JP3015796B1 - Document creation system and recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a document creation system for leveling the operation rate of a job whose maturity is unevenly distributed at a specific time and avoiding the necessity of making a reservation for receiving the job. SOLUTION: When a user designates an extraction period, a vehicle number and a holder of a vehicle whose expiration date of a vehicle inspection comes during that period are retrieved from a vehicle database 60. The retrieved vehicle numbers are sequentially stored in the work file 68, whereby the vehicles represented by each vehicle number are assigned a storage date and time in ascending order of the storage period to which the maturity date belongs. However, if there is a warehousing period in which an amount of vehicles exceeding a certain standard is allocated, the excess is transferred to the next warehousing period. Also, 1
The number of vehicles arriving on business days is the factory operation time data 6
3. Vehicle inspection operation rate data 64 and line capacity data 6
5 is determined based on each value. Then, a guide letter to the holder, in which the retrieved vehicle number, the address and name of the holder, and the date and time of entry into the warehouse, is printed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document preparation system and, more particularly, to a document preparation system for preparing a direct mail or the like for communication about business.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art An automobile maintenance company which performs continuous inspection (hereinafter referred to as "vehicle inspection") on behalf of a vehicle, directs the expiration date of the vehicle inspection of a vehicle owned by a customer when the expiration date approaches. It is common to send an e-mail to the customer, prompting them to enter the vehicle into their own factory.

In order to efficiently send direct mail, an automobile mechanic stores vehicle information including an expiration date of a vehicle inspection of a customer's vehicle in a computer, and performs a vehicle inspection during a period when an operator of the computer inputs the vehicle information to the computer. A technique such as extracting vehicle information of a vehicle whose expiration date has arrived is used.

[0004]

However, vehicle owners tend not to enter the garage until the expiration date of the vehicle inspection approaches, and the vehicle inspection can be received one month before the expiration date. , On the day the vehicle is actually parked,
Concentrate on the expiration date one week before the expiration date.

Further, the expiration dates of vehicle inspections themselves are concentrated at the end of each month. The causes of this phenomenon are as follows: (a) Automakers are taking sales incentives to pay sales incentives to car dealers, and the amount of sales incentives will be reduced at the end of each month. Has been calculated to reflect the number of vehicles registered in the month up to, and (b) the car dealer is nearing the closing date to achieve the sales incentive target. It is conceivable that the sales structure will be strengthened, and as a result, the sales of cars will also improve.

Therefore, the days when the vehicles subject to vehicle inspection enter the warehouse are concentrated at the end of each month. For this reason, the vehicle inspection agency business (hereinafter referred to as “vehicle inspection business”) of the automobile maintenance company is also concentrated at the end of each month, and the occupancy rate may exceed 100%. As the occupancy rate increases, it becomes more difficult for an auto mechanic to accept services other than vehicle inspection services (for example, general vehicle maintenance), and opportunities to perform services other than vehicle inspection services are lost. .

On the other hand, during periods other than the end of each month, the number of vehicles to be inspected decreases, so that the inspection line provided in the factory goes into an idle state, so that the operation rate of the factory decreases and the operation efficiency deteriorates. I do. As described above, due to the uneven distribution of the maturity dates of vehicle inspections, improvement of the management efficiency of the automobile maintenance company is hindered.

[0008] Further, since the direct mail sent to the customer does not indicate the storage schedule, the customer who has received the direct mail must know whether or not the storage is possible at his or her convenient time. It is necessary to contact the factory separately. If a vehicle is stored without making an inquiry, the vehicle may need to be left at a factory for several days. As a result, factory customers,
The inconvenience of not being able to carry out the procedure for storing the vehicle smoothly is received.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and provides a document creation system for leveling the occupancy rate of a job whose maturity is unevenly distributed at a specific time and avoiding the necessity of making a reservation for receiving the job. The purpose is to do.

[0010]

In order to achieve the above object, a document creation system according to a first aspect of the present invention creates a schedule for processing of articles to be performed in a processing facility while the processing facility is operating. A document creation system for creating a document for requesting provision of the article based on the schedule, article data for identifying the article, and expiration data indicating an expiration date of the article to be processed for the article. Article database means for storing, in association with each other, owner data for identifying the owner of the article; input means for acquiring range designation data for designating the expiration designation range; and the range designation data and the expiration date Object determination means for identifying the article whose maturity is within the specified range as the article to be processed based on the data, Work period data storage means for storing work period data indicating a reference for dividing the designated range into a plurality of work periods, and processing capacity storage for storing processing capacity data representing the time required for the processing facility to process a unit amount of the article Means, a prescribed amount determining means for determining a prescribed amount of the article processed by the processing facility per construction period, the expiration data stored by the article database means, the construction date data stored by the construction data storage means, And, based on the specified amount determined by the specified amount determination means, the article whose maturity belongs to the construction period that arrives earlier receives the processing earlier, and the amount of the article that receives the processing per construction period is the A work period determining means for determining a work period in which the article specified by the object determining means is to be subjected to the processing so that the article amount is equal to or less than a prescribed amount; For the article determined by the construction period determining means, the date and time at which the article is subjected to the processing, the time interval at which the processing facility starts processing the unit amount of the article, and the processing capacity storage means store The date and time determining means, which is determined to be equal to or greater than the value represented by the processing capacity data, and the owner of the article identified by the object determining means is specified based on the owner data stored in the article database means, Printing means for creating a document in which a character string identifying the owner and the date and time is described as a document for requesting the specified owner to provide the article by the date and time determined by the date and time determining means. And the following.

[0011] According to such a document preparation system, the amount of articles to be processed within the construction period is kept to a specified amount or less, and the timing to process the articles is set at intervals longer than the time indicated by the processing capacity data. Secured. Therefore, even when the maturity of processing is unevenly distributed to a specific time, the operation rate of processing in the processing facility is leveled. In addition, since the timing of processing the article is preliminarily allocated in an optimized state, the owner of the article does not need to make a reservation for receiving the processing.

[0012] The work period determining means may be, for example, a work period in which the article specified by the object determining means is to be subjected to the processing.
The expiration data stored by the article database means;
And a tentative work period determining means for determining based on the work period data stored in the work period data storage means, and the tentative work period deciding means determines a work period in which the article receives the processing, and as a result, the processing facility performs the processing. It is determined whether or not the amount of the article has a construction period exceeding the prescribed amount determined by the prescribed amount determining means, and when it is determined that the construction period has occurred, among the articles determined to undergo the processing during the construction period, The amount exceeding the prescribed amount is determined to be processed in another construction period that does not exceed the prescribed amount. To keep.

[0013] The document creation system includes a reservation content storage unit that identifies the article for which the reservation date and time to receive the processing is predetermined and stores reservation data indicating the reservation date and time. Based on the expiration date data stored by the article database means, the construction term data stored by the construction term data storage means, the specified amount determined by the specified amount determination means, and the reservation data stored by the reservation content storage means, The work period in which the article identified by the object determination means and the article represented by the reservation data are subjected to the processing is set such that the earlier the work period to which the maturity belongs among the articles identified by the object determination means is earlier, And the processing period for processing the article identified by the reservation data includes the date and time indicated by the reservation data, and Means for determining the amount of the article to be subjected to the processing to be equal to or less than the specified amount, and wherein the date and time determining means is based on the reservation data stored in the reservation content storage means. The date and time of processing the article represented by the specified item and the reservation data, the date and time of processing the article identified by the reservation data is substantially the same as the date and time indicated by the reservation data, and the processing There may be provided a means for determining such that a time interval at which the facility starts processing a unit amount of the article is equal to or greater than a value represented by the processing capacity data stored in the processing capacity storage means. .
As a result, the timing of the processing of the article is determined so that the processing date and time is set in accordance with the reservation date and time when the processing date and time are reserved, and then the amount of the article processed within the construction period is reduced to a specified amount or less. Maintained, the timing at which the article is processed is ensured at intervals longer than the time indicated by the processing capacity data. Therefore, even when there is an article for which the date and time of the processing is reserved, the operation rate of the processing is leveled regardless of uneven distribution of the maturity time of the processing.

[0014] The date and time determining means sets a date and time after a date obtained by moving the first date of the construction period represented by the construction period data by a predetermined advance period as a date and time when the article whose maturity belongs to the construction period should undergo the processing. Means for determining may be provided. Thus, the processing of articles is performed with a certain period of time to match the processing capacity of the processing facility, for example, and by adjusting the advance period according to the degree of concentration in the specific period of the maturity, etc. In addition, the operation rate is leveled more effectively.

[0015] The processing capability storage means stores operating time data indicating the length of operation time during which the processing facility operates per predetermined time and indicating the length of time during which the processing facility performs the processing per operation time. Means for storing the operation rate data may be provided. In this case, for example, the date and time determining unit acquires the operating time data, the operating rate data, and the processing capacity data stored in the processing capacity storage unit, and the processing facility performs the processing per predetermined time. Processing the articles identified by the object determination means so that the quantity of articles to be performed is equal to or greater than a value obtained by dividing the product of the operation time data value and the operation rate data value by the processing capacity data value. By providing means for determining the date and time to be processed, the date and time when the article is processed is determined.

The processing capacity storage means associates timing data indicating a timing at which the processing facility starts processing the unit amount of the article with the quantity of the article processed by the processing facility within a predetermined time. And a timing table storing means for storing. In this case, the date and time determining unit may include, for example, an article amount specifying unit that specifies an amount of the article to be processed by the processing facility within the predetermined time based on the processing capacity data stored in the processing capacity storage unit. The date and time at which the object determining means processes the article specified, the timing at which the processing facility starts processing a unit amount of the article is associated with the quantity of the article determined by the article quantity specifying means. Means for deciding the timing to be represented by said timing data, thereby determining the date and time for processing the article.

The processing capacity storage means stores operating time data indicating the length of operating time during which the processing facility operates per predetermined time and indicating the length of time during which the processing facility performs the processing per operating time. Means for storing the operation rate data may be provided. In this case, for example, the article quantity specifying unit obtains the operating time data, the operating rate data, and the processing capacity data stored in the processing capacity storing unit, and obtains the value of the operating time data and the operating rate data. There may be provided means for specifying a value obtained by dividing a product of the product by the value of the processing capacity data as an amount of the article processed by the processing facility within the predetermined time.

A calendar storage unit for storing a calendar for specifying a business day on which the processing facility operates; the date and time determination unit based on the calendar stored in the calendar storage unit; Means may be provided for determining the date and time when the article is processed so that the date and time belongs to the business day.
As a result, the date and time at which the article is processed is determined in such a manner that the business day of the processing facility has been incorporated.

The article database means includes means for storing, in association with the article data, type data representing the type of the article represented by the article data, based on the type data stored by the article database means. The apparatus may include means for determining the processing facility for inspecting the article of the type indicated by the type data. As a result, for example, an article to be processed by a plurality of processing facilities specialized in processing different types of articles is specified. Such a document creation system is suitable for implementation for the purpose of managing an article processing schedule in a factory or the like having a plurality of processing facilities.

[0020] The holder data may indicate an address and a name of a holder of the article represented by the article data associated with the self, and the printing means may include the owner specified by the self. May be provided in such a manner that the document in which the address and the name of the document are described is in a form having a format as a mail addressed to the holder.

Thus, the created document has a form suitable for being handled by post or a private carrier without any additional processing.
Therefore, the date and time of processing of the article determined by the document creation system is notified to the owner of the article and the like reliably and efficiently by simply entrusting the transportation of the created document to a postal or private carrier. You.

The printing means may include a schedule printing means for printing a document displaying a list of the articles identified by the object determining means and data representing the processing date and time of the articles determined by the date and time determining means. For example, by posting a document to be printed by the schedule printing means, information on the date and time of processing of the article can be widely viewed, and the processing schedule of the article can be thoroughly known.

Further, a computer-readable recording medium according to a second aspect of the present invention includes a computer connected to a printing unit for creating a document in which a character string is described in accordance with an instruction supplied to the computer. Article database means for storing the article data to be identified, the maturity data indicating the maturity of the article to be processed in the processing facility, and the owner data for identifying the owner of the article in association with each other; Input means for acquiring range designation data for designating, and object determining means for identifying, based on the range designation data and the maturity data, the article whose maturity is within the designated range as the article to be subjected to the processing. And term-of-work data storage means for storing term-of-work data indicating criteria for dividing the designated range into a plurality of terms of work; Processing capacity storage means for storing processing capacity data representing a time required to process a unit amount of the article; and a prescribed quantity determining means for determining a prescribed quantity of the article to be processed per processing period by the processing facility; Based on the expiration date data stored by the article database means, the construction term data stored by the construction term data storage means, and the specified quantity determined by the specified quantity determining means, the article whose construction term to which the maturity belongs arrives earlier. As soon as the object received the processing, and the amount of the article subjected to the processing per one work period is equal to or less than the specified amount, the work period in which the object specified by the object determination means receives the process is determined. And a date and time at which the article is to be subjected to the processing for the article for which the processing time to be subjected to the processing is determined by the construction time determining means. The time interval of the timing at which the processing of the unit of the article is started is determined so that the time interval is equal to or greater than the value represented by the processing capacity data stored in the processing capacity storage means, and the article database means On the basis of the stored holder data, the owner of the article specified by the target determining unit is specified, and the specified owner is requested to provide the article by the date and time determined by the date and time determining unit. Means for instructing the printing means to create a document in which a character string identifying the owner and the date and time are recorded, and a program for causing the printing means to function. .

According to the computer that executes the program recorded on such a recording medium, the amount of the article to be processed within the work period is kept below a specified amount, and the timing at which the article is processed is determined by the processing capability data. Reserved at intervals longer than the time indicated. Therefore, even when the maturity of processing is unevenly distributed to a specific time, the operation rate of processing in the processing facility is leveled. In addition, since the timing of processing the article is preliminarily allocated in an optimized state, the owner of the article does not need to make a reservation for receiving the processing.

[0025]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A work schedule creation system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to an example of a vehicle inspection schedule creation system for creating a schedule for performing legally required continuous inspection (vehicle inspection) of a vehicle. .

FIG. 1 shows a physical configuration of a vehicle inspection schedule creation system according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the drawing, this inspection system has a control unit 1, a main storage unit 2, an external storage unit 3, and an input unit 4.
And a display unit 5 and a printing unit 6. The control unit 1 is connected to the main storage unit 2, the external storage unit 3, the input unit 4, the display unit 5, and the printing unit 6.

The control unit 1 has a CPU (Central Processing).
Unit) and the like, and reads a schedule creation program 50 representing processing described later from the external storage unit 3,
The processing described below is executed. The main storage unit 2 has a RAM (Rand
om Access Memory) and is used as a work area of the control unit 1. Further, the main storage unit 2 stores a work table 67 described later.

The external storage unit 3 is composed of a hard disk device or the like, and includes a schedule creation program 50, a vehicle database 60, a factory calendar 61, a warehousing period data 62, a factory operation time data 63, a vehicle inspection operation rate data 64, a line capacity. Data 65, warehousing time setting data 6
6 and the work file 68 are stored. Then, according to the instruction of the control unit 1, the data stored therein is stored in the control unit 1.
Output to

The input unit 4 is an input device for the user to input data such as characters and the like. The input unit 4 includes a keyboard, a mouse, and the like, and supplies information according to the operation of the user to the control unit 1. The display unit 5 includes a cathode ray tube (CRT), a liquid crystal display (LCD), and the like, and displays an image according to an instruction from the control unit 1. The printing unit 6 includes a laser printer or the like, and prints an image according to an instruction from the control unit 1 on a paper surface.

As shown in FIG. 2, the inspection inspection schedule creation system logically includes a schedule creation program 50, a vehicle database 60, a factory calendar 61, warehousing period data 62, and factory operation time data. 63, vehicle inspection operation rate data 64, line capability data 65, warehousing time setting data 66, a work table 67, and a work file 68.

The schedule creation program 50 is a program representing a process to be described later, which is executed by the control unit 1, and is read out from the external storage unit 3 by the control unit 1 and executed.

The vehicle database 60 stores, for each vehicle subject to vehicle inspection by the factory, information indicating the registration number (vehicle number) of the vehicle, the name and address of the owner, the vehicle type, and the expiration date of the vehicle inspection. This is a database that is attached and stored, and is stored in the external storage unit 3.

More specifically, the vehicle database 60 includes, for example, a plurality of records.
1) A vehicle number field for storing a vehicle number of a vehicle to be inspected by a factory, (a2) an address name field for storing owner data representing an address name of an owner of the vehicle, and (a3) the vehicle. And (a4) an expiration date field for storing information on the expiration date of the vehicle inspection of the vehicle.

The factory calendar 61 includes information indicating the business days of the factory, and is stored in the external storage unit 3.

The warehousing period data 62 is for classifying the maturity date of the vehicle inspection for each predetermined period (hereinafter referred to as the warehousing period) for the purpose of determining the date when the vehicle enters the factory. It contains data indicating the first day (beginning) of each storage period, and is stored in the external storage unit 3.

The storage period is set, for example, such that a plurality of predetermined days common to each month are set as the beginning. When a predetermined day of each month is set as the beginning of the storage period, the storage period data 62 has, for example, a data structure as shown in FIG. That is, as shown, the storage period data 62 includes a plurality of records. Each record includes a storage period number field storing the number of the storage period allocated for each month, and a start field storing the start of the storage period indicated by the number.

The factory operating time data 63 includes information indicating the length of time during which the factory is operating (operating time) in one business day, and is stored in the external storage unit 3.
The factory operating time data 63 may specifically include, for example, a set of information indicating the start time and the end time of the factory. In this case, the control unit 1 may, for example,
The processing may be performed by subtracting the start time from the end time and subtracting a rest time of a predetermined length from the end time as the operating time represented by the factory operating time data 63.

The vehicle inspection operation rate data 64 includes information indicating the ratio of the time spent for vehicle inspection to the time spent by the factory for operation (vehicle inspection operation rate), and is stored in the external storage unit 3. The line capability data 65 includes information indicating a time (line capability) required for the factory inspection line to perform a vehicle inspection on one vehicle, and is stored in the external storage unit 3.

The warehousing time setting data 66 includes data for associating the number of vehicles arriving in one business day with the time at which each of the vehicles should enter the warehousing, and is stored in the external storage unit 3. I have. Entry time setting data 66
For example, it has a data structure shown in FIG. As shown, the entry time setting data includes a plurality of records, and each record includes a plurality of fields. In the number field, which is the first field of each record, number data indicating the number of vehicles entering the store on one business day is stored, and in the subsequent fields, the number of vehicles stored in the first field is stored. When entering the warehouse on one business day, the time data indicating the time at which each of those vehicles should enter the warehouse,
They are stored in order of earliest time.

The work table 67 is a table including information indicating the number of vehicles to be inspected by the factory inspection line during each storage period within an extraction period described later specified by the user in a procedure described later. It is created by the control unit 1 and stored in the main storage unit 2.

The work table 67 has, for example, a data structure shown in FIG. As shown in the drawing, the work table 67 includes, for example, a plurality of records. Each record includes (b1) a storage period number field for storing the number of a storage period included in the extraction period specified by the user, and (b2). It includes a beginning field for storing the beginning of the storage period and (b3) a number field for storing period-specific number data indicating the number of vehicles to be inspected by the factory inspection line during the storage period.

The work file 68 is a table containing information indicating the vehicles to be inspected by the factory inspection line provided at the factory on each business day within the extraction period specified by the user. It is created and stored in the external storage unit 3.

The work file 68 has, for example, a data structure shown in FIG. As shown in the drawing, the work file 68 includes, for example, a plurality of records. Each record includes (c1) a vehicle number field storing a vehicle number of a vehicle to be subjected to a vehicle inspection within an extraction period designated by a user; c2) an expiration date field that stores information on the expiration date of the vehicle inspection of the vehicle, (c3) a storage period field that stores the number of a storage period to which the expiration date of the vehicle inspection belongs, and (c4) the vehicle is a factory. And a storage date field for storing information indicating a storage date.

Next, the operation of the vehicle inspection schedule creation system will be described. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a work file creation process. FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating the distribution process of the storage period. FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a process of determining a storage date. FIG.
It is a flowchart showing the process of printing of a guidance letter.

(Process of Creating Work File) Controller 1
After the vehicle inspection schedule creation system starts,
When the user operates the input unit 4 to instruct creation of a work file, the work file creation process shown in FIG. 7 is executed in response to the instruction.

When the process of creating a schedule is started, the control unit 1 causes the display unit 5 to display an image for prompting the user to specify an extraction period, and the user operates the input unit 4 to determine an entry date and time. It waits for the range to which the maturity date of the vehicle belongs, that is, the designation of the extraction period (FIG. 7, step S10).
1). The format for specifying the extraction period is arbitrary, for example,
The start and end of the extraction period may be specified, such as "28 days from February 1, 1999 to the same month 28 of the same year".

When the user operates, for example, the keyboard of the input unit 4 and supplies data specifying the extraction period to the control unit 1, the control unit 1 uses the supplied extraction period as a key to store the data in the vehicle database 60. The expiration date field of each record is searched, and a record indicating a vehicle whose expiration date has arrived within the extraction period is retrieved from the vehicle database 60 (step S102). The vehicle indicated by the vehicle number stored in the vehicle number field of the record retrieved in step S102 is the vehicle for which the entry date and time is specified.

Next, the control section 1 creates a work file 68 having the data structure shown in FIG. 6 (step S1).
03). It is assumed that the number of records in the work file 68 created in step S103 is substantially equal to the number of records retrieved in step S102. In each record of the work file 68, information stored in the record retrieved in step S102 is stored on a one-to-one basis. Specifically, of the data stored in the record retrieved in step S102, the vehicle number and expiration date stored in the same record are the vehicle number field and the vehicle number field of the same record in the work file 68. Stored in the expiration date field. In addition, the warehousing period field and the warehousing date field of the work file 68 are:
No data is stored in step S103.

When the work file 68 is created, the control section 1 sorts the records of the work file 68 in the order of earlier date stored in the expiration date field (step S104).

Next, the control section 1 reads out the storage period data 62 from the external storage section 3. And the work file 68
For each of the records, it is determined to which of the storage periods indicated by the read storage period data 62 the expiration date stored in the expiration date field belongs (step S105).

When the storage period is specified, the control unit 1
Stores the specified storage period number in the storage period field of the record that stores the date of the expiration date determined to belong to the storage period among the records of the work file 68 (step S106).

Next, the control unit 1 counts the numbers of the storage period numbers stored in the storage period field of each record of the work file 68 for each identical number, and stores each number. The number and the total number of types of the stored numbers are determined (step S107).

Then, the control unit 1 sends the work file 68
Is created, the data representing the largest integer AVG that does not exceed the value obtained by dividing the total number of records by the total number of types of storage periods found as a result of the determination in step S107 (step S10).
8). Value AVG of data created in step S108
Represents the largest integer that does not exceed the average of the number of vehicles inspected by the factory inspection line per storage period.

Further, the control unit 1 creates a work table 67 having a data structure shown in FIG. 5 having records of a number substantially equal to the total number of types of storage periods obtained by the determination in step S107. (Step S10
9).

Then, the control unit 1 sets the number of each type of storage period stored in the storage period field of the work file 68 in the storage period field of each record of the work table 67 created in step S109, and The information is stored in a one-to-one relationship in a younger order (step S110). Further, the control unit 1 transcribes the beginning date stored in the beginning field of the warehousing period data 62 to the beginning field of the record having the common warehousing period field in the work table 67 (step S110). Also, the control unit 1
In the work quantity table of each record in the work table 67, the result of counting the number of numbers stored in the storage period field of the record in step S107 is stored (step S110).

(Distribution Process of Storage Period) Next, the control unit 1 executes the distribution process of the storage period shown in FIG.
When the processing in FIG. 8 is started, the control unit 1 secures a storage area for storing values of the variables N, W, X, and Y used in the processing described later in the storage area of the main storage unit 2. I do. That is, the use of the variables N, W, X, and Y is declared (FIG. 8, step S201). Then, the initial value 1 is substituted for the variable N (step S202).

Next, the control unit 1 determines whether or not a record in which a number equal to the value of the variable N is stored in the storage period field exists in the work table 67 (step S).
203), if it is determined that the variable does not exist, the value of the variable N is increased by 1 (step S204), and the process proceeds to step S2.
Move to 13. On the other hand, if it is determined that the
Retrieves from the work table 67 a record in which a number equal to the value of the variable N is stored in the storage period field,
It is determined whether or not the value of the number data stored in the number field of the found record exceeds the value AVG of the data created in step S108 (step S20).
5).

Then, if it is determined that it does not exceed, the control unit 1
Increases the value of the variable N stored in the main storage unit 2 by 1 (step S204), and shifts the processing to step S213. On the other hand, when determining that the value is not exceeded, the control unit 1 stores the value of the difference between the value of the variable N and the value AVG as the value of the variable W in the main storage unit 2 (step S206).

Next, the control unit 1 searches the work table 67 using the value AVG as a key, and among the records in which the value stored in the number field is less than or equal to the value AVG, the number stored in the storage period field. Specifies the youngest record (step S207). Then, the control unit 1 determines the value of the variable X from the value AVG in step S20.
The value obtained by subtracting the value stored in the number field of the record specified in step 7 is stored in the main storage unit 2 (step S208).

Next, the controller 1 stores the smaller of the value of the variable W and the value of the variable X in the variable Y (step S209). Next, the control unit 1 sets the work file 68
To identify the consecutive records in which the number equal to the value of the variable N is stored in the storage period field among the records of the work file 68. Then, for the last number of records that are equal to the value of the variable Y among the specified records, the values stored in the storage period field of each of these records are added to the storage period field of the record specified in step S207. Update to the stored value (step S210).

Next, the control unit 1 increases the value of the number-of-records field of the record of the work table 67 specified in step S207 by the value of the variable Y (step S21).
1). Further, the control unit 1 decreases the value of the number-of-records field of the record of the work table 67 in which the number equal to the value of the variable N is stored in the storage period field by the value of the variable Y (step S212).

Next, the controller 1 determines whether or not the value of the variable N exceeds the maximum value of the number of the storage period included in the storage period data 62 (step S213). Then, if it is determined that it has not exceeded, the process returns to step S203. On the other hand, if it is determined that the time has exceeded the threshold, the control unit 1 executes
Execute the process of determining the storage date shown in.

(Process of Determining Storage Date) When the process of FIG. 9 is started, the control unit 1 declares the use of variables N1, N2, and C (FIG. 9, step S301). And the variable N
The smallest number among the numbers of the storage periods totaled in step S107 is substituted for 1, N2, and the initial value 0 is substituted for the variable C (step S302).

Next, the control section 1 reads out the factory operation time data 63, the vehicle inspection work operation rate data 64, and the line capacity data 65 from the external storage section 3, and creates data representing the value on the right side of Expression 1 (step). S303). In addition, when the factory operating time data 63 includes data indicating the start time and the end time of the factory, the operating time of the factory represented by the factory operating time data 63 is, for example, subtracting the start time from the end time, Further, the value may be a value obtained by subtracting a rest time of a predetermined length. The value CM of the data created in step S103 represents the number of vehicles that can be inspected per day by the inspection line of the factory.

[0065]

## EQU1 ## CM = int [(A.B) / E] (where A is the factory 1 represented by the factory operation time data 63)
Operating hours per day, B is the value of the vehicle inspection operation rate data 64, E
Is the value of the line capability data 65, and int [α] is the largest integer not exceeding the positive real number α)

Next, the control unit 1 accesses the first record of the work file 68 (step S304). Then, the control unit 1 further accesses the factory calendar 61 and the storage period data 62, and based on the factory calendar 61 and the storage period data 62, sets the beginning of the storage period assigned the number indicated by the variable N1 to a predetermined number of days ( (Eg, 10 days) The first factory operation day after the date that goes forward is specified (step S).
305).

When the factory operation day is specified in step S305, the control unit 1 stores information indicating the factory operation day in the storage date field of the first record of the work file 68 (step S306).

Next, the control section 1 determines whether or not the next record exists in the work file 68 (step S30).
7). Then, when it is determined that there is no next record, the control unit 1 ends the process of FIG. 9 and shifts to a guide letter printing process shown in FIG.

On the other hand, when it is determined that the next record exists,
The control unit 1 accesses the next record of the work file 68, and reads out the number stored in the storage period field of the accessed record (step S308). Then, it is determined whether or not the read value matches the value of the variable N2 (step S309).

If it is determined that they match, the control unit 1 sets the storage date field of the accessed record to the date stored in the storage date field of the most recently accessed record among the records in the work file 68. Is stored (step S310), and the process proceeds to step S313.

If it is determined that they do not match, the control unit 1 accesses the factory calendar 61 and the storage period data 62,
Based on the factory calendar 61 and the storage period data 62,
In the same manner as in step S305, the first factory operation day after the date preceding the beginning of the storage period numbered by the variable N1 by a predetermined number of days is specified. And the control part 1
The specified factory operation day is stored in the storage date field of the record of the work file 68 accessed in step S308 (step S311). Step S31
In 1, the number of days preceding the beginning of the storage period to the beginning of the storage period is the same as the number of days that the beginning of the warehouse is shifted in step S304. Then, the control unit 1 substitutes the value currently stored in the variable N1 into the variable N2 and substitutes 0 into the variable C (Step S).
312).

When the processing in step S310 or S312 is completed, the control section 1 increases the value of the variable C by 1 (step S313). Then, the control unit 1 determines whether or not the value of the variable C after the increase is equal to or larger than the value CM of the data created in step S303 (step S31).
4).

The control unit 1 determines that the value of the variable C is the value CM.
If not, the process returns to step S307. If it is determined that the value is equal to or greater than the value CM, the control unit 1 accesses the factory calendar 61 and specifies the next factory operation day stored in the work file 68 in step S310 or step S312 based on the factory calendar 61. (Step S315). Then, step S31
The new factory operation date specified in step 5 is overwritten in the storage date field of the work file 68 in which the factory operation date is most recently stored in step S310 or S312 (step S316), and the process returns to step S307.

(Guidance Printing Process) When the guidance printing process starts, the control unit 1 sets the completed work file 68
The number of records with the date stored in the receipt date field of the first record that is substantially the same as the date stored in the receipt date field of the first record exists from the beginning, including the first record Is determined (step S401 in FIG. 10).

Then, the control unit 1 searches the entry time setting data 66 using the number determined as a result of the determination in step S401 as a key, and searches for a record in which the number of the key is included in the first field (see FIG. 4). Step S402).

The time data stored in the record searched out in step S402 represents the time at which each vehicle should enter when the number of vehicles set as the key in step S402 enters on one business day.

Next, the control unit 1 reads the vehicle number stored in the vehicle number field for the record following the record from which the vehicle number was last read out of the records of the work file 68 (step S4).
03). However, if the vehicle number has not yet been read from the work file 68, step S40
In step 3, the vehicle number stored in the first record of the work file 68 is read.

Then, the control section 1 specifies the time data included in the record of the entry time setting data 66 most recently retrieved in step S402 which is next to the data supplied last to the printing section 6. (Step S40)
4). However, if the time data included in the record is not yet supplied to the printing unit 6, the time data at the head of the record is specified.

The control unit 1 searches the vehicle database 60 for a record including the vehicle number, using the vehicle number read most recently in step S403 as a key (step S405).

Then, the control section 1 determines (d1) step S
The time data most recently specified in 404, and (d2)
Date data stored in the entry date field of the record of the work file 68 from which the vehicle number read as the key in step S405 is read, and (d3) step S405
The data included in the record of the vehicle database 60 searched out in step S4 is supplied to the printing unit 6, and the printing unit 6 is instructed to print a guide letter (step S406).

The printing unit 6 receives the supply of the record data, the date data, and the time data of the vehicle database 60 found in step S405, and when instructed to print a guide letter, for example, changes the format shown in FIG. The guide letter is printed. As shown in FIG.
At 06, the vehicle number (registration number), address, name, vehicle type, date and time included in the data supplied by the control unit 1 to the printing unit 6 are printed. The date and time are printed as indicating the date and time of entering the vehicle indicated by the printed registration number, and are printed in a larger character than other characters printed in a guide letter, for example, as illustrated. It is printed in an emphasized manner.

The guide letter has a shape that can be presented as a postcard, for example, as shown in FIG. 11. In this case, the name of the address printed on the guide letter is, for example, as shown in FIG. As a result, the mail is printed in such a manner as to write the address of a postcard.

The control unit 1 that has supplied the data and the date of each record to the printing unit 6 and has instructed the printing of the guide letter has a record in the work file 68 subsequent to the record from which the last vehicle number was read. It is determined whether or not this is the case (step S407). When it is determined that there is no print, the control unit 1 ends the guide-like printing process.

On the other hand, when determining that there is a subsequent record, the control unit 1 stores the time data specified last in step S404 in the last field of the record of the entry time setting data 66. It is determined whether or not this is the case (step S408). Then, when determining that it is not the one stored in the last field, the control unit 1 returns the process to step S403.

On the other hand, if it is determined that the vehicle number is stored in the last field, the control unit 1 stores the vehicle number in the warehousing date field of the record next to the record of the work file 68 which was last read. The date of the storage date is specified (step S409). Then, it is determined how many records that store the date substantially the same as the date specified in step S409, including the record subsequent to the record from which the vehicle number was last read, continue from the subsequent record. A determination is made (step S410).

Then, the control section 1 determines to treat the number determined as a result of the determination in step S410 as the number determined as a result of the determination in step S401, and returns the process to step S402.

As a result of the above-described processing, for each vehicle whose vehicle inspection expiration date arrives during the period designated by the user as the extraction period, a guide letter to be issued to the owners of those vehicles is created. In the created guide letter, words and the like that specify the date and time at which the vehicle inspection is performed are described.

The configuration of the vehicle inspection schedule creation system is not limited to the one described above. For example, the control unit 1
Supplies the work file 68 completed by the processing up to step S316 to the printing unit 6, instructs the printing unit 6 to print the contents of the work file 68, and the printing unit 6 A schedule table indicating the number and the entry date of the vehicle represented by the vehicle number may be printed. Also, the work table 67
May be stored in the external storage unit 3, or the work file 68 may be stored in the main storage unit 2.

The expiration date data stored in the vehicle database 60 need not directly represent the expiration date of the vehicle inspection indicated by the vehicle number stored in the same record as the expiration date data. For example, it may indicate the registration date of the vehicle. In this case, for example, the control unit 1 may specify the maturity date by executing a program that calculates the maturity date based on the registration date.

The items printed on the guide letter are arbitrary as long as they include information for specifying the vehicle to be inspected or the owner of the vehicle and information for specifying the date and time of entry.
Therefore, the expiration date of the vehicle inspection may be described in the guide letter, for example. The information stored in the vehicle database 60 is not limited to the above-described information, and any items to be printed in a guide letter for prompting entry of a specific vehicle are stored in association with the vehicle number of the vehicle. You may do so.

Further, the vehicle inspection schedule creation system may print out the data stored in the vehicle database 60, which is selected by the user operating the input unit 4, in a guide form. Specifically, for example,
After the process of step S316, the control unit 1 executes step S316.
Before the process proceeds to 401, an image describing the type of data stored in each field included in the record of the vehicle database 60 is displayed on the display unit 5. And
Of the data included in the records of the vehicle database 60, for data other than the vehicle number and the owner data,
An image prompting the user to specify whether or not to print each of them in a guide letter is displayed on the display unit 5.
To wait for the designation.

When the user makes the designation, the control unit 1
Data representing the contents of the designation is created and stored in the main storage unit 2. In step S406, (e1) step S4
04, date data stored in the entry date field of the record of the work file 68 from which the vehicle number read out as the key in step S405, and (e3) retrieved in step S405. Among the data included in the issued record of the vehicle database 60, the data specified by the user to be printed,
Is supplied to the printing unit 6 to instruct the printing of the guide letter. Accordingly, the vehicle inspection schedule creation system creates a guidance letter with an expiration date when the user specifies to print the expiration date of the vehicle inspection on the guidance letter, for example.

In addition, the vehicle inspection schedule creation system does not need to use the entry time setting data 66 to determine the entry time of the vehicle. For vehicles entering the factory on the same business day, the control unit 1 sets (f1) the time at which each vehicle entering at the second or later on that business day enters, and the time at which each vehicle entering at the time immediately before each enters. Is equal to or longer than the time represented by the value of the line capability data 65, and (f)
2) The time of entry of each vehicle is within the operating hours of the factory (for example, within the period from the start time to the end time of the factory).
, The time of entry of each vehicle may be determined by an arbitrary method. Also, the date and time of entry of each vehicle does not necessarily need to be determined so that the expiration date or the construction period to which the maturity date belongs comes earlier, and the vehicle specified as a vehicle inspection target based on the inspection expiration date is not necessarily required. All may be determined so that scrutineering can take place before the expiration date.

[0094] In the vehicle inspection schedule creation system, the state of the vehicle inspection reservation made by the vehicle owner may be reflected in the contents of the work file 68. Specifically, for example, an administrator of the schedule creation system stores in advance in the external storage unit 3 the vehicle number of the vehicle for which the owner or the like has reserved the vehicle inspection and the reservation date and time data indicating the date and time at which the vehicle inspection is performed. Are stored in association with each other.

After identifying the time data to be newly supplied to the printing unit 6 in step S404, the control unit 1 refers to the reservation date and time data stored in the external storage unit 3 and Among them, it is determined whether or not a vehicle that has entered at the time represented by the reservation date and time data will enter the vehicle in duplicate with a vehicle that has entered at the time represented by the time data specified in step S404. If it is determined that there is no overlap, the control unit 1 moves the process to step S405.

If it is determined that there is an overlap, the control unit 1 determines (g1) the record following the record of the work file 68 from which the most recent vehicle number was read out as the key in step S405. The vehicle numbers in the vehicle number field are transferred to the vehicle number field of the record immediately after, respectively, and (g2)
In order to use the vehicle number associated with the reservation date and time data determined to be duplicated as a key in step S405, the vehicle number field of the record next to the record of the work file 68 from which the most recent vehicle number was read is used. Store.

Then, the control unit 1 treats the vehicle number stored in the work file 68 in the processing indicated as (g2) above as the most recently read vehicle number in step S403, and shifts the processing to step S405. . As a result, the vehicle number of the vehicle for which the vehicle inspection has been reserved is incorporated into the work file 68, and a guide letter to the owner of this vehicle is also created.

As a result of the processing shown as (g1),
The vehicle number stored in the vehicle number field of the last record of the work file 68 before this processing does not remain in the work file 68. That is, the vehicle indicated by the vehicle number is excluded from the target for specifying the warehousing date.

The vehicle inspection operation rate data 64 does not need to be stored in the external storage unit 3 in advance. Therefore, for example, the control unit 1 includes a business day included in a period in which the entire extraction period specified by the user is traced back by a predetermined number of days (for example, the same number of days as the date of the beginning of the period in steps S305 and S311). The number of days is specified, and based on the specified number of days D and the number of records retrieved in step S102, data representing the value on the right side of Expression 2 is created. May be used.

[0100]

B = (E · R) / (A · D) (where A is the value of the factory operating time data 63, E is the value of the line capacity data 65, and R is the value of the record retrieved in step S102. number)

The vehicle for which the entry date is specified does not necessarily need to be determined by the above-described procedure. Also, the criteria for determining the vehicle need not be fixed in advance, and the criteria for determination may be changed so that a desired amount of vehicles undergo a vehicle inspection in a predetermined period.

For example, in steps S305 and S311, the number of days for which the date of the beginning of the period is traced back need not be a fixed number of days. In addition, even if the length of the period from the earliest date to the latest date of the warehousing date specified for each vehicle is different from the length of the extraction period specified by the user, each vehicle is subject to the vehicle inspection before the expiration date. As long as the warehousing date is specified to obtain, it does not matter.

Further, for example, after ending the process of determining the warehousing date, the control unit 1 allows all the vehicles represented by the records of the vehicle database 60 retrieved in step S102 to undergo the vehicle inspection before the expiration date. It is determined whether or not a storage date has been designated. If it is determined that the receipt date has been designated, the process proceeds to the guide letter printing process. May be shortened or extended, and the process of determining the storage date may be redone.

In addition, the vehicle inspection schedule creation system distributes vehicles to be inspected to a plurality of factory inspection lines that do not necessarily have the same line capacity, factory operation time, and vehicle type as inspection targets. You may make it.

In this case, each record of the work file 68 is, for example, a factory inspection line field for storing information indicating a factory inspection line for inspecting the vehicle indicated by the vehicle number stored in the vehicle number field of the record. To be included. Further, the factory operating time data 63 includes information indicating the operating time during which each factory inspection line is operating within one business day for each factory inspection line. The line capability data 65 includes information indicating the line capability of each factory inspection line for each factory inspection line.

Then, instead of the above-described process of sorting in the storage period, the control unit 1 determines that the vehicles that enter the factory inspection line for one business day satisfy the conditions described above as (f1) and (f2). And, so that the vehicle of the vehicle type that can be inspected by each one enters the factory inspection line,
It is sufficient to perform a process of determining the vehicle entry date, the entry time, and the factory inspection line to be entered.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the document creation system of the present invention can be realized by using a general computer system without using a dedicated system. For example, a document creation system that executes the above-described processing by installing the program for executing the above-described operation from a medium (a floppy disk, a CD-ROM, or the like) storing the program in a personal computer connected to a printer. Can be configured.

The medium for supplying the program to the computer may be a communication medium (medium for temporarily and fluidly holding the program, such as a communication line, a communication network, or a communication system). For example, the program may be posted on a bulletin board (BBS) of a communication network and distributed via the network. And start this program, under the control of the window system,
The above processing can be executed by executing the application in the same manner as other applications.

If the OS shares a part of the processing,
Alternatively, when the OS constitutes a part of one component of the present invention, a program excluding the part may be stored in the recording medium. Also in this case, in the present invention, it is assumed that the recording medium stores a program for executing each function or step executed by the computer.

[0110]

As described above, according to the present invention, there is provided a document preparation system for leveling the operation rate of a business whose maturity is unevenly distributed at a specific time and avoiding the necessity of making a reservation for receiving the business. Is achieved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a physical configuration of a vehicle inspection schedule creation system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a logical configuration of a vehicle inspection schedule creation system according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a diagram schematically illustrating a data structure of storage period data.

FIG. 4 is a diagram schematically illustrating a data structure of storage time setting data.

FIG. 5 is a diagram schematically showing a data structure of a work table.

FIG. 6 is a diagram schematically showing a data structure of a work file.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a work file creation process.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a process of sorting in a storage period.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing processing for determining a storage date.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating a guide letter printing process.

FIG. 11 is a view showing a guide printing surface.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 control unit 2 main storage unit 3 external storage unit 4 input unit 5 display unit 6 printing unit 50 schedule creation program 60 vehicle database 61 factory calendar 62 warehousing period data 63 factory operation time data 64 vehicle inspection work operation rate data 65 line capacity data 66 Receiving time setting data 67 Work table 68 Work file

Claims (12)

(57) [Claims] 1. A document preparation system for preparing a schedule for processing of an article to be performed in the processing facility during operation of the processing facility, and preparing a document requesting provision of the article based on the schedule. For the article, article database means for storing article data for identifying the article, expiration data indicating an expiration date at which the article should be subjected to the processing, and owner data specifying the owner of the article in association with each other, An input unit for acquiring range designation data for designating the designated range of the maturity; based on the range designation data and the maturity data, the article whose maturity is within the designated range as the article to be subjected to the processing. Target determination means for specifying, and term data storage means for storing term data indicating a reference for dividing the designated range into a plurality of terms, Processing capacity storage means for storing processing capacity data representing the time required for the processing facility to process a unit amount of the article; and a prescribed quantity for determining a prescribed quantity of the article to be processed per processing period by the processing facility. Determining means; and the expiration data stored by the article database means;
Based on the construction period data stored in the construction period data storage unit and the specified amount determined by the specified amount determining unit, the article, whose construction period to which the maturity belongs to, arrives earlier, receives the processing earlier, and A period of time for the article to be subjected to the processing to be equal to or less than the predetermined amount, and a period of time for the article identified by the object determining means to determine a period for receiving the processing; For the article determined by the construction period determining means, the date and time at which the article is subjected to the processing, the time interval at which the processing facility starts processing the unit amount of the article, and the processing capacity storage means store Date and time determining means for determining the value to be equal to or more than the value represented by the processing capacity data; and, based on the holder data stored in the article database means, As a document for specifying the owner of the article identified by the object determination means and requesting the identified holder to provide the article by the date and time determined by the date and time determination means, the owner and the date and time And a printing means for creating a document in which a character string for identifying the document is described. 2. The expiration date stored in the article database means and the expiration date stored in the operation time data storage means, wherein the expiration date data is stored in the article database means. As a result of the work period provisional determination means determining based on data, and the work period provisional determination means determining a work period in which the article undergoes the processing, the amount of the article processed by the processing facility is determined by the specified amount determination means. It is determined whether or not a work period exceeding the specified amount to be determined has occurred. When it is determined that the work period has occurred, a portion of the article determined to be subjected to the processing during the work period exceeds the specified amount by the specified amount. 2. The document preparation system according to claim 1, further comprising: a work period re-determining unit that determines to be processed in another work period not exceeding the period. 3. An article for which the reservation date and time to receive the processing is identified and the reservation content storage means for storing reservation data indicating the reservation date and time, wherein the work period determination means is provided with the article database means. Based on the maturity data stored by the storage unit, the construction period data stored by the construction period data storage unit, the specified amount determined by the specified amount determination unit, and the reservation data stored by the reservation content storage unit. The article specified by the reservation data and the article represented by the reservation data receives the processing, the object that the expiration date to which the maturity belongs among the articles identified by the object determination means comes earlier, and The processing period for processing the article identified by the reservation data includes the date and time indicated by the reservation data, and
Means for deciding the amount of the article to be processed per one work period so as to be equal to or less than the prescribed amount, wherein the date and time deciding means is based on the reservation data stored in the reservation contents storing means, The date and time for processing the article represented by the article and the reservation data specified by the determination means, the date and time for processing the article identified by the reservation data is substantially the same as the date and time indicated by the reservation data, and Means for determining such that a time interval at which the processing facility starts processing a unit amount of the article is equal to or greater than a value represented by the processing capacity data stored in the processing capacity storage means. The document creation system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein 4. The date and time determining means sets the date and time after a date obtained by moving the first date of the construction period represented by the construction period data by a predetermined advance period, and the article whose maturity belongs to the construction period should receive the processing. The document creation system according to claim 1, further comprising means for determining a date and time. 5. The processing capacity storage means includes: operating time data indicating the length of operating time during which the processing facility operates per predetermined time; and the length of time during which the processing facility performs the processing per operating time. Means for storing operating rate data representing the, the date and time determining means, the operating time data, the operating rate data and the processing capacity data stored in the processing capacity storage means to acquire, per the predetermined time The object determining means such that the amount of the article to be processed by the processing facility is equal to or greater than a value obtained by dividing a product of the value of the operation time data and the value of the operation rate data by the value of the processing capacity data. The document creation system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising: means for determining a date and time when the specified article is processed. 6. The processing capacity storage means stores timing data indicating a timing at which the processing facility starts processing the unit amount of the article into an amount of the article processed by the processing facility within a predetermined time. A timing table storage unit that stores the items in association with each other, wherein the date and time determination unit determines an amount of the article processed by the processing facility within the predetermined time based on the processing capability data stored in the processing capability storage unit. The article quantity specifying means to be specified, the date and time at which the article specified by the target determining means is processed, the timing at which the processing facility starts processing the unit quantity of the article, the article determined by the article quantity specifying means Means for deciding the timing represented by the timing data associated with the amount of the data. Writing system. 7. The processing capacity storage means includes: operating time data indicating the length of operating time during which the processing facility operates per predetermined time; and the length of time during which the processing facility performs the processing per operating time. Means for storing operation rate data representing the operation time data, wherein the article quantity specifying means acquires the operation time data, the operation rate data and the processing capacity data stored by the processing capacity storage means, Means for specifying a value obtained by dividing a product of a value and the value of the operation rate data by a value of the processing capacity data as an amount of the article processed by the processing facility within the predetermined time. The document creation system according to claim 6, wherein 8. A calendar storing means for storing a calendar for specifying a business day on which the processing facility operates, wherein the date and time determining means is specified by the object determining means based on the calendar stored in the calendar storing means. The document creation system according to any one of claims 1 to 7, further comprising: means for determining a date and time at which the processed article is processed so that the date and time belong to the business day. 9. The article database means includes means for storing, in association with the article data, type data indicating the type of the article represented by the article data, based on the type data stored by the article database means. The document creation system according to any one of claims 1 to 8, further comprising: means for determining the processing facility that inspects the article of the type indicated by the type data. 10. The possessor data represents an address and a name of a possessor of the article represented by the article data associated with the self, and the printing means includes information of the possessor specified by the self. 10. A method according to any one of claims 1 to 9, further comprising means for creating the document in which an address and a name are described so that the document has a form having a form as a mail addressed to the holder. 2. The document preparation system according to claim 1. 11. The printing means further comprises a schedule printing means for printing a document displaying a list of the articles identified by the object determining means and data representing the date and time of processing of the articles determined by the date and time determining means. The document preparation system according to any one of claims 1 to 10, wherein: 12. A computer connected to a printing means for preparing a document in which a character string is described in accordance with an instruction supplied to itself, an article data for identifying an article, and an expiration date when the article is to be processed in a processing facility. Article database means for storing, in association with each other, expiration date data and owner data for specifying the owner of the article; input means for acquiring range designation data for designating the specified expiration range; and the range designation data Based on the maturity data, an object determining means for specifying the article whose maturity is within the specified range as the article to be processed, and term data indicating criteria for dividing the designated range into a plurality of terms. And a processing time data storing means for storing processing capacity data representing a time required for the processing facility to process a unit amount of the article. And processing capability storage means for a specified amount determining means for determining a predetermined amount of the article to the processing facility for processing per the 1 construction period, the expiration data to which the article database means for storing,
Based on the construction period data stored in the construction period data storage unit and the specified amount determined by the specified amount determining unit, the article, whose construction period to which the maturity belongs to, arrives earlier, receives the processing earlier, and A period of time for the article to be subjected to the processing to be equal to or less than the predetermined amount, and a period of time for the article identified by the object determining means to determine a period for receiving the processing; For the article determined by the construction period determining means, the date and time at which the article is subjected to the processing, the time interval at which the processing facility starts processing the unit amount of the article, and the processing capacity storage means store Date and time determining means for determining the value to be equal to or more than the value represented by the processing capacity data; and, based on the holder data stored in the article database means, As a document for specifying the owner of the article identified by the object determination means and requesting the identified holder to provide the article by the date and time determined by the date and time determination means, the owner and the date and time Means for instructing the printing means to create a document in which a character string for identifying is written, and a computer-readable recording medium for recording a program for causing the printing means to function.