JP2002368379A - Method of providing multi-piece board - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a multi-piece board providing method which is capable of effectively using raw material, setting the mechanical strength of the multi- piece board as a whole independently of the thickness of a piece part, and meeting various demands with minimal manufacturing variations. SOLUTION: Multi-piece boards are on sale through an electronic commerce system by the use of a public circuit 3. When a customer gives an order, the number of free frames is displayed. When free frames are short in number, an indication that a shortage must be filled up is given. A table of substitutes for the frames is displayed. By this setup, a customer is urged to take a step of receiving his demand sooner. The number of frames which are not recovered is displayed on the customer's display screen. By this setup, the customer is urged to take a step of recovering the frames soon. A provider may have a stock of separate frames and pieces and is not required to have a stock of multi-piece boards as integral products.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for providing a multi-piece substrate including a plurality of pieces in a single substrate from a source to a destination.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a wiring board, there is a multi-piece board in which a plurality of pieces are included in one board. Generally, a multi-piece substrate includes a frame portion for holding each piece portion and handling it as a single substrate as a whole, in addition to a piece portion that contains a circuit and the like and is actually incorporated into a final product. Heretofore, it has been common practice to integrally manufacture each piece part and the frame part as a whole and provide them to the destination.

[0003]

However, the above-mentioned conventional method for providing a multi-piece substrate has the following problems. That is, the frame portion of the multi-piece substrate is not a final product. Since such a part was manufactured integrally, the utilization efficiency of raw materials was poor.
This also meant that the frame part was a large amount of waste at the destination. In addition, when the thickness is reduced, the strength of the entire multi-piece substrate is reduced, so that there is a problem that warpage and twisting are likely to occur. Also, depending on the specifications of the piece portion itself and variations in the overall shape of the frame portion, etc., it was necessary to design the process for a very large number of types of multi-piece substrates.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems of the conventional technology. That is, the object is to provide a method of providing a multi-piece substrate that can efficiently use raw materials, can set the overall strength regardless of the thickness of the piece portion, and can meet various demands with a minimum of manufacturing variations. It is in.

[0005]

According to the present invention, there is provided a method for providing a multi-piece substrate, which comprises a plurality of pieces and a frame for holding the pieces. In doing so, a frame part and a piece part that can be provided and a combination thereof are presented to a provision destination, and a multi-piece substrate having a combination of a frame part and a piece part determined by an order from the provision destination is provided to the provision destination. . In this method, it is only necessary to have inventory for each of the frame portion and the piece portion, and it is not necessary to have inventory for the entire multi-piece board.
Further, the combination of the frame portion and the piece portion only needs to be physically combinable, and even a new combination can be easily handled.

In implementing the method for providing a multi-piece substrate, a combination of a frame portion and a piece portion that can be provided to the destination is displayed on a display screen of the destination by using a network technology. An opportunity to order a multi-piece board of a combination may be given to the provider, and the multi-piece board of the combination may be provided to the provider according to an order from the provider. In this way, the provider can check the available combination of the frame and the piece on his own screen,
You can easily place an order. For this purpose, it is desirable to provide a database that records the possibility of combination of the frame part and the piece part, and a database that records the availability of provision for each provision destination.

Here, the number of vacant frames that can be provided to the destination is also displayed on the display screen of the destination, and an opportunity to order a multi-piece board is given to the destination. desirable. The “empty number” of the frame portion refers to the stock number of the frame portion on the provider side. That is, when a new order is received from the provider, the order can be immediately received if the number is within the range of the available number. On the other hand, some measure is required for the quantity exceeding the vacant quantity. Delivery time will also be extra. This is, of course, of great interest from the point of view of the provider. In other words, by presenting the information on the number of empty units together, the range in which orders can be easily received can be indicated to the providing destination.

[0008] Here, the frame portion that can be provided to the provider may be given an opportunity to instruct that the frame portion be additionally manufactured. If there is not enough free space, such means can make up for the shortage.

In a method for providing a multi-piece substrate according to another aspect of the present invention, a frame portion remaining after removing a piece portion from a multi-piece substrate at a providing destination is collected at a providing source.
The recovered frame part is reused and used for manufacturing a new multi-piece substrate to be supplied to the destination. Furthermore, as described above, if the combination of the frame part and the piece part that can be provided is presented to the providing destination and the order is placed, the efficiency of the order is also realized.

That is, according to the present method, the empty frame generated at the destination is collected at the source and reused as the frame of a newly manufactured multi-piece substrate. As a result, the frame portion can be used repeatedly without being discarded. For reuse, the recovered frame part can be used as it is, and a new piece part can be attached to the vacant land from which the piece part has been removed. Or a multi-piece substrate.

[0011] In this case, when presenting the available frame portion and the piece portion and their combination to the providing destination, the number of uncollected frame portions provided to the providing destination is displayed on the display screen of the providing destination. Is desirably displayed. In particular, when the empty number mentioned above is not enough, if the frame part existing on the destination side is collected by the source,
The number of empty spaces will increase accordingly. Therefore, by presenting the uncollected number to the provider, it is possible to urge the provider to take measures to enable early collection.

[0012]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In this embodiment, a board manufacturer (order-receiving manufacturer, hereinafter referred to as “provider”) sends a multi-piece board to a remote assembly manufacturer (ordering manufacturer, hereinafter referred to as “customer”). The providing method according to the present invention is applied to an electronic trading system to be sold.

As shown in FIG. 1, the system according to this embodiment includes a PC terminal 4 of an assembly maker 1 as a customer and a PC terminal 5 of a board manufacturer 2 as a provider. The PC terminals 4 and 5 are connected to the public line 3
Connected by The assembly maker 1 can use the PC terminal 4 to order a multi-piece board from the board maker 2. Substrate manufacturer 2 uses PC
The status of the order is grasped using the terminal 5, and a multi-piece substrate is manufactured. Note that there may be a plurality of assembly manufacturers.

Next, the operation of the present system will be described. The customer PC terminal 4 and the provider PC terminal 5 are ordinary personal computers that are commercially available. Various screen data to be displayed on the customer's PC terminal 4 or the user's own PC terminal 5 are prepared at the provider. Then, the information on the frame parts and the piece parts of the multi-piece substrate held by the substrate manufacturer 2 or the order receiving status is stored in a database or the like in advance. The PC terminal 4 can display a display screen for ordering by accessing the PC terminal 5. Then, based on the displayed information, the person in charge of the assembly maker 1 inputs the required number of frames and the number of pieces of the board and transmits it to the board maker 2. This is the order. Next, the PC terminal 5 having received the data adds it to its own order receiving database, and informs the PC terminal 4 that the order has been received.
Send to Thus, the order for the multi-piece board is completed.

The multi-piece substrate is a substrate in which one frame includes a plurality of pieces. FIG.
3 is an external view of a multi-piece substrate. In the case of FIG. 2, four pieces 7 are included in one frame 6. Usually, the pieces contained in one frame are all of the same type. However, it does not preclude the inclusion of different types of pieces.

Next, a method for ordering a multi-piece board will be described based on a specific display screen. The screen described below is displayed on the PC terminal 4 of the customer. First,
FIG. 3 is a top screen displayed when ordering a multi-piece board from the board manufacturer 2. Here, it is determined whether or not there is user registration, that is, whether or not the customer has been authenticated as the customer. If there is a user registration, click the "registered user" button with the mouse. If there is no user registration, click the "New User" button. When the "registered user" button is clicked, the password input screen (Fig. 4) is displayed. When the "new user" button is clicked,
A user registration screen (FIG. 11) is displayed. Note that the selection method may be to click a mouse or to press a button if the PC has a touch panel function. If you place an order from a foreign country,
Click the place where the text "sh page" is displayed with an underline. As a result, the display screens shown in FIGS. 3 to 15 described below are displayed in English, and can be used by a personal computer that cannot display Japanese or a user who does not understand Japanese.

Next, the display screen after clicking the "registered user" button in FIG. 3 will be described. First, the user is requested to enter a user ID and password to confirm the identity of the user. FIG. 4 is a screen for inputting a user ID and a password. In this screen, the display on the later-described stock status display screen is displayed by the frame part name (FIG. 5).
Alternatively, a selection is made as to whether to display by product name (FIG. 9). After inputting the user ID and password and selecting the display of the stock status display screen, the user clicks on the portion where the word “forward” is displayed with an underline. The user ID and password that have been input are transmitted to the PC terminal 5 at the point in time when the character “Go” is clicked. Then, the PC terminal 5, which has received the data, compares the data with the information in its own database. If it is a registered user ID and password, the customer's PC terminal 4
Next, the customer's stock status display screen (Fig. 5 or Fig. 9)
Is displayed. If the result of the comparison is that the user ID and password have not been registered, the user I
D and a password are required (FIG. 4).

Next, the stock status display screen will be described. FIG. 5 is a stock status display screen when "select by frame" is selected on the screen of FIG. On the stock status display screen, the frame names registered in advance for the user are listed. Then, for each frame name, the number of orders received and not yet delivered (our in-process), the number of stocks at the assembly maker 1 (delivery not yet returned), and the number of stocks at the board manufacturer 2 (the number of empty frames) are displayed. . As a result, the assembly maker 1 can grasp the stock status of the frame at the board maker, and can refer to it when ordering. For example, when a new order is placed, an order can be received immediately if the number is within the range of the number of empty frames. On the other hand, if the number of empty frames is exceeded, some measure is required. In addition, if there is a delivered unreturned one, an empty frame can be secured by returning it.

Further, by double-clicking a portion where the frame name is displayed with an underline, a detailed screen (FIG. 6) of the frame name is displayed. On this screen, product names in which the selected frame name “frame #” is used are listed. Then, the same items as in FIG. 5, the number of ordered and undelivered products (our in-process), the number of inventories on the assembly maker 1 side (delivered and unreturned), and the number of inventories on the board manufacturer 2 side (number of empty frames) Display for each product name. As a result, the assembly maker 1 can grasp the ordering status of the frame for each product, and can perform a more detailed study.

Next, on the frame detail screen (FIG. 6), double-clicking the part where the product name is displayed with an underline displays the estimation screen (FIG. 7). On this screen, based on the frame name and product name,
Display the delivery date and price. The price depends on the delivery date, and the shorter the delivery date, the higher the price. On this screen, the stock manager of the assembly maker 1 inputs the required quantity for ordering. When you have made the necessary entries, click on the place where the word "Order" is displayed with an underline. When an additional frame is to be produced, the user clicks on the part where the character of "this frame property" is displayed with an underline to display a frame property screen and place an order for additional frames. Thus, the work for ordering is completed.

In this embodiment, there are three possible measures to be taken when the number of empty frames is insufficient. The first measure is to return unreturned frames. The number of unreturned frames can be confirmed on the above-described stock status display screen (FIGS. 5 and 9). For example, among the delivered and unreturned pieces shown in FIG. 5, the number of pieces that can be returned is a frame using all the pieces. The second measure is to use a substitute for the frame. In this case, a list of other frames on which the selected product can be mounted is displayed, and another frame is selected from the list. FIG. 8 is a screen displaying a list of frames that can be provided at present. On this screen, a list of frames that can be used as substitutes is displayed. There are two types of frames displayed here: a frame commonly used for all customers and a frame exclusively used for the customers. The assembling maker 1 can examine the size, shape, number of pieces, material, and thickness of the displayed frame, and select a substitute frame.
At this time, if you double-click the part where the frame name is displayed with an underline, it will move to the detailed specification screen. On the screen, it is possible to perform an operation such as whether to use the selected frame as it is or to use it after modifying it. If the frame has been modified, the frame after the modification can be newly registered. In addition, by clicking on a portion where the text "create new" is displayed with an underline, the screen can be shifted to a screen for creating and registering a completely new frame. The term “new registration” here refers to requesting a provider to create a new frame. The third measure is to order additional production of the frame. The ordering method can be performed on the frame property screen as described above.

Next, returning to FIG. 4, the inventory status display screen (FIG. 9) when "select by product" is selected will be described. The difference from the stock status display screen when “select by frame” is selected (FIG. 5) is that the product names registered for the user in advance are listed. Then, for each product name, the number of orders received and not yet delivered (our work in process), the number of stocks on the assembly maker 1 side (not delivered and not returned), and the number of stocks on the board manufacturer 2 side (the number of empty frames) are displayed. However, it is the same as FIG. As a result, the assembly maker 1 can grasp the stock status of each product of the board maker and can refer to it when ordering. Further, by double-clicking a portion where the character "From frame name" is displayed with an underline, the screen can be switched to a stock status display screen (FIG. 5) for each frame name. Conversely, it is also possible to switch to FIG. 9 by double-clicking the place where the character “from product name” in FIG. 5 is displayed with an underline.

Further, by double-clicking the product name, a detailed screen (FIG. 10) of the product name is displayed.
On this screen, the frame names used by the selected product name “pro #” are listed. The same items as in FIG. 9, the number of orders received and not yet delivered (our work in progress), the number of stocks on the assembly maker 1 side (not delivered and not yet returned), and the number of stocks on the board manufacturer 2 side (the number of empty frames) are shown in FIG. Display for each product name.
As a result, the assembly maker 1 can grasp the ordering status of the frame for each product, and can perform a more detailed study. Further, when the frame name is double-clicked, an estimation screen (FIG. 7) is displayed. Hereinafter, an order can be made according to FIG.

Next, returning to FIG. 3, the display screen (FIG. 11) after the "new user" button is clicked will be described. FIG. 11 shows a screen for inputting information necessary for user registration. Information required for user registration is
Information essential for online trading, such as company name, department name, location, person in charge, and trading account. When all the information has been entered, click on the part where the word "Forward" is displayed with an underline. As a result, all operations for user registration are completed, and the input information is transmitted to the PC terminal 5 of the provider. When the work is completed, the confirmation screen of FIG. 12 is displayed on the PC terminal 4 of the customer.

Upon receiving the information, the provider that has received the information registers new user information in its own database. When the registration work is completed, a notice to that effect and user I
Notify D and password in writing. Thus, at the time of next access, it is possible to place an order for a board with the registered user ID and password.

Next, the order management on the substrate manufacturer will be described. The screen described below is provided by the provider P
This is displayed on the C terminal 5. First, a frame product order and manufacturing status list screen (FIGS. 13, 14, and 15) for confirming the entire order status is displayed. This screen includes items for displaying a user ID, a product name, a frame name, the number of processes, the delivery date, the number of uncollected frames, the number of empty frames, and the progress for each lot ID (identifier attached to each order). I have. The display order is determined based on the registration number of the lot ID. However, it is possible to perform the rearrangement by clicking a place where the character of each item is displayed with an underline. As a result, the display order can be changed in the order of the items of interest of the administrator, and the order receiving status can be easily grasped. Further, by clicking on a portion where the character of each lot ID is displayed with an underline, a command screen of the lot can be displayed. The command screen referred to here is a screen having a mail function for notifying the ordering party or the manufacturing site of progress or the like.

As described in detail above, in the electronic transaction system for selling multi-piece substrates according to the present embodiment,
By using the public line 3, a combination of a frame part and a piece part that can be provided to the customer is displayed on the display screen of the PC terminal 4 of the customer. Then, the assembly maker 1 as the customer places an order for the multi-piece board of the displayed combination, and the board maker 2 as the provider issues the multi-piece board of the combination according to the order from the customer. I will provide it first. As a result, the provider only needs to have inventory for each of the frame portion and the piece portion, and need not have inventory for the entire multi-piece board.

Further, by displaying the number of empty frames, it is possible to indicate to the customer the range in which an order can be easily received. Here, an opportunity is provided to instruct that the frame part that can be provided to the customer should be additionally manufactured. Therefore, if the number of empty frames is insufficient, the shortage can be compensated. In addition, a list of substitutes for the frame portion is displayed at the customer. As a result, it is possible to urge the customer to take measures for early delivery. In addition, the number of uncollected frames provided to the customer is displayed on the display screen of the customer. If the empty number is insufficient, the empty number increases if the uncollected frame portion on the customer side is collected at the provider. As a result, it is possible to urge the customer to take measures that enable early collection.

The present embodiment is merely an example, and does not limit the present invention. Therefore, naturally, the present invention can be variously modified and modified without departing from the gist thereof. For example, instead of holding the screen data to be displayed on the customer's PC terminal 4 on the provider's PC terminal 5, it is also possible to install the application on the customer's PC terminal 4 and receive an order through the application. . Also, unauthorized access can be prohibited by a known security technique such as a firewall.

[0030]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the present invention, the raw materials can be used efficiently, the overall strength can be set irrespective of the thickness of the piece portion, and it can meet various demands with a minimum production variation. A method of providing a responsive multi-piece substrate can be provided.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a parts ordering system according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of a multi-piece substrate.

FIG. 3 is a top screen of a multi-piece board order application.

FIG. 4 is a user ID and password input screen.

FIG. 5 is a stock status display (when a frame is selected) screen.

FIG. 6 is a detailed information display screen for each frame name.

FIG. 7 is a price and estimate display screen.

FIG. 8 is a list display screen of frames that can be provided at present.

FIG. 9 is a stock status display (when a product name is selected) screen.

FIG. 10 is a detailed information display screen for each product name.

FIG. 11 is a new user registration input screen.

FIG. 12 is a new user registration confirmation screen.

FIG. 13 is a frame product order and manufacturing status list display (user ID and the like) screen.

FIG. 14 is a frame product order and manufacturing status list display (delivery date, etc.) screen.

FIG. 15 is a frame product order and manufacturing status list display (number of empty frames, etc.) screen.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Assembly Maker 2 Board Maker 3 Public Line 4 PC Terminal 5 PC Terminal 6 Frame 7 Piece

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Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A method for providing a multi-piece substrate having a plurality of piece parts and a frame part holding the same, presenting a frame part and a piece part which can be provided and a combination thereof to a providing destination, Providing a multi-piece substrate having a combination of a frame portion and a piece portion determined by an order from a multi-piece substrate to a providing destination thereof. 2. A method of providing a multi-piece substrate according to claim 1, wherein a combination of a frame portion and a piece portion that can be provided to the destination is displayed on a display screen of the destination, and the displayed combination is displayed. A method for providing a multi-piece board, wherein an opportunity to order a multi-piece board is given to the provider, and the multi-piece board of the combination is provided to the provider according to the order from the provider. 3. The method for providing a multi-piece substrate according to claim 2, wherein the number of empty frame portions that can be provided to the destination is also displayed on the display screen of the destination.
A method for providing a multi-piece board, wherein an opportunity to order a multi-piece board is given to the provider. 4. A method for providing a multi-piece substrate according to claim 3, wherein the opportunity to give an instruction to additionally manufacture a frame portion that can be provided to the destination is provided to the destination. Characteristic multi-piece substrate providing method. 5. The method according to claim 1, wherein:
In the method for providing a multi-piece substrate described in (1), the remaining frame portion obtained by removing the piece portion from the multi-piece substrate at the providing destination is collected at the providing source, and the collected frame portion is reused and supplied to the providing destination. A method for providing a multi-piece substrate, which is provided for manufacturing a new multi-piece substrate. 6. The method for providing a multi-piece substrate according to claim 5, wherein when the presentable frame portion and the piece portion and a combination thereof are presented to the provider, they are provided to the provider and are not collected. A method for providing a multi-piece board, wherein the number of frame parts is displayed on a display screen of the providing destination. 7. A method for providing a multi-piece substrate having a plurality of piece portions and a frame portion for holding the same, wherein a frame portion which is the remaining portion obtained by removing the piece portions from the multi-piece substrate at a providing destination is provided to a providing source. A method for providing a multi-piece substrate, wherein the collected frame portion is reused and used for manufacturing a new multi-piece substrate to be supplied to a destination.