COST CALCULATION DEVICE, COST CALCULATION METHOD, AND COST CALCULATION PROGRAM

• US 20120253998A1
• Filed: 11/04/2009
• Published: 10/04/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 11/04/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Takayuki Toyama
• Original Assignee: Takayuki Toyama
• Inventors: Toyama, Takayuki
• Application Number:
  US13/505,765
• Publication Number:
  US 20120253998A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/30
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 90/00 Systems or methods specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes, not involving significant data processing

Abstract

A cost calculation device executes a cost calculation using a principle of a structure matrix including an upper side portion, a left side portion, and a central portion and includes a production information storage unit for storing production information in which a production item, a production activity amount, and a production unit cost are associated, an investment information storage unit for storing investment information in which an investment item, an investment activity amount, and an investment unit cost are associated, and a ratio information storage unit for storing ratio information representing a ratio of the investment activity amount invested in the production activity amount to the production activity amount. The cost calculation device is configured to have a predetermined link relation and generate a structure matrix with production in an upper side portion, investment information in a left side portion, and ratio information in a central portion.

Claims

1. A cost calculation device that executes a cost calculation using a principle of a structure matrix including an upper side portion, a left side portion, and a central portion, the device comprising:

a production information storage unit for storing production information in which a production item, a production activity amount, and a production unit cost are associated;

an investment information storage unit for storing investment information in which an investment item, an investment activity amount, and an investment unit cost are associated;

a ratio information storage unit for storing ratio information representing a ratio of the investment activity amount invested in the production activity amount to the production activity amount;

a structure matrix generating unit for generating a structure matrix in which the production information is arranged in the upper side portion, the investment information is arranged in the left side portion, and the ratio information is arranged in the central portion, the structure matrix having a predetermined link relation;

a domain generating unit for generating a domain using the structure matrix; and

a domain output unit for outputting the domain generated by the domain generating unit,

the structure matrix generating unit including

generating a first structure matrix in which the production activity amount is arranged in an upper side portion, the investment activity amount is arranged in a left side portion, and a matrix including the ratio as an element is arranged in a central portion, the first matrix having a link relation of a horizontal sum of vertical products, and

generating a second structure matrix in which the production unit cost is arranged in an upper side portion, the investment unit cost is arranged in a left side portion, and a matrix including the ratio as an element is arranged in a central portion, the second matrix having a link relation of a vertical sum of horizontal products, and

the domain generating unit including

generating an activity amount domain representing an investment amount of the investment activity amount on the production activity amount using the first structure matrix,

generating a unit cost domain representing a unit cost of an investment item invested in the production item using the second structure matrix, and

generating an individual total amount domain that represents a production total amount, an investment total amount, and a breakdown of the investment total amount in the production total amount using the activity amount domain and the unit cost domain.

2. The cost calculation device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a structure matrix storage unit for storing a plurality of structure matrices,

wherein a structure matrix configured such that a plurality of structure matrices are combined is included among the plurality of structure matrices.

3. The cost calculation device according to claim 1,

wherein the domain generating unit includes:

generating the activity amount domain by calculating a product of an element configuring the matrix arranged in the central portion and the production activity amount arranged in the upper side portion in the first structure matrix, replacing the matrix having the ratio arranged in the central portion as an element in the first structure matrix with a matrix having the product as an element, and converting the link relation of the horizontal sum of vertical products into a link relation of a horizontal product,

generating the unit cost domain by

replacing an element configuring the matrix arranged in the central portion in the second structure matrix with the corresponding investment unit cost, and erasing a link relation of a vertical sum of horizontal products, and

generating the individual total amount domain by calculating a product of corresponding values of the activity amount domain and the unit cost domain.

4. The cost calculation device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a structure matrix editing unit for combining, converting, or separating a plurality of structure matrices and generating a new structure matrix.

5. The cost calculation device according to claim 1,

wherein the production activity amount includes the number of products,

the investment activity amount includes the number of necessary parts and the number of man-hours,

the production unit cost includes, a product unit cost,

the investment unit cost includes a necessary part unit cost and a man-hour unit cost,

a used amount of an investment amount in the production amount includes a breakdown of the number of necessary parts of each product and a breakdown of an activity amount of each product,

the production total amount includes a product total amount,

the investment total amount includes a necessary part total amount and a man-hour total amount, and

the breakdown of the investment total amount in the production total amount includes a breakdown of the necessary part total amount and the man-hour total amount on the product total amount of each production item.

8. The cost calculation device according to claim 2,

wherein the domain generating unit includes:

generating the activity amount domain by calculating a product of an element configuring the matrix arranged in the central portion and the production activity amount arranged in the upper side portion in the first structure matrix, replacing the matrix having the ratio arranged in the central portion as an element in the first structure matrix with a matrix having the product as an element, and converting the link relation of the horizontal sum of vertical products into a link relation of a horizontal product,

generating the unit cost domain by

replacing an element configuring the matrix arranged in the central portion in the second structure matrix with the corresponding investment unit cost, and erasing a link relation of a vertical sum of horizontal products, and

generating the individual total amount domain by calculating a product of corresponding values of the activity amount domain and the unit cost domain.

9. The cost calculation device according to claim 2, further comprising:

a structure matrix editing unit for combining, converting, or separating a plurality of structure matrices and generating a new structure matrix.

10. The cost calculation device according to claim 3, further comprising:

a structure matrix editing unit for combining, converting, or separating a plurality of structure matrices and generating a new structure matrix.

11. The cost calculation device according to claim 8, further comprising:

a structure matrix editing unit for combining, converting, or separating a plurality of structure matrices and generating a new structure matrix.

12. The cost calculation device according to claim 2,

wherein the production activity amount includes the number of products,

the investment activity amount includes the number of necessary parts and the number of man-hours,

the production unit cost includes a product unit cost,

the investment unit cost includes a necessary part unit cost and a man-hour unit cost,

a used amount of an investment amount in the production amount includes a breakdown of the number of necessary parts of each product and a breakdown of an activity amount of each product,

the production total amount includes a product total amount,

the investment total amount includes a necessary part total amount and a man-hour total amount, and

the breakdown of the investment total amount in the production total amount includes a breakdown of the necessary part total amount and the man-hour total amount on the product total amount of each production item.

13. The cost calculation device according to claim 3,

wherein the production activity amount includes the number of products,

the investment activity amount includes the number of necessary parts and the number of man-hours,

the production unit cost includes a product unit cost,

the investment unit cost includes a necessary part unit cost and a man-hour unit cost,

a used amount of an investment amount in the production amount includes a breakdown of the number of necessary parts of each product and a breakdown of an activity amount of each product,

the production total amount includes a product total amount,

the investment total amount includes a necessary part total amount and a man-hour total amount, and

the breakdown of the investment total amount in the production total amount includes a breakdown of the necessary part total amount and the man-hour total amount on the product total amount of each production item.

14. The cost calculation device according to claim 4,

wherein the production activity amount includes the number of products,

the investment activity amount includes the number of necessary parts and the number of man-hours,

the production unit cost includes a product unit cost,

the investment unit cost includes a necessary part unit cost and a man-hour unit cost,

a used amount of an investment amount in the production amount includes a breakdown of the number of necessary parts of each product and a breakdown of an activity amount of each product,

the production total amount includes a product total amount,

the investment total amount includes a necessary part total amount and a man-hour total amount, and

the breakdown of the investment total amount in the production total amount includes a breakdown of the necessary part total amount and the man-hour total amount on the product total amount of each production item.

15. The cost calculation device according to claim 8,

wherein the production activity amount includes the number of products,

the investment activity amount includes the number of necessary parts and the number of man-hours,

the production unit cost includes a product unit cost,

the investment unit cost includes a necessary part unit cost and a man-hour unit cost,

a used amount of an investment amount in the production amount includes a breakdown of the number of necessary parts of each product and a breakdown of an activity amount of each product,

the production total amount includes a product total amount,

the investment total amount includes a necessary part total amount and a man-hour total amount, and

the breakdown of the investment total amount in the production total amount includes a breakdown of the necessary part total amount and the man-hour total amount on the product total amount of each production item.

16. The cost calculation device according to claim 9,

wherein the production activity amount includes the number of products,

the investment activity amount includes the number of necessary parts and the number of man-hours,

the production unit cost includes a product unit cost,

the investment unit cost includes a necessary part unit cost and a man-hour unit cost,

a used amount of an investment amount in the production amount includes a breakdown of the number of necessary parts of each product and a breakdown of an activity amount of each product,

the production total amount includes a product total amount,

the investment total amount includes a necessary part total amount and a man-hour total amount, and

the breakdown of the investment total amount in the production total amount includes a breakdown of the necessary part total amount and the man-hour total amount on the product total amount of each production item.

17. The cost calculation device according to claim 10,

wherein the production activity amount includes the number of products,

the investment activity amount includes the number of necessary parts and the number of man-hours,

the production unit cost includes a product unit cost,

the investment unit cost includes a necessary part unit cost and a man-hour unit cost,

a used amount of an investment amount in the production amount includes a breakdown of the number of necessary parts of each product and a breakdown of an activity amount of each product,

the production total amount includes a product total amount,

the investment total amount includes a necessary part total amount and a man-hour total amount, and

the breakdown of the investment total amount in the production total amount includes a breakdown of the necessary part total amount and the man-hour total amount on the product total amount of each production item.

18. The cost calculation device according to claim 11,

wherein the production activity amount includes the number of products,

the investment activity amount includes the number of necessary parts and the number of man-hours,

the production unit cost includes a product unit cost,

the investment unit cost includes a necessary part unit cost and a man-hour unit cost,

a used amount of an investment amount in the production amount includes a breakdown of the number of necessary parts of each product and a breakdown of an activity amount of each product,

the production total amount includes a product total amount,

the investment total amount includes a necessary part total amount and a man-hour total amount, and

the breakdown of the investment total amount in the production total amount includes a breakdown of the necessary part total amount and the man-hour total amount on the product total amount of each production item.

6. A cost calculation method that executes a cost calculation using a principle of a structure matrix including an upper side portion, a left side portion, and a central portion, the method comprising:

a structure matrix generating process of generating a structure matrix in which production information stored in a production information storage unit that stores production information in which a production item, a production activity amount, and a production unit cost are associated is arranged in an upper side portion, investment information stored in an investment information storage unit that stores investment information in which an investment item, an investment activity amount, and an investment unit cost are associated is arranged in a left side portion, and a matrix having a ratio as an element represented by ratio information stored in a ratio information storage unit that stores ratio information representing a ratio of the investment activity amount invested in the production activity amount to the production activity amount is arranged in a central portion, the structure matrix having a predetermined link relation;

a domain generating process of generating a domain using the structure matrix; and

a domain output process of outputting a domain generated by the domain generating process,

the structure matrix generating process including

generating a first structure matrix in which the production activity amount is arranged in the upper side portion, the investment activity amount is arranged in the left side portion, and a matrix including a ratio represented by the ratio information as an element is arranged in the central portion, the first matrix having a link relation of a horizontal sum of vertical products, and

generating a second structure matrix in which the production unit cost is arranged in the upper side portion, the investment unit cost is arranged in the left side portion, and a matrix including the ratio as an element is arranged in the central portion, the second matrix having a link relation of a vertical sum of horizontal products, and

the domain generating process including

generating an activity amount domain representing an investment amount of the investment activity amount on the production activity amount using the first structure matrix,

generating a unit cost domain representing a unit cost of an investment item invested in the production item using the second structure matrix, and

generating an individual total amount domain that represents a production total amount, an investment total amount, and a breakdown of the investment total amount in the production total amount using the activity amount domain and the unit cost domain.

7. A cost calculation program of operating and controlling a cost calculation device and causing the cost calculation device to execute:

a structure matrix generating process of generating a structure matrix in which production information stored in a production information storage unit that stores production information in which a production item, a production activity amount, and a production unit cost are associated is arranged in an upper side portion, investment information stored in an investment information storage unit that stores investment information in which an investment item, an investment activity amount, and an investment unit cost are associated is arranged in a left side portion, and a matrix having a ratio as an element represented by ratio information stored in a ratio information storage unit that stores ratio information representing a ratio of the investment activity amount invested in the production activity amount to the production activity amount is arranged in a central portion, the structure matrix having a predetermined link relation;

a domain generating process of generating a domain using the structure matrix; and

a domain output process of outputting a domain generated by the domain generating process,

the structure matrix generating process including

generating a first structure matrix in which the production activity amount is arranged in the upper side portion, the investment activity amount is arranged in the left side portion, and a matrix including a ratio represented by the ratio information as an element is arranged in the central portion, the first matrix having a link relation of a horizontal sum of vertical products, and

generating a second structure matrix in which the production unit cost is arranged in the upper side portion, the investment unit cost is arranged in the left side portion, and a matrix including the ratio as an element is arranged in the central portion, the second matrix having a link relation of a vertical sum of horizontal products, and

the domain generating process including

generating an activity amount domain representing an investment amount of the investment activity amount on the production activity amount using the first structure matrix,

generating a unit cost domain representing a unit cost of an investment item invested in the production item using the second structure matrix, and

generating an individual total amount domain that represents a production total amount, an investment total amount, and a breakdown of the investment total amount in the production total amount using the activity amount domain and the unit cost domain.