Work management apparatus and work management method

• US 20090024239A1
• Filed: 04/29/2008
• Published: 01/22/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 07/17/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Yoshioka, Kouji, Furukawa, Kazayuki, Maeda, Tomohiko
• Application Number:
  US12/149,252
• Publication Number:
  US 20090024239A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/110
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 90/02 Total factory control, e.g. smart factories, flexible manufacturing systems [FMS] or integrated manufacturing systems [IMS]

Abstract

A work management apparatus of the present invention includes bar-code readers that detect the input and output of target objects to and from each facility in each facility, a process management device that obtains, as workpiece information, information of date and time when the target objects enter into each facility and information of date and time when the target objects come out from each facility for every target object and every facility based on the detection results of the bar-code readers, sensors that detect operating conditions of each facility, and an analysis device that analyzes and outputs the operating conditions of each facility and the work progress of the target objects in each facility based on the obtained workpiece information and the information indicating the detected operating conditions of each facility.

Claims

1. A work management apparatus in a manufacturing line in which one or a plurality of target objects are manufactured in a plurality of facilities, comprising:

a first detection unit arranged on each facility and detecting the input and output of the target objects to and from each facility in each facility;

a workpiece information obtaining unit for obtaining, as workpiece information, information of date and time when the target objects enter into each facility and information of date and time when the target objects come out from each facility for every target object and every facility based on the detection result of the first detection unit;

a second detection unit arranged on each facility and detecting operating conditions of each facility; and

an analysis unit for analyzing the operating conditions of each facility and the work progress of the target objects in each facility based on the obtained workpiece information and the information indicating the operating conditions of each facility detected by the second detection unit, and outputting the analysis result.

2. The work management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the analysis unit comprises:

an operating condition obtaining unit for obtaining information indicating the operating conditions of each facility detected by the second detection unit; and

a work progress past record information creation unit for creating work progress past record information indicating the past records of the work progress of the target objects in each facility based on the obtained information indicating the operating conditions of each facility and the workpiece information obtained by the workpiece information obtaining unit.

3. The work management apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the analysis unit further comprises a matching processing unit for comparing the operating conditions of each facility with reference data of operating conditions of each facility stored in advance in a storage unit and modifying the information indicating the operating conditions of each facility to matched information based on the comparison result.

4. The work management apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the operating condition obtaining unit displays in real time a facility that has become abnormal based on the obtained operating conditions of each facility.

5. The work management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the analysis unit further comprises a work progress past record information display unit for displaying work progress past record information created by the work progress past record information creation unit.

6. The work management apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the work progress past record information display unit creates and displays a Gantt chart indicating the operating conditions of each facility and the past records of the work progress of each target object based on the work progress past record information.

7. The work management apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the work progress past record information display unit creates a Gantt chart in which the information indicating each work and the information indicating the operating conditions of facility in each work are associated.

8. The work management apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the work progress past record information display unit creates information indicating the context of works in each facility based on the work progress past record information and displays the information in the Gantt chart.

9. A work management method in a manufacturing line in which one or a plurality of target objects are manufactured in a plurality of facilities, comprising:

a step of detecting, in a first detection unit arranged on each facility, the input and output of the target objects to and from each facility in each facility;

a step of obtaining, as workpiece information, information of date and time when the target objects entering into each facility and information of date and time when the target objects come out from each facility for every target object and every facility based on the detection result of the first detection unit;

a step of detecting, in a second detection unit arranged on each facility, operating conditions of each facility; and

a step of analyzing the operating conditions of each facility and the work progress of the target objects in each facility based on the obtained workpiece information and the operating conditions of each facility detected by the second detection unit, and outputting the analysis result.

10. The work management method according to claim 9, wherein the step of analyzing the operating condition of each facility and the work progress of the target objects in each facility comprises:

an operating condition obtaining step of obtaining information indicating the operating conditions of each facility detected by the second detection unit, and

a work progress past record information creation step of creating work progress past record information indicating the past records of the work progress of the target objects in each facility based on the obtained information indicating the operating conditions of each facility and the obtained workpiece information.

11. The work management method according to claim 10, wherein the step of analyzing the operating conditions of each facility and the work progress of the target objects in each facility further comprises a matching processing step of comparing the operating conditions of each facility with reference data of operating conditions of each facility stored in advance in a storage unit and modifying the information indicating the operating conditions of each facility to matched information based on the comparison result.

12. The work management method according to claim 10, wherein the operating condition obtaining step displays in real time a facility that has become abnormal based on the obtained operating conditions of each facility.

13. The work management method according to claim 9, wherein the step of analyzing the operating conditions of each facility and the work progress of the target objects in each facility further comprises a work progress past record information display step of displaying the created work progress past record information.

14. The work management method according to claim 13, wherein the work progress past record information display step creates and displays a Gantt chart indicating the operating conditions of each facility and the past records of the work progress of each target object based on the work progress past record information.

15. The work management method according to claim 14, wherein the work progress past record information display step creates a Gantt chart in which the information indicating each work and the information indicating the operating conditions of facility in each work are associated.

16. The work management method according to claim 14, wherein the work progress past record information display step creates information indicating the context of works in each facility and displays in the Gantt chart based on the work progress past record information.