JPH10105204A - Integrated production support system and its production support information management device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To carry out optimum operations for every processes and to improve the productivity by enabling other process to start operating as much as possible without waiting for the operations of upstream processes to end and enabling each process to cope flexibly with changes of operation states of other processes. SOLUTION: Terminal devices TM1 to TMn which are decentralized and arranged are connected to a production support information management device HC1 and an electronic drawing storage device HC2 through a trunk LAN and the production support information management device HC1 stores all information regarding production divisionally as JOBU information and MONO information in a JOBU-DB10 and a MONO-DB20 respectively; and a JOBU.MONO constitution expansion part 30 expands the information stored in those JOBU-DB 10 and MONO-DB20, and on the basis of the expanded JOBU and MONO constitution information, bulletin information regarding design, arrangements, manufacture, and costs is generated and posted on respective bulletin boards.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an integrated production support system for comprehensively supporting production activities performed in each department from product development / design to production, for example, in a manufacturing plant. The present invention relates to a production support information management device that functions as a core of a system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In general, when a product is manufactured, the development and design processes are managed by a design support system separate from the manufacturing process (or department) to carry out development and design work. It is common practice to make advance preparations and make arrangements for advance prospects in cooperation with design. Therefore, based on such a difference in work between the design and manufacturing processes, conventionally, for example, the following production support is performed.

(1) In the case of producing products of various kinds During the working period of the development / design department, the production department is put on standby or provided for the production of another product, and the development / design department has the lowest configuration. When the design of the part is completed, the product is transferred to the manufacturing department to start manufacturing. At that time, since it is necessary to manage the entire factory, during the working hours of the development and design departments, the management department artificially siphons macro information such as the progress of work from the development and design departments, and this collected information Is input into a computer to control production.

(2) In the case of development, design and production by a large project In order to organically combine the entire project, process management is introduced to the development and design process to manage the entire process.

[0005]

However, such a conventional production support system has the following problems to be improved. (1) In the case of producing a wide variety of products, other departments including the manufacturing department do not start work until all development and design work has been completed. Even if a product is obtained that can be transferred to other processes such as arranging parts or manufacturing parts, the product is not used and the efficiency of production activities is reduced.

[0006] Further, since the management department enters between the development / design department and the manufacturing department and passes the process information in the development / design department to the manufacturing department, raw information generated in the development / design department is transmitted to the manufacturing department. The rotation of the management cycle is slowed down in real time. Further, even if there is information to be discarded / updated in accordance with a change in the situation, there may be a large delay in matching and correcting the information, or maintenance may be impossible, and confusion in management is likely to occur. further,
It requires a lot of effort to maintain and manage information.

(2) When developing, designing and producing a large project, it is susceptible to changes in external requirements. Particularly in the development and design departments, detailed process management is introduced, so small changes in requirements affect the overall work, which also causes confusion in overall management. In addition, since the development and design work must be performed according to a previously planned process, the development and design work is restricted and production efficiency is reduced. Furthermore, even when multiple types of development and design work are being performed simultaneously in the development and design department, it is necessary to adjust the balance between each work for integrated management. However, this affects all operations and causes a significant decrease in production efficiency.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances. It is an object of the present invention to make it possible for other processes to start work as much as possible without waiting for the end of work in an upstream process. An integrated production support system and a production support information management device that enable a process to flexibly respond to changes in the work status of another process, thereby achieving optimal work for each process and improving productivity. Is to provide.

[0009]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above object, the present invention disperses a plurality of terminal devices in a plurality of departments installed for producing products, and places these terminal devices in the center. Connected to the located production support information management device via a communication network, the production support information management device is provided with a work information database and a product information database, and an identification code generating means is provided, and information representing work at the terminal device is When the input operation of the information representing the object is performed, the identification code generating means generates an identification code forming a predetermined code system for individually identifying the information representing the work and the object,
The identification code is selectively stored in the work information database and the object information database in association with the input information. Further, the production support information management device is provided with a configuration expanding unit and a bulletin board, and the configuration expanding unit identifies a relationship between information representing a job and information representing an item stored in the job information database and the item information database. In addition to generating the work / material composition information represented by the code, based on the generated work / material composition information, the bulletin board generates and stores the bulletin information required by each section in the bulletin board. When a bulletin information search operation is performed, the bulletin board information is selectively read from the bulletin board, and the bulletin information is transmitted to the search source terminal device via the communication network to be displayed. It is.

According to such an integrated production support system and its production support information management device, in any department such as development, design, arrangement, manufacturing, etc., a person in charge can use a terminal device of his / her own department to create a database or the like. Necessary information can be acquired from the bulletin board, whereby the progress of the work of the other department can be grasped at any time and used for the process management of the own department. For example, the development and design department can start the design from the designable part by extracting the specification information input by the sales department from the database, and the arrangement and manufacturing department can monitor the progress of the design by monitoring the progress of the design. The development and design department can know which part of the design has been completed, and can start arranging and manufacturing the material from the completed part. Therefore, it is possible to shorten the period from development to product completion and reduce the cost.

[0011] An electronic library apparatus is further connected to the production support information management apparatus and the plurality of terminal apparatuses via a communication network, and the product information generated during production of a product is stored in the electronic library apparatus. You may comprise so that it may correspond to the identification code for identifying the information of the corresponding work or the information of a thing, and may be memorize | stored. With such a system, the result can be managed by the identification code of the information indicating the corresponding job and the result.

The work information database and the object information database include a basic ledger for storing information indicating basic contents of the work and information indicating the basic contents of the object, and materials and objects prepared for the work. With a material ledger for storing material management information for managing the collected materials, and a relationship for storing information representing a relationship between a plurality of pieces of information registered in the basic ledger in addition to the material ledger. A device having a storage unit, and a device having a change ledger for generating and storing a change history when registered information is changed may be considered.

[0013] By providing the relationship storage unit among them, for example, when a arranging person or a manufacturing person wants to know the constituent elements of a certain set of products, he or she simply searches using the set identification code as a key. Thus, it is possible to easily and clearly search not only subsets and units which are constituent elements of a set, but also component levels such as circuit boards and electronic components constituting these units.

Further, by providing the change ledger, it is possible to accurately cope with the situation where many changes in specifications, designs, etc. are made for one job or object without causing confusion.

Further, when information is stored in the basic ledger of each of the ledgers, the information registration control means generates a basic code consisting of a meaningless code having a predetermined number of digits, and the basic code is stored in the basic ledger. It may be stored in association with information indicating basic contents.

Similarly, in the case where the material management information is stored in the material ledger of each of the ledgers, the first information indicating the type of the material is stored.
, And a second additional code representing a change state of the material, respectively, and adding the first and second additional codes to the core code to generate a material code. It may be stored in association with the management information.

[0017] In this manner, all information representing work and information representing an object can be semipermanently managed by a backbone code which has no meaning in itself. For example, if the classification or use of a registered electronic component changes after registration, it is sufficient to respond by changing only the additional code. Can be searched continuously. In addition, since information representing a job and information representing an object are managed by a common code system, even if the relationship between the information representing a job and the information representing an object is represented, the information is simply and without confusion. Can be clearly expressed. Further, as for the material management information, the type of the material and the change status thereof are added and stored as an additional code, so that efficient material management can be performed in association with the core code.

In the case where information indicating the relationship between a plurality of pieces of information stored in the basic ledger is stored in the relationship storage section, the relationship between the plurality of pieces of information is stored in a key code or material corresponding to the information. It may be stored in a tree structure using codes. By employing such a storage method, the relationship can be clearly expressed with a small amount of information.

On the other hand, as the bulletin board, it is preferable to provide a plurality of bulletin boards for generating and storing bulletin information necessary for each department of design, arrangement and manufacturing, and to further generate and store bulletin information relating to the cost for each job. It is advisable to add an additional bulletin board. With this configuration, even if specifications or designs are changed during the development / design period, or if the cost needs to be reviewed due to a change in the supplier, etc., the person in charge can use the cost bulletin board to post information about the cost. , Cost management can be performed relatively easily, accurately, and accurately.

Further, each time new information is registered in the job information database or the object information database or the registered information is changed in the configuration expanding means and the bulletin board, the new information or the changed information is changed. It is preferable to generate new job / thing composition information and bulletin information in real time based on the information. This makes it possible to always post the latest bulletin information on the bulletin board.

Further, based on the information stored in the work information database, the object information database, and the bulletin board, the production support information management device uses a predetermined information symbol to indicate the sufficiency of the information. The monitor information generating means for generating the monitor information for the object, the work, and the bulletin information, and the monitor information generating means for generating the monitor information when the terminal device performs an operation for requesting the display of the monitor information. Monitor information transmission control means for transmitting the corresponding monitor information to the requesting terminal device via the communication network and displaying the same.

With such a configuration, for example, the staff in each department can view the sufficiency of various information such as components and specifications necessary for producing one product in a list on the terminal device. As a result, each person in charge can easily and accurately grasp the work plan of his / her department and make a plan for the subsequent work.

[0023]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an embodiment of an integrated production support system according to the present invention.

This system comprises a first host computer HC1 used as a production support information management device,
A second host computer HC2 used as an electronic library device; and a plurality of terminal devices TM1 to TMn distributed in each section in the factory. It is connected to the first and second host computers HC1 and HC2 via an area network (LAN).

The first host computer HC1 has a database unit 1, a database control unit 2, and a data exchange module unit 3. The database control unit 2 performs registration, update, and search control of information in the database unit 1 in response to requests from the terminal devices TM1 to TMn. The data exchange module unit 3 includes a first host
Transmission and reception of transmission data is performed between the computer HC1 and each of the terminal devices TM1 to TMn via the main LAN.

The second host computer HC2 includes an electronic library 4, a library entry / exit control unit 5, and a data exchange module 6. The storage unit 4 stores, for example, a CD-
An optical disk such as a ROM or a DVD is used as a storage medium, and the disk is replaced by an autochanger. Library entry / exit control unit 5
Performs entry and exit control of product information such as drawings and materials to the electronic library 4 in response to requests from the terminal devices TM1 to TMn. At this time, a material code described below is attached to the product information in accordance with an instruction from the first host computer HC1. The data exchange module 6
Host computer HC2 and terminal devices TM1-T
Transmission and reception of product information and control signals for entry / exit thereof are performed with Mn via the main LAN.

The terminal devices TM1 to TMn are personal computers.
It comprises a computer (PC) and an engineering workstation (EWS), and has a data processing function 8 and a data exchange module 9. The data processing function 8 includes a function of inputting / outputting JOBU information, MONO information, and product information, which will be described later, by using a data input unit such as a keyboard and a mouse, the input information, and the first and second host computers HC1 and HC2. It has a data display output function for displaying information transmitted from the printer on a display and printing out from a printer, and a function for variously editing data. Data exchange module 9
Is the first and second host computers HC
The JOBU information, the MONO information, and the product information are transmitted and received to and from the HC1 and the HC2 via the main LAN.

The database unit 1 provided in the first host computer HC1 is configured as follows. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the functional configuration. That is, the database unit 1 includes a job information database (JOBU-DB) 10, an object information database (MONO-DB) 20, and a job / object information (JOBU-DB).
(MONO) configuration development unit 30 and a bulletin board 40.

First, the JOBU-DB 10 stores information (JOBU information) representing all jobs related to production, and includes a JOBU ledger group 11, a data ledger group 12, and a JOBU basic configuration table group 13. And a change ledger group 14.

As shown in FIG. 3, JOBU information is broadly divided into work related to a product, other work, and work related to expenses. Includes work on goods and transfer orders. Other tasks include work related to inventory, development research, services and equipment, and work related to expenses includes work related to overhead costs.

The JOBU ledger group 11 is composed of a plurality of electronic ledgers for classifying and managing basic information and incidental information of work. The document ledger group 12 is a second electronic library device that stores materials related to work such as product proposals, order forms, specifications, quotations, and meeting minutes generated by the sales activities of the sales department.
Enrollment when managed by the host computer HC2,
Stores management information related to delivery and borrowing. JOBU
The basic configuration table 13 expands the configuration of a job into a tree shape and stores it as JOBU basic configuration information. For example, when a plurality of jobs are in a parent-child relationship, the configuration is shown in FIG. ), And when the work is expanded to a system or a product, as shown in FIG. 5B. In the change ledger group 14, the job content is changed in accordance with the change of the contract content, and as a result, the JOBU ledger 11, the material ledger 1
2 and a ledger for managing all the change history when the contents of the JOBU basic configuration table 13 are changed.

FIG. 6 shows the JOBU configured as described above.
-It shows the conceptual structure of DB10, and each ledger group 11-
14 are uniformly managed by using a JOBU code described later.

On the other hand, the MONO-DB 20 is for storing information (MONO information) representing all items related to production, and is the same as the JOBU-DB 10 in the MONO-DB 10.
It is composed of a ledger group 21, a data ledger group 22, a MONO basic configuration table group 23, and a changed ledger group 24.

As shown in FIG. 4, the MONO information is roughly classified into information on products, information on materials, and information on consumables. Among them, information on products includes systems, devices, units, parts, and programs. included. Materials related to materials include materials and auxiliary materials, and tools related to consumables include tools and stationery.

The MONO ledger group 21 is composed of a plurality of electronic ledgers for classifying and managing basic information and incidental information of objects. The data ledger group 22 is used to register materials for managing materials such as an assembly diagram, a connection diagram, a system diagram, a system diagram, a gist diagram, and a configuration table by the second host computer HC2 which is an electronic library device. Stores management information related to delivery and borrowing. The MONO basic configuration table 23 expands the configuration of an object in a tree shape and stores this as MONO basic configuration information. For example, the relationship between a set of products and the parts and materials constituting the same is shown in FIG. Express and memorize. The change ledger group 24 includes a MONO ledger 21, a material ledger 22, and M
When the content of the ONO basic configuration table 23 is changed, the ledger manages all the change history.

FIG. 9 shows the MONO constructed as described above.
-It shows the conceptual structure of the DB 20, and each ledger group 21 to
24 are uniformly managed by using a MONO code described later.

Next, the JOBU / MONO configuration developing section 30
Is a configuration permutation automatic expansion function 31 as shown in FIG.
A JOBU / MONO configuration storage unit 32 is provided. Based on the JOBU basic configuration information and the MONO basic configuration information stored in the basic configuration tables 13 and 23 of the JOBU-DB 10 and the MONO-DB 20, the configuration permutation automatic expansion function 31 provides, for each JOBU, JO
The configuration of BUs and objects, that is, devices, units, software, parts, etc., is expanded in a tree-like form.
U / MONO configuration information is generated. JOBU MONO
The configuration storage unit 32 stores the JOBU / MONO configuration information generated by the configuration permutation automatic expansion function 31.

FIG. 8 shows an example of the JOBU / MONO configuration information generated by the JOBU / MONO configuration development unit 30, and includes a JOBU code and a MON described later.
It is managed by O code.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 11, the bulletin board 40 includes a JOBU / MONO expansion skeleton section 41, a design bulletin board 42, an arrangement bulletin board 43, a manufacturing bulletin board 44,
And a cost bulletin board 45. The JOBU / MONO expansion skeleton unit 41 further expands the JOBU / MONO configuration information generated by the JOBU / MONO configuration expansion unit 30 by skeleton expansion so that each of the bulletin boards 4 is described.
Generate information to be posted in 2-45.

The design bulletin board 42 is used by engineers in the development and design departments to carry out design management. The design plan, results, and manufacturing of skeleton-deployed devices, units, software, and the like are individually performed. It generates and stores bulletin information indicating a material release plan and results, and a design man-hour plan and results. FIG. 12 is a conceptual diagram showing a functional configuration of the design bulletin board 42. Each function is generated based on JOBU / MONO configuration information that has been expanded into skeletons.

The arranging bulletin board 43 is used by an arranging person in the material procuring section or the manufacturing section to make a material arranging. The arranging bulletin board 43 is based on the manufacturing plan of the individual components such as the skeleton-developed devices, units and software. The required quantity and lead time of the goods to be arranged are automatically calculated, and those whose lead time deviates from the production plan are extracted. Then, it generates and stores bulletin information indicating the plan and results from arrangement to arrival and payment. FIG. 13 is a conceptual diagram showing a functional configuration of the arrangement bulletin board 43. Each function is generated based on JOBU / MONO configuration information which is skeleton-expanded.

The production bulletin board 44 is used for managing the production process, and generates and stores bulletin information indicating the production plan and results for each configuration of the skeleton-developed devices, units, software, and the like. . The person in charge of the manufacturing section formulates a manufacturing plan for each configuration of the JOBU equipment, units, software, and the like, based on the bulletin information for manufacturing. When drafting a manufacturing plan, the person in charge of manufacturing is required not only for the manufacturing bulletin board 44 but also for the design bulletin board 42.
By browsing the bulletin information, it is possible to make a plan while taking into account the progress of the design process. This production bulletin board 44 includes not only a production department but also a production management department and a J department.
Other departments related to OBU can also access the terminal device at any time using the terminal device and browse the posted information. FIG. 14 is a conceptual diagram showing a functional configuration of the manufacturing bulletin board 44. Each function is generated based on JOBU / MONO configuration information which has been skeleton-expanded.

The cost bulletin board 45 is used to manage the cost of the JOBU. Bulletin information indicating the expected and actual cost of each component of the skeleton-developed equipment, units, software, etc. Is generated and stored. When generating the bulletin information, the cost bulletin board 45 includes the design man-hour plan and actual information from the design bulletin board 42, the expected arrival and actual information from the arrangement bulletin board 43, and the manufacturing man-hour plan and actual information from the production bulletin board 44. Are collected, and a result is generated. Further, it is also possible to generate and provide cost information for each individual configuration such as the entire JOBU, equipment, units and software. FIG. 15 is a conceptual diagram showing a functional configuration of the cost bulletin board 45. Each function is generated based on a skeleton-developed JOBU / MONO configuration.

The bulletin board 42 among the bulletin boards 42 to 45 can independently generate bulletin information without being restricted by the bulletin information generated by another bulletin board. The arrangement bulletin board 43 generates its own bulletin information based on the production bulletin information after the bulletin information is generated on the production bulletin board 44. Although the production bulletin board 44 can generate the bulletin information alone, the bulletin board information can also be generated in consideration of the design bulletin information generated by the design bulletin board 42. The cost bulletin board 45 receives information from the design, arrangement, and manufacture bulletin boards as described above, and generates cost bulletin information based on the information.

Next, the operation of the system configured as described above will be described. In the system of this embodiment, the terminal devices TM1 to TM
By using Mn, it is possible to access the host computers HC1 and HC2 via the main LAN.

FIG. 16 shows a functional connection relationship between the above-mentioned design, manufacturing and material departments and the host computer HC1. For the sales department and production management department, the MONO-DB
Since access to J20 is not required, JOBU-
DB 10 and bulletin boards 4 for design, arrangement, production and cost
Only 2 to 45 can be accessed.

First, JOBU-DB10 and MONO-
The registration of the JOBU information and the MONO information in the DB 20 is performed as follows. Now, it is assumed that an operation for registering JOBU information or MONO information is performed on a terminal device of the design / development section. Then, the JOBU information or MONO information is transmitted from the terminal device to the host computer HC1 via the main LAN, and received by the data exchange module 3.

When the JOBU information or MONO information is received, host computer HC1 executes data registration control by database control unit 2 as follows. FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing the control procedure and control contents. That is, first in step 10a, it is determined whether or not the received JOBU information or MONO information has already been registered.
Start registration with. Then, in this registration, step 1
At 0c, various applications are selected, and by executing these applications, data to be registered in various ledgers is generated.

In step 10d, JOBU
A code or a MONO code is issued. FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing the control procedure and control contents. First, in step 11a, a condition of the information to be registered, that is, information indicating whether the information is information on an object or information on work is fetched. Then, in step 11b, the CPU
It is determined whether or not an existing code is registered in step 1, and if it is not registered, it is determined that a new registration is necessary.
The process proceeds to 1c, where a JOBU code or a MONO code including a trunk number and a change symbol is issued. Then, in step 11d, the issued JOBU code or MONO code is transmitted to the terminal device requesting the registration and displayed on the display. On the other hand, if the code is already registered, the process proceeds to step 11e, where the registered information is transmitted to the terminal device requesting registration and displayed. On the other hand, when the person in charge of the terminal device inputs a change instruction, the process shifts from step 11e to step 11f, where the registered change symbol of the JOBU code or MONO code is incremented.

When the JOBU code or the MONO code has been issued, the database control means 2 proceeds to step 10e as shown in FIG. 17, where the data to be registered in the data ledger groups 12 and 22 is created. And register. At that time, the database control means 2 generates a material code. That is, as shown in FIG.
At step 2a, a JOBU code or MONO code is fetched. Then, in step 12b, it is determined whether or not an existing material code is registered in the CPU. If not, it is determined that a new registration is necessary, and the process proceeds to step 12c, where the input is made by the terminal device. Captured material symbols.
Then, a material code is generated by adding the material symbol to the JOBU code or MONO code, and the material code is transmitted to the terminal device of the registration request source in step 12d and displayed on the display. On the other hand, if the material code is already registered, the process proceeds to step 12e, where the registered information is displayed on the terminal device which has requested the registration. On the other hand, when the person in charge of the terminal device inputs a change instruction, step 12
e to step 12f, where the registered JO
The change symbol of the BU code or the MONO code is incremented.

Then, JOBU-DB10 or MON
When all the information to be registered in the O-DB 20 has been generated, the database control unit 2 waits for an approval instruction from the terminal device requesting the registration in step 10f. Information
OBU / MONO Ledger Group 11, 21 and Material Ledger Group 1
Register to 2,22.

Here, the JOBU code / MONO code and the material code will be described. First, as shown in FIG. 20, the JOBU code / MONO code is an 8-digit 1
It is composed of a base number consisting of a decimal number and a two-digit change symbol. The trunk number is a serial number having no meaning by itself, and is issued as a serial number without separating JOBU information and MONO information. In other words, 1
100 million JOBU information and MONO information can be identified. In addition, English characters from A_ to ZZ are used for the change symbol, and thus the JOBU code or the MONO
The version of the code is indicated.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 20, a material code represented by two-digit English characters is added to the head of the JOBU code or MONO code.
It consists of a two-digit number indicating the number of revisions of the material at the end. The material symbol is determined in advance according to the type of the material.
The digit indicates the identification of each material group. FIG. 21 shows an example of the relationship between the material group represented by the first digit and the symbol.
And S to Z are assigned to the JOBU system, respectively.
FIG. 22 shows an example of a correspondence relationship between each material included in each JOBU-based material group and its identification code, and FIG.
An example of a correspondence relationship between each material included in each material group of the system and its identification symbol is shown.

FIG. 24 and FIG.
It shows an example of a registration state of JOBU information and MONO information in each ledger group of the BU-DB 10 and the MONO-DB 20, and an arrow in the figure shows a relationship between registered information between the ledgers. In FIGS. 24 and 25, the JOBU information and MON registered in each ledger group are described.
O information and a host computer H which is an electronic library device
The relationship with the product stored in C2 is also shown.

Now, as described above, JOBU-DB10
When the registration of new information or the change of registered information in each ledger group of the MONO-DB 20 is completed, the database control unit 2 continues to execute the newly registered JOBU / MO.
Based on the NO information or the changed JOBU / MONO information, a new creation or change process of the JOBU / MONO basic configuration information to be stored in the JOBU / MONO basic configuration tables 13 and 23 is performed. The JOBU / MONO basic configuration information indicates the relationship between a plurality of registered JOBU / MONO information as shown in FIGS.
This is expressed in a tree structure using NO codes, and codes of higher-order JOBU / MONO information are sequentially associated with lower-order related JOBU / MONO information codes.

That is, one higher-order JOBU or M
The ONO information and all related JOBU information or MONO information are associated in a hierarchical structure using the JOBU / MONO code as a key.

For example, MONO related to the manufacture of mobile phones
Taking information as an example, as shown in FIG. 26, at the highest set level, each MONO code of the board unit, the housing unit, and the software unit is associated with the MONO code of the set. At the unit level, the integrated circuit (I
C) MO attached to parts such as screws, single-function modules, etc.
A NO code is associated.

The JOBU / MONO basic configuration table 13,
23 is newly generated in response to newly registered higher-level JOBU / MONO information. On the other hand, when some registered JOBU / MONO information is changed, the changed JOBU / MON information is changed.
Not only O information but JOBU /
The MONO information is also changed.

For example, when an arbitrary part is changed at the part level as shown in FIG. 27, the change symbol of the MONO code representing the part is incremented. In addition to this, at the unit level and the equipment level, the MON of the unit using the above parts
O-code and MONO of equipment using the unit
Each change symbol in the code is incremented respectively.
When the change is made, information indicating the history of the change is recorded in the change ledger.

As described above, JOBU-DB 10 or M
In the ONO-DB 20, when new registration or change of JOBU information or MONO information to each ledger is performed, the JOBU / MONO configuration development unit 30 is correspondingly performed.
In this case, new generation or change of JOBU / MONO configuration information is performed in real time.

In response to this, the bulletin board 40 further displays the JOB generated by the
Based on the U.MONO configuration information, the bulletin information for design, arrangement, manufacturing, and cost management is updated in real time, respectively. And this updated bulletin information,
The information is stored in the storage unit instead of the old bulletin information stored until then.

FIG. 28 shows the JOBU-DB 10 described above.
Alternatively, when the JOBU information or the MONO information is newly registered or changed in the MONO-DB 20, the notice information on the bulletin board 40 is updated in real time in accordance with the new registration or change. FIG. 29 is a conceptual diagram showing a state where each bulletin information of the bulletin board 40 is updated momentarily according to a change in JOBU information such as a specification or a design change.

Therefore, each person in charge of the design department, the arrangement department, and the manufacturing department can selectively access the bulletin boards 42 to 45 from his / her own terminal device as necessary.
You can always get the latest information that you need.

For example, suppose that a person in charge of the material / manufacturing department operates his / her terminal device to access the design bulletin board 42 in order to formulate a work plan for his / her department. Then, the bulletin information stored in the design bulletin board 42 is read, transmitted to the terminal device via the main LAN, and displayed on the display. As described above, the bulletin information on the design bulletin board includes a design plan and results for devices, units, software, and the like, a production material release plan and results, and a design man-hour plan and results. For this reason, the person in charge of the material / manufacturing section can know the presence or absence of the designed unit or component from the bulletin information. Then, when there is a unit or component for which design has been completed, it becomes possible to start arrangement or manufacture of this unit or component.
The configuration diagram and the like necessary for arrangement and manufacturing can be obtained by accessing the host computer HC2 which is an electronic library device.

In the management department, by accessing the cost bulletin board 45 from the terminal device of the own department, the target value, the actual value, the expected value, etc. of the cost, which may change every moment according to the design change or the like. Information can always be known, and accurate cost management can be performed efficiently from such information. In addition, bulletin board 4
5 displays not only the cost information for each device, but also the cost information for each unit and part, so each manager can selectively acquire the necessary cost information according to his / her area of responsibility and manage it. Can be. For example, a general manager such as a department manager can manage the cost of products and equipment, and an intermediate manager such as a section manager can manage the cost of units and parts that he or she is in charge of.

By the way, the person in charge of each section of the factory describes what to do every day in JOBU-DB10 and MONO-DB2.
0, can be known by searching information stored in each bulletin board 42 to 56. However, as described above, the information stored in the JOBU-DB 10, the MONO-DB 20, and the bulletin boards 42 to 45 is managed efficiently by using the JOBU code and the MONO code as keys, but the upper level information is stored. It contains all information from to the lower level information. Therefore, it is inefficient to grasp the current progress status from such a vast amount of information and determine the content of today's work.

Therefore, the system according to the present embodiment has a function of displaying, on a terminal device of a person in charge, a monitor of the maintenance status of JOBU or MONO information in a range requested by the person in charge of each section. This monitor function will be hereinafter referred to as "Monitor Andon".

Monitor Andon is JOBU-DB10,
For each of the MONO-DB 20 and the bulletin board 40, the stored information is expanded to search for the status, and the monitor information is edited based on the searched status. This function is provided by the application program of the host computer HC1. Provided by

That is, the host computer HC1 has a status editing function 7 for a monitor as shown in FIG. This status editing function 7
Is a JOBU configuration development for JOBU-DB10.
Condition detecting means 711, status searching means 712,
The MONO-DB 20 includes a monitor editing unit 713, a MONO configuration development / condition detecting unit 721, a status searching unit 722, and a monitor editing unit 723 for the MONO-DB 20. For the bulletin board 40, a bulletin board extraction unit 741, a design bulletin board status search unit 742,
It has an arrangement bulletin board status search unit 743, a manufacturing bulletin board status search unit 744, a cost bulletin board status search unit 745, and a monitor editing unit 746.

JOBU configuration development / condition detection means 711 and MONO configuration development / condition detection means 721 respond to monitor requests from terminal devices TM1 to TMn, respectively.
The configuration of the JOBU information and the MONO information stored in the JOBU-DB 10 and the MONO-DB 20 is expanded, and the JOBU condition and the MONO condition are extracted. The status search means 712 and 722 search for a status based on the extracted JOBU condition and MONO condition. The monitor editing means 713, 723 edits the retrieved status into a predetermined monitor format, and transmits the JOBU monitor information and the MONO monitor information generated thereby to the requesting terminal devices TM1 to TMn for display. Let it.

The bulletin board extracting means 741 is a JOBU MO
A condition to be used for monitoring is extracted from the information developed by the NO development skeleton unit 41. The bulletin board status search means 742 to 745 for design, arrangement, manufacturing, and cost
Design, arrangement, manufacturing and cost bulletin boards 42 ~
The status is searched from the bulletin information stored in 45. The monitor editing means 746 edits each status retrieved by each of the bulletin board status retrieving means 742 to 745 into a predetermined monitor format, and transmits the bulletin board monitor information generated by this to the terminal T of the request source.
It is transmitted to M1 to TMn for display.

With the above configuration, when a person in charge of each section starts work, for example, in the morning, the terminal device T of his own section is used.
When a monitor request for information required by itself is transmitted by operating M1 to TMn, the status editing unit 7 of the host computer HC1 sends J according to the monitor request.
OBU monitor information, MONO monitor information, or bulletin board monitor information is created, sent to the requesting terminal devices TM1 to TMn, and displayed.

For example, when the person in charge sends a monitor request for the entire JOBU information in the JOBU-DB 10 in order to check the maintenance status of the JOBU-DB 10, the status editing unit 7 of the host computer HC1 executes, for example, FIG.
The monitor information of the JOBU monitor (1) is created, sent to the terminal device, and displayed. When the person in charge designates, for example, JOBU ledger maintenance (complete) 1 in this state, the request is sent from the terminal device to the host computer HC1, and the status editing unit 7 responds to this request as shown in FIG. Monitor information of JOBU Monitor Andon (Ledger Maintenance 1) is created, sent to the terminal device, and displayed.

The JOBU monitor information is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 32, the maintenance status of each JOBU number is represented by a symbol for each of a plurality of items. For example, 済 み indicates partially completed, △ indicates partially completed, black triangle indicates delay, black square indicates review delay, and-indicates unnecessary.
Therefore, the person in charge can easily and accurately grasp the progress of the maintenance of the desired JOBU information by the above-mentioned symbols.

On the other hand, when the person in charge sends a monitor request to check the maintenance status of arbitrary MONO information in the MONO-DB 20, the status editing unit 7 of the host computer HC1 uses, for example, the MON as shown in FIG.
Monitor information of the O-monitor (all contents) is created, sent to the terminal device, and displayed. In this state, when a person in charge designates, for example, MONO ledger maintenance 1, the request is sent from the terminal device to the host computer HC1, and the status editing unit 7 responds to this request by, for example, the MONO monitor android as shown in FIG. The monitor information of (Ledger maintenance 1) is created, sent to the terminal device, and displayed.

Similarly, when the person in charge sends a monitor request to check the status of information on any JOB in the bulletin board 40, the status editing unit 7 of the host computer HC1 uses the bulletin board monitor as shown in FIG. The monitor information of the skeleton (skeleton 1) is created, sent to the terminal device, and displayed. In this state, when the person in charge designates, for example, the arrangement bulletin board 1, the request is sent from the terminal device to the host computer HC1, and the status editing unit 7 responds to the request by, for example, FIG.
The monitor information of the bulletin board monitor Andon (arrangement 1 integrated) as shown in (1) is created, sent to the terminal device and displayed.

As described above, the system according to the embodiment of the present invention includes the terminal devices TM1 to TM
n are connected to a host computer HC1 as a production support information management device and a host computer HC2 as an electronic library device via a main LAN, and all information related to production is stored in the host computer HC1 as JOBU information. JOB divided into MONO information
The information is stored in the U-DB 10 and the MONO-DB 20, and the JOBU-DB 10 and the MONO-D
The information stored in B20 is expanded by the JOBU / MONO configuration expansion unit 30, and based on the expanded JOBU / MONO configuration information, bulletin information relating to design, arrangement, manufacturing, and cost is displayed on each bulletin board 42 to 45. It is generated and posted.

Therefore, according to this embodiment,
In any department, such as design, arrangement, manufacturing, etc., the person in charge uses the terminal device of his / her own department and uses the JOBU-DB 10 or M
Necessary information can be obtained from the ONO-DB 20 and the bulletin board 40 at any time, whereby the progress of the work of another department can be grasped at any time and used for the process management of the own department.

Further, the JOBU-DB 10 and the MO
When registering the JOBU information and the MONO information in the NO-DB 20, a JOBU / MONO code consisting of a serial number having no meaning unique to the input information is issued, and a material symbol indicating the type of information and the number of times the material is changed are registered. Is added, and all input information is managed using this material code.

Therefore, JOBU information and MONO
All of the information can be managed semi-permanently by code that has no meaning in itself. For example, if the classification or use of a registered electronic component changes after registration, it is sufficient to respond by changing only the additional code. Can be searched continuously. Also, since the JOBU information and the MONO information are managed by a common code system, the JOBU information and the MNO information are
The relationship with the ONO information can be expressed simply and clearly without causing confusion.

Further, the above JOBU-DB 10 and M
When JOBU information and MONO information are newly registered or changed in the ONO-DB 20, the JOBU
Not only the contents of each ledger in the BU-DB 10 and MONO-DB 20 but also the information posted on the bulletin board 40 is updated with new information in real time. Therefore, the person in charge of each section can always obtain the latest JOBU information, MONO information and bulletin information every time he or she accesses, thereby always performing optimal work management.

Further, a cost bulletin board 45 is provided on the bulletin board 40 in addition to the design, arrangement, and production bulletin boards 42 to 44, and cost calculation is performed based on JOBU information and MONO information. And achievement 3
They are posted according to species. Therefore, by accessing the cost bulletin board 45 from the terminal device, a person in charge of each section, particularly a person in charge of the management section can always carry out accurate cost management.

Further, a monitor function is provided in the host computer HC1, and J required by a person in charge of each section.
The maintenance status of the OBU or MONO information is displayed on a monitor of the person in charge in a list using symbols. For this reason, for example, a person in charge of each section can accurately and efficiently grasp, on the terminal devices TM1 to TMn, the fulfillment status of various information such as components and specifications necessary for producing one product, As a result, each person in charge can execute the daily work of his / her department easily and accurately.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. For example, in the above embodiment, the terminal device T
M1 to TMn are distributed in each department in the factory,
These are connected to each host computer HC via LAN.
1, the case of connecting to HC2 has been described as an example, but terminal devices arranged at the head office and other factories are connected to host computers HC1 and HC2 in the factory via an in-house LAN or another communication network. May be.

In the above-described embodiment, the case where the host computer HC1 as the production support information management device and the host computer HC2 as the electronic library device are separately provided has been described. You may make it have both the function as a production support information management apparatus and the function as an electronic library apparatus.

Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, each ledger and each bulletin board of the host computer HC1 can be accessed from all the terminal devices TM1 to TMn. Good. In addition, the contents of access to a specific ledger or bulletin board may be limited for each terminal device. For example, for a cost bulletin board, it is possible to search for information from a terminal device used by a person in charge of the general manager of each department, but it is not possible to search for information from a terminal device used by a general person. Good. The limitation of the access as described above is performed by collating the terminal address assigned to the terminal device with the host computer HC1, or by using the password entered by the person in charge at the host computer HC1.
This can be realized by collating by the computer HC1 and permitting access only when it is determined that the terminal device or the person in charge is qualified to access.

In addition, JOBU-DB10 and MON
Structure and function of O-DB 20, structure and function of bulletin board, type and structure of communication network, JOBU / M
The configuration of the ONO code and the material code, the type of information and the format of the information displayed by the monitor quickly function, and the like can be variously modified without departing from the gist of the present invention.

[0088]

As described above, according to the present invention, a plurality of terminal devices are dispersedly arranged in a plurality of departments, and these terminal devices are connected to a centrally located production support information management device via a communication network. The production support information management device is provided with a work information database and a product information database, and is provided with an identification code generating means. When the terminal device performs an input operation of information representing a work and information representing a product, The identification code generating means generates an identification code forming a predetermined code system for individually identifying the information representing the work and the object, and associates the identification code with the input information to thereby provide the work information database and the object information. Selectively store in database. Further, the production support information management device is provided with a configuration expanding unit and a bulletin board, and the configuration expanding unit identifies a relationship between information representing a job and information representing an item stored in the job information database and the item information database. In addition to generating the work / material composition information represented by the code, based on the generated work / material composition information, the bulletin board generates and stores the bulletin information required by each section in the bulletin board. When a bulletin information search operation is performed, the bulletin board information is selectively read from the bulletin board, and the bulletin information is transmitted to the search source terminal device via the communication network to be displayed. It is.

Therefore, according to the present invention, it is possible to start operations of other steps as much as possible without waiting for the end of the operations of the upstream steps, and to make each step change in the work situation of the other steps. This makes it possible to flexibly cope with the problem, thereby providing an integrated production support system and a production support information management device capable of always performing optimal work for each process and improving productivity.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram showing an embodiment of an integrated production support system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of a database unit.

FIG. 3 is a view for explaining the definition of JOBU information.

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining the definition of MONO information.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of JOBU basic configuration information stored in a JOBU basic configuration table.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a conceptual structure of a JOBU-DB.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of MONO basic configuration information stored in a MONO basic configuration table.

FIG. 8 is a view showing an example of JOBU / MONO configuration information generated by a JOBU / MONO configuration development unit;

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a conceptual structure of a MONO-DB.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of a JOBU / MONO configuration development unit.

FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of a bulletin board.

FIG. 12 is a conceptual diagram showing a functional configuration of a design bulletin board.

FIG. 13 is a conceptual diagram showing a functional configuration of an arrangement bulletin board.

FIG. 14 is a conceptual diagram showing a functional configuration of a manufacturing bulletin board.

FIG. 15 is a conceptual diagram showing a functional configuration of a cost bulletin board.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing a functional connection relationship between each department of design, manufacturing, and materials and a host computer.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing a control procedure and control contents of data registration control by a database control unit of the host computer.

FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing a JOBU code or MONO code issuing control procedure and control contents by a database control unit;

FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing a procedure for controlling the generation of material codes by the database control means and the contents of control;

FIG. 20 is a diagram showing a configuration of a JOBU code / MONO code and a material code.

FIG. 21 is a diagram showing an example of a relationship between a material group and symbols.

FIG. 22 is a diagram showing an example of a correspondence relationship between each material included in each JOBU material group and its identification symbol.

FIG. 23 is a diagram showing an example of a correspondence relationship between each material included in each material group of the MONO system and its identification symbol.

FIG. 24: JOBU in each ledger group of JOBU-DB
The figure which shows an example of the registration state of information.

FIG. 25: MONO in each ledger group of MONO-DB
The figure which shows an example of the registration state of information.

FIG. 26 is a diagram showing an example of a hierarchical structure of MONO basic configuration information generated by a MONO-DB.

FIG. 27 is a view for explaining an example of changing the MONO basic configuration information when a part design change occurs.

FIG. 28 conceptually shows how notice information on a bulletin board is updated in real time when new registration or change of JOBU information or MONO information is performed in JOBU-DB or MONO-DB. FIG.

FIG. 29 is a conceptual diagram showing how notice information on a bulletin board is updated every moment according to a change in JOBU information such as specifications or a change in design.

FIG. 30 is a functional block diagram showing a configuration for realizing a monitor fast function provided in the host computer.

FIG. 31 is a view showing an example of monitor information of a JOBU monitor and so on.

FIG. 32 is a view showing another example of the monitor information of the JOBU Monitor.

FIG. 33 is a view showing an example of monitor information of a MONO monitor.

FIG. 34 is a view showing another example of the monitor information of the MONO monitor.

FIG. 35 is a diagram showing an example of monitor information of a bulletin board monitor.

FIG. 36 is a view showing another example of the monitor information of the bulletin board monitor.

[Explanation of symbols]

HC1: First host as production support information management device
Computer HC2: Second host computer as electronic library device TM1 to TMn Terminal device 1: Database unit 2: Database control unit 3: Data exchange module unit 4: Electronic library 5: Library entry / exit control Part 6 Data exchange module part 7 Status editing part 10 Job database (JOBU-DB) 11 JOBU ledger group 12 Material ledger group 13 JOBU basic composition table group 14 Modified ledger group 20 Object database (MONO- DB) 21 ... MONO ledger group 22 ... material ledger group 23 ... MONO basic configuration table group 24 ... change ledger group 30 ... work / thing information (JOBU / MONO) configuration developing unit 31 ... configuration permutation automatic development function 32 ... JOBU / MONO Configuration storage unit 40: bulletin board 41: JOBU / MONO expansion skeleton unit 42: design bulletin board 43 ... Arrangement bulletin board 44 ... Manufacturing bulletin board 45 ... Cost bulletin board 711 ... JOBU configuration development / condition detection means 712 ... Status search means 713 ... JOBU-DB monitor editing means 721 ... MONO configuration development / condition detection means 722 ... Status search means 723: Monitor editing means for MONO-DB 741 ... Bulletin board extraction means 742 ... Design bulletin board status search means 743 ... Arrangement bulletin board status search means 744 ... Manufacturing bulletin board status search means 745 ... Cost bulletin board status search means 746 ... Monitor edit for bulletin board means

 ────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Kiyoto Tsurumi 3-1-1 Asahigaoka, Hino-shi, Tokyo Inside Toshiba Hino Plant Co., Ltd. (72) Toshiyuki Matsumoto 3-1-1 Asahigaoka, Hino-shi, Tokyo (1) Inside the Toshiba Hino Plant (72) Inventor Takeshi Takeshi 3-1-1 Asahigaoka, Hino-shi, Tokyo (72) Inside the Toshiba Hino Plant (72) Inventor Masasumi Nishikawa 3-1-1 Asahigaoka, Hino-shi, Tokyo (1) Inside of Toshiba Hino Factory, Ltd. (72) Inventor Shinji Yamada 3-1-1 Asahigaoka, Hino City, Tokyo, Japan Inside (72) Inventor Mamoru Aoki 3-chome, Asahigaoka, Hino City, Tokyo No. 1 Toshiba Communication Systems Engineering Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Takao Sakai 3-1-1 Asahigaoka, Hino-shi, Tokyo Shin System Engineering Co., Ltd.

Claims (13)

[Claims] 1. A production support system comprising: a plurality of terminal devices distributed to a plurality of departments involved in production of products; and a production support information management device to which these terminal devices are connected via a communication network. An information management device includes: a work information database for storing information representing a job related to product production; a product information database for storing information representing a product related to product production; and a communication network from each of the terminal devices. When the information representing the work and the information representing the object are transmitted through the communication device, an identification code forming a predetermined code system for individually identifying the information is generated. Information registration control means for selectively storing information to be represented in the work information database and the object information database in association with the identification code; To generate work / thing configuration information in which a relationship between information representing a work and information representing a thing stored in the work information database and the thing information database is represented by an identification code corresponding to the information. Based on the work / product configuration information generated by the configuration developing device and the information stored in the work information database and the product information database, respectively; A bulletin board for storing and storing the bulletin board information, when a search request for the bulletin board information arrives from each of the terminal devices via a communication network, selectively reads the bulletin board information concerned from the bulletin board; Notice information search control means for transmitting to a search source terminal device via a network, and each of the plurality of terminal devices A registration information transmitting means for transmitting registration target information to the production support information management device via the communication network in response to a registration operation of the information representing the job and the information representing the object; A bulletin board that transmits a search request to the production support information management device via the communication network in response to the search operation, and receives and displays the bulletin information transmitted from the production support information management device in response to the search request. An integrated production support system comprising information display control means. 2. An electronic library device connected to the production support information management device and a plurality of terminal devices via the communication network, wherein the electronic library device is a product generated in a product production process. A product storage unit for storing product information, and in response to a storage request for product information from each of the terminal devices,
Storage control means for storing the product information to be stored in the product storage unit in association with the identification code of the information of the corresponding job or product managed by the production support information management device; and each of the terminal devices In response to a product information issue request from
2. The integrated production support system according to claim 1, further comprising a retrieval control means for retrieving product information to be retrieved based on the identification code and transmitting the retrieved product information to the terminal device of the request source. 3. A production support information management device, a plurality of terminal devices distributed to a plurality of departments involved in production, and
In the production support information management device used in the integrated production support system including the production support information management device and a communication network for connecting the plurality of terminal devices via a communication line, A work information database for storing information representing a product; a product information database for storing information representing a product related to product production; and information and a product representing the work from each of the terminal devices via a communication network. Each time a registration request for information to be represented arrives, an identification code forming a predetermined code system for individually identifying the information is generated, and information representing the job and information representing an object are associated with the identification code. Information registration control means for selectively storing in the work information database and the object information database; For generating work / thing configuration information in which a relationship between information representing work stored in the database and information representing an object stored in the object information database is represented by an identification code corresponding to the information. A configuration development unit, and based on the work / product configuration information generated by the configuration development unit and the information stored in the work information database and the product information database, respectively generate the bulletin information required by the plurality of departments. A bulletin board for storing and storing the bulletin board information, when a search request for the bulletin board information arrives from each of the terminal devices via a communication network, selectively reads the corresponding bulletin board information from the bulletin board; Information control means for transmitting information to a requesting terminal device via a communication terminal. 4. The work information database and the object information database each include a basic ledger for storing information indicating the basic contents of the work and information indicating the basic contents of the object, and a material created for the work. 4. A material ledger for storing material management information for managing materials created for the material.
The described production support information management device. 5. The information registration control means, each time a registration request for information representing work and information representing an object arrives from a terminal device via a communication network, generates a core code consisting of a meaningless code having a predetermined number of digits. 5. The production support information according to claim 4, wherein the key code is generated and stored in the basic ledger in association with information representing the basic contents of the work and information representing the basic contents of the work. Management device. 6. The information registration control means generates a first additional code representing a type of a material and a second additional code representing a change state of the material when storing the material management information in a material ledger. Then, these first and second
6. A material code is generated by adding said additional code to said core code, and said material code is stored in said material register in association with said material management information.
The described production support information management device. 7. The job information database and the object information database each further include a relationship storage unit for storing information representing a relationship between a plurality of pieces of information registered in the basic ledger. The production support information management device according to claim 4. 8. The information registration control means expresses a relationship between a plurality of pieces of information registered in the basic ledger in a tree structure using a core code or a material code corresponding to the information, 8. The production support information management device according to claim 7, wherein the represented information is stored in the relationship storage unit. 9. The job information database and the object information database each further include a change ledger for generating and storing a change history when a change is made to registered information. Item 8. The production support information management device according to item 4 or 7. 10. The bulletin board is required for each department of design, arrangement, and manufacturing based on the work / thing configuration information generated by the configuration expanding means and the information stored in the work information database and the thing information database. 4. The production support information management device according to claim 3, further comprising a function of generating and storing notice information. 11. The bulletin board generates posting information relating to the cost of each job based on the job / item configuration information generated by the configuration expanding unit and the information stored in the job information database and the item information database. 11. The production support information management device according to claim 10, further comprising a function of storing the information. 12. Each time new information is registered in the job information database or the object information database or the registered information is changed, the configuration expanding means and the bulletin board change the new information or the changed information. 4. The production support information management device according to claim 3, wherein new work / thing composition information and bulletin information are generated in real time based on the information. 13. Monitor information for work information, which indicates a sufficiency of each information using a predetermined information symbol, based on each information stored in the work information database, object information database, and bulletin board. Monitor information generating means for generating monitor information for object information and monitor information for bulletin information, respectively, when a display request for monitor information arrives from the terminal device via the communication network, the monitor information 4. The production support information according to claim 3, further comprising: monitor information transmission control means for transmitting the corresponding monitor information generated by the generation means to the requesting terminal device via the communication network for display. Management device.