JP2002288465A - System and program for mediation of design outsourcing - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system for mediation of design outsourcing which reduces the cost of manual work and has a high secrecy. SOLUTION: A mediation server 18 stores ordering information from ordering enterprise terminals 2 to 6 in an ordering database 16 by bidding agent software 20 and management server software 22 and stores resource information from order receiving enterprise terminals 8 to 12 in a resource database 24 and generates a bid table of agreement of conditions between an ordering side and an order receiving side and selectively transmits the bid table to ordering enterprise terminals 2 to 6 and order receiving enterprise terminals 8 to 12. When replies for contracts based on contents of the bid table are obtained from both sides, the mediation server 18 deletes the case from the ordering database 16 and deletes resource information used for the case from the resource database 24.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a computer system for electronic commerce, and more particularly to a design outsourcing system and a design outsourcing program for handling outsourcing products such as semiconductor layout designs.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 18 is a conceptual diagram for explaining a conventional transaction mode of outsourced design products.

Referring to FIG. 18, conventionally, an ordering company 102 contacts a contract company 106 to 112 via an intermediary agent 104 or by hand to search for necessary human resources, and The company concluded a contract for confidentiality and a contract for transaction details, and ordered design work from outside. Contact was made by telephone, facsimile, business trip, or other means.

[0004]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] When outsourcing design work, the technical level and trustworthiness of the contractor must rely on vague information such as word-of-mouth and reputation, and also rely on human resources. It took a lot of effort and time to secure resources by telephone, facsimile or business trip.

[0005] Except for large-scale projects in which competitive bidding can be carried out, market principles have been difficult to work, and pricing has been uncertain.

[0006] In terms of security as well, when concluding a contract, it is necessary to present information on the product to be developed for work estimation and the like. Such security problems have also been pointed out.

FIG. 19 is a diagram for conceptually explaining a problem in making a conventional design outsourcing request.

Referring to FIG. 19, in outsourcing work relating to new product development, order information is rarely widely disclosed due to security issues. Nevertheless, there was a problem that it was impossible to know its existence.

In other words, despite the supply and demand balance in the entire industry, the ordering company 132 is
Contractors 134, 13 that can request business via 30
6 and only very limited specific trustees such as trustees 138 and 140 that can directly outsource the work. In other words, the ordering company 132 was out of resources. On the other hand, the entrusted companies 122 to 128 to which the ordering company 132 has not contacted often want to entrust, but do not know the ordering information of the ordering company 132, and often have no free job.

The present invention has been made in order to solve such problems, and it is possible to reduce the cost of human labor by utilizing the speed and the third party of data management by a computer system, and to keep confidentiality. The purpose is to provide a highly designed outsourcing mediation system.

[0011]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a design outsourcing mediation system which records order information of a design business.
Order information registering means for receiving order information from the ordering company terminal and registering it in the first database, a second database for recording orderable information of the design work, and receiving orderable information from the ordering company terminal. Means for registering orderable information registered in the second database, and orderable information corresponding to the ordering information registered in the first database are extracted from the second database, and the registered ordering information and the registered ordering information are extracted. And a bid table creating means for creating a bid table for confirming the intention of the contract including the orderable information corresponding to the information.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the configuration of the first aspect of the present invention, the bidding table creating means is arranged so that the total amount of the work that can be accepted represented by the orderable information is equal to the order quantity. Until the required work amount represented by the information becomes equal to or more than the required work amount, new extraction of the orderable information from the second database is repeated, and the newly extracted orderable information is added to the bid table.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the design outsourcing system according to the second aspect, the order information includes a planned design start time indicating a start of the design period and an end of the design period. Including the desired design completion time and the number of man-hours required for the design work, the orderable information includes the order start time indicating the beginning of the orderable period, the order end time indicating the end of the orderable period, and the orderable When the design period is included in the orderable period, the bidding table creation means calculates the undertaking work amount by multiplying the number of designers by the design period when the design period is included in the orderable period. The orderable information is extracted using the artificial number as the required work amount.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the first-order outsourcing system of the first aspect, the order information includes order expiration information indicating the expiration date of the order information. The information processing apparatus further includes a report transmission unit configured to transmit a report indicating that the expiration date of the order information has passed to the ordering company terminal when the time has passed the expiration date of the order information.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the first-order outsourcing system of the first aspect, the order information includes order expiration date information indicating the expiration date of the order information. The information processing apparatus further includes database management means for deleting the order information from the first database when the time has passed the expiration date of the order information.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the first-order outsourcing system of the first aspect, the orderable information includes estimated expiration date information indicating an expiration date of the orderable information. And a database management means for deleting the orderable information from the second database when the current time has passed the expiration date of the orderable information.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided a design subcontracting intermediary system, in addition to the configuration of the design subcontracting intermediary system according to the first aspect, further comprising: a bidding table; an ordering company terminal which registers ordering information included in the bidding table; The information processing apparatus further includes a determination unit that transmits the orderable information included in the bid table to the registered ordering company terminal, and determines whether the contract is successful or not in accordance with a response from the ordering company terminal and the ordering company terminal that transmitted the bid table.

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, in the configuration of the first aspect, the order information includes a plurality of desired conditions and a priority order corresponding to each of the desired conditions. Including, the bid table creating means extracts orderable information by giving priority to a condition having a higher priority order among a plurality of desired conditions.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, in the configuration of the design outsourcing intermediate system according to the eighth aspect, the plurality of desired conditions include a price condition and a quality condition.

A design subcontracting intermediary system according to a tenth aspect calculates, in addition to the configuration of the design subcontracting intermediary system according to the first aspect, the superiority of an ordering company according to transaction history information, and It further includes a superiority calculating means for registering in the database.

According to an eleventh aspect of the present invention, in the configuration of the tenth aspect of the present invention, the transaction history information includes payment completion date information.

According to a twelfth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the design outsourcing system of the first aspect, the design outsourcing system further calculates the quality level of the ordering company in accordance with the transaction history information. It further includes a quality level calculating means for registering in the database.

According to a thirteenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a design subcontracting intermediary system according to the twelfth aspect, wherein the transaction history information includes a finish quality evaluation information input from an order terminal and a delivery date compliance rate. And

According to a fourteenth aspect of the present invention, the design outsourcing intermediary program receives ordering information on design work from an ordering company terminal,
Registering in the first database, receiving orderable information of the design work from the ordering company terminal and registering it in the second database, and receiving orderable information corresponding to the ordering information registered in the first database. Creating a bidding table extracted from the second database and containing the registered order information and orderable information corresponding to the registered order information for confirming the intention of the contract.

According to a fifteenth aspect of the present invention, in the design outsourcing intermediary program according to the fourteenth aspect, the step of creating the bidding table includes the step of: ,
Until the required work amount represented by the order information becomes equal to or more than the required work amount, new extraction of order enable information is repeated from the second database, and the newly extracted order enable information is added to the bid table.

A design subcontracting intermediation program according to claim 16 is the configuration of the design subcontracting intermediation program according to claim 15, wherein the order information includes a design start scheduled time indicating a start of the design period and an end of the design period. Including the desired design completion time and the number of man-hours required for the design work, the orderable information includes the order start time indicating the beginning of the orderable period, the order end time indicating the end of the orderable period, and the orderable The step of creating the bidding table includes the number of designers that can be allocated to the period, and when the design period is included in the orderable period, multiplies the number of designers by the design period to determine the work that can be undertaken. Calculated, and the orderable information is extracted using the man-made number as the required work amount.

[0027] According to a seventeenth aspect of the present invention, in the configuration of the design outsourcing intermediary program according to the fourteenth aspect, the bidding table includes an ordering company terminal in which order information included in the bidding table is registered, and a bidding table. And the computer further executes a step of determining the success or failure of the contract in accordance with the response from the ordering company terminal and the order receiving company terminal that transmitted the bid table.

[0028]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. In the drawings, the same reference numerals indicate the same or corresponding parts.

[Explanation of the Entire System] FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing the entire configuration of a design outsourcing intermediary system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the design outsourcing intermediary system includes an intermediary server 18 connected to a network 14.
Is the order database 16 and the company information database 26
And a centralized system that collectively manages various information by the resource database 24. The mediation server 18
For example, a computer connected to a network.

The mediation server 18 stores order information provided from the ordering company terminals 2 to 6 via the network 14 in the order database 16 by the bidding agent software 20 and the management server software 22,
The resource information provided from the order-receiving company terminals 8 to 12 via the network 14 is stored in the resource database 2.
4

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a modification of the design outsourcing intermediary system of FIG. Referring to FIG. 2, in this design outsourcing mediation system, resource information 42, 44, and 46 are stored in order receiving company terminals 8a to 12a, respectively, in a recording medium connected to a terminal such as a hard disk. . The mediation server 18a includes a bidding agent software 20a and a management server software 22.
The content of the resource information 42, 44, and 46 stored in the order-receiving company terminals 8a to 12a is searched using a, and a copy of the resource information is stored in the database 24a.

In the system as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, all ordering information is not disclosed in order to secure confidentiality, and the bidding agent software 20 and 2 are not disclosed.
0a finds items having similar ordering conditions and mediates. Since the mediation servers 18 and 18a compare these pieces of information without human intervention, there is no need to collect information by telephone, facsimile, business trip, or the like, as was conventionally done. Is less likely to leak to others in the competition.

The management server software 22, 22a in the mediation server 18, 18a has a routine for monitoring an interrupt from another program as a main routine. Interrupts from other programs include, for example, write requests to the order database from the ordering company terminals 2 to 6,
There are write requests to the resource database from the order-receiving company terminals 8 to 12 and 8a to 12a.

[Explanation of Operation of Intermediary Server] FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining how an ordering company terminal writes data into the ordering database.

Referring to FIG. 1 and FIG.
6, when a write request to the order database 16 is input, the management server software 22 sends the order database 1
6 is started (step S31).

Then, the management server software 22
It is checked whether the transmitted record has a predetermined format (steps S32 and S33).

If the transmitted record does not conform to the predetermined format, an error is returned to the data input client software of the ordering company terminals 2 to 6 (step S40). Then, the process returns to the main routine (Step S41).

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S33 that the transmitted record conforms to the predetermined format, the management server software then proceeds to
The company information database 26 is searched for the registration requesting company (step S34).

Then, it is determined whether or not the registration requesting company has been registered in the company information database 26 (step S35).

If the company is already registered, the average of the excellent company levels of the target company in the past year from the company information database 26 is added to the order database record (step S36).

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S35 that the company has not been registered, the average value of all excellent company level information registered in the past one year is added to the record in the company information database 26 (step S42). .

When the addition to the record of the excellent company level is completed in step S36 or step S42,
A new record is added to the order database 16 (step S37).

Then, the management server software starts a new process of the bid agent software (step S38).

Then, the writing process to the order database is completed, and the process returns to the main routine (step S3).
9).

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining records that are sequentially added to the order database 16.

Referring to FIG. 4, order database 16 has registered therein an order item number, a company order code, an ordering company name, and an excellent company degree of the ordering company, corresponding to each record number.

In the order database, in correspondence with each record number, the name of the ordered job, the equipment required for the job, the required skills and man-hours, the price limit, the quality level, the scheduled design start time, The completion completion time and order expiration date are registered. In addition, priority is added as a parameter to the artificial number, the price upper limit, the quality level, and the desired completion time.

For example, as a specific example of information registered in the order database, an order item number “A20010120001” and an order company code “19765” corresponding to record number 1
3), ordering company name "AA Denki Co., Ltd.", excellent company degree "A", project name "1GDRAM layout design", equipment "polygon layout CAD", skill "full custom layout", artificial numbers and their priorities "35 man months, 3", price limit and its priority "50 million yen, 1", quality level and its priority "0.5,
2, the design start time “2001.5.5”, the completion completion time and its priority order “2001.8.4, 4”,
Data such as the expiration date of the order “2001.3.1” is registered.

The ordering company can specify which items are to be regarded as more important depending on the priority. Even if not all requests agree with the order receiving side, in the case of record 1, it can be understood that the ordering company places importance on the price, quality, artificial number, and completion time in this order. By providing such priorities, an appropriate combination of the order receiving side and the ordering side can be determined, and the satisfaction of both the order receiving side and the order receiving side can be further increased.

In addition, the ordering company names "BB microcomputer" and "CC system" are registered as records 2 and 3, respectively.
I have ordered an IC layout design job.

The equipment required for "logic design of 8-bit microcomputer" is a "logic simulator", the skill required for a designer is "logic design", and the required artificialness is "20 man-months".
Is registered.

The equipment required for “ASIC layout design” is a “P & R (Place & Route) tool”, the required skill is “P & R design”,
It is registered that the required artificial is "3 man months".
The P & R design is a task of designing a layout by automatic placement and routing, and is often used for ICs for specific applications. On the other hand, a full custom layout is a task in which a human manually performs arrangement and wiring using a polygon layout CAD. Full custom layout is D
It is used for a semiconductor device having a large number of repetitive patterns such as a RAM (dynamic random access memory) and a large amount of production.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a process in which the management server software 22 writes data in the resource database 24.

Referring to FIG. 1 and FIG.
When there is a write request from the data input client software on the resource database 24 to the resource database 24 (step S51), the management server software 22 checks whether the transmitted record is in a predetermined format (step S52). , S53).

If the transmitted record does not conform to the predetermined format, the management server software 22
Returns an error to the data input client software and returns to the main routine (steps S60 and S6).
1).

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S53 that the transmitted record has a predetermined format, the management server software searches the company information database 26 for the registration requesting company (step S54).

Then, it is determined whether the registration requesting company has already been registered in the company information database (step S55). If it has already been registered, the management server software averages the quality level information of the target company for the past year from the company information database 26 and adds it to the record (step S56).

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S55 that the registration requesting company has not been registered yet, the management server software records the average value of all the quality level information registered in the past year in the company information database as a record. It is added (step S62).

When the quality level information is added to the record in step S56 or step S62, the record created in the resource database 24 is added as a new record (step S57). Then, the management server software 22 restarts the waiting bid agent software process (step S58),
It returns to the main routine (step S59).

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a resource database stored by the processing of the flowchart shown in FIG.

Referring to FIG. 6, in the resource database, a bidding flag, an order item number, an ordering company code, an ordering company name, equipment, skills,
Items such as the number of people, unit price, quality level, order period (start), order period (end), and estimated expiration date are registered.

In the bidding flag, it is registered whether the bidding is in progress or not yet bidding. In the equipment, the equipment owned by the name of the ordering company is registered. For example, a polygon layout CAD, a logic simulator, a P & R tool, and the like are registered. As skills, skills necessary for the designer are registered. For example, full custom layout, logical design, P & R design, and the like are registered.

Specifically, corresponding to record number 1,
Bid flag “Bid”, order item number “B2001011900
1, ordering company code "197653", ordering company name "AA Engineering", equipment "Polygon Layout CA"
D ", skill" full custom layout ", number of people" 10
Person ", unit price" 1.8 million / man-month ", quality level" 1.
0, the order period (start) “2001.5.5”, the order period (end) “2001.8.10”, and the estimated expiration date “2001.3.1” are registered in each item. .

Further, corresponding to the record number 2, the bidding flag “unbid”, the order item number “B20010120001”,
Ordering company code "872554", ordering company name "BC Systems", equipment "logic simulator", skill "logic design", number of people "20", unit price "1.2 million yen / person month", quality level "1.0" , Order period (beginning) "2001.
7.20 ”, Order period (end)“ 2001.1.12 ”
Data such as “0” and the estimated expiration date “2001.6.2” are registered in each item.

Further, corresponding to the record number 3, the bidding flag “unbid”, the order item number “B20010121001”,
Ordering company code "197653", ordering company name "AA Engineering", equipment "P & R tool", skill "P & R design", number of people "5", unit price "3 million yen / month", quality level "1.0" , Order period (beginning) "2001.
10 ", order period (end)" 2001.5.10 ",
Data such as the estimated expiration date “2001.3.30” is registered in each item.

Further, corresponding to the record number 4, the bidding flag “bidding”, the order case number “B20010121002”,
Ordering company code "138577", ordering company name "M Semicon Design Office", equipment "polygon layout CAD", skill "full custom layout", number of people "10", unit price "1.5 million yen / month", quality Level "0.8", Order period (start) "2001.4.5", Order period (end) "2001.10.10", Expiration date "200"
Data such as “1.3.10” is registered for each item.

Further, corresponding to the record number 5, the bidding flag “bidding”, the order item number “B20010221001”,
Ordering company code "469823", ordering company name "S Design Office", equipment "polygon layout CAD", skill "full custom layout", number of people "3", unit price "1"
¥ 100,000 / person month, quality level "0.5", order period (start) "2001.4.10", order period (end)
"2001.10.10", estimate expiration date "2001.
Data such as “4.1” is registered for each item.

FIG. 7 shows the bidding agent software 2
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a main flow chart of FIG.

Referring to FIGS. 1 and 7, first, when a new record is registered in order database 16, the process is started (step S1), and bid agent software 20 receives the new record in order database 16 (step S1). S2).

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the processing of the management server software 22 when the bid agent software 20 receives a new record in step S2 of FIG.

Referring to FIG. 8, when there is a bid start request from bid agent software 20 (step S71), a record sent from bid agent software 20 indicating that a work period can be received is stored in resource database 24. The management server software 22 extracts (step S72).

The extraction results are sorted according to the priority specified by the bid agent software 20 (step S73). Then, the management server software 22 returns a record of the requested rank to the bid agent software 20 (Step S74). And
The management server software 22 returns to the main routine (Step S75).

Referring again to FIGS. 1 and 7, when receiving the new record, bidding agent software 20 sorts the registration information in resource database 24 according to the designation of the priority and extracts the highest-order data (step S3). . For example, when the price has a higher priority specified by the ordering company than the delivery date, the registration information in the resource database 24 is rearranged with priority given to the price.

Next, the bidding agent software matches the extracted resource record with the order record (step S4).

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a table for matching in step S4 of FIG.

Referring to FIG. 9, “equipment” in order database 16 and “equipment” in resource database 24 are compared. The order database 16
Is compared with “skill” in the resource database 24. In addition, order database 1
6 is compared with the “sum of the artificial number bidding table” in the resource database 24.

Further, the “total price of the bid table of (unit price * artificial)” of the resource database 24 is compared with the “upper price limit” of the order database 16, and the resource database 24 is compared with the “quality level” of the order database 16. The “order level” of the resource database 24 is compared with the “quality level” of the order database 16 and the “design start time−completion desired time” of the order database 16.

Referring again to FIGS. 1 and 7, step S
If no matching is obtained in step 5, step S
Proceed to 13. On the other hand, if a match is obtained in step S5, the matched resource record is added to the bid table (step S6).

Then, the total resources of the human resources and the facilities in the bid record table are compared with the requested number of the order record (step S7), and it is determined whether the total resource exceeds the requested number (step S8). If the total resource has not yet exceeded the number of requests, step S
Proceed to 13.

In step S13, a record of the next rank of the sorted information is extracted. If there is no next record, the process branches to * A which will be described later, which is an exception process of the subroutine. When step S13 ends, the process proceeds to step S4 again.

On the other hand, if the total number of resources exceeds the requested number in step S8, a bid completion mail is transmitted to the ordering company, the contractor registered in the bid record, and the contract person who is performing the mediation service. (Step S9).

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a bid table created and transmitted by the bid agent software 20.

Referring to FIG. 10, this example is an example of a bid for record number 1 in the ordering database described in FIG.

In this case, the design start time is 2001
The completion date is May 5, 2000, and the desired completion time is August 4, 2000. This period is included in the order period, and the "skill" and "equipment" of this case are satisfied by the order case number B2 registered in the resource database of FIG.
0010119001 (AA Electric Engineering), ordering project B2
0010121002 (M Semicon Design Office), ordering project number B2
0010221001 (S Design Office).

[0086] Since the case is price-prioritized, personnel are first secured at "B20010221001 (S Design Office)" which is cheap. At this time, the secured work amount is the design period 20
During the three months from May 5, 2001 to August 4, 2000, S
3 (month) ×
It is 3 (person) 9 artificial.

However, since this alone does not satisfy the artificial number of requests, the request is satisfied with the next-ranked resource record. In the next resource record, the order matter number is
B20010121002 (M Semicon Design Office).

Here, the total of each parameter of the resource record selected in the summary is totaled, and 10 (persons) × design period 3 that can be allocated by M Semicon Design Office
The 30 artificial numbers of (Mon) are added to the artificial number.

As a result, the man-made number that can be secured is 39, which exceeds the required man-made number 35.
o. 4 and record no. 5 is described in the bid table, and record No. 5 is recorded. Order item number B2001019001 that is 1
(AA Electric Engineering) loses his job. The total cost is 48 million yen, of which 1 million yen *
9 man-months (S Design Office) + 1.5 million yen * 26 man-months (M Semicon Design Office).

Referring again to FIG. 7, in step S 9, whether or not the person in charge of the ordering company and the person in charge of the registered trader have made a contract based on whether or not they have received the bid completion e-mail and returned a response to the contract Is determined (step S1).
0). If the contract is closed, the bid record is transmitted to the management server software 22, and an update of the resource database is requested (step S11). On the other hand, if the contract is not made in step S10, the process ends (step S12).

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a flowchart of the exception processing in step S13 of FIG.

Referring to FIG. 11, when the process is started in step S21, the expiration date of the order record is compared with the current time (step S22).

If the expiration date has passed, the flow advances to step S26 to send a bid status report by mail to the terminal of the ordering company and the person in charge of the contracting service, and the process ends (step S26). S27).

The ordering company can consider extension of the expiration date or new order. Also, the contract person
Maintenance such as updating of the database can be performed. When the maintenance of the database is automatically performed by a timer interrupt described later, the mail need not be transmitted to the person in charge of the contract.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S23 that the expiration date has not passed, the process waits for a new record to be added to the resource database (step S2).
4).

When a new record is added, the process returns to the processing routine of the original bid agent software (step S25).

FIG. 12 is a flow chart showing a routine for updating the resource database in step S11 of FIG.

Referring to FIGS. 1 and 12, when there is a bid completion request from bid agent software 20 (step S81), resources for the bid table sent from bid agent software 20 are subtracted from resource database 24 (step S81). Step S82).

Then, the item for which the bid has been completed is deleted from the order database (step S83). Then, the resource database update process ends, and the process returns to the main routine (step S84).

FIG. 13 is a flowchart for explaining a database maintenance process performed by the management server software.

Referring to FIG. 13, when the management server software receives a database maintenance request from a timer interrupt from a timer (step S111), the management server software searches the distributed network and stores a new order / resource record in each database. It is added (step S112). However, the processing in step S112 is necessary only in the case of the distributed system shown in FIG. 2, and is not particularly necessary in the case of the centralized system shown in FIG.

Then, the record whose expiration date has passed is deleted from the resource database 24 (step S1).
13). Subsequently, the record whose expiration date has passed is deleted from the order database (step S114). Thus, the maintenance process is completed, and the process returns to the main routine (Step S115).

Next, the superior company level added to the record in steps S36 and S42 in FIG. 3 will be described.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart for explaining the registration of the excellent company degree of the ordering company. Referring to FIGS. 1 and 14, when there is an ordering company information registration request from ordering company terminals 8 to 12 (step S91), a work completion date and a payment date are input as a work completion report (step S9).
2).

The management server software adds a new record to the company information database (step S9).
3) Return to the main routine (step S94).

FIG. 15 shows the contents of the company information database of the ordering company. Referring to FIG. 15, in the database of the ordering company, the order item number, the ordering company code, the ordering company name, the ordering unit upper limit, 1- (payment delay rate), the excellent company degree (corresponding to each record number) Excellent company level) is registered. Here, the excellent company degree is a value obtained by the following equation.

Excellent company degree = ((order unit price) / average unit price) × (1-payment delay rate) (1) This is the evaluation of the ordering company, and the ordering company inputs the payment completion date for each order item. As a result, the excellent company degree is obtained based on the information, and an information database of the ordering company is created.

As described in step S36 in FIG.
The average value of the degree of excellent companies for each of the cases ordered by the ordering company in the past year is added to the record indicating the contents of the newly ordered design work.

For example, in order to avoid contract troubles, this company superiority may be specified in the contract acceptance condition of the ordering company. In addition, for example, when the ordering business content and design period of an ordering company with a high corporate priority and an ordering company with a low corporate superiority compete with each other, the ordering party of the ordering company with a high corporate priority takes priority over the ordering content of the ordering company with a high corporate priority. May be processed so as to be assigned.

Next, the quality level added to the record in steps S56 and S62 in FIG. 5 will be described.

FIG. 16 is a processing flow for explaining that the quality level of the ordering company is determined.

Referring to FIG. 16, when there is an order company information registration request from the ordering company terminal (step S101), management server software 22 sends the work completion date, the payment date, The finish quality is received (step S102). Then, the management server software 22 adds a new record to the company information database 26 (Step S103). Then, the process ends and returns to the main routine (step S10).
4).

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing the contents of the company information database of the ordering company. Referring to FIG. 17, as the registration items, the order item number, the ordering company code, the ordering company name, the finish quality (customer evaluation), the delivery date compliance rate, and the quality level are registered corresponding to each record number. . Since the finish quality is a customer evaluation of the ordering company, the ordering company inputs the finish quality for each order item. The delivery date compliance rate is determined, for example, by the following equation.

Delivery date compliance rate = 1− (Days of delivery delay / Days of design period) (2) Then, the quality level of the ordering company is determined according to, for example, the following equation using the finished quality and the delivery time compliance as parameters. .

Quality level = finished quality × delivery time compliance rate (3) Then, the management server software 22 creates a company information database of the order receiving company including the calculated quality level.

As described in step S56 of FIG. 5,
The average value of the quality level for each of the orders received by the ordering company registering a new record in the past year is added to the newly registered record in the resource database.

For example, in order to avoid contract trouble, each record of the ordering database shown in FIG. 4 registers a quality level of a desired ordering company and a priority order which is an indication of how much importance is given to the quality level. You.

As described above, the mediation server 18
Ordering company terminal 2 by management server software 22
6 is stored in the order database 16, while the resource information from the ordering company terminals 8 to 12 is stored in the resource database 24. Then, the mediation server 18 uses the bidding agent software 20 to create a bidding table that satisfies the conditions of both the ordering side and the ordering side, and places the ordering company terminals 2 to 6 and the ordering company terminal 8
To 12 selectively. If a reply to the effect that the contract is made based on the contents of the bidding table is obtained from both parties, the mediation server 18 deletes the matter from the order database 16,
The resource information assigned to the case is deleted from the resource database 24.

As described above, the troublesome communication that has conventionally been performed manually by the intermediary agent is now automatically performed, and no manual work is required. Therefore, labor costs can be significantly reduced. In addition, by avoiding the need for human intervention, the risk of confidential information leaking to rival companies is reduced, and only bid information that has a very high possibility of closing is transmitted to the other party.

Therefore, it is possible to reduce the manual cost and to provide a highly concealed design outsourcing system.

The embodiments disclosed this time are to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive. The scope of the present invention is defined by the terms of the claims, rather than the description above, and is intended to include any modifications within the scope and meaning equivalent to the terms of the claims.

[0122]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the design outsourcing mediation system can reduce the labor required for mediation of the design outsourcing work, so that the mediation cost can be reduced. Further, the ordering information and the order receiving information have high confidentiality, and it is possible to search for a contractor while minimizing disclosure of the confidential information to another person.

According to the second and third aspects of the present invention, in addition to the effects achieved by the first-order outsourcing system according to the first aspect, the orderable information in which the work amount corresponding to the order information is one is sufficient. Even when it is not possible, a bid table that proposes conclusion of a contract by combining a plurality of orderable information can be created.

The design outsourcing intermediary system according to claims 4 to 6 monitors the expiration date of the information without human intervention, in addition to the effect of the design outsourcing intermediation system according to claim 1, and checks the expiration date. You can be notified when it expires, or delete the database. Therefore, the manual intermediation cost can be further reduced.

The design outsourcing intermediary system according to claim 7 transmits the bidding table without human intervention, in addition to the effect of the design outsourcing intermediation system according to claim 1,
The success or failure of the contract can be determined according to the answer. Therefore, the manual intermediation cost can be further reduced.

According to the eighth and ninth aspects of the present invention, in addition to the effects achieved by the design outsourcing system according to the first aspect, of the plurality of conditions, a condition having a higher priority is prioritized. You can look for the order to do. Therefore, there is a high possibility of finding a contractor that satisfies the request of the ordering company.

The design outsourcing intermediary system according to the tenth to thirteenth aspects can evaluate the company from the transaction history information in addition to the effect of the design outsourcing intermediation system according to the first aspect. It can be used to make a contract.

According to the design subcontracting mediation program of the present invention, the manpower required for mediation of the design subcontracting work can be reduced, so that the mediation cost can be reduced. Further, the ordering information and the order receiving information have high confidentiality, and it is possible to search for a contractor while minimizing disclosure of the confidential information to another person.

According to the fifteenth and sixteenth design outsourcing programs, in addition to the effects of the design outsourcing mediation program according to the fourteenth aspect, the orderable information in which the amount of work corresponding to the order information is one is sufficient. Even when it is not possible, a bid table that proposes conclusion of a contract by combining a plurality of orderable information can be created.

According to a seventeenth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the effect of the fourteenth aspect of the present invention, a design table outsourcing program transmits a bidding table without human intervention, and transmits a contract table according to a response. Success / failure can be determined. Therefore, the manual intermediation cost can be further reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an overall configuration of a design outsourcing intermediary system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a modified example of the design outsourcing mediation system of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining a state in which an ordering company terminal writes data into an ordering database;

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining records that are sequentially added to an order database 16;

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a process in which the management server software 22 writes to the resource database 24.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a resource database stored by the processing of the flowchart shown in FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a main flowchart of the bidding agent software 20.

8 is a flowchart showing a process of the management server software 22 when the bid agent software 20 receives a new record in step S2 of FIG.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a table for obtaining matching in step S4 of FIG. 7;

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a bid table created and transmitted by the bid agent software 20.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a flowchart of exception processing in step S13 of FIG. 7;

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing a routine in which a resource database is updated in step S11 of FIG. 7;

FIG. 13 is a flowchart illustrating a database maintenance process performed by the management server software.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart for explaining registration of an excellent company degree of an ordering company.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing contents of a company information database of an ordering company.

FIG. 16 is a processing flow for explaining that the quality level of the ordering company is determined.

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing the contents of a company information database of an ordering company.

FIG. 18 is a conceptual diagram for explaining a transaction mode of a conventional outsourced design product.

FIG. 19 is a diagram for conceptually explaining a problem in making a conventional design outsourcing request.

[Explanation of symbols]

2-6 Ordering company terminal, 8-12, 8a-12a Ordering company terminal, 14 network, 16 ordering database, 18, 18a mediation server, 20, 20a bidding agent software, 22, 22a management server software, 24, 24a resource database , 26
Company information database, 42, 44, 46 Resource information.

Claims (17)

[Claims] A first database for recording ordering information of a design operation; an ordering information registering means for receiving the ordering information from an ordering company terminal and registering the ordering information in the first database; A second database to be recorded; order-possible information registration means for receiving the order-possible information from the order-receiving company terminal and registering the information in the second database; and the order-receiving information corresponding to the order information registered in the first database. Bid table creation for extracting possible information from the second database and creating a bid table for confirming the intention of a contract including the registered order information and the orderable information corresponding to the registered order information And a means for outsourcing the design. 2. The bid table creating means according to claim 1, wherein the total amount of undertaking work represented by said orderable information is:
A new extraction of the orderable information from the second database is repeated until the required amount of work is equal to or more than the required work amount represented by the order information, and the newly extracted orderable information is added to the bid table. 2. The design outsourcing mediation system according to 1. 3. The order information includes a planned design start time indicating a beginning of a design period, a design completion desired time indicating an end of the design period, and an artificial number required for a design operation. The information includes an order start time indicating the start of the orderable period, an order end time indicating the end of the orderable period, and the number of designers that can be allocated to the orderable period. When the design period is included in the order accepting period, the undertaken work amount is calculated by multiplying the number of designers by the design period, and the man-made number is regarded as the required work amount, and the order receiving time is calculated. 3. The design outsourcing mediation system according to claim 2, wherein possible information is extracted. 4. The order information includes order expiration information indicating the expiration date of the order information. When the current time has passed the expiration date of the order information, the ordering company terminal sends the expiration date of the order information to the ordering company terminal. 2. The design outsourcing intermediary system according to claim 1, further comprising a report transmission unit that transmits a report indicating that elapses. 5. The order information includes order expiration information indicating an expiration date of the order information, and deletes the order information from the first database when a current time has passed the expiration date of the order information. The design outsourcing mediation system according to claim 1, further comprising a database management unit that performs the operation. 6. The order-possible information includes estimated expiration date information indicating an expiration date of the order-possible information, and when the current time has passed the expiration date of the order-possible information, 2. The design outsourcing intermediary system according to claim 1, further comprising a database management means for deleting orderable information. 7. The bidding table is transmitted to an ordering company terminal in which ordering information included in the bidding table is registered and an ordering company terminal in which orderable information included in the bidding table is registered. 2. The outsourcing system for design according to claim 1, further comprising a judging means for judging the success or failure of the contract in accordance with the transmitted reply from the ordering company terminal and the order receiving company terminal. 8. The order information includes a plurality of desired conditions and a priority order corresponding to each of the desired conditions, and the bid table creating means includes a condition having a higher priority order among the plurality of desired conditions. 2. The design outsourcing intermediation system according to claim 1, wherein the orderable information is extracted by prioritizing the order. 9. The design outsourcing system according to claim 8, wherein the plurality of desired conditions include a price condition and a quality condition. 10. The design outsourcing mediation system according to claim 1, further comprising: a superiority calculating means for calculating the superiority of the ordering company according to the transaction history information and registering the superiority in the first database. 11. The design outsourcing mediation system according to claim 10, wherein the transaction history information includes payment completion date information. 12. The design outsourcing intermediary system according to claim 1, further comprising a quality level calculating means for calculating a quality level of the order-receiving company in accordance with transaction history information and registering the quality level in the second database. 13. The design outsourcing mediation system according to claim 12, wherein the transaction history information includes finished quality evaluation information input from the ordering terminal and a delivery date compliance rate. 14. A step of receiving order information of a design operation from an ordering company terminal and registering it in a first database, and receiving second order information of a design operation from an ordering company terminal.
And registering the orderable information corresponding to the ordering information registered in the first database from the second database, and registering the registered ordering information and the registered ordering information in the second database. Generating a bidding table for confirming the intention of the contract including the corresponding orderable information, and causing the computer to execute the bidding table. 15. The step of creating the bidding table includes the step of generating the bidding table from the second database until the total undertaking work amount represented by the orderable information becomes equal to or more than a necessary work amount represented by the ordering information. The design outsourcing intermediary program according to claim 14, wherein a new extraction of orderable information is repeated, and the newly extracted orderable information is added to the bid table. 16. The ordering information includes a scheduled design start time indicating a start of a design period, a design completion desired time indicating an end of the design period, and an artificial number required for design work. The information includes the order start time indicating the start of the orderable period, the order end time indicating the end of the orderable period, and the number of designers that can be allocated to the orderable period, and creates the bid table. In the step, when the design period is included in the orderable period, the undertakeable work amount is calculated by multiplying the number of designers by the design period, and the man-made number is used as the required work amount, The design outsourcing program according to claim 15, wherein the orderable information is extracted. 17. The bidding table is transmitted to an ordering company terminal in which ordering information included in the bidding table is registered, and an ordering company terminal in which orderable information included in the bidding table is registered. 15. The design outsourcing program according to claim 14, further comprising causing a computer to execute a step of determining whether or not the contract is successful in response to the transmitted responses from the ordering company terminal and the order receiving company terminal.