JP5827162B2 - Information processing device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus that calculates the effect of a measure in product production or in-company activity.

  The manufacturing industry has focused on product strategies that can increase value-added power and secure profits from the era of simply increasing sales and securing profits due to intensifying market competition and shrinking markets due to declining consumption. It's time to change into the times.

  It is said that 80% of the manufacturing cost is determined at the design stage. In order to secure profits at the price required by the market in the situation where sales are decreasing in recent years, cost reduction activities at the design stage are required. It is indispensable and the importance of cost planning to create costs is increasing.

  Cost planning activities can be broadly divided into two categories. In order to realize the profit plan, we will identify the profit plan formulation phase that sets the manufacturing cost target from the sales plan, etc., and various cost reduction measures to realize the set target cost. Value Engineering) active phase. In the two phases, each result is evaluated mutually. In the VE activity phase, the feasibility of the set target cost is evaluated through VE activity. In the profit plan formulation phase, the profit plan is reviewed based on the results of VE activities, which are specific proposals for cost reduction measures.

  In the manufacturing industry, in order to establish a profit plan for a company, it is important to grasp the composition of the manufacturing cost in detail at the product planning and design stage and to make a profit plan. In general, in cost planning, a target cost is set for realizing a profit plan, items that can be reduced as a VE activity are identified, and the effect is evaluated.

  Here, since VE activity costs, it is desirable to aim at a more effective VE activity. However, in general, VE activities are often performed as individuals, and it is difficult to judge objectively effective VE activities. As a method for grasping business activity and grasping efficient business improvement, a technique such as Patent Document 1 has been developed.

  Patent Document 1 discloses an activity cost calculation system that provides activity costs for business activities in a comparable manner so that efficient business improvement can be grasped. The system calculates an activity cost for each business activity based on a unit price per business activity, a time required for one activity, and the number of activities.

JP 2000-3389 A

  In the system of Patent Document 1, information on the current activity cost obtained by actually performing business activities is held, and the revised value of the parameter of the number of activities is input to the current activity cost. Business activities are being considered. In this conventional system, the effect on the activity cost due to the revised value cannot be known unless the business activity based on the revised value is actually performed, and the future effect cannot be known at this time. Therefore, there is a possibility that a measure (improvement) that is not actually effective is selected.

  The present invention provides a technology that supports the selection of a more effective measure by calculating the effect of the measure in a form reflecting a future plan before actually taking the measure for the product or activity.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, according to the present invention, configuration information relating to a component of a target product or activity, measure information relating to a measure executed for the product or activity, and a future plan of the measure An effect of calculating effect information relating to a future effect of the measure, the storage unit storing the plan information relating to the measure information, wherein the measure information is associated with the component of the configuration information A calculation unit; and an effect output unit that outputs the effect information, wherein the configuration information includes current information on the component, and the measure information includes information after improvement when the measure is executed. The effect calculation unit calculates the effect of the measure by comparing the current information with the information after the improvement, and reflects the plan information on the effect of the calculated measure to reflect the effect. The information processing apparatus is provided for calculating the information.

  According to the present invention, before actually implementing a measure for a product or an activity, it is possible to support the selection of a more effective measure by calculating the effect of the measure in a form reflecting a future plan. .

  Further features related to the present invention will become apparent from the description of the present specification and the accompanying drawings. Further, problems, configurations, and effects other than those described above will be clarified by the following description of embodiments.

It is a functional block diagram of a cost improvement measure management device according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows the structure and data example of the design information table which concern on embodiment. It is a figure which shows the structure of the process information table which concerns on embodiment, and a data example. It is a figure which shows the structure and data example of a cost table which concern on embodiment. It is a figure which shows the structure and data example of a cost totalization result table which concern on embodiment. It is a figure which shows the structure and data example of a sales plan table which concern on embodiment. It is a figure which shows the structure and example of a data of the improvement theme table which concern on embodiment. It is a figure which shows the structure of the improvement theme application destination table which concerns on embodiment, and a data example. It is a figure which shows the structure and data example of the improvement theme effect amount table which concern on embodiment. It is a flowchart at the time of performing the process in which a cost improvement measure management apparatus determines the application destination of an improvement theme. It is another example of the screen of FIG.16 and FIG.17. It is a flowchart at the time of a cost improvement measure management apparatus performing the process which accumulates costs for every component of a product. It is a conceptual diagram which shows a mode that the cost improvement measure management apparatus is implementing the processing flow of FIG. It is a flowchart at the time of a cost improvement measure management apparatus performing the process which calculates the effect amount according to improvement theme. It is a conceptual diagram which shows a mode that the cost improvement measure management apparatus is implementing the processing flow of FIG. It is an example of the screen displayed when managing improvement themes on the input / output terminal It is an example of the screen displayed when managing the application destination of an improvement theme in an input / output terminal. It is an example of the screen on which the effect amount according to improvement theme is displayed in an input / output terminal.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. The attached drawings show specific embodiments and implementation examples based on the principle of the present invention, but these are for understanding the present invention and are not intended to limit the present invention. Not used.

<Configuration of cost improvement measure management device>
FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of a cost improvement measure management apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. The cost improvement measure management apparatus 100 is configured by an information processing apparatus such as a computer. The cost improvement measure management device 100 includes a CPU (not shown: also referred to as a processor or a computing device), a storage device 110, and an input unit (not shown) that accepts external input. The storage device 110 is a storage medium such as a memory, HDD, or ROM, and stores each database described later.
In the following description, the cost improvement measure management apparatus 100 is described as a hardware configuration (for example, a circuit device), but the function of the cost improvement measure management apparatus 100 is a CPU and a software program code that defines its operation. Can also be configured.

  The cost improvement measure management device 100 is a device that manages cost improvement measures as improvement themes and calculates the effect amount for each improvement theme. A cost planning department or a person in charge of cost improvement (hereinafter referred to as a person in charge) uses an input / output terminal (not shown) to access the cost improvement measure management apparatus 100 to implement cost planning.

  For example, the input / output terminal used by the person in charge is composed of one or more personal computers. The input / output terminal includes an input device such as a keyboard and a mouse, a display device such as a display, and a communication unit that communicates with the cost improvement measure management device 100 via the network 200. The input / output terminal may be a portable terminal such as a PDA, PHS, mobile phone, smart phone, or tablet terminal.

  The cost improvement measure management apparatus 100 includes a design information management unit 101, a process information management unit 102, a cost table management unit 103, an improvement theme management unit 104, a cost aggregation unit 105, An improvement effect calculation unit 106 and an improvement effect calculation result output unit 107 are provided.

  The storage device 110 of the cost improvement measure management apparatus 100 includes a cost planning database (DB). The cost planning database includes a design information table 111, a process information table 112, a cost table 113, a cost tabulation result table 114, a sales plan table 115, an improvement theme table 116, an improvement theme application destination table 117, and an improvement. The theme effect amount table 118 is stored.

  The design information management unit 101 manages the design information table 111 and acquires data from the design information table 111. The process information management unit 102 manages the process information table 112 and acquires data from the process information table 112. The cost table management unit 103 manages the cost table 113 and acquires data from the cost table 113.

The improvement theme management unit 104 manages the improvement theme table 116 and the improvement theme application destination table 117. The improvement theme management unit 104 stores the data selected in the improvement theme table 116 in the improvement theme application destination table 117. Furthermore, the improvement theme management unit 104 acquires data from the sales plan table 115 when calculating the improvement effect amount.
The cost totalization unit 105 totalizes the current cost based on the data acquired by the design information management unit 101, the process information management unit 102, and the cost table management unit 103. Then, the cost aggregation unit 105 stores the aggregation result in the cost aggregation result table 114.

  The improvement effect calculation unit 106 stores the data stored in the cost aggregation result table 114, the data stored in the improvement theme table 116, the data stored in the improvement theme application destination table 117, and the sales plan table 115. Based on the collected data, the improvement effect amount is calculated. Then, the improvement effect calculation unit 106 stores the calculation result in the improvement theme effect amount table 118. Further, the improvement effect calculation result output unit 107 outputs the data stored in the improvement theme effect amount table 118 to the display device of the input / output terminal of the person in charge.

<Structure of cost planning database>
Hereinafter, the details of the cost planning database shown in FIG. 1 will be described. In the following description, each database is described in a “table” format. However, the information does not necessarily have to be expressed in a table data structure, and may be expressed in another data structure such as a list or an array. .

[1] Design Information Table FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of the design information table 111 and an example of data. The design information table 111 is a data table that describes the configuration of parts necessary for assembling a product. The design information table 111 includes a part configuration field 1111, a configuration ID field 1112, a part configuration path field 1113, a part field 1114, a number field 1115, and a requirement field 1116.

  The component configuration field 1111 describes a hierarchical structure of component components such as units and components constituting the product in a tree format. The configuration ID field 1112 describes an ID that is unique through the component configuration of all products. The component configuration path field 1113 describes the path of each component on the tree structure described by the component configuration field 1111. The part field 1114 describes the name of the component. The number field 1115 describes the number required for assembling the upper components. The requirement field 1116 describes the number of components that are finally required to assemble the product.

  When a plurality of upper components are required, the required amount of the component is a value obtained by multiplying the required amount of the upper component by the number of components. For example, two units B in FIG. Therefore, the required amount finally required for the part B2 constituting the unit B (that is, the value of the required amount field 1116) is the number “5” × 2 to “10”.

[2] Process Information Table FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration of the process information table 112 and data examples. The process information table 112 is a data table in which processes required for manufacturing each unit or each part described in the design information table 111 and their work time are described. The process information table 112 includes a parts field 1121, a process field 1122, and a work time field 1123.

  The part field 1121 describes the name of a component (may be a component identifier or the like). The process field 1122 describes the name of the process required to manufacture the component identified by the part field 1121. As shown in FIG. 3, when a plurality of processes are required for one component, a plurality of processes are associated with the same component. For example, the unit A in FIG. 3 is associated with a plurality of steps A1 and A2. The work time field 1123 describes the total work time required to perform the process field 1122. Here, the total work time is, for example, the total time such as the pre-setup time, actual work time, and post-setup time of the process.

[3] Cost Table FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a configuration of the cost table 113 and an example of data. The cost table 113 is a data table describing the purchase unit price of the component and the work time unit price of the process. The cost table 113 includes a production place field 1131, a parts field 1132, a process field 1133, and a unit price field 1134.

  The production place field 1131 describes a region where the product is produced. The parts field 1132 describes the names of the constituent parts constituting the product. The process field 1133 describes the name of the process that is required to manufacture the component identified by the part field 1132. The unit price field 1134 describes the purchase unit price of the component identified by the part field 1132 or the working unit price of the process identified by the process field 1133.

[4] Cost Aggregation Result Table FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a configuration of the cost aggregation result table 114 and data examples. The cost tabulation result table 114 is a data table that stores the result of tabulating the cost for each component of the product as an intermediate result of the improvement theme effect amount calculation. In other words, the data of the cost totalization result table 114 is used to compare with the results improved by implementing the measures.

  The cost summary result table 114 includes a configuration ID field 1141, a part configuration path field 1142, a process field 1143, a cost expense item field 1144, a consumption field 1145, a unit price field 1146, and an amount field 1147.

  The configuration ID field 1141 holds a configuration ID of a component component that is a cost calculation target. The part configuration path field 1142 holds a part configuration path of a part component that is a cost calculation target. The process field 1143 holds the name of the process for which the cost is to be calculated. The cost item field 1144 holds the type of cost. For example, in the cost cost item field 1144, in the case of a record indicating the cost of the process, the type is “processing cost”. In the cost expense item field 1144, in the case of a record indicating the cost of a part, the type is “material cost”.

The consumption amount field 1145 holds the consumption amount of the component component that is the object of cost calculation. The unit price field 1146 holds the unit price of the component component that is the object of cost calculation.
If the type of the cost expense item field 1144 is “material cost”, the “consumption number” is held in the consumption field 1145, and the “unit price” of the material is held in the unit price field 1146. On the other hand, if the type of the cost expense item field 1144 is “processing cost”, the consumption field 1145 holds the “man-hour” of the process, and the unit price field 1146 holds “wage rate (cost per hour)”. The The amount field 1147 holds the product of the value of the consumption field 1145 and the value of the unit price field 1146.

[5] Sales Plan Table FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a configuration of the sales plan table 115 and an example of data. The sales plan table 115 is a database that stores product plan information. Specifically, the sales plan table 115 stores the number of sales plans for each period. The sales plan table 115 includes a product field 1151, a sales time field 1152, and a sales number field 1153. In the example of FIG. 6, it is shown that 10,000 products X are planned to be manufactured in April 2012. Here, the use of sales plan information is an extremely important feature in the present embodiment. When manufacturing a product, it is not possible to know the actual improvement effect of the improvement theme without knowing how much production is available at what time. In addition, the amount of improvement varies greatly from period to period, depending on the sales plan. By holding information on the future plan of the product in the sales plan table 115, it is possible to know in detail when the improvement effect is produced. Furthermore, by using the information of the sales plan, it is possible to grasp in detail the fluctuation of the improvement effect amount for each period.

[6] Improvement Theme Table FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of the improvement theme table 116 and data examples. The improvement theme table 116 is a database that stores cost improvement measures (referred to as “improvement theme” in the present invention) and plan information and effect information of the cost improvement measures. Specifically, the improvement theme table 116 stores the improvement theme, the application time of the improvement theme, and the value of the effect of the improvement theme.

  The improvement theme table 116 also stores information on application destinations to which the improvement theme is applied. That is, the improvement theme is associated with at least one of the component part information in the design information table 111, the process information in the process information table 112, and the production base information in the cost table 113. Here, in the improvement theme table 116, the improvement theme is held independently of the component information. This is because when the information related to a plurality of products is stored in the design information table 111 or the like, the same improvement theme is shared across the plurality of products in association with parts common to the plurality of products. The association (linkage) between the improvement theme and the component information will be described later with reference to FIG. As a result, the improvement theme can be easily applied to all products using the common parts. Furthermore, by accumulating the effects of all products applied also when calculating the effect amount, the true effect amount can be grasped.

  The improvement theme table 116 includes a theme ID field 1161, a theme name field 1162, a theme group field 1163, a difficulty level field 1164, an application time field 1165, a cost item field 1166, an improved quantity field 1167, and an improvement. A post unit price field 1168, an application destination field 1169, a forced application field 11610, and an investment amount field 11611 are provided.

  The theme ID field 1161 holds an identification number of a cost improvement measure (improvement theme) held by the cost improvement measure management apparatus 100. The theme name field 1162 describes a name given to the improvement theme. The theme group field 1163 holds a value to be used as a key for grouping themes.

  The difficulty level field 1164 is used when collecting improvement themes by difficulty level. For example, by setting easy difficulty to “low” and setting difficult difficulty to “high”, only improvement themes with high feasibility are extracted and included in the effect amount. It can be used. The application time field 1165 describes the time when the improvement theme is realized. It is after this application period that the effect actually appears when calculating the effect. Here, the use of the application time information is a very important feature in the present embodiment. Improvement themes include those related to design, processes, and production sites. When it comes to design, for example, when improving a material, it is important from when the material can be procured. Some materials can be procured early, while others can take longer to procure. In addition, when the unit price of a material is improved, the unit price is not always constant. In other words, the unit price of the material varies greatly depending on the procurement amount and the procurement time. Therefore, by holding the application time in the application time field 1165, it is possible to calculate the improvement effect amount in consideration of the time when the improvement effect of the improvement theme appears and the fluctuation of the improvement amount for each time. In addition, if the improvement theme is related to the production base, the amount of improvement can be large, but it takes a considerable time to move the production base. Therefore, the person in charge can grasp that the improvement effect does not appear quickly even if the improvement effect amount is large.

The cost item field 1166 describes the cost item affected by the improvement theme. The post-improvement quantity field 1167 describes the quantity resulting from the execution of the improvement theme. If no value is specified in the post-improvement quantity field 1167, the current value of the cost totalization result table 114 is used as it is when calculating the effect amount. The post-improvement unit price field 1168 describes a unit price resulting from realizing the improvement theme. If no value is specified in the post-improvement unit price field 1168, the current value of the cost summary result table 114 is used as it is when calculating the effect amount.
If the type of the cost cost item field 1166 is “material cost”, the “number of used” material is held in the improved quantity field 1167, and the “unit price” of the material is held in the improved unit price field 1168. . On the other hand, if the type of the cost expense item field 1166 is “processing cost”, the “man-hour” of the process is held in the improved quantity field 1167, and “wage rate (cost per hour)” is shown in the improved unit price field 1168. Is retained.

  The application destination field 1169 holds information for specifying the application destination of the improvement theme. Here, the component X of the product X and process information are designated as the application destination of the improvement theme. The forced application field 11610 is used as a flag for designating whether to apply the improvement theme forcibly. If “re” is specified in the forced application field 11610, the improvement theme is forcibly applied. Further, if “re” is not designated in the forced application field 11610, it is possible to arbitrarily select whether to apply the improvement theme.

The investment amount field 11611 describes the amount of investment for executing the improvement theme. As a practical matter, the effectiveness of the improvement theme cannot be judged only by the pure effect amount of the improvement theme, and it is necessary to judge the effect comprehensively. The investment amount field 11611 holds information on necessary costs required when executing the improvement theme. As a result, not only the simple effect amount of the improvement theme but also the effect of the improvement theme can be comprehensively evaluated in consideration of the necessary cost.
It should be noted that a field for storing other information necessary for determining the effectiveness of the improvement theme may be added to the improvement theme table 116 as appropriate. For example, the improvement theme table 116 may include a field for storing information such as the progress of the improvement theme and the depreciable quantity.

[7] Improvement Theme Application Destination Table FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of the improvement theme application destination table 117 and a data example. The improvement theme application destination table 117 is a table that holds configuration information (parts, processes, and the like in this case) that is an application destination of the improvement theme. The improved theme application destination table 117 includes a theme ID field 1171, a configuration ID field 1172, and a process field 1173.

The theme ID field 1171 holds a theme ID corresponding to the theme ID field included in the improved theme table 116 described above. The configuration ID field 1172 holds the configuration ID of the component component that is the application destination of the improvement theme. The process field 1173 holds a process to which the improvement theme is applied.
The information stored in the improvement theme application destination table 117 becomes a calculation target as an application destination of the improvement theme when the improvement effect is calculated. On the contrary, those that do not exist in the improvement theme application destination table 117 are not subject to calculation of the effect amount even if data exists in the improvement theme table 116.

[8] Improvement Theme Effect Amount Table FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of the improvement theme effect amount table 118 and a data example. The improvement theme effect amount table 118 is a table that stores the effect amount of the improvement theme calculated based on the cost totalization result table 114, the sales plan table 115, the improvement theme table 116, and the improvement theme application destination table 117. is there.

  The improvement theme effect amount table 118 includes a theme ID field 1181, an application destination configuration ID field 1182, an application destination process field 1183, a year / month field 1184, a unit improvement effect amount field 1185, a sales number field 1186, and an improvement. And an effect amount field 1187.

  The theme ID field 1181 describes the theme ID of the improved theme whose effect has been calculated. The application destination configuration ID field 1182 holds the configuration ID of the component component to which the improvement theme is applied. Further, the application destination process field 1183 holds information on a process to which the improvement theme is applied.

The year / month field 1184 describes the year / month when the effect amount is calculated. The unit improvement effect amount field 1185 is the improvement effect amount per unit, and holds the difference between the current cost totalization result table 114 and the improvement theme table 116. The sales number field 1186 holds the sales number of the same year and month of the sales plan table 115. The improvement effect amount field 1187 holds the result of integrating the value of the unit improvement effect amount field 1185 and the value of the sales quantity field 1186.
The improvement theme effect amount table 118 may also be provided with a field for storing a cost (for example, an investment amount) necessary for executing the improvement theme. Thereby, it is possible to support both selection of a more effective improvement theme while maintaining both the improvement effect amount and the necessary cost.

<About the process of determining where to apply improvement themes>
Next, processing for determining the application destination of the improvement theme will be described using a flowchart. FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating processing in which the cost improvement measure management apparatus 100 determines the application destination of the improvement theme.

  In step S <b> 1001, the improvement theme management unit 104 acquires a cost improvement measure (improvement theme) from the improvement theme table 116. The improvement theme management unit 104 sequentially acquires the improvement themes stored in the improvement theme table 116, and when there is no improvement theme to be acquired next (step S1002), that is, all the improvements in the improvement theme table 116 are stored. If the process for the improvement theme has been completed, the process proceeds to END, and the process flow ends. If there is an improved theme that has not been processed, the process advances to step S1003.

  In step S <b> 1003, the design information management unit 101 acquires, from the design information table 111, information on the application component that is specified by the improvement theme acquired by the improvement theme management unit 104 in step S <b> 1001.

  Next, in step S1004, the process information management unit 102 acquires, from the process information table 112, process information corresponding to the component acquired by the design information management unit 101 in step S1003.

  Next, in step S1005, the improvement theme management unit 104 proceeds to step S1006 when the improvement theme acquired in step S1001 is compulsory application (that is, when the compulsory application field 11610 is checked). When the application is not compulsory, the selection unit (not shown) of the cost improvement measure management apparatus 100 outputs a selection screen for selecting whether to apply the improvement theme to the display device of the input / output terminal used by the person in charge. Then, the input unit of the cost improvement measure management apparatus 100 receives the selection of the improvement theme by the person in charge. If the improvement theme is selected by the person in charge, the process proceeds to step S1006. If not selected, the process returns to step S1002.

  Next, in step S1006, the improved theme management unit 104 stores the data acquired in steps S1001, S1003, and S1004 in the improved theme application destination table 117.

<About processing to calculate cost>
Next, the process for calculating the cost will be described using a flowchart. FIG. 12 is a flowchart illustrating a process in which the cost improvement measure management apparatus 100 accumulates costs for each component of a product.

  When the cost improvement measure management apparatus 100 receives an instruction to calculate an effect for each improvement theme from the input / output terminal via the input unit, the cost improvement measure management apparatus 100 executes the present processing flow and the processing flow described later with reference to FIG. Below, each step of FIG. 12 is demonstrated.

  In step S1201, the improvement theme management unit 104 acquires the configuration ID and process information of the product to which the improvement theme is applied from the improvement theme application destination table 117. If there is a configuration ID that has not been implemented (step S1202), the process proceeds to step S1203. If the processing has been completed for all the configuration IDs, this processing flow ends.

  In step S1203, the design information management unit 101 acquires component information from the design information table 111 using the product configuration ID acquired by the improvement theme management unit 104 in step S1201.

  Next, in step S1204, the process information management unit 102 acquires a process and work time corresponding to the component acquired by the design information management unit 101 in step S1203 from the process information table 112.

  Next, in step S1205, the cost table management unit 103 determines the purchase unit price of the component acquired by the design information management unit 101 in step S1203 and the work unit price of the process acquired by the process information management unit 102 in step S1204. , Obtained from the cost table 113.

  Next, in step S1206, the cost totaling unit 105 totals the component unit price and work unit price acquired by the cost table management unit 103 in step S1205. Then, the cost tabulation unit 105 stores the result of this step in the cost tabulation result table 114.

FIG. 13 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a state in which the cost improvement measure management apparatus 100 performs the processing flow of FIG. FIG. 13 shows processing after obtaining the configuration ID and process information of the product to which the improvement theme is applied from the improvement theme application destination table 117.
First, component information is acquired from the design information table 111 based on the configuration ID and process information of the product to which the improvement theme is applied. Further, the process and work time corresponding to the component acquired by the design information management unit 101 are acquired from the process information table 112.

  The information acquired from the design information table 111 and the information acquired from the process information table 112 are each added to the information in the cost table 113, and finally stored in the cost totalization result table 114.

<About processing to calculate cost improvement effect>
Next, the process for calculating the cost improvement effect will be described using a flowchart. FIG. 14 is a flowchart illustrating processing in which the cost improvement measure management apparatus 100 calculates the cost improvement effect of a product for each cost improvement measure (improvement theme).

  When the cost improvement measure management apparatus 100 receives an instruction to calculate the effect according to the improvement theme from the input / output terminal of the person in charge via the interface such as the network 200, the cost improvement measure management apparatus 100 executes the process of FIG. To do. Below, each step of FIG. 14 is demonstrated.

  In step S1401, the improved theme management unit 104 acquires an improved theme from the improved theme table 116. If there is an improvement theme that has not been implemented (step S1402), the process proceeds to step S1403. If processing has been completed for all improvement themes, this processing flow ends.

  In step S1403, the improvement theme management unit 104 acquires the improvement theme application destination information acquired by the improvement theme management unit 104 in step S1401, the quantity after improvement, the unit price after improvement, and the like from the improvement theme application destination table 117. To do.

  Next, in step S1404, the cost tabulation unit 105 acquires the cost corresponding to the product to which the improvement theme acquired by the improvement theme management unit 104 acquired in step S1403 is applied from the cost tabulation result table 114.

  Next, in step S1405, the improvement theme management unit 104 acquires, from the sales plan table 115, the number of sales plans for each period of application destinations of the improvement theme acquired by the improvement theme management unit 104 in step S1403.

  Next, in step S1406, the improvement effect calculation unit 106 includes information on the improved cost acquired by the improvement theme management unit 104 in step S1403, information on the current cost acquired by the cost aggregation unit 105 in step S1404, In step 1405, the improvement effect amount is calculated based on the number of sales by period acquired by the improvement theme management unit 104. Thereafter, the improvement effect calculation unit 106 stores the result calculated in this step in the improvement theme effect amount table 118.

  FIG. 15 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a state in which the cost improvement measure management apparatus 100 performs the processing flow of FIG. In the example of FIG. 15, it is assumed that the design information table 111, the process information table 112, and the cost table 113 hold information on a plurality of products (product X and product Y). In the improvement theme table 116, improvement theme IDs “A1-1” and “A1-2” for the common part A of the product X and the product Y are registered. That is, the improvement theme is associated with the common part A of the product X and the product Y.

  The improvement theme “A1-1” has an effect amount (unit price improvement amount) of 10 yen during the period of application December 2011. This effect amount is a difference between the unit price after improvement acquired by the improvement theme management unit 104 and the unit price before improvement acquired by the cost aggregation unit 105 in step S1404. Similarly, the improvement theme “A1-2” has an effect amount of 100 yen in the period of application period January 2012.

  For the effect amount described above, the number of common parts A used (for example, the value in the consumption field 1145 of the cost summary result table 114) and the number of sales in the applicable period (value in the sales number field 1153 of the sales plan table 115) And the improvement effect amount is calculated. At this time, information for each product is used as information on the number of used and sold common parts A. For example, the number of common parts A used differs between the product X and the product Y. In this example, the number of uses is 20 for the product X, but the number of uses is 5 for the product Y.

  In addition, the number of sales in the application period is different between the product X and the product Y. In this example, the sales number of the product X in December 2011 is 1000, but the sales number of the product Y in December 2011 is 100.

  In FIG. 15, the effect amount of the product X and the product Y is calculated for the improvement theme “A1-1”, and the total effect amount of the product X and the product Y becomes the final improvement effect amount. Further, the improvement effect amount is calculated for each application period, and as a result, the improvement effect amount (cost reduction amount) can be calculated for each predetermined period (one month) as shown in the upper right of FIG.

  Thus, the information for each product is used because the effect varies greatly depending on the number of parts used even if the improvement in the unit price of the parts is large. The reason for using the sales plan information for each period is that the effect varies greatly depending on the number of sales.

  Further, the information on the application period is used because the person in charge can know that the effect is late if the application period is late, even if the improvement effect amount is large as a result. For example, in the example of FIG. 15, the improvement theme “A1-2” has an effect of 4,100,000 yen in the period of January 2012, but has no effect at all in the period of December 2011. . If the person in charge wants an immediate effect of improvement, it is better to select the improvement theme “A1-1” which has an effect of 205,000 yen in the period of December 2011. Therefore, the person in charge can select an improvement theme in consideration of not only the improvement effect amount but also the time when the effect actually occurs.

<I / O terminal screen display>
Next, the screen displayed on the display device of the input / output terminal of the person in charge will be described.
FIG. 16 is an example of a screen 1600 displayed when managing improvement themes in the input / output terminal. The screen 1600 includes a search condition area 1601 and an improved theme display area 1602.

  The person in charge sets an improvement theme search condition in the search condition area 1601 and then presses a search button 1603 to display an improvement theme that matches the condition in the improvement theme table 116 in the improvement theme display area 1602. Can do.

The screen 1600 includes a line addition button 1604, a line deletion button 1605, a line copy button 1606, a file output button 1607, a file import button 1608, an application destination search button 1609, and a save button 1610. .
By using the above-described line addition button 1604 and line deletion button 1605 button, the person in charge can add and delete data in the improvement theme table 116 on the input / output terminal.

  Further, by selecting a specific line in the list and pressing a line copy button 1606, the specific line can be copied. Also, the contents of the improved theme table 116 can be output to a CSV format file using the file output button 1607, or the data defined in the CSV format can be imported to the improved theme table 116 using the file import button 1608. it can. When an application destination search button 1609 is pressed, a screen shown in FIG. 17 to be described later is displayed, and information on the application destination to which the improvement theme is applied can be searched.

  FIG. 17 shows an example of a screen 1700 displayed when managing the application destination of the improvement theme in the input / output terminal. The screen 1700 includes a search condition area 1701 and an improved theme application destination display area 1702.

  The person in charge sets the improvement theme search condition in the search condition area 1701 and then presses the search button 1703 to display information on the application destination of the improvement theme that matches the condition in the improvement theme application destination display area 1702. Can do.

  The screen 1700 also includes an apply button 1704. By using the apply button 1704 button, the person in charge can set whether to apply the improvement theme of the improvement theme table 116 on the input / output terminal.

  FIG. 11 shows another example of the screen 1600 or the screen 1700. For example, the upper screen 1101 in FIG. 11 is another example of the screen 1600. On the screen 1101, using the application destination information of the improvement theme table 116, detailed information (product name, parent product number, child product number, process name) of the application destination is acquired from the design information table 111 and the process information table 112. The acquired information is displayed as a list.

  A lower screen 1102 in FIG. 11 is another example of the screen 1700. The screen 1102 also displays detailed information on the application destination (product name, parent product number, child product number, process name) in a list. The screen 1102 further displays a forced application field 11610 of the improvement theme table 116 and a selection field for applying the improvement theme. Therefore, the person in charge can check whether the improvement theme displayed in the list is applied according to the value of the forced application field 11610 of the improvement theme table 116 or whether the improvement theme is selected and applied.

  FIG. 18 is an example of a screen 1800 on which the effect amount by improvement theme is displayed on the input / output terminal. A screen 1800 is output by the improvement effect calculation result output unit 107. On the screen 1800, the contents of the improvement theme effect amount table 118 are displayed.

  The screen 1800 includes a search condition area 1801 and an improvement theme-specific effect display area 1802. The person in charge can set the improvement theme search condition in the search condition area 1801 and then press the search button 1803 to display the improvement theme effect matching the condition in the improvement theme-specific effect display area 1802. In the search condition area 1801, a display period for calculating the effect of the improvement theme can be set. For the display period set here, the improvement effect calculation unit 106 calculates the improvement effect amount.

  A list display 1804 is a list displayed when “breakdown display” is selected in the search condition area 1801. In line numbers 1 to 3 of the list display 1804, the total improvement effect amount of the improvement theme T0001 is displayed for each predetermined period, and the improvement effect amount for each product (product A and product B) is displayed for each predetermined period. Is displayed. In the list display 1804, information on the investment amount (necessary cost) necessary for executing the improvement theme is also displayed.

  A list display 1805 is a list displayed when “breakdown display” is not selected in the search condition area 1801. In the list display 1805, the total improvement effect amount of the improvement theme is displayed for each predetermined period.

A list display 1806 is a list displayed when only product designation is performed without selecting “breakdown display” in the search condition area 1801. Although omitted in the screen 1800, a box for product designation may be provided in the search condition area 1801. For example, when “product A” is designated in the product designation, the improvement effect amount of the product A is displayed for each predetermined period in the list display 1806.
The results of these list displays 1804, 1805, and 1806 can be output to a file using a file output button 1807.

<Summary>
According to the present embodiment, the storage device 110 of the device 100 includes a design information table 111, a process information table 112, a cost table 113, a cost summary result table 114, a sales plan table 115, and an improvement theme table 116. The improvement theme application destination table 117 and the improvement theme effect amount table 118 are stored, and the improvement effect calculation unit 106 of the cost improvement measure management apparatus 100 stores information on the current cost stored in the cost aggregation result table 114. The improvement effect amount is calculated based on the information after improvement stored in the improvement theme table 116 and the sales plan table 115 and the stored sales plan information.
According to this configuration, it is possible to calculate the effect of the measure for the product in a form reflecting the future sales plan. In the conventional system, the effect could not be known without actually implementing the improved measures, but according to this configuration, the person in charge knows the future effect before actually implementing the measure. Can do. This can assist in selecting a more effective measure.

Further, according to the present embodiment, the improvement theme table 116 stores information on the time when the improvement theme is realized in the application time field 1165, and the improvement effect calculation unit 106 shifts to the application time when the improvement theme is realized. The improvement effect amount is calculated so that the information after improvement is included, and the improvement effect calculation result output unit 107 outputs the improvement effect amount for each predetermined period.
According to this configuration, it is possible to calculate the improvement effect amount in consideration of the time when the improvement effect is realized and the fluctuation of the improvement amount for each time period by using the information of the application time when the improvement theme is realized. Further, since the improvement effect amount is output at every predetermined time, the person in charge can know in detail the time when the improvement effect is produced. Thereby, it is possible to select a more effective measure in consideration of not only the amount of improvement effect but also the time when the improvement effect is produced. For example, the person in charge can select an improvement theme to be realized at an early stage if he / she wants to produce the effect of the measure at an earlier stage. In addition, if the person in charge wants to select an item with a large improvement effect, the person in charge may select an item with a large improvement effect amount.

  Further, according to the embodiment of FIG. 15, the design information table 111, the process information table 112, and the cost table 113 hold information on a plurality of products (product X and product Y), and an improvement theme table The improvement theme ID 116 is associated with the common part A of the product X and the product Y. And the improvement effect calculation part 106 calculates the improvement effect amount for every product based on the information of the sales plan table 115. FIG. Thereby, as shown in FIG. 18, the improvement effect amount for every product can be displayed for every predetermined period. For example, even if the improvement in the unit price of a part is large, the effect may vary greatly depending on the number of parts used or sold. According to this configuration, a more effective measure can be selected by calculating the improvement effect amount for each product.

  Further, according to the present embodiment, the improvement theme table 116 stores information on the degree of difficulty related to the feasibility of the improvement theme, and the improvement effect calculation unit 106 calculates the improvement effect amount according to the difficulty level. Can do. According to this configuration, for example, the improvement effect calculation unit 106 can extract only improvement themes with high feasibility and include them in the improvement effect amount. Thereby, the person in charge can know the improvement effect of a measure with higher feasibility, and can select a more effective measure.

Further, according to the present embodiment, the apparatus 100 includes a selection unit for selecting an improvement theme, and the improvement effect calculation unit 106 calculates the effect of the improvement theme selected by the selection unit as the improvement effect amount. According to this configuration, the person in charge can appropriately select the improvement theme and know the improvement effect amount.
Further, the improvement theme table 116 stores information on whether to apply the improvement theme forcibly. According to this configuration, it is possible to confirm the effects of improvement themes that are always executed as measures, such as common parts of products. In addition, since it is possible to set in advance information on whether to forcibly apply, it is possible to prevent a person in charge from missing input.

<Modification>
In addition, this invention is not limited to above-described embodiment, Various modifications are included. For example, the above-described embodiment has been described in detail for easy understanding of the present invention, and is not necessarily limited to one having all the configurations described. In addition, it is possible to add, delete, and replace other configurations for a part of the configuration of each embodiment.

  In the above-described embodiment, the device 100 is intended for cost improvement measures for products, but is not limited thereto. The apparatus 100 may be used not only for cost management of a product, but also for management of environmental values in the product, for example, carbon dioxide emissions and content of harmful substances (such as lead). In this case, a carbon dioxide emission amount generated by each material or process may be set in the database. In another example, information such as business activities and man-hours (or work hours) of a company may be stored in a database, and the apparatus 100 may be used for improving business efficiency of the company. Further, the evaluation information calculated by the apparatus 100 may be not only specific numerical values but also stepped rank information obtained from the numerical values.

  In the embodiment described above, the application time field 1165 of the improvement theme table 116 stores the time when the improvement theme is realized, and the improvement effect after this time is calculated. The sales plan table 115 stores product plan information, and the improvement effect amount is calculated using this plan information. The plan information held by the storage device 110 of the device 100 is not limited to these. For example, a field such as the time when the improvement theme ends may be added to the improvement theme table 116 so that the improvement effect is calculated for a certain period. In addition to the time when the improvement theme is realized, the plan information may include information such as a reduction target value (in the case of an environmental management device).

  In the embodiment shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, there is one type of component configuration pattern required for assembling one product, and similarly one type of process pattern required for manufacturing one component. However, the present invention is not limited to such data examples, and when the part configuration and the process configuration differ depending on the time, a time field may be provided as a main key of the design information table 111 and the process information table 112. Thereby, it is possible to perform a simulation with different component configurations and process configurations for each period.

  In the above-described embodiment, the cost table 113 stores only information about the production area Japan, but is not limited to this. For example, even the same product may be produced individually at a plurality of different production locations. The cost table 113 may store a part unit price and a work time unit price for each production area.

In the above-described embodiment, the improvement effect is calculated for each improvement theme. However, the improvement theme may be calculated by associating the improvement themes. For example, a field for inputting another improvement theme ID related to the improvement theme may be added to the improvement theme table 116. For example, in the case of an improvement theme related to the production process, when the second process is improved, the processes before and after the process (for example, the first process and the third process) may be improved accordingly. . For example, the improvement theme table 116 associates the first process and the second process. In this case, the final improvement effect amount may be calculated by combining the improvement amount of the first process (first improvement amount) and the improvement amount of the second process (second improvement amount).
In another example, in the improvement theme table 116, an improvement theme for improving the unit price of a part may be associated with a theme for improving the number of parts used. In this case, the improvement effect amount can be calculated in consideration of both the improvement of the unit price (first improvement amount) and the improvement of the number of uses (second improvement amount). Even when another improvement theme is not defined in the improvement theme table 116, the improvement effect amount may be calculated by associating groups with the same information in the theme group field 1163.

  In the above-described embodiment, the improvement effect amount is calculated using the unit price after improvement and the quantity after improvement defined in the improvement theme table 116. When the unit price or quantity of the application destination varies greatly depending on the timing, when calculating the improvement effect amount, the device 100 displays a form for changing the unit price or quantity after the improvement on the input / output terminal, and after the improvement The improvement effect amount may be calculated while accepting a change in the unit price or quantity.

  In the above-described embodiment, the device 100 and the input / output terminal of the person in charge are configured as separate devices, but may be configured as a single device as a stand-alone type. In this case, the device 100 only needs to include an input device such as a keyboard and a mouse and a display device such as a display.

Each of the above-described configurations, functions, processing units, processing means, and the like may be realized by hardware by designing a part or all of them with, for example, an integrated circuit. The present invention can also be realized by software program codes that implement the functions of the embodiments. In this case, a storage medium in which the program code is recorded is provided to the computer, and the computer (or an arithmetic device such as a CPU) reads the program code stored in the storage medium. In this case, the program code itself read from the storage medium realizes the functions of the above-described embodiments, and the program code itself and the storage medium storing the program code constitute the present invention.
As a storage medium for supplying such a program code, for example, a flexible disk, CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, hard disk, SSD (Solid State Drive), optical disk, magneto-optical disk, CD-R, magnetic tape, A non-volatile memory card, ROM, or the like is used.
Moreover, the program code for realizing the functions described in the present embodiment can be implemented by a wide range of programs or script languages such as assembler, C / C ++, perl, Shell, PHP, Java (registered trademark), and the like.

  Further, by distributing the program code of the software that realizes the functions of the embodiment via a network, it is stored in a storage means such as a hard disk or memory of a computer or a storage medium such as a CD-RW or CD-R. In use, the computer (or a calculation unit such as a CPU) may read and execute the program code stored in the storage means or the storage medium.

  In the above-described embodiment, the control lines and information lines indicate what is considered necessary for the explanation, and not all the control lines and information lines on the product are necessarily shown. All the components may be connected to each other.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Cost improvement measure management apparatus 101 Design information management part 102 Process information management part 103 Cost table management part 104 Improvement theme management part 105 Cost totaling part 106 Improvement effect calculation part 107 Improvement effect calculation result output part 110 Storage apparatus 111 Design information table 112 Process information table 113 Cost table 114 Cost aggregation result table 115 Sales plan table 116 Improvement theme table 117 Improvement theme application destination table 118 Improvement theme effect amount table 200 Network

Claims (12)

Configuration information regarding the components of the manufacturing activities of the target product and each part constituting the product, policy information regarding the measures executed for the products and the manufacturing activities , and plan information regarding future plans of the policies A storage unit that stores the measure information associated with the component of the configuration information;
An effect calculation unit for calculating effect information on the future effect of the measure;
An effect output unit for outputting the effect information,
The configuration information includes current information about the component,
The measure information includes information after improvement of the component when the measure is executed,
The effect calculation unit calculates the effect of the measure by comparing the current information with the information after the improvement, and calculates the effect information by reflecting the plan information with respect to the effect of the calculated measure An information processing apparatus characterized by: In claim 1,
The plan information includes information on the application time when the measure is applied,
The effect calculation unit calculates the effect information so that the effect of the measure is included after the application period,
The effect output unit outputs the effect information at a predetermined time. In claim 1 or 2,
The measure information includes information on the degree of difficulty when executing the measure,
The information processing apparatus, wherein the effect calculation unit includes the effect of the measure in the effect information according to the difficulty level. In any one of Claims 1 thru | or 3,
A selection unit for selecting a measure in the measure information of the storage unit;
The effect calculation unit calculates an effect of a measure selected by the selection unit as the effect information. In any one of Claims 1 thru | or 4,
The configuration information includes configuration information regarding components of a plurality of products and manufacturing activities ,
The measure information is associated with a common component in the plurality of products and manufacturing activities ,
The effect calculation unit calculates the effect information for each of the plurality of products,
The information output device, wherein the effect output unit outputs the effect information for each product. In any one of Claims 1 thru | or 5,
The configuration information includes information regarding the current cost of the product components;
The measure information includes information related to the improved cost of the component when the measure is executed,
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the effect calculation unit calculates a cost improvement amount as the effect information by comparing information on the current cost and information on the improved cost. In claim 6,
The plan information includes information on the application time when the measure is applied,
The effect calculation unit calculates the cost improvement amount so as to include the improved cost after the application period,
The information output device, wherein the effect output unit outputs the cost improvement amount at every predetermined time. In claim 7,
The plan information further includes information on the production amount of the product for each period,
The effect calculation unit calculates the cost improvement amount by adding the improved cost after the application period and reflecting the information on the production amount in the improved cost. Processing equipment. In any one of claims 6 to 8,
The measure information further includes information related to necessary expenses required for executing the measure,
The effect output unit outputs information on the necessary cost together with the cost improvement amount. In any one of claims 6 to 9,
The measure information is associated with another measure information,
The effect calculation unit calculates the cost improvement amount by combining the first improvement amount calculated based on the measure information and the second improvement amount calculated based on the different measure information. Information processing apparatus. A method of calculating an effect of a measure executed on a manufacturing activity of a target product and each part constituting the product by an information processing device including a storage unit, a calculation unit, and an output unit,
The storage unit is, and the product and configuration information about the component of the manufacturing activities of interest, and the product and measures information about measures to be performed on the manufacturing activities, the planning information on the future planning of the measures And the measure information is associated with the component of the configuration information, the configuration information includes current information regarding the component, and the measure information includes the measure executed Including post-improvement information of said component in case
A first step of acquiring the configuration information, the measure information, and the plan information from the storage unit by the arithmetic unit;
A second step of calculating effect information on the future effect of the measure by the computing unit;
A third step of outputting the effect information by the output unit;
The second step calculates the effect of the measure by comparing the current information with the improved information, and calculates the effect information by reflecting the plan information with respect to the calculated measure of the effect. A method characterized by:   The program for making an information processing apparatus provided with a memory | storage part, a calculating part, and an output part perform the method of Claim 11.

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