JPH09128448A - Method and device for deciding system specification - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To realize a means which easily decides specifications and reduces the decision omission of specification and the erroneous decision of specification. SOLUTION: At the time of deciding the specification of an object system, the information on processings to be executed in the system are expressed by plural processing steps and the flow of products among respective processing steps as a job flow, which is fixed, and further a control frame being information with a control procedure for executing the processing steps in the job flow expressed by a function blocks and control information transferred among the function blocks is fixed in advance. Further, the specification of a realizing means for realizing each function block is fixed as specification parts with respect to the function blocks in each control frame. And, a job flow is specified to select one of corresponding control frames to select the specification parts corresponding to the function block of the selected control frame.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a means for determining the specifications of a system to be systematized, and more particularly to a means having a high operability for specification determination and adaptable to systematization of various systems.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a system for determining specifications of various devices, a user interface (GUI builder "Yuzu I"
Development of "I": NEC Technique Vol.48, No.5, p.47, 1995 5
Month) and form creation function (form creation system "OVmake":
Technical magazine Sumitomo Metals Vol.47, No.2, pp.139-140, 1995
May), a system for communication functions was proposed.

As a system relating to the form creation function,
For example, in order to determine the description format of the form, a predetermined command is accepted, and the form is described in the format according to the accepted command. The specifications relating to the communication function were determined by sequentially inputting symbols, alphanumeric characters, etc. corresponding to the communication protocol of.

[0004]

By the way, the specification can be determined using such a conventional system for a very limited part such as a user interface, a form creating function, and a communication function. However, when it is assumed that a system that performs a wide variety of information processing is to be constructed, it is necessary to efficiently determine the specifications of a plurality of functions in a unified manner. There was a problem that could not be dealt with.

That is, according to the conventional method, the specifications can be determined only for the extremely limited functions in the system to be constructed, and the specifications determined for the respective functions are not compatible. For this reason, humans interpret the specifications and work to determine the overall specifications.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to consider part or all of the functions of a system to be systemized, and to easily and efficiently determine system specifications for realizing those functions. It is to realize the means to enable.

[0007]

Means for solving the above problems and achieving the objects of the present invention include the following means.

[0008] That is, a method for determining the specifications of a system to be systematized, wherein the processing performed by the system is represented by a plurality of processing steps and the flow of the product between the processing steps. Which is information that defines a business flow and further represents a control procedure for executing the processing steps in the business flow by a plurality of functional blocks and control information exchanged between the functional blocks. Define one or more types of frames. Furthermore, for the functional block in each control frame, one or more types of specification of the realizing means for realizing each functional block are defined as specification parts.

Then, by designating a business flow, one of the corresponding control frames is selected, and the specification component corresponding to the functional block of the selected control frame is selected.

Another aspect of the present invention is the following aspect.

That is, an apparatus for determining the specifications of a system to be systematized, and the processing performed by the system is represented by a plurality of processing steps and a flow of a product between the processing steps. The business flow storage means for storing the business flow and the control procedure for executing the processing steps in the business flow are expressed by a plurality of functional blocks and control information exchanged between the functional blocks. Control frame storage means for storing one or more types of control frames that are information, and for the function blocks in each control frame, one or more types of specifications of implementation means for realizing each function block are stored as specification parts. Specific parts storage means, business flow presentation means for presenting the business flow, and one or more types corresponding to the presented business flow Control frame selecting means for presenting the control frames of the selectable, the specification parts processing means for searching the specification parts corresponding to the selected control frame, and selecting the searched specification parts, and the selected specification parts. A system specification determining device having specification output means for outputting a corresponding specification.

In this apparatus, all the processing steps constituting the business flow are presented in a selectable manner, and the part of the business flow corresponding to the selected processing step in the entire business flow is systematized. As a business flow for the target system, a mode in which systemized range determining means for driving and controlling the control frame selecting means is provided is also conceivable.

[0013]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an apparatus which is an embodiment of the present invention.

In this system, the CPU,
ROM with a built-in program in advance, RAM that operates as a work area, a hard disk device that stores data, an input device such as a mouse and a keyboard for performing various selections and instructions, and specification output and display of various presentation data It can be realized by a display device (CRT, liquid crystal display, etc.) for outputting.

It can be said that FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing the configuration of the present apparatus, particularly focusing on the functions of the present system.

This apparatus includes a business flow storage means 110 for storing business flows, a control frame storage means 111 for storing control frames, a specification component storage means 112 for storing specification components, and a business flow storage means 110. Of the business flow presenting means 104 for presenting the accumulated business flow to the user (specification determiner) and the business flow,
To enable the user to select a control frame corresponding to the presented work flow from the systemization range determination means 113 for determining the range for systemization and the control frames stored in the control frame storage means 111. Control frame selecting means 105, and control frame selecting means 105
When a control frame is selected, a processing subject assigning unit 114 that determines a processing subject (computer, person, controller, etc.) that performs a process for a function in the control frame, and a function or a function in the selected control frame. The specification parts for searching the specification parts having the specifications for realizing the interface between the specification parts and the specification parts for allowing the user to select the optimum specifications for the system from the specification parts searched by the specification parts search means 106. A selection unit 107 and a specification output unit 108 that creates and outputs a specification such as an equipment configuration diagram and a functional configuration diagram based on the specifications of the selected specification component from the work flow, the control frame, and the specification component are provided. Configured.

The present apparatus is an apparatus for determining the specifications of a system to be systematized, and the business flow accumulating means 110 performs a plurality of processing steps and each processing to be performed by the system. Business flow 10 that is information expressed as the flow of products between steps
1 is predetermined and stored.

Further, the control frame storage means 111 has
A control frame 1 which is information expressing a control procedure for executing processing steps in a business flow by a plurality of functional blocks and control information exchanged between the functional blocks.
02, one or more types are determined in advance and stored. At this time, the business flow and the control frame are stored in association with each other.

Further, in the specification component storage means 112, for the function block in each control frame, one or more types of specifications of the realizing means for realizing each function block are defined as a specification component. It should be noted that the functional blocks may be associated with equipment, sensors, etc. used when constructing the system.

The business flow storage means 110, the control frame storage means 111, and the specification component storage means 11
The stored contents of 2 can be edited as appropriate by an input device (not shown). Editing includes adding new data, deleting data, updating data, and the like. Note that the correspondence between the business flow 101 and the control frame 102 may be editable.

Then, the present apparatus selects one of the corresponding control frames by designating the business flow, selects the specification component corresponding to the functional block of the selected control frame, and sets the system specifications. It is a device to determine.

A leftward arrow on the left side of the drawing, for example,
"Business flow" and "system specification" indicate that they are output from the business flow presenting means 104 and the specification output means 108 to a display device (not shown), respectively. Range determination ”,“ control frame selection ”,“ processing subject allocation ”,“ specification component selection ”
The respective instructions are input through the input device (not shown) to the systematization range determining means 113 and the control frame selecting means 10.
5, processing subject allocation means 114, specification part selection means 107
, It is output.

The business flow storage means 110, the control frame storage means 111, and the specification component storage means 11
2 can be realized by, for example, a hard disk device,
Further, the work flow presenting means 104, the systemization range determining means 113, the control frame selecting means 105, the processing subject assigning means 114, the specification component selecting means 107, and the specification output means 108 are, for example, a ROM in which a program is built in advance. It is realized by a CPU that operates according to a built-in program and a RAM that operates as a work area.

The operation of the main constituent elements of this apparatus will be described below as appropriate.

Now, the embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below by taking the rolling process of steel as an example of the object of systematization.

When carrying out the specification determination work, the user first uses the business flow presenting means 104 to store the business flows 101 stored in the business flow storage means 110.
Confirm the contents of (operation flow 109). At this time, it is confirmed that the business flow 109 is for the system that determines the specifications, and the following operations are performed. At this time, it is also preferable to prepare a plurality of business flows and display the applicable business flows in a selectable manner on the system for which specifications are to be determined.

FIG. 2 shows an example of a work flow for rolling work in the iron manufacturing industry that produces iron. The display form as shown in FIG. 2 is displayed and processed by the work flow presenting means 104 so that the user can easily see it (109).
The data structure actually stored in the business flow storage means 110 will be described later.

That is, a plurality of steps (steps) 201 to 207 and a work flow indicated by the flow of a steel sheet as a product between the steps are displayed so that the user can easily understand. .

Note that FIG. 2 shows that the pickling step 202 further comprises steps 210 (uncoil) to 214 (dry).

Specifically, in the work flow of the rolling work shown in FIG. 2, "hot rolling process" 201, "pickling process" 202, "cold rolling process" 203, "cleaning process" 2
04, "annealing process" 205, "temper rolling process" 206,
And includes each step of the “purification step” 207,
During each process, the steel plate 209 flows from the left side to the right side in the figure, indicating that the product is completed. Further, as described above, the “pickling step” further includes “uncoil” 210, “welding” 211, “pickling”.
212, "Rinse" 213, and "Dry" 214
, Each step is included. Therefore, "pickling process" 2
02 and steps 210 to 214 form a relationship between the upper process and the lower process, respectively. It should be noted that when any of the displayed steps is clicked with the mouse, it is preferable to display the subordinate steps.

In the rolling operation, normally, there is only one product flowing between the processes, but FIG. 3 shows a presentation example of the business flow when a plurality of products flow between the processes. In the business flow presented as shown in FIG. 3, “Product 1” 301 flows from outside of this business flow, and “Process 1” 303, “Process 3” 305, and “Process 4” 306 are executed. After that, it is shown that the flow goes to the outside of this business flow. on the other hand,
The “product 2” 302 flows from the outside of this business flow, is consumed in the “process 3” 305 through the “process 2” 304. Furthermore, “Product 3” 308 is
"Process 3" 305 is newly manufactured, and "Process 5" 307
It is shown that the flow goes to the outside of this work flow through.

The business flow 109 presented as described above
An example of the data structure when the business flow storage means 110 stores is as shown in FIGS. Flow relationship diagram showing the flow of products as a data structure (Figs. 4 and 5)
And two modes of the inclusion relationship diagram (FIG. 6) showing the inclusion relationship of the steps.

First, FIG. 4 shows a flow relationship table for the business flow shown in FIG. 2, and the business flow 101 can be stored in the business flow storage means 110 with a data structure of such a table format. Good.

Two flow relationship diagrams 401 and 4 shown in FIG.
02 consists of three items, "product", "from", and "to", respectively.
It shows which process (“from”) flows to which process (“to”). 401 is, as a whole, from "hot rolling process" to "pickling process", "cold rolling process",
The "steel plate" flows through the "cleaning process", "annealing process", "temper rolling process", and "refining process".

As an example, the data in the column A in the figure is
It shows that the "steel plate" flows from the "hot rolling process" to the "pickling process".

Incidentally, "-" in the table indicates that from the outside of the business flow or from the business flow to the outside.
It represents the flow of products. Therefore, in the "hot rolling process", the "steel plate" is received from the outside, and in the "refining process",
It represents the delivery of "steel plates" to the outside.

Reference numeral 402 is a flow relationship table of a detailed portion of the "pickling step". The business flow storage means 110 may be stored in such a data structure. 402 is
Since it is only for the inside of the "pickling process", "Uncoil" receives the "steel plate" from the outside, and "Drying"
It has a data structure that delivers "steel plates" to the outside.

This "steel plate" actually flows from the "hot rolling process" 201 to the "uncoil" 210, and further flows from the "drying" 214 to the "cold rolling process" 203. That is, the business flow presenting means 104
However, 401 and 402 can be grasped by referring to the information on the inclusion relation as shown in FIG. 6 described later.

Note that FIG. 5 shows a data structure for the business flow shown in FIG. This data structure also consists of three items, “product”, “from”, and “to”.
m)) to which process (“to”) the process is going to be performed. For example, the information shown in the column B of 501 indicates that “product 1” flows from “process 3” to “process 4”.

Now, FIG. 6 shows a data structure 600 showing the relation between the upper process and the lower process, that is, the inclusive relation between the processes shown in the business flow of FIG.

In this data structure, the detailed process,
That is, the upper and lower relationships between processes are determined by associating a lower process with a certain process. The process that is the basis of the refinement is described as an item of “upper process”, and the refined process is described as an item of “lower process”. As shown in FIG. 2, the “pickling process” 202, which is a higher-level process, includes “uncoil” 210 and “welding” 2
11, "pickling" 212, "rinsing" 213, "drying" 2
It is described as 600 because it is composed of 5 lower processes of 14. It should be noted that even when the upper and lower relationships other than the “pickling step” 202 are determined, it may be described as 600. In FIG. 6 at 600, "hot rolling process",
A part of the subordinate steps of the "purification step" is described by "...". Although 601 and 602 represent omission of the table, the process name is actually described in this portion.

If the user of the device confirms that the desired work flow is selected by the work flow, then the user is selected from among the plurality of steps constituting the work flow. The range of the system (hereinafter, appropriately referred to as “self system”) for which the specification is desired to be determined is determined. This processing can be realized by operating the systemized range determination means 113. That is, the systemized range determination means 113 is configured to perform the processing described below in an interactive manner.

Now, in FIG. 7, in the rolling work defined by the work flow shown in FIG. 2, the system in which the user will determine the specifications will be referred to as "system X". It is assumed that a part of the “washing step” and the processing of the “cold rolling step” are executed. In this way, my system "System X"
Not only the range 701 of the system "System A" that is in charge of other people (system, worker, etc.) 70
2 and the coverage 703 of the existing system “System B”, such as the coverage 703 of the other system, are clarified, and in which system each process corresponding to the business flow is to be executed.

The systematized range determination means 113 is provided with such an instruction, the work flow accumulation means 11
It is programmed in advance so as to be executed by referring to the stored contents of 0 and the like.

Now, referring to FIG. 8, the systemized range determining means 1
13 is a flow chart showing an example of processing performed by 13. The systemization range determination means 113 first causes the user to input the other system list, which is a list of existing systems or systems in charge of others (step 80).
1). Next, one process on the most upstream side of the business flow is presented (step 802), and which system in the other system list or the own system is in charge of this process. Is selected by the user (step 803).

At this time, if the process is not associated with a lower process, the process proceeds to step 806. If the process is associated with the lower process, step 8 is performed.
Go to 05.

Then, in step 805, the detailed process, that is, the subordinate process is presented, and the process proceeds to step 803 to determine the system in charge of the subordinate process.

In step 806, it is judged whether or not the system in charge has been decided for all the processes, and if it is decided, the process is ended, and if not decided, step 802.
Proceed to. Then, by repeating such processing, each process shown in the business flow is finally assigned to any system.

Even if there is a further downstream process with respect to one downstream process, the fact is indicated in step 8
As a result of the determination at 04, all the processes including the downstream process can be assigned to any system.

After the control range of the own system is determined in this way, the control procedure of the process in the control range is determined. The user selects the control procedure by the control frame selection means 105.
It can be realized by operating and selecting a control frame. Usually, one or more types of control frames that are associated in advance are presented for one business flow, so any one of them is selected.

The control frame expresses the control procedure for executing the operation of the process in the business flow by a plurality of functional blocks and control information exchanged between the functional blocks.

Further, in the functional block, a processing entity that executes processing for the function is defined.

Here, as the processing subject, an object that actually performs the operation of the process, a person (equipment, equipment, worker, etc.), an object that detects the physical state of the process, a person (sensor, observer, etc.), etc. Is mentioned.

The “function” in each functional block is based on the process of obtaining control information (control signal, production plan information, etc.) necessary for the processing entity to perform a task (predetermined operation), and the obtained control information. It means a process of generating new control information.

FIG. 9 shows an example of a control frame for the process “welding” 211. Main components include a welding machine 901 that actually performs welding, a sensor WPD (Welded Point Detector) 902 that detects that a welded portion has passed, and the like. Although not shown in the figure, processing entities corresponding to other functional blocks will be finally determined.

In the control frame shown in FIG. 9, a welding machine control 90 that sends a control signal to the welding machine 901 based on the welding schedule output by the welding scheduling 905.
7. WPD tracking 9 that informs other functions of the completion of welding based on the welding point passage signal from WPD902
08, a welding schedule 905 that creates a welding schedule based on the production plan and the plant status, a welding status monitor 906 that creates a plant status and a welding performance from the completion of welding, and a production performance statistical value based on the welding performance. It is described that each functional block of the production record management 904 to be created and the production plan formulation 903 for formulating the production plan based on the production record statistical value is required.

This is only one form of the control frame corresponding to the welding process, and FIG. 10 shows another form of the control frame corresponding to the welding process.

The control frame shown in FIG. 9 is a control mode that constitutes a so-called closing control system in one process called "welding", whereas the control frame shown in FIG.
This is a control mode in which control information is transmitted and received over the steps. In the control frame shown in FIG. 10, the sensor WPD1
Providing a plurality of 001 (WPD (1), WPD (2), ..., WPD (n)),
From the welding point passage signal obtained from each “WPD”, it is the passing record information of the steel sheet based on the steel sheet tracking 1002, which tracks where the welding point is currently present and outputs it as the steel sheet status, and the steel sheet status. Steel plate condition monitoring 1003 for creating a steel plate passage record, production record management 904 (same as the production record management 904 in FIG. 9) for generating a production record statistic based on the steel plate passage record, and production for inputting a production record statistic It is described that each functional block of the planning 903 (the same as the production planning 903 in FIG. 9) is required.

As described above, when the same functional block exists among a plurality of control frames, the functional block is controlled by all the control units input and output by the same functional block in all the selected control frames. Information can be input and output. For example, if the control frame selection means 105 is operated by the user to select the control frame shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, the functional block “production record management” 904 can be understood with reference to FIGS. 9 and 10. The welding record and the steel plate passage record are input to and the production record statistical value is output.

Here, an example of the data structure when the control frame is stored in the control frame storage means 111 will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 11A shows a subject list 1101 which is data indicating the type and number of processing subjects for the control frame shown in FIG.

The first stage of this list indicates that the welding machine is the main processing unit, the type is equipment and the number is "1". It should be noted that processing entities for other functional blocks shown in FIG. 9 are not described.

In FIG. 11B, the control information comes from where (from function) and where it flows (to function).
10 shows the data corresponding to FIG. For example, as indicated by C in the figure, information indicating that the welding schedule flows from the welding scheduling to the welding machine control is shown as data.

Now, FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing the processing performed by the control frame selection means 105 for the user to select the control frame.

The control frame selection means 105 first presents a list of control frames to the user (step 1201), and causes the user to select a control frame to be adopted by the system (step 1202). ).
When the control frame is selected, the subject list of equipment, sensors, etc. used in the control frame is presented (step 1203).

Then, the user is made to decide in which process of the process within the range of his or her system the charge is assigned to these entities (step 120).
4). At this time, when the process to be arranged is clear like a "welding machine", it is possible to register the data in advance as the installation data so that the device automatically processes the corresponding process. Is possible. In addition, a main body such as a “worker” who cannot be installed in a detailed process is installed in a higher process (for example, a rolling process).

When all the subjects are arranged (step 1205), another control frame can be selected by the user (steps 1206 and 1202). When the user determines that all the necessary control frames have been selected (step 1206), the control frame selection means 1
The processing of 05 ends.

Each time a control frame is selected, it is necessary to decide what is to process the functional block represented by the control frame and to decide the processing subject. FIG. 13 shows an example in which processing subjects are assigned to the control frame shown in FIG.

The functional block “production planning” is sent to the worker 1302, the functional block “production result management” is sent to the host computer 1301, the functional blocks “welding scheduling” and “welding status monitoring” are sent to the control computer 1303, Function blocks "Welder control" and "WP
D Tracking "to Controller 1 (1304),
Each is assigned.

The allocation as shown in FIG. 13 can be performed using the processing subject allocation means 114. That is, it is preferable that the processing subject assigning unit 114 presents data as shown in FIG. 14 so that the processing subject can be automatically determined unless the user changes the data. In addition, a configuration in which the user defines the processing subject for key-in operation or the like by presenting a list of functional blocks is also conceivable. It is also preferable that the processing subject is displayed in a pull-down manner so that it can be selected.

The data shown in FIG. 14 is data in which functional blocks and processing subjects are associated with each other. Such data is created in advance and stored in the control frame storage means 111. You can leave it.

When the processing entity corresponding to the functional block is decided, detailed specifications for realizing the functional block are decided. The detailed specification is determined by the specification part search means 106.
Searches for the specification parts stored in the specification parts storage means 112 and presents them to the user. Further, the user operates the specification parts selection means 107 to select the specification parts for the functional block. It is done by going.

The specification parts are in a data-arranged format so that candidate parts can be searched appropriately by function, processing subject (computer, controller, person, etc.) and target subject (equipment, sensor, person). Specification component storage means 112
Is stored in

FIG. 15 shows an example of a functional block "WPD tracking" having different specifications, which is adopted depending on the type of WPD. The WPD of the model number "PK-123" corresponds to the "WPD tracking" 1 shown in FIG.
In FIG. 15, the model number “UV-32” corresponding to 501 is shown in FIG.
This is “WPD tracking” 1502 shown in FIG. The two types differ in the "signal reception interval" that defines the signal reception interval and the type of the "WPD data transmission procedure" that is the data transmission procedure. In addition, the specifications of "Handling when data is lost" and "Timing chart" You can see that is different.

The specification parts are stored in the specification part storage means 112.
It is preferable to store two data of application conditions and specification description as a set. The application condition is a condition necessary to apply the specification part, and in the example shown in FIG.
The model number of D is the applicable condition. The specification description is a specification that becomes effective when the applicable conditions are satisfied. In the example shown in FIG. 15, 1501 and 1502 respectively correspond to the specification description. The specification parts search means 106 searches for specification parts satisfying the application conditions for each functional block based on the items (information about the processing subject, specifications, etc. for other function blocks) determined at that time, and specifies the specifications. The search results are presented so that they can be selected by the component selection means 107.

Now, FIG. 16 is an example of a flow chart showing the flow of processing performed by the specification component selecting means 107 when the user performs the work of selecting the specification component. The specification component selection unit 107 presents a list of functional components searched by the specification component search unit 106 for each functional block (step 1601). One specification component is selected from the specification components presented to the user (step 1602). According to the selected result, the specification component search means 106 searches whether or not there is a specification component that does not satisfy the application condition, and if there is, a specification component that satisfies the new application condition and the related specification ( Depending on the selection result, the specification of the specification part that does not satisfy the applicable condition) is presented (step 1603). The user is made to judge whether or not to change the presented specification parts (step 1604). The user who determines that the change is necessary changes the specification part.

If all the related specifications have been examined, that is, if the specifications of the related specification parts do not need to be changed, step 1605 is executed.
4 (step 1606). Then, when the specification parts for the new function block are selected and the specifications of all the function blocks are determined, the specification part selection means ends the process (step 1605).

By performing the processing described above,
It is possible to determine the specifications of the system for systematization. The determined specifications are output by the specification output unit 108.

The output mode may be printing or displaying.

FIG. 17 shows an example of the system configuration of the "system X" which is the rolling process system described with reference to FIG. The information in FIG. 17 can be extracted from the control frame selection information and the processing subject allocation information.
That is, as shown in FIG. 7, uncoil, welding, pickling, rinsing,
From the information that determines the main body in charge of each process of drying,
The system configuration diagram shown in FIG. 7 can be obtained. Although not described in detail, for example, the uncoiler and the welder correspond to the process “uncoil”, and each equipment corresponds to any other process.

FIG. 18 is an example of a diagram showing the relationship between the processing subject and the functional blocks. This information can be extracted from the control frame selection information and the processing subject allocation information.

That is, each functional block and its processing subject are drawn in association with each other. In FIG. 18, the worker 1301, the host computer 1302, the control computer 1303, the controller 1 (1304), the controller 2 (1305), and the controller 3 (1306).
Becomes a processing entity, and each functional block is assigned to one of the processing entities 1301 to 1306.

As described above, by appropriately processing the information obtained by this apparatus, it is possible to provide a user-friendly system specification when constructing the system.

[0085]

As described above, according to the present invention, when the specification of the system to be systematized is decided, the specification decider can easily decide the specification by selecting the control frame and the specification parts. As a result, it is possible to reduce individual differences in decision specifications due to differences in specification determiners and speed up system construction.

Further, according to the present invention, it is possible to sequentially proceed with the specification determination in another interactive form according to a predetermined program, and it is possible to reduce specification determination omission and specification determination error.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing a device configuration of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of an example of a business flow.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of an example of a work flow for manufacturing a plurality of products.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a flow relationship showing a relationship between processes among stored business flow data.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a flow relationship showing a flow of manufactured products between processes among the accumulated business flow data.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing a correspondence relationship between upper and lower processes in business flow data to be accumulated.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of systematized range determination.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a systemized range determination process.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram of an example of a control frame.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram of an example of a control frame.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram of an example of data of control frames to be accumulated.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing a process performed by a control frame selection means.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram illustrating allocation of processing subjects.

FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram of data indicating a processing subject allocation result.

FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram of an example of specification parts.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing the processing performed by the specification component selecting means.

FIG. 17 is an explanatory diagram of a specification output example.

FIG. 18 is an explanatory diagram of a specification output example.

[Explanation of symbols]

101 ... Business flow, 102 ... Control frame, 103 ...
Specification parts, 104 ... Workflow display means, 105 ... Control frame selection means, 106 ... Specification parts search means, 107
... specification part selection means, 108 ... specification output means, 109 ...
Business flow, 110 ... Business flow storage means, 111 ... Control frame storage means, 112 ... Specification component storage means, 11
3 ... Systemization range determining means, 114 ... Processing subject allocating means

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of front page (72) Inventor Yoshinori Kishimoto 1099, Ozenji, Aso-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa Hitachi, Ltd. System Development Laboratory (72) Inventor Shingo 5-2-1 Omika-cho, Ibaraki Prefecture Incorporated company Hitachi Ltd. Omika factory

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A method for determining the specifications of a system to be systemized, wherein the processing performed by the system includes a plurality of processing steps.
A business flow, which is information expressed by the flow of the product between each processing step, is defined, and a control procedure for executing the processing step in the business flow is defined by a plurality of functional blocks and between the functional blocks. One or more types of control frames, which are information expressed by the control information transmitted and received in step S1, are defined. Further, for the functional blocks in each control frame, the specification of the realization means for realizing each functional block is specified. System specification determination, in which one or more types of parts are defined and a business flow is specified to select one of the corresponding control frames and select the specification part corresponding to the functional block of the selected control frame. Method. 2. The function block according to claim 1, wherein:
Corresponding to the means used for systematization, as means used for the systematization, at least one or more of equipment for performing a predetermined manufacturing operation, a sensor for detecting a physical quantity, and software-operated means are used. Further, the system specification determining method is characterized in that the control information is information exchanged between means used for systematization. 3. An apparatus for determining the specifications of a system to be systemized, wherein the processing performed by the system is represented by a plurality of processing steps and a product flow between the processing steps. The business flow storage means for storing the business flow and the control procedure for executing the processing steps in the business flow are expressed by a plurality of functional blocks and control information exchanged between the functional blocks. Control frame accumulating means for accumulating one or more types of control frames that are information, and for the functional blocks in each control frame, accumulating one or more types of specifications of implementing means for realizing each functional block as specification parts. Specific parts storage means, a business flow presentation means for presenting a business flow, and one or more types of corresponding to the presented business flow. Control frame selection means for presenting control frames in a selectable manner, specification part processing means for searching the specification parts corresponding to the selected control frame, and selecting the searched specification parts, corresponding to the selected specification parts And a specification output means for outputting the specification to be executed. 4. The system according to claim 3, wherein all the processing steps constituting the business flow are presented in a selectable manner, and the portion of the business flow corresponding to the selected processing step in the entire business flow is subjected to the systemization. A system specification determining apparatus comprising a systemization range determining means for driving and controlling the control frame selecting means as a business flow for a system to be executed. 5. The system according to claim 3, further comprising: a processing subject assigning unit that determines a processing subject executing a control procedure corresponding to the functional block corresponding to the selected control frame. Specification determination device. 6. The editing system according to claim 3, further comprising: an editing unit for editing at least one of the business flow storage unit, the control frame storage unit, and the specification component storage unit. A system specification determining device.