WO2002091260A1

WO2002091260A1 - Information providing method and information providing system

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Publication number: WO2002091260A1
Application number: PCT/JP2001/005207
Authority: WO
Inventors: Masaki Kanayama
Original assignee: Sumitronics Corporation; Sumitronics Asia Holding Pte Ltd.
Priority date: 2001-04-26
Filing date: 2001-06-19
Publication date: 2002-11-14
Also published as: JP2002328984A

Abstract

An information providing method for providing information concerning parts distribution in time series to manufactures and suppliers in real time. In this method, the inventory of parts is managed and production plan information sent from suppliers and time-series supply plan information sent from suppliers are awaited (102, 104, 106); if production information from one of the manufacturers or supply plan information from one of the suppliers is received or if the parts inventory is varied, parts of inventory are allocated and reserved according to the production plan information, the supply plan information, the inventory of parts, the priority of allocation reservation for the manufacturers and the priority of allocation reservation for the suppliers, and the time-series quantities of parts to be supplied by the suppliers are calculated (112); and information concerning parts distribution in time series including the calculated quantities of parts and the inventory allocation reservation is provided to the manufacturers and suppliers (114). Thereafter the steps 102 to 114 are repeated.

Description

Specification

Information providing method and information providing system

Technical field

The present invention relates to an information providing method and an information providing system, and more particularly, to a plurality of producers who temporarily store parts from a plurality of suppliers for supplying parts as inventory and produce industrial products composed of the parts. The present invention relates to an information providing method and an information providing system for providing information on parts distribution to a plurality of suppliers and a plurality of producers in an intermediary business for supplying the stored parts. Background art

Since the demand for end-user markets for various industrial products, including electrical products, changes from moment to moment, producers of industrial products need to formulate and modify production plans to meet the demand. . On the other hand, various industrial products are composed of many parts. For this reason, producers need to adjust the production schedule that fluctuates according to the demands of the end-user market, and without the various types of parts required for the production, and at the appropriate timing (so-called just-in- Time).

—On the other hand, due to the complexity of the parts distribution market today, there are multiple suppliers who supply the same parts, and the supply plan is different for each supplier. Due to such industry circumstances, an intermediary that temporarily stores parts from multiple suppliers that supply parts as inventory and supplies the stored parts to multiple producers is not limited to their own inventory. Taking into account the production plans of multiple producers and the supply plans of multiple suppliers, calculate the appropriate procurement requirements of various parts in time series, provide information to the producers and suppliers, and supply based on them. There has been a long-awaited need for an information provision system that enables parts to be supplied at appropriate times by suppliers and components to be procured at appropriate times by producers, and enables smooth distribution in the entire parts distribution market. For this reason, conventional methods for calculating the required procurement amount of parts, etc. and providing information (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2000-164,797, etc.) and parts that take into account the existence of alternative parts Numerous techniques have been proposed for hitting the bow 1 and calculating the required amount of procurement (Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 6-203504, etc.).

However, no technology has been proposed for calculating the procurement requirements for parts and the like and providing information in consideration of the existence of multiple producers and multiple suppliers.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and provides information on a time-series part distribution to a plurality of producers and a plurality of suppliers at a parts distribution site. An object of the present invention is to provide an information providing method and an information providing system that can be provided in real time. Disclosure of the invention

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, an information providing method according to the present invention includes a method of temporarily storing parts from a plurality of suppliers for supplying parts as inventory and producing a plurality of industrial products composed of the parts. A method of providing parts distribution information to a plurality of suppliers and a plurality of producers in an intermediary business of supplying parts stored in A first step of waiting for reception of production plan information from a producer and supply plan information from a plurality of suppliers in chronological order, and production plan information or any one supply from any one producer Production plan information, supply plan information, parts inventory status, priority of reserve reservation for each producer, and each supply when supply plan information is received from suppliers or parts inventory status changes To the person The second step of calculating the chronological requirements for parts to be supplied by each supplier by making reservations for parts from inventory based on the priority of reservation reservations related to Information on parts distribution in chronological order, including production plans, supply plans from multiple suppliers, the required amount of parts to be supplied by each supplier, and the status of reserve reservations for inventory. Repeat the third step of providing to the supplier and It is characterized by that.

In the information distribution method according to the present invention, in the first step, the stock status of parts is managed, production planning information from a plurality of time-series producers, and a plurality of time-series Waiting for the supply plan information from.

Then, when the production plan information from any one of the producers or the supply plan information from any one of the suppliers is received, or when the stock status of the parts fluctuates, the production plan information , Supply plan information, parts inventory status, reserve priorities for each producer, and reserve priorities for reserves for each supplier. Calculates the time series required quantity of parts to be supplied. As a result, it is possible to calculate a time-series required amount of parts for each supplier which is optimal at the time according to production plan information, supply plan information, and parts stock status which change every moment. .

In addition, in the third step, a time series including production plans from multiple producers, supply plans from multiple suppliers, the required amount of parts to be supplied by each supplier, and the status of reservations for inventory reservations Provide information on efficient parts distribution to multiple producers and multiple suppliers. This allows multiple producers to obtain real-time information on parts distribution, including supply plans, the quantity of parts to be supplied by each supplier, and the status of reserve reservations for inventory. It is possible to formulate an appropriate production plan based on the latest information. In addition, multiple suppliers can obtain in real time information on parts distribution, including production plans, the amount of parts to be supplied by each supplier, and the status of reserve reservations for inventory, Appropriate supply plans can be formulated based on the latest information.

The present invention is characterized in that the first to third steps are repeatedly performed, and in a parts distribution market that changes every moment, a plurality of producers and a plurality of suppliers are targeted, and the time series is Information on the parts distribution can be provided in real time, and the convenience of obtaining information by multiple producers and multiple suppliers is dramatically improved. For this reason, it is possible to optimize the inventory of each of the producer, the supplier and the intermediary, and to optimize the distribution of parts.

The following information providing system is given as a system for executing the information providing method according to the present invention. That is, the information providing system according to the present invention temporarily stores parts from a plurality of suppliers that supply the parts as inventory, and supplies the stored parts to a plurality of producers that produce industrial products composed of the parts. An information providing system for providing information on parts distribution to a plurality of suppliers and a plurality of producers in an intermediary business, wherein a production plan from a chronological producer and a chronological report from a chronological supplier are provided. Receiving means for receiving supply plan information, inventory management means for managing the stock status of parts, production plan information, supply plan information, stock status of parts, priority of allocation reservation for each producer, and each supply Means for calculating the chronological requirements of parts to be supplied by each supplier by making reservations for parts from inventory based on the priority of reserve reservations for suppliers. Information on the time-series parts distribution including the production plan of each supplier, the supply plan from multiple suppliers, the required quantity of parts to be supplied by each supplier, and the status of reserve reservation of inventory Information providing means for providing information to a supplier and a plurality of suppliers.

In this information providing system, it is preferable that the stock of the parts is constituted by the first stock of the parts already reserved for a specific producer and the second stock of each supplier. This will ensure that parts for specific producers for future needs are kept in the first inventory and that the producer can reliably procure parts. There is an advantage for the supplier that the stock held by the supplier can be reduced. In addition, the calculation means develops the target industrial product into parts, calculates the required amount of each part, reserves a reserve of parts from the first inventory, and if there is a shortage, a part of the second inventory that is insufficient. It is preferable to calculate the required amount of each part by making a reservation reservation. As a result, the first inventory can be effectively used.

In addition, the information providing system according to the present invention provides a system in which a component It is preferable that the information processing apparatus further comprises an alternative parts database storing alternative part information relating to the parts, and wherein the calculating means is configured to reserve the allocation of parts based on the alternative part information when there is a shortage at the time of allocating parts from each stock. As a result, a more appropriate and flexible reservation of spare parts taking into account alternative parts is realized.

Further, the information providing system according to the present invention further includes a parts database storing information on a minimum transaction unit for each part, and the calculating means, when allocating the parts from each inventory, determines a part based on the minimum transaction unit. It is preferable to configure so as to make a reservation reservation. As a result, a more appropriate and flexible reservation of parts can be made taking into account the minimum bow I unit.

The above objects and other features and advantages of the present invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art by reading the following detailed description with reference to the accompanying drawings. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a VMI system.

FIG. 2A is a diagram showing a component configuration of the model Z.

FIG. 2B is a diagram illustrating an example of conditions in the required amount calculation process.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a setting example of the payout priority cells.

FIG. 4A is a diagram showing the component configuration of Model Z required by Company X.

FIG. 4B is a diagram showing a component configuration of Model Y required by Company C.

FIG. 4C is a diagram showing the component configuration of Model W required by Company CZ.

FIG. 5 is a table showing a time-series allocation reservation status of a part P1 to a plurality of customers. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of setting in a supplier distribution cell.

Figure 7A is a table showing the status of reserve reservations for a supplier under certain conditions, taking into account SPQ.

Figure 7B is a table showing the status of reserve reservations for suppliers taking into account SPQ under conditions different from those in Figure 7A. Figure 8 is a table showing the results of a simulation of a shipping plan that takes into account excess shipments.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of setting the alternative component priority cell.

FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining the transfer of inventory assets.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing a processing routine of an information providing process according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing a subroutine of the required amount calculating process.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing a processing routine of a simulation processing of a shipment plan.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an example of a screen display for inquiring parts request status by customer.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing an example of a screen display of the parts request status inquiry by customer.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing an example of a screen display of a part reservation allocation inquiry by supplier. Figure 17 is a diagram showing a screen display example of the delivery information registration.

FIG. 18 is a diagram showing an example of a screen display of a part request status inquiry by customer / model. FIG. 19 is a diagram showing an example of a screen display for inquiring of parts request status by customer.

FIG. 20 is a diagram showing an example of a screen display of a supplier-specific part reservation allocation status inquiry. FIG. 21 is a diagram showing the result of the required amount calculation processing provided by information via Web.

FIG. 22 is a diagram for explaining the business group 1.

FIG. 23 is a diagram for explaining a supplier cell.

Figure 24A is a diagram showing the distribution among multiple suppliers in the supplier distribution cell. Fig. 24B is a diagram showing the distribution between the main parts and the substitute parts of the same supplier in the supplier distribution area.

Figure 25 is a diagram for explaining the parts mass.

FIG. 26 is a diagram for explaining a component configuration cell.

FIG. 27 is a diagram for explaining a payout priority cell. FIG. 28 is a diagram for explaining the component configuration alternative master.

FIG. 29 is a diagram for explaining the alternative component priority cell. BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a configuration diagram of an example of an information providing system according to the present invention. Note that the information providing system in this embodiment is referred to as a supply demand management system (VMI system) 10, and is managed by an intermediary who performs intermediary operations. Therefore, hereinafter, the “producer of the present invention”, which is a customer from the viewpoint of the intermediary, is referred to as “customer”, and the “supplier of the present invention”, which is a supplier from the viewpoint of the intermediary, is “supplier”. Name.

The VMI system 10 temporarily stores parts from a plurality of suppliers 50 that supply parts as stock, and provides a plurality of customers 40 that produce industrial products composed of a plurality of parts. The intermediary supplying the stored parts provides information on parts distribution to a plurality of suppliers 50 and a plurality of customers 40.

As shown in FIG. 1, the VMI system 10 includes a production plan information receiving unit 12 that receives and stores production plan information from a customer 40 in time series, and a supplier 50 in time series. A supply plan information receiving unit 14 that receives and stores supply plan information from the system, an inventory management unit 16 that manages the stock status of parts in the VMI warehouse 30 used in this system, and a production plan Information, supply plan information, parts inventory status, priority of reserve reservation for each customer, and priority of reserve reservation for each supplier, to reserve parts from stock in chronological order. Requirement calculation unit 18 that calculates the required quantity of standard parts, production plans from multiple customers 40, supply plans from multiple suppliers 50, and each supplier 50 should supply Information on chronological parts distribution, including part requirements and inventory reservation status, is Above 4 0 and a plurality of vendor 5 0 in the evening one Internet network is configured to include an information providing unit 2 0 provided via (WWW network) 6 0.

The VM I warehouse 30 conducts transactions other than this system for specific customers (“Non-VM I (Hereinafter referred to as “in-house transaction”) 3 OA and a specific contract that has been contracted in advance to use this system Consists of a VM I supplier inventory of 30 B containing parts of the supplier asset. By adopting such a configuration, parts for specific customers for future needs are stored in the company's in-stock 3 OA, and parts can be reliably procured for the customers. For one supplier, there is the advantage that the inventory that the supplier needs to hold can be reduced.

The required amount calculation unit 18 includes the following eight cells in order to perform the above-described required amount calculation and the like. These will be described in order with reference to FIGS.

① Business Group mass evening (business group control master)

This is where you register information about the business group, such as the customer's business unit, which is the unit of transaction management in the VMI system. Figure 22 shows the overnight items. By setting “Stock Typej to“ 2. VMI ”, transactions that fall under this business group can be described as business that is subject to the VMI system. Will be recognized.

This business group is an indispensable item on any processing screen, such as input of production plans from customers, input of firm orders, or input of orders to suppliers.

The inventory of the business group that is recognized as a VMI business will be recognized as a property owned by the supplier until shipment. In addition, in the business group recognized by the VMI business, as described above, the inventory allocation method for the requested quantity from the customer is the same as in the normal case (“Stock Typej is selected in“ 1. IPO ”). Is different.

② Supplier master (Supplier mass evening)

This session will provide information on suppliers (also called suppliers) in the VMI system. It is a mass evening to register. Figure 23 shows the overnight items. In connection with the Business Group, the VMI business transaction can be performed only for those designated as "VMI Supplier".

③ Purchase Allocation mass evening (Supplier allocation mass evening)

This is an event to register information on the allocation of multiple suppliers in the VMI system. The data items are shown in Figure 24A and Figure 24B, and the two suppliers exemplified in Figure 24A are set to "Business Group mass" to indicate that they are "VM I Supplier". If the customer's requested quantity is not satisfied despite the reservation of in-house inventory 3 OA, reserve execution is performed at a specified ratio from these VM I vendor inventory 30 B (by trial and Become) .

In addition, in this case, replacement parts can be registered at the same time.In the example of Figure 24B, 50% of the replacement This allows reservations to be made from parts. In addition, it is possible to set the allocation ratio of the above VMI suppliers together, and to control the reservation reservation from each VMI vendor stock and the reserve reservation of substitute products.

T e マスマス（部品部品部品 (Parts （（)

This section is used to register information about various parts in the VMI system. As shown in Fig. 25, this section includes customers, suppliers, and (parts) manufacturers. You can register the Item code specified by. Information to be disclosed to customers can be disclosed on the customer code, and information can be disclosed to the supplier by mail or supplier code. The relationship between the two is defined by setting the manufacturer code in the customer code.

⑤ B OM (Bill of Material) mass (parts configuration master)

This box is for registering the information of the finished parts list. Figure 26 shows the data items, but it is also possible to set whether or not to expand the components in the process of calculating the component quantities and required quantities of each component. For example, the finished product has another BOM (consisting of parts (Corresponding to child BOM), it is possible to make the child BOM unnecessary for component development in the required amount calculation process.

The master shown in Fig. 27 shows which business (business code and customer code) can be used when multiple business codes and multiple customers try to reserve the same VMI supplier inventory. Combination) to register information on whether to give priority to ®BOM Substitute Part

This box is for registering the ratio information of the allocation reservation of the main part and the substitute part. In the setting example shown in Fig. 28, when a reservation is made in the required amount calculation process, 80% is allocated from the main part "2019090-00", and 20% is allocated from the separately set part. You will make a reservation. If there is no setting for the relevant cell, reservation allocation from the main part set to “BOM cell” will be executed.

This box is for registering information on the priority of alternative parts. If the use of alternative parts is permitted, the kitting (shipment planning simulation) will be performed based on the settings of this box. Determine the parts to be shipped at the time. For example, in the setting example shown in Fig. 29, if there is a shortage in the main part "1-957-963-11", reserve for replacement parts specified below will be made, and the shipment quantity will be confirmed. It can be carried out.

Next, a process based on the information providing method which is a feature of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In step 102 of FIG. 11, the inventory management unit 16 manages the inventory of the VM I inventory 30 and checks whether there is any inventory change in any of the managed components. If there is a stock change in any of the parts, the process proceeds to step 112 described later to perform the required amount calculation process. If there is no stock change, the process proceeds to step 104.

In step 104, the production plan receiving unit 12 determines whether or not a production plan or a confirmed order has been input from any customer 40. Raw from any customer 40 If a production plan or a confirmed order is input, the information on the production plan or the confirmed order is promptly provided by the information providing unit 20 in step 108, and the process proceeds to step 112 to be described later to calculate the required amount. Do. On the other hand, if there is no input of the production plan or the confirmed order in step 104, the process proceeds to step 106.

In step 106, the supply plan receiving unit 14 determines whether or not a supply plan has been input from any of the suppliers 50. If a supply plan is input from any of the suppliers 50, the supply plan is promptly provided to the information providing unit 20 in step 110, and the process proceeds to step 112, which will be described later. Perform calculation processing. On the other hand, if there is no input of the supply plan in step 106, the process returns to step 102. This keeps waiting until there is any input of inventory change, production plan, etc., or input of supply plan.If there is any input of inventory change, production plan, etc., input of supply plan In step 1 1 and 2, the detailed procedure will be described later, but production planning information, supply planning information, parts inventory status, priority of reservation reservation for each customer, and reservation reservation for each supplier By allocating parts from inventory based on the priority order, the time-series required quantity of parts is calculated. As a result, according to production plan information, supply plan information, and the stock status of parts that change from moment to moment, a time-series required quantity of parts that is optimal at the time is obtained. Then, in step 114, the information providing unit 20 widely provides information on the time-series part distribution including the time-series part required amount information and the allocation reservation information. Thereafter, the process returns to step 102 and the above processing is repeated. As a result, multiple customers and multiple suppliers will be involved in chronological parts distribution, including production planning, supply planning, required quantities of parts to be supplied by each supplier, and inventory reservation status. Information can be obtained in real time, and appropriate production or supply plans can be formulated based on the latest information.

In other words, in the parts distribution market that changes every moment, information on chronological parts distribution is provided in real time for multiple customers and multiple suppliers. And the convenience of obtaining information from multiple customers and multiple suppliers is dramatically improved. Therefore, it is possible to optimize the inventory at each of the customer, the supplier, and the intermediary, and to optimize the parts distribution.

Next, the required amount calculation processing will be described. In the following, first, the outline of the processing of (1) requirement calculation processing will be described based on Fig. 12, and then calculation example 1 will be described. Next, with regard to “allocation reservation”, which is the central part of this processing, (2) allocation reservation taking into account alternative parts and (3) allocation reservation taking into account the minimum transaction unit (SPQ: Standard Packing Quantity) will be described in order.

First, the outline of the required amount calculation processing will be explained using FIG. In step 202 of Fig. 12, in the process of expanding the parts bill, the data is expanded to the parts that compose the model in response to the customer's request for each model (finished product consisting of multiple parts). You. This part deployment is based on the “ITEM mass” (part mass) and “: BOM mass” (manufactured parts table) defined in the VMI system. Will be

In step 204, the required quantity is calculated for each part developed in step 202 (parts development is not required for parts order). At this time, the customer's designated delivery date, customer's part code, business group code (a project code uniquely defined by the Company), customer's customer, model code, etc. are calculated as unit classification keys.

In step 206, as a process of determining whether or not a VMI transaction is appropriate, it is determined whether or not the business group code to be calculated corresponds to the "VMI" transaction. The determination of "whether or not the transaction is a VMI transaction" is identified by the settings of the "Business Group master". Here, if it is determined that the transaction is not a VM I transaction, the process proceeds to step 214, and another process unrelated to the present system is performed.

If it is confirmed that the transaction is a “VM I transaction”, proceed to step 208 to check for the presence of on-hand inventory, which is the company's own asset in the VMI warehouse 30 as reserve reservation processing for its own inventory. If there is stock, make a priority bow from your own stock I make a reservation Here, the “reservation reservation” means that the reservation from the stock (or the information on the scheduled storage) has been secured for the customer request, and in principle, the customer request for which the reservation reservation has been completed is newly added. No procurement is required.

In addition, in the reservation reservation, only inventory that belongs to the same customer, business group, and model as the customer request to be reserved from now on and that is managed as its own assets based on the attributes is subject to the reservation.

In the next step 210, the reservation reservation processing of the specified VM I supplier stock is performed.In step 208, when the reservation reservation is not completed, the presence or absence of the specified VM I vendor stock of the VMI warehouse 30 is checked. Check, and if the specified VM I supplier inventory exists, reserve reservation from that inventory.

Here, the "designated VM I supplier" is defined in advance in the "; Purchase Allocation area" for each business group, customer, and parts to be replenished. Means what was done. In other words, in the “HPurcliase Allocation Group”, for transactions with supplier designation, reserve reservation is made preferentially from the VMI supplier's inventory. “VM I Supplier” refers to a supplier whose supplier is defined as “VMI Supplier” in the Supplier Group.

In the last step 2 12, the reservation reservation processing of the VM I supplier inventory other than specified is performed.If the reserved reservation is not completed in steps 2 08 and 2 10 or the specified supplier is If is not set, check if there is any non-specified VM I supplier inventory in VMI Warehouse 30.If there is any non-specified VM I vendor stock, reserve it from that inventory. I do.

Next, the outline of the processing (1) is shown in Fig. 2B, and in the configuration table of “Model Z” (BOM mass), one model of the same model has “Part 1: lpcs, Part 2: 2pcs, 3: It is assumed that there is a definition that lpcsj is required, where the unit “pcs” is an abbreviation for “pieces” and represents the number of parts as a single unit (the same applies to the following). ) o

Under the above conditions, it is executed in the following procedure.

In other words, in step 202 of FIG. 12, parts 1 and 2 constituting “model Z” are processed based on “BOM (Bill of Material) mass” and “Item mass” in the process of expanding the bill of materials. , Expand to 3. When developing the BOM, it is possible to take into account reserve reservations for substitute products according to the setting of “: BOM Substitute Part”. In the above case, if the use of “Parts 1 and 1” as a substitute for “Parts 1” is permitted, a reservation can be made according to the allocation ratio in the “BOM Substitute Part”. If this allocation ratio is set as “part 1: 80%” as the main part and “part 11: 1: 20%” as the substitute part, the required quantity is set to each part (main and substitute parts). Calculate the procurement requirement by dividing by the following ratio. In the next step 204, the bill of table information of “Model Z” at BOM mass, ie, “Part 1: lpcs, Part 2” : 2pcs, part 3: lpcs ”required, 100 parts of“ Model Z ”, part 1: 100pcs, part 2: 200pcs, part 3: lOOpcs . If the customer, business group, model, and request date are the same, those request data,-, and-are added together to calculate the subsequent requirements.

In the next step 206, it is determined that the business group is in the form of “VM I transaction” because the business group is set to be in the form of “VM I transaction” under the conditions of FIG. 2B. Go to 08.

In step 208, since 10 parts of each part are held as stock for company C as in-house stock, these are reserved for the required amount calculated in 2). As a result, the required procurement amount for each part is 90 parts for part 1: 90 parts for part 2 and 90 parts for part 3. At this time, it is a condition that can be allocated if the stock belongs to the same customer and business group. In the next step 210, since there are 20 parts each supplied by the company S to the VM I warehouse, it is calculated in step 208 as reserve reservation processing for the specified VM I supplier inventory. Reserve reservations for the procurement requirements. As a result, the procurement requirement of each part is 70 parts for part 1: 70 pcs and 170 pcs for part 3. At this time, allocation of reservations from each VMI supplier inventory is made according to the designation (ratio) of the VMI suppliers belonging to the same customer and business group and defined in rPurchase Allocation. ^One .

After this process, if reservations are to be made for the same designated VM I supplier inventory in response to requests from multiple business codes or multiple customers, set the Eitting Reservation Priority setting. Based on the following, it is decided which business code and customer order should be reserved in the following order.

In this case, before deciding the VM supplier to be reserved by “Purchase Allocation”, determine which business code and which customer are to be reserved by priority in “Kitting Reservation Priority”. However, if there is a higher priority setting than "C-PJ" or "Company C", the reservation reserve will be transferred to the business (combination of business code and customer).

For example, in the priority setting shown in Fig. 3, when trying to reserve the same VMI supplier inventory, the business of company X (customer) has the highest business with "X—PJ" (business code). Reservations will be allocated on a priority basis. In addition, if the stock becomes insufficient after the reservation reservation of Company X (X-PJ), stock replenishment from the supplier is required for Company C's request. Since there are 10 supplied parts from each supplier (both "VM I Supplier"), it is calculated in step 210 as a reservation reservation process for non-designated VM I supplier stock. Reserve for the procurement requirements. As a result, the procurement requirements for each part are: parts 1: 60 pcs parts 2: 160 pcs parts 3: 60 pcs. Note that here, “Purc If there is no stock at the VM I supplier specified in `` has Allocation area '' or if there is no designation in the master, reserve reservation from the inventory that has the corresponding parts at the VM I supplier other than the specified Becomes possible.

Through the required amount calculation processing as described above, the information shown in FIG. 21 is provided to a plurality of suppliers and a plurality of customers in a Web environment. By adding the supplier's supply plan to the information in Fig. 21, it is possible to calculate the current net procurement requirements.

The supplier can make a production plan based on the information provided above, supply parts to meet the needs of the customer, and provide surplus information at the supplier by providing fresh information. It is possible to avoid inventory and unreasonable production activities with short delivery times. Then, just-in-time (JIT) production and parts supply by suppliers can be performed while monitoring information requested by customers. In the web environment, information is provided by the customer using the part code system specified by the customer on the usage screen, and the supplier using the part code system specified by the supplier on the usage screen. It is done.

In addition, the supplier can respond to the customer request provided above and the procurement requirement calculated by our VMI system by the delivery date indicated by the arrow R1 in Fig. 1 (details will be described later). Do). On the other hand, the customer's request status can be checked in a timely manner by the supply plan information provided by the supplier and the reservation reservation (procurement status) information provided by the Company's VMI system. This will contribute to optimal production planning at the customer, the manufacturer.

Next, (2) reserve reservation considering alternative parts is explained.

Here, an example of the reservation allocation processing flow in multiple elements, such as multiple customers, the existence of substitutes, and the time axis (request date), and the delivery date response function indicated by arrow R1 in Fig. 1 will be described.

Figures 4A, 4B, and 4C show the models from X, C, and CZ, respectively. Each model requires a part P1, and as shown in Fig. 4B, only the part P1 used in the model Y of Company C has a substitute part P5. The stock on hand of P1 is 10pcs, and the stock on hand of P5 is 1 Opes.

Under these conditions, in response to requests from X, C, and CZ for each model, the reservation allocation process for “P 1” is performed as follows. At this time, the priority of the reservation reservation is set in the order of X, C; and CZ based on the setting of “Kitting Reservation Priority”. In addition to these setting conditions, reservation reservations are made in order from the earliest request date (time axis) from the customer, so the result per bow 1 is shown in Figure 5. Information on the allocation result is provided on the Web, and a plurality of customers 40 and a plurality of suppliers 50 can confirm this.

(1) First, for the request for N months (this month), reservation reservation is made in order from Company X, and as a result, the reservation is completed for all requests of companies X, C, and CZ.

For example, for Company X, which has a high priority, in the “Parts Request Status Inspection by Customer” in Fig. 14, in September 1999 (SEP 1 999), which is the N month, “Requested quantity” (EQ.QTY ) Is lpcsj and “Reserved reservation amount (RESERVED) is lpcs”.

In Fig. 14 and the later-mentioned "Inquiry of parts requirements by customer" in Fig. 15, the customer sets the key to a specific part (or, if the part is a common part, for each model). ) The company's requested amount and its procurement status (reservation allocation status in the required amount calculation process) can be queried in units of time axis (request date).

(2) Next, as a result of making reservation reservations in the order of N + January (next month) requests, the reservation reservation is made only for 2pcs of 4pcs requested by CZ. However, the remaining 2 pcs will be subject to procurement by the supplier as a shortage of allocation. This is shown in Figure 15 “Inquiry status of parts by customer” in October 1999 (OCT 1999) of CZ, where “request quantity (REQ. QTY) was 4pcs” and “reserved quantity (RESERVED)”. ) Is 2pcs ", so only 2pcs can be reserved. It is understood that it is done. In addition, in “Inquiry status of parts reservation by supplier” in Fig. 16, the required quantity (REQUIRE MENT QTY) of CZ on October 4, 1999 for part P1 is 4pcs, but the reserved quantity ( RESERVED) is 2pcs, the deduction amount (BALANCE QTY) is “1 2pcs”, and 2pcs is the number of shortage of allocation, indicating that the supplier needs to procure.

Note that, in the “query for reservation of parts reservation by supplier” as shown in FIG. 16, the customer can refer to the reservation reservation state for the request by customer for each part.

(3) Next, for Model Y requested by Company C, 'Part 1' is allowed to use "Alternative Part 5". As shown by "* 2", 2pcs of reserve for replacement part 5 is reserved. As a result of this reserve reservation, all of the same requests of Company C have already been reserved, and the shortfall is "0". Therefore, with regard to part 1 of model C required by company C, inventory replenishment from the supplier is unnecessary.

(4) Provide the supplier with a reservation allocation report (result of the required amount calculation process) for the customer request, and based on the information, the supplier formulates a parts procurement (production) plan and issues a procurement letter. The delivery date can be returned to the VMI system 10 as indicated by the arrow R1 in FIG.

In this example, it is possible for the supplier to procure (produce) the occurrence of the shortage quantity (shown negatively in the shortage field) and to send the delivery date response to the VMI system 10. For example, in “Register delivery information” in Figure 17, the supplier registers the supply plan information (delivery quantity and delivery date) of the part with the shortage in the VMI system 10 in response to the customer request. be able to. Figure 17 shows that lpcs will be delivered as a delivery quantity (DELIVER Y QTY) on October 1, 1999 and that lpcs will be delivered as a delivery quantity on October 15, 1999. It is registered.

(5) Then, when the supply plan information is input, the "requirement calculation process" Be executed. In other words, as shown in Fig. 17, the information entered by the supplier in "Delivery information registration" updates the VM I system at the same time and executes the required amount calculation with the updated data in the VM I system be able to.

By registering the delivery date information of "2 (pes)" for the shortfall of CZ's request as shown in the example in Fig. 17, if this satisfies the customer's request, the following In the required amount calculation process, the shortfall will be filled with the answer information o

At this time, after confirming the required amount, the VMI system 10 again confirms that, as described above, the request for model Z of Company X has already been fully allocated as described above. It can also be confirmed by "Inquiry of parts requirements by model". In “Parts Requirement Inquiry oy Customer & Model” (Fig. 18), the customer uses a specific model as a key and the time axis (request date). You can check the required amount of the company and its procurement status (reservation allocation status in the required amount calculation) for each unit.

On the other hand, the customer, Company C, entered the “Request quantity 4

"Reservation reservation amount 4" for CZ's request for "4" in October 1999, that all reservation reservations were completed and there was no remaining reservation amount. You can check. This is confirmed by the fact that the supplier also finds that the "reservation reserve amount 4" is compared to the "request reserve amount 4" of CZ in the "Parts reservation reservation inquiry by supplier" in Figure 20. be able to.

Next, ③Reservation reservation considering the minimum transaction unit (SPQ: Standard Packing Quantity) will be explained using the example of reservation reservation from designated VM I supplier inventory. If the specified VMI supplier has inventory in the VM I warehouse by setting “; Purchas e Allocation”, the method of reservation reservation is as follows. In addition, customer's required quantity is 400 Opes, the minimum transaction unit of the target part is 100 Opes, and the “Purchase AUocation master” is set as shown in Fig. 6. If the customer request quantity is assigned 400 Opes according to the settings in Figure 6, supplier X is 300 Opes, supplier Y is 500pcs, supplier Z is 50 Opes, and the quota of supplier Y and Ζ Is less than the minimum trading unit of 100 Opes. For this reason, the minimum transaction unit of 100 Opes is reserved for supplier Y, Ζ instead of 50 Opes.

Under these conditions, Al 1 oc at ion (allocation reservation allocation) In the case where the priority is X, which is the highest, and then Y, Ζ, in this case, first, as shown in Figure 7Α, the highest priority 300 Opes is reserved for supplier X, and 100 Opes, the minimum transaction unit, is reserved for supplier Y. At this point, the customer has reached the requested quantity of 400 Opes, so supplier Z is not reserved.

On the other hand, under the above conditions, A 1 loc at ion (allocation reservation allocation) In the case where the priority is Z, which is the highest, and then Y, then X, as shown in Figure 7 7, the highest priority first A minimum transaction unit of 100 Opes is reserved for the ranking supplier Ζ, and then a minimum transaction unit of 100 Opes is reserved for supplier Y. At this point, 200 Opes remain for the requested quantity of 400 Opes. Supplier X's quota is 300 Opes, which is more than the remaining 200 Opes, so the remaining 200 Opes is finally reserved for Supplier X.

As described above, the result of the allocation reservation is different as shown in FIGS. 7A and 7B due to the difference in Allocate on (allocation of allocation reservation) priority.

Although the SPQ is considered in the above case, whether to consider the SPQ or not, the SPQ unit quantity can be arbitrarily set to “Item time”.

In the VMI system, after receiving the information provision processing including the above-mentioned required quantity calculation processing, after the customer issues a shipping instruction based on the confirmed order, the VMI system executes the shipping plan according to the procedure shown in Fig. 13 according to the shipping instruction. Perform simulation processing (determination of shipment quantity and reservation reservation). Hereinafter, description will be given with reference to FIG. In step 222 of FIG. 13, in response to a shipping instruction (based on customer order, etc.) for a model unit (a product consisting of multiple parts), a process is developed for each component part that composes it. Calculate the quantity to be shipped. This part deployment is performed based on “I TEM mass” (component mass) and “BOM mass” (product mass table) defined in the VMI system. In the next step 224, a check is made for the excess shipment difference quantity and excess shipment resulting from the shipment in consideration of the SPQ for the customer requested quantity.

For example, if the customer's requested quantity is 50 Opes, but the SPQ of the part is "100 Opes", the customer will ship 50 Opes in excess of the requested quantity of 50 Opes. In other words, the excess "50 Opes" becomes "Excessive Shipment", which means that the customer has excess inventory. In deciding the shipment quantity in the simulation of this shipment plan, it is possible to arbitrarily set whether or not to consider the “excess shipment” quantity in the “; Business Group”.

Assuming that the “excess shipment” portion is taken into account, the determination of the shipment volume is calculated as follows. Checks for “excessive shipments” are made for customer inventory stored in the same price, customer, currency, model, and parts. Assuming that there is an “over-shipped” quantity of a requested shipment component of 500 Opes and that the required shipment quantity is “3000 pcs”, “5000 pcs”, and “6000 pcs”, as shown in Fig. 8, From 3000 Opes of "3000pcs", "200 Opes" will be reserved in order.

In the next step 226, of the inventory held by the company, the same hi, si, nescode, customer, model, and parts are reserved for allocation in the order of shipment on the shipping instruction date. At this time, if the bow I reserve quantity is insufficient, reserve reservations from the stock of substitute parts (substitute parts defined in "" Substitute Part Priority ").

In other words, in the “Substitute Part Priority area”, if a shortage occurs during the initial inventory reservation in step 226, whether or not to use a substitute is allowed. If so, and if multiple alternatives are used, priorities can be set at the time of Bow I. This mass evening is a business group customer

It can be set for each Z model.

In the case described above, by making the settings shown in Fig. 9 for the main part “Part 1”, if “Part 1” could not be allocated, “Part 1—1” and “Part 5” Perform inventory allocation in order and create shipping data.

In the next step 228, if the reservation reservation in step 226 is less than the requested shipment quantity, each VMI specification is allocated using the allocation method defined in Purchase Allocation A reservation is made for the VMI inventory at the destination. “VM I Supplier” refers to the supplier defined as “VMI Supplier” in “Supplier Mass”.

In the last step 230, if the reservation reservation up to step 228 is less than the requested shipment quantity, a reservation reservation is made for the VMI vendor's VMI stock other than the specified one, as in the requirement calculation process. . With the above processing, the reservation reservation is completed and the shipment quantity is determined.

After that, “Monthly in / out performance management at VM I warehouse” and “Transfer of V Ml supplier inventory assets at the time of shipment” will be performed.

Regarding the “management of monthly receipt / delivery results at the VM I warehouse”, at the VM I warehouse, on a monthly basis, 1) actual receipt (quantity) from suppliers and ② actual result (quantity) to customers. A consistency check is performed for each status. In addition, the intermediary will centrally perform operations in the VM I warehouse, such as receiving and discharging cargo, inventory, etc., for the management of each entry / exit record. In other words, the provision of the information necessary for the above-mentioned warehouse entry / exit results will be provided by the report of the VMI system creation.

As for “transfer of VMI supplier inventory assets at the time of shipment”, this VMl system aims to supply the appropriate quantity at the appropriate time in response to customer requests, and Supplier in VM I warehouse while watching demand trends This is a business form that is supplied as warehouse assets. Customers can receive the required quantity of supplies from this VMI warehouse in a timely manner. In other words, the inventory assets of the VM I warehouse belong to the supplier until it is shipped to the customer.

In this VM I system, it is possible to manage outgoing shipments from the VM I warehouse based on the above-mentioned shipping order quantity confirmation. However, as shown in Fig. 10, when the relevant shipping results are input (at the timing indicated by the arrow L). ), The ownership of the asset is transferred. Industrial applicability

As described above, according to the present invention, in a parts distribution field that fluctuates every moment, time-series information on parts distribution is provided in real time to a plurality of producers and a plurality of suppliers. And the convenience of obtaining information by a plurality of producers and a plurality of suppliers is dramatically improved, so that it is possible to optimize the inventory of each of the producer, the supplier and the intermediary. It is possible to achieve optimal distribution of parts.

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The scope of the claims

1. The parts from a plurality of suppliers that supply the parts are temporarily stored in stock, and the stored parts are supplied to a plurality of producers that produce industrial products composed of the parts. An information providing method for providing information on parts distribution to a supplier and the plurality of producers,

A first step of managing the stock status of parts and waiting to receive chronological production plan information from a plurality of producers and chronological supply plan information from a plurality of suppliers;

When the production plan information from any one of the producers or the supply plan information from any one of the suppliers is received, or when the stock status of the parts fluctuates, the production plan information, the supply plan information, When a part is to be supplied by each supplier by making a part reservation from the stock based on the stock status, priority of reserve reservation for each producer, and priority of reserve reservation for each supplier The second step of calculating the sequential requirements, the production plan from multiple producers, the supply plan from multiple suppliers, the required quantity of parts to be supplied by each supplier and the status of reserve reservation of inventory Providing a plurality of producers and suppliers with information on parts distribution in chronological order, including:

An information providing method characterized by repeatedly executing the above.

2. In the intermediary business, parts from a plurality of suppliers that supply parts are temporarily stored as inventory, and the stored parts are supplied to a plurality of producers that manufacture industrial products composed of the parts. An information providing system for providing information on parts distribution to a supplier and the plurality of producers,

Receiving means for receiving chronological production plan information from the producer and chronological supply plan information from the supplier;

Inventory management means for managing the stock status of parts;

Based on production plan information, supply plan information, parts inventory status, priority of reserve reservation for each producer, and priority of reserve reservation for each supplier, Means for calculating the time-series required quantity of parts to be supplied by each supplier by making a reservation reservation for

Information on chronological parts distribution, including production plans from multiple producers, supply plans from multiple suppliers, the required amount of parts to be supplied by each supplier, and inventory reservation reservation status. Information providing means for providing to a plurality of producers and a plurality of suppliers;

Information providing system equipped with.

3. The information of claim 2, wherein the inventory of parts comprises a first inventory of parts already reserved for a particular producer and a second inventory of suppliers. Reporting system.

4. The calculation means expands the target industrial product into parts, calculates the required quantity of each part, reserves a reserve of parts from the first inventory, and if there is a shortage, the second inventory deserves the shortage. 4. The information providing system according to claim 3, wherein a required quantity of each part is calculated by making a reservation for the allocation of the part.

5. The system further includes a replacement part database storing replacement part information on other parts that can be replaced with respect to the part, wherein the calculating unit is configured to determine a part based on the replacement part information when there is a shortage of parts from each inventory. 5. The information providing system according to claim 4, wherein the reservation reservation is made.

6. The system further includes a parts database storing information on a minimum transaction unit for each part, and the calculating means includes a unit based on the minimum transaction unit when allocating parts from each inventory.

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6. The information providing system according to claim 4, wherein a reservation is made for the reservation.