Inspection reservation system

• US 20050050091A1
• Filed: 05/29/2002
• Published: 03/03/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 06/13/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: Inoue, Masayuki
• Application Number:
  US10/479,452
• Publication Number:
  US 20050050091A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling

Abstract

An inspection reservation system used for reservation of inspection maintenance of a vehicle includes a first database for storing step count information indicating the number of steps required for inspection and maintenance of a vehicle, a second database for storing skill information containing a plurality of skill values indicating skills of maintenance staffs, and a processing apparatus. The processing apparatus calculates a total number of steps required for inspection and maintenance of a vehicle related to a reservation imputed to the system in accordance with the step count information. Furthermore, in accordance with the total number of steps and the skill information, the processing apparatus selects at least one maintenance staff who can perform the inspection and maintenance of the vehicle related to the reservation within a desired period of time.

Claims

1. A check reserving system comprising:

a first database for storing man-hour information representative of man-hours required for checking and maintaining vehicles;

a second database for storing a skill information including a plurality of skill values respectively representative of skills of a plurality of mechanics; and

a processor for calculating a total man-hour required for a check and a maintenance of a vehicle with respect to a reservation on the basis of said man-hour information, and selecting at least one mechanic who can carry out said check and said maintenance of said vehicle with regard to said reservation so as to satisfy a desired delivery date on the basis of said total man-hour and said skill information.

2. A check reserving system according to claim 1, wherein said first database further stores as a necessary skill value a skill value required to carry out said check item for each of check items included in said check and said maintenance of the vehicle, and

said processor selects said at least one mechanic, from mechanics having a skill value equal to or higher than said necessary skill value defined for said check items included in said check and said maintenance of said vehicle with respect to said reservation.

3. A check reserving system according to claim 1, wherein said first database further stores place information representative of work places required for checking and maintaining vehicles, and

said processor retrieves to reserve a work place required for said check and said maintenance of said vehicle with respect to said reservation so as to satisfy said desired delivery date of said vehicle with respect to said reservation, on the basis of said place information stored in said first database.

4. A check reserving system according to claim 1, wherein said first database further stores expense information representative of a check and maintenance expense of vehicles, and

said processor further calculates and outputs an expense required for said check and said maintenance of said vehicle with respect to said reservation, on the basis of said expense information stored in said first database.

5. A check reserving system according to claim 1, wherein said first database further stores as a necessary skill value a skill value required to carry out said check for each of check items included in said check and said maintenance of the vehicle,

wherein said processor selects said at least one mechanic, from mechanics having a skill value equal to or higher than said necessary skill value defined for said check items included in said check and said maintenance of said vehicle with respect to said reservation,

wherein said first database further stores place information representative of work places required for checking and maintaining vehicles, and

wherein said processor retrieves to reserve a work place required for said check and said maintenance of said vehicle with respect to said reservation so as to satisfy said desired delivery date of said vehicle with respect to said reservation, on the basis of said place information stored in said first database.

6. A check reserving system according to claim 5, wherein said first database further stores expense information representative of a check and maintenance expense of vehicles, and

wherein said processor further calculates and outputs an expense required for said check and said maintenance of said vehicle with respect to said reservation, on the basis of said expense information stored in said first database.

7. A check reserving system according to claim 1, wherein said first database further stores as a necessary skill value a skill value required to carry out said check for each of check items included in said check and said maintenance of the vehicle,

wherein said processor selects said at least one mechanic, from mechanics having a skill value equal to or higher than said necessary skill value defined for said check items included in said check and said maintenance of said vehicle with respect to said reservation,

wherein said first database further stores expense information representative of a check and maintenance expense of vehicles, and

wherein said processor further calculates and outputs an expense required for said check and said maintenance of said vehicle with respect to said reservation, on the basis of said expense information stored in said first database.

8. A check reserving system according to claim 1, wherein said first database further stores place information representative of work places required for checking and maintaining vehicles,

wherein said processor retrieves to reserve a work place required for said check and said maintenance of said vehicle with respect to said reservation so as to satisfy said desired delivery date of said vehicle with respect to said reservation, on the basis of said place information stored in said first database,

wherein said first database further stores expense information representative of a check and maintenance expense of vehicles, and

wherein said processor further calculates and outputs an expense required for said check and said maintenance of said vehicle with respect to said reservation, on the basis of said expense information stored in said first database.

9. A check reserving system according to claim 1, further including a terminal through which the reservation may be inputted to the system.