JP2003095443A - Concrete shipment management system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a concrete shipment management system capable of performing allotment registration of transportation means for shipment destination of concrete easily when compared with a conventional system. SOLUTION: This concrete shipment management system is employed when shipping concrete to a plurality of shipment destinations using a plurality of concrete transportation means. It is provided with a detection means for detecting a shipment amount in a time interval from shipment start time to current time concerning specific shipment destination, a calculation means for calculating expected shipment end time which is the time when expecting that shipment will end for the specific shipment destination, and a display control means for displaying the expected shipment end time calculated by the calculation means in a display device.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a concrete shipping management system for managing the shipping status of concrete manufactured in a concrete manufacturing facility.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When concrete is shipped from a concrete manufacturing facility to a large number of construction sites (shipping destinations) per day, the following procedure is generally performed. That is, the manager of the concrete manufacturing facility confirms a plurality of construction sites scheduled to be shipped on the day of shipment, and also transports concrete to each construction site based on the shipment start time and the shipment amount for each construction site. Allocation of mixer trucks for (allocating vehicles).

Specifically, the administrator reads out a plurality of shipping schedule information on the day of shipping from a computer that manages a plurality of shipping schedule information, selects any of the shipping schedule information, and selects a mixer truck to be dispatched. After inputting the vehicle number of, and associating the selected shipping schedule information with the vehicle number, press the confirmation button. In this manner, mixer vehicle allocation registration (vehicle allocation registration) has been performed through a plurality of procedures.

[0004]

However, the above-described vehicle allocation registration procedure is time-consuming, and
This was a troublesome task because the administrator had to register the vehicle allocation while keeping track of which vehicle number (mixer vehicle) was assigned to which shipping schedule information (construction site).

In addition, since the number of mixer trucks that can be prepared on the day of shipment is limited in the dispatch schedule of mixer trucks, when the shipment to one construction site is completed, it will be immediately used for shipping to other construction sites. Often set up.

However, the shipment to the construction site may not proceed as planned due to the weather, the road condition to the construction site, the acceptance posture of the construction site, and the like. And 1
Delay of the shipping end time for one construction site may cause delay of shipping for another construction site. Therefore, the manager may change the assignment of mixer trucks to the construction site so that the concrete shipment status to each construction site is grasped and the shipment is performed as scheduled.

[0007] Conventionally, in order to grasp the shipment status, the manager recognizes the vehicle number of the mixer truck that has returned from the construction site and returns, so that the mixer truck leaves the concrete manufacturing facility and then returns. By grasping the time to arrive, the progress of shipping at each construction site was grasped. Then, the manager changed the mixer truck allocation based on this sensuous shipping situation. For this reason, when the number of shipping destinations and the number of mixer trucks are large, it may be a mental burden for the administrator to grasp the shipping status.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and by reducing the burden on the administrator of grasping the shipping status, it is possible to more easily perform the assignment registration of the transportation means to the shipping destination of the concrete as compared with the prior art. It is an object to provide a concrete shipment management system that can be done.

[0009]

The present invention adopts the following configurations in order to solve the above-mentioned problems. That is, the present invention is a concrete shipping management system for shipping concrete to a plurality of shipping destinations by using a plurality of concrete transportation means, and shipping from a shipping start time to a current time for a specific shipping destination. Detecting means for detecting the quantity, calculating means for calculating an expected shipping end time, which is the time when the shipment to the specific shipping destination is expected to end, based on the shipping quantity detected by the detecting means; Display control means for displaying the expected shipping end time calculated by the means on the display device.

According to the present invention, the expected shipping end time of a specific shipping destination is displayed on the display device, so that the administrator can easily grasp the shipping status of the specific shipping destination and change the dispatching registration easily. It becomes possible to do it.

The number of specific shipping destinations may be one, plural, or all shipping destinations. The detection means, the calculation means, and the display control means are, for example, a CPU or an MP.
It can be configured by a processor device such as U or an electronic circuit such as LSI or ASIC.

The calculating means calculates, for example, the shipping amount per unit time from the detection result of the detecting means, divides the shipping remaining amount by the shipping amount per unit time, and outputs the shipping remaining amount. Then, the starting point of this time is set to the current time, that is, the estimated shipping end time is calculated by adding the time required to ship the remaining shipping amount to the time from the shipping start time to the current time. It is desirable to configure. However, the calculation means should calculate the total time required for shipping (shipping time) by dividing the actual total shipping amount by the shipping amount per unit time, and set the starting point of the shipping time to the actual shipping start time. May be configured to calculate the expected shipping end time.

Further, according to the present invention, the display control means, in association with each of the shipping destinations, arranges scheduled time zone bars indicating a shipping time zone including the estimated shipping end time along a common time axis. It may be specified by displaying.

According to the present invention thus specified, the administrator can easily grasp the shipping status of each shipping destination by looking at each scheduled time bar. Further, the present invention may be specified by the display control means displaying the scheduled shipping end time at each shipping destination in association with each expected time zone bar.

According to the present invention thus specified, the scheduled shipping end time can be grasped in comparison with the scheduled time zone bar, so that the manager can grasp each shipping situation more accurately. .

The scheduled shipping end time is the shipping end time in the shipping schedule established by the system administrator before the actual shipment is started. The scheduled shipping end time is displayed in the format of the scheduled time zone bar indicating the scheduled shipping start time and the scheduled shipping end time, along with the expected time zone bar, along the common time axis. Is preferred.

Further, according to the present invention, the display control means displays the estimated time zone bar in which the estimated shipment end time does not exceed the estimated shipment end time in the first color, and the estimated shipment end time is the estimated shipment end time. It may be specified by displaying the estimated time zone bar exceeding the above in the second color.

According to the present invention thus specified, the color of the expected time zone bar is displayed in a different color depending on whether or not the scheduled shipping end time is exceeded, so that the shipping status can be grasped more clearly. Become. As the first color and the second color, arbitrary colors can be selected as long as they are different colors.

Further, the present invention may be specified by the display control means displaying the expected time zone bar corresponding to the shipping destination of the finished shipping in the third color. According to the present invention thus specified, it becomes possible for the administrator to glance at and grasp the shipping destination whose shipping has been completed.

[0020]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. [Structure of Concrete Shipping Management System] FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a concrete shipping management system (hereinafter referred to as “management system”) according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, the management system is installed in a concrete manufacturing facility and is used for management of shipping and manufacturing of ready-mixed concrete. The management system generally includes a shipping management PC (personal computer) 10, a manufacturing management PC 20, and a server 30.

The shipment management PC 10 includes a control device (CPU
Etc.), storage devices (ROM, RAM, etc.), input devices (keyboard, mouse, etc.), output devices (monitor, printer, etc.), and writes information to the database 31 for shipping / manufacturing management held by the server 30. / Used for reading.

The actual shipping management PC 10 has a landing post P for controlling the vehicle number reading device 11 and the slip issuing device 12.
C, a processing PC when the mixer truck TM arrives and a landing processing PC that manages the concrete loading waiting status of the mixer truck TM, and a shipment status management PC that manages the shipment status of concrete .

The shipment management PC 10 includes a vehicle number reader 1
1 and the slip issuing device 12 are electrically connected. The shipping management PC controls the vehicle number reading device 11 and the slip issuing device 12. The vehicle number reading device 11 and the slip issuing device 12 are a landing post provided at a predetermined landing position.
(Not shown).

The vehicle number reader 11 detects the identification information of the mixer truck TM. That is, the vehicle number reading device 11 has an antenna, and when the mixer truck TM stops at a predetermined landing position, a radio wave emitted from the information transmission device 13 provided on the driver's side door. To receive. This radio wave contains a vehicle number that is identification information of the mixer truck TM, and this vehicle number is given to the shipping management PC 10.

The slip issuing device 12 has a monitor (display: CRT, LCD, etc.), a slip issuing slot, and a confirmation button (none of which are shown). The slip issuing device 12
When the shipping management PC 10 receives the shipping schedule information from the server 30, the contents of the shipping schedule information are displayed on the monitor. In addition, a shipping slip (delivery note) on which this shipping schedule information is printed is issued.

The monitor is installed at a position where the displayed shipping schedule information can be comfortably viewed by the driver of the mixer truck TM stopped at the landing position while sitting on the seat. Further, the slip issuing port is installed at a position where a driver who has stopped the mixer truck TM at the landing position can receive the shipping slip through the window.

The manufacturing control PC 20 is the shipping control PC 1
It is a personal computer having almost the same configuration as 0, and requests the server 30 to write / read information to / from the database 31 and retrieve it.

The manufacturing control PC 20 includes a first batcher plant BP1 and a second batcher plant BP2.
Is electrically connected to each batcher plant BP
1. Control the production and loading of ready-mixed concrete at BP2. Further, the manufacturing control PC 20 has a BP operation panel for operating each of the batcher plants BP1 and BP2.

Further, a vehicle number reading device 21, a stop position guiding device 22 and a departure signal output device 23 are electrically connected to the production management PC 20 for each batcher plant. , Control these. In the present embodiment, one production management PC 20 is configured to control each batcher plant BP1 and BP2, but the production management PC 2 is provided for each batcher plant.
0 (and the BP control panel) may be prepared.

The vehicle number reading device 21 is the same as the vehicle number reading device 11 described above. The vehicle stop position guiding device 22 has an output device (buzzer, speaker, lamp, etc.) for voice and light, and transmits the voice and light for the mixer truck TM to stop at the proper concrete loading position to the driver. To do. The departure signal output device 23 includes a buzzer, a speaker, a lamp, and the like, and outputs a sound or light that makes a departure signal. This gives the driver of the mixer truck TM a departure signal.

The server 30 is a server machine that uses the shipping management PC 10 and the manufacturing management PC 20 as clients.
(Computer). The server 30 has a database 31 for shipping / manufacturing management of concrete, and changes the recorded contents of the database 31 or provides information to the client in response to a request from each PC 10, 20.

The database 31 stores a plurality of shipping schedule information classified by shipping date and also stores vehicle numbers (identification information) of a plurality of mixer trucks. The shipping schedule information is the shipping date (delivery date), the name of the supplier (delivery destination), which is the specific information, the construction name, the details of the construction, the planned shipment amount of concrete, the actual shipment amount on the day of shipment (total shipment amount) , Actual value, shipping time zone (shipping start time and shipping end time), mix type, concrete loading position (by BP1 / BP2) and the like. The database 31 corresponds to the first storage means and the second storage means of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 6, the shipping management PC 10 is connected to a WWW (World Wide Web) database server 50 via a communication line, and the database server 50 is connected to the WWW browser via the communication line. It is connected to 60. As a result, it is possible to make a delivery request (order) for ready-mixed concrete via the Internet. Also, the database 3 of the server 30
The stored content of No. 1 can be browsed via the WWW browser 60. [Functions of Concrete Shipment Management System] FIG.
It is a functional block diagram of the management system shown in FIG. However,
FIG. 2 shows only the functional blocks according to the present invention. In FIG. 2, the shipping management PC 10 is a device including a first display control unit 51 that is a display control unit, a first monitor 52 that is a display device, an input device 53, and a writing / reading control unit 54. Function.

The first display control section 51 receives the shipping schedule information and the vehicle number (vehicle number: identification information) of the mixer vehicle from the writing / reading control section 54, and displays the vehicle allocation setting screen 60 based on these data. 1 Display on monitor 52. First monitor 5
2 is configured using a CRT, LCD, or the like.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the vehicle allocation setting screen 60 displayed on the first monitor 52. As shown in FIG. 3, the vehicle allocation setting screen 60 includes a plurality of display fields 61 in which the lateral direction is arranged in the vertical direction. In each display field 61, the shipping schedule information stored in the database 31 is displayed one by one. The shipping schedule information is displayed in order from the earliest scheduled shipping start time.

Each display field 61 has a vehicle dispatch setting screen 60.
It is designed to scroll along the vertical direction of
The display column 61 that is not displayed (in the example shown in FIG. 3, the display column 61 for the shipping destination number 8 and thereafter) is displayed. In this example, concrete is scheduled to be shipped to 19 shipping destinations on the day of shipping.

A shipping destination number for identifying shipping schedule information is assigned to each display column 61 in order from the top,
It is displayed on the left side of the vehicle dispatch setting screen 60. Below each shipping destination number, a shipping start / end button 64 is provided. Further, a shipping start time / time button 65 and a shipping end time setting button 66 are provided on the right side of the shipping destination number, and a shipping start scheduled time forming shipping schedule information is provided above each button 65, 66. And a shipping end scheduled time display field are provided. Further, each display field 61 has a trader name, a construction name, details, a compounding format, a planned shipment amount, a shipment amount.
Areas for displaying shipping schedule information such as (actual value) are provided, and each piece of information constituting shipping schedule information is displayed in the corresponding area.

In each display field 61, a vehicle allocation button group 62 composed of a plurality of square vehicle allocation buttons is arranged.
They are displayed side by side along the horizontal direction of 0. A number indicating the vehicle number of the mixer truck TM is displayed on each dispatch button. In the management system of this embodiment, 30
One mixer truck TM can be registered, and the dispatch button group 62 includes 30 dispatch buttons for selecting each vehicle number from 1 to 30. This dispatch button group 6
2 corresponds to the allocation means of the present invention.

The number indicating the vehicle number displayed in the vehicle allocation button group 62 of each display field 61 is displayed in white when the vehicle is not allocated to any shipping destination, and the display field 61 to which the vehicle belongs.
When the vehicle is dispatched to the shipping destination, the item is displayed in blue, and when the vehicle is dispatched to the shipping destination in the other display column 61, the item is displayed in red. Instead of the number indicating the vehicle number, the background of each number indicating the vehicle number, that is, the color of each dispatch button may change to white, blue, or red depending on the dispatch state. . In this example, numbers 1 to 5 and 8 to 12
Twenty-four mixer cars TM of Nos. 14 to 16, 19, 21, 21, 23, and 25 are used for shipping.

Returning to FIG. 2, the input device 53 is constructed by using a keyboard and a mouse, and is required by the administrator (operator) of the management system while referring to the information displayed on the vehicle dispatch setting screen 60. Enter information or each shipping destination
It is used to perform dispatching registration operation of the mixer truck TM for (shipping schedule information).

The administrator performs vehicle dispatch registration (allocation registration) of the mixer truck TM according to the following procedure. For example, when dispatching the mixer truck TM to the shipping destination with the shipping destination number 1 shown in FIG. 3, the administrator displays the vehicle number in white among the vehicle numbers displayed in the display field 61 for the shipping destination number 1. Pointer 63 displayed on the vehicle dispatch setting screen 60
Overlay with the selected car number by operating the mouse.
Here, for example, it is assumed that the vehicle number 1 is selected.

After that, when the car dispatch button of the car number 1 selected by the administrator is clicked, an image showing that the car dispatch button is pressed is displayed, and the car number 1 displayed on the pressed car dispatch button is displayed. The number (number "1") changes from white to blue. At the same time, the vehicle number 1 (numeral "1") displayed in the display column 61 other than the shipping destination number 1 is displayed in red, which indicates that the vehicle is assigned to another shipping destination. As a result, the mixer car TM with the vehicle number 1 is dispatched to the shipping destination with the shipping destination number 1.

After that, when the administrator wants to change the allocation of the mixer truck TM, for example, to change the mixer truck TM of the car number 1 to the shipping destination number 2, the display field 61 of the shipping destination number 2 is displayed. If you click the dispatch button for the displayed vehicle number 1, the vehicle number on the clicked dispatch button
(Number "1") changes from red to blue, and the vehicle number 1 (number "1") displayed in the display field 61 of the shipping destination number 1 changes from blue to red. As a result, the distribution of the mixer truck TM with the vehicle number 1 is changed from the shipping destination with the shipping destination number 1 to the shipping destination with the shipping destination number 2.

When the vehicle allocation button of the vehicle number displayed in blue is clicked, the vehicle number changes from blue to white, the vehicle allocation of the mixer truck TM of that vehicle number is canceled, and the vehicle is in the unallocated state. .

The car number on each dispatch button is used on the day of shipment in order to save the trouble of registering the car number of the mixer car TM used on the day of shipment or the car number of the mixer car TM not used on the day of shipment. The vehicle number of the mixer truck TM which is not displayed is also displayed in white. However, in actual operation, the administrator confirms the vehicle number read by the vehicle number reading device 11 and assigns this vehicle number to any of the shipping schedule information. In this case, the administrator does not need to know the mixer truck TM used.

Returning to FIG. 2, the write / read controller 54
Various writing / reading requests are issued to the server 30 in accordance with various instructions or commands input from the input device 53, the detection unit 55, the calculation unit 56, and the second display control unit 57.

For example, when the display instruction of the vehicle dispatch setting screen 60 is input from the input device 53, the writing / reading control unit 54 requests the server 30 to read the corresponding shipping schedule information and the vehicle number, and the server 30. The shipping schedule information and the vehicle number sent from are given to the first display control unit 51. Alternatively, when any of the vehicle allocation buttons on the vehicle allocation setting screen 60 is clicked, the writing / reading control unit 54 associates the vehicle number corresponding to the clicked vehicle allocation button with the shipping schedule information corresponding to this vehicle number. The server 30 is requested to register in the database 31 with As a result, in the database 31 of the server 30, the mixer trucks TM assigned to the respective shipping destinations are sent.
The vehicle number of is registered (distributed).

The shipping management PC 10 also includes a writing / reading control unit 54, a detection unit 55 as a detection unit, a calculation unit 56 as a calculation unit, and a second display control unit 57 as a display control unit. , And a second monitor 58 that is a display device.

The detecting section 55 detects and holds the shipping amount (hereinafter referred to as "actual value") from the shipping start time to the current time for each shipping destination. That is, the detection unit 55
Holds the actual value for each shipping destination. Detection unit 55
Is connected to the vehicle number reading device 11, and each time the vehicle number read by the vehicle number reading device 11 is received, the amount of concrete (loading amount) of concrete loaded on the mixer truck TM corresponding to the vehicle number this time Then, the loaded amount is accumulated for each shipping destination, and each accumulated result is held as the actual value of each shipping destination. Therefore, each time the vehicle number is read by the vehicle number reading device 11, any of the actual values held by the detection unit 55 is updated. The detection unit 55 instructs the writing / reading control unit 54 to store the actual value in the database 31 every time the actual value is updated.

The calculation unit 56 is activated at predetermined intervals and calculates the expected shipping end time of each shipping destination. That is, the calculation unit 56
When started, the shipping start time of each shipping destination, total shipping amount,
An instruction to read the actual value is given to the writing / reading control unit 54. After that, when the calculating unit 56 receives a reading instruction of the shipping start time, the total shipping amount, and the actual value of each shipping destination from the writing / reading control unit 54, it calculates the current time (current time).

Subsequently, the calculation unit 56 performs the following processing for each shipping destination. That is, the calculation unit 56 obtains the shipping amount per unit time from the actual value from the shipping start time of the shipping destination to be processed to the current time. Then, the calculation unit 56
Is calculated by subtracting the actual value from the total shipping amount to obtain the remaining shipping amount, dividing this remaining shipping amount by the shipping amount per unit time, and calculating the time required to ship the remaining shipping amount (remaining shipping time). Ask.
Subsequently, the calculation unit 56 sets the starting point of the calculated remaining shipping time to the current time. That is, the calculation unit 56 adds the remaining shipment time to the time from the shipment start time to the current time. As a result, the expected shipping time for the entire product is required, and
Expected shipping end time is required. The calculation unit 56 provides the second display control unit 57 with the calculated estimated shipping end time of each shipping destination.

The second display control unit 57 requests the writing / reading control unit 54 to read the shipping schedule information as necessary, and receives the shipping schedule information from the writing / reading control unit 54. Displays the shipping status screen 70 based on the shipping schedule information on the second monitor 58. In addition, when the second display control unit 57 receives the estimated shipping end time from the calculation unit 56, the second display control unit 57 displays the estimated shipping end time on the second monitor 58.

FIG. 4 shows the second display control section 57
FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a shipping status screen 70 displayed on the monitor 58, and FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of the timetable shown in FIG. 4. As shown in FIG. 4, the shipping status screen 70 is composed of a combination of a shipping schedule table 71 displayed on the left side of the screen and a time table 72 displayed on the right side of the screen.

The shipping schedule table 71 displays shipping schedule information of each shipping destination on the day of shipping. Specifically, for each shipping destination, there is a record consisting of items such as a shipping destination number, a trader name, a construction name, details, a compounding format, a planned shipping amount, a total shipping amount on the day (actual total shipping amount), and an actual value. Displayed in tabular format. Detector 5
Every time the actual value is updated by 5, it is updated and displayed. The shipping schedule information displayed on the shipping schedule 71 is
It is displayed in a state corresponding to the shipping schedule information displayed on the vehicle allocation setting screen 60.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the time table 72 is
Each shipping schedule information has a common time axis for each shipping schedule information, and a bar display area 75 for displaying a scheduled time zone bar 73 for indicating the shipping status of each shipping destination and an estimated time zone bar 74 is provided for each shipping schedule information. It is provided in. The display area 75 of each bar is positioned in the same line as the display column of each shipping schedule information, and the correspondence between the shipping schedule information and each bar 73, 74 can be recognized at a glance.

The display area 75 of each bar is composed of an upper section and a lower section. In the lower section, a scheduled time zone bar 73 whose end portions are the scheduled shipping start time and the scheduled shipping end time included in the shipping schedule information is shown. Displayed along the time axis. On the other hand, in the upper part, an estimated time zone bar 74 including the estimated shipping end time calculated by the calculation unit 56 is displayed along the time axis.
The left end of the scheduled time zone bar 73 is positioned at the actual shipping start time, and the right end thereof is positioned at the expected shipping end time. Further, a pointer 76 indicating the current time is displayed on the time axis so that the administrator can easily grasp the current time.

Each scheduled time zone bar 73 is displayed in black. On the other hand, when the right end of each expected time zone bar 74 does not exceed the right end of the expected time zone bar 73 corresponding to the expected time zone bar 74 (when the expected shipping end time does not exceed the expected shipping end time). Is displayed in blue, and when it exceeds the right end of the scheduled time zone bar 73 (when the estimated shipping end time exceeds the expected shipping end time), it is displayed in pink. Further, the estimated time zone bar 74 is displayed in green when the shipment to the shipping destination is completed. further,
When the estimated shipping end time is in a time zone during which construction is not permitted (after 18:00 in this example), the estimated time zone bar 74 is displayed in red to alert the administrator.

The second monitor 58 is composed of a CRT or LCD. If the vehicle allocation setting screen 60 and the shipping status screen 70 can be displayed at the same time, the first monitor 52 and the second monitor 58 can be configured by one display device.

The first display control section 51 and the first monitor 5 are also provided.
2, input device 53, write / read controller 54 and detector 5
5 is configured by using one PC, and the write / read control unit 5
4, calculation unit 56, second display control unit 57 and second monitor 5
8 may be configured using one PC.

[Operation of Concrete Shipping Management System]
Next, the operation of the concrete shipment management system described above.
(Processing) will be described. FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of functions and processing of the concrete shipment management system shown in FIG. Figure 6
In FIG. 1, each PC 10, 20 and server 3 shown in FIG.
0 is an automatic shipping management system / plant database server (hereinafter referred to as “system / database unit”) 10
Functions as 0. In the following, the concrete shipping and manufacturing procedure and the operation of the concrete shipping management system will be described.

As a premise, the data necessary for the management system to perform the processing on the day of shipment is stored in the database (database 31) of the system / database unit 100 by the manager. That is, the administrator performs the registration process 110 and the order shipment management process 120 for the system / database unit 100.

In the registration process 110, the administrator sets master data 111 of several types of concrete mix patterns,
The master data 112 of the concrete delivery destination (customer) is input to the system / database unit 100. These master data 111 and 112 are registered in the database 31 of the system / database unit 100.

In the order receiving and shipping processing management process 120, the manager receives an order for concrete (shipping request) from a contractor (customer), and stores shipping reservation data showing the requested contents in the system / system.
Input to the database unit 100. The shipping reservation data is
It is stored in the database 31 of the system / database unit 100 as shipping schedule information.

Subsequently, the administrator reads out from the system / database section 100 a plurality of shipping reservation data relating to a specific date. At this time, the plurality of shipping reservation data are displayed in a state shown in a shipping quantity timetable list (not shown). The administrator refers to this shipping quantity timetable list and adjusts the shipping work smoothly to each shipping destination, and makes a shipping schedule for the day. As a result, the number of shipping destinations on a specific date and the shipping time zone (scheduled shipping start time and scheduled shipping end time) for each shipping destination are determined.

The administrator also determines the number of mixer trucks TM required for shipping, based on the determined number of shipping destinations and the shipping time zone of each shipping destination. The shipping schedule for each shipping destination determined in this way is stored in the database 31 as shipping schedule information. At this time, manufacturing information (mixture format) of the concrete to be shipped is determined and stored in the database 31 in a state of being included in the shipping schedule information.

Subsequently, the manager performs vehicle dispatch registration for each shipping destination on a specific date. Although the vehicle allocation registration can be performed on the day before the shipping day, it is often performed after receiving a shipping start notification from the shipping destination on the shipping day by the shipping destination.

Specifically, the administrator inputs a display instruction of the vehicle dispatch setting screen 60 (see FIG. 3) shown in FIG. 3 to the system / database unit 100 from the input device 53 shown in FIG. . Then, the shipping schedule information is read from the database 31, and the first display control unit 51 shown in FIG. 2 displays the vehicle allocation setting screen 60 on the first monitor 52.

The administrator operates the input device 53 and clicks one of the dispatch buttons in the display field 61 corresponding to the shipping destination who received the telephone contact, thereby registering the dispatch to the system / database section 100. To do. by this,
The shipping schedule information and the vehicle number are stored in the database 31 in a state of being associated with each other. Every time the manager receives a shipping start request from the shipping destination by telephone, the manager registers the mixer truck TM as described above.

In this example, before the first shipment on the same day of shipment, four mixer trucks TM are registered and dispatched to the respective shipping destinations of the shipping destination numbers 1, 2, and 4, and the shipping destination number 3 is assigned. Three mixer trucks TM are registered to the shipping destination, five mixer trucks TM are registered to the shipping destination number 5, and two mixer trucks TM are registered to each of the shipping destination numbers 7 and 8. It is assumed that the vehicle allocations are registered and the shipment to the shipping destination of the shipping destination number 6 is canceled. Therefore, the shipping destination numbers 9 to 1
Change the dispatch of mixer truck TM to the 9th shipping destination
(Transfer dispatch) will be required.

In this operation example, the vehicle allocation is performed before the vehicle number of the mixer truck TM is read by the vehicle number reader 11.
In reality, as described above, vehicle allocation registration is often performed after confirming the vehicle number read by the vehicle number reading device 11.

When the dispatch to one shipping destination is completed, the administrator clicks the start / end button 64 in the display column corresponding to the shipping destination and the shipping start time setting button 65. As a result, the time when the button is clicked is displayed as the actual shipping start time on the shipping start time setting button 65.

The administrator inputs the display instruction of the shipping status screen 70 from the input device 53 shown in FIG. 2 before and after the input of the display instruction of the vehicle allocation setting screen 60. Then, the writing / reading control unit 54 reads out the shipping schedule information from the database 31 and gives it to the second display control unit 57, and the second display control unit 57 displays it on the second monitor 58 as shown in FIGS. The shipping status screen 70 is displayed. In the state before the shipment is started, only the scheduled time zone bar 73 is displayed on the timetable 72 of the shipping status screen 70.

When the shipment is started through the above procedure,
The arrival shipment management process 130 shown in FIG. 6 is performed. The arrival shipment management process 130 is performed as follows. That is, when shipping is started, the mixer truck TM used for shipping
Moves from a predetermined standby position in the concrete manufacturing facility to a predetermined starting position and stops at the starting position.

At this time, the mixer truck TM stops at the landing position at a position where the information transmission device 13 of the mixer truck TM and the vehicle number reading device 11 face each other. Then, the vehicle number reading device 11 reads the vehicle number of the mixer truck TM and gives it to the system / database unit 100. As a result, the system / database unit 100 confirms the arrival of the mixer truck TM and the vehicle dispatch registration.

When the vehicle allocation registration is confirmed, the system / database section 100 performs shipping instruction processing. That is, the system / database unit 100 reads out the shipping schedule information corresponding to the vehicle number from the database 31, and displays the contents of the shipping schedule information on the monitor (display) of the slip issuing device 12. The monitor includes, for example, a shipping destination, a mixing type, a concrete loading position (first batcher plant BP1,
The second batcher plant BP2 is displayed.

Then, the driver of the mixer truck TM checks the contents of the displayed shipping schedule information by browsing the contents displayed on the monitor. After that, when the driver presses the confirmation button provided in the vicinity of the monitor, the slip issuing device 12 creates a shipping slip (delivery slip) in which the contents of the shipping schedule information are printed on paper, and issues it from the slip issuing port. . As the contents of the shipping schedule information, for example, the shipping destination, the delivered amount (loading amount), the compounding type, the slump value, the loading place, the vehicle number, etc. are printed on the delivery note. The confirmation button may be displayed on a touch panel display.

The driver receives the delivery note issued from the slip issuing port. After that, the driver uses one of the first batcher plant BP1 and the second batcher plant BP2 to drive the mixer truck T according to the information on the loading place indicated on the delivery note.
Move M. Here, it is assumed that the first batcher plant BP1 is designated as the loading place according to the shipping schedule information. In addition, when the batcher plant is not designated at the time when the mixer truck TM arrives at the predetermined landing position, the vacant batcher plant at that time is designated as the loading place.

By the way, when the system / database unit 100 shown in FIG. 6 reads out the shipping schedule information corresponding to the vehicle number, the manufacturing management process 14 is performed based on this shipping schedule information.
Perform 0. That is, the system / database unit 100 is
A combination value is calculated based on the combination pattern data included in the shipping schedule information. At this time, the system / database management unit 100 corrects the mixture value for adjusting the slump, S / a, and the air amount of the fresh concrete, if necessary.

After that, the system / database section 100
Gives a production instruction of ready-mixed concrete based on the calculation result of the mixture value to the batcher plant corresponding to the loading place. In this example, the manufacturing instruction is given to the first batcher plant BP1. In the first batcher plant BP1, the concrete material is weighed and discharged into the first batcher plant BP1 according to the manufacturing instruction, and the kneading process is performed. As a result, ready-mixed concrete is manufactured based on the shipping schedule information.

On the other hand, when the mixer truck TM arrives at the first batcher plant BP1, it first stops at the first stop position. Then, the vehicle number reading device 22 causes the mixer truck T
The vehicle number of M is detected, and the system / database unit 100 confirms the vehicle number. This prevents the ready-mixed concrete from being erroneously loaded on the mixer truck TM whose vehicle number is different from the shipping schedule information.

When the system / database section 100 confirms that the vehicle number of the mixer truck TM matches the shipping schedule information, the vehicle stop position guidance device 23 outputs a guidance voice or light. As a result, the mixer truck TM is guided to the second stop position (loading position of ready-mixed concrete). In this way, when the mixer truck TM stops at the loading position and the production of ready-mixed concrete is completed, the ready-mixed concrete is discharged from the first batcher plant BP1 and loaded on the mixer truck TM.

After that, when the loading of the ready-mixed concrete is completed, the system / database section 100 outputs a sound or light as a departure signal from the departure signal output section 23. As a result, the driver of the mixer truck TM grasps that the loading of the ready-mixed concrete is completed, exits the mixer truck, and transports the ready-mixed concrete to a predetermined delivery place (construction site).

The driver of each mixer truck TM used on the day of shipment sequentially stops the mixer truck TM at a predetermined landing position. The vehicle arrival management processing 130 and the manufacturing management processing 1
Step 40 is performed for all of the mixer trucks TM which are stopped at a predetermined landing position, the vehicle number is read by the vehicle number reading device 11, and it is confirmed that the vehicle allocation is registered.

The system / database section 100 stores data on the manufactured ready-mixed concrete in the database 31 every time the preparation of the ready-mixed concrete is completed. The data of ready-mixed concrete stored in the database 31 is
It is used as data for quality control.

On the other hand, every time the vehicle number of the mixer truck TM is read by the vehicle number reading device 11, in the system / database section 100, the detection section 55 shown in FIG. Is updated, and the updated actual value is stored in the database 31.

In addition, the system / database unit 100 performs the expected time zone bar display processing at predetermined intervals. That is, the calculation unit 56 shown in FIG. 2 is activated, the estimated shipping end time of each shipping destination is calculated based on the actual value of each shipping destination, and is given to the second display control unit 57. The second display controller 57 displays the estimated time zone bar 74 on the shipping status screen 70 displayed on the second monitor 58.

That is, each display area 75 of the shipping status screen 70
An estimated time bar 74 is displayed with the actual shipping start time at the left end and the expected shipping end time at the right end. At this time, the estimated time zone bar 74 is colored in any one of blue, pink, and red depending on the relationship between the estimated time zone bar 74 and the scheduled shipping end time indicated in the corresponding scheduled time zone bar 73. Is displayed.

In the expected time zone bar display processing described above, the time from when one mixer truck TM arrives at a predetermined arrival position to when it exits toward the shipping destination is actually within 3 minutes. Therefore, the calculation unit 56 is started every 3 minutes. The activation interval of the calculation unit 56, that is, the execution interval of the expected time zone bar display process is
It can be set appropriately.

Each time the detection unit 55 obtains the actual value, the actual value in the shipping schedule 71 of the shipping status screen 70 is updated, and the value obtained by subtracting the actual value from the total shipping amount is used as the remaining shipping amount. It is displayed on the setting screen 60. After that, the administrator makes a telephone call of the shipment end from the specific shipping destination after the remaining shipping amount of the specific shipping destination on the vehicle dispatch setting screen 60 becomes 0 (the total shipping amount and the actual value become equal). Upon receipt, the shipping end time setting button 66 is clicked and the start / end button 64 is clicked. As a result, the shipping (management) to the specific shipping destination is completed. If the shipping time setting button 66 and the start / end button 64 are clicked, the shipping (management) to the shipping destination can be ended even if the remaining shipping amount is not zero.

When the shipping to the shipping destination is completed, the second display control section 57 displays the expected time zone bar 74 corresponding to the shipping destination where the shipping is completed in green. In this example, the shipping to the shipping destination with the shipping destination number 5 is completed at 8:45. As a result, the five mixer trucks TM assigned to the shipping destination number 5 are vacant. Therefore, for example, the administrator changes the vehicle allocation registration of the mixer truck TM to the shipping destination of the shipping number 9 whose scheduled shipping start time is 10:00.

That is, the administrator refers to the vehicle number displayed in blue in the display field 61 of the shipping destination number 5 on the vehicle allocation setting screen 60 and displays it in the display field 61 of the shipping destination number 9 Click the dispatch button for each of the same vehicle numbers. Then, the clicked vehicle number becomes blue, and the vehicle number displayed in blue in the display field 61 of the shipping destination number 5 becomes red. Then, the blue car number is stored in the database 31 in a state of being associated with the shipping destination information of the shipping destination number 9. In this way, the vehicle allocation registration is changed.

Further, the administrator grasps the shipping status of each shipping destination while referring to the shipping status screen 70, and if necessary, dispatches the vehicle to the shipping destination whose expected time zone bar 74 is displayed in blue. Using the mixer truck TM, which is expected, at the time bar 7
Change the vehicle dispatch registration to the shipping destination where 4 is displayed in pink or red. To change the vehicle allocation registration, simply click the vehicle allocation button for the vehicle number you want to change.

After that, the shipping to each shipping destination proceeds, and the mixer truck TM which has been registered as the dispatch destination for the finished shipping destination.
When there is no need to change the item to another shipping destination, the administrator clicks the dispatch button in which the vehicle number of the corresponding mixer truck TM is displayed in blue. Then, the vehicle number becomes white and the vehicle allocation registration state is canceled. After that, even if the vehicle number of the mixer truck TM of the vehicle number is read by the vehicle number reading device 11, the system / database unit 100 does not perform the above operation. Therefore, it is possible to prevent concrete from being erroneously manufactured or delivered. [Operation of Embodiment] According to the concrete shipment management system described above, the vehicle allocation button group 62 for performing vehicle allocation is displayed on the vehicle allocation setting screen 60 for each shipping schedule information, and the vehicle allocation button displayed in the display field 61 of the shipping destination is displayed. Vehicle dispatch registration is performed only by clicking any of the above. For this reason, it is possible to save the trouble of inputting the vehicle number of the mixer truck and pressing the confirm button as in the conventional case, so that the administrator can easily perform vehicle dispatch registration.

Further, since the vehicle allocation registration can be changed only by clicking the corresponding vehicle allocation button, the operation becomes remarkably simple as compared with the conventional one. In addition, the car number of the mixer truck TM is
As it is displayed in blue, red, and white depending on the dispatch situation,
By looking at the vehicle dispatch setting screen 60, the administrator can glance at which mixer truck TM is dispatched to which shipping destination, and can reduce the burden on the vehicle dispatch management for the administrator.

Further, since the estimated time zone bar 74 including the estimated end time of shipment is displayed on the shipping status screen 70 for each shipping destination, the administrator can grasp the approximate time when the shipping of each shipping destination ends. it can.

Further, the estimated time zone bar 74 is displayed in a state in which it can be compared with the scheduled time zone bar 73 showing the shipping schedule.
If the estimated shipping end time does not exceed the expected shipping end time, it will be displayed in blue, and if not, it will be displayed in pink, making it easy for the administrator to determine whether the shipping at each shipping destination is delayed. You can judge.

Further, since the estimated time zone bar 74 is displayed in green when the shipment is completed, the administrator can easily grasp the shipment destination where the shipment is completed. As described above, since the administrator can easily grasp the shipping progress status of each shipping destination, it is possible to reduce the burden of grasping the shipping status, and
It becomes possible to smoothly change the vehicle dispatch registration of the mixer truck TM. Therefore, it becomes possible to contribute to the elimination of delay in the shipment of concrete.

[0098]

According to the concrete shipping management system of the present invention, the burden of the manager on grasping the shipping status can be reduced, and the allocation of the transportation means to the concrete shipping destination can be registered more easily than in the conventional case. it can.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a concrete shipment management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of the concrete shipment management system shown in FIG.

[Fig. 3] Explanatory view of the vehicle allocation setting screen

[Fig. 4] Explanatory drawing of the shipping status screen

[Figure 5] Explanatory drawing of the shipping status screen

FIG. 6 is an operation explanatory view of the concrete shipment management system shown in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

TM Mixer vehicle BP1 1st batcher plant BP2 2nd batcher plant 10 PC for shipment management 11 Vehicle number reading device 12 Voucher issuing device 13 Information transmission device 20 PC for manufacturing management 21 Vehicle number reading device 22 Stop position guidance device 23 Output Vehicle signal output device 51 First display control unit 52 First monitor 53 Input device 54 Writing / reading control unit 55 Detection unit 56 Calculation unit 57 Second display control unit 58 Second monitor 100 Automatic shipment management system / plant database server

   ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued front page    (72) Inventor Hisashi Yoshioka             Development work on 1-6-5 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo             Within the corporation F-term (reference) 4G056 AA07 DA05

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A concrete shipping management system for shipping concrete to a plurality of shipping destinations by using a plurality of concrete transportation means, wherein a shipping amount from a shipping start time to a current time for a specific shipping destination. Detecting means for detecting, and a calculating means for calculating an expected shipping end time, which is a time at which shipping to the specific shipping destination is expected to end, based on the shipping amount detected by the detecting means, A concrete shipment management system, comprising: a display control unit for displaying the estimated end time of shipment calculated by the display device. 2. The display control means, in association with the specific shipping destination, displays an estimated time zone bar indicating a shipping time zone including the estimated shipping end time side by side along a common time axis. The concrete shipment management system according to claim 1. 3. The concrete shipment management system according to claim 2, wherein the display control means displays a scheduled shipping end time at a specific shipping destination in association with the estimated time zone bar. 4. The display control means displays the estimated time zone bar in a first color when the estimated shipment end time does not exceed the estimated shipment end time, and the estimated shipment end time indicates the estimated shipment end time. If the time is exceeded, the expected time zone bar will be displayed second
The concrete shipment management system according to claim 3, wherein the concrete shipment management system is displayed in the color of. 5. The concrete shipment management system according to claim 4, wherein the display control means displays the expected time zone bar in a third color when the shipment of the specific shipping destination is completed. .