JP2003323562A - Manufacture order receiving and sending intermediary system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a manufacture order receiving and sending system serving for selection of an optimum manufacturer for manufacture consignment of an ordered item, preparation of a production drawing, and creation of a manufacture consignment contract. <P>SOLUTION: In the manufacture order receiving and sending intermediary system, an information terminal 30 of an examined registered manufacturer and an information terminal 40 of an orderer are connected to an intermediary device 10 via the Internet 50. The intermediary device 10 is provided with a registered manufacturer data storing part 21, an optimum manufacturer searching part (a CPU 11 and a ROM 12), a CAD standard design data storing part 22, a search allowing part (the CPU 11 and the ROM 12), a CAD data mediating part (the CPU 11 and the ROM 12), and a contract automatic creation part (the CPU 11, the ROM 12 and a contract storing part 24). A manufacture status confirming and reporting part (the CPU 11 and the ROM 12) is also provided in the intermediary device 10. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a manufacturing order receiving / ordering mediation system for receiving and ordering products through a communication line.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Recently, the form of ordering and ordering of industrial products is changing drastically. In the past, as a product ordering party (contractor), a company that has a cooperative relationship with its company (a cooperating company), a company that has a long-standing business relationship, or a company that has become acquainted through an industry group or the like has been common.

However, due to the current globalization and the economic downturn for a long time, many inexpensive products manufactured in foreign countries are now available in the domestic market. It is starting to appear.

When reviewing the ordering party, the first step is to find a company that can outsource the manufacture of the product that the company is trying to order. Is difficult to select. Nowadays, many manufacturing companies have set up homepages on the Internet for their own PR, so it is becoming more common to visit those homepages to search for an ordering party.

[0005]

By the way, the method of patrolling the home page to find an ordering party is very time-consuming, and it is difficult to objectively grasp the manufacturing capability of the manufacturer. It is often difficult to decide whether or not to select the supplier. In particular, when a foreign manufacturer is selected as a candidate for ordering, it is extremely difficult to make an accurate judgment as to whether or not the (orderer) meets the requirements of quality, delivery time, contract price, etc. .

Further, when the manufacturer prepares a drawing for production based on the specifications of the product submitted by the ordering company, it is troublesome to send it to the ordering company if it is a hand-drawn drawing, and the addition / correction is required. It's inconvenient. In addition, if there is a difference between the ordering company and the manufacturer regarding the processing method (for example, the presence or absence of chamfering, its shape and dimensions), the quality of the product may be adversely affected. This is especially likely to occur if you are a manufacturer.

Further, it takes time and effort to create a manufacturing contract contract that both the orderer and the manufacturer are satisfied with. In particular, when the ordering company and the manufacturer live in different countries, it takes a lot of time and effort to create a contract due to geographical restrictions and the like.

An object of the present invention is to provide a manufacturing order acceptance / intermediation system that is useful for selecting the most suitable manufacturer for manufacturing the ordered products, creating manufacturing drawings, and creating a manufacturing contract contract.

[0009]

In order to achieve the above object, the invention of claim 1 has an intermediary device, and the intermediary device is provided with an information terminal of an examined and registered manufacturer and an information terminal of an ordering company, respectively. A manufacturing order receiving / ordering intermediary system connected so that various data can be transmitted / received via a communication line, wherein the intermediary device serves as an index for estimating manufacturing quality / delivery date / contract price. Optimal manufacturing for manufacturing the ordered product by searching the registered manufacturer data storage unit that stores various data and various data stored in the registered manufacturer data storage unit based on the dimension and specification data of the ordered product. There is an optimum manufacturer search section for selecting a supplier, a CAD data storage section for storing a CAD standard design data storage section for each industry, and a CAD standard design data search request from the information terminal of each manufacturer. In this case, a search permission section that allows the CAD standard design data stored in the CAD standard design data storage section to be searched and CAD data for manufacturing ordered products sent from the manufacturer selected as the optimum manufacturer are provided. After directly or partially processing and sending to the information terminal of the ordering company, when a CAD data correction request is received from the ordering company, the CAD data agency that sends the request to the manufacturer and after the CAD data is approved by the ordering company An automatic contract creation unit for automatically creating a manufacturing contract contract based on additional request item data to the contract contract template sent from the manufacturer and the ordering company, respectively.

Further, according to the invention of claim 2, when the progress status confirmation request signal of the ordered product manufacturing is sent from the orderer to the intermediary device, the manufacturing progress status request request signal is sent to the manufacturer side. A manufacturing status confirmation / reporting unit is provided for transmitting to the ordering party when data indicating the manufacturing progress is sent from the manufacturer.

Further, in the invention of claim 3, the intermediary device transmits the data of the ordering company to an information terminal of a financial institution which designates the data, and then the guarantee limit data for the ordering company from the information terminal of the financial institution. When the mail is sent, it is stored and used for processing such as automatic contract creation.

[0012]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

The manufacturing ordering and mediation system according to the present invention is
As shown in FIG. 1, an intermediary device 10 is provided, and the intermediary device 10 has an information terminal 30 of a registered manufacturer who has been examined and an information terminal 40 of an orderer who wishes to place a manufacturing order, each having a communication line (50). Various data are connected to each other via the same. It should be noted that, in FIG. 1, only three information terminals 30 on the manufacturer side and three information terminals 40 on the ordering supplier side are shown for reasons of drawing space, but it goes without saying that more may be installed. Also, the intermediary device 1
You may provide multiple 0.

In this embodiment, the communication line is the Internet line 50. The intermediary device 10 is connected to the provider 2 connected to the Internet 50 by a telephone line 3 or the like. On the other hand, the information terminal 30 of the manufacturer
Is connected to a provider 4 connected to the Internet 50 via a telephone line 5 or the like. The information terminal 40 of the ordering company is connected to the provider 6 connected to the Internet 50 via the telephone line 7 or the like. It goes without saying that the provider (4) may be changed for each information terminal 30. It goes without saying that the provider (6) may be changed for each information terminal 40.

The intermediary device 10 and the information terminals (30, 4)
0) is configured to be able to communicate with each other using an Internet communication protocol such as TCP / IP. The intermediary device 10 and each of the information terminals (30, 40) are formed by a computer in which necessary programs are installed.

More specifically, as shown in FIG. 2, the intermediary device 10 includes a central processing unit (CPU) for performing necessary arithmetic control.
11), a read-only memory (ROM 12) in which processing procedures of the CPU 11 and the like are stored, a random access memory (RAM 13) in which results of arithmetic control and the like are stored, a keyboard 14 for inputting required commands and numerical values, various A display 15 for displaying, a communication device 16 for communicating with the outside, and a storage unit (not shown) are provided. The storage unit is formed of a storage device such as a hard disk, has a work area (work area), and the storage unit has an operating system, a graphical user interface, a browser, and an application for performing processing according to the present invention. Programs and the like are stored.

Further, the intermediary device 10 has a manufacturing quality / delivery date /
Stored in the registered manufacturer data storage section 21 that stores various data of all the registered registered manufacturers that are used as an index for estimating the contract price, and the registered manufacturer data storage section 21 based on the dimension / specification data of the ordered product. An optimum manufacturer search section for selecting the optimum manufacturer for manufacturing the ordered product by searching the various data obtained, a CAD data storage section 23 for storing the CAD standard design data storage section for each industry, and each manufacturer When a CAD standard design data search request is issued from the information terminal 30 of the CA, the CA stored in the CAD standard design data storage unit is stored.
D The search permission section that allows the standard design data to be searched, and the CAD data for manufacturing the ordered product sent from the manufacturer selected as the optimum manufacturer is directly or partially processed and sent to the information terminal of the ordering company. From the ordering company to CA
When a D data correction request is received, the CAD data agency that sends the request to the manufacturer and the CA by the ordering company
An automatic contract creation unit for automatically creating a manufacturing consignment contract based on the additional request item data to the contract contract template sent from the manufacturer and the ordering company after the D data is approved. Further, the intermediary device 10 includes a registration application manufacturer data storage unit 17 that stores data of a manufacturer who applied for registration, and an approximate estimated amount calculation material storage unit that stores materials for calculating an estimated estimated amount of an ordered product. 18 and 18.

In this embodiment, the optimum manufacturer search section described above uses the CPU 11 and the like and the function of an application program for searching the optimum manufacturer to store various data stored in the registered manufacturer data storage section 21. It is formed so that the optimum manufacturer for searching and manufacturing the ordered product can be extracted.

Further, the search permitting section uses a part of the functions of the CPU 11 and the communication device 16, etc., and based on the CAD standard design data search request from the information terminal 30, the CAD stored in the CAD standard design data storage section. It is designed to allow retrieval of standard design data. The CAD data intermediary unit uses the partial functions of the CPU 11 and the communication device 16 and the like, and CAD data (or partially processed CAD data).
Are formed so that they can be transferred between the information terminals (30, 40). Further, the contract automatic creation unit is capable of creating a manufacturing consignment contract based on the additional request item data sent from the manufacturer and the orderer, by using a partial function of the CPU 11 and the communication device 16 or the like. Has been done.

Furthermore, the intermediary device 10 includes a manufacturing status confirmation / reporting unit. Specifically, the intermediary device 10
Uses a partial function of the CPU 11 and the communication device 16 and the like, and when a request signal for confirming the progress of manufacturing the ordered product is sent from the information terminal of the orderer, requests the manufacturing progress report to the manufacturer. A signal is transmitted, and when data indicating the progress of manufacturing is transmitted from the manufacturer, the signal is transmitted to the orderer.

Each component of the above-mentioned intermediary device 10 (CP
U, etc.) are connected by a bus 19. Further, the above-mentioned telephone line 3 is connected to the communication device 16.

Next, the information terminal of the manufacturer includes a central processing unit (CPU), a read only memory (ROM),
It is provided with a random access memory (RAM), a keyboard, a display, a communication device for communicating with the outside, and a storage unit (not shown). The storage unit is formed of a storage device such as a hard disk, has a work area (work area), and the storage unit stores an operating system, a graphical user interface, a browser, an application program, and the like.

Similarly, the information terminal of the ordering company includes a central processing unit (CPU) and a read-only memory (RO).
M), a random access memory (RAM), a keyboard, a display, a communication device for communicating with the outside, and a storage unit (not shown). The storage unit is formed of a storage device such as a hard disk, has a work area (work area), and the storage unit stores an operating system, a graphical user interface, a browser, an application program, and the like.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.
This will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

The manufacturer desiring to register in the intermediary device 10 uses the information terminal 30 to access a home page (HP) operated by the intermediary on the Internet. Then, each item in the registration request field on the home page is entered and transmitted to the intermediary device. Here, in the registration request column, the manufacturer name, address, contact information (phone, email, facsimile), manufacturing items (finished products / semi-finished products / parts / materials),
Sale items (finished products / semi-finished products / parts / materials), purchased items (finished products / semi-finished products / parts / materials), subscribing industry groups, industry registration, qualification registration, individual manufacturing capability, in-house process chart, in-house process chart Load, quality control according to ISO standards, sales route (industry and industry) of manufactured products and ratio (%) to sales amount, ratio (%) to purchase amount of individual raw materials, and purchase of individual parts. There are items such as the ratio (%) to the deposit amount and the ratio (%) to the purchase amount of each purchased product.

The contents of the above items declared by the manufacturer of the intermediary are stored in the registration application manufacturer data storage unit 17. The intermediary company examines each item of the manufacturer stored in the data storage unit 17 and examines whether or not the registration is permitted. If the registration is accepted, each item data is registered in the registered manufacturer data storage unit 21. The registered manufacturer is notified of the registration and the identification number (ID) and password (PW). In addition, for each of the above items, the intermediary company may occasionally re-evaluate and correct the resulting data.

A company (ordering company) who desires to place an order accesses a home page on the Internet operated by an intermediary company through the information terminal 40 and places an order (manufactures parts in this embodiment) in a predetermined procedure ( Step ST of FIG.
1), the intermediary device 10 determines that a part manufacturing order has been placed, and searches the approximate estimated amount calculation material storage unit 18 based on the part dimensions and specifications to extract reference materials. To do. The intermediary company calculates an approximate estimated amount of money with reference to the extracted materials and the like (step ST2).

When the ordering company places an order as described above, the intermediary device 10 transmits the data of the ordering company to the information terminal of the financial institution (bank, credit union, etc.) that specifies the data, and then the relevant financial system. When the guarantee limit amount data (for example, 5 million yen) is sent from the information terminal of the institution to the ordering company, it is stored in the ordering company data storage unit (not shown) to be useful for processing such as automatic contract creation. You may do it. This makes it possible to more quickly and easily create a manufacturing consignment contract that both the orderer and the manufacturer are satisfied with. In addition, manufacturers can manufacture with greater peace of mind. Further, when the second and subsequent orders are received from the same ordering company, the brokerage work for manufacturing ordering can be performed more smoothly and quickly.

Next, the optimum manufacturer for manufacturing the ordered parts is selected by searching the registered manufacturer data storage unit 21 based on the calculated estimated amount of money, the manufacturing field of the parts, the required quality, the delivery date, and the like. (ST3, ST4). Then, the orderer is notified of the data of the selected optimum manufacturer by using e-mail or the like. If the orderer's consent is obtained, the process proceeds to the next step ST5. When the consent of the ordering company is not obtained, the registered manufacturer data storage unit 21 is searched again with reference to the request of the ordering company, the optimum manufacturer is selected, and the ordering company is reported. The above steps are repeated until the orderer's consent is obtained.

As described above, since the optimum manufacturer for manufacturing the ordered product is selected from the registered manufacturers that have undergone the rigorous examination, the manufacturer who is the optimum manufacturer for manufacturing the ordered product does not have to take time and effort. Can be found.

Next, it is confirmed whether or not there is an intention to outsource the manufacture of the ordered parts to the manufacturer who has obtained the consent of the orderer, and if the intention is confirmed, the ordered part size data is obtained. And CAD data sent to the manufacturer and decided to be used in common (for example, AUTO
Request to make a manufacturing drawing using CAD).

The manufacturer uses the CAD to create a manufacturing drawing based on the dimension data, the specification data, and the like. At this time, the manufacturer outputs a CAD standard design data search request from the information terminal 30 and searches the CAD data stored in the CAD standard design data storage unit 22 of the intermediary device to refer to the creation of the production drawing. it can. The CAD standard design data storage unit 22 stores the CAD design data for each industry by the participating member, the processing technology data for each industry, the standard part data for each industry, and the like under bar code management. This makes it possible to quickly create a manufacturing drawing that is easy to obtain approval from the ordering company.

When the completed production drawing (CAD data) is sent from the manufacturer's information terminal 30 to the intermediary device 10, the CAD data is stored in the CAD data storage unit 23. Then, the contents of the CAD data are confirmed by the intermediary company, and if there is a problem, the CAD data is transmitted to the information terminal 40 of the ordering company (step ST6).
At this time, the CAD data is transmitted after the format is converted so that it can be opened if it cannot be opened by the CAD software owned by the ordering company as it is, and the lines and the like disappeared by the conversion are corrected.

When a CAD data approval signal is sent from the information terminal 40 of the ordering company (Y in step ST7)
In S), the CAD data agency of the intermediary device 10 transmits the signal to the information terminal 30 of the manufacturer. When a CAD data correction request is received from the orderer (step ST7)
No) is instructed to modify the drawing, and when the modified drawing is sent from the manufacturer, the modified drawing is transmitted to the information terminal 30 of the ordering company (steps ST8 and ST9).

The manufacturer who has received the approval of the production drawing determines the additional request items (contract amount, payment method, delivery date, quality, etc.) to the consignment contract template, and sets the item data to the intermediary device 3.
Send to 0. On the other hand, the ordering company also determines addition request items (payment method, etc.) to the consignment contract template and transmits the item data to the intermediary device 10. These item data are stored in the contract document storage unit 24 of the intermediary device 10. Mediation device 10
The contract automatic creation unit automatically creates a manufacturing contract contract based on the additional request item data sent from the manufacturer and the orderer (step ST10), and sends the contract to the manufacturer and the orderer. Send. Correction and transmission are repeated until both parties accept the contract content (NO in step ST11, ST12). The consignment contract created in this way is stored by the ordering party, the manufacturer, and the intermediary.

The manufacturer manufactures ordered parts based on the contract contents. The manufacturing status confirmation / reporting unit of the intermediary device 10 receives the progress status confirmation request signal of the ordered product manufacturing from the orderer (YES in step ST13).
A progress report request signal is transmitted to the manufacturer's information terminal. The manufacturing status confirmation / report unit of the intermediary device 10 is
When the data indicating the manufacturing progress is sent from the manufacturer, the data is sent to the information terminal 40 of the ordering company (step ST15).

After the completion inspection is performed, the completed parts are transported and delivered to the place designated by the ordering company.

Although the Internet 50 is used as the communication line in the above embodiment, any one of an optical communication line, a satellite communication line and a wire communication line may be used.

[0039]

According to the invention of claim 1, there is provided a manufacturing order receiving / ordering intermediary system in which the information terminal of the examined and registered manufacturer and the information terminal of the ordering company are connected to the intermediary device via a communication line. The intermediary device includes a registered manufacturer data storage unit,
Optimal manufacturer search section, CAD standard design data storage section, search permission section, CAD data agency section, and contract document automatic creation section are provided, so the optimum manufacturer for the outsourcing of ordered products is selected. , Useful for making manufacturing drawings and manufacturing contracts.

Further, according to the invention of claim 2, since the manufacturing apparatus confirming / reporting unit is provided in the intermediary device, the same effect as that of the invention of claim 1 can be obtained. You can check the manufacturing status of, and you can outsource manufacturing with even more peace of mind.

According to the third aspect of the invention, the intermediary device stores the guarantee limit data for the ordering company from the information terminal of the designated financial institution and automatically stores the contract limit. Since it is used for the processing, the same effect as that of the invention according to claim 1 or 2 can be obtained, and further, the manufacturing consignment contract that both the orderer and the manufacturer are satisfied with can be created quickly and easily. In addition, manufacturers can manufacture with greater peace of mind.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining an outline of a manufacturing ordering system of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram for explaining an electronic configuration of an intermediary device.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the intermediary device.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 Intermediary device 30 Manufacturer's information terminal 40 Information terminal of ordering company 50 Internet (communication line) 11 CPU of mediation device 12 Mediation device ROM 13 Mediation device RAM 16 Communication device of mediation device 21 Registered Manufacturer Data Storage 22 CAD standard design data storage unit 23 CAD data storage unit 24 contract storage 25 Manufacturing status data storage

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A manufacturing order receiving / ordering intermediary system comprising an intermediary device, to which an information terminal of a screened registered manufacturer and an information terminal of an ordering company are respectively connected via a communication line so that various data can be transmitted and received. The intermediary device is a registered manufacturer data storage unit that stores various data of all the registered registered manufacturers that are indicators for estimating manufacturing quality, delivery date, and contract price, and the size of the ordered product.
An optimum manufacturer search section that searches various data stored in the registered manufacturer data storage section based on specification data and the like to select an optimum manufacturer for manufacturing the ordered product, and a CAD standard design data storage by industry And a CAD data storage unit that stores the parts, and a search that allows the search of the CAD standard design data stored in the CAD standard design data storage unit when a CAD standard design data search request is issued from the information terminal of each manufacturer. The allowance section and the CAD data for manufacturing the ordered product sent from the manufacturer selected as the optimum manufacturer are directly or partially processed and transmitted to the information terminal of the ordering company, and a CAD data correction request is issued from the ordering company. If received, the CAD data agency that sends the request to the manufacturer, and the manufacturer and the orderer after the orderer approves the CAD data. A manufacturing order receiving / ordering intermediary system characterized by comprising a contract contract automatic preparation unit for automatically preparing a manufacturing contract contract document based on the additional request item data added to the contract contract template . 2. A manufacturing progress status request signal is sent to the manufacturer when a progress status confirmation request signal of the ordered product is sent from the orderer to the intermediary device, and the manufacturer side 2. The manufacturing order acceptance / intermediation system according to claim 1, further comprising a manufacturing status confirmation / reporting unit for transmitting to the orderer side when data indicating a manufacturing progress status is sent from the manufacturing order accepting / ordering section. 3. The intermediary device transmits data of the ordering company to an information terminal of a financial institution that designates the data, and thereafter, guarantee limit amount data for the ordering company is sent from the information terminal of the financial institution. 3. The manufacturing ordering intermediary system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein is stored and used for processing such as automatic contract creation.