212, the business mediation server 14
Checks whether the variable j matches the variable jmax. If the variable j has not yet reached the variable jmax, the process returns to S210 after incrementing the variable j by one in S213. On the other hand, if the variable j has reached the variable jmax, the business mediation server 14 advances the processing to S214.

In S214, the business mediation server 14
In spite of repeating the sub-loop processing of 210 to S213, it is checked whether or not any of the terminal business names specified in S206 has no business name linked immediately below it. . Then, when any of the business names is linked directly below the business name at each end, the business mediation server 14 proceeds to S206 as it is.
And search for the end business name after linking.

On the other hand, if there is a business name to which no business name is linked immediately below, the business mediation server 14 deletes the business name in S215. At this time, if the business name existing at the top of the deleted business name does not link a lower business name other than the deleted business name, the higher business name is also deleted. Further, the name of the higher-ranking business is also deleted under the same conditions. Upon completing this S215, the business mediation server 14 returns the processing to S206.

On the other hand, if it is determined in S207 that there is only one type of business that has only the type of product whose order is a product, or that the i-th list area is empty, the business mediation server 14 advances the processing to S216.
In S216, the business mediation server 14 extracts, as a supply chain, the connection of the business name from the root to each end based on the tree described in the i-th list area. Then, a supply chain data record 191 having the model shown in FIG. 42 is generated by linking to the mediation data record 190 generated in S101, and each supply chain is registered in the supply chain data record 191. As shown in FIG. 42, in this supply chain data record 191, an intermediary ID as a key for a link is registered, and for each supply chain, the number of industries in the chain and each industry in the chain. Specific information ("Industry" indicating the name of the industry,
An “incoming business type” indicating a high-order [upstream] business name and an “ordering business” indicating a low-order [downstream] business name) are registered. Then, the business mediation server 14 registers the number of supply chains registered in the supply chain data record 191 in “the number of supply chains” in the mediation data record 190. The business mediation server 14
If it is determined in S207 that the i-th list area is empty, no processing is performed in S216. When executing S216 in the second and subsequent lines after executing the loop processing of S206 to S218, if the supply chain data record 191 linked to the mediation data record 190 already exists, the business mediation server 14 Registers the supply chain in the supply chain data record 191 that already exists.

In the next S217, the business mediation server 14
Checks whether the variable i has reached the variable imax. If the variable i has not yet reached the variable imax, the business mediation server 14 determines in step S218 that the variable i
Is incremented, and the process returns to S206 to search for the terminal business name from the next list area. On the other hand, if the variable i reaches the variable imax as a result of repeating the loop processing of S206 to S218, the business mediation server 14 determines that all possible supply chains have been created. The supply chain creation subroutine ends, and the process returns to the routine of FIG.

Here, in order to facilitate understanding of the supply chain creation subroutine described above, the supply chain model database 18 having the contents shown in FIG.
An example of the generation of a supply chain based on XML will be described. Now, it is assumed that there is a search condition input where ordering condition = molded article drawing and ordering material = molded article. Then, in S201, the respective industries such as “molding”, “mold”, “mold design”, “molding system”, and “molding system design” are searched.

Then, in S206 executed first,
“Molding” is a processing target. In this case, since the product corresponding to the business type “molding” is “molded product”, the terminal business name is not specified in S207. Therefore, in S216, only the following supply chains are extracted.

1: Molding In the next step S206, the "die" is processed. In this case, since the product corresponding to the business type “die” is “mold, resin model number”, the type “die” itself is specified in S207. Then, in the sub-loop processing of S208 to S213, for the entire set “mold, resin model number” of the product, and the respective sub-sets “mold”, “resin model number”, the type of business using each set as an order condition is searched. Is done. Then, for the whole set “mold, resin mold number”, the business type “molding 1” is found, and for the subset “die”, no business type is found at all.
Is searched for a business type of "resin". As a result, the tree in the list area is as follows.

[0070] In the next step S207, the product corresponding to the type of business "molding 1" is "molded product", but since the type of business "resin" uses "resin" as the product, this type of business "resin" is specified. Is done. Then, in the sub-loop processing of S208 to S213, the business type having the order condition of the product “resin” of the business type “resin” is searched. However, since there is no business in which only “resin” is an order condition, in S215,
The business name “resin” of the route having no other lower business name is deleted from the tree. However, the industry of the route “die”
Is not deleted from the tree because it has another lower-level business name “mold 1”. As a result, the tree in the list area is as follows.

In the next step S207, since the product corresponding to the type of business "molding 1" is "molded product", the terminal type of business is not specified. Therefore, in S216, only the following supply chains are extracted.

2: Mold-Molding 1 In S206 executed next, "mold design" is to be processed. In this case, since the product corresponding to the type of “mold design” is “mold drawing, resin model number or resin”,
In step 7, this type of business “die design” itself is specified.
Then, in the sub-loop processing of S208 to S213,
With respect to the whole set “mold drawing, resin model number or resin” and the respective sub-sets “mould drawing” and “resin model number or resin”, the type of business for which each set is an order condition is searched. Then, for the whole set “mold drawing, resin model number or resin”, the business type “mold 2” is found, and for the subset “mold drawing”, the business type “mold production” is found, and the subset “resin As for "model number or resin", the type of business "resin" is found. As a result, the tree in the list area is as follows.

[0073] In S207 executed next, the product corresponding to the type of “mold 2” is “molded product”, but the type of “mold making” and the type of resin “resin” respectively produce products other than “molded product”. Since these products are products, these types of business “mold production” and business type “resin” are specified. Then, in the sub-loop processing of S208 to S213, for the entire set “die, resin” and all the subsets “die”, “resin” of all the products of the type of business, the type of business for which each set is an order condition is set. Searched. Then, for the whole set “mold, resin”, the business type “molding 1” is found. As a result, the tree in the list area is as follows.

[0074] In the next executed S207, the terminal type of business is not specified, so in S216, the following supply chain is extracted.

3: Mold Design-Molding 2: 4: Mold Design-Mold Production / Resin-Molding 1 In S206 executed next, the "molding system" is to be processed. In this case, since the product corresponding to the business type “molding system” is the “molding system”, in S207, the business type “molding system” itself is specified.
Then, in the sub-loop processing of S208 to S213,
An industry that uses the product “molding system” as an order condition is searched. However, since there is no type of business that uses the “forming system” as an order condition, in step S215, the type of business “forming system” of the route that does not have other lower-level business names
Is removed from the tree and its list area is left blank.
As a result, in S207 executed next, the terminal type of business is not specified, and no supply chain is extracted in S216.

In the next executed S206, "molding system design" is to be processed. In this case, the products corresponding to the type of industry “molding system design” are “design machine specifications”, “removal machine specifications”, and “temperature controller specifications”.
Then, this type of industry “molding system design” itself is specified. Then, in the sub-loop processing of S208 to S213, for the entire set and each subset of the product,
Business categories that use each set as order conditions are searched. Then, for the subset “Molding machine specification”, the industry “New molding machine” and the industry “Molding machine old” are found, and for the subset “Removal machine specification”, the industry “Removing machine” is found. As for "temperature controller specifications", the business type "temperature controller" is found. As a result, the tree in the list area is as follows.

[0077] In the next step S207, the product corresponding to the type of industry “molding machine new” is “molding machine”, the product corresponding to the type of industry “forming machine old” is “molding machine”, "
The product corresponding to the above is a "take-out machine", and the product corresponding to the business type "temperature controller" is a "temperature controller". The “remove machine” and the business type “temperature controller” are specified. And S2
In the sub-loop processing from 08 to S213, for the entire set of “molding machine, take-out machine, temperature controller” and all the subsets of all the products in those industries, the industries whose respective conditions are the order conditions are searched. However, since there is no type of industry that has any of these products as an order condition, in S215, these types of industries “new molding machine”, “old molding machine”, “removal machine” and “temperature control machine” Deleted. As a result, the industry name “molding system design” of the route having no other lower industry name is deleted from the tree, and its list area becomes blank. As a result, in S207 executed next, the terminal type of business is not specified, and no supply chain is extracted in S216.

Thus, the processing for all the industries searched in S201 is completed. The resulting supply chain can be summarized as the following four.

1: Mold 2: Mold-Mold 1 3: Mold design-Mold 2 4: Mold design-Mold production / Resin-Mold 1 The contents example of the supply chain data record 191 in FIG. This shows the state where one supply chain has been registered.

Returning to the estimation routine of FIG.
2 is completed, the business mediation server 14 proceeds to the next S103
, A candidate link creation process is executed. This candidate link creation processing is based on all the permutations of the traders registered in the trader database 16 and the permutations along the respective supply chains created in S102 (order conditions or results of other industries are regarded as order conditions. In addition, they are linked to each other as a result of the order condition of the other industry or the final product as a result. A vendor permutation in which a plurality of vendors are connected, from industries that have conditions for ordering to industries that have final products as ordering conditions)
, And as a search unit for selecting a trader permutation (hereinafter, referred to as “industry link candidate”) that can satisfy the order specification as a limit value. 24 to 26
9 is a flowchart showing an industry link candidate creation processing subroutine executed in S103.

In this subroutine, first, at S301
Through the loop processing of S306. In the first step S301 after entering this loop processing, the business mediation server 14
One supply chain is extracted from the supply chain data record 191 linked to the mediation data record 190 generated in S101.

In the next S302, the business mediation server 14
Retrieves from the supplier data table 16 the names of all suppliers having any type of business included in the target supply chain extracted in S301.

In the next S303, the business mediation server 14
Links the mediation data record 190 generated in S101 and generates an industry / trader list record 192 having the model shown in FIGS. 43 to 49 for each industry included in the target supply chain. As shown in each of these figures, in each business / business list data record, in addition to the mediation ID as a key, the target business name (trader), the number of traders having the business (number of traders), and the name of each trader (Company name) may be registered. And the business mediation server 14
The names of the companies found as a result of the search in S302 are grouped for each type of business included in the target supply chain, and registered in the respective company / business type list data records. In the second and subsequent loop processing, this S30
When executing the third step, if each business type / trade list data record for a certain business type already exists, the business mediation server 14 transmits the corresponding business type / trade list data record to the corresponding business type. Add postscript.

In the next S304, the business mediation server 14
Arranges the names of the companies searched in S302 according to the type of business in the target supply chain. And
All the permutations of vendor names along the target supply chain,
Identify.

In the next S305, the business mediation server 14
Is added to the industry link candidate list record 195 linked to the mediation data record 190 generated in S101.
All the permutations of the trader names specified in 304 are registered as industry link candidates. Although not shown, the business link candidate list record 195 includes a mediation ID as a key. And the business mediation server 1
No. 4 registers the number of industry link candidates registered in the industry link candidate list record 195 in “the number of industry link candidates” in the mediation data record 190.

In the next S306, the business mediation server 14
Checks whether all supply chains have been extracted from the supply chain data record 191. Then, if all supply chains have not been taken out, the process returns to S301. On the other hand, when all the supply chains have been extracted, the business intermediation server 14 checks whether each supply chain registered in the industry link candidate list record 195 satisfies the order specification. The loop processing from S307 to S318 is executed.

In the first step S307 after entering this loop processing, the business mediation server 14 initializes a variable m representing the total amount, a variable t representing the total delivery date, and a variable a representing the total precision to "0", respectively. .

In the next S308, the business mediation server 14
Is from the industry link candidate list record 195 linked to the mediation data record 190 generated in S101.
Take out one industry link candidate.

In the next S309, the business mediation server 14
Reads the trader name of the top trader (most upstream trader) of the target industry link candidate extracted in S308.

Subsequently, the business intermediation server 14 checks the capability value of each trader in the target industry link candidate in S310.
Through S315. In the first step S310 after entering the sub-loop processing, the business intermediation server 14 uses the name of the trader read out in S309 or S316 to link the corresponding business record to the company record for that trader (in the target trade link candidate, A condition / estimation record (estimation condition) that satisfies the order specification is searched from the industry record of the industry addressed to the trader).
Then, in the next S311, the business mediation server 14
As a result of the search at 310, it is checked whether there is a condition / estimation record (estimation condition) that satisfies the order specification. If there is no condition / estimation record (estimation condition) that satisfies the order specification, the target industry link candidate is set to the industry link candidate list record 1 in S319.
After deleting from step S95, the process proceeds to step S318.

On the other hand, if there is a condition / estimation record (estimation condition) that satisfies the order specification, the business mediation server 14 reads the condition / estimation record (estimation condition) that satisfies the order specification in S312.

In the next S313, the business mediation server 14
Adds the price obtained by multiplying the unit price in the condition / estimation record (estimation condition) read in S312 by the number in the order specification to the variable m. Further, the shortest delivery date in the condition / estimation record (estimation condition) read in S312 is added to the variable t. Further, the lower precision limit in the condition / estimation record (estimation condition) read in S312 is added to the variable a.

In the next S314, the business mediation server 14
Are the values of the variables m, t, and a (ie, the total value of the capability values) at that time, respectively, the desired total amount, the desired delivery date, and the desired accuracy (that is, the limit value of the total value of the capability values) in the order specification. Check if: And any of the variables m, t,
If a exceeds the order specification, the business intermediation server 14 deletes (destroys) the target business link candidate in S319, and then advances the processing to S318.

On the other hand, if all the variables m, t, a are equal to or less than the order specification (that is, if the limit value included in the search condition is satisfied), the business mediation server 14 proceeds to S315
, It is checked whether or not the trader is the last trader in the target industry link candidate. If the trader is not the last trader, the business mediation server 14 proceeds to S316
In, after reading the next trader name in the target industry link candidate, the process returns to S310.

On the other hand, if the trader is the tail trader, the business mediation server 14 associates the variables m, t, and a with the target trade link in the trade link candidate list record 195 in S317. Register the value. After the completion of S317, the business mediation server 14 proceeds to S
Proceed to 318.

In S318, the business mediation server 14 checks whether or not the processing from S308 onward has been completed for all the business link candidates in the business link candidate list record 195. Then, if the processing has not been completed for all the business type link candidates, the business mediation server 14 returns the processing to S307. On the other hand, if the processing has been completed for all the industry link candidates, the business mediation server 14
The process proceeds to S320.

At S320, the business mediation server 14
Is linked to the mediation data record 190 generated in S101, and the matching trader list record 193 having the type shown in FIGS. 50 to 56 is stored in the business link candidate list record 195 at that time. For each business name included in, create each. As shown in each of these figures, in each matching supplier list record 193, in addition to the mediation ID as a key, the target business name (business type), the number of traders having the business type (the number of traders),
The name (company name) of each trader can be registered. Then, the business mediation server 14 registers all the trader names included in each trade link candidate remaining in the trade link candidate list record 195 at that time for each trade and registers them in the matching trade list record 193.

In the next S321, the business mediation server 14
Generates a non-matching trader list record 194 having a model shown in FIGS. 57 to 63 for the same type of business as each matching trader list record 193 by linking to the mediation data record 190 generated in S101. As shown in these figures, each unmatched trader list record 194 includes, in addition to the mediation ID as a key, the target trade name (type of trade), the number of non-matching traders having the trade (number of traders), and the name of each trader. (Company name) and the details of the discrepancy may be registered as missed information. Details of this discrepancy include S
In 311, the condition / estimation number of the condition / estimation record determined to not satisfy the order specification (mismatch condition / estimation number), the number of items in the condition / estimation record determined to not satisfy the order specification (mismatch) Number of items), item names (unmatched item names) determined not to satisfy the ordering specification and their values, and item names and values in the ordering specification corresponding to the mismatched item names (both corresponding items and their values) In addition, hereinafter, referred to as “unmatched item data pair”). Then, the business mediation server 14
Is not registered in any of the matching trader list records 193, and the information about the trader with the "business type" in any of the mismatching trader list records 194 is
They are grouped for each type of business and registered in the corresponding unmatched vendor list record 194. After the completion of S321, the business intermediation server 14 ends this type of business link candidate creation subroutine, and returns the processing to the routine of FIG.

In the estimation processing of FIG. 21 to which the processing is returned, the business mediation server 14 executes the processing from S103 to S10.
Proceed to 4. In this S104, the business mediation server 14
Sets the display order to "price".

Subsequently, the business mediation server 14 executes the processing at S
The process proceeds to a loop process from 105 to S111. In the first step S105 after entering this loop processing, the business mediation server 14
Is the total cost m, delivery date t and accuracy a
Using the capability values set as the display order at that time as keys, the business link candidates in the business link candidate list record 195 linked to the mediation data record 190 generated in S101 are sorted.

In the next S106, the business mediation server 14
Creates an HTML document of a search result output screen based on the top three business type link candidates obtained as a result of the sorting in S105, and displays the search result output screen on the display 22 of the client computer 2 (presentation). Part). As shown in FIG. 77, the search result output screen displays the contents of the top three industry link candidates (delivery date [date t days after current date], price [m yen], accuracy [aμ]
m], a business link candidate list box 4 for displaying the connection of each business from the upstream business to the downstream business.
1, three "estimate" buttons 42 corresponding to the respective industry link candidates displayed in the industry link candidate list box 41, and three display order option buttons 44 corresponding to the delivery date, price and accuracy, respectively. The “display order” button 43 is included.

In the next S107, the business mediation server 14
Checks whether any “estimate” button 42 has been pressed. Then, any of the estimate buttons 42
Is not pressed, the business mediation server 14 proceeds to S1
At 10, it is checked whether the display order button 43 has been pressed. If the display order button 43 has not been pressed, the business mediation server 14 checks in step S109 whether communication with the client computer 2 has been completed. Then, if the communication has not been completed, the business mediation server 14 returns the processing to S107.

S107, S110 and S described above
If the display order button 43 is pressed during the repetition of the loop processing of S109, the business mediation server 14 proceeds to S111
, The capability value for which the corresponding display order option button 44 is pressed (checked) at that time is reset as the display order (that is, the selection information reception for receiving the selection information of the type of the user from the orderer) Part). Then, the process returns to S105, and the sorting is performed based on the reset conditions.

Further, any one of the estimation buttons 42 during the loop processing of S107, S110 and S109 is repeated.
Is pressed (that is, corresponds to the specific information receiving unit that receives the specific information for specifying any of the vendor permutations by the ordering vendor), the business mediation server 14 determines in S108 that the pressed estimation button 42 Is requested to the quote management CGI as the quote request unit for the quote management for the business type link candidate corresponding to. Upon completing the request in S108, the business mediation server 14 advances the processing to S109.

Further, while the loop processing of S107, S110 and S109 is repeated, the client computer 2
When the communication with is completed, the business mediation server 14 advances the processing from S109 to S112. In S112, the service information server 14 sends the contents of each type of business link candidate created in S103 to the client computer 2 installed in the sales department of the business as a provider of the business mediation system by e-mail or direct communication. Notification (equivalent to a notification unit). The department in charge of the sales that has received this notification can specify a trader that was not included in any of the industry link candidates, and can therefore sell the trader as necessary. Upon completion of S112, the business mediation server 14 ends the estimation subroutine, and returns the processing to the main routine in FIG. In the main routine to which the processing is returned, the business mediation server 14
Terminates all the processes by the business mediation system 14.

Here, in order to facilitate understanding of the processing (FIGS. 16 to 38) in the other branches by the business mediation system 14, the description of the processing by the business mediation system 14 is temporarily interrupted, and the estimation is made in S108. Processing by the estimate management CGI 15 requested to be managed will be described. FIG.
It is a flowchart which shows the process by this estimation management CGI15. Since the estimate management CGI 15 is activated every time the business mediation system 14 requests an estimate management, a plurality of estimate management CGIs 15 are activated at the same time.
It is also possible to execute each process in parallel. In addition, each estimate management CGI 115 is
After the request for estimate management is made, the system operates independently of the business mediation system 14.

The estimate management CGI 15 starts the first S4
At 01, an estimate answer area as a work area used by itself to execute the subsequent processing is secured in the RAM 12.

In the next S402, the estimate management CGI 15
Creates an estimate request for the industry assigned to the trader whose trader name is specified at the top (upstream of the river) of the target trade link candidates (corresponding to the quote request section). This quote request includes the broker ID, the creation date of the broker data record 190, the order (products in the industry),
The final product (“ordered item” in the intermediary data record 190) and the number (depending on the nature of the ordered item, for example, “1” for mold design and mold, the number in the order specification for molded products, and the required amount for resin ), Estimation deadline (mediation data record 19)
"Estimation deadline" in the number 0) and the start date. When created in S402, the start date is a date after a certain period from the current date,
Is set.

Subsequently, the estimate management CGI 15 executes S403
Through the loop processing of S408. In the first step S403 after entering this loop processing, the estimate management CGI 15
The HTML document on the quote inquiry screen (FIG. 78) including the content of the quote request created in S402 or S408
It is created in an area dedicated to the destination trader of the quote request in the TML storage area 30. If an HTML document of the quote inquiry screen already exists in the area dedicated to the destination trader, the quote management CGI 15 adds the content of the quote request to the existing HTML document. As shown in FIG. 78, this estimation inquiry screen includes an estimation inquiry information list box 45, an estimation inquiry detailed information list box 46, an "(estimate)" button 47,
A "do not estimate" button 48 is included.
The quote inquiry information list box 45 displays a list of the mediation ID, creation date (date), quote expiration date, and ordered items for each quote request. Further, the estimate inquiry detailed information list box 46 displays a list of all contents of the estimate request clicked on the estimate inquiry information list box 45. Note that each list box 45,
The contents to be displayed in 46 are those list boxes 4
If not, the list boxes 45, 46 are rewritten in a scrollable format.

In the next S404, the estimate management CGI 15
Informs the destination trader of the quote request to be processed by facsimile or e-mail based on the contact information posted in the trader's company record in the trader database 16 .

In the next step S405, the system waits for a reply from the destination trader of the estimation request notified in S404. In addition,
This answer is passed from the business mediation server 14 started by the destination trader (S035). Then, when there is an answer, the estimation management CGI 15 advances the processing to S406.

In S406, the quote management CGI 15 requests the delivery date (the deadline for the trader to complete the order) included in the answer and the unit price (the trader invoices each order based on his / her own work). (Amount) is stored in the estimation response area secured in S401 in association with the contents of the estimation request. Further, the estimate management CGI 15 substitutes “1” for “estimate” in the mediation data record indicated by the mediation ID corresponding to the target industry link candidate.

In the next S407, the estimate management CGI 15
Checks whether or not quoted answers have been obtained from all the companies in the target industry link candidates. And if you haven't gotten answers from all of the potential industry link candidates yet,
In S408, the estimate management CGI 15 creates an estimate request for the business type assigned to the trader to the trader indicated by the next trader name in the target trade link. In this case, the day after the delivery date included in the answer obtained immediately before (that is, the answer obtained from the immediately preceding trader in the target industry link candidate) is set as the start date. This S
After the completion of 408, the estimate management CGI 15 returns the processing to S403 in order to perform the processing on the estimate request.

On the other hand, in the case where the quote answers have been obtained from all the companies in the target industry link candidates, the quote management C
In step S409, the GI 15 reads, from the estimation response area secured in step S401, the contents and response of the estimation request to each of the suppliers included in the target industry link candidate for each of the suppliers. Then, for each company, the "estimated amount" is calculated by multiplying the "unit number" included in the estimation request by the "unit price" being answered. Then, the “total price” is calculated by adding the “estimated amounts” of all the traders. Also, the “delivery date” included in the response from the last (downstream) supplier in the target industry link candidate is defined as “entire delivery date”.

In the next S410, the estimate management CGI 15
Confirms the mediation ID corresponding to the target industry link candidate,
By linking to the mediation data record 190 indicated by this mediation ID, the business mediation database 18 generates an estimate data record 196 storing the actual estimate answer from each of the traders included in the business type link candidate, and The value of “estimate” in the data record 190 is incremented by one. Specifically, in the estimated data record 196, the mediation ID as a key, the contents of the target industry link candidate (the same contents as the industry link candidate list record 195), and the information obtained from each trader in the target industry link candidate are obtained. The contents of the answer and the “estimated amount”, “total price”, and “total delivery date” calculated in S409 are stored.

In the next S411, the estimate management CGI 15
In the business mediation database 19, an area for exclusive use of a supplier (ordering supplier) who has requested an estimate includes an estimate confirmation information screen (FIG. 80), an estimate reply list screen (FIG. 81), and an order screen (FIG. 82). Create each HTL document.

As shown in FIG. 80, the estimate confirmation information screen includes an estimate confirmation information list box 49 and an estimate inquiry detailed information list box 50. The estimate confirmation information list box 49 contains, for each intermediary data record 190 in the business intermediation database 19 in which the name of the trader is described in “ordering trader”, the intermediation ID, the creation date, the estimate deadline, and the order item. Are listed. Then, for each intermediary data record 190,
If the value of “estimate” is “0”, a yellow circle mark indicating that an estimate is being requested is displayed, and if the value of “estimate” is “1” or more and the current date is before “estimate expiration date”, For example, a green circle mark indicating that the estimation is completed is displayed, and if the current date exceeds the “estimation deadline”, a red circle mark indicating that the estimation is expired is displayed. The quote detail information text box 50 contains the mediation data record 1 clicked on the quote confirmation information list box 49.
90 are displayed in a list. If the contents to be displayed in the respective list boxes 49 and 50 do not fit in the list boxes 49 and 50, the list boxes 49 and 50 are rewritten in a scrollable format.

An HTML document on the quote answer list screen is created for each intermediary data record 190 in the business intermediary database 19 in which the name of the trader is described in “ordering trader”. The quote answer list screen displayed by these HTML documents has a common item list box 51 and a quote result list box 52 as shown in FIG. Common item list box 51
Is the mediation I described in the target mediation data record 190
D, creation date, estimate deadline, and ordered item are displayed. In addition, the estimation result list box 52 displays each estimation data record 1 linked to the target mediation data record 190.
For each 96, the contents of the target industry link candidate (connection of the trader), "whole price" and "whole delivery date" are displayed.
The quote result list box 52 is displayed on the right side of the quote result list box 52 on the quote answer list screen.
A "Detailed Estimate" button 53 and an "Order" button 54 corresponding to each type of business link candidate displayed in the box are displayed.

[0119] The HTML document on the ordering screen includes the quote data records 196 linked to the intermediary data records 190 in which the name of the trader is described in "orderer".
Created every time. As shown in FIG. 82, the order screen displayed by the HTML document includes an individual quotation list box 55, an "individual order" button 56, an entrusted order management agent charge display box 57, and an "automatic order" button 58. Includes, The individual quotation list box 55 displays a list of "delivery date" and "estimated amount (price)" included in the response from the vendor for each vendor included in the business type link candidate stored in the target quotation data record 196. In addition, the service fee of the provider in the individual order is displayed. In addition, the entrusted order management agent fee display box 57 displays the service fee of the provider in the automatic order.

Note that the quote management CGI 15 updates the contents of the existing HTML document according to the latest contents of the business type database 16 if the HTML document to be created already exists at the time of execution of S411. After the completion of S411,
The quote management CGI 15 ends all the processing.

Here, the description returns to the description of the processing by the business mediation server 14. A comment “There is an estimate request!” Is displayed on the member main menu displayed in S018 or the business mediation screen displayed in S021 (FIG. 73
(B) and FIG. 74 (b)), when the log-in company presses the “estimate inquiry” button on the business mediation screen, the business mediation server 14 performs the processing in S024.
To S032.

At S032, the business mediation server 14
Reads the HTML document of the quote inquiry screen (FIG. 78) from the area dedicated to the login trader in the HTML storage area 30 and displays the quote inquiry screen on the display 22 of the client computer 2.

In the next S033, the business mediation server 14
Waits for any button on the quote inquiry screen to be pressed. Then, when the “do not estimate” button is pressed, the business mediation server 14 ends the processing. On the other hand, when the “(estimate)” button is pressed, the business mediation server 14 advances the processing to S034.

At S034, the business mediation server 14
Creates an HTML document of the quote answer screen based on the type of business link candidate whose details are displayed in the quote inquiry detailed information list box 46 on the quote inquiry screen when the button is pressed, and displays the quote answer screen. It is displayed on the display 22 of the client computer 2.
As shown in FIG. 79, the estimate response screen includes an estimate inquiry detailed information list box 59, a price estimate list box 60, a delivery date estimate text box 61, and a "submit estimate" button 62. In the estimate inquiry detailed information list box 59, the contents of the estimate inquiry detailed information 46 on the estimate inquiry screen (FIG. 78) displayed in S032 are displayed as they are. The price estimate list box 60 displays the identification information (“item”, “model”) and the number (“quantity”) of the order items displayed in the estimate inquiry detailed information list box 59, and logs in. A "unit price" column in which a trader can arbitrarily input a price is included. In the delivery date estimation text box 61, a log-in trader can arbitrarily input a date.

In the next S035, the business mediation server 14
Is a "Submit estimate" button 62 on the estimate response screen.
Wait for is pressed. Then, when the “submit estimate” button 62 is pressed, the price estimation list box 60 is displayed from the browser 27 of the client computer 2.
The unit price written by the login agent and the date of the delivery date written in the delivery date estimation text box 61 are transmitted to the business mediation server 14 as a response message to the estimate. Therefore, the business mediation server 14 transmits the answer received from the browser 27 of the client computer 2 in S036 to S032.
S for the HTML document of the quote inquiry screen displayed in
Quotation management C that wrote the quotation request selected in 033
Deliver to GI15 (see S045). When S036 is completed, the business mediation server 14 ends the processing as a whole.

On the other hand, on the member's main menu displayed in S018, the business mediation screen displayed in S021, or the ordering screen displayed in S026, the comment "Estimate has been received" (FIG. 73 (c) ), FIG. 74 (c), and FIG. 75), when the log-in trader presses the “unordered history” button on the order screen, the business mediation server 14 advances the processing from S027 to S040.

In S040, the business mediation server 14
Reads out the HTML document (see S411) of the estimate confirmation information screen (FIG. 80) from the dedicated area of the log-in trader in the HTML storage area 30, and displays the estimate confirmation information screen on the display 22 of the client computer 2. I do.

In the next S041, the business mediation server 14
Waits for any line in the estimate member information list box 49 on the estimate confirmation information screen to be double-clicked. Then, when any line is double-clicked, the business intermediation server 14 stores the HTML document of the quote answer list screen corresponding to the intermediation ID included in the double-clicked line in the HTML storage area 30 in S042.
It reads from the log-in trader-dedicated area and displays the quote answer list screen on the display 22 of the client computer 2.

In the next S042, the business mediation server 14
Is one of the buttons 53,
Wait for 54 to be pressed. Then, when any one of the “Detailed Estimate” buttons 54 is pressed, the business mediation server 14 executes a detailed estimate process for the type of business link candidate corresponding to the pressed “Detailed Estimate” button 54 in S044. . However, here, the description of the specific processing content of the detailed estimation processing is omitted. Then, when the detailed estimation process is completed, the business mediation server 14 returns the process to S043.

On the other hand, any of the “order” buttons 5
4 is pressed, the business mediation server 14
At 45, the HTM of the order screen (82) corresponding to the industry link candidate corresponding to the pressed "order" button 54
The L document (see S411) is read from the dedicated area of the login trader in the HTML storage area 30, and the order screen is displayed on the display 22 of the client computer 2.

In the next S046, the business mediation server 14
Waits for one of the buttons 56 and 58 on the order screen to be pressed. Then, "Random order" button 5
8 is pressed, the business mediation server 14
At 48, the commission displayed on the order management agent fee display box 57 is charged (charged) to the log-in trader who is the orderer, and the next step S049 is to the order delivery management system 31 at S045. After requesting ordering and delivery management based on the industry link candidate corresponding to the displayed ordering screen, the process proceeds to S050. In addition,
The order / delivery management system 31 receiving this request reads the estimate data record 196 and the intermediary data record 190 related to the business link candidate for which management has been requested from the business intermediation database 19, and reads out the respective companies included in the business link candidate. In response to this, the work of the business type assigned in the business type link candidate is reserved according to the order specification in the mediation data record 190. Then, it requests the goods or information indicated in the order conditions in the mediation data record 190 from the log-in trader who is the ordering business, and upon receiving the goods or information, the top (most upstream) included in the business type link candidate is received. The actual work is ordered by giving the goods or information as the order conditions to the trader (corresponding to an ordering section). Then, when the product is received from this trader, the product is passed to the next trader in the business type link candidate to instruct the start of the actual work. In this way, the end (the most downstream) of the industry link candidate
When the product (ie, the order as a final product) is received from the vendor, the final product is delivered to the vendor.

On the other hand, if it is determined in S 046 that the “individual order” button 56 has been pressed, the business mediation server 14 displays in S 047 the individual quotation list box 55 with respect to the log-in trader who is the ordering trader. After charging (billing) the performed fee, the process proceeds to S050. In this case, the log-in trader, who is the orderer, is S049
The work performed by the order delivery management system 31 in response to the management request in the above is performed by itself. Therefore, the fee charged in this case is set lower than the fee charged in S048.

In any case, in S050, the business mediation server 14 uses the business mediation database 1 based on the contents of the estimate data record 196 corresponding to the industry link candidate corresponding to the order screen displayed in S045.
In step 9, a confirmed data record 197 record and an ordering company list record 198 are created as ordering information.
As shown in FIG. 64, the confirmed data record 197 includes a “determined date” indicating the date at the time of execution of S050, whether the order placed by S048 and S049 was placed or the order placed by S047. "Total order amount", which describes the overall price in the estimate data record 196, "total delivery date", "end date of acceptance" in which the overall delivery date in the estimate data record 196 is described. A record 196 describes the number of traders included in the type of business link candidate whose content is indicated in the record 196, an "orderer count" in which a pointer to each orderer list record 198 is described, and an estimate data record. Each column of “mediation ID” in which the same mediation ID as in 196 is described as a key is included. In addition, the ordering supplier list record 198 includes a fixed data record 197 corresponding to each supplier included in the industry link candidate.
It is created by the same number as the value of “number of ordering vendors” in the table. Then, as shown in FIG. 65, each ordering supplier list includes “industry type” indicating the type of business assigned to the relevant company in the relevant type of business link candidate, “company name” indicating the name of the relevant type of business,
“Order” indicating the product corresponding to the business type, “delivery date” in which the delivery date included in the response from the supplier in the estimate data record 196 is described, and “number of products requested by the supplier” Each column includes an “order specification”, an “order amount” in the estimate data record 196 that describes the estimated amount of the trader, and an “acceptance date”. When this step S050 is completed, the business mediation server 14 finishes all processing.

On the other hand, when the “order history” button is pressed on the order screen shown in FIG.
No. 4 advances the processing from S027 to S051. This S0
At 51, the business intermediation server 14 sends all the confirmed data records 1 linked to each intermediary data record 190 that includes the name of the log-in trader as the “ordering trader name”.
An HTML document of the order history detailed information screen shown in FIG. 83 is created based on the information 97, and the order history detailed information screen is displayed on the display 22 of the client computer 2. The order history detailed information screen includes an order history information list box 63 including substantially the same display items as the estimate confirmation information list box 49 of the estimate confirmation information screen (however, a mark such as a red circle is not displayed), and an estimate confirmation information screen. And an order history detailed information list box 64 including display items substantially the same as the estimate inquiry detailed information list box 50. And the business mediation server 14
The contents of the order history information list box 63 are displayed based on the read confirmed data records 197, and the mediation ID included in the clicked line (the initial line in the initial state) in the order history information list box 63. The contents of the order history detailed information list box 64 are displayed on the basis of the confirmed data record 197 corresponding to.

In the next S052, the business mediation server 14
Checks whether or not any row in the order history information list box 63 on the order history detailed information screen displayed in S051 has been double-clicked. If none of the rows has been double-clicked, the process proceeds to S051.
(In this case, if any row is not clicked, no processing is executed in S051). On the other hand, if any line is double-clicked, the business intermediation server 14 determines in S053 that the confirmed data record 197 corresponding to the intermediation ID included in the double-clicked line and all the orders linked thereto The trader list record 198 is read from the business mediation database 19, and based on the read confirmed data record 197 and each orderer list record 198, an order content display screen shown in FIG. 84 is displayed. This order content display screen includes the same display items as the individual quotation list box 55 in the order screen shown in FIG. And the business mediation server 1
4 displays the total delivery date and total order amount in the fixed data record 197 and the delivery date and order amount in each orderer list record 198 on this order content display screen. S05
When Step 3 is completed, the business mediation server 14 ends the processing as a whole.

On the other hand, the user's own rejection rate (the ratio of the number of unmatched trader list records 194 in which he / she is posted to the number of all intermediary data records 190) and the share (the user's share in the total transaction amount using this Or the log-in trader who wants to know a measure to increase the rate of winning the contract, presses the “business information” button on the main menu for members (FIG. 73) displayed in S018. Then, the business mediation server 14 proceeds to S019
To S060.

In S060, the business mediation server 14
Is the HTML of the business information screen from the HTML storage area 30.
The document is read, and the business information screen is displayed on the display 22 of the client computer 2. FIG.
As shown in FIG. 5, the business information screen includes a “business consultation” button and a “business support” button. Then, in S061, the business mediation server 14 waits for any button on the business information screen to be pressed.
Then, the business mediation server 14 advances the process to S062 when the “business consultation” button is pressed, and advances the process to S064 when the “business support” button is pressed.
Proceed to.

In S062, the business mediation server 14 executes a process of creating a received data list. FIG. 27 is a flow chart showing a subroutine for creating a received data list executed in S062. In the first step S501 after entering this subroutine, the business mediation server 14
Sets search conditions. When this subroutine for creating an exemption data list is executed in S062,
In S501, the name (member name) of the log-in trader is set as a search condition.

In the next S502, the business mediation server 14
Generates an initialization list data table having the structure shown in FIG. 67 in the hard disk 13 and initializes it.
This remittance list data table is composed of one “request list number” and “request list”. However,
The “irreplacement list” does not exist in the initialized state, but is added by executing the processing after S503, and a plurality of “irreplacement lists” can exist at the same time. Then, in the “number of unsuccessful orders list”, the number of “successful orders list” included in the same unsuccessful list data table is stored. Therefore, in the initial state, "number of missed lists" = "0". Also, in each “extra list”, there is an individual unmatched trader list record 19 registered for the log-in trader.
4 and the intermediary data record 1 linked to it
90 contents (intermediation ID, creation date, order item and order specification)
Is stored.

Next, the business mediation server 14 executes a loop process from S503 to S514 in order to add the “extra list” to the extra list data table. In the first step S503 after entering this loop processing, the business mediation server 14 extracts one mediation data record 190 from the business mediation database 19.

The processing from S504 to S513 is the same as that of the mediation data record 19 extracted in S503.
All unmatched vendor list records 19 linked to 0
4 is a sub-loop process for searching for No. 4. And S
In 504, the business intermediation server 14 extracts one unextracted record from all unmatched trader list records 194 linked to the intermediation data record 190 extracted in S503.

In the next S505, the business mediation server 14
Substitutes the initial value “0” for the variable I indicating the number of checked company names, and sets the variable N indicating the maximum value of I to the unmatched trader list record 19 extracted in S504.
Substitute the number of traders in 4.

In the next S506, the business mediation server 14
Checks whether the variable N is greater than or equal to "1".
If the variable N is “0”, the process goes to S513. If the variable N is “1” or more, the process goes to S507.

In S507, the business mediation server 14
Reads one unread company name from the mismatched trader list 194 extracted in S504.

In the next step S508, it is checked whether or not the member name set as a search condition in S501 matches the company name read in S507. If the two do not match, the business mediation server 14 increments the variable I in S511, and then checks in S512 whether the variable I after the increment has reached the variable N. If the variable I has not yet reached the variable N, the business mediation server 14 proceeds to S507
Return to S507, S508, S511 and S5 above
By repeating the process of step 12, while checking each company name registered in the mismatched trader list record 194 in order, if a company name that matches the member name as a search condition is found, the business mediation server 14 , Processing is S50
8 to S509.

In this step S509, the business mediation server 14
Is the mediation data record 190 retrieved in S503
The mediation ID, the creation date, the order, and the order specification are read in, and the award list including these data is added to the award list data table created in S502, and the “number of award list” is reduced by one. Increment by one.

In the next S510, the business mediation server 14
Is the content (S50) related to the log-in trader in the mismatched trader list record 194 extracted in S504.
In step S509, the content corresponding to the company name that matches the member name as the search condition is written in the added note list. After the completion of S510, the business mediation server 14
The process proceeds to S513.

On the other hand, the above S507, S508, S51
1 and S512 are repeated to check all the company names in the mismatched trader list record 194, and if the member name as a search condition is not found, the variable I
Reaches the variable N, the business mediation server 14
The process advances from S512 to S513 without executing S9 and S510.

At S513, the business mediation server 14
In the mismatched trader list record 194 linked to the mediation data record 190 extracted in 501,
In step S504, it is checked whether or not there is any item that has not been extracted. If there is an unmatched trader list 194 that has not been extracted yet, the business mediation server 1
In step S4, the process returns to step S504, and the next unmatched trader list record 194 is extracted.

On the other hand, if all the inconsistent trader list records have been extracted, the business mediation server 14
Checks in S514 if there is any mediation data record in the business mediation database 19 that has not been retrieved yet. If there is a mediation data record that has not been retrieved yet, the business mediation server 14
Returns the process to S503, and retrieves the next mediation data record.

On the other hand, if all the mediation data records have been taken out, the business mediation server 14
Terminates the process of creating the received data list and returns the process to the main routine of FIG. Figure 1 with processing returned
In the main routine of No. 9, the business mediation server 14 advances the processing from S062 to S063. In this S063,
The business mediation server 14 performs a screen display process of the received data list. FIG. 28 is a flowchart showing a screen display processing subroutine of the received data list executed in S063. In the first step S601 after entering this subroutine, the business mediation server 14 executes the processing in S062 (S5
02), one unretrieved order list is extracted from the order list data table created in the hard disk 13.

In the next S602, the business mediation server 14
Is the intermediary ID in the list of pick-ups extracted in S601,
The display buffer 12 in the RAM 12 associates the creation date, the order, and the order specification with a serial unique number.
a.

In the next S603, the business mediation server 14
Substitutes the initial value “1” into a variable I indicating the number of checked mismatched items, and substitutes a “non-matching trader list record” in the exhaustion list extracted in S601 into a variable N indicating the maximum value of the variable I. Substitute the number of unmatched items included in "contents".

In the next S604, the business mediation server 14
Adds the contents of the I-th mismatched item included in the “contents of mismatched trader list record” in the outsourced list extracted in S601 to the display buffer 12a in association with the history number assigned in S602.

In the next S605, the business mediation server 14
Increments the variable I by one.

In the next S606, the business mediation server 14
Checks whether variable I is less than or equal to variable N.
Then, if the variable I is still equal to or smaller than the variable N, it means that all unmatched items in the winning list have not yet been added to the display buffer 12a, and the business mediation server 14 returns the process to S604.

On the other hand, when all the mismatched items are stored in the display buffer 12a by repeating the processing of S604 to S606, the variable I exceeds the variable N. From S606 to S607.

At S607, the business mediation server 14
At 062, it is checked whether or not all the exemption lists have been extracted from the exemption data list created in the hard disk 13. Then, when there is a pick-up list that has not been taken out, the business mediation server 14 returns the process to S601.

On the other hand, if all of the unsuccessful work lists have been extracted, the business mediation server 14 proceeds to S6.
At 08, an HTML document for displaying the business consultation screen shown in FIG. 87 is created based on the information stored in the display buffer 12a. As shown in FIG. 87, this business consulting screen includes a received order information list box 65. This in-depth information list box displays, for each history number, the mediation ID, creation date, order item (article name), and order specification (quantity, delivery date, accuracy, material, price) added to the display buffer 12a in S602. And S
In step 604, the items of the login company in the mismatched items added are displayed in comparison. It should be noted that the received information list box 65 is scrollable so that information on all history numbers can be displayed.
When the business mediation server 14 finishes creating the HTML document, the business mediation server 14 displays a business consultation screen based on the HTML document on the display 22 of the client computer 2 (corresponding to a received information presentation unit and an order information presentation unit),
The screen display processing subroutine of the received data list is terminated, and the process returns to the main routine of FIG. In the main routine of FIG. 19 to which the processing has been returned, when the business mediation server 14 completes S063, the entire processing ends.

On the other hand, in S064 executed when the “business support” button on the business information screen is pressed, the business mediation server 14 acquires information indicating the current date.

In the next S065, the business mediation server 14
Executes the process of creating the received data list. Specifically, the business intermediation server 14 executes a subroutine for creating a received data list shown in FIG. When this subroutine for creating an in-order data list is executed in S065, the name (member name) of the log-in trader is set as a search condition in S501.

In the next S066, the business mediation server 14
Executes the process of creating the business support information 1 for the current month. FIG.
Reference numeral 9 denotes the current month's business support information 1 creation processing subroutine executed in S066. In the first step S701 after entering this subroutine, the business mediation server 14 generates and initializes the current month's business support information first table having the structure shown in FIG. The first table of the business support information for the current month can store four items of information such as "number of confirmed total roles", "number of confirmed total contracts", "number of confirmed member contracts", and "determined amount of member orders". I have.

Next, the business mediation server 14 executes a loop process from S702 to S712 in order to write a numerical value to each item of the first business support information table for the current month.
In the first step S702 after entering this loop processing, the business mediation server 14 extracts one mediation data record 190 from the business mediation database 19.

In the next S703, the business mediation server 14
Is the mediation data record 190 retrieved in S702
Is checked for the current month based on whether the “creation date” belongs to the same month as the current date. Then, if the mediation data record 190 is not for the current month, the business mediation server 14 proceeds to S713 without any processing, and if it is for the current month, the business mediation server 14
The process proceeds to S704.

In S704, the business mediation server 14
In step 702, a fixed data record 197 linked to the mediation data record 190 extracted is extracted.

In the next S705, the business mediation server 14
Increments the “total number of confirmed contracts” in the first month's business support information table by one, and adds the “total order amount” in the confirmed data record extracted in S704 to the current month's business support information first table. Add to the "Total order value" in the list.

In the next S706, the business mediation server 14
Substitutes the initial value “0” for a variable I indicating the number of checked company names, and sets the variable N indicating the maximum value of I to the unmatched trader list record 19 extracted in S704.
Substitute the number of ordering companies in 4.

In the next S707, the business mediation server 14
Checks whether the variable N is greater than or equal to "1".
If the variable N is “0”, the process proceeds to S713, and if the variable N is “1” or more, the process proceeds to S708.

In S708, the business mediation server 14
Is the confirmed data record 197 extracted in S704
From the orderer list record 198 linked to
Fetch one unfetched record.

In the next step S709, it is checked whether or not the name (member name) of the log-in trader matches the “company name” in the ordering trader list record 198 extracted in S708. If the two do not match, the business mediation server 14 increments the variable I in S711, and then checks in S712 whether the incremented variable I has reached the variable N. If the variable I has not yet reached the variable N, the business mediation server 14 returns the process to S707. S707 above
By repeating the processing of S709, S711, and S712, while checking each company name registered in the mismatched trader list record 194 in order, if a company name that matches the member name as a search condition is found, The business mediation server 14 advances the processing from S709 to S710.

In S710, the business mediation server 14
Increments the “number of confirmed member contracts” in the first table of business support information for the current month by one, and
The “order amount” in the ordering company list record 198 read out in step 2 is added to the “determined member order amount” in the first table of the business support information for the current month. After the completion of S710, the business mediation server 14 advances the processing to S713.

On the other hand, the above S707 to S709, S71
1 and S712 are repeated to check all orderer list records 198 linked to the confirmed data record 197 extracted in S704, and if no company name matching the member name is found, the variable Since I reaches the variable N, the business mediation server 14 determines in S710
The process proceeds from step S712 to step S713 without executing.

In S713, the business mediation server 14 checks whether there is any mediation data record in the business mediation database 19 that has not been retrieved yet. If there is a mediation data record that has not been extracted yet, the business mediation server 14 returns the process to S702 and extracts the next mediation data record. On the other hand, if all the mediation data records have been extracted, the business mediation server 14 ends the current month's business support information 1 creation processing subroutine, and returns the processing to the main routine.

In the main routine of FIG. 19 to which the processing has been returned, the business mediation server 14 proceeds to S06 after S066.
Execute 7. In this S067, the business mediation server 14
Executes the received information and comment data creation process.
FIG. 30 is a flow chart showing a subroutine for creating the outsourcing information and comment data which is executed in S067. First S8 after entering this subroutine
01, the business mediation server 14
Within this, a plurality of business support information second tables for the current month and a list of unmatched item data linked to the second table are generated and initialized. The current month's business support information second table is shown in FIG.
As shown in the table, "number of mismatched item conditions" indicating the number of mismatched item data lists linked to the current month's business support information second table, and "mismatched item data" for listing the pointers of each mismatched item data list Information of two items such as "list" can be stored. As shown in FIG. 70, each unmatched item data list includes “unmatched item name”, “default specification”, “number of unmatched items”,
Information of each item such as “all required specification data (array)”, “required specification histogram data” and “recommended specification”
It can be stored.

In the next S802, the business mediation server 14
Sets an initial value "0" to a variable I indicating the number of checked-out lists, and sets N to indicate the maximum value of I,
The “number of awarded list” in the awarded list data table created in S065 is substituted.

At the next step S803, the business mediation server 14
Checks whether the variable N is greater than or equal to "1".
Then, if the variable N is "0", the process is directly performed at S9.
01, and if the variable N is “1” or more, the process proceeds to S8.
Proceed to 04.

Next, the business mediation server 14 creates a mismatched item data list (FIG. 70) to be linked to the current month's business support information second table in S804 to S8.
14 loop processing is executed. In the first step S804 after entering this loop processing, the business mediation server 14 checks whether or not the variable I has reached the variable N. And the variable I
Is still less than the variable N, the business mediation server 14
In step 805, one unretrieved order list is extracted from the order list data table created in the hard disk 13 in step S065.

In the next step S806, it is checked whether or not the “creation date” in the pick-up list extracted in S805 belongs to the same month as the current date. Then, if the “creation date” in the target extraordinary list belongs to a month before the current date, the business mediation server 14 proceeds to S80
After incrementing the variable I in step 9, the process proceeds to S
Return to 804.

On the other hand, if the “creation date” belongs to the same month as the current date, the business mediation server 14 sets the initial value in the variable II indicating the number of checked mismatched items in S807. “0” is set, and “number of mismatched items (contents of mismatched vendor list record)” in the list of unsuccessful orders extracted in S805 is substituted for variable NN indicating the maximum value of variable II, and business support information for the current month The variable NN is added to the “number of unmatched item conditions” in the second table.

Next, the business mediation server 14 performs a sub-loop process of S808 to S814 in order to write each mismatched item data pair included in the pick-up list extracted in S805 to a mismatched data list for each mismatched item. Execute. In the first step S808 after entering this subloop, the business mediation server 14 checks whether the variable II has reached the variable NN. If the variable II has not yet reached the variable NN, the business mediation server 14 advances the process to S810.

In S810, the business mediation server 14
From the “contents of the mismatched trader list record” in the rejection list extracted at 805, the above-described mismatched item data pair (corresponding to the mismatched item name determined to not satisfy the order specification, its value, and the item name) Out of the item names and their values in the order specification).

In the next S811, the business mediation server 14
Checks whether the unmatched item name in the unmatched item information pair extracted in S810 is already registered in any of the unmatched item data lists created in S801. Then, if it is already registered, the business intermediation server 14 proceeds with the process directly to S813. On the other hand, if the unmatched item name is not registered in any of the unmatched item data lists, the business mediation server 14 advances the processing to S812.

In S812, the business mediation server 14 acquires an empty mismatched item data list. Then, the non-coincidence item name and its value in the non-coincidence item information pair read out in S810 are substituted for the “non-coincidence item name” and “default specification value”, respectively. This S8
12 is completed, the business mediation server 14 proceeds to S8
Proceed to 13.

At S813, the business mediation server 14
In the “all required specification data (array)” in the mismatched item data list in which the mismatched item names included in the mismatched item information pair read in 810 are registered, the order specification value ( (Requested value of the irrigation list). At this time, if another desired value has already been entered in the “all required specification data (array)”, a new desired value is added in addition to the already described desired value. Further, the “number of mismatches” in the mismatched item data list is incremented by one.

In the next S814, the business mediation server 14
Increments the variable II by one. After the completion of S814, the business mediation server 14 returns the processing to S808.

By repeating the above-described sub-loop processing of S808 to S814, when all the mismatched item pairs extracted in S805 have been registered in the mismatched item data list, the variable II reaches the variable NN. In S14, the process proceeds from S808 to S809.
Then, the business mediation server 14 returns the process to S804 after incrementing the variable I by one in S809.

When the processing for all the winning lists is completed by repeating the above loop processing from 804 to S814, the variable I reaches the variable N, and the business mediation server 14 advances the processing from S814 to S901. .

In S901, the business mediation server 14 sorts the list of all unmatched item data to which data has been written by executing S812 and S813 during the sub-loop processing, based on the respective numbers of mismatched cases.

At the next step S902, the business mediation server 14
Specifies the mismatched item data list with the largest number of mismatches as a result of the sorting in S901, and specifies the maximum value and minimum value of the desired values listed in “all required specification data (array)” of the mismatched item data list. Find the value.

In the next step S903, the business mediation server 14
Creates a frequency distribution by dividing the interval between the maximum value and the minimum value found in S902 into ten equal parts. Then, the result of the frequency distribution is written into the data of the histogram of the required specification value as shown in FIG.

At the next S904, the business mediation server 14
Specifies a required specification value in which the cumulative number from the maximum value in the histogram created in S903 is half of the total number. Then, the identified required specification value is set in the “recommended specification” in the mismatched item data list identified in S902.
Substitute for After completing step S904, the business mediation server 1
No. 4 terminates the subroutine for creating the commentary information and comment data, and returns the processing to the main routine of FIG.

In the main routine of FIG. 19 to which the processing has been returned, the business mediation server 14 executes a screen display process of business support information in S068 following S067. FIG.
2 is a flowchart showing a screen display processing subroutine of the business support information executed in S068. In the first step S1001 after entering this subroutine, the business mediation server 14 creates display data of the general situation and the order receiving status of your company, and stores it in the display buffer 12a. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 33, the business mediation server 14
The title "" Member performance "is as follows" is created and stored in the display buffer 12a (S
1101), the contents of the current month's business support information first table created in S066 are converted to text and stored as text in the display buffer 12a (S1102).

In the next step S1002 in the business support information screen display processing subroutine shown in FIG. 32, the business intermediation server 14 creates display data of the status of undertaking and stores it in the display buffer 12a. Specifically, the business mediation server 1
4, as shown in FIG. 34, creates a title “Situation (number and ratio of reasons)” and displays the title in the display buffer 12.
a (step S1201), the result of sorting in step S901, the mismatch item name and the number of mismatches in the mismatch item data list identified in step S902 are displayed in the display buffer 12a.
(S1202), calculate the ratio of the number of mismatches to the "number of mismatched item conditions" in the current month's business support information second table, and store the ratio in the display buffer 12a (S1202).
1203).

In the next step S1003 of the business support information screen processing subroutine shown in FIG. 32, the business mediation server 14 creates comment display data and stores it in the display buffer 12a. Specifically, the business mediation server 14
Creates a comment based on the “mismatched item name”, “default specification”, and “recommended specification” in the mismatched item data list specified in S902, as shown in FIG. In other words, a comment is created with the content "It is recommended that the" unmatched item name "be improved from" default specification "to" recommended specification "". Then, the created comment is stored in the display buffer 12a.

In the next step S1004 in the business support information screen processing subroutine shown in FIG. 32, the business mediation server 14 creates the business support screen shown in FIG. 88 based on the information stored in the display buffer 12a. To create an HTML document. As shown in FIG. 88, this business support screen includes an ordering status monthly report screen list box 66.
And a comment list box 67. This order status monthly report screen list box 66 includes S1001
And the information stored in the display buffer 12a in S1002 is displayed. In the comment list box 67, the information stored in the display buffer 12a in S1003 is displayed. When the business mediation server 14 finishes creating the HTML document, the business mediation server 14 displays a business support screen based on the HTML document on the display 22 of the client computer 2 (corresponding to a received information presentation unit and an order information presentation unit), The screen display processing subroutine of the business support information is terminated, and the process returns to the main routine of FIG. In the main routine of FIG. 19 to which the processing has been returned, when the business mediation server 14 completes S068, the entire processing ends.

On the other hand, when it is determined in S001 that the qualification of the user is a salesperson, S0 in FIG.
At 70, the business mediation server 14 converts the HTML document of the login screen shown in FIG.
The log-in screen is read out from the storage area 30 and displayed on the display 22 of the client computer 2.

In the next S071, the business mediation server 14
Waits for input in both text boxes on the login screen. Then, when there is an input, the business intermediation server 14 determines in step S072 the combination of the trader name entered in the “user name” text box and the password entered in the “password” text box.
It is checked whether the combination matches the combination registered in advance as that of the salesperson. If the combination of the trader name and the password is not registered, the process returns to S071, and if the combination is registered, the process proceeds to S073.

In S073, the business mediation server 14 sets H
The HTML document of the sales main menu stored in the TML storage area 30 is read, and the sales main menu shown in FIG.
Is displayed on the display 22. As shown in FIG. 86, the sales main menu includes a “sales information” button.

In the next S074, the business mediation server 14
Waits until the “sales information” button in the sales main menu is pressed. If the “sales information” button has been pressed, the process proceeds to S075.

[0200] In S075, the business mediation server 14 displays a search condition input screen shown in Fig. 90 on the display 22 of the client computer 2. The search condition input screen includes a text box into which “business type”, “trader name”, and “order conditions” are respectively input, and a “search” button.

In the next S076, the business mediation server 14
Waits for the "search" button to be pressed while the necessary items have been entered in the respective text boxes on the search condition input screen. When the "search" button is pressed after the necessary items have been input, the contents entered in each text box of the search condition input screen are displayed as a message by the browser 27 of the client computer 2 as a message. 14 is transmitted. Therefore, the business mediation server 14 checks in S077 whether the input of the necessary items is appropriate. If the input is not proper, the process returns to S076. If the input is proper, the process proceeds to S078.

[0202] In S078, the business mediation server 14 executes a process of creating our business support information. FIG. 36 is a flowchart showing a subroutine for creating our business support information executed in S078. In the first step S1401 after entering this subroutine, the business mediation server 1
No. 4 executes a process of creating an exemption list data table. More specifically, the business mediation server 14 executes a subroutine for creating an exemption list data table shown in FIG. However, when executed in S078, S
075 to S077, the search condition entered in S50
In step S508, the search condition is set as a search condition, and in step S508, the content is compared with the contents of the mismatched trader list record extracted in step S507. In S509 and S510, the business intermediation server 14 creates an incomplete list for each of the information of the vendors satisfying the search condition, when the unmatched vendor list record to be processed includes information of a plurality of vendors. Add to the exemption list data table. Therefore, the sales person can cause the sales-request-list data table to be created for any business of any business.

In the next step S1402, the business mediation server 14
Executes the sales support information creation process based on the received list data table created in S1401. FIG.
14 is a flowchart showing a sales support information creation processing subroutine executed in S1402. In the first step S1501 after entering this subroutine, the business mediation server 14 generates and initializes a sales support data table in the hard disk 13. This sales support data table is created for each trader listed in the in-order list data table created in S1401. As shown in FIG. 71, each sales support data table has one or a plurality of items of “irreplacement list and confirmed data record”, “owned molding machine”, and “recommended molding machine type”. ing. In this S1501, the business mediation server 14 describes the “owned molding machine” in the sales support data table of each dealer in the owned equipment record linked to the company record of the dealer in the dealer database 16 respectively. Write down the molding machine model.

At the next step S1502, the business mediation server 14
Sets an initial value “0” to a variable I indicating the number of checked-out lists, and sets a maximum value N
Is substituted for the “number of awarded list” in the awarded list data table created in S1401.

At the next step S1503, the business mediation server 14
Checks whether the variable N is greater than or equal to "1".
If the variable N is “0”, the business mediation server 14
Terminates this sales support information creation processing subroutine and returns the processing to the routine of FIG. On the other hand, if the variable N is “1” or more, the business mediation server 14
Advances the process to S1504.

At S1504, the business mediation server 14
Check whether the variable I has reached the variable N. If the variable I is still smaller than the variable N, the business mediation server 14 extracts one unextracted list from the exemption list data table created in S1401 in S1505.

In the next step S1506, it is determined whether or not the type of business included in the "contents of the unmatched supplier list record" in the pick-up list extracted in step S1505 is "molding", "molding 1" or "molding 2". ,To check. And when the type of business is “molding”, “molding 1” or “molding 2”,
The business mediation server 14 advances the processing to S1507.

At S1507, the business mediation server 14
It is checked whether or not the mismatched item name included in the “contents of the mismatched trader list record” in the pick-up list extracted in S1505 is “delivery date” or “accuracy”. If the mismatch item name is “delivery date” or “accuracy”, the business mediation server 14 advances the processing to S1508.

In S1508, the business mediation server 14
In S1505, the desired product accuracy in the "ordered item" and the "order specification" in the picked-up list extracted is read.

At the next step S1509, the business mediation server 14
Indicates that the "molded article" is S15 from the molding machine database 17.
Including the order read in 08 and "Product accuracy"
Searches for a molding machine model that satisfies the desired product accuracy read out in S1508.

In the next S1510, the business mediation server 14
Checks whether a corresponding molding machine model is found as a result of the search in S1509. If the corresponding molding machine model is found, the business mediation server 1
No. 4 advances the processing to S1511.

In S1511, the business mediation server 14
The contents of the unsuccessful business list included in the unsuccessful trader list included in the unsuccessful business list included in the unsuccessful business list included in the unsuccessful business list included in the unsuccessful business list included in the unsuccessful business list included in the unsuccessful business list included in the unsuccessful business list included in the unsuccessful business list It is stored in the table of “irreplacement list and confirmed data record”. Further, the molding machine model found in S1510 is stored in “Recommended molding machine model” of the business support data table. In the case where the contents of another undertaking list and confirmed data record have already been stored in the “undertaking list and confirmed data record”, the business mediation server 14 sets the newly undertaken list and confirmed data record. The contents of the record are stored in another "Return list and confirmed data record".

When S1511 is completed, and in S1506 it is determined that the type of business is not any of "Molding", "Molding 1" and "Molding 2", the mismatched item names are "Delivery date" and "Accuracy" in S1507. When it is determined that none of the above, and
If the corresponding molding machine type is not found in S1510, the process proceeds to S1504 after incrementing the variable I in S1512.

If the variable I reaches the variable N as a result of repeating the loop processing of S1504 to S1511, the business mediation server 14 terminates this sales support information creation processing subroutine, and proceeds to FIG. Return to the routine.

In the routine of FIG. 36 to which the processing has been returned, the business mediation server 14 executes a process of creating display data of sales support information in S1403 following S1402. FIG. 38 is a flowchart showing the sales support information display data creation processing subroutine executed in S1403. First S16 after entering this subroutine
01, the business mediation server 14 sets the display buffer 12a
Is initialized.

In the next S1602, the business mediation server 14
Extracts one unsupported sales support data table.

In the next S1603, the business mediation server 14
Creates mediation ID information. Specifically, the business intermediation server 14 retrieves the mediation ID, creation date, ordering item included in the undertaking list from any of the “undertaking list and confirmed data record” in the sales support data table extracted in S1602. And the order specification is read, and the information is written in the first area of the display buffer 12a.

In the next S1604, the business mediation server 14
Creates sales-related information. Specifically, the business intermediation server 14 determines, based on the content of the unmatched trader list record included in the unsold list of each “unscheduled list and fixed data record” in the sales support data table extracted in S1602, Read the name. Then, each unmatched item name is written to the display buffer 12a. In addition, the business mediation server 14 reads “owned molding machine model” and “recommended molding machine model” in the business support data table, and writes them in the second area of the display buffer 12a.

In the next S1605, the business mediation server 14
Checks whether there is any unsupported sales support data table still remaining. Then, when there is an unretrieved sales support data table, the business mediation server 14 returns the processing to S1602 and reads the next sales support data table. On the other hand, when all the sales support data tables have been extracted, the business mediation server 14 ends the display data creation processing subroutine of the sales support information, and returns the processing to the routine of FIG. In the routine of FIG. 36 to which the processing has been returned, the business intermediation server 14 terminates the subroutine for creating our business support information and returns the processing to the main routine of FIG. In the main routine of FIG. 20 to which the processing is returned, the business mediation server 14 proceeds to S0 after S078.
Execute 79.

[0220] In S079, the business mediation server 14 creates an HTML document for creating the sales information screen shown in Fig. 91 based on the information stored in the display buffer 12a. As shown in FIG. 91, the sales information screen includes an order history list box 68 and a sales policy list box 69. In the order history list box 68, the information stored in the first area of the display buffer 12a in S1603 is displayed for each trader. If the information to be displayed in the order history list box 68 does not fit in the order history list box 68, the order history list box 68 is scrollable. On the other hand, in the business policy list box 69, the display buffer 1
The information stored in the second area 2a is displayed. When the business mediation server 14 completes the creation of the HTML document, the business mediation server 14 displays a sales information screen based on the HTML document on the display 22 of the client computer 2 (corresponding to the outsourced information presentation unit and the order information presentation unit). ),
The processing as a whole ends. (Processing by Automatic Monthly Report Distribution Program) Next, the processing contents of the CPU 10 by the automatic monthly report distribution program 32 will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS.
As described above, this automatic monthly report distribution program 32
Automatically executed at the end of each month.

In the first step S701 after the start, the CPU 1
0 acquires the date information at that time.

Next, the CPU 10 stores the trader database 1
In order to transmit a monthly report for each member registered as an order-receiving company (members whose “number of registered businesses” registered in the company record is 1 or more), a loop process of S1702 to S1709 is executed. In the first step S1702 after entering this loop processing, the CPU 10
From the company records whose “number of registered businesses” is 1 or more, one unextracted one is extracted, and each information registered in “company name” and “contact information” in the company record is read.

In the next step S1703, the CPU 10 executes
The “company name” read in 702 is set as a search condition.

At the next step S1703, the CPU 10 executes a process for creating a received data list. Specifically, CP
U10 executes a subroutine for creating a received data list shown in FIG. When this subroutine for creating an exemption data list is executed in S1703,
In S501, the search condition (company name) set in S1703 is set as it is.

At the next step S1705, the CPU 10 executes a process for creating the business support information 1 for the current month. In particular,
The CPU 10 executes the current month's business support information 1 creation processing subroutine shown in FIG.

In the next step S1706, the CPU 10 executes a process for creating the received information and comment data. Specifically, the CPU 10 executes a subroutine for creating the comment information and comment data shown in FIGS. 30 and 31.

At the next step 1707, the CPU 10 executes a monthly report creation process. FIG. 93 is a flowchart showing a monthly report creation processing subroutine executed in S1707. In the first step S1801 after entering this subroutine, the CPU 10 creates text of the general situation and the order receiving status of your company. Specifically, the CPU 10 creates the title text “The status of (member performance) is as follows” and converts the contents of the first month's business support information table created in S01705 into text. .

In the next step S1708, the CPU 10 creates a text of the status of a missed order. Specifically, the CPU 10
Creates the title text “Situation (number and ratio of reasons)”, and executes the subroutine of the creation processing subroutine for creating the undertaking information & comment data executed in S067.
The result of sorting in 901 is to convert the unmatched item name and the number of unmatched items in the unmatched item data list specified in S902 to text, and to change the “mismatched item” in the current month's business support information second table created in S801. The ratio of the number of unmatched cases to the number of conditions is calculated, and the calculation result is converted to text.

In the next step S1709, the business mediation server 14
Creates the text of the comment. Specifically, CP
U10 is “unmatched item name” in the mismatched item data list specified in S902 of the subroutine for creating the exemption information & comment data executed in S067.
Create comment text based on “default specifications” and “recommended specifications”. In other words, a comment text with a content of "it is recommended that the" unmatched item name "be improved from" default specification "to" recommended specification "is created.

In the next step S1804, the CPU 10 executes
The texts created in steps 801 to S1803 are combined in order. The resulting text is shown in FIG.
It has the same configuration as the contents displayed in the order status monthly report screen list box 66 and the comment list box 67 in the business support screen (FIG. 88) displayed in S068. Upon completion of S1804, the CPU 10 ends the monthly report creation processing subroutine and returns the processing to the main routine in FIG.

In the main routine of FIG. 92 to which the processing has been returned, the CPU 10 proceeds to the next step S1708.
The monthly report created in step 7 is notified to the “contact information” read in step S1702. In this case, if the e-mail address is included in the “contact information”, the CPU 10 proceeds to S1
In step 707, an e-mail containing the monthly report prepared as the main report is created and transmitted to this e-mail address. If the fax number is included instead of the email address, the CPU 10 facsimile-transmits the monthly report created in S1707 to the fax number.

In the next step S1709, the CPU 10 checks whether or not company records (the number of registered industries is 1 or more) which have not been extracted in the step S1702 remain in the trader database 16. . And
If there is an unfetched company record, the CPU 10
Returns the process to S1702. On the other hand, if no unfetched company records remain, the CPU 10
Ends the processing by this automatic monthly report distribution program. (Operation Example) Next, the operation of the business mediation system according to the present embodiment configured as described above will be specifically described. <Estimate-Order> First, the ordering contractor, who became a member by following the procedures in S001 through S013, requests an estimate for a connector that is a resin molded product, and then performs processing from the time the order is actually placed. The flow will be described.

In this case, the ordering company registers his / her company registered in the company database 16 in the “user name” text box and the “password” text box on the login screen (FIG. 72) displayed in S014. When the name and password are entered, unless an estimate request or an estimate has been received from this ordering company, FIG.
A main menu in the form shown in FIG. 7A is displayed on the display 22 of the client computer 2 of the ordering company (S018).

The ordering company presses the “business mediation” button on this main menu, presses the “order” button on the business mediation screen (FIG. 74 (a)) displayed next, and then displays the "New order" button on the order screen (FIG. 75) is pressed. Then, the search condition input screen shown in FIG. 76 is displayed on the display 22 of the client computer 2 of the ordering company (S028).

Here, the ordering company determines that “ordered item” = “molded product”, “ordering condition” = “molded product drawing”, “quantity” = “2000” pieces as order specification, and “desired order” as order specification. It is assumed that "total amount" = "10000" yen, "desired product accuracy" as order specification = "7" m, and "desired delivery date" as order specification = "10" days.

In this state, if the ordering company requests automatic creation of an estimate by pressing the “OK” button on the search condition input screen, the business mediation server 14
Creates a mediation data record 190 for managing the estimate in the business mediation database 19 of the hard disk 13, and assigns a Uke mediation ID to the mediation data record 190 (S030, S101).

Next, the business mediation server 14 uses the information in the supply chain model database 19 to connect the business (supply chain) until the production of a molded article as an order based on the molded article drawing as an order condition. (S102, S201 to S218). In this case, as described above, four kinds of supply chains such as 1: molding 2: mold-molding 1 3: mold design-molding 2 4: mold design-mold production / resin-molding 1 are automatically performed. Generated.

[0238] Next, the business mediation server 14 establishes, for each supply chain, a business having one of the industries included in the supply chain, based on the business type of each order-receiving business registered in the business database 16. All the permutations (industry link candidates) along the supply chain are created (S103, S301 to S306). Then, along with each created industry link candidate, the “production lower limit” and “shortest delivery date” registered in the trader database 16 for the business in each industry link candidate in each industry link candidate included in the industry link candidate. ”And“ unit price ”, the total accuracy a, the total delivery date t, and the total price m of the business type link are calculated, and the total accuracy a, the total delivery date t, and the total price m are compared with the order specification (S307 to S307). S316).
Then, the business mediation server 14 sets the industry link candidate list record 1 to the industry link candidate in which one of the total accuracy a, the total delivery time t, and the total amount m exceeds the order specification.
95 (S319), and only industry link candidates that satisfy all of the order specifications in all of the total accuracy, the total delivery date, and the total cost are left.

As a result, if the “lower production accuracy”, the “shortest delivery date”, or the “unit price” for a certain type of business of a certain trader is not good, the trade link candidate including the trader for that trade is the total precision, Since there is a high possibility that the total delivery date or the total cost exceeds the order specification, there is a high possibility that the total link date or total cost will be deleted from the industry link candidate list record 195. On the other hand, if the “lower production accuracy”, “shortest delivery date”, and “unit price” are all good for a certain industry of a certain company, one of the industry link candidates including that company for that industry is It is highly likely that it will remain on the industry link candidate list without being deleted. Then, the industry link candidate list record 195 remaining in the industry link candidate list record 195
Are listed in the matching industry list record 193 for that industry (S319), and those who have the industry but are not included in any of the industry link candidates remaining in the industry link candidate list are listed in that industry. Are listed in the unmatched trader list record 194 (S321). Therefore, the matching industry list record 193
Are highly likely to have good "lower production accuracy", "shortest delivery date", and "unit price" for that type of business, and the non-matching vendor list record 194
Are highly likely that one of the "lower production accuracy", "shortest delivery time", and "unit price" is not good for the type of business.

By the way, the business link candidates remaining in the business link candidate list are selected by the orderer on the search result output screen (FIG. 77) displayed on the display 22 of the client computer 2 of the orderer. The contents of the sorted business link candidates and the accuracy, delivery date, and price of each of the sorted business link candidates are listed in the business link list box 41 of the search result output screen (S104 to S107, S105). S11
0, S111).

The accuracy, delivery date and price of each type of business link candidate listed in the type of business link candidate list box 41 on the search result output screen are automatically set based on the data of each contractor stored in the contractor database 16. Since the above is merely a guide calculated in consideration of the above, the schedule of each contractor or the market price of consumables is not taken into account, and therefore, each contractor is not responsible.

The orderer trader selects one or more of the business link candidates among the business link candidates listed in the business link candidate list box 41 on the search result output screen, and selects the selected business link. The “estimate” button 42 is pressed to request an actual estimate from each of the companies included in the link candidates. Then, the business mediation server 1
4 starts the estimate management CGI 15 for each selected industry link candidate to outsource the management of the estimate for the industry link candidate (S108). Each activated estimation management CGI 15 manages the estimation of the consigned business link candidate independently of the business mediation server 14 and other estimation management CGIs 15 (FIG. 39). Here, the first type of industry link candidate (die design: Contractor D) is selected from the industry link candidate list box 41 having the contents shown in FIG.
-Mold making: Contractor Y-Molding 1: Contractor M), and the description will be continued assuming that only selected. In addition, the ordering contractor who has pressed the “estimate” button 42 once,
The communication with the business mediation server 14 ends.

On the other hand, the activated estimation management CGI 15
With respect to the leading trader of the business link candidate entrusted with the estimation management, a request for an estimate of the business assigned in the target business link candidate is sent to the “order” in the intermediation data record 190 corresponding to the business link candidate. It is created based on “order conditions” and “order specifications”. Here, for the trader D in the first candidate type of business link candidate, the “ordered item” is a die drawing which is a product in the type of business = die design, and the “number” is “1” because of the attribute of the product.
An estimate request is created with the “start date” as the date after a certain period of time has elapsed from the date at that time (S40).
2). Then, the created estimate request is written in a newly created (or existing) estimate inquiry screen in the dedicated area of the trader D in the HTML storage area 30 (S40).
3), and notify the trader D (S404). afterwards,
The estimation management CGI 15 continues to wait for a response from the trader D (S405).

On the other hand, the trader D who has received the notification accesses the business mediation system and logs in (S014 to S014).
16). In this case, since there is an estimate request to the trader D, the business mediation server 14 displays the main menu shown in FIG. 73 (b) (S017, S018). The trader D presses the “business mediation” button on this main menu, and the business mediation screen (S023, S02
When the “estimate inquiry” button is pressed on the “021, FIG. 74 (b)), the business mediation server 14 writes the estimate request from the ordering supplier from the dedicated area of the supplier D in the HTML storage area 30. And displays the estimate inquiry screen on the display 22 of the client computer 2 of the trader D (S0).
32).

In the quote inquiry information list box 45 of the quote inquiry screen, one or a plurality of quote requests including those requested by the ordering company (intermediation ID = 000005) are listed. Then, when the trader D clicks and selects the quote request with the mediation ID = 000005 from the quote requests listed in the quote reference information list box 45, the detailed contents of the quote request are displayed on the screen. Since it is displayed in the estimate inquiry detailed information list box 46, the trader D can know the target of the estimate.

When the trader D presses the “(estimate)” button on this quote inquiry screen, the business mediation server 14
Displays on the display 22 of the client computer 2 of the trader D an estimation response screen corresponding to the contents of the estimation request with the mediation ID = 000005 (S03
4). When the trader D inputs the unit price and the delivery date on the estimate response screen and presses the "submit estimate" button 62, the business mediation server 14 manages the estimate request using the unit price and the delivery date as a response. It is passed to the estimate management CGI 15 (S036).

The estimate management CGI 15 waiting for the answer in S405 stores the answer passed from the business mediation server 14 in the estimate management area secured in the RAM 12, and stores the answer to the next With respect to, an estimate request is created for the industry assigned in the target industry link candidate. Here, with respect to the trader Y in the first candidate business link candidate, the “ordered item” is assumed to be a business type = a mold which is a product in mold production, and “number” is set to “1” because of the attribute of the product. An estimate request is created with the “start date” as the day following the delivery date answered by the trader D (S408).

The above-mentioned trader D in response to this quote request
When an answer is obtained in the same way as in the case of
The GI 15 stores the answer in the estimation management area, and creates a request for estimating the industry assigned in the target industry link candidate for the next trader in the management target industry link candidate. Here, with respect to the trader M in the first candidate type of business link candidate, the “ordered item” is a molded item that is a product in the type of industry = molding 1, and the “quantity” is set as “ordered specification” because of the attribute of the product. 2000 "
An estimate request is created with the “start date” as the day following the delivery date answered by the trader Y (S408).

When an answer is obtained in response to the estimate request, the estimate management CGI 15 determines the total delivery date (based on the answer obtained from each of the traders D, Y, and M). Delivery date) and overall price (trader D
+ Unit price answered by the supplier Y + unit price answered by the supplier M × 2000) (S40)
9) The calculated total delivery date and total price are calculated using the mediation ID = 00.
It registers in the estimate data record 196 linked to the mediation data record 190 of 0005 (S410). At the same time, the business intermediation server 14 newly creates (or existing) a quotation confirmation information screen (or an existing) in the HTML storage area 30 in the exclusive area of the ordering company, with the contents of the management target industry link candidate and the overall delivery date and price. (Fig. 80), the quote answer list screen (Fig. 81) and the order screen (Fig. 82)
Writing is performed in a mode corresponding to each (S411). As a result, the estimation management by the estimation management CGI 15 is completed, and the estimation management CGI 15 ends the processing.

Thereafter, when the ordering company accesses this business mediation system and logs in (S014 to S01)
6) Since the estimate has been received at that time, the business mediation server 14 displays the main menu shown in FIG. 73 (c) (S022, S018). The ordering company presses a “business mediation” button on this main menu, and a business mediation screen (S023, S021, FIG. 74) displayed subsequently
(C)) When the "order" button is pressed on the order screen and then the "unordered history" button is pressed on the order screen (S031, S026, FIG. 75) displayed, the business mediation server 14
The HTML document of the estimate confirmation information screen (FIG. 80) is read from the orderer's exclusive area in the HTML storage area 30, and the estimate confirmation information screen is displayed on the display 22 of the client computer 2 of the orderer (S040). . In the estimate confirmation information list box 49 of the estimate confirmation information screen, the mediation ID = 000005 of the mediation data record 190 to which the type-of-business link candidate for which the estimation management has been completed (the estimation result has been obtained) belongs to a green indicating that the estimation has been completed. A circle mark is displayed.

Therefore, the ordering company determines that the mediation ID = 0000
If you double-click the line 05, the business mediation server 14
Reads out the HTML document of the quote answer list screen (FIG. 81) corresponding to the mediation ID = 000000 from the dedicated area of the orderer in the HTML storage area 30, and displays the quote answer list screen on the client computer 2 of the orderer. Is displayed on the display 22 (S042). In the estimation result list box 52 of the estimation answer list screen, all estimation results corresponding to the mediation ID = 000005 are listed.

Then, when the ordering company presses the “order” button 54 corresponding to one of the estimation results in accordance with his / her own value judgment, the business mediation server 14 returns from the exclusive region of the ordering company in the HTML storage area 30 to HT on the order screen (Fig. 82) showing the detailed contents of the estimation result
The ML document is read, and the order screen is displayed on the display 22 of the client computer 2 of the ordering company (S045). In the individual quotation list box 55 of the order screen, details of the quotation result corresponding to the “order” button 54 pressed on the quotation response list screen are displayed on the delivery date and estimated price (unit price × number) of each contractor. It is displayed by listing.

When the orderer who has confirmed the contents of the estimate on this order screen presses the "individual order" button 56 or the "automatic order" button 58 on this order screen,
The business intermediation server 14 determines the confirmed data record 197 and each orderer list record 198 based on the estimate data record 197 whose details are displayed on the order screen.
And charge a fee to the ordering company. <Business information> Despite having registered as an order-receiving company in this business intermediary system, the company that feels that the order-taking performance is not so good is awarded a rejection (that is, a quotation request related to its own business A business mediation system provides a history of the fact that the user was not listed as an industry link candidate despite having been present, and the presentation of improvements to avoid a loss (collectively referred to as “business information”). Can be sought. Hereinafter, the flow of processing when requesting such business information will be described.

[0254] The trader who requests the business information (hereinafter referred to as "requester trader") accesses the business intermediary system and logs in (S014-016), and then displays the member main menu (Fig. 73) on the member main menu (Fig. 73). Press the "Business information" button. Then, the business information screen shown in FIG. 85 is displayed on the display 22 of the client computer 2 of this trader (S060).

Since the requester usually needs to grasp the current situation, he first presses the "business consultation" button in order to obtain the history of the awarded business. Then, the business mediation server 14 stores the mismatched vendor list record 194 including the name of the requesting vendor (company name) in the business mediation database 1.
9 (S062, S501 to S50)
8). As described above, this unmatched trader list record 194 is used to record the information of traders who have been outsourced for each business type for each mediation data record 190.
Created. Therefore, by searching these unmatched trader list records 194, all of the trader's missed histories are extracted.

Therefore, the business mediation server 14 compares the information about the requesting supplier in the retrieved mismatched vendor list record 194 with the information such as order specification in the mediation data record 190 linked to the mismatched vendor list record 194. In combination, an individual award list is created in the award list data table (S509 to S51).
0).

Next, the business mediation server 14 creates an HTML document of a business consultation screen listing the contents of each business order list in the business order list data table, and displays the business consultation screen on the client computer 2 of the requesting trader. (S063, S601 to S601)
608). On this business consultation screen, the estimation specifications are listed for each estimate, and the numerical value of the mismatched item recorded in the mismatched trader list record 194 is displayed in comparison with the corresponding estimate specification. Therefore, the requestor can know his or her history of missed orders along with the cause.

By the way, on this business consultation screen, it is not always clear where the improvement points in which corporate efforts should be concentrated in order to increase the number of orders are obtained, although the history of individual contracts and the cause thereof are known. .

Then, the requesting supplier presses the "business support" button on the business information screen to obtain the presentation of the points to be improved. Then, the business intermediation server 14 first creates an undertaking list data table as basic data in the same manner as described above (S065).

At the same time, the business mediation server 14
In order to create “Overview (Business Support Information 1 for this month)”
From the business mediation database 19, all the confirmed data records 197 linked to the respective business mediation data records created in the same month as the execution time of the process are extracted, and the total number thereof is set as the “total number of confirmed contracts”. The total sum of the total order value of the above is referred to as “the total number of confirmed contracts” (S066, S701-
S705).

The business mediation server 14 prepares the “order reception status of your company (business support information 1 for the current month)”
From all orderer list records 198 linked to each confirmed data record 197 extracted from the business mediation database 19, those related to the requesting supplier are extracted, and the total number is set as the “number of confirmed member contracts”. The total sum of the respective order amounts is set as the “determined member order amount” (S066, S706 to S712).

Further, the business intermediation server 14 extracts all of the undertaking lists for the current month from the undertaking list data table in order to create “comments (undertaking information & comments)”, and among them, For each non-matching item included in the “contents of the non-matching vendor list record”, the name of the non-matching item, the capability value (default value) of the requesting vendor, the number of missed orders (number of mismatches) due to the mismatch, and Then, a mismatched item data list including the specific values (all required specification data) of the order specification for each case in which the undertaking has occurred is created (S067,
S801 to S814). It can be seen that the discrepancy item with the largest number of discrepancies tabulated in this way is an improvement point where corporate efforts should be concentrated because the reduction rate of the number of unsuccessful orders for improvement is considered to be the largest. Therefore, the business mediation server 14 searches for a mismatched item data list with the largest number of mismatched cases (S901). The business mediation server 1
No. 4 detects the maximum value and the minimum value of all the required specification data in the mismatched item data list with the largest number of mismatched items in order to know the distribution of the estimated specifications for the mismatched items (S902), A histogram that is equally divided is created (S903), and the value of the cumulative number from the maximum value that is half of the total number or a value that is a predetermined ratio set in advance as necessary to obtain an appropriate result is set as a recommended value. (S904).

Further, the business mediation server 14 counts the sum of the number of mismatches in all the mismatched item data lists as the number of mismatched item conditions in order to create the “missed order status” (S807), and the number of mismatched items is the largest. The ratio of the number of unmatched items to the number of unmatched item conditions in the unmatched item data list is calculated (S068, S120).
3), a mismatch item name and a mismatch count in the mismatch item data list are obtained (S1202).

[0264] Based on these information, the business mediation server 1
4 creates an HTML document of the business support screen shown in FIG. 88, and displays this business support screen on the display 22 of the client computer 2 of the requestor (S100).
4).

[0265] The requesting trader who has viewed this business support screen can know his / her share in the industry on a case number basis and a money amount basis, and can also find out the item with the largest number of inconsistent items that caused the undertaking. , Along with the number of cases and their percentage of total cases. Moreover, by referring to the comment, it is possible to know how much improvement can be made to the mismatched item to reduce the number of rejected items most efficiently. <Sales support> Since the business information described above is information provided only when the ordering business partner who is a member of the business mediation system desires it, it does not seek the business information by himself and try to improve independently. The side contractor cannot get an opportunity to receive an order forever. Therefore, the business intermediary system according to the present embodiment is a business
Or, present sales information to the person in charge of the sales department of the provider who conducts the business of "Molding Machinery" so that the person in charge of the sales department can propose improvement to members who need improvement. It is possible.

The sales representative accesses the business mediation system and logs in (S070-073), and then presses the "sales information" button on the sales main menu (FIG. 86) displayed. Then, a search condition input screen shown in FIG. 90 is displayed on the display 22 of the client computer 2 of the sales representative (S07).
5).

The sales person designates a range for which the sales information is to be obtained by appropriately inputting the search condition in each text box on the search condition input screen. For example, if a member needing to be widely improved is searched for without specifying the member name, nothing is entered in the “business name” text box. Then, when the salesperson inputs a search condition after appropriately inputting search conditions in each text box, the business mediation server 14 generates a list of inconsistent vendors in the business mediation database 19 based on the input search conditions. The record 194 is searched, and a received data list is created based on the unmatched trader list record 194 that satisfies the search condition (S1401). At this time, if a specific trader name is not input as a search condition, S062
Unlike the case executed in S065, a plurality of order lists for different traders are mixed in the same order list data table. If information on a plurality of traders is stored in the same unmatched trader list record 196, an in-place list is created for each of these traders.

The business mediation server 14 determines that the type of business is the type of business that requires a molding machine and that the type of business is As long as one item name is the delivery date or accuracy, the format of the molding machine handled by the company that satisfies the required specifications at the time of the appointment is picked up from the molding machine database 17 and displayed as a sales information screen in the format shown in FIG. , The display 2 of the client computer 2 of the sales representative
2 (S1402, S1403).

[0269] The salesperson who looks at the sales information screen can know the contractor who has made the order, and also knows the molding machine type that can avoid the contract for each of the contractors. Therefore, it is possible to propose to each of these companies an introduction of a suitable molding machine. <Monthly report> The above-mentioned business support screen is displayed at any time in accordance with the operation of the business operator when he / she desires, and is not displayed for the business operator who does not perform the operation himself / herself. . Therefore, in the business intermediary system according to the present embodiment, during the last night of each month, a business (members registered in a company record having one or more registered traders) registered as traders in the trader database 16 is sent A monthly report with the same contents as the support screen is transmitted by e-mail or facsimile (FIGS. 92 and 93). Therefore, the requester who saw this monthly report can know his / her share in the industry based on the number of cases and the amount of money.
You can find out the number of cases and its ratio to the total number of cases. (Advantages of the Embodiment) As described above, according to the business mediation system of the present embodiment, in the molding industry in which the process up to the final product, a molded product, is handled by a plurality of industries, When a trader requests an estimate for a molded product, the permutation of the trader along the supply chain for all supply chains from the type of business where the ordering condition is the ordering condition to the type of business where the molded product is a product (the type of business link) Candidate) are automatically created. Then, the price, the delivery date, and the accuracy of the entire business link candidate are automatically calculated unless one of them exceeds the order specification presented by the ordering company.
Then, the industry link candidates can be automatically presented to the ordering company in the order of any of the capability values selected by the ordering company among the price, delivery date, and accuracy. Therefore, the ordering company can arbitrarily place an order from among the industry link candidates (a permutation of a plurality of companies until reaching the final result), which are automatically selected to some extent based on any of the capability values selected by the ordering company. It is possible to select a destination (a prerequisite for an estimate request). (Modification of Embodiment) S703 in FIG. 29 and S in FIG.
In step 806, it was checked whether the creation date of the business mediation record or the in-licensed list belongs to the same month as the current date. However, these period conditions are configured so that the log-in company can arbitrarily select these conditions. You may. For example, a check may be performed to determine whether the data belongs to a period from a specific date to a specific date, or a check may be performed to determine whether the data belongs to a plurality of predetermined months in the past. Checks may be made on a yearly basis.

In S904 in FIG. 31, the recommended specification value is such that the cumulative frequency from the maximum value in the histogram is half of the total number. However, if the industry link candidate is composed of a large number of traders, Since the ratio of the accuracy of each trader to the total accuracy or the like becomes smaller, it is desirable that the recommended value be a value in which the cumulative frequency from the maximum value in the histogram is larger than half of the total number of cases.

For the same reason, in S1509 of FIG. 37, it is desirable to search for a molding machine model that satisfies the accuracy of a value smaller by a predetermined ratio than the accuracy of the order specification.

[0272]

According to the business mediation system, business mediation method, and program stored on a computer-readable medium of the present invention configured as described above, the steps leading to the final result can be performed in various industries. In an industry handled by a plurality of companies, the orderer can be provided with an opportunity to select a company of each industry until the final result is obtained.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a business mediation system as one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of a trader database

FIG. 3 is a table showing an example of a data structure of a company record in a trader database.

FIG. 4 is a table showing an example of the data configuration of owned equipment records in a trader database.

FIG. 5 is a table showing an example of a data structure of an industry record in a trader database.

FIG. 6 is a table showing a data configuration example of condition / estimation records in a trader database;

FIG. 7 is a table showing an example of a data configuration of an industry record in a trader database.

FIG. 8 is a table showing a data configuration example of condition / estimation records in a trader database.

FIG. 9 is a table showing an example of a data structure of an industry record in a trader database.

FIG. 10 is a table showing a data configuration example of a condition / estimation record in a trader database;

FIG. 11 is a configuration diagram of a molding machine database.

FIG. 12 is a table showing a data configuration example of a supply chain model database;

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing processing of the CPU according to the business mediation server;

FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing processing of the CPU according to the business mediation server

FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing processing of the CPU according to the business mediation server;

FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing processing of the CPU according to the business mediation server

FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing processing of the CPU according to the business mediation server

FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing processing of the CPU according to the business mediation server

FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing processing of the CPU according to the business mediation server

FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing processing of the CPU according to the business mediation server

FIG. 21 is a flowchart showing an estimation processing subroutine executed in S030 of FIG. 15;

FIG. 22 is a flowchart showing a supply chain creation processing subroutine executed in S102 of FIG. 21;

FIG. 23 is a flowchart showing a supply chain creation processing subroutine executed in S102 of FIG. 21;

24 is a flowchart showing an industry link candidate creation processing subroutine executed in S103 of FIG. 21;

FIG. 25 is a flowchart showing an industry link candidate creation processing subroutine executed in S103 of FIG. 21;

26 is a flowchart showing an industry link candidate creation processing subroutine executed in S103 of FIG. 21;

FIG. 27 shows S062 and S065 of FIG. 19 and FIG.
6 is a flowchart showing a subroutine for creating a list of received data executed in 1401 of FIG.

FIG. 28 is a flowchart showing a screen display processing subroutine of a received data list executed in S063 of FIG. 19;

FIG. 29 is a flowchart showing a subroutine for creating a first table of business support information for the current month, which is executed in S066 of FIG. 19;

FIG. 30 is a flowchart showing a subroutine of a process for creating an outsourcing information & comment data executed in S067 of FIG. 19;

FIG. 31 is a flowchart showing a subroutine of a process for creating an in-conduct information and comment data executed in S067 of FIG. 19;

32 is a flowchart showing a business support information screen display processing subroutine executed in S068 of FIG. 19;

FIG. 33 is a flowchart showing a subroutine for a process of creating display data and storing it in a display buffer of the general condition and the order receiving status of your company, which is executed in S1001 of FIG. 32;

FIG. 34 is a flowchart showing a subroutine for creating display data and storing it in a display buffer, which is performed in S1002 in FIG. 32;

FIG. 35 is a flowchart showing a display data creation and display buffer storage subroutine of a comment executed in S1003 of FIG. 32;

FIG. 36 is a flowchart showing a subroutine for creating our sales support information executed in S078 of FIG. 20;

FIG. 37 is a flowchart showing a subroutine for creating sales support information from an exemption list data table executed in S1402 of FIG. 36;

FIG. 38 is a flowchart showing a subroutine for creating display data of sales support information executed in S1403 of FIG. 36;

FIG. 39 is a flowchart showing processing of the CPU 10 according to the estimate management CGI.

FIG. 40 is a configuration diagram of a business mediation database

FIG. 41 is a table showing a data configuration example of a mediation data record

FIG. 42 is a table showing a data configuration example of a supply chain data record

FIG. 43 is a table showing an example of the data configuration of an industry / trader list record

FIG. 44 is a table showing an example of the data configuration of an industry / trader list record

FIG. 45 is a table showing an example of the data configuration of a business / trader list record

FIG. 46 is a table showing an example of the data configuration of an industry / trader list record

FIG. 47 is a table showing an example of the data configuration of an industry / trader list record

FIG. 48 is a table showing an example of the data configuration of an industry / trader list record

FIG. 49 is a table showing an example of the data configuration of an industry / trader list record

FIG. 50 is a table showing a data configuration example of a matching supplier list record

FIG. 51 is a table showing a data configuration example of a matching supplier list record

FIG. 52 is a table showing a data configuration example of a matching supplier list record

FIG. 53 is a table showing a data configuration example of a matching supplier list record

FIG. 54 is a table showing a data configuration example of a matching supplier list record

FIG. 55 is a table showing an example of the data configuration of a matching supplier list record

FIG. 56 is a table showing a data configuration example of a matching supplier list record

FIG. 57 is a table showing an example of a data configuration of a mismatched vendor list record

FIG. 58 is a table showing an example of the data configuration of a mismatched supplier list record

FIG. 59 is a table showing an example of the data configuration of a mismatched trader list record

FIG. 60 is a table showing an example of the data configuration of a mismatched supplier list record

FIG. 61 is a table showing an example of the data configuration of a mismatched supplier list record

FIG. 62 is a table showing an example of the data configuration of a mismatched supplier list record

FIG. 63 is a table showing an example of a data configuration of a mismatched vendor list record

FIG. 64 is a table showing a data configuration example of a fixed data record

FIG. 65 is a table showing a data configuration example of an ordering supplier list record

FIG. 66 is a memory map showing each work area secured in the RAM

FIG. 67 is a configuration diagram of a special order list data table.

FIG. 68 is a configuration diagram of the business support first table for the current month.

FIG. 69 is a configuration diagram of the business support second table for the current month.

FIG. 70 is a configuration diagram of a mismatched item data list

FIG. 71 is a configuration diagram of a sales support data table.

FIG. 72 shows a login screen.

FIG. 73 shows a main menu for members.

FIG. 74 is a diagram showing a business mediation screen

FIG. 75 is a diagram showing an ordering screen

FIG. 76 shows a search condition input screen.

FIG. 77 shows a search result output screen.

FIG. 78 is a diagram showing a quote inquiry screen.

FIG. 79 is a diagram showing an estimate response screen.

FIG. 80 is a diagram showing an estimate confirmation information screen

FIG. 81 is a diagram showing a quote answer list screen.

FIG. 82 shows an order screen.

FIG. 83 is a diagram showing an order history detailed information screen

FIG. 84 is a diagram showing an order content display screen.

FIG. 85 shows a business information screen.

FIG. 86 shows a main menu for sales.

FIG. 87 is a diagram showing a business consultation screen

FIG. 88 shows a business support screen.

FIG. 89 is a graph showing an example of a histogram.

FIG. 90 shows a search condition input screen.

FIG. 91 is a diagram showing a sales information screen

FIG. 92 is a flowchart showing processing of the CPU according to the automatic monthly report distribution program;

FIG. 93 is a flowchart showing processing of the CPU according to the automatic monthly report distribution program;

FIG. 94: Correlation diagram of each industry in the molding industry

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Host computer 2 Client computer 10 CPU 11 Communication adapter 12 RAM 13 Hard disk 14 Business mediation server 15 Quotation management server 16 Trader database 18 Supply chain model database 19 Business mediation database 30 HTML storage area 20 CPU 21 Communication adapter 22 Display 23 Input device 27 Browser N Network

Claims (34)

[Claims] 1. A business intermediary system for presenting a supplier who can receive an order to an orderer who places an order for the final product in an industry in which the process of generating the final product is performed by a plurality of vendors in a plurality of industries. A database that holds information on multiple vendors in association with each type of business whose content is to generate a result based on order conditions, and a search request from the orderer that uses the order conditions and final result as search conditions A search accepting unit to be accepted, and by searching the database based on a search request accepted by the search accepting unit, the order condition or a result of another industry as an order condition and an order condition of another industry or The final product is associated with each industry as a result, and the result of one industry is linked to each other by the order condition of the other industry. A search unit that automatically creates a business permutation in which a plurality of companies from the business that uses the order condition as the order condition to the business that uses the final result as the order condition by the link, A business mediation system comprising: a presentation unit for presenting the created trader permutation to the orderer. 2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the search unit creates a plurality of the vendor permutations, and the presenting unit presents the plurality of vendor permutations created by the search unit to the orderer. Business mediation system. 3. The information of each trader stored in the database includes a capacity value when the trader performs the business.
The search unit calculates the overall value of each of the vendors constituting each vendor permutation based on the associated performance values in the database. 3. The business mediation system according to claim 2, wherein the created plurality of contractor permutations are presented in the order of the total value of the ability values calculated by the search unit for each of the plurality of contractor permutations. 4. The business mediation system according to claim 3, wherein said capability value has a plurality of types, and said search unit calculates an overall value of said capability value for each type. 5. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a selection information receiving unit that receives selection information of the type of the capability value from the orderer, wherein the presentation unit receives the selection information of the type indicated by the selection information received by the selection information receiving unit. 5. The system according to claim 4, wherein the order of the traders is presented in the order of the total ability value.
Business mediation system as described. 6. The business mediation system according to claim 3, wherein said ability value is a price. 7. The business mediation system according to claim 3, wherein said ability value is a delivery date. 8. The business mediation system according to claim 3, wherein said ability value is accuracy. 9. The search condition also includes a limit value of the overall value of the capability value desired by the orderer, and the search unit includes the calculated overall value of the capability value in the search condition. The business intermediary system according to claim 3 or 4, wherein the trader permutation that does not satisfy the limit value is discarded. 10. The search unit creates, based on the information of all the traders stored in the database, all trader permutations whose total capacity value satisfies the limit value, 4. The information of the trader who is not included in the permutation is recorded as the received information.
Business mediation system as described. 11. The business intermediary system according to claim 10, further comprising a receipt information presenting section for counting and presenting the recorded receipt information. 12. The system according to claim 11, wherein the exemption information presenting unit tallies and presents the exemption information in response to a request from the orderer or another person. Business mediation system. 13. The business intermediary system according to claim 10, further comprising a notifying unit that totalizes the recorded outsourcing information and notifies a predetermined destination. 14. A specific information receiving unit for receiving specific information for the orderer to specify any of the vendor permutations presented by the presenting means, and the specific information received by the specific information receiving unit is specified. 3. The business mediation system according to claim 2, further comprising: an estimate requesting unit for requesting an estimate for each of the suppliers constituting the dealer permutation. 15. A specific information receiving unit for receiving specific information for the orderer to specify any of the vendor permutations presented by the presenting means, and the specific information received by the specific information receiving unit is specified. 3. The business intermediary system according to claim 2, further comprising: an order placement unit for placing an order with respect to each of the traders constituting the trader permutation. 16. An order information presenting section for recording information of a trader who has been ordered by said order section as order information, and for totalizing and presenting the recorded order information. 15. The business mediation system according to item 15. 17. The business according to claim 16, wherein said order information presenting section totals and presents said order information in response to a request from said orderer or another person. Mediation system. 18. The business intermediary system according to claim 16, further comprising a notifying unit for totalizing the recorded order information and notifying a predetermined destination. 19. A business mediation method for presenting a supplier who can receive an order to an orderer who places an order for the final product in an industry in which the process of generating the final product is performed by a plurality of companies in a plurality of industries. A database that accepts a search request from an orderer based on order conditions and final product as search conditions, and stores information on a plurality of vendors in association with the types of business in which the contents are generated based on the order conditions. Are searched based on the search request, and the order conditions or the results of other industries are used as order conditions, and the order conditions of other industries or the respective industries that use the final products as results are respectively handled. Are linked to each other because the result of one business is the order condition of the other business. Business mediation method characterized in that a plurality of skilled artisan permutation consisting tethered leading to industry to things the results was created, presented to the orderer suppliers permutations created. 20. The business intermediation method according to claim 19, wherein a plurality of said trader permutations are created, and each trader permutation is presented to an orderer. 21. The information of each trader stored in the database is associated with a capacity value when the trader performs the business, and when the trader permutation is created, Calculating the overall value of each of the vendors constituting the vendor permutation based on the associated performance values in the database, and presenting the plurality of vendor permutations in the order of the overall performance values calculated for each of the vendors. The business mediation method according to claim 20, characterized in that: 22. There are a plurality of types of said capability values, and for each of these types, the total value of the capability values associated with each of the vendors constituting said vendor permutation in said database is calculated. 22. The business mediation method according to claim 21, wherein 23. Receiving selection information of the type of the capability value from the orderer, and presenting the trader permutation in the order of the overall value of the capability value of the type indicated by the received selection information. The business mediation method according to claim 22. 24. The search condition includes a limit value of the total value of the capability value desired by the orderer, and the calculated total value of the capability value satisfies a limit value included in the search condition. 23. The business intermediation method according to claim 21, wherein the non-performing business permutation is discarded. 25. Based on the information of all the traders held in the database, all the trades whose capacity values satisfy the limit value are created, and are included in any of the created trader permutations. 22. The business intermediation method according to claim 21, wherein information on a non-existent trader is recorded as received information. 26. The business intermediation method according to claim 25, wherein the recorded information on the expulsion is totaled and presented. 27. The business intermediation method according to claim 25, wherein the recorded outsourcing information is totaled and notified to a predetermined destination. 28. Accepting specific information for the orderer to specify any of the presented trader permutations, and requesting each of the traders constituting the trader permutation specified by the specific information to make an estimate. 21. The business mediation method according to claim 20, wherein: 29. Receiving specific information for the orderer to specify any of the presented vendor permutations, and placing an order for each of the vendors constituting the vendor permutation specified by the specific information. The business mediation method according to claim 20, characterized in that: 30. The business intermediation method according to claim 29, wherein information of the orderer is recorded as order information, and the recorded order information is totalized and presented. 31. The business mediating method according to claim 30, wherein the recorded order information is totalized and notified to a predetermined destination. 32. A computer which is read by a computer and accesses a database holding information of a plurality of vendors in association with each type of business which is to generate a result based on order conditions. A search request from the orderer using the condition and the final result as a search condition is received, and the database is searched based on the received search request. Together with the order conditions of other industries or each of the industries with the final result as a result,
The result of one business is linked to each other by being the order condition of the other business, and this link allows a plurality of contractors from the business having the order condition to the order condition to the business having the final product as the result. A computer-readable medium storing a program for automatically creating a connected supplier permutation and presenting the created supplier permutation to an orderer. 33. The computer, wherein the computer is a computer that can communicate with another computer via a network, and the program sends the computer a search request transmitted from the other computer via a network. 33. The computer-readable medium according to claim 32, further comprising: accepting and transmitting the trader permutation to another computer via the network. 34. The computer-readable medium according to claim 33, wherein said program causes said computer as a client terminal to function as an Internet server.