JP3113236B2 - Document creation system and recording medium - Google Patents

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] To achieve the above object, the first aspect of the present invention.
The document creation system according to the aspect of the present invention is a document creation system for creating a schedule for processing of articles performed in the processing facility during operation of the processing facility, and creating a document requesting provision of the article based on the schedule. And for the article, article data identifying the article,
Maturity data indicating the maturity of the article to undergo the treatment;
Article database means for storing owner data identifying the owner of the article in association with each other; and input for acquiring period designation data for designating a work period for executing the processing in response to an operation of an operator Means, based on the period designation data and the maturity data, a target determining means for specifying the article to be subjected to the processing within the business period, and an order in which the article specified by the target determining means receives the processing. An order determining means for determining based on the maturity data stored in the article database means, and a parameter storage means for storing processing capability data representing a time required for the processing facility to process a unit amount of the article, The date and time at which the article determined by the object determination means is processed, the date and time belongs to the business period, and the order of receiving the processing is determined by the ranking. According to the order determined by the column, and determined such that the time interval at which the processing facility starts processing the unit amount of the article is equal to or greater than the value represented by the processing capability data stored in the parameter storage means. Based on the schedule determining means to be performed and the holder data stored in the article database means, the owner of the article specified by the object determining means is specified, and the schedule determining means determines the specified holder. as written for seeking to provide the article by the date and time, comprises a printing unit configured to create a document string identifying the holder and the date and time have been described, wherein the pair
The elephant determining means sets the maturity represented by the maturity data by a predetermined advance.
The date specified by the period specification data
And if it is determined that it belongs ,
The article data represented by the maturity data
The goods are to be subjected to the treatment during the business period.
A means for specifying the product .

According to such a document preparation system, the timing of processing the articles is ensured such that the processing of each article is performed by the expiration date and at an interval longer than the time indicated by the processing capacity data. . Therefore, even if the maturity of the processing is unevenly distributed to a specific time, the operation rate of the processing 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]

A document according to a second aspect of the present invention.
The creation system runs at a processing facility while the facility is in operation.
Create a schedule for the processing of goods to be
A document requesting the provision of the article based on the
An order in writing to create systems of, attached to the article
The article data for identifying the article;
Expiry data indicating the maturity to be received and the owner of the goods
That stores the owner data that identifies
Article database means, and in response to an operation of an operator,
Acquires the period specification data that specifies the business period
Input means for obtaining, the period designation data and the
Should receive the processing within the business period based on data
Target determining means for specifying the article; and the target determining means
The order in which the articles identified by
Based on the expiration data stored in the article database means
Means for determining the order and the processing facility before the unit quantity
Processing capacity data representing the time required to process the article
And the processing facility processes the unit amount of the article.
The timing data indicating the timing to start
Corresponds to the quantity of the article processed by the processing facility in time
And parameter storage means for only storing the parameter SL
At a predetermined time based on the processing capacity data stored in the storage means.
Specify the amount of the article to be processed by the processing facility during the interval
An article quantity specifying unit and the object specified by the object determining unit
The date and time when the product is processed is determined by the processing facility
Is started when the article quantity specifying means starts processing.
The timing associated with the determined quantity of the article
For deciding the timing represented by the streaming data
Schedule determining means comprising:
Based on the holder data stored by the base means,
Specifying the owner of the article identified by the object determination means,
The schedule determining means is determined by the identified holder.
To provide the goods by the date and time
A character string identifying the owner and the date and time in writing
Be provided but a printing unit configured to create a document which listed, the
It is characterized by. With such a writing system
Also, the timing of the processing of the articles depends on the processing of each article.
The time that occurs before expiration and is represented by the processing capacity data
It is secured at the above intervals. Therefore, the maturity of processing
Even if it is unevenly distributed at a specific time, the operation rate of processing is
Standardized. Also, the timing to process the goods is optimal
Will be assigned in advance in a
It is necessary for the owner of the goods to make a reservation to receive the processing
Disappears. The object determining means determines whether or not a date obtained by moving the maturity represented by the maturity data back by a predetermined advance period belongs to a period represented by the period designation data. There may be provided a means for specifying the article represented by the attached article data as the article to be subjected to the processing during the business period. 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.

The parameter storage means receives the processing.
Identify the article for which the reservation date and time
Reservation contents storage for storing reservation data indicating the reservation date and time
Means, wherein the schedule determining means includes
Obtaining the reservation data from the storage means and determining the target
The article identified by the means and the acquired reservation data are
Represents the date and time when the article is processed, and the date and time is the business period
And the article identified by the object determination means is
The order of receiving the processing is the order determined by the order determining means.
The object that is identified by the acquired reservation data
The date and time when the product is processed matches the date and time indicated by the reservation data
And the processing facility starts processing a unit amount of the article.
The time interval of the start timing is determined by the parameter storage
It is higher than the value represented by the processing capacity data stored in the stage.
It may be provided with a means for determining in this way. This
As a result, the timing of processing the article is determined by the date and time of the processing.
For items that are reserved, please follow the date and time of the reservation
And then the processing of each article is performed by the expiration date.
And the interval longer than the time represented by the processing capacity data
Placed and secured. Therefore, the processing date and time are reserved.
If there is an article to be processed,
And the operation rate of processing is leveled.

[0015]

[0016]

The parameter storage means stores, for example, operating time data indicating the length of operating time of the processing facility operating per unit time and the length of time 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 acquires the operating time data, the operating ratio data, and the processing capacity data stored in the parameter storing unit, and calculates a value of the operating time data and a value of the operating ratio data. And a means for specifying a value obtained by dividing the product of the product by the value of the processing capacity data as the amount of the article to be processed by the processing facility within a predetermined time.

A calendar storage unit for storing a calendar for specifying a business day on which the processing facility operates; the schedule determination unit based on the calendar stored in the calendar storage unit; Means may be provided for determining a date and time when the article is processed such that the date and time belongs to the business day in the business period. 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 processing capability data represents the time required for a plurality of processing facilities to process a unit amount of the article for each of the processing facilities, and the article database means corresponds to the article data. And means for storing type data representing the type of the article represented by the article data, wherein the schedule determining means is based on the type data stored by the article database means, and A processing facility determining means for determining a processing facility for inspecting the article specified by the determining means, and a date and time for processing the article specified by the processing facility determining means for each of the processing facilities; , And the order in which the processing is performed follows the order determined by the order determining means, and each of the processing facilities has a unit amount of the article. Means for time intervals of the timing for starting the management is determined to be equal to or greater than the amount represented by the capacity data, it may be provided with a. Thus, for example, the timing of processing of articles performed by a plurality of processing facilities specialized in processing of different types of articles is collectively determined. Such a document creation system is suitable for implementation for the purpose of collectively managing an article processing schedule in a factory or the like having a plurality of processing facilities.

The owner data represents the address and name of the owner of the article represented by the article data associated with the self, and the printing means includes the address and the name of the owner specified by the self. There may be provided a means for creating the document in which the name is described so that the document can be sent as mail 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.

[0022] The printing means may include a schedule printing means for printing a document displaying a list of the articles identified by the target identifying means and data representing the date and time of processing of the articles determined by the schedule 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 third aspect of the present invention includes a computer connected to a printing means 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, in association with each other, article data to be identified, expiration data indicating an expiration date for which the article should undergo predetermined processing, and owner data for identifying the owner of the article, and responding to an operation of the operator And, based on the input means for acquiring a period specification data that specifies a business period in which the processing facility performs the processing, based on the period specification data and the maturity data,
Target determination means for specifying the article to be subjected to the processing during the business period, and the order in which the articles identified by the target determination means receive the processing, based on the expiration data stored in the article database means Order determining means for determining, a parameter storage means for storing processing capability data representing a time required for the processing facility to process a unit amount of the article, and a date and time for processing the article specified by the object determining means. The date and time belongs to the business period, and the order of receiving the processing is in accordance with the order determined by the order determining means, and the time interval at which the processing facility starts processing the unit amount of the article is Schedule determining means for determining the processing capacity data to be equal to or greater than the value represented by the processing capacity data stored in the parameter storing means, and the article database Based on the holder data stored in the column, identifying the owner of the article identified by the object determining means, and providing the identified article to the owner by the date and time determined by the schedule determining means. as it is written for seeking, and means for instructing to create a document string identifying the holder and the date and time described in the printing unit, and by function, the object determination hand
The column indicates the maturity represented by the maturity data by a predetermined advance period.
The retroactive date belongs to the period represented by the period specification data
Or not, and if it is determined to belong, the maturity date
The article represented by the article data associated with the data,
As the goods to be subjected to the treatment during the business period
It is characterized by recording a program for causing it to function as specifying means .

The computer that executes the program recorded on such a recording medium determines the timing of processing the articles by processing each article before the expiration date.
It is ensured that the interval is longer than the time indicated by the processing capacity data. Therefore, even if the maturity of the processing is unevenly distributed to a specific time, the operation rate of the processing is leveled. In addition, since a computer that executes a program recorded on such a recording medium allocates in advance a timing at which processing of an article is optimized, the owner of the article or the like makes a reservation for receiving the processing. Eliminates the need.

[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. .

(First Embodiment) FIG. 1 shows a physical configuration of a vehicle inspection schedule creation system according to a first embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the drawing, the vehicle inspection schedule creation system includes a control unit 1, a main storage unit 2,
An external storage unit 3, an input unit 4, a display unit 5, and a printing unit 6 are provided. 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 program representing a process described later from the external storage unit 3 and executes a process described later. The main storage unit 2 includes a RAM (Random Access Memory) and the like, and is used as a work area of the control unit 1. The main storage unit 2 stores an operation table 62 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, factory operation time data 63, vehicle inspection operation rate data 64, line capacity data 65, and entry time described later. The setting data 66 is stored. Then, in accordance with an instruction from the control unit 1, it outputs the data stored therein to the control unit 1.

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, an operation table 62, and factory operation time data 63. , Vehicle inspection operation rate data 64, line capability data 65, and entry time setting data 66.

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 operation table 62 is a table including information indicating a vehicle to be inspected by a factory inspection line provided at a factory on each business day during a vehicle inspection business period designated by a user. The operation table 62 has, for example, a data structure shown in FIG. As illustrated, the operation table 62 includes, for example, a plurality of records, and each record includes a plurality of fields. The first field, the business day field, stores date data representing the date of the business day. In the fields following the business day field, the vehicle numbers of the vehicles to be inspected on the day indicated by the date data stored in the business day field are sequentially stored in the order in which the vehicles enter the factory for the inspection. Have been. Each record of the operation table 62 is arranged in the order of earliest date represented by date data stored in the business day field.

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 on one business day with the time at which each of the vehicles should enter 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.

Next, the operation of the vehicle inspection schedule creation system will be described. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the process of creating a schedule. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a process of printing a guide letter.

(Schedule Creation Processing) The control unit 1
After the vehicle inspection schedule creation system is activated, when the user operates the input unit 4 to instruct schedule creation, the schedule creation process shown in FIG. 5 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 prompting the user to specify a vehicle inspection business period, and waits for the user to operate the input unit 4 to specify the vehicle inspection business period. (FIG. 5, Step S1
01).

When the user operates, for example, the keyboard of the input unit 4 and supplies data for designating the vehicle inspection work period to the control unit 1, the control unit 1 performs the vehicle inspection work period represented by the data supplied thereto. Is specified backward by a predetermined number of days (step S102).

That is, for example, when the user designates 31 days from October 1, 1998 to the same month of the same year as the vehicle inspection business period, the above-mentioned predetermined period is, for example, 10 days. Assume that In this case, the control unit 1 determines in step S102 that
The 31 days from the date to November 10 of the same year are specified.

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 1). S103). In the case of A, when the factory operation time data 63 includes data indicating the start time and the end time of the factory, the operation time of the factory indicated by the factory operation time data 63 is, for example, the start time from the end time. The value may be a value obtained by subtracting a rest time of a predetermined length. The value X of the data created in step S103 represents the number of vehicles that can be inspected per day by the factory inspection line of the factory.

[0044]

X = int [(A · B) / C] (where A is 1 of the factory represented by the factory operation time data 63)
Operating hours per day, B is the value of vehicle inspection operation rate data 64, C
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 searches the expiration date field of each record of the vehicle database 60 using the period specified in step S102 as a key, and searches for a vehicle whose expiration date comes during the key period (that is, when the user The record that represents the vehicle to be inspected during the specified inspection period)
Search out from the vehicle database 60 (step S10)
4). In other words, in Step S104, Step S
A record indicating a vehicle whose expiration date belongs to the vehicle inspection business period when the maturity date of the vehicle inspection is traced back by the same number of days as the number of days that the vehicle inspection business period is shifted in 102 is stored in the control unit 1.
Found by

Next, the control unit 1 searches the factory calendar 61 using the period specified in step S102 as a key,
A business day belonging to the period is specified (step S10
5). Then, the control unit 1 creates the operation table 62 having the data structure shown in FIG. 3 (step S10).
6).

It is assumed that the number of records in the operation table 62 created in step S106 is substantially equal to the number of business days specified in step S105. In the business day field of each record of the operation table 62, the date of the business day specified in step S105 is stored on a one-to-one basis. The contents of the other fields of each record are substantially blank, and the number of each field is determined in step S103.
It is assumed that it is equal to the value X of the data created in.

When the operation table 62 is created, the control unit 1
Sorts the records retrieved in step S104 in ascending order of the date stored in the expiration date field, and reads the vehicle number stored in the vehicle number field of the record at the top of the sorting result (step S104).
107).

Next, the control unit 1 sets the vehicle number read most recently in step S107 or step S110 to the blank field closest to the top of the topmost record of the operation table 62 including the blank field. It is stored (step S108).

Next, the control unit 1 determines whether or not there is a record next to the record whose vehicle number was last read out of the records sorted in step S107 (step S109). When determining that there is a next record, the control unit 1 reads the vehicle number from the record (step S110), and returns the process to step S108. On the other hand, when determining that there is no next record, the control unit 1 determines that the operation table 62 has been completed, and proceeds to the process of printing a guide letter shown in FIG.

(Guidance Printing Process) When the guidance printing process starts, the control unit 1 counts the number of vehicle numbers stored in the first record of the completed operation table 62 (FIG. 6, (Step S201), the retrieval time setting data 66 is searched by using the number of vehicle numbers found as a key as a key, and a record in which the number used as the key is included in the first field is searched for (Step S202). Step S2
The time data stored in the record retrieved at 02 indicates the time at which each vehicle should enter when the number of vehicles set as the key at step S202 enters at one business day.

Next, the control section 1 reads the vehicle number stored in the field next to the business day field of the first record of the operation table 62 (step S20).
3). Then, the control unit 1 determines in step S202 or S2
13, among the time data included in the record of the entry time setting data 66 most recently searched out,
Is specified next to the one supplied to (step S204). 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 determines in steps S203 and S203.
Using the vehicle number read most recently in 209 or S212 as a key, a record including the vehicle number is searched from the vehicle database 60 (step S205).

Then, the control section 1 determines (b1) step S
(B2) the most recently specified time data at 204
The date data stored in the business day field of the record of the operation table 62 from which the vehicle number used as the key was read in step S205, and (b3) each data included in the record of the vehicle database 60 retrieved in step S205 Are supplied to the printing unit 6, and the printing unit 6 is instructed to print a guide letter (step S206).

The printing unit 6 receives the supply of the record data, the date data, and the time data of the vehicle database 60 searched out in step S205 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 6, the vehicle number (registration number), address, name, vehicle type, date and time included in the data supplied to the printing unit 6 by the control unit 1 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. 7. 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.

After supplying the data and the date of each record to the printing unit 6 and instructing the printing of the guide letter, the control unit 1 sets the field following the field from which the vehicle number was last read out in the same record of the operation table 62 in the operation table 62. Is determined (step S207). If it is determined that the data exists, the control unit 1 determines whether data is stored in the corresponding field (step S20).
8) If it is determined that the data is not stored, the process ends. On the other hand, if it is determined that the data is stored, the data (that is, the vehicle number) stored in the corresponding field is read (step S209), and the process returns to step S204.

If it is determined in step S207 that the corresponding field does not exist, it is determined whether or not there is a record next to the record having the field from which the vehicle number was read last (step S210). If it is determined that the record does not exist, the process ends. If it is determined that the record exists, it is determined whether data is stored in a field following the business day field of the record (step S211).

If it is determined in step S211, that the data is not stored, the control section 1 ends the processing. If it is determined that the data is stored, the control section 1 reads the data (ie, the vehicle number) (step S212). Then, the number of the vehicle number stored in the record having the field from which the data is read is specified, and the record in which the specified number is stored in the first field is retrieved from the entry time setting data 66 (step S213),
The process returns to step S204.

As a result of the above-described processing, a guide letter for each vehicle to be inspected during the period specified by the user as the inspection period is created for delivery to the owners of the vehicles. 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 above. For example, the control unit 1
Supplies the operating table 62 completed by the processing up to step S110 to the printing unit 6, instructs the printing unit 6 to print the contents of the operating table 62, and the printing unit 6 stores the vehicle stored in the operating table 62. A schedule table indicating the number and the date and time when the vehicle indicated by the vehicle number undergoes the vehicle inspection may be printed. The operation table 62
May be stored in the external storage unit 3.

Further, the maturity date data stored in the vehicle database 60 need not directly represent the maturity date of the vehicle inspection indicated by the vehicle number stored in the same record as the maturity 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 information printed on the guide letter is arbitrary as long as it includes 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 creating system may print out the data stored in the vehicle database 60 selected by the user operating the input unit 4 in a guide form. Specifically, for example,
After finishing the process of step S110, the control unit 1 sets the vehicle database 60 before shifting the process to step S201.
Is displayed on the display unit 5 to explain the type of data stored in each field included in the record. Then, among the data included in the records of the vehicle database 60, for the data other than the vehicle number and the owner data, an image prompting the user to specify whether or not to print each in a guide letter is displayed on the display unit 5. It is displayed, and the user operates the input unit 4 to wait for the designation.

When the user performs 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 S206, (c1) step S2
The date data stored in the business day field of the record of the operation table 62 from which the vehicle number used as the key in step 05 is read, and (c2) the data included in the record of the vehicle database 60 retrieved in step S205 Is supplied to the printing unit 6 to instruct printing of a guide letter. Thereby, this vehicle inspection schedule creation system, for example,
When the user specifies to print the expiration date of the vehicle inspection on the guidance letter, a guidance letter with the expiration date is created.

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 (d1) the time at which each vehicle entering at the second and subsequent days on the business day enters, and the time at which each vehicle entering at the time immediately before the vehicle enters the factory. Is equal to or longer than the time represented by the value of the line capability data 65, and (d)
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. In addition, the date of entry of each vehicle does not necessarily need to be determined so that the earlier the expiration date is, the earlier the expiration date of the vehicle inspection, all vehicles specified as the subject of the vehicle inspection, the designated vehicle inspection service What is necessary is just to determine so that a vehicle inspection may be received within a period.

In the vehicle inspection schedule creation system, the contents of the operation table 62 may reflect the status of the vehicle inspection reservation made by the vehicle owner. 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 S 204, 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 there is a vehicle that has entered at the time indicated by the reservation date and time data and will enter the vehicle at the same time as the vehicle entered at the time indicated by the time data specified in step S204. If it is determined that there is no overlap, the control unit 1 moves the process to step S205.

If it is determined that there is an overlap, the control unit 1 sets (e1) the next and subsequent fields of the operation table 62 from which the most recent vehicle number was read as a key in step S205. Each vehicle number is transferred to the next field, and (e2) the vehicle number associated with the reservation date and time data determined to be duplicated is changed to the value in step S2.
In step 205, the most recent vehicle number to be used as a key is stored in the field next to the field of the operation table 62 from which the vehicle number was read. However, when the vehicle number is transferred, the vehicle number stored in the last field of the record is transferred to the field next to the business day field of the record next to the record having the field.

Then, the control unit 1 stores the vehicle number stored in the field of the operation table 62 in the processing shown as (e2) above in step S203, S209 or S21.
In step S205, the vehicle number is treated as the most recently read vehicle number, and the process proceeds to step S205. As a result, the vehicle number of the vehicle for which the vehicle inspection has been reserved is incorporated into the operation table 62, and a guide letter to the owner of this vehicle is also created.

Further, the vehicle inspection operation rate data 64 does not need to be stored in the external storage unit 3 in advance. Therefore, for example, after the control unit 1 finishes the process of step S105,
Before moving to step S106, step S104
The number of records retrieved in step S105 and the number of days of the business day specified in step S105 are specified, data representing the value on the right side of Expression 2 is created, and the created data is used as the vehicle inspection work operation rate data 64. You may do so.

[0072]

B = (CR) / (AD) (where A is the value of the factory operating time data 63, C is the value of the line capacity data 65, and R is the value of the record retrieved in step S104. Number, D is the number of business days specified in step S105)

The vehicle to be subjected to the vehicle inspection during the vehicle inspection work period designated by the user 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 vehicle inspection during the vehicle inspection work period.

For example, in step S102, the number of days for shifting the vehicle inspection business period backward does not need to be a fixed number of days, and the start and end of the vehicle inspection business period are
The number of days may be shifted from each other, and as a result, the control unit 1 may specify a period having a length different from the inspection period in step S102.

Also, for example, the control unit 1 determines in step S1
After performing the processing of step S05, the vehicle represented by each record of the vehicle database 60 searched out in step S104 is stored in step S10 on all business days specified in step S105.
It is also possible to determine whether or not all the vehicles can be subjected to the vehicle inspection within the vehicle inspection business period by performing the vehicle inspection on the vehicles less than the number obtained in step 3.

In this case, when the control unit 1 determines that the vehicle inspection can be performed, the process proceeds to step S106. When the control unit 1 determines that the vehicle inspection cannot be performed, the process returns to step S102. In step S102, the control unit 1 For example, the number of days by which the end of the inspection work (or both the beginning and end) is shifted by a predetermined number of days, or the number of days by which the start (or both the start and end of the inspection) is shifted by a predetermined number of days Alternatively, the period may be specified again.

(Second Embodiment) In the following, for a plurality of factory inspection lines which do not always have the same line capacity, factory operation time, and vehicle type as inspection targets, each of the vehicle inspection target vehicles A vehicle inspection schedule creation system according to a second embodiment of the present invention for distributing the vehicle inspection schedule will be described.

The physical configuration of the vehicle inspection schedule creation system is substantially the same as that in the first embodiment. In addition, as shown in FIG. 8, the inspection schedule creation system logically includes, in addition to the schedule creation program 50, the vehicle database 60, the factory calendar 61, and the inspection inspection operation rate data 64,
A line-by-line operation table 67 is provided in place of the operation table 62, a line-by-line factory operation time data 68 is provided in place of the factory operation time data 63, and a line-by-line line capability data 69 is provided in place of the line capability data 65.

The vehicle database 60, factory calendar 61, and vehicle inspection operation rate data 64 are substantially the same as those in the first embodiment. Further, the schedule creation program 50 is a program representing a process to be described later executed by the control unit 1, and is read out from the external storage unit 3 by the control unit 1 and executed.

The line-by-line operation table 67 is a table including information indicating vehicles to be inspected by each factory inspection line provided at the factory on each business day during the vehicle inspection business period designated by the user. Specifically, the line-by-line operation table 67 has, for example, a data structure shown in FIG. As illustrated, the line-by-line operation table 67 includes a plurality of records. Each record has a plurality of fields. The first field, a business day / line field, stores a date representing a business day and a line number for identifying a factory inspection line. In each field following the business day / line field, the vehicle number of the target vehicle for which the vehicle inspection is performed on the day represented by the date data stored in the business day / line field is sequentially stored in the order in which the vehicle inspection is performed. I have. Each record of the line-by-line operation table 67 is arranged in ascending order of the date represented by the date data stored in the business day / line field. However, the records in which the stored date data represents the same date are arranged, for example, in ascending line number.

The factory operating time data 68 for each line includes information indicating the operating time during which each factory inspection line is operating within one business day for each factory inspection line, and is stored in the external storage unit 3. I have. Line capacity data 69 by line
Includes information indicating the line capability of each factory inspection line for each factory inspection line, and is stored in the external storage unit 3.

Next, the operation of the vehicle inspection schedule creation system will be described. FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the processing performed by the vehicle inspection schedule creation system according to the second embodiment.

After starting the vehicle inspection schedule creation system, the control unit 1 performs substantially the same processing as the processing of steps S101 to S105 in the first embodiment (step S301). That is, the control unit 1 specifies a period in which the vehicle inspection operation period specified by the user is shifted backward by a predetermined number of days, searches the vehicle database 60 for a record indicating a vehicle whose expiration date comes in the specified period, , Specify the business days that belong to the specified period.

Next, the control unit 1 secures the same number of storage areas in the main storage unit 2 as the number of factory production lines. Then, the factory operating time data 68 by line, the inspection operation rate data 64, and the line capacity data 69 by line are stored in the external storage unit 3.
Is read, and the same number of data as the number of factory inspection lines, which represents the value on the right side of Expression 3, is created, and these data are stored on a one-to-one basis in each storage area secured by itself (step S302). The value X (k) of the data stored in the variable in step S302 represents the number of vehicles that can be inspected per day by the factory inspection line with the line number k.

[0085]

X (k) = int [B · {A (k)} / {C (k)}] (where B is the value of vehicle inspection operation rate data 64, k is the line number, and A (k) Is factory operation time data by line 6
8, the operation time of the factory inspection line with the line number k,
C (k) is the line capability of the factory inspection line with the line number k represented by the line capability data 69 for each line, int
[Α] is the largest integer that does not exceed the positive real number α)

Next, the control section 1 creates a line-by-line operation table 67 having the data structure shown in FIG. 9 (step S303).

The number of records in the line-by-line operation table 67 created in step S303 is assumed to be substantially equal to the product of the number of days of the day specified in step S301 and the number of factory inspection lines. In addition, the business day / line field of each record of the line-by-line operation table 67 includes
All combinations that can be obtained by associating the date data representing each date specified in step S301 with the line number of each factory inspection line on a one-to-one basis are stored on a one-to-one basis. The other fields are set in step S
At 303, it is left blank.

Further, the total number of other fields of each record of the line-by-line operation table 67 is such that the factory inspection line indicated by the number stored in the business day / line field of the record is inspected per day. It is equal to the value obtained in step S303 as the number of possible vehicles.
That is, for example, in the case of a record in which the line number stored in the business day / line field is k, the total number of other fields included in the record is X (k).

Next, the control unit 1 sorts the records retrieved in step S301 in ascending order of the date stored in the expiration date field (step S304), and stores the records in the first record as a result of the sorting. The vehicle number and the vehicle type data are read out (step S305).

Next, the control unit 1 determines which of the factory inspection lines in the factory the vehicle type data read most recently in step S305 or S309 indicates the type of vehicle to be inspected (step S306).

In order to enable the control unit 1 to make the determination in step S306, for example, the administrator of the schedule creation system requires the external storage unit 3
Next, the line number and the vehicle type data indicating the vehicle type of the vehicle to be inspected by the factory inspection line indicated by the line number are stored in association with each other. In this case, step S
In step 306, the control unit 1 determines whether the vehicle type data stored in the external storage
In step 309, a vehicle type that is substantially the same as the read vehicle type is specified, and a factory inspection line indicated by a line number associated with the specified vehicle type data is determined. Thus, the factory inspection line for inspecting the vehicle of the vehicle type read in step S305 or S309 is determined.

Then, the control unit 1 indicates that the record having the blank field among the records in which the line number of the factory inspection line specified in step S306 is stored in the business day / line field is blank. Step S305 or Step S30 is added to the uppermost field.
The most recently read vehicle number is stored in step 9 (step S307).

Next, the control unit 1 determines whether or not there is a record next to the record whose vehicle number was last read out of the records sorted in step S304 (step S308). When determining that there is a next record, the control unit 1 reads the vehicle number and the vehicle type data from the record (step S309), and returns the process to step S306.

If it is determined that there is no next record,
The control unit 1 performs substantially the same process as the guide-like printing process (that is, the processes in steps S201 to S213 described above) in the first embodiment, assuming that the line-by-line operation table 67 is completed. (Step S31
0). However, in step S310, the control unit 1
Uses the line-by-line operation table 67 completed by the processing up to step S309 instead of the operation table 62 in the first embodiment. With this, the schedule creation system also specifies the date and time at which the vehicle inspection is to be carried out for each vehicle to be subjected to the vehicle inspection during the period specified by the user as the vehicle inspection business period, to be delivered to the owners of the vehicles. Create a letter of invitation.

The configuration of the vehicle inspection schedule creation system according to the second embodiment is not limited to the one described above. For example, the vehicle inspection schedule creation system may distribute vehicles of the same vehicle type to a plurality of factory inspection lines. In this case, the control unit 1 performs, for example, step S30
After reading the vehicle numbers from the records sorted in step S304 in steps 5 and S309, the process immediately proceeds to step S307. Then, step S307
The control unit 1 specifies, for example, any record of the line-by-line operation table 67 including a blank field and which has the earliest date stored in the business day / line field, and , The vehicle number read most recently in step S305 or step S309 is stored.

Although the embodiment of the present invention has 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 (a medium that temporarily and fluidly stores 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 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.

[0099]

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 a first 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 first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram schematically illustrating a data structure of an operation table.

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

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a schedule creation process.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a process of printing a guide letter.

FIG. 7 is a view showing a guide printing surface.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing a logical configuration of a vehicle inspection schedule creation system according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a diagram schematically illustrating a data structure of a line-by-line operation table.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating a process performed by a vehicle inspection schedule creation system according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Control part 2 Main storage part 3 External storage part 4 Input part 5 Display part 6 Printing part 50 Schedule creation program 60 Vehicle database 61 Factory calendar 62 Operation table 63 Factory operation time data 64 Vehicle inspection work operation rate data 65 Line capacity data 66 Warehousing Time setting data 67 Operating table for each line 68 Factory operating time data for each line 69 Line capacity data for each line

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (58) Field surveyed (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) G06F 17/60 G06F 19/00 B42D 15/00

Claims (10)

(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 period designation data for designating a work period in which the process is executed in response to an operation of an operator; and receiving the process within the work period based on the period designation data and the maturity data. The object determining means for specifying the article, and the order in which the article specified by the object determining means is subjected to the processing, the article database means An order determining means for determining based on the stored expiration data; a parameter storing means for storing processing capability data representing a time required for the processing facility to process a unit amount of the article; The date and time of processing the article, the date and time belongs to the business period, and the order to receive the processing according to the order determined by the order determining means, and
A schedule determining means for determining a time interval at which the processing facility starts processing a unit amount of the article to be equal to or greater than a value represented by the processing capacity data stored in the parameter storage means; Means for identifying the owner of the article identified by the object determining means based on the owner data stored by the means, and providing the article to the identified owner by the date and time determined by the schedule determining means. And a printing unit that creates a document in which a character string identifying the owner and the date and time is described , wherein the object determination unit determines a maturity represented by the maturity data.
The date specified earlier is displayed in the date specified earlier.
Judge whether it belongs to the period
The article data associated with the maturity data
The goods to be represented should be subjected to the processing during the business period.
And a means for specifying the article as the article . 2. A document creation system for creating a schedule for processing of an article to be performed in the processing facility during operation of the processing facility, and creating 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 period designation data for designating a work period in which the process is executed in response to an operation of an operator; and receiving the process within the work period based on the period designation data and the maturity data. The object determining means for specifying the article, and the order in which the article specified by the object determining means is subjected to the processing, the article database means Ranking determining means for determining based on the expiration data to be stored; and processing capacity data representing a time required for the processing facility to process a unit amount of the article, wherein the processing facility stores the unit amount of the article. Parameter storage means for storing timing data representing the timing at which the processing is started in association with the quantity of the article processed by the processing facility within a predetermined time; and based on the processing capability data stored by the parameter storage means. An article quantity specifying unit that specifies an amount of the article to be processed by the processing facility within a predetermined time; and a date and time at which the object specified by the target determining unit is to be processed. Is the timing represented by the timing data associated with the quantity of the article determined by the article quantity specifying means. Schedule determining means, comprising: a holder of the article identified by the object determining means, based on the holder data stored by the article database means, to the identified holder And a printing unit that creates a document in which a character string identifying the owner and the date and time is described as a document for requesting that the article be provided by the date and time determined by the schedule determining unit. Characteristic writing system. 3. The parameter storage means stores operating time data indicating the length of operating time of the processing facility operating per unit time and indicating the length of time the processing facility performs the processing per operating time. Means for storing operating rate data, wherein the article quantity specifying means obtains the operating time data, the operating rate data and the processing capacity data stored by the parameter storage means, and obtains a value of the operating time data and 3. The apparatus according to claim 2 , further comprising: a unit for specifying a value obtained by dividing a product of the value of the operation rate data and the value of the processing capacity data as an amount of the article processed by the processing facility within a predetermined time. Document creation system described in. 4. The object determining means determines whether or not a date obtained by moving the maturity represented by the maturity data back by a predetermined advance period belongs to a period represented by the period designation data. 4. The document according to claim 2 , further comprising: a unit configured to specify the article represented by the article data associated with the maturity data as the article to be subjected to the processing during the business period. Creation system. 5. The schedule determination means, wherein the parameter storage means includes a reservation content storage means for identifying the article for which the reservation date and time to receive the processing is predetermined and storing reservation data indicating the reservation date and time. Acquires the reservation data from the reservation content storage means, the date and time to process the article identified by the object determination means and the article represented by the acquired reservation data, the date and time belongs to the business period, and The order in which the articles identified by the target determining means are processed according to the order determined by the order determining means, and the date and time at which the article identified by the acquired reservation data is processed is the date and time indicated by the reservation data. And the time interval at which the processing facility starts processing the unit amount of the article is stored in the parameter storage means. The document creation system according to any one of claims 1 to 4 , further comprising: means for determining the value so as to be equal to or greater than the value represented by the processing capability data. 6. A calendar storage means for storing a calendar for specifying a business day on which the processing facility operates, wherein the schedule determination means determines the target on the basis of the calendar stored in the calendar storage means. The document according to any one of claims 1 to 5 , further comprising: means for determining a date and time at which the processed article is processed so that the date and time belongs to the business day in the business period. Creation system. 7. The processing capability data represents the time required for a plurality of processing facilities to process a unit amount of the article for each of the processing facilities. The article database means includes: Means for storing type data representing the type of the article represented by the article data, wherein the schedule determining means is based on the type data stored by the article database means, and Processing facility determining means for determining a processing facility for inspecting the article specified by the object determining means; and for each of the processing facilities, the date and time at which the article specified by the processing facility determining means is processed; The order belongs to a business period, and the order in which processing is performed follows the order determined by the order determining means, and each of the processing facilities has a unit amount of the article. The document according to any one of claims 1 to 6 , further comprising: means for determining a time interval of a timing at which the processing is started to be equal to or more than the amount represented by the processing performance data. Creation system. 8. The owner data represents an address and a name of a holder of the article represented by the article data associated with the self, and the printing means includes information of the owner specified by the self. the written document name and address have been described, the該書surface comprises means for creating such a possible embodiment that hold out as mailpiece addressed to the holder, one of the claims 1 to 7, characterized in that 2. The document preparation system according to claim 1. 9. The printing device according to claim 1, wherein the printing unit includes a schedule printing unit that prints a document displaying a list of the articles identified by the target identifying unit and data representing the date and time of processing of the articles determined by the schedule determining unit. The document creation system according to any one of claims 1 to 8 , wherein: 10. A computer connected to a printing means for creating a document in which a character string is described in accordance with an instruction supplied to the user by means of an article data for identifying an article, and an expiration date for the article to undergo a predetermined process. Article database means for storing the expiration data and the owner data for identifying the owner of the article in association with each other, and a period for designating a business period during which the processing facility executes the process in response to an operation by the operator Input means for acquiring designated data; target determining means for identifying the article to be subjected to the processing within the business period based on the period designation data and the expiration data; and the article identified by the object determining means. Order determining means for determining the order of receiving the processing based on the maturity data stored in the article database means; and Parameter storage means for storing processing capability data representing the time required to process the article, and a date and time for processing the article specified by the object determination means, wherein the date and time belongs to the business period, and Receiving order according to the order determined by the order determining means, and
Schedule determining means for determining a time interval at which the processing facility starts processing a unit amount of the article to be equal to or greater than a value represented by the processing capacity data stored in the parameter storage means; and the article database. Means for identifying the owner of the article identified by the object determining means based on the owner data stored by the means, and providing the article to the identified owner by the date and time determined by the schedule determining means. as written for seeking, and means for instructing to create a document string identifying the holder and the date and time described in the printing unit, it is to function, the target determination unit, the maturity Prescribe the maturity represented by the data
The date specified earlier is displayed in the date specified earlier.
Judge whether it belongs to the period
The article data associated with the maturity data
The goods to be represented should be subjected to the processing during the business period.
And a computer-readable recording medium for recording a program for causing the computer to function as means for specifying the article .