JP2003015720A - Process control device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a process control device capable of providing visual data or documents for executing process control without omission to a user, and accurately and surely making the manufacturing plan of a product or confirming the progressing situation of a manufacturing process without requiring any huge manual labor or hardly achievable skill. SOLUTION: At least either a diagram indicating the temporal order relation of each component necessary for manufacturing a product the inclusive relation of each component or a list indicating a process necessary for each component or both of them are displayed by a display device 101 or printed-out or outputted as signal data by a printing-out device 102 of an output device system 100. Thus, it is possible to provide pictures or documents or data for executing process control without omission to a user.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a process control device for controlling the manufacturing process of products.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, with the diversification of product models,
High-mix low-volume production of industrial products, single-item production, and order-made production are in progress. In such a high-mix low-volume production, different from the so-called mass production, which requires that the production line be set up once and run at full load on a routine basis, the production process is different for each product. However, it is not easy to change the optimized lines for each individual product. Further, in general, the types of intermediate products and parts constituting each product, the assembly structure, and the manufacturing process are often different for each product.

For this reason, for example, in a business office that often manufactures one-to-one products on order, a fixed (or, to some extent, variable according to the product) manufacturing line in consideration of flexibility of work contents or general purpose is provided. The reality is that the line must be prepared and operated flexibly to support high-mix low-volume production.

For manufacturers who often carry out such small-lot production of a wide variety of products, it is necessary to confirm the progress of production of each product, procure materials, and manage the actual products in progress without fail. Has become extremely important.

Conventionally, in order to confirm the progress of each product of various types and manage the actual product, individual intermediate products and parts constituting the product or individual manufacturing processes are listed by hand. As a result, a so-called parts composition table or manufacturing process table was created, and required man-hours, starting schedules, delivery dates, etc. for individual intermediate products and parts, and manufacturing processes were entered therein.

[0006] Then, based on the parts composition table and the manufacturing process table, the manufacturing plan and the progress status are confirmed and reported at each site of the manufacturing line. Also, the man-hours and delivery time were managed, and the manufacturing planning department performed time / cost management evaluation.

[0007]

However, in the management based on the conventional parts composition table and manufacturing process table prepared by handwriting or the like as described above, the variety of products and the manufacturing required for each of them are required. Due to the variety of process combinations, it is not possible to completely list up information on products to be managed and intermediate products and parts for manufacturing them, and it is not possible to list them in the parts process list or manufacturing process list. Management omission may occur. When such a management omission occurs, for example, the lack of parts is discovered for the first time in the assembly process, and even though the manufacturing of each part up to that point was successful, the missing parts are completed. During that time, there will be a loss in terms of time / cost management, such as having to wait for work.

Further, since various products and the numbers and types of parts used for them are too diverse, it is necessary to list all products and parts used for them so that the above leakage does not occur. , A great deal of human effort is required. Moreover, in order to achieve such a complete list without omissions, a great deal of experience, skill, and detailed memory are required, but it is not easy to train personnel who can do such things. Absent. Moreover, even if such specialists can be trained, it is difficult to prevent oversight and leakage to a nearly complete state as long as they rely on human labor.

Further, even if a complete list of parts and a manufacturing process table could be created by achieving a complete list of leaks, it would be called "erasing" in the actual manufacturing line to be managed. Unless the information on the work start date and time and the work completion date and time for each individual manufacturing process is properly collected, substantial progress management and actual product management cannot be achieved. However, in the conventional progress management method using the parts process chart or manufacturing process chart, such "erasure" is managed by each manufacturing process in a form such as a copy of the parts process chart or manufacturing process chart. Since the person in charge, etc. manually filled in and reported, there were cases where omissions and errors were likely to occur, and accurate progress management was sometimes impossible.

Further, if there is omission or erroneous writing in the deletion to such a progress management table, accurate collection of work performance information will not be performed, and for example, cause analysis in the case of delivery delay, It becomes impossible to accurately evaluate time / cost management.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object thereof is to make a production plan of a product and confirm the progress of a production process without requiring a great deal of human labor and difficult skill. Another object of the present invention is to provide a process control device that enables accurate and reliable operation.

[0012]

A process control apparatus according to the present invention includes information for individually identifying parts necessary for manufacturing a product and a single or a plurality of processes required for manufacturing each individual part. Storage means for storing information and information on the temporal order relationship required for manufacturing the product by the individual parts or the inclusion relationship in which the individual parts are incorporated, and the storage means for storing the information. Based on the information read from the storage unit and the reading unit that reads out the information about the components necessary for manufacturing the product from the stored information, the temporal order relation of the individual components or the individual individual relations thereof. Management for producing at least one or both of a diagram showing the inclusion relationship of parts or a list showing necessary steps for the individual parts. And an elephant product information preparing means.

Here, more specifically, the above-mentioned parts are not limited to the parts (parts) to be incorporated or mounted in the product, but in addition, the parts are configured by combining a plurality of parts and incorporated in the final product. Intermediate products,
Alternatively, it also includes a dedicated jig or the like used when manufacturing such parts or intermediate products.

That is, in the process control apparatus according to the present invention,
Information that individually identifies the parts required to manufacture a product, information about one or more processes required to manufacture each individual part, and that individual part that is necessary to manufacture the product. The temporal order relation or the information on the inclusion relation in which the individual parts thereof are incorporated is stored in advance in the storage means in association with each other.
At this time, since the identification information is given so that each individual component can be individually identified, even when the component used in one product can be diverted to another product, the identification information By searching for information on a part, the information necessary for process control when manufacturing a product, such as the process required for that part and the temporal order relationship or inclusion relationship with other parts, is automatically read without omission. Be done. Needless to say, in the case of remanufacturing the same type of product, it is sufficient to directly read the information of the parts and the process related to the product stored in the past.

The information read out in this manner is output by the output means and is a diagram showing a temporal order relation of individual parts or an inclusion relation of the individual parts or a list showing necessary steps for the individual parts. At least one or both of them are output as a display output, a print output, or a signal as data to provide a user with visual data and forms for performing leak-free process control.

At least one of the storage means, the reading means, or the managed object information producing means and the output means may be a wired communication means such as the Internet or an intranet, or a wireless communication means. The process management information may be output at different locations within one manufacturing establishment or between manufacturing establishments located geographically apart from each other.

Another process control apparatus according to the present invention is
Information for individually identifying the parts required for manufacturing the product, information for one or more processes required for manufacturing the individual parts, and the individual parts are necessary for manufacturing the product. Information on the temporal order relation or the inclusion relation in which its individual parts are incorporated,
Based on the storage unit that stores the information in association with each other, the reading unit that reads information about the parts necessary for manufacturing the product from the information stored in the storage unit, and the information that is read from the storage unit. , A list of required man-hours that lists the processes required to manufacture each of the individual parts, and can set at least one or both of the required man-hours for each process and the delivery date And a manufacturing means.

That is, in this process control device, the required man-hour list creating means lists up the processes required for the production of individual parts, and sets at least one of the required man-hours and delivery date for each process. Alternatively, a required man-hour list in which both can be input is created. Furthermore, the required man-hour list is output by display, printed out, or output as data by the output means to set the required man-hours for each process required for manufacturing individual parts used in manufacturing a certain product. Alternatively, the delivery date information is provided to the user as visual data or forms for performing process control without omission.

Also in this case, at least one of the storage unit, the reading unit, and the required man-hour list creating unit and the output unit are connected via the wired communication unit or the wireless communication unit. It is also effective to do so.

Still another process control apparatus according to the present invention is information for individually identifying parts required for manufacturing a product and information for a single or a plurality of processes required for manufacturing the individual parts. And a storage unit that stores the time-sequential relationship required for manufacturing the product or the information on the inclusion relationship in which the individual parts are incorporated in association with each other, and stored in the storage unit. Based on the information read out from the information read out from the storage unit and the information read out from the storage unit necessary for manufacturing the product, the steps necessary for manufacturing the individual components are listed up. Then
Of the work start schedule or work start record or work completion plan or work completion record or delivery date for each process,
And a process control information list creating means for creating a process control information list capable of inputting at least any one type or all types.

That is, in this process control device, the processes required for the production of individual parts are automatically listed without omission, and the work start schedule, work start record, work completion plan, and work completion for each process are completed. Create a process management information list that allows users to input information such as actual results and delivery dates. Then, the process control information list is output by the output means for display output, print output, or signal output as data, so that the user is provided with visual data and forms for managing the progress of the process without omission. .

Still another process control apparatus according to the present invention is
In addition to the above-described process control device, a reading unit that reads information input to the process control information list regarding a component including the same type of process from the information about the component stored in the storage unit, and Based on the information read from the storage means, individual parts including the same type of process are listed, and the work start schedule or work start record or work completion plan or work completion of the process for each part is listed. It is provided with a deletion information list creating means for creating an deletion information list for at least one or all of the actual results or the delivery date.

That is, in this process control device, unlike the above-mentioned viewpoint of managing the progress status of the process for each product without omission, the progress status of each process of the same type is managed without omission. From the viewpoint of doing so, an erase information list used for the management is created. For example, a manufacturing process for one component generally includes a series of a plurality of processes such as a drilling process, a cutting process, a polishing process, an assembly process, and an inspection process. Each of such individual steps is performed individually for each dedicated step, for example, the drilling step is performed by a drilling dedicated line, and the cutting step is performed by a laser cutting dedicated line. It is common. Therefore, in order to perform process management, evaluation, and performance totalization for each such dedicated line in the field, it is necessary to manage from the viewpoint of each process, and from this meaning, this process management device is effective. Become.

By further providing an input means for inputting at least one or both of the work start record and the work completion record to the erase information list, the work start record and the work completion record are stored as data. It is possible to reliably input and record.

Further, the erase information list creating means and the input means are connected to each other via a wire communication means or a wireless communication means, so that the work start record and work from a remote place can be achieved. It is possible to enter information on the completion record.

Still another process control apparatus according to the present invention is information for individually identifying parts required for manufacturing a product and information for a single or a plurality of processes required for manufacturing each individual part. And a storage unit that stores the time-sequential relationship required for manufacturing the product or the information on the inclusion relationship in which the individual parts are incorporated in association with each other, and stored in the storage unit. Based on the information read from the storage means and the reading means for reading the information about the parts necessary for manufacturing the product from the stored information, the temporal order relation of the individual parts or the individual parts thereof. A control for producing at least one or both of a diagram showing the inclusion relationship of the above or a list showing the necessary steps for the individual parts. Based on the elephant information creating means and the information read from the storage means, a list of individual parts including the same type of process is listed, and a work start or work start of the process for each part is listed. Actual or scheduled work completion or completed work or delivery date,
An erase information list creating means for producing an erase information list relating to at least any one type or all types, and at least one or both of a work start record and a work completion record are input to the erase information list. Based on the input means and the information input to the erased information list, the progress of each individual step is shown in a list showing the necessary steps for the individual parts produced by the management target object information producing means. A progress confirmation screen information generating means for generating screen information represented in combination is provided.

That is, in this process control device, information on inclusion relations regarding parts necessary for manufacturing a certain product is displayed as, for example, a tree diagram, and the manufacturing process necessary for manufacturing individual parts displayed on the tree diagram. Of the list of manufacturing processes displayed, and up to which process has been started or completed, or which process has not been started or completed Is combined with or combined with the display of the tree or list to generate a screen that can be displayed. Then, display output or print output is performed based on the generated screen information. As a result, a systematic list of parts necessary for manufacturing a certain product and the manufacturing progress status of the parts are displayed on one screen at a glance.

Still another process control apparatus according to the present invention is information for individually identifying parts required for manufacturing one or a plurality of products, and one or more pieces required for manufacturing the individual parts. Process information,
Storage means for storing, in association with each other, information on the temporal order relationship required for manufacturing the product or the inclusion relationship in which the individual parts are incorporated, and the information stored in the storage means From the read means for reading information about the parts necessary for manufacturing the product, and the temporal order relation of the individual parts or inclusion of the individual parts based on the information read from the storage means. Based on the information read out from the management target object information producing means for producing at least one or both of the diagram showing the relationship or the list showing the necessary steps for the individual parts, and the information read from the storage means. hand,
A list of individual parts including the same type of process, and at least one of the planned work start, the work start record, the work completion plan, the work completion record, or the delivery date of the process for each part. Or an input means for inputting at least one or both of the work start record and the work completion record in the deletion information list, and the product And a work result totaling means for totaling the actual man-hours required for each of the individual processes based on the information input to the erase information list.

That is, in this process control device, the actual work man-hours required for each of the individual processes are automatically calculated by the work performance totaling means based on the work start performance and the work completion performance information entered in the erase information list. To total. As a result, it is possible to automatically and completely record and aggregate the work results, which are extremely complicated by the conventional manual work, and in which the record omission and the tally omission often occur. Then, the totalized result can be output to the display, the printout, or the signal as data by the output means.

It is also effective that the work record totaling means and the output means are connected via a wire communication means or a wireless communication means.

Further, in all the process control devices according to the present invention as described above, the information stored in the storage means may be obtained from the design data regarding the product. By doing so, it becomes possible to automatically collect all kinds of (required) parts used for the product and information about individual steps required for manufacturing the individual parts without omission. .

[0032]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a schematic configuration of a process control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. This process management apparatus includes a management target object information storage unit 10, a process management information storage unit 11, a work record total information storage unit 12, a management target object information reading unit 20, a management target object information preparation unit 30, Required man-hour list preparation unit 40, process management information list preparation unit 50, erase information list preparation unit 60, progress confirmation screen information generation unit 70, work result totaling unit 80, and input device 90.
And the output device system 100 constitute a main part thereof. Among these, the management target object information creating unit 30, more specifically, the management target object information analyzing unit 31, the process type block information defining unit 32, and the process type block information storage unit 3.
3 and 3. The output device system 100 is more specifically a display device 101 using a display device such as a CRT (cathode ray tube) or LCD (liquid crystal display device).
And a print output device 102 such as a laser printer. Alternatively, the output device system 100
Although not shown in the figure, for example, data transmission output (or further reception input) to the outside via a predetermined communication network such as a terminal device in Internet communication.
It is also possible to provide a device capable of performing the above.

The managed object information storage unit 10 is shown in FIG.
In order to manage individual manufacturing processes for a certain product (a) and the intermediate products (b) and parts (c) and parts (d) used for it, as shown in Managed object IDs for individually identifying managed objects, and the temporal order relationship in which these individual managed objects are used (required) by being incorporated in or attached to products in a series of manufacturing processes (The relationship between timings) or the number of built-in hierarchies that expresses the inclusion relationship that parts are included / included as parts.
A parent management target object ID that represents a parent component that is used by incorporating or mounting the component, a unique name of each individual product, intermediate product, component, or the like, and an individual product or intermediate product or component The process type block name given to each information (list) of the combination of each process necessary for manufacturing and the information on the number of members required for the manufacturing process of each individual product, intermediate product or part are associated with each other. , Matrix data, for example.

For example, in the example shown in FIG. 2, the product (a) is manufactured by incorporating the intermediate product (b) into the casing (body) not shown, but this is the final product. Therefore, the number of built-in hierarchies is "1", and since there is no parent management target in which this product (a) is incorporated, there is no parent management target ID. It is desirable that a symbol such as "-" or "φ" is automatically entered or displayed in advance in such an information column that is clearly an empty set. This product (a) has an assembly step of incorporating the intermediate product (b) in the housing when it is completed (manufactured), and an inspection step of inspecting the function as a product after the assembly is completed before shipping. Is required, the process type block name corresponding to such a combination of processes is "B".
(1) ”is added. Further, 1 is given as the number of members required for this manufacturing process. Here, the definition of each process corresponding to each process type block name is as shown in FIG. 4, for example. In this example, the B series (B (n), n =
1, 2, 3 ...) are different from each other in the detailed breakdown of the required man-hours for each management object as shown in FIG. 5, but as shown in FIG. And "inspection step" as "step 2". The information of the definition of each process corresponding to each process type block name is input by the user from the input device 9 for example.
0 is input to the process type block definition unit 32,
It is stored as data in the process type block information storage unit 33.

Since the intermediate product (b) is assembled by combining the part (c) and the part (d) and incorporated into the product (b), the assembling hierarchy of the intermediate product (b). The number is "2" following the product (a)
Is. Therefore, the parent management target object ID of this intermediate product (b) is also "1" of the product (a). Then, the process type block name given to this intermediate product (b) is
It is “B (2)”. An "assembling process" and an "inspection process" are defined as processes required for manufacturing the intermediate product (b). "1" is given as the number of members required for the manufacturing process of the intermediate product (b).

Since the part (c) and the part (d) are used by being incorporated in the intermediate product (b) as described above, the number of built-in layers is both "3". Further, both of the parent management target object IDs are “2” of the intermediate product (b). The process type block names of the part (c) and the part (d) are “A (1)” and “A (2)”, respectively. The definition of the process type block name of the A series is as shown in FIG. 4, for example, and in each case, the process 1 is a "drilling" process, the process 2 is a "cutting" process, and the process 3 is ""Polishing" step. "1" is given to each of the parts (C) and (D) as the number of members required for each manufacturing process.

The managed object information as shown in FIG. 2 is read from the managed object information storage section 10 by the managed object information reading section 20. Further, information on each process defined for each process type block name as shown in FIG. 4 is stored in the process type block information storage unit 33, which is managed by the management target object information analysis unit 31. In combination with the information, the tree diagram data that represents the temporal order or the inclusion relationship of each part or intermediate product or the product based on the number of built-in layers of the product is created, and the process type block name is assigned to each part or intermediate product. And the product. Then, based on the information, for example, an image as shown in FIG. 3 is displayed on the display screen of the display device 101. Alternatively, the image is printed on paper by the print output device 102 and output (print output).

The information on the definition (breakdown of the process) of the process type block name stored in the process type block information storage unit 33 is, for example, when the user inputs the rewriting content and the rewriting command via the input device 90. Based on this, the process type block information defining unit 32 can also execute rewriting.

In the present embodiment, in order to simplify the explanation, only the intermediate product (b) is required to manufacture the product (b), and the intermediate product (b) is further required.
Although only the parts (c) and the parts (d) are required to manufacture a product, in practice, in order to manufacture one product, a larger number of intermediate products and parts are required. Needless to say, is generally used.

The required man-hour list preparation unit 40 prepares data of the required man-hour list from the analysis result of the management target object information obtained by the management target object information preparation unit 30 and the process type block information. Then, based on the data, for example, the required man-hour list as shown in FIG. 5 is displayed and output by the display device 101 or the print output device 102.
To print out. In this list of required man-hours, "-" is written in advance in the column of unnecessary process for each part or intermediate product, so that erroneous entry can be prevented. And the process columns that need to be filled in are blank as initial values, and in each of the blanks,
The required man-hours (work required time) expected to be required in each process can be written. Furthermore, a delivery date entry field is also provided, and it is possible to set (input) the delivery date for each part or intermediate product. The operation of writing the required man-hour information (numerical data of the required time) into the required man-hour list creating unit 40 is set so that the user can perform it, for example, using the input device 90. Alternatively, for example, based on past data, the required man-hour list creation unit 40 may automatically calculate an estimated value of the required man-hour (required time) of each process, a planned delivery date, and the like.

The process control information list preparation unit 50 receives the analysis result of the control target object information obtained as described above, the process type block information, and the required man-hour information (in other words, FIG.
Based on the information shown in FIG. 3, FIG. 4, and FIG. 5, the process management information list data is created, and is used as a process management information list as shown in FIG. Display output is performed by the display device 101, print output is performed by the print output device 102, or data is output by a data output device or a communication terminal device (not shown).

In the example shown in FIG. 6, the user sets and inputs the delivery date of the product (a) in the highest built-in hierarchy of the manufacturing process to "28 days", and from this delivery date the set of individual processes is set. Based on the number of built-in floors and the required number of man-hours (hours and days), it is calculated backwards in order excluding holidays on the calendar, and the schedule of process management from the delivery date to the forward schedule is shown by arrows in FIG. As described above, it is automatically developed (produced). Note that the line drawing (writing) of the arrow indicating the process management schedule is not only automatically created by the process management information list creation unit 50, but also the required man-hour display output and print output as shown in FIG. Needless to say, the user may manually input partial corrections or additions while referring to. Alternatively, the user may manually input the work of drawing the arrow indicating the process management schedule as a whole. In that case,
The line drawing of the arrow indicating the schedule will be drawn by human labor, which may increase the time and effort of the person in charge of the manufacturing process management, and the possibility that human error will be mixed in. Automatically lists all the processes of the products to be managed and the various parts and intermediate products used for them, and shows them to the user at a glance as a process management information list together with the final delivery date. Therefore, it is not necessary for the user to carry out tasks such as listing all processes that are cumbersome and easy to cause careless mistakes, and decide the optimal process management schedule for each individual process and draw the line. It is only necessary for the user to perform operations centered on decision work. Therefore, as an advantage of creating a schedule by handwriting like this, for example, it is possible to formulate a schedule with a margin for each process, or conversely, temporarily reduce the time from the point of adjusting delivery time. It is possible to adjust the schedule more flexibly and flexibly by the user's personal judgment work, such as setting a rush schedule that is substantially shorter than the automatic schedule creation for possible processes. It means that

Alternatively, by setting the following conditions, it is possible to more flexibly or finely set the schedule even when the process control schedule is automatically created. That is, not only the delivery date of the final product in the condition example 1 management target product is designated, but also the delivery date is specified for other intermediate products and parts. Condition example 2 For example, the delivery time of the part (C) hole drilling process is 20
By the day, etc., the delivery date for each process required for manufacturing individual intermediate products and parts will be specified more finely. Condition example 3 Designate a scheduled start date for each intermediate product or part, and create a schedule from that point as the starting point toward the delivery date and backward schedule. Condition Example 4 For example, like a part (c) and a part (d) that require the same process, priority is given to the managed objects having the same process hierarchy (temporal order or inclusion relationship). To instruct sequential processing, or to instruct parallel processing in the same order.

When the process control information list is created in this way and the schedule is further established in the list, the data is as shown schematically in FIG. 7A, for example. It is stored in the process control information storage unit 11 as a table (or data matrix) of various process control information. At the stage when the data related to the scheduled schedule is created, as shown in the almost right half column of the table of FIG. 7A, the data regarding the actual work start date and time and the work completion date and time are blank (unwritten. Included)
When the user erases data as described below, the work start date and time and the work completion date and time are written in the corresponding blanks, for example, as schematically shown in FIG. 7B. Retained.

The data entered and held in the "state X", "state Y", ... "State Z" columns in the table of FIG. 7 are " The data indicating “not yet started” is stored, and the data indicating “not completed” is stored if the work has been started but not completed, and the data indicating “completed” is stored if the work has been started and completed. Data is retained. In addition, in the individual “actual man-hours” column, the difference between the data of the date and time when the work is started and the data of the date and time when the work is actually input is calculated. The date and time data obtained as described above are set to be automatically written and held. These data processing and the like are executed by the process management information list creation unit 50.

The information data shown in FIGS. 1 to 7 and the display output or print output thereof are all the intermediate products or parts used in the manufacturing process of a certain product. The information is searched by a section (in other words, a viewpoint or a method) of listing each item separately, and information such as a process control information list is output based on the searched data. But,
In the erased information list preparation unit 60, from the viewpoint different from that, the management target object information storage unit 10, the management target object information reading unit 20, the management target object information preparation unit 30, the required man-hour list preparation unit 40, the process The data collected and collected by the management information list creation unit 50 or the like is searched according to the classification of the process, not the classification of necessary parts for each product, and the deletion information input list as shown in FIG. The display screen of the display device 101 and the print output device 102
Create the data to be printed out.

In the example shown in FIG. 8, when the user operates, for example, the input device 90 to input a command to perform a search for the process of performing the work "cut" and presses the search button, the manufacturing site The same type of manufacturing process that is performed in the manufacturing process of all the "inspection equipment for XX" manufactured here, the information about the "cutting" process is searched, and the name of each part where the individual cutting process is performed When,
Information such as “state”, “scheduled start”, “planned completion”, “start date”, “completion date”, etc. is associated in real time as a list (in other words, a table), which is the display device 101 or prints. It is output by the output device 102. More specifically, in the deletion information input list in the state shown in FIG. 8, "cut" is specified as the process name to be searched, and the scheduled completion date is "March 21, 2001-
An example of a result obtained by designating "March 22, 2001" and extracting only those in the "incomplete" state at the present time (in real time) is shown.

In this way, the erased information list preparation section 60
The user can check the state (progress) regarding the cutting process of the desired managed object from the erase information input list as shown in FIG. 8 created and output by. Furthermore, when, for example, the cutting process of the part (d) among the listed management target objects is completed, the user changes the display of the status of the part (d) from "not completed" to "completed". When the user inputs an instruction to specify the change from the input device 90 and presses the “erasing button”, the information that the process for the part (d) is completed is input, and The data is stored in the process control information storage unit 11. The data input at this time is created by the process management information list creation unit 50 as described above, from the list or matrix of process management information as schematically shown in FIG. 7A. At this stage, the data is written in the corresponding part of the blank column as the initial value, and is stored as data having the content shown in FIG. 7B, for example.

The erase information input list as shown in FIG. 8 is displayed and output on the screen of a personal computer (personal computer), for example. More specifically, in the deletion information input list screen, "unfinished products",
A switch to specify which of "Unstarted" and "Completed" to perform the erase operation is prepared in the lower part of the "Search condition setting" column, and the cutting work is completed. Check whether or not the check box switch (browser) is erased and prepared in the leftmost column of the information input list, and by clicking the check box switch displayed on the screen with the mouse, etc. Such an erasing operation may be performed.
In the case of the example shown in FIG. 8, the box of “Incomplete product” in the column of “Search condition setting” is clicked and changed to a black box. According to this designation input, the column of “Search result” is displayed. The parts that are incomplete at the moment (c)
(H) is read. Then, when the user clicks the check box in the part (d) column for which the process has been completed up to the present among the check boxes provided in the leftmost column of the deletion information input list, that part ( Only the check boxes in column (d) have been changed to black boxes (in other words, the part (d) column has been erased), other components (c),
The boxes (e), (e), (t), and (h) are all left in white boxes.

The progress confirmation screen information generation unit 70 reads out the process control information from the process control information storage unit 11 and also reads the information stored in the control target object information storage unit 10 and the process type block information storage unit 33. As shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 6, the individual processes required for each of the intermediate products and parts are associated with the positioning of the tree structure of the intermediate products and parts necessary for manufacturing the product. At the same time, data is generated for display output or print output or data output of a figure that can clearly show the progress of each individual process. Then, based on the data generated by the progress confirmation screen information generation unit 70, for example, the progress confirmation image as shown in FIG.
The output is displayed on the display screen 01. Alternatively, the printout device 102 prints out. Alternatively, it is possible to output the data of the progress confirmation image to an external information processing device as it is, or to convert it into a predetermined format and send it to the outside via a communication network such as the Internet.

More specifically, in the progress confirmation image illustrated in FIG. 9, as shown in the "Legend", the column of the uninitiated process (the process is in the uninitiated state at present) is shown in white. ,
Coarse halftone dots are shown in the column of incomplete process (the process is currently incomplete), and fine mesh is shown in the column of completed process (the process is currently completed). It is set as shown by adding. According to this legend,
In the above example, for parts (d) whose rank is as low as "3" (thus, closer to the upstream process), all processes of "drilling", "cutting", and "polishing" are shaded. Although all the steps are completed, the "polishing" step is shown with halftone dots for the part (c), which shows that this "polishing" step is incomplete. Further, since the "polishing" step of the component (c) of the upstream (three layers) process is not completed in this way, the downstream (number of layers) manufactured by incorporating this component (c) is It is clear at a glance that the intermediate product (b) (2) has not yet been manufactured. And
From this progress confirmation image, as the progress status of the manufacturing process for this product (a), the “polishing” process for the part (c) is currently in progress, and the completion of the “polishing” process for this part (c) is awaited. It is clear that the next "integration" process and "inspection" process of the intermediate product (b) are underway.

Further, although not shown, for example, when it is displayed that the manufacture of the intermediate product (B) is completed even though the manufacture of the component (C) is not completed, etc. Either assembled the intermediate product (b) without incorporating the part (c), or used a wrong type of part (eg, two parts (d)) different from the part (c) as an intermediate product (b). It turns out that an error in assembling the component, such as the fact that it has been incorporated in, has occurred. Therefore, according to this progress confirmation image, it is possible to check the manufacturing defect or the generation of defective product due to the mistake in incorporating the component. Note that in the example shown in FIG. 9, the distinction of completion, incompletion, or uninitiated work is shown by halftone dots or shading. However, as an expression method for distinguishing the progress state of such a process, For example, when display output or print output of a color image is possible, a column in which the process is completed and a column in which the process is not completed may be colored with different colors.

The work record totaling unit 80 reads out the data having the contents as shown in FIG. 7 stored in the process management information storage unit 11, and uses the data for each product, for each period, and for the type of manufacturing process. Each time, the actual man-hours are searched from various angles, the search results are totaled, data for outputting a work performance total result list as an example shown in FIG. 10 is created, and the list is displayed and output. Or print it out. Then, the data is stored in the work record total information storage unit 12. Alternatively, it is also possible to output the data of the work result totaling result list to the outside.

In the example of FIG. 10, as a search condition setting, for one product called "XX inspection device (for example, semiconductor inspection device)", "drilling" and "drilling" performed for manufacturing it 2001 for the individual steps of "cutting", "polishing", "assembly", and "inspection"
The figure shows a case where the actual man-hours (time [hr]) reported that the work has been completed between March 19 and March 30 are aggregated and output. Such actual man-hours can be calculated, for example, from the process control information shown in FIG.
It can be obtained by searching for and picking up all the actual man-hours of the corresponding process and totaling them. In addition to collecting the actual man-hours for each process for all products as shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 1, it is also possible to display the actual man-hours of each process for one management target object such as a part (c). In this case, if it is displayed together with the originally required man-hours, the user can easily compare both the man-hours required and the actual man-hours in FIG. 11 to evaluate the actual man-hours (actual It becomes possible to easily and accurately perform judgment work such as evaluation of work status and efficiency on the production line) and review of required man-hours.

For example, in the case of the example shown in FIG.
For the "drilling" process, the initially planned man-hours are 4.
Although it is 0 hours, the actual man-hour is 3.0 hours, which shows that the drilling work could be performed in a shorter time than planned. Therefore, in this case, it is possible to obtain an evaluation that the efficiency of the work performance was higher than the prediction and a conclusion that the initially planned required man-hours were overestimated. Further, regarding the “cutting” process, the required man-hours are 4.0 hours, while the actual man-hours are 6.0 hours, so it can be seen that it took longer than planned. Therefore, in this case, it is possible to obtain an evaluation that the efficiency of the work performance was lower than the prediction, or a conclusion that the initially planned required man-hours were overestimated too much and reexamination was required. Also,
Regarding the “polishing” process, the required man-hours were 8.0 hours, but the actual man-hours were 8.0 hours, both of which were in agreement, and the efficiency of the work results was as expected, and It can be concluded that the required man-hours were appropriate.

As described above, the process control apparatus according to the present embodiment can provide the user with visual data and forms for performing the process control without omission. Further, the work start record and the work completion record can be surely input and recorded as data. As a result, it becomes possible to accurately and surely make a product manufacturing plan and confirm the progress of the manufacturing process without requiring a great deal of human labor and difficult skill.

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As described above, according to the first to ninth aspects.
According to the process control apparatus described in any one of (1) to (4), a diagram showing a temporal order relation of individual parts or an inclusion relation of the individual parts necessary for manufacturing a certain product, or a process necessary for each part Since at least one or both of the list showing the above is displayed or printed out or a signal is output as data, the user is provided with visual data and forms for complete process control. Further, it is possible to provide a product production plan and confirm the progress of the production process accurately and surely without requiring a great deal of human labor and difficult skill.

Furthermore, according to the process control apparatus of any one of claims 10 to 21, at least one or both of the work start record and the work completion record are input to the deletion information input list. As a result, it is possible to reliably input and record work start results and work completion results as data, which in turn confirms the manufacturing progress status of products and aggregates the actual man-hours required for each process. It is possible to accurately perform information without leaking information.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 shows a schematic configuration of a process control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of contents of management target object information.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of an image of an analysis result of management target object information that is displayed and output.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of definition contents of each process corresponding to each process type block name.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the contents of a breakdown list of required man-hours for each management object.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a process management information list.

FIG. 7 is a diagram schematically showing an example of data contents of process management information in a table form.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a deletion information input list.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a progress confirmation image.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a work result totaling result list in which work results regarding a predetermined process in one product are totaled.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of a work result totaling result list in which individual work results regarding each process in one management target object are totaled.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 ... Management target object information storage unit, 11 ... Process management information storage unit, 12 ... Work record total information storage unit, 20 ... Management target object information reading unit, 30 ... Management target object information preparation unit, 40 ... Required man-hour list preparation Department, 50 ... Process management information list preparation department,
60 ... Reconciliation information list preparation unit, 70 ... Progress confirmation screen information generation unit, 80 ... Work record totalization unit, 90 ... Input device, 10
0 ... Output device system, 101 ... Display device, 102 ... Print output device

Continued front page    (72) Inventor Keiichiro Yamashita             4-31 Gotanda, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo Doco             Within Mo Systems Co., Ltd. F-term (reference) 3C100 AA23 AA29 AA38 AA65 BB04                       BB12 BB14 BB33 CC02 CC14

Claims (21)

[Claims] 1. Information for individually identifying parts required to manufacture a product, information on one or more steps required for manufacturing the individual parts, and the individual parts for manufacturing the product. Necessary for manufacturing the product from a storage unit that stores the temporal order relation or information about the inclusion relation in which the individual parts are incorporated in association with each other, and the information stored in the storage unit. Based on the information read out from the storage means, and a drawing showing the temporal order relationship of the individual parts or the inclusion relationship of the individual parts or the individual parts. Among the list showing the necessary steps for the parts, at least one or both of them are provided as a managed object information creating means. Process management apparatus. 2. Displaying at least one or both of a diagram showing a temporal order relation of the individual parts or an inclusion relation of the individual parts or a list showing necessary steps for the individual parts. The process control apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an output unit that outputs a signal as output, printout, or data. 3. The output means and at least one of the storage means, the reading means and the managed object information producing means are connected via a wired communication means or a wireless communication means. 3. The method according to claim 2,
The described process control device. 4. Information for individually identifying parts required for manufacturing a product, information on one or more steps required for manufacturing each individual part, and the individual parts for manufacturing the product. Necessary for manufacturing the product from a storage unit that stores the temporal order relation or information about the inclusion relation in which the individual parts are incorporated in association with each other, and the information stored in the storage unit. Based on the information read out from the storage means and the read-out means for reading out information about the parts, and the steps required for manufacturing the individual parts are listed up, and the required man-hours for each step are set. Or a required man-hour list preparation means for preparing a required man-hour list capable of inputting at least one or both of the delivery dates. Process management apparatus. 5. The process control apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising output means for displaying or printing out the required man-hour list or outputting a signal as data. 6. The output means and at least one of the storage means, the reading means, and the required man-hour list creating means are connected via a wired communication means or a wireless communication means. Claim 5 characterized by the above-mentioned.
The described process control device. 7. Information for individually identifying parts required to manufacture a product, information on one or more steps required for manufacturing each individual part, and the individual parts for manufacturing the product. Necessary for manufacturing the product from a storage unit that stores the temporal order relation or information about the inclusion relation in which the individual parts are incorporated in association with each other, and the information stored in the storage unit. Based on the information read out from the storage means and the read-out means for reading out the information about the parts, the steps necessary for manufacturing the individual parts are listed up, and the work start for each of the steps is scheduled or started. Process management information that allows you to enter at least one type or all types of work start record, work completion plan, work completion record, or delivery date. Process management apparatus characterized by comprising a process control information list preparing means for preparing a list. 8. The process control apparatus according to claim 7, further comprising output means for displaying or printing out the process control information list or outputting a signal as data. 9. The output means and at least one of the storage means, the reading means and the process control information list preparation means are connected via a wired communication means or a wireless communication means. The process control device according to claim 8. 10. A reading unit for reading information input to the process management information list regarding a component including the same type of process from information about the component stored in the storage unit, and read from the storage unit. Based on the information provided, the individual parts including the same type of process are listed, and the work start schedule, work start record, work completion plan, work completion record, or delivery date of the process for each part is listed. 10. The process according to any one of claims 7 to 9, further comprising a deletion information list creating means for creating an deletion information list relating to at least any one type or all types. Management device. 11. The process management apparatus according to claim 10, further comprising an input unit for inputting at least one or both of a work start record and a work completion record in the erase information list. . 12. The process management apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the erased information list creating means and the input means are connected via a wired communication means or a wireless communication means. 13. Information for individually identifying parts necessary for manufacturing a product, information on one or more steps required for manufacturing each of the individual parts, and the individual parts for manufacturing the product. Necessary for manufacturing the product from a storage unit that stores the temporal order relation or information about the inclusion relation in which the individual parts are incorporated in association with each other, and the information stored in the storage unit. Based on the information read out from the storage means, and a drawing showing the temporal order relationship of the individual parts or the inclusion relationship of the individual parts or the individual parts. Of the list showing the necessary steps for the parts, at least one or both of the managed object information creating means and the reading from the storage means. Based on the information found, the individual parts including the same type of process are listed, and the work start schedule, work start record, work completion plan, work completion record, or delivery date of the process for each part is listed. Among these, a deletion information list creating means for creating a deletion information list relating to at least one kind or all kinds, and at least one or both of the work start record and the work completion record in the delete information list. Input means for inputting, and based on the information entered in the erased information list,
And a progress confirmation screen information generating means for generating screen information representing a combination of the progress statuses of the individual steps in a list showing the necessary steps for the individual parts produced by the managed object information producing means. A process control device characterized by the above. 14. The process control apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the erased information list creating means and the input means are connected via a wired communication means or a wireless communication means. 15. A containment relationship of at least the individual parts in a diagram showing a temporal order relation of the individual parts or an inclusion relationship of the individual parts or a list showing necessary steps for the individual parts. 15. The process management apparatus according to claim 13 or 14, further comprising output means for outputting a diagram representing the above as a display output or a print output or a signal output as data together with the information on the progress status of each individual process. 16. At least one of the storage unit, the reading unit, the managed object information creating unit, the erased information list creating unit, or the progress confirmation screen information creating unit, and the output unit are wired. The process management apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the process management apparatus is connected via a communication unit or a wireless communication unit. 17. Information for individually identifying parts necessary for manufacturing a product or a plurality of products, information for a single or a plurality of processes respectively required for manufacturing the individual parts, and the individual parts are provided. A storage unit that stores, in association with each other, information on a temporal order relation necessary for manufacturing the product or an inclusion relation in which individual parts thereof are incorporated, and the information stored in the storage unit A reading means for reading out information about parts necessary for manufacturing, and a diagram showing a temporal order relationship of the individual parts or an inclusion relationship of the individual parts based on the information read from the storage means. Or, a managed object information producing means for producing at least one or both of the lists showing necessary steps for the individual parts, and Based on the information read from the storage means, individual parts including the same type of process are listed, and the work start schedule or work start record or work completion plan or work of the process for each of the parts is listed. Of the completion record or the delivery date, an erase information list creating means for creating an erase information list for at least one type or all types, and at least any of the work start record or the work completion record in the erase information list. Input means for inputting one or both of them, and a list of each process required for the product, and based on the information input to the erase information list, the actual man-hours required for each individual process are totaled. A process control device comprising: a work record totaling means. 18. The process management apparatus according to claim 17, wherein the erased information list creating means and the input means are connected via a wired communication means or a wireless communication means. 19. The output means for outputting the output of the work record for each process totaled by the work record totaling means as a display output, a printout, or a signal as data. Alternatively, the process control device according to item 18. 20. At least one of the storage unit, the reading unit, the managed object information creating unit, the erased information list creating unit, or the work result totaling unit, and the output unit are wired communication. 20. The process control apparatus according to claim 19, wherein the process control apparatus is connected via means or wireless communication means. 21. The process control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information stored in the storage means is obtained from design data regarding the product.