Management method based on stream management in supply chain product management

• US 20030158769A1
• Filed: 02/19/2003
• Published: 08/21/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 02/20/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: E & E Manufacturing Company, Inc.
• Original Assignee: E & E Manufacturing Company, Inc.
• Inventors: Okumura, Naomasa, Uno, Takeaki
• Application Number:
  US10/367,810
• Publication Number:
  US 20030158769A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/8
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06315 Needs-based resource requirements planning or analysis

Abstract

A management method of this invention is a method of managing a supply chain by a computer system. This management method includes, at the input phase in the computer system, a step of treating various objects to be managed as management objects and setting lots for these, a step of assigning ID management data to each of the plurality of lots, and a step of preparing part charts or process charts. The method includes, at the output phase, a step of creating correspondence data and making allocations between two lots with linkage among the plurality of lots, and a step of changing the relationship of the allocations based on a plurality of correspondence data relating to two lots in the plurality of lots when a change occurs in a received order etc. The above management method can manage changes in state of received orders, processes, etc. to be handled dynamically and quickly when handling a large amount of data in management at different stages in supply chain product management to enable dynamic stream management, and therefore is a practical management method.

Claims

1. A management method based on stream management in supply chain product management, of managing an entire process including a phase of making a production plan for a product based on a plurality of actual or anticipated received orders, a phase of producing said product through a plurality of lower production processes based on a predetermined routine, and a phase of delivering said produced product to a plurality of customers corresponding to said plurality of received orders, said management method including;

at the phase of making the production plan for said product,

a step of treating each of said plurality of received orders, each of a plurality of production objects in said plurality of lower production processes, each of a plurality of procedures with the outside relating to said lower production processes, and each of said plurality of deliveries, as a management object, and setting a lot for each of these management objects,

a step of assigning ID management data including a lot ID number, product name, quantity, and delivery date to each of said plurality of lots,

a step of making allocation between two lots with linkage among said plurality of lots by making correspondence data including a quantity to be supplied based on lot ID numbers relating to said two lots and said linkage using said plurality of ID management data relating to said plurality of lots, and

corresponding to the phase of producing said product,

a step of changing the relationship of said allocation based on said plurality of correspondence data relating to two lots in said plurality of lots corresponding to changes occurring in said received order.

2. A management method based on stream management in supply chain product management as set forth in claim 1, wherein lots relating to any m number of said received orders and lots relating to any n number of management objects other than received orders are allocated in an m:

n correspondence.

3. A management method based on stream management in supply chain product management as set forth in claim 1, wherein lots relating to any m number of upstream side lower production processes and lots relating to any n number of downstream side lower production processes are allocated in an m:

n correspondence.

4. A management method based on stream management in supply chain product management, of managing by a computer system a process comprised of a phase of drafting a production plan for a product based on a plurality of received orders, a phase of producing said product through a plurality of lower production processes based on a predetermined routine, and a phase of a plurality of procedures with the outside relating to said lower production processes, said management method including;

at a phase of input to said computer system,

a step of treating each of said plurality of received orders, each of a plurality of production objects in said plurality of lower production processes, and each of said plurality of procedures with the outside relating to said lower production processes as a management object and setting a lot for each of the plurality of management objects,

a step of assigning ID management data including a lot ID number, product name, quantity, and delivery date to each of said plurality of lots, and

a step of preparing part charts and process charts expressing the relationship of the necessary quantities among parts among said plurality of lower production processes,

at a phase of preparing, storing, and outputting data in said computer system,

a step of making allocation for two lots with linkage among said plurality of lots by making correspondence data including a quantity to be supplied based on the lot ID numbers relating to said two lots and said linkage, using said plurality of ID management data, said part charts, and said process charts relating to said plurality of lots, and

a step of changing the relationship of said allocation based on said plurality of correspondence data relating to two lots in said plurality of lots corresponding to a change occurring in at least a received order.

5. A management method based on stream management in supply chain product management as set forth in claim 4, wherein said step of changing the relationship of allocations comprises;

classifying said ID management data of a plurality of lots relating to said plurality of production objects and said ID management data of a plurality of lots relating to said plurality of procedures into different products to prepare a group of data for said plurality of lots, and

taking out said ID management data of a plurality of lots relating to said plurality of received orders in the order of the earlier delivery date, and, for said taken out ID management data, (1) searching from said group of data for a product required by that ID management data having the latest complete time and allocating the necessary quantities for it, (2) executing the step of said (1) recursively until reaching the upstream most management object even with respect to the allocated ID management data, and (3) repeating the steps of said (1) and (2) until said ID management data of all of said received orders has been taken out.

6. A management method based on stream management in supply chain product management as set forth in claim 4, wherein said step of changing the relationship of allocations comprises;

classifying said ID management data of a plurality of lots relating to said plurality of production objects and said ID management data of a plurality of lots relating to said plurality of procedures into different products to prepare a group of data for said plurality of lots, and

taking out said ID management data of a plurality of lots relating to said plurality of received orders in the order of the higher priority, and, for said taken out ID management data, (1) searching from said group of data for a product required by that ID management data having the latest complete time and allocating the necessary quantities for it, (2) executing the step of said (1) recursively until reaching the upstream most management object even with respect to the allocated ID management data, and (3) repeating the steps of said (1) and (2) until said ID management data of all of said received orders has been taken out.

7. A management method based on stream management in supply chain product management as set forth in claim 5 or 6, wherein said ID management data of the plurality of lots relating to said plurality of production objects and said ID management data of a plurality of lots relating to said plurality of procedures are arranged in the order of delivery dates.