KR20210109094A - Automatic material dispensing system - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an unmanned material dispensing system including: a material supply machine (110) performing unmanned production support material dispensing in accordance with supply criteria after user authentication; a material supply machine management server (120) performing material information management, material status management, and settlement information management on the material supply machine (110); an SAP DB (130) registering and storing material information and status and settlement information resulting from the production support material dispensing from the material supply machine (110) from the material supply machine management server (120) and performing release settlement; and a procurement collaboration server (140) executing consignment material release settlement and consignment material inventory inquiry in connection with the SAP DB (130) and causing production support material replenishment to be performed with an increase or decrease in inventory. According to the present invention, material-related information can be efficiently and systematically managed through accurate material dispensing management and productivity can be improved by convenient unmanned material support.

Description

Unmanned material dispensing system {AUTOMATIC MATERIAL DISPENSING SYSTEM}

The present invention manages material-related information efficiently and systematically through accurate material dispensing management, improves productivity with convenient unmanned material support, and provides unmanned material dispensing that can naturally solve ethical problems of workers (users) through accurate inventory management It's about the system.

In general, in large dock workshops for shipbuilding, in order to receive safety protection gear or production support materials when necessary, it is necessary to visit the material supply station according to the limited supply time, and the limited supply time causes congestion, delaying supply, and lowering productivity.

In addition, inventory management is insufficient due to the ethical issues of workers at supply centers at suppliers, and material waste occurs due to inaccurate inventory management.

On the other hand, as a related prior art for solving such a problem, Korean Patent Application Laid-Open No. 10-2009-0090005 is disclosed. A conventional on-site material management system for air production and maintenance is, in the production or maintenance of aircraft, A plurality of databases in which systematic information about materials is registered and stored for The user terminal 160' that checks material information in real time, the tag output unit 320' that issues time tags and material information tags required for on-site work, and the material-related information managed by the database management unit 310' are transferred to an external system. and a real-time linking unit 340' that interlocks with the real-time, and a plurality of databases include the basic material information DB, material storage DB, material management DB, material use DB, tag output database and processing status DB, including field and material It is intended to prevent excessive consumption of materials by providing accurate real-time information on all materials delivered to the warehouse.

However, it is possible to share information on the state and current status of materials and manage company-wide resources by using the tag information of materials, but it is not possible to match the workers at the time of material shipment from the material warehouse. And since it cannot be set for each department, an ethical problem of inventory management may occur, and a loss of movement of workers may occur due to the need to move to the designated material warehouse 120', thereby reducing productivity.

Accordingly, there is a need for a technology capable of minimizing the movement path for discharging materials in a large dock workshop, receiving supplies without time restrictions, and performing accurate inventory management.

Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2009-0090005 (On-site material management system and method for aircraft production and maintenance) Korean Patent Publication No. 10-1974104 (Method of providing logistics information using an integrated application system)

The technical problem to be achieved by the spirit of the present invention is to provide an unmanned material dispensing system that minimizes the movement path for discharging materials in a large dock workshop, can be supplied without time restrictions, and can perform accurate inventory management. .

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention, a material dispensing machine for unattended dispensing of production support materials according to the supply standard after user authentication; a material feeder management server for performing material information management, material status management, and settlement information management of the material feeder; SAP DB for registering and storing material information, material status, and settlement information according to the dispensing of production support materials from the material supplying machine from the material supplying machine management server, and performing shipment settlement; and a procurement collaboration server for replenishing the production support materials according to the increase or decrease in inventory by performing consignment material shipment settlement and consignment material inventory inquiry in conjunction with the SAP DB;

Here, the material supply device is installed based on a preset interval, and a user recognizer that recognizes a user, and a supply standard for each job, organization, department, employee, and direct management/internal partner/external partner based on user recognition. Materials can be paid unattended, including a display that displays a list of production support materials allowed for payment and a history of past disbursements, and a dispensing module that disburses materials according to the material item and quantity selected by the user.

In this case, the user recognizer may include an RFID reader for non-contact recognition of the employee ID, a scan reader for scanning and recognizing the employee ID, and a QR code recognizer for recognizing an employee number input keypad and QR code.

In addition, the display is a touchpad display, and on the touchpad display, the production support material list, inventory quantity, and dispensable quantity are expressed in icon form, and the production support material list allowed to be paid according to the supply standard is activated, The list of production support materials that are not allowed to be paid can be deactivated.

In addition, the material supplying machine management server sets and manages the distribution standards according to the material supplying machine, by job, by organization, by department, by employee, and by direct management/internal partner/external partner, and material number and material details and estimation A material information management module that manages monthly usage, appropriate inventory, and material information of the installation location, a material status management module that performs material status management of the inventory quantity that increases or decreases according to the disbursement, and It may include a settlement information management module for performing settlement information management of the disbursed quantity and average unit price.

Here, the material supply management server, for each material supply machine, network error, lack of appropriate stock, out of stock of stock quantity, recognition error of the user recognizer, operation error of the display, defective dispensing material, and the dispensing Any one or more of the failures in dispensing due to an error of the module may be monitored in real time, displayed on the display, and the error information may be transmitted to the manager terminal to notify.

In addition, the material dispensing machine may include an emergency call button and a microphone for calling the manager to communicate with the manager terminal when the delivered material is defective or when the delivery is faulty.

In addition, when replenishing materials, the quality inspection process can be performed on the supplemented production support materials.

In addition, the material supply machine management server may monitor the material dispensing status in real time.

Here, the material dispensing machine management server is, the amount of material disbursed and the disbursed amount according to each job, organization, department, employee, and direct/in-house partner/external partner, the dispensing status trend according to the period for each material dispensing machine, and the user Any one or more of the disbursement status trends by job can be provided in a graph form.

In addition, the material dispensing machine may include a dispensing module for dispensing the material through the outlet in a spiral method or a belt method according to the material item and quantity selected by the user.

In addition, the material dispensing machine may include a speaker for guiding the dispensing process by voice, and a CCTV recording the dispensing process.

Here, the material dispensing machine management server may monitor the video transmitted from the CCTV in real time to recognize the illegal dispensing situation, failure condition and surrounding dangerous situation of the material dispensing machine.

In addition, the material supply machine may be installed for each rest area near the workplace.

According to the present invention, material-related information is efficiently and systematically managed through accurate material dispensing management, productivity is improved with convenient unmanned material support, and ethical problems of workers (users) are naturally solved through accurate inventory management, Cost is reduced through disbursement management according to the supply standard, and the necessary materials are provided regardless of day or night work by operating unmanned 24 hours a day. and, based on a preset interval, for example, is installed for each rest area near the workplace, thereby shortening the movement path of the worker and improving productivity.

1 illustrates an unmanned material dispensing system according to the prior art.
Figure 2 shows a schematic configuration diagram of an unmanned material dispensing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an implementation of the unmanned material dispensing system of FIG. 2 .
4 is a diagram illustrating a material supply of the unmanned material dispensing system of FIG. 2 .
FIG. 5 illustrates an operation process of the refilling machine of FIG. 4 .
6 is an example of an operation program by the material supply management server of the unmanned material dispensing system of FIG. 2 .
FIG. 7 illustrates material information managed by the material dispenser management server of the unmanned material dispensing system of FIG. 2 .

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings, the embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail so that those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains can easily implement them. The present invention may be embodied in many different forms and is not limited to the embodiments described herein.

The unmanned material dispensing system according to an embodiment of the present invention is an unmanned automatic dispensing equipment, and as a whole, material information management of the material dispensing machine 110 and the material dispensing machine 110 that unmannedly dispensing production support materials according to the supply standard after user authentication and material information management server 120, which performs material status management and settlement information management, and material information and material status and settlement information according to production support material dispensing from the material supply device 110 from the material supply management server 120 A procurement collaboration server 140 that registers, stores, and performs shipment settlement, and performs consignment material shipment settlement and consignment material inventory inquiry in conjunction with SAP DB 130 to replenish materials according to inventory increase or decrease. ), efficiently and systematically manage material-related information through accurate material dispensing management, and improve productivity through convenient unmanned material support.

With reference to FIGS. 2 to 7 , the above-described unmanned material dispensing system will be described in detail as follows.

First, the material dispensing machine 110 is operated unattended, so that after authentication of the user (worker), production support materials such as safety gear and tape are unmanned and paid according to the pre-set supply standard.

As shown in FIG. 4, the material feeder 110 is installed at preset intervals, for example, for each rest area near the workplace to shorten the movement path of the user, that is, the worker to improve productivity, specifically , as a user recognizer for recognizing a user, for example, an employee ID recognizer 111 that recognizes an employee ID, and an employee ID recognizer 111 authenticated and identified by job, organization, department, employee, and direct/internal partner company / In accordance with the supply standards for each external partner, the touchpad display 112 displays the list of production support materials and the worker's past disbursement history, and the materials are classified according to the material item and quantity selected by the worker using the touch method to disburse. The dispensing module 113 dispensing through the discharge port 113c from the four or more spiral lead-out ends 113a and one or more belt-type lead-out ends 113b, and the dispensing process of the material Including a speaker 114 for guiding through the voice, and a CCTV 115 for photographing the dispensing process of the material, it is possible to provide the material unattended.

Here, the employee ID recognizer 111 includes an RFID reader 111a that recognizes an employee ID in a non-contact manner, a scan reader 111b that scans and recognizes an employee ID, and a QR code recognizer that recognizes an employee number input keypad 111c and a QR code. (not shown) to identify the job, organization and department of the worker, and to identify it as an alternative authentication method even if any one worker authentication method is not available through the employee ID, employee number, or QR code transmitted to the worker's terminal. do.

On the other hand, as illustrated in (a) to (c) of Fig. 5, on the touchpad display 112, the production support material list, the inventory quantity and the amount of dispensable per worker are expressed in icon form to check the inventory information. According to the supply standard, the list of production support materials allowed to be paid is highlighted and activated, and the list of production support materials that are not allowed to be paid is dimmed and deactivated, the worker's past payment history is displayed, and the quantity of materials selected after activation is increased or decreased to confirm can do.

For reference, a 46" IR touch panel can be applied as the touchpad display 112, and it can be implemented by driving by a Windows 10 PC equipped with the same unmanned material payment program as above, and through the speaker 114 Safety notices or notices may be periodically notified.

Next, the material spreader management server 120 integrates and manages the material spreader 110 installed for each rest room near the large dock worker. carry out

Specifically, the material supplying machine management server 120 sets and manages the supply standards according to the material supplying machine, the worker's job, the organization, the department, the employee, and the direct management/internal partner/external partner, and the material number and material A material information management module 121 that performs material information management of details and estimated monthly usage, appropriate inventory and installation location, a material status management module 122 that performs material status management of inventory quantities that increase or decrease according to disbursements, and It may be subdivided into a settlement information management module 123 for performing settlement information management of investment and delivery material numbers, delivery period, delivery quantity, and average unit price, and may be configured and included.

For example, the material information management module 121 is unnecessary by presetting a list of materials that are allowed to be paid according to the worker's job, organization, department, employee, and direct/in-house partner/external partner and supply standards limiting the quantity of materials in advance. or to reduce excessive material consumption to reduce costs, and, as illustrated in FIG. 7, material number, material details (English, Korean), quantity unit, estimated monthly usage, appropriate inventory (stored quantity), and installation location (Storage location) can be converted into a database, registered in the SAP DB 130 and stored.

In addition, the material supply management server 120, each material supply machine, a network error with the material supply unit 110, the shortage of appropriate stock (safety stock) of the material supply unit 110, the stock quantity of material out of stock, the employee ID recognizer 111 Recognition error, operation error of the touchpad display 112, defective dispensing material, or a driving motor (not shown) and a discharge port 113c of a column or slot that are the withdrawal ends 113a and 113b constituting the dispensing module 113 ), real-time monitoring of material dispensing failures due to errors in the lift (not shown), displaying the dispensing failures on the touchpad display 112, and sending the error information to the manager terminal 150 via text, etc. It can be sent and notified so that the administrator can respond to it.

On the other hand, the material supply unit 110, as shown in FIG. 4, when the dispensing material is defective or when the dispensing failure occurs, the emergency call button 116 to communicate with the manager terminal 150 and call the manager so that the conversation is possible. ) and a microphone 117, it can be supplemented to minimize the unexpected inconvenience of the unmanned material dispensing machine 110 by quickly performing replacement of defective materials or solving dispensing problems.

In addition, the material supply management server 120 monitors the material dispensing status in real time, and as illustrated in FIG. According to the graph, the amount of material disbursed and the disbursed amount are graphed and provided for analysis, and as illustrated in FIG. , as exemplified in (c) of FIG. 6 , it is possible to provide a graph of the disbursement status trend by job of the worker for analysis.

In addition, the material dispensing machine management server 120 monitors the video transmitted from the CCTV 115 of the material dispensing machine 110 in real time to visually recognize the illegal dispensing situation, the failure situation and the surrounding dangerous situation of the material dispensing machine 110 . This may allow the manager to respond.

Next, the SAP DB 130 registers and stores the material information according to the dispensing of production support materials from the material dispensing machine 110, the material status and settlement information from the material dispensing machine management server 120 to manage enterprise-wide resources, and releases the disbursed materials. carry out the settlement

Next, the procurement collaboration server 140 interworks with the SAP DB 130 to perform the consignment material shipment settlement and consignment material inventory inquiry of the consigned material supplier, and to replenish the material according to the increase or decrease in the inventory of the material supply unit 110 SAP DB From 130, material information, material status, and settlement information according to the dispensing of production support materials are transmitted.

Here, when the appropriate stock shortage or material out of stock of the material supply unit 110 is recognized by the procurement cooperation server 140, the corresponding material of the material supply unit 110 is replenished. By performing the filtering, it is also possible to increase the reliability of the material supply unit 110 by filtering the defective material.

Therefore, by the configuration of the unmanned material dispensing system as described above, material-related information is efficiently and systematically managed through accurate material dispensing management, productivity is improved with convenient unmanned material support, and workers (users) with accurate inventory management Naturally solves ethical problems of the company, reduces costs through disbursement management based on material supply standards, operates unmanned 24 hours a day and provides necessary materials regardless of day or night work, lacks adequate stock or runs out of stock It is possible to notify the manager at the time so that the manager can cope with it, and based on a preset interval, for example, it can be installed for each rest area near the workplace to shorten the movement path of the worker and improve productivity.

In the above, the present invention has been described with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and various modifications or other embodiments within the scope equivalent to the present invention are possible by those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains. Accordingly, the true scope of protection of the present invention should be defined by the following claims.

110: material supply device 111: employee ID recognition device
112: touch pad display 113: dispensing module
114: speaker 115: CCTV
116: emergency call button 117: microphone
120: material supply management server 121: material information management module
122: material status management module 123: settlement information management module
130: SAP DB 140: Procurement collaboration server
150: administrator terminal

Claims (14)

a material dispensing machine that unmannedly disburses production support materials according to the dissemination standards after user authentication;
a material feeder management server for performing material information management, material status management, and settlement information management of the material feeder;
SAP DB for registering and storing material information, material status, and settlement information according to the dispensing of production support materials from the material supplying machine from the material supplying machine management server, and performing shipment settlement; and
A procurement collaboration server that interworks with the SAP DB to replenish the production support materials according to the increase or decrease in inventory by performing consignment material shipment settlement and consignment material inventory inquiry; The method of claim 1,
The material supply device is installed based on a preset interval, and a user recognizer that recognizes a user, and payment according to the supply standard by job, organization, department, employee, and direct management/internal partner/external partner based on user recognition Unmanned material dispensing, comprising a display for displaying a list of permitted production support materials and past disbursement history, and a dispensing module for dispensing materials according to the material item and quantity selected by the user, characterized in that the material is paid unattended system. 3. The method of claim 2,
The user recognizer includes an RFID reader for non-contact recognition of the employee ID, a scan reader for scanning and recognizing the employee ID, and a QR code recognizer for recognizing the employee number input keypad and QR code, Unmanned material dispensing system. 3. The method of claim 2,
The display is a touchpad display,
On the touchpad display, the production support material list, inventory quantity, and dispensable quantity are expressed in icon form, and the production support material list that is allowed to be paid according to the supply standard is activated, and the production support material list that is not allowed to be paid is deactivated Characterized in that, the unmanned material payment system. 3. The method of claim 2,
The material supplying machine management server sets and manages the supply standards according to the material supplying machine, by job, by organization, by department, by employee, and by direct management/internal partner/external partner, and material number, material details, and estimated monthly usage A material information management module that manages material information of appropriate inventory and installation location, a material status management module that performs material status management of the inventory quantity that increases or decreases according to the disbursement, and a disbursed and disbursed material number, disbursed period and disbursed quantity And an unmanned material payment system, characterized in that it comprises a settlement information management module for performing settlement information management of the average unit price. 6. The method of claim 5,
The material dispensing machine management server is configured to control each material dispensing machine, a network error, a shortage of appropriate stock, a stock quantity out of stock, a recognition error of the user recognizer, an operation error of the display, a defect of the dispensing material, and the dispensing module An unmanned material dispensing system, characterized in that real-time monitoring of any one or more of failures in dispensing due to an error, displaying it on the display, and transmitting the error information to a manager terminal to notify. 7. The method of claim 6,
The material dispensing machine, unmanned material dispensing system, characterized in that provided with an emergency call button and a microphone for calling the manager to communicate with the manager terminal when the dispensing material is defective or when the dispensing failure occurs. The method of claim 1,
When replenishing materials, an unmanned material dispensing system, characterized in that the quality inspection process is performed on the supplemented production support materials. 6. The method of claim 5,
The material dispensing machine management server, unmanned material dispensing system, characterized in that the real-time monitoring the material dispensing status. 10. The method of claim 9,
The material dispensing machine management server, the amount of material disbursed and the amount disbursed according to each job, organization, department, employee, and direct/in-house partner/external partner, the dispensing status trend according to the period for each material dispensing machine, and the user's job An unmanned material dispensing system, characterized in that it provides a graph of any one or more of the status of disbursement by star. 3. The method of claim 2,
The material dispensing machine, characterized in that it comprises a dispensing module for dispensing the material through the outlet in a spiral method or a belt method according to the material item and quantity selected by the user, the unmanned material dispensing system. 3. The method of claim 2,
The material dispensing machine, an unmanned material dispensing system, characterized in that it comprises a speaker for guiding the dispensing process by voice, and a CCTV recording the dispensing process. 13. The method of claim 12,
The material dispensing machine management server, the unmanned material dispensing system, characterized in that by monitoring the video transmitted from the CCTV in real time to recognize the illegal dispensing situation, failure situation and surrounding dangerous situation of the material dispensing machine. The method of claim 1,
The material dispensing machine, an unmanned material dispensing system, characterized in that it is installed for each rest area near the workplace.

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