APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR HANDLING ORDERS

• US 20090198362A1
• Filed: 01/23/2009
• Published: 08/06/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Tanoue, Mitsuteru
• Granted Patent: US 8,050,785 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/97
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 19/41805 characterised by assembly
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 19/41865 characterised by job scheduling, process planning, material flow
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/32035 Compose, configure article and order
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/063 Operations research, analysis or management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0631 Resource planning, allocation, distributing or scheduling for enterprises or organisations
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 90/02 Total factory control, e.g. smart factories, flexible manufacturing systems [FMS] or integrated manufacturing systems [IMS]

Abstract

Order handling apparatus of the present invention stores assembly standard information that at least one component is managed for each assembly and component standard information which is basic information of a component to be mapped with each other. Order handling apparatus duplicates component standard information together with assembly standard information to generate individual assembly information for arranging an assembly, assigns arranging formation representing whether a component is arranged or not to generate individual component information and stores them. Order handling apparatus determines whether to reflect an update of component standard information in component standard information contained in individual assembly information based on arranging information when component standard information stored in standard assembly storing unit is updated.

Claims

1. An apparatus for handling orders comprising:

a standard assembly storing unit for storing at least one assembly standard information of assembly for products and at least one component standard information of component for said each assembly;

an assembly information generating unit for generating individual assembly information for arranging said assembly, said assembly information including assembly standard information and component standard information copied from said standard assembly storing unit;

a component information generating unit for generating component information of component in said assembly information, said component information including component standard information and arranging information, said arranging information showing whether said component is arranged;

an individual assembly storing unit for storing the individual assembly information of said assembly and the component information of said assembly; and

a determining unit for determining whether the updates of said component standard information stored in standard assembly storing unit reflect into said component standard information in said individual assembly information based on said arranged information in case said component standard information stored in standard assembly storing unit is updated.

2. The apparatus for handling orders according to claim 1, wherein said assembly standard information includes cost information of assembly,

wherein said determining unit receives the updates of cost information in case said component standard information stored in standard assembly storing unit is updated,

wherein said determining unit extracts individual assembly information based on said arranged information,

wherein said determining unit reflects said updates of cost information into said extracted individual assembly information and calculates cost information after updating,

wherein said determining unit outputs comparative results of original cost information of said assembly and calculated cost information of said assembly.

3. The apparatus for handling orders according to claim 1, wherein said determining unit reflects the updates of said component standard information into said component standard information in said assembly information in case said arranged information shows said component is not arranged.

4. The apparatus for handling orders according to claim 1, wherein said assembly standard information includes structure information of a component,

wherein said assembly information generating unit copies said structure information to individual assembly information.

5. The apparatus for handling orders according to claim 1, wherein said individual assembly information generating unit adds identifying information to said individual assembly information to identify each of individual assembly information.

6. The apparatus for handling orders according to claim 1, further comprising:

an assembly information updating unit,

wherein said assembly updating unit receives an update request of individual assembly information and said assembly identifying information,

wherein said assembly updating unit updates said individual assembly information having the assembly identifying information corresponding to said received assembly identifying information.

7. The apparatus for handling orders according to claim 6, wherein said component information generating unit adds component identifying information to said component standard information to identify each of said component information,

wherein said update request for individual assembly information includes an update request for component standard information added said component identifying information,

wherein said assembly information updating unit updates said component standard information of said individual assembly information having the assembly identifying information and the component identifying information corresponding to said received update request for individual assembly information and said received update request for component standard information.

8. The apparatus for handling orders according to claim 7, wherein said assembly information updating unit reflects said updates of component standard information of said assembly standard information stored in said standard assembly storing unit in case said component standard information of said individual assembly information is updated.

9. The apparatus for handling orders according to claim 7, wherein error information is outputted if said individual assembly information includes a plurality of component information having the same component identifying information.

10. The apparatus for handling orders according to claim 7, wherein said component information generating unit adds said component identifying information to part of a plurality of said component standard information corresponding to said assembly standard information.

11. The apparatus for handling orders according to claim 1, wherein said standard assembly storing unit stores said component standard information with version information, said version information shows the number of updates of said component standard information,

wherein said assembly information generating unit generates said individual assembly information copied from said assembly standard information with the version information of said component standard information,

wherein said determining unit determines whether said component standard information stored in said standard assembly storing unit is updated based on the version information.

12. A method for handling orders comprising:

collecting at least one assembly standard information of assembly for products and at least one component standard information of component for said each assembly;

generating individual assembly information for arranging said assembly, said individual assembly information including said assembly standard information and said component standard information;

generating component information in said individual assembly information, said component information including component standard information and arranging information, said arranging information showing whether said component is arranged;

collecting said individual assembly information and said component information; and

determining whether the updates of collected component standard information reflect into said component standard information in said individual assembly information based on said arranged information in case said collected component standard information is updated.

13. A method for handling orders according to claim 12, wherein said assembly standard information includes cost information of said assembly,

wherein said determining receives updates of said cost information in case collected said component standard information is updated,

wherein said determining extracts said individual assembly information based on said arranged information,

wherein said determining reflects said updates of cost information into said extracted individual assembly information and calculates cost information after updating,

wherein said determining outputs comparative results of original cost information and calculated cost information;

14. A computer readable medium embodying a program, said program causing a apparatus to perform a method, said method comprising:

collecting at least one assembly standard information of assembly for products and at least one component standard information of component for said each assembly;

generating individual assembly information for arranging said assembly, said individual assembly information including said assembly standard information and said component standard information;

generating component information in said individual assembly information, said component information including component standard information and arranging information, said arranging information showing whether said component is arranged;

collecting said individual assembly information and said component information; and

determining whether the updates of collected component standard information reflect into said component standard information in said individual assembly information based on said arranged information in case said collected component standard information is updated.

15. The computer readable medium embodying a program according to claim 14, wherein said assembly standard information includes cost information of said assembly,

wherein said determining receives updates of said cost information in case collected said component standard information is updated,

wherein said determining extracts said individual assembly information based on said arranged information,

wherein said determining reflects said updates of cost information into said extracted individual assembly information and calculates cost information after updating,

wherein said determining outputs comparative results of original cost information and calculated cost information.