JP2004326439A - System and method for displaying product information - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system for displaying product information for preventing the quality problem and improving the efficiency of product development by managing the histories and reasons of constitution, correction and discontinuation of the product information and by reflecting the histories and the reasons in the specification information of the products under development. <P>SOLUTION: The system for displaying the product information on a plurality of pieces of product information including the specification information indicating properties of the products to solve the problems to be solved comprises a product information management means for managing the plurality of pieces of product information including a plurality of the histories and the reasons when any of the constitution, the correction and the discontinuation is performed for a prescribed specification value in the specification information; and a display control means for displaying a visually recognizable display for the plurality of the histories and the reasons managed by the management means. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a product information display system, and more particularly, to a product information display system that manages a plurality of product information items of a supply product used in an electrophotographic printer or the like and performs display for comparing the product information items.
[0002]
[Prior art]
2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, along with diversification of products such as electrophotographic printers, parts and supply products of those products have been diversifying. In many cases, parts and supply products of those products are individually designed. Further, product information on the product is managed based on a predetermined standard for each product.
[0003]
Hereinafter, a procedure for performing development using conventional product information will be described. FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining conventional product development. In FIG. 1, first, a product to be developed and required characteristics of a manufacturing process are input to a development system for performing development using product information (step S1), and a prescription design of the product is performed (step S2). Next, the product is prepared for production (step S3), and after the production is prepared, the prototype of the product is evaluated (step S4). Next, when a defect occurs in the prototyped product, the design is changed (step S5). Prototyping and evaluation are performed on the product whose design has been changed (step S6). Further, when a failure occurs in the product whose setting has been changed, the same processing as steps S5 and S6 is repeated (steps S7 and S8). Note that the procedure is not limited to the procedure shown in FIG. 1 and the same processes as steps S5 and S6 are repeated until there is no defect in the product. Next, when the defect of the product disappears, the developed product is mass-produced (step S9), and the product is sold and used in the market (step S10). In the process of step S9, if the mass-produced products have large variations, the products deteriorate, that is, a quality problem occurs (step S11).
[0004]
For example, when the supply product is a toner, typical materials used for the toner include a resin, CCA, an additive, a release agent, a pigment, and MB (masterbatch). , Carrier properties, optical properties, powder properties, magnetic properties, components, particle size distribution, electrical properties, thermal properties, physical properties, appearance, and other manufacturing conditions. In this way, toners are developed and manufactured according to the standards for raw materials, standards for quality, standards for manufacturing, etc., but even when the same raw materials are used, they are independently generated due to differences in conditions such as the model in which the toner is used. At present, standards have been established.
[0005]
As shown in FIG. 1, if a quality problem such as toner scattering occurs after mass production of the developed product, the quality problem is determined by the unspecified level and range, the standard value by the person in charge at the design and development stages. This is due to omission of setting or omission of evaluation. As a countermeasure, it is necessary to add a new item to the product information in the product standard or the raw material standard, or to update the product information so as to change the level of the inspection standard or to restrict the manufacturing conditions.
[0006]
Further, as a conventional technique, there are a system for managing component information (for example, see Patent Document 1), a product production method and an inventory management method (for example, see Patent Document 2).
[0007]
[Patent Document 1]
JP 2001-265838 A
[Patent Document 2]
JP-A-2002-62926
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in the conventional product information as described above, information on the establishment, revision, and abolition of multiple product information standards is often not accurately managed. It is not sufficient to compare reference and establishment, revision, and abolition history.
[0010]
Further, when developing a product similar to a predetermined product whose specification information has been changed after mass production, the developer of the similar product should contact the predetermined product standard information setter regarding the above-mentioned reason of the predetermined product standard information. It is necessary to inquire about the circumstances of the change and the reason for the change, which causes a problem that the development efficiency is reduced.
[0011]
Therefore, an object of the present invention is to prevent the occurrence of quality problems beforehand by managing the history and reasons for the establishment, revision, and abolition of product information and reflecting them in the standard information of developed products based on them. It is an object of the present invention to provide a product information display system and a product information display method capable of improving the development efficiency of a product.
[0012]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the present invention provides a product information display system for displaying a plurality of product information having standard information indicating a characteristic of a product, wherein A product information management unit that manages the plurality of product information having a plurality of revisions and abolition histories when any of a predetermined standard value is established, revised, or abolished, and managed by the product information management unit; Display control means for performing a visually recognizable display on the plurality of revising / removing histories thus set.
[0013]
In such a product information display system, a plurality of product information having a plurality of revision, abolition, and elimination histories when any of the standard values of the standard information is established, revised, or abolished is managed. By providing a visually recognizable display of the revision history, the revision history can be visually recognized and reflected in the standard information of the developed product. Product development efficiency can be improved.
[0014]
From the viewpoint of recognizing technical information relating to product development, the present invention provides, as set forth in claim 2, that the product information managed by the product information management means establishes the standard value for each of the standard values. The display control means may be configured to display the information on the reason for establishment, revision, or abolition with respect to the standard value.
[0015]
In such a product information display system, by displaying the reason for the revision or abolition of the standard value, the reason for the revision or abolition can be recognized and reflected in the standard information of the developed product, thereby preventing a quality problem from occurring. At the same time, product development efficiency can be improved.
[0016]
From the viewpoint of comparing the revision history of a plurality of products, according to the present invention, as described in claim 3, the display control means visually compares the revision history of a plurality of product information with each other. It can be configured to provide a recognizable display.
[0017]
In such a product information display system, since the revision history of a plurality of product information can be visually recognized, the recognition result can be reflected in the standard information of the developed product, and quality problems occur before they occur. , And the efficiency of product development can be improved.
[0018]
Further, in order to solve the above problems, the present invention can be a product information display method, a program for causing a computer to perform the process in the product information display method, and a recording medium storing the program.
[0019]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
[0020]
FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of the product information comparison system according to the embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 2, a product information comparison system 10 corresponds to a product information display system described in the claims, and includes a product information management server 20 that manages product information for each developed product, and a product information management server 20 based on the product information. This is a system composed of developer terminals 30a to 30x for development. The product information management server 20 and the developer terminals 30a to 30x are connected via the network 1.
[0021]
In FIG. 2, the product information management server 20 is a server computer, and the following components are controlled by a CPU (Central Processing Unit). The CPU performs processing in the product information comparison system 10 according to a program stored in the memory unit. The product information management server 20 mainly includes an installer 21 for installing a program for executing a product information management process, a communication control processing unit 22 for controlling data communication, and an input / output control processing unit for controlling data input / output. 23, a product information display control unit 24 for controlling the display of product information, a product information database (hereinafter referred to as DB) 25 storing product information, and establishment, revision, and abolition of standard information of each product (hereinafter referred to as a system). The system includes a system change and abolition information DB 26 in which system change and abolition information such as a system and abolition history is stored. The table stored in the product information DB 25 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.
[0022]
The communication control processing unit 22 is a processing unit that controls transmission and reception of data via the network 1 and has a communication unit for connecting to a network. The input / output control processing unit 23 controls input units such as a mouse and a keyboard and output units such as a monitor and a printer, and controls data input and output. The installer 21 reads the program from the recording medium 40 on which the program for realizing the processing in the product information comparison system according to the embodiment of the present invention is recorded, and stores the read program in, for example, an auxiliary storage. Install it on the device. Then, when the product information comparison process is started, the CPU starts the process according to the program installed in the auxiliary storage device. The recording medium 40 may be a computer-readable medium such as a ROM as a medium for storing the program.
[0023]
Further, the product information display control unit 24 has a display unit such as a display, and based on the product information stored in the product information DB 25 and the renovation / abolition information stored in the Control the screen display for comparing. For example, when the administrator inputs from the keyboard provided in the product information management server 20 to start the product information comparison process, the product information display control unit 24 starts the product information comparison process. The product information display control unit 24 displays a screen for prompting the manager to specify a product, and displays on a screen the information on a plurality of products specified by the manager. In particular, a history of revision / abolition with respect to a predetermined standard value is displayed in a graph from the revision / abolition information screen, and a reason for the revision / abolition is displayed.
[0024]
Thereby, the administrator can visually recognize the status of the revision / abolition of the predetermined standard value and the reason of the revision / abolition / abolition from the graph display of the revision / abolition history of the predetermined standard value.
[0025]
Since the developer terminals 30a to 30x have the same configuration as the installer 21, the communication control processing unit 22, the input / output control processing unit 23, and the product information display control unit 24 of the product information management server 20, a description will be given. Omitted.
[0026]
Next, a table stored in the product information DB 25 will be described. FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 are diagrams illustrating tables stored in the product information DB. First, in FIG. 3, a table 250 stored in the product information DB 25 indicates an item indicating a toner product name, an item indicating an applicable model name, an item indicating a product prescription, and the date and time when the product was updated. It is composed of items and items indicating the color of the product. The product name “product A” stores the product name of each color of “product A”. For example, in the table 250, for the product name “A-BK” of each color, the model name “aaaa” , A prescription “oil application”, an update date “2002/07/10”, and a color “black” are stored.
[0027]
Next, in FIG. 4, a table 251 stored in the product information DB 25 shows an item indicating the product name of the toner, an item indicating a plurality of characteristics 1 to 3 of the particle size distribution, and a characteristic 4 of the powder characteristics. Item, items indicating a plurality of characteristics 5 to 7 of electrical characteristics, items indicating a characteristic 8 of thermal characteristics, items indicating a plurality of characteristics 9 to 11 of optical characteristics, characteristics 12 and 13 of environmental conditions, and the like. Consists of items. The table 251 stores a standard value which is a value corresponding to each item of each product. The items required for comparison with other product information can be set and changed without being limited to the items shown in the tables 250 and 251.
[0028]
Next, a description will be given of a table stored in the modification / abolition information DB 26 in the display processing of the modification / abolition information of the product information. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a table stored in the revision / destruction information DB. The table 252 stored in the revision / abolition information DB 26 shown in FIG. 5 stores the revision / abolition information such as a history of a plurality of revisions / abolition for each characteristic item of each product. In the table 252, an item indicating the product name of the toner, an item indicating the property that has been changed or abolished, an item indicating the property has been changed or abolished, an item indicating the standard value that is a value for the set property, and It consists of an item that indicates the standard value range within which the value is acceptable, an item that indicates the test method for product development, an item that indicates the date on which the system was revised, and an item that indicates the reason for the system revision. . For example, in the table 252, the product name “A-BK”, the characteristic item “characteristic 2”, the revision / elimination item “establishment”, the standard value “10”, the standard width “± 1”, and the test method “ XXX measurement ", the date of renovation and abolition" 02/11/21 ", and the reason for revising and revoking the system" xxx "are stored.
[0029]
Next, the screen transition displayed on the display unit of the product information management server 20 in the product information comparison process will be described. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a screen transition in the product information comparison process. Screen 200 shown in FIG. 6 is a screen displayed when the product information comparison process is started. The screen 200 includes a display area 201 for displaying product information, an input area 202 for selecting a product for which detailed information is to be displayed, a creation screen button 203 for displaying a product information creation screen, and product information for each product. Button 204 for displaying product information, a prescription button 205 for displaying product information for each prescription, a button 206 for displaying product information for each model in which the product is used, and a button for displaying product information for each category of the model in which the product is used. 207 and a standard-specific button 208 for displaying product information for each standard are displayed. In the display area 201, product information stored in the table 250 shown in FIG. 3 is displayed, and items indicating a product name, a model name, a prescription, and an update date are displayed. For example, when the administrator checks the input area 202 of the product name “AC”, detailed product information of the product name “AC” is displayed. Further, when the standard-specific button 208 is selected in a state where the product name “A-BK” is selected as shown in the display area 209, the following revocation / abolition information screen is displayed.
[0030]
Next, a display screen of the information of the renewal and abolition will be described. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a display screen of the information on the restructuring / abolition of a predetermined product. 7 shows a display area 221 indicating the title “product standard”, a display area 222 indicating the product name “A-BK”, and a graph showing the revision / abolition history for the selected predetermined standard value. A control / revision history button 223 to be displayed, a button 224 for returning to a previously displayed screen, an output button 225 for outputting information of the displayed screen 220 on spreadsheet software, and a control for a predetermined product. A selection display area 226 for selecting and displaying the renewal information is displayed.
[0031]
In the selection display area 226, a property item indicating a property that has been abolished, an item indicating a set standard value, an item indicating a standard width, an item indicating a test method related to product development, and a control abolition are abolished. And an item indicating the date of the event.
[0032]
For example, in the selection display area 226, when the standard value “11” for the characteristic item “characteristic 4” is selected as shown in the display area 227 and the modification / absence history button 223 is selected, the selected characteristic is displayed as shown below. The revision history of the standard value for the item is displayed on the screen as a graph or the like that can be easily visually recognized.
[0033]
Next, a display screen of a standard value revision / abolition history for the selected characteristic item will be described. FIG. 8 is a view showing a display screen of the history of abolition / revision for a predetermined characteristic item. The screen 230 shown in FIG. 8 displays a graph of the revision / abolition history of the standard value for the selected characteristic item. On the screen 230, the selected characteristic item “characteristic 4” and “change history” are displayed as screen titles. On the screen 230, the horizontal axis of the graph displays the date of the revision / abolition, and the vertical axis represents the revision / abolition history with the standard value and the standard width. For example, when the standard value and the standard width 231 on the graph for the date of revising / repeating “02/9/26” are selected, the reason for revising or revoking the characteristic item is displayed on the screen as shown below. The display format is not limited to the graph display shown on the screen 230, but may be any display format in which the standard values can be easily visually recognized.
[0034]
Next, in the case where the selected standard value 231 has been established, a display screen for the reason for abolition / revision will be described. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a display screen of the reason for abolition / revision of a predetermined standard value. Since the selected standard value 231 is established on the screen 240 shown in FIG. 9, the reason for the revision, abolition and abolition information, and product information are displayed. On the screen 240, a display area 241 showing information on the product of the selected standard value, a display area 242 showing the information on the revision, abolition and abolition of the selected standard value, and a display area 243 showing the reason for the revision, abolition and abolition are displayed. . The display area 241 displays an item indicating a product name of the selected standard value, an item indicating a corresponding model name, an item indicating a prescription, and an item indicating a color. Further, in the display area 242, an item indicating the content of the revision, the item indicating the characteristic item, and an item indicating a value before the revision and the value after the revision are eliminated. Therefore, it is possible to recognize the reason for the change, abolition, and abolition of the standard value selected on the screen 240, the information about the abolition, abolition and abolition, and the product information.
[0035]
As described above, the display for easily recognizing the information on the revision of the system with respect to the predetermined standard value is displayed, and the test method and the reason for the revision, abolition, or the like are displayed, so that the administrator can control the system during the product development process. It is possible to recognize the history related to the renovation and abolition, and to reflect the recognition result in the standard information of the developed product, thereby preventing the occurrence of quality problems and improving the development efficiency of the product.
[0036]
Next, a screen for comparing and displaying the standard information of a plurality of product information will be described. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a display screen of standard information for a plurality of products. The standard information screen 250 shown in FIG. 10 has a display area 251 indicating the title “product standard”, a display area 252 indicating the reference product name “A-BK”, and a standard for displaying the selected predetermined standard value comparison. A value comparison button 253, a standard width comparison button 254 for displaying a standard width comparison for the selected predetermined standard value, and a system revision / absence history comparison button 255 for displaying a system revision / abolition history comparison for the selected predetermined standard value. A button 256 for returning to the displayed screen, an output button 257 for outputting the information on the displayed screen 250 on spreadsheet software, and a selection display area for selecting and displaying information on renewal or abolition of a predetermined product. A selection display area 258 for selection and display is displayed.
[0037]
In the selection display area 258, items indicating the classification of each product, standard items indicating standard values that have been revised or abolished, and items indicating product information and standard values of products to be compared with the reference product are displayed. To compare four products displayed in the selection display area 258 for “Characteristic 4”, as shown in the display area 259, product names “A-BK”, “A-C”, The standard value of “AM” or “AY” is selected, and one of the comparison buttons is selected.
[0038]
When the standard value comparison button 253 is selected, as shown in FIG. 11, a plurality of selected standard values and standard widths are displayed on the screen in a graph or the like that can be easily visually compared.
[0039]
When the standard width comparison button 254 is selected, the standard value width of the reference product name “A-BK” can be visually easily compared with the standard value width of another product as shown in FIG. Can be.
[0040]
Further, when the user selects the system modification / abolition history comparison button 255, as shown in FIG. 13, comparison between the system modification / abolition history of the reference product name "A-BK" and the system modification / abolition history of other products is visually facilitated. Can be done.
[0041]
Next, a comparison screen of the standard value and the standard width will be described. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a comparison screen of a standard value and a standard width for a predetermined characteristic item. A screen 261 shown in FIG. 11 displays standard values of a plurality of products (here, product names “A-BK”, “AC”, “AM”, and “AY”) for the selected characteristic item. And the standard width are displayed in a graph. The screen 261 displays the selected characteristic item “characteristic 4” and “comparison of standard values” as screen titles. On the screen 261, the standard value and the standard width are displayed with the product name on the horizontal axis and the standard and standard width on the vertical axis.
[0042]
Next, the standard width comparison screen will be described. FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating a comparison screen of a standard width for a predetermined characteristic item. A screen 262 shown in FIG. 12 displays a standard width of a plurality of products (here, product names “A-BK”, “AC”, “AM”, “AY”) for the selected characteristic item. Is displayed in a graph. On the screen 262, the selected characteristic item “characteristic 4” and “standard width comparison” are displayed as screen titles. On the screen 262, the standard width is displayed with the product name on the horizontal axis and the absolute value of the standard width on the vertical axis.
[0043]
Next, a description will be given of a screen for comparing and revising history. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a comparison screen of the history of revision, abolition and elimination of a predetermined item. A screen 263 shown in FIG. 13 displays a plurality of products (here, product names “A-BK”, “AC”, “AM”, “AY”) for the selected characteristic item. The history is displayed as a graph. On the screen 263, the abscissa axis of the graph shows the date on which the revision was abolished, and the ordinate axis shows the standard revision and abolition histories of a plurality of products. Further, for example, when the standard value 264 of the product name “A-BK” is selected on the graph for the date “02/08/31”, the reason for the revision / abolition for the standard value 264 is displayed on the screen. The screen for the reason for abolition / revision is the same as the screen shown in FIG.
[0044]
In this way, the display of recognizable results can be developed by displaying the test method and the reason of the revising and abolition, etc., while displaying the recognizable and easily recognizable history by comparing the revising history of a plurality of standard values. This can be reflected in product standard information, preventing the occurrence of quality problems beforehand and improving the product development efficiency.
[0045]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, a plurality of product information having a plurality of revisions and abolition histories and a reason for the revision, abolition, or abolition when any of the standard values of the standard information is established, revised, or abolished is performed. By managing and displaying a visually recognizable history of the revisions and abolitions, it is possible to visually recognize the revisions and abolition history and the reasons for the revisions and abolition and reflect them in the standard information of the developed product. It is possible to prevent quality problems from occurring and to improve product development efficiency.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining a conventional product development.
FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of a product information comparison system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a table stored in a product information DB.
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a table stored in a product information DB.
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a table stored in a revision / destruction information DB.
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a screen for comparing product information in a product information comparison process.
FIG. 7 is a view showing a display screen of information on revising / reducing a predetermined product.
FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a display screen of a history of a revision, abolition, or elimination for a predetermined characteristic item.
FIG. 9 is a view showing a display screen of a reason for establishment with respect to a predetermined standard value.
FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a display screen of standard information for a plurality of products.
FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a screen for comparing standard values of a plurality of products with respect to a predetermined characteristic item.
FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a screen for comparing standard widths of a plurality of products with respect to a predetermined characteristic item.
FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a screen for comparing the revision history of a plurality of products for a predetermined characteristic item.
[Explanation of symbols]
1 Network 10 Product Information Comparison System 20 Product Information Management Server 21 Installer 22 Communication Control Processing Unit 23 Input / Output Control Processing Unit 24 Product Information Display Control Unit 25 Product Information DB
26 Reform abolition information DB
30a-30x Developer terminal 40 Recording medium

Claims (6)

A product information display system for displaying a plurality of product information having standard information indicating the characteristics of the product,
For a predetermined standard value of the standard information, established, revised, abolished, revised, abolished product information management means for managing the plurality of product information having a plurality of revision, revision and abolition history when performed,
A display control means for performing a visually recognizable display with respect to the plurality of revision / retirement histories managed by the product information management means. The product information managed by the product information management means has information on establishment, revision, and abolition of the standard value for each of the standard values,
2. The product information display system according to claim 1, wherein the display control means displays information on the reason for establishment, revision, or abolition of the standard value. The product information display system according to claim 1, wherein the display control unit performs a visually recognizable display by comparing the revision history of a plurality of product information. A product information display method for displaying the plurality of product information in a product information comparison server having a product information management unit that manages a plurality of product information having standard information indicating product characteristics,
For a predetermined standard value of the standard information, a product information storing procedure for storing a plurality of system revision / abolition histories in the product information management means when any of the system is established, revised, or abolished,
A display control procedure for performing a visually recognizable display on the plurality of revision / deletion histories stored by the product information storage procedure. A product information storage procedure for storing the product information having reason information of establishment, revision, and abolition of the standard value for each of the standard values in the product information management means, and the reason information stored in the product information storage procedure. 5. The method according to claim 4, further comprising a display control procedure for performing a visually recognizable display. The product information display method according to any one of claims 4 to 5, wherein the display control procedure performs a visually recognizable display by comparing the revision history of a plurality of product information.

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