JP2007148598A - Information processor - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily and expensively provide a technology for managing and tracing a series of information extending from part production to product assembling in knockdown production. <P>SOLUTION: This processor comprises a table storing produced part-relevant information including a first relevant key, an order number, a part individual number, and production information which is received from a part production/supply-side terminal; a table storing assembled product-relevant information including a second relevant key, an order number, a product number, part individual numbers and assembling information which is received from a product assembling/shipping-side terminal; and a means performing, upon receipt of the product number from the product assembling/shipping-side terminal, control so as to relate the corresponding information of the respective tables with each other based on the product number and the first and second relevant keys and order numbers acquired from the respective tables and transmit the resulting related information to the product assembling/shipping-side terminal. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a technique for managing and tracking a series of information from parts manufacturing to product assembly in knockdown production.

  In recent years, parts manufacturing / supply side and product assembly / shipment side are dispersed in areas (domestic and overseas etc.) that are physically separated from the viewpoint of manufacturing cost reduction. Increasingly, so-called knock-down production is performed in which parts that cannot be procured are ordered from the parts manufacturing / supply side. In this case, parts management, etc. is performed independently by the parts manufacturing / supply side and product assembly / shipment side, and the parts management is unified between the parts manufacturing / assembly side and the product / assembly shipping side. Since it is generally not available, management of a series of information from parts manufacture to product assembly, and tracking of the manufacturing history of shipped products, etc. have not been easy. Nowadays, with the development of technology development, a technology has been developed to mount fine hardware such as RF-ID (Radio Frequency Identification) tags on parts and products, and to track the manufacturing history of products using these RF-ID tags. (For example, see Patent Document 1). However, mounting fine hardware such as RF-ID tags on parts and products is in the process of being realized in terms of technology, and is also expensive in terms of cost. There is no current situation.

  Therefore, at present, a technique for managing a manufacturing history by adding a unique identifier to a product or the like is mainly used. For example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2005-100325 (Patent Document 2) includes a trace ID that uniquely specifies trace data related to a product in a distribution stage, a shipping source ID that uniquely specifies a supplier of a shipping source of the product, A shipping source product ID that is a product ID of a shipping source supplier of the product, a shipping destination ID that uniquely identifies the shipping destination vendor of the product, and a trace ID of the trace data about the product that is the raw material of the product A technique is described in which trace data including a certain raw material trace ID is used to enable tracing between trace data based on the raw material trace ID or the trace ID and the shipping destination ID. Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2005-141353 (Patent Document 3) automatically realizes cooperation between processes by using a lot identification ID issued based on the operation status of the process in the manufacturing process of food and the like. A technique for managing manufacturing history information is described.

JP-A-2005-209180 JP 2005-100325 A JP 2005-141353 A

  When an attempt is made to manage the manufacturing history of parts using the RF-ID tag disclosed in Patent Document 1 in an environment based on knockdown production, the cost becomes expensive as described above. In Patent Document 2 and Patent Document 3, the manufacturing history of parts in the case where the parts manufacturing / supply side such as knockdown production and the product assembly / shipping side are dispersed in physically separated areas, etc. It does not describe the technology to manage In addition, when a defect occurs in the shipped product, information management technology that can improve the quality of the shipped product, such as early pursuit of the cause of the defect and improvement of the production line and assembly line. It is desirable to provide

  An object of the present invention is to easily and inexpensively provide a technique for managing and tracking a series of information (manufacturing history and the like) from parts manufacturing to product assembly in knockdown production.

  In addition, the purpose of the present invention is to quickly investigate the cause of the occurrence of a failure in knockdown shipment products, and to improve the production line on the parts manufacturing / supply side and the assembly line on the product assembly / shipment side. It is to provide a technique capable of improving the quality of shipped products, such as application.

  In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides information related to manufacturing parts including order numbers, information indicating knockdown supply parts, part identification information, and manufacturing information from a plurality of parts manufacturing / supply side terminals. 1st storage means for storing the received information, and information indicating that it is a knockdown receiving part, product identification information, and part identification from a plurality of product assembly / shipment side terminals Receiving information relating to an assembled product including information and assembly information, and receiving product identification information from any of the second storage means for storing the received information and the plurality of products / shipping terminals. , The information, the order number stored in the first storage means, information indicating that it is a knockdown supply part, the parts identification information, and the order stored in the second storage means Number, previous From the information indicating that it is a knock-down receiving part, the product identification information, and the part identification information, manufacturing information and assembly information of the part relating to the product number are acquired, and the information is transmitted to the terminal of the product number transmission source. And a control means for controlling to transmit.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the technique which manages and tracks a series of information (manufacturing history etc.) from parts manufacture to product assembly in knockdown production can be provided easily and inexpensively.

  In addition, according to the present invention, when a failure occurs in a knockdown shipment product, the cause of the failure can be pursued at an early stage, and the parts production / supply side production line and product assembly / shipment side assembly line can be improved. The technology which can improve the quality of the shipped product, such as applying, can be provided.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an overall configuration of a system 1 to which the present invention is applied. FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining the outline of the present invention. The configuration of the system 1 and the outline of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. The system 1 has a configuration in which a plurality of parts manufacturing / supply side terminals 10, a plurality of product assembly / shipment side terminals 11, and an information processing device 12 are connected to a network 13.

  The product assembling / shipping side places an order that cannot be locally procured among the parts that make up the product from the parts manufacturing / supply side. At this time, the product assembling / shipping side, for example, mails an order form in which an order number, a solid (part) number, a quantity of parts, and the like are described to the parts manufacturing / supply side.

  When the parts manufacturing / supply side receives the purchase order, the parts manufacturing / supplying side manufactures the parts described in the purchase order, attaches the delivery form to the manufactured parts, and supplies them to the product assembly / shipment side. On the part manufacturing / supply side, the operator indicates that the supply part is a knockdown supply part (related key), order number, individual part number of the supply part, and manufacturing information (part manufacturing location and part manufacturing line). Information relating to the manufactured part, such as information for identifying the component, worker at the time of manufacturing the part, temperature, humidity, and the like. The input information is transmitted to the information processing apparatus 12 via the network 13 and registered in a table provided in the information processing apparatus 12 (hereinafter referred to as a manufacturing part information table) (FIG. 2, 200).

  On the product assembly / shipping side, when the parts ordered from the parts manufacturing / supply side are delivered, the worker indicates that the part is a knockdown receiving part (related key), order number, product number, product Information related to the assembly product, such as the solid number of the parts constituting the product, assembly information (information identifying the product assembly location and product assembly line, worker at the time of product assembly, temperature, humidity, etc.) is input from the terminal 10 . The input information is transmitted to the information processing apparatus 12 via the network 13 and registered in a table provided in the information processing apparatus 12 (hereinafter referred to as an assembled product information table) (FIG. 2, 201).

  Further, the product assembly / shipment side ships the final assembly product to the customer, but there are many cases where a defect occurs in the shipment product due to a component failure or the like. In this case, when the worker inputs the product number from the product assembly / shipment terminal 11 (FIG. 2, 202), the information is transmitted to the information processing apparatus 12.

  The information processing apparatus 12 searches the order number of the part (related key) that is the knock-down receiving part among the parts constituting the product from the information of the product number and the assembly product information table. The information processing apparatus 12 refers to the manufacturing part information table and searches for an order number of a part (related key) that is a knockdown supply part among those corresponding to the acquired order number. Next, the information processing apparatus 12 acquires part manufacturing information, product assembly information, and the like related to the order number from each of the tables, and transmits the information to the product assembly / shipping terminal 11 of the product number transmission source (FIG. 2, 207). The product assembly / shipment terminal 11 can display information received from the information processing apparatus 12.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of the information processing apparatus 12. The information processing apparatus 12 includes a control unit (CPU or the like) 300, a storage unit 301, and an information transmission / reception unit 302. In the storage unit 301, registration of information related to manufactured parts in the manufactured part information table 311, registration of information related to assembly products in the assembly product information table 312, and retrieval of the above-described information executed by the control unit 300. A program 310 such as association processing is stored. The manufacturing part information table 311 includes information (related key) transmitted from the part manufacturing / supply side terminal 10 indicating that the supply part is a knockdown supply part, an order number, a solid number of the supply part, and manufacturing information ( Information relating to a manufactured part such as information for identifying a part manufacturing place and a part manufacturing line, an operator at the time of manufacturing the part, temperature, humidity, and the like are registered. In the assembly product information table 312, information (related key) transmitted from the assembly product / supply side terminal 11 indicating that the part is a knock-down receiving part, an order number, a product number, and a solid of the parts constituting the product Information related to the assembly product, such as a number and assembly information (information identifying the product assembly location and product assembly line, worker at the time of product assembly, temperature, humidity, etc.) is registered. The information transmitting / receiving unit 302 is an interface with the network 13, and includes information transmitted from the component manufacturing / supply side terminal 10 and the product assembly / shipment side terminal 11 (information related to manufactured parts, information related to assembly products), The product number transmitted from the product assembling / shipping terminal 11 is received, and the result of information registration, retrieval, and association (linking) processing performed by the control unit 300 is transmitted to the product assembling / shipping terminal 11. To do. Although not shown, the component manufacturing / supply side terminal 10 and the product assembly / shipment side terminal 11 include a control unit, a program executed by the control unit, an information input unit, an information display unit, and an interface with the network 13. ing.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a configuration (parent-child relationship) of a final assembly product (an example of a personal computer) managed on the product assembly / shipment side. In FIG. 4, information described in the lower part of the product name and part name indicates information for identifying the product and the parts constituting the product.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the configuration of the manufactured part information table 311. The manufacturing part information table 311 includes a solid number 500 for identifying each part, an order number 501 indicating an order number, an associated key 502 indicating whether the supply part is a knockdown supply part, and the like. Further, when there is a parent part, a parent solid number 503 that indicates the solid number of the parent part, a number / quantity 504 that indicates the number or quantity, a unit 505 that indicates a unit for the number / quantity 504, and parts manufacture / supply A site code 506 for identifying a location, a line code 507 for identifying a part production line at a part production / supply location, a process code 508 indicating a work process, and a worker 509 indicating a worker who has performed the manufacturing work, A temperature 510 indicating the temperature of the work place at the time of work, a humidity 511 indicating the humidity of the work place at the time of work, and a start time indicating the time when the worker disclosed the work 512, respective information such as the end time 513 indicating the time you have finished work is registered in association. Here, as the related key 502, for example, “Y” in the case of a knockdown supply part, “N” in the case of not being a knockdown supply part, “Z” in the case of being supplied as a maintenance / replacement part, etc. By setting, it is possible to identify whether or not the supply component is a knock-down supply component. With this related key 502, it is not necessary to make all the supply parts to be related, so that the information related processing can be performed at high speed.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the configuration of the assembly product information table 312. The manufacturing part information table 312 includes a solid number 600 for identifying each part, an order number 601 indicating an order number, an associated key 602 indicating whether the received part is a knock-down received part, and a part. When there is a parent part, a parent solid number 603 indicating the solid number of the parent part, a number / quantity 604 indicating the number or quantity thereof, a unit 605 indicating a unit for the number / quantity 604, and a product assembly / shipment location A site code 606 for identifying the product, a line code 607 for identifying the product assembly line at the product assembly / fire place, a shipping destination code 608 indicating the shipping destination of the product, and a worker 609 indicating the worker who performed the assembling work. And a temperature 610 indicating the temperature of the work place during the work, a humidity 611 indicating the humidity of the work place during the work, and a reception indicating the time when the ordered part is received. Each information embossing 612 are registered in association. Here, as the related key 602, for example, “K” is set for a knock-down receiving part and “L” is set for local procurement instead of a knock-down receiving part. Whether or not it is a part can be identified. With this related key 602, it is not necessary to make all the received parts to be related, so that the information relating process can be performed at high speed.

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating information registration, search, and association processing in the information processing apparatus 12. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of an input screen for inputting information related to manufactured parts from the part manufacturing / supply side terminal 10. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of an input screen for inputting information related to the assembled product from the product assembly / shipping terminal 11. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of an output screen that outputs a result of information retrieval and association processing performed by the information processing apparatus 12 when a product number is input from the product assembly / shipping terminal 11.

  When the parts manufacturing / supply side receives the purchase order, the parts manufacturing / supplying side manufactures the parts described in the purchase order, attaches the delivery form to the manufactured parts, and supplies them to the product assembly / shipment side. On the part manufacturing / supply side, the operator can use the information related to the manufacturing parts shown in FIG. 8 from the terminal 10 (process code, order number, related key, site code, line code, individual number, number / quantity, Unit, worker, work start time, work end time, temperature, humidity). The input information is transmitted to the information processing apparatus 12 via the network 13 and received by the information transmitting / receiving unit 302 provided in the information processing apparatus 12. The control unit 300 registers the information received by the information transmitting / receiving unit 302 in the manufactured part information table 311 (step S700). On the other hand, on the product assembly / shipment side, when the parts ordered to the parts manufacturing / supply side are delivered, the operator can use the information related to the assembly product shown in FIG. 9 (order number, related key, site) from the terminal 11. Enter the code, line code, solid number, number / quantity, unit, worker, work acceptance time, temperature, humidity). The input information is transmitted to the information processing apparatus 12 via the network 13 and received by the information transmitting / receiving unit 302 provided in the information processing apparatus 12. The control unit 300 registers the information received by the information transmitting / receiving unit 302 in the assembly product information table 312 (step 701). Next, when a defect occurs in the shipped product and the operator inputs a product number (the highest parent individual number) from the terminal 11, the product number is transmitted to the information processing device 12, and information provided in the information processing device 12 is provided. The data is received by the transmission / reception unit 302 (step 702). Next, the control unit 300 refers to the parent individual number 603 and the individual number 600 in the manufactured part information table 311 and searches for the child individual number of the product related to the product number received by the information transmitting / receiving unit 302 (step 703). Next, the control unit 300 refers to the related key 602 of the manufactured part information table 311 and searches for “K” indicating that it is a knock-down receiving part (step 704). Next, the control unit 300 refers to the order number 601 in the manufactured part information table 311 and acquires the order number 601 of the searched related key “K” (step 705). Next, the control unit 300 refers to the order number 501 in the assembly product information table 312 and searches for an order number that matches the acquired order number (step 706). Next, the control unit 300 refers to the related key 502 in the assembly product information table 312 and searches for “Y” indicating that it is a knock-down supply component (step 707). Next, the control unit 300 stores information on the row of the related key “K” searched in step 704 in the manufactured part information table 311 and the related key “Y” searched in step 707 in the assembly product information table 312. Control is performed to acquire (associate) the row information and transmit it to the terminal 11 (step 708). The controlled information is transmitted to the network 13 by the information transmitting / receiving unit 302. Upon receiving the information transmitted from the information transmitting / receiving unit 302 via the network 13, the terminal 11 displays this information on the information display unit (screen) (FIG. 10). In FIG. 10, as the manufacturing information, information such as a site code indicating a manufacturing location, a manufacturing line code, an operator, a manufacturing time, a temperature of the working location at the time of work, and humidity are displayed. As assembly information, information such as a site code indicating an assembly place, an assembly line code, an operator, a part reception time, a temperature at the work place at the time of work, and humidity are displayed.

Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the above-described embodiment can be applied to a case where the parts manufacturing / supply side and the product assembly / shipment side are arranged in a distributed manner, such as knockdown production. Further, according to the embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to easily and inexpensively provide a technique for managing and tracking a series of information (history information and the like) from parts manufacturing to product assembly in knockdown production. In addition, according to the embodiment of the present invention, when a malfunction occurs in a knockdown shipment product, the cause of the malfunction can be pursued early, the production line on the parts manufacturing / supply side, the assembly line on the product assembly / shipment side The quality of shipped products can be improved, for example, by making improvements. Further, according to the embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to accurately cope with accountability (manufacturing responsibility) for a product purchaser.
(Other embodiments)
In the above-described embodiment, when the product assembly / shipment side orders parts that cannot be locally procured from the parts constituting the product to the parts manufacturing / supply side, the order number, solid (part) number, quantity of parts, etc. are described. The received order form is mailed to the parts manufacturing / supply side, but information such as an order number, a solid number, and a quantity is sent from the product assembly / shipment side terminal 11 to the part manufacturing / supply side terminal 10 via the network 13. You may make it transmit. The same applies to the delivery note.

  In the above-described embodiment, the information shown in FIGS. 8 to 9 is input by an operator or the like, but part of this information (order number, related key, temperature, humidity, etc.) can be automatically acquired. Such a means may be provided in the information processing apparatus 12.

  In the above-described embodiment, the product number is input from the product assembling / shipping terminal 11 when the product is defective. However, information such as a site code and a line code may be input.

1 is a diagram showing an overall configuration of a system 1 to which the present invention is applied. It is a figure for demonstrating the outline | summary of this invention. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an information processing device 12. FIG. It is a figure which shows the structure (parent-child relationship) of the final assembly product managed on the product assembly / shipping side. It is a figure which shows the structure of the manufacture components information table. It is a figure which shows the structure of the assembly product information table 312. FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating information registration, search, and association processing in the information processing apparatus 12; It is a figure which shows the example of the input screen which inputs the information relevant to manufactured components from the components manufacture and supply side terminal. It is a figure which shows the example of the input screen which inputs the information relevant to an assembly product from the product assembly and shipment side terminal. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of an output screen that outputs a result of information retrieval and association processing performed by the information processing apparatus 12 when a product number is input from the product assembly / shipping terminal 11;

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Component manufacturing / supply side terminal, 11 ... Product assembly / shipment side terminal, 12 ... Information processing apparatus, 13 ... Network, 300 ... Control part, 301 ... Memory | storage part, 302 ... Information transmission / reception unit, 310 ... Program, 311 ... Manufacturing part information table, 312 ··· Assembly product information table

Claims (5)

An information processing apparatus connected to a plurality of parts manufacturing / supply side terminals and a plurality of product assembly / shipping side terminals via a network,
Receives information related to manufacturing parts including order number, information indicating knockdown supply parts, part identification information, manufacturing information from the plurality of parts manufacturing / supply side terminals, and stores the received information. First storage means to keep,
Received an order number, information indicating that it is a knock-down receiving part, product identification information, part identification information, and information related to an assembled product including assembly information from the plurality of product assembly / shipment side terminals. Second storage means for storing information;
When product identification information is received from any one of the plurality of products / shipping terminals, the information and the order number stored in the first storage means, information indicating the knockdown supply component, The part corresponding to the product number from the part identification information, the order number stored in the second storage means, the information indicating that it is a knockdown receiving part, the product identification information, and the part identification information Control means for acquiring manufacturing information and assembly information and controlling the information to be transmitted to the product number transmission source terminal;
An information processing apparatus comprising:   The control means searches the order number of the part constituting the product, which is the knock-down receiving part, from the product number and the information of the second storage means, and refers to the first storage means Among the items corresponding to the searched order number, the order number of the knock-down supply part is searched, and the manufacturing information of the part related to the order number and the assembly information of the product are stored in the first and second storage means. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information processing apparatus is controlled to transmit the information to the terminal of the product number transmission source.   The manufacturing information includes information for identifying a manufacturing location of a supply part, information for identifying a manufacturing line, information on an operator, manufacturing time, temperature and humidity of the working location at the time of work, and the assembly information includes an assembly location. The information processing according to claim 1, further comprising information for identifying the assembly line, information for identifying the assembly line, information on the worker, parts reception time, temperature and humidity of the work place at the time of work, and the like. apparatus. An information processing apparatus connected to a plurality of parts manufacturing / supply side terminals and a plurality of product assembly / shipping side terminals via a network,
A manufacturing part information table that stores information related to manufacturing parts including the first related key, order number, part number, and manufacturing information received from the part manufacturing / supply side terminal;
An assembly product information table for storing information related to the assembly product including the second related key, order number, product number, part number, and assembly information received from the product assembly / shipping terminal;
When a product number is received from the product assembly / shipping side terminal, the product number is associated with the information of each corresponding table from the first and second related keys and the order number obtained from each table, A control unit that controls to transmit the associated information to the product assembly / shipping terminal of the product number transmission source;
An information processing apparatus comprising: The first related key stored in the manufacturing part information table is information indicating that the supplied part is a knock-down supplied part, and the second related key stored in the product assembly information table The information processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the information is information indicating that the part is a knock-down receiving part.

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