PRODUCTION PROJECT PROPOSAL DETERMINATION METHOD, PRODUCTION PROJECT PROPOSAL DEVICE AND PROGRAM

• US 20150051939A1
• Filed: 03/23/2012
• Published: 02/19/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/23/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Inventors: Komura, Takaaki, Igarashi, Ken, Nakamizo, Katsuaki, Shida, Daisuke
• Application Number:
  US14/386,307
• Publication Number:
  US 20150051939A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/7.24
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 19/41865 characterised by job scheduling, process planning, material flow
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/32256 Due dates, pieces must be ready, priority of dates, deadline
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06314 Calendaring for a resource
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 90/02 Total factory control, e.g. smart factories, flexible manufacturing systems [FMS] or integrated manufacturing systems [IMS]

Abstract

A production plan planning method having: receiving, by a computer, an order including production time information on a product in a received order condition as received order information; searching, by the computer, the production schedule information storage part for production schedule information on the product stored in the received order information; allocating, by the computer, production schedule information on each process for the at least one first component to the retrieved production schedule information; and controlling, by the computer, the allocated production schedule information on the each process to take over the production time information, the third step comprising allocating production schedule information satisfying the production time information included in the received order condition of the received order information to the each process, the fourth step comprising controlling the respective allocated processes to sequentially take over production time information on a first process of the product.

Claims

1. A production plan planning method for storing, by a computer comprising a processor and a storage, production schedule information on at least one first component constituting a product and at least one second component constituting the at least one first component, in a production schedule information storage part of the storage, receiving an order for the product, and generating a production process for the product,

the production plan planning method comprising:

a first step of receiving, by the computer, the order including production time information on the product in a received order condition as received order information;

a second step of searching, by the computer, the production schedule information storage part for production schedule information on the product stored in the received order information;

a third step of allocating, by the computer, production schedule information on each process for the at least one first component to the retrieved production schedule information; and

a fourth step of controlling, by the computer, the allocated production schedule information on the each process to take over the production time information,

the third step comprising allocating production schedule information satisfying the production time information included in the received order condition of the received order information to the each process,

the fourth step comprising controlling the respective allocated processes to sequentially take over production time information on a first process of the product.

2. The production plan planning method according to claim 1, wherein the third step comprises searching stock information storage part for storing stock information on the at least one first component for stock information satisfying the production time information included in the received order condition, and, when the stock information satisfying the production time information included in the received order condition exists, allocating the stock information to the process in priority to the production schedule information.

3. The production plan planning method according to claim 1, wherein the third step comprises newly generating, when the production schedule information satisfying the production time information included in the received order condition of the received order information is not allocable to the process, production schedule information to be allocated to the process.

4. The production plan planning method according to claim 2, wherein the third step comprises newly generating, when the production schedule information and the stock information satisfying the production time information included in the received order condition of the received order information are not allocable to the process, production schedule information to be allocated to the process.

5. The production plan planning method according to claim 3, further comprising outputting, when the production schedule information satisfying the production time information included in the received order condition of the received order information is not allocable to the process, a notification that the allocation is unavailable.

6. The production plan planning method according to claim 2, wherein the third step comprises allocating, when a plurality of pieces of stock information satisfying the production time information included in the received order condition exist, stock information oldest in the production time information to the process.

7. The production plan planning method according to claim 1, further comprising a fifth step of outputting, by the computer, screen information for displaying the received order information, which has been received, and the allocated production schedule information as a time series.

8. A production plan planning apparatus, comprising a processor and a storage, for storing production schedule information on at least one first component constituting a product and at least one second component constituting the at least one first component, in a production schedule information storage part of the storage, receiving an order for the product, and generating a production process for the product, the production plan planning apparatus further comprising:

a received order information acquisition part for receiving the order including production time information on the product in a received order condition as received order information; and

an allocation processing part for searching the production schedule information storage part for production schedule information on the product stored in the received order information, allocating production schedule information on each process for the at least one first component to the retrieved production schedule information, and controlling the allocated production schedule information on the each process to take over the production time information,

the allocation processing part being configured to allocate production schedule information satisfying the production time information included in the received order condition of the received order information to the each process, and control the respective allocated processes to sequentially take over production time information on a first process of the product.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon a program for controlling a computer comprising a processor and a storage to store production schedule information on at least one first component constituting a product and at least one second component constituting the at least one first component, in a production schedule information storage part of the storage, receive an order for the product, and generate a production process for the product,

the program further controlling the computer to execute:

a first procedure of receiving the order including production time information on the product in a received order condition as received order information;

a second procedure of searching the production schedule information storage part for production schedule information on the product stored in the received order information;

a third procedure of allocating production schedule information on each process for the at least one first component to the retrieved production schedule information; and

a fourth procedure of controlling the allocated production schedule information on the each process to take over the production time information,

the third procedure comprising allocating production schedule information satisfying the production time information included in the received order condition of the received order information to the each process,

the fourth procedure comprising controlling the respective allocated processes to sequentially take over production time information on a first process of the product.

10. The program according to claim 9, wherein the third procedure comprises searching stock information storage part for storing stock information on the at least one first component for stock information satisfying the production time information included in the received order condition, and, when the stock information satisfying the production time information included in the received order condition exists, allocating the stock information to the process in priority to the production schedule information.

11. The program according to claim 9, wherein the third procedure comprises newly generating, when the production schedule information satisfying the production time information included in the received order condition of the received order information is not allocable to the process, production schedule information to be allocated to the process.

12. The program according to claim 10, wherein the third procedure comprises newly generating, when the production schedule information and the stock information satisfying the production time information included in the received order condition of the received order information are not allocable to the process, production schedule information to be allocated to the process.

13. The program according to claim 11, wherein the program controls the computer to execute outputting, when the production schedule information satisfying the production time information included in the received order condition of the received order information is not allocable to the process, a notification that the allocation is unavailable.

14. The program according to claim 10, wherein the third procedure comprises allocating, when a plurality of pieces of stock information satisfying the production time information included in the received order condition exist, stock information oldest in the production time information to the process.

15. The program according to claim 9, wherein the program further controls the computer to execute a fifth procedure of outputting screen information for displaying the received order information, which has been received, and the allocated production schedule information as a time series.