JP2004152114A - Business survey support program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce labor and costs of business survey by efficiently collecting business information by each category. <P>SOLUTION: A business survey support program comprises: a template information registration section 104 registering the items of the business information to be collected as template information by category (a type of business/type of operation and the like) on business transaction on a template information database 110; an information collection section 105 collecting the business information from Web sites 400A-400Z on the Internet 200 based on the template information corresponding to the specified category; and control section 107 reflecting the collected business information to each item of the template information. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a company survey support program, and more particularly, to a company survey support program capable of efficiently collecting company information for each category and reducing the labor and cost of the company survey.
[0002]
[Prior art]
2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when selecting a new business partner in a business-to-business transaction, it is necessary to collect and evaluate company information (location, representative name, capital, etc.) as a company survey on other companies that are new business partner candidates. . Recently, it has been possible to collect various company information using the Internet or the like.
[0003]
[Patent Document 1]
JP 2000-339330 A [Patent Document 2]
Japanese Patent Application No. 2001-359484
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
By the way, as described above, in the conventional company survey, among the company information, information such as a location, a representative name, and capital is equivalent to a basic item to be surveyed regardless of transaction contents.
[0005]
However, conventionally, in addition to the company information corresponding to the above-mentioned basic items, it is necessary to individually collect the company information according to the category (transaction contents and business type / business type of the customer), which is extremely inefficient. However, there is a problem that it takes time and effort to conduct a company survey.
[0006]
For example, when selecting a new supplier as a supplier of parts, in addition to the company information corresponding to the basic item of what kind of part is manufactured, the company information corresponding to the specific item of processing accuracy of the part Must be collected.
[0007]
The present invention has been made in view of the above, and an object of the present invention is to provide a company research support program capable of efficiently collecting company information for each category, reducing labor and cost of the company research. I do.
[0008]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, a computer is provided with a registration unit for registering corporate information items to be collected as template information for each category relating to corporate transactions, based on template information corresponding to a specified category, and from a network. And a reflecting means for reflecting the collected company information in each item of the template information.
[0009]
According to the present invention, items of corporate information to be collected are registered as template information for each category related to corporate transactions, and based on the template information, corporate information collected from the network is reflected in each item of the template information. Therefore, the company information can be efficiently collected for each category, and the labor and cost of the company survey can be reduced.
[0010]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, an embodiment of a company survey support program according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
[0011]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment according to the present invention. In this figure, a company survey support device 100 is a device for collecting company information from Web sites 400A, 400B, 400C,..., 400Z that can be browsed via the Internet 200, and supporting a company survey. . Here, in the company survey support device 100, company information is collected based on template information (see FIG. 3) registered in advance for each category (for example, for each type of business / business, for each transaction).
[0012]
Each of these Web sites 400A, 400B, 400C,..., 400Z is a company site that discloses company information (company outline information, product / service information, stock information, etc.), a newspaper site, a bulletin board site, and the like. And discloses various information.
[0013]
Each of the Web sites 400A, 400B, 400C,..., 400Z is associated with a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) indicating a location on the Internet 200.
[0014]
Specifically, the web site 400A has http: // www. aaa. com and the web site 400B has http: // www. bbb. com and the web site 400C has http: // www. ccc. com is associated therewith. Hereinafter, similarly, in the Web site 400Z, http: // www. zzz. com is associated therewith.
[0015]
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a display example of the Web site 400A shown in FIG. This Web site 400A is a site for publishing company information of company A, and includes a top page 400A_1 (http://www.aaa.com) of an upper hierarchy, and link buttons (company outline page) on the top page 400A_1. Have a hierarchical structure including a lower-level company overview page 400A_2 and a product / service page 400A_3,... Linked to link buttons 400A_1a, product / service page link buttons 400A_1b,.
[0016]
The top page 400A_1 displays a top title, news and topics related to Company A. Here, information that cannot be displayed on the top page 400A_1 is displayed on each linked page.
[0017]
For example, the company outline information is displayed on a company outline page 400A_2 linked to a company outline page link button 400A_1a of the top page 400A_1. On the company outline page 400A_2, company name, location, capital, representative name, telephone number, establishment date,... Are displayed as company outline information.
[0018]
The product / service information is displayed on a product / service page 400A_3 linked to a product / service page link button 400A_1b on the top page 400A_1. On the product / service page 400A_3, a main product, a certified international quality standard, a standard lead time (delivery date),... Are displayed.
[0019]
Similarly, research / development information, inquiry information, new arrival information, news release information, environmental activity information, and information for investors are displayed on linked pages (not shown). It should be noted that company information, bulletin board information, and newspaper information are also displayed on the Web sites 400B, 400C,..., 400Z shown in FIG. 1 similarly to the Web site 400A shown in FIG. However, there is a difference in the reliability, quality, quantity, update frequency, and the like of the disclosed information between the Web sites.
[0020]
Returning to FIG. 1, the Web server 300A is a server that provides a Web site 400A in response to a browsing request from the company survey support device 100 or a computer device (not shown) via the Internet 200.
[0021]
Similarly, each of the Web servers 300B, 300C,..., 300Z responds to a browsing request from the company survey support device 100 or a computer device (not shown) via the Internet 200, and the Web sites 400B, 400C. ,..., 400Z.
[0022]
In the company survey support device 100, the input unit 101 is an input device such as a keyboard and a mouse. The output unit 102 is a display or a printer such as an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) or a CRT (Cathode Ray Tube), and has a function of outputting company information and the like.
[0023]
The communication unit 103 performs communication control for accessing the Web servers 300A, 300B, 300C,..., 300Z in accordance with, for example, TCP / IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol).
[0024]
The template information registration unit 104 has a function of registering the template information 110 _{1 to} 110 _n shown in FIG. These template information 110 _{1 to} 110 _n are set for each category (business type / business type, etc.) of the company survey and are a set of items of company information to be collected from the websites 400A to 400Z.
[0025]
Specifically, each of the template information 110 _{1 to} 110 _n is composed of a basic item and an industry / business type specific item. The basic items are common items irrespective of the type of business / business type, and include a company name, a location, a representative name,..., And a main customer.
[0026]
On the other hand, the business type / business type specific item is an item set for each category (business type / business type, etc.). For example, in industries / business categories are Manufacturing / Auto Parts of template information 110 _1, industry / business category specific fields is the machining accuracy of the parts produced.
[0027]
Returning to FIG. 1, the information collection unit 105 sends the company information corresponding to each item and the collection destination Web from the Web sites 400A to 400Z based on the above-described template information (for example, template information 110 ₁ : see FIG. 3). Collect information including the site URL, update date, and number of links. In addition, the information collection unit 105 registers the collected information for each item in the information collection table 105T illustrated in FIG.
[0028]
In the information collection table 105T shown in the figure, items correspond to each item of template information (see FIG. 3). The company information is information corresponding to the above items, and is collected from Web sites 400A to 400Z.
[0029]
The collection destination Web site URL is the URL of the Web site where the collected company information is disclosed. The update date is the date when the Web site was updated. The number of links is the number of times that the Web site is linked to another Web site.
[0030]
The judgment result is a result of judging whether or not the company information is to be registered in the semi-finished version company information database 130 described later (○: registration target, ×: not registration target). The credibility is calculated when a plurality of company information items are collected for one item, and is a parameter indicating the certainty of each company information item.
[0031]
Here, when calculating the credit, the website credit information database 120 shown in FIG. 5 is used. In the website credit information database 120, website credit information including a website name, a collection destination website URL, and a credit rating S1 is registered in advance.
[0032]
The website name is the name of the website to which the credit S1 has been assigned. The collection destination Web site URL is the URL of the Web site. The credit S1 is a parameter appropriately given based on past collection results.
[0033]
Returning to FIG. 1, the registration determination unit 106 determines whether or not to register the company information collected by the information collection unit 105 in the semi-finished version company information database 130 (see FIG. 6) based on the above-described credit. . The semifinished plate company information database 130, as shown in FIG. 6, the semi-finished version company information ₁₃₀ 1 to 130 DEG _n is registered.
[0034]
These semi-finished version company information 130 _{1 to} 130 _n are information in which the company information collected by the information collection unit 105 is reflected on the template information 110 _{1 to} 110 _n . However, if all the necessary company information is not collected by the information collection unit 105, the information is regarded as semi-finished version company information. That is, in each of the semi-finished version company information 130 _{1 to} 130 _n , the uncollected company information portion is blank.
[0035]
Returning to FIG. 1, the control unit 107 reflects the company information determined to be registered by the registration determination unit 106 in blank portions (company information) of the template information 110 _{1 to} 110 _n shown in FIG. And the semi-finished version company information 130 _{1 to} 130 _{n shown} in FIG.
[0036]
Further, the control unit 107 outputs the semi-finished version company information 130 _{1 to} 130 _n to the output unit 102, and allows the expert to set the company information collected independently in the blank of the semi-finished version company information 130 _{1 to} 130 _n. , And generates the completed company information 140 _{1 to} 140 _n shown in FIG.
[0037]
Next, the operation of the embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. In step SA1 shown in the figure, the template information registration unit 104 receives registration of template information according to a user input from the input unit 101. In this case, for example, it is assumed that the template information 110 ₁ of registration shown in FIG. 3 is accepted.
[0038]
At step SA2, the template information registration unit 104 determines whether the above template information 110 ₁ industry / business category specific fields are set. If the result of this determination is "No", in step SA11, the above-mentioned industry / business category specific items are set, and the template information is modified.
[0039]
On the other hand, when the result of determination in step SA2 is "Yes", in step SA3, the template information registration unit 104, as shown in FIG. 3, and registers the template information 110 ₁ to the template information database 110.
[0040]
At step SA4, the information collecting unit 105, based on the template information 110 ₁ shown in FIG. 3, company name inputted from the input unit 101 (e.g., A company) as a search key for each item (e.g., "A As a “company” and “location”, a search is made on the Internet 200, and from the Web sites that have been searched, information including the company information corresponding to each item, the collection destination Web site URL, the update date, and the number of backlinks is collected. .
[0041]
In addition, the information collection unit 105 registers the collected information for each item in the information collection table 105T illustrated in FIG. In the example of the information collection table 105T shown in the figure, a plurality of company information corresponding to the processing accuracy from different Web sites (http://www.aaa.com and http://www.ccc.com) are provided. Have been collected. In the information collection table 105T, there is also company information (number of employees, number of designers, number of quality managers) that could not be collected by the information collection unit 105.
[0042]
In step SA5, the registration determination unit 106 executes a registration determination process for determining whether to register the company information collected by the information collection unit 105 in the semi-finished version company information database 130 (see FIG. 6). I do.
[0043]
Specifically, in step SB1 shown in FIG. 9, the registration determination unit 106 selects one item (for example, company name) in which the company information has been collected from the information collection table 105T shown in FIG.
[0044]
In step SB2, the registration determination unit 106 determines whether there is a plurality of pieces of company information corresponding to the above items. In this case, the determination result is “No”. In step SB5, the registration determination unit 106 determines that the company information (company A) is to be registered in the semi-finished version company information database 130, and determines the corresponding determination result in the information collection table 105T (see FIG. 4) as ○. Set to.
[0045]
In step SB4, the registration determination unit 106 determines whether or not processing has been completed for all items in the information collection table 105T, and steps SB1 to SB5 are repeated until it is determined that processing has been completed.
[0046]
In step SB1, when the registration determination unit 106 selects the processing accuracy as the last item from the information collection table 105T shown in FIG. 4, in step SB2, the registration determination unit 106 It is determined whether or not it exists, and in this case, the determination result is “Yes”.
[0047]
In step SB3, the registration determination unit 106 executes a multiple company information selection process for selecting company information to be registered in the semi-finished version company information database 130 from the plurality of company information.
[0048]
Specifically, in step SC1 shown in FIG. 10, the registration determination unit 106 selects one piece of company information from a plurality of pieces of company information. In this case, one of the two pieces of company information (± 0.001, ± 0.002) corresponding to the processing accuracy shown in FIG. 4 is selected.
[0049]
In step SC2, the registration determination unit 106 executes a credit calculation process for calculating a credit (probability) of the company information (± 0.001). Specifically, in step SD1 shown in FIG. 11, the registration determination unit 106 sets the credit S to 0 and executes initialization.
[0050]
In step SD2, the registration determination unit 106 uses the collection destination Web site URL (http://www.aaa.com: refer to FIG. 4) corresponding to the company information (± 0.001) as a key and displays the result in FIG. A search is made in the Web site credibility information database 120 to determine whether or not the credibility S1 is set for the corresponding Web site.
[0051]
In this case, since +5 is set as the credit S1 on the company A site, the registration determination unit 106 sets the determination result of step SD2 to “Yes”. If the result of the determination in step SD2 is “No”, the registration determination unit 106 executes the processing in step SD4.
[0052]
In step SD3, the registration determination unit 106 updates the credit rating S by adding the credit rating S1 to the credit rating S of the company information (± 0.001). In step SD4, the registration determination unit 106 acquires the update date information corresponding to the company information (± 0.001) with reference to the information collection table 105T (see FIG. 4).
[0053]
Next, the registration determination unit 106 calculates the credit S2 based on the update date. For example, the difference between the update date and the information collection date may be determined, and the smaller this difference is, the higher the credibility S2 may be.
[0054]
In step SD5, the registration determination unit 106 updates the credit rating S by adding the credit rating S2 to the credit rating S of the company information (± 0.001). In step SD6, the registration determination unit 106 refers to the information collection table 105T (see FIG. 4) and obtains information on the number of links corresponding to the company information (± 0.001).
[0055]
Next, the registration determination unit 106 calculates the credit S3 based on the number of links. For example, the credibility S3 may be increased as the number of links increases. In step SD7, the registration determination unit 106 updates the credit S by adding the credit S3 to the credit S of the company information (± 0.001) (for example, +10).
[0056]
In step SD8, the registration determination unit 106 registers the credit rating S (= + 10) in the credit rating item corresponding to the company information (± 0.001) in the information collection table 105T (see FIG. 4), and performs the credit rating calculation process. finish.
[0057]
In step SC3 shown in FIG. 10, the registration determination unit 106 determines whether or not the credit of all the company information (± 0.001, ± 0.002) corresponding to the processing accuracy shown in FIG. 4 has been calculated. However, in this case, the determination result is “No”.
[0058]
In step SC1, the registration determination unit 106 determines, among the two pieces of company information (± 0.001, ± 0.002) corresponding to the processing accuracy shown in FIG. 4, the unprocessed company information (± 0.002). ).
[0059]
In step SC2, the registration determination unit 106 performs a credit calculation process for calculating the credit of the company information (± 0.002) in the same manner as the above-described process. When the credit calculation process is completed, the credit S (for example, -7) is registered in the credit item corresponding to the company information (± 0.002) in the information collection table 105T (see FIG. 4). .
[0060]
In this case, the registration determination unit 106 sets the determination result of step SC3 illustrated in FIG. 10 to “Yes”. In step SC4, the registration determination unit 106 determines, in the information collection table 105T shown in FIG. 4, for the item (in this case, processing accuracy) for which a plurality of pieces of company information have been collected, the company information having the highest credibility (± in this case). 0.001) is determined as a registration target, and “○” is set in the determination result. On the other hand, company information with low creditworthiness (± 0.002 in this case) is excluded from registration, and X is set in the determination result.
[0061]
As a result, the processing has been completed for all the items of the information collection table 105T shown in FIG. 4, and the registration determination unit 106 sets the determination result of step SB4 shown in FIG. 9 to “Yes” and ends the registration determination processing. .
[0062]
Returning to FIG. 8, in step SA6, the control unit 107 displays the company information determined by the registration determination unit 106 as a registration target (the determination result of the information collection table 105T shown in FIG. 4 is ○) in FIG. It is reflected in the template information 110 ₁ blank portion (company information), a semi-finished version company information 130 ₁ shown in FIG. 6, and registers the semifinished plate company information database 130.
[0063]
In step SA7, the control unit 107 outputs the semifinished plate company information 130 ₁ to the output unit 102. In step SA8, by the expert, by making full use of its own information collection network, one of the semi-finished version of enterprise information 130 _1, company information that could not be collected on the Internet 200 is collected, semi-finished version company accepts the該企business information It is set to blank information 130 _1. As a result, the blanks are filled, and the completed company information 140 ₁ (see FIG. 7) is generated.
[0064]
In step SA9, the control unit 107 registers the final version company information 140 ₁ to final version company information database 140. In step SA10, the control unit 107 obtains the final version company information 140 ₁ from the final version company information database 140, and outputs it to the output unit 102. Thus, the expert may use the finished version company information 140 _1, to evaluate the company, it is possible to perform a credit check.
[0065]
In the above-described embodiment, after the company information of all items corresponding to the template information is collected in step SA4 and step SA5, if it is determined that the item is to be registered, at this point, the completed company Since the information is generated, the processing of step SA7 and step SA8 is skipped.
[0066]
Further, in one embodiment, out of a plurality of template information registered in the template information database 110, arbitrary template information is selected, and based on this template information, the completed version company information is obtained through the above-described operation. It may be configured as follows.
[0067]
As described above, registered in the template information database 110 as According to one embodiment, category items company information to be collected relating to business transactions (industries / business category, etc.) separately from the template information 110 ₁ etc. (see Fig. 3) and, for example, based on the specified template information 110 _1, so it was decided to reflect the company information collected from the Web site 400A~400Z on the Internet 200 for the template information 110 _1, companies for each category Information can be collected efficiently, and company research can be reduced in labor and cost.
[0068]
Further, according to the embodiment, as described with reference to FIGS. 10 and 11, whether or not to reflect the information is determined based on the credibility of the collected company information (see FIG. 4). , Can improve the accuracy of company surveys.
[0069]
According to an embodiment, as described in step SA8 shown in FIG. 8, the items that were not reflected in the template information 110 _1, so it was decided to reflect the company information collected separately by Expert In addition, it is possible to conduct a more accurate company survey while supplementing the insufficient company information with an expert.
[0070]
Although one embodiment according to the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the drawings, a specific configuration example is not limited to this embodiment, and a design change within a range not departing from the gist of the present invention. The present invention is also included in the present invention.
[0071]
For example, in the above-described embodiment, a program for realizing the function of the company survey support apparatus 100 shown in FIG. 1 is recorded on the computer-readable recording medium 600 shown in FIG. Each function may be realized by reading and executing the program recorded in 600 on the computer 500 shown in FIG.
[0072]
The computer 500 shown in the figure includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 510 that executes the above-described program, an input device 520 such as a keyboard and a mouse, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 530 that stores various data, a calculation parameter and the like. (Random access memory) 540 for storing the information, a reading device 550 for reading a program from the recording medium 600, an output device 560 such as a display or a printer, and a bus 570 for connecting each unit of the device.
[0073]
The CPU 510 implements the functions described above by reading the program recorded on the recording medium 600 via the reading device 550 and executing the program. Note that the recording medium 600 includes an optical disk, a flexible disk, a hard disk, and the like.
[0074]
(Supplementary Note 1)
Registration means for registering the items of corporate information to be collected as template information for each category relating to corporate transactions,
Collection means for collecting company information from the network based on template information corresponding to the specified category;
Reflection means for reflecting the collected company information in each item of the template information;
A corporate research support program to function as
[0075]
(Supplementary note 2) The company survey support program according to Supplementary note 1, wherein the reflection unit determines whether or not the reflection is possible based on the creditworthiness of the collected company information.
[0076]
(Supplementary note 3) The company survey support program according to supplementary note 2, wherein the reflection unit reflects separately collected company information for items not reflected in the template information.
[0077]
(Supplementary Note 4) A registration means for registering items of corporate information to be collected as template information for each category of corporate transactions,
Collecting means for collecting corporate information from the network based on template information corresponding to the specified category;
Reflecting means for reflecting the collected company information in each item of the template information;
A company survey support device comprising:
[0078]
(Supplementary Note 5) A registration step of registering items of corporate information to be collected as template information for each category of corporate transactions,
A collection step of collecting company information from the network based on template information corresponding to the specified category;
A reflection step of reflecting the collected company information on each item of the template information;
A corporate survey support method characterized by including:
[0079]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, items of corporate information to be collected are registered as template information for each category related to corporate transactions, and based on the template information, corporate information collected from the network is registered in each of the template information. Since the information is reflected in the items, it is possible to efficiently collect company information for each category, thereby reducing the labor and cost of the company survey.
[0080]
Further, according to the present invention, since it is determined whether or not reflection is performed based on the reliability of the collected company information, it is possible to improve the accuracy of the company survey.
[0081]
Further, according to the present invention, for items not reflected in the template information, the separately collected company information is reflected, so that a more accurate company survey is performed while supplementing the insufficient company information. It has the effect of being able to.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a display example of a Web site 400A shown in FIG.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a template information database 110 shown in FIG.
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an information collection table 105T used by the information collection unit 105 shown in FIG.
FIG. 5 is a view showing a website credit information database 120 shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a semi-finished version company information database 130 shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a completed company information database 140 shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the same embodiment.
FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a registration determination process illustrated in FIG. 8;
FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating a multi-company information selection process illustrated in FIG. 9;
FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating a credit calculating process illustrated in FIG. 10;
FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a modification of the same embodiment.
[Explanation of symbols]
Reference Signs List 100 Company survey support device 104 Template information registration unit 105 Information collection unit 106 Registration determination unit 107 Control unit 200 Internet 300A, 300B, 300C, 300Z Web server 400A, 400B, 400C, 400Z Web site

Claims (3)

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Registration means for registering the items of corporate information to be collected as template information for each category relating to corporate transactions,
Collection means for collecting company information from the network based on template information corresponding to the specified category;
Reflection means for reflecting the collected company information in each item of the template information;
A corporate research support program to function as 2. The company survey support program according to claim 1, wherein the reflection unit determines whether or not the reflection is performed based on the credit of the collected company information. 3. The company survey support program according to claim 2, wherein the reflection unit reflects separately collected company information for items not reflected in the template information.

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