Display panel production control system and method of controlling display panel production

A production control system for outsourcing production of general design circuit boards in general design including at least one estimated maximum outline of display panels in an expected order from a customer to a single or a plurality of general design circuit board manufacturers and for producing display panels with an outline specified in an order from a single customer or with outlines specified in orders from a plurality of customers by processing frames of the general design circuit boards, the production control system comprising:

• at least one general design circuit board manufacturer terminal into which prices of the general design circuit boards are entered by the at least one general design circuit board manufacturer;
• at least one customer terminal configured to receive the outline of the display panels and an order quantity entered by the customer;
• a frame processing section configured to process frames of the general design circuit boards based on the specified outline of the display panels in the order from the customer;
• a memory configured to store information on prices of the display panels linked to the prices of the general design circuit boards;
• a processor configured to execute:
• a first process for checking the price of the general design circuit boards entered in the at least one general design circuit board manufacturer terminal by the general design circuit board manufacturer against information on the prices of the display panels stored in the memory, for extracting the price of the display panels linked to the price of the general design circuit boards, and for outputting the price of the display panels to the at least one customer terminal;
• a second process for calculating a delivery quantity of the general design circuit boards based on the outline of the display panels and the order quantity entered into the at least one customer terminal by the customer who accepted the price of the display panels output on the at least one customer terminal;
• a third process for checking a revised price of the general design circuit boards entered into the at least one general design circuit board manufacturer terminal by the general design circuit board manufacturer based on specification of the general design circuit boards and a delivery quantity output on the at least one general design circuit board manufacturer terminal against the information on the prices of the display panels stored in the memory, for extracting the price of the display panel linked to the price of the general design circuit boards as a revised price, and for outputting to the at least one customer terminal;
• a fourth process, if at least one of an original orderer of the customer who made an order in the second process and a new orderer of the customer who did not make the order in the second process accepts the revised price output on the at least one customer terminal and enters an outline of the display panels and an order quantity into the at least one customer terminal, for calculating a revised delivery quantity of the general design circuit boards based on the entered outline of the display panels and the entered order quantity and for outputting the revised delivery quantity to the at least one general design circuit board manufacturer terminal;
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• a fifth process for controlling the frame processing section to process the frames of the general design circuit boards produced by the general design circuit board manufacturer based on the revised delivery quantity of the general design circuit boards output on the at least one general design circuit board manufacturer terminal based on the outline of the display panels and the order quantity entered in the at least one customer terminal;
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• information and communication lines connecting the at least one general design circuit board manufacturer terminal, the customer terminal, the frame processing section, and the memory to the processor for interactive information communication.

A method of controlling production for producing display panels with at least one type of outlines specified in an order from a single or a plurality of customers by outsourcing production of general design circuit boards in general design including at least an estimated maximum outline of the display panels in an expected order to a single or a plurality of general design circuit board manufacturers and for processing frames of the general design circuit boards produced through outsourcing, the method comprising:

• a first step for providing the single or the plurality of customers with a price of the display panels calculated based on a price of the general design circuit boards provided by the single or the plurality of general design circuit board manufacturers;
• a second step for providing the single or the plurality of general design circuit board manufacturers with at least one delivery quantity calculated based on the outline of the display panels and an order quantity in an order from the single or the plurality of customers who accepted the provided price of the display panels;
• a third step for providing the single or the plurality of customers with a price of the display panels calculated based on a revised price of the general design circuit boards provided by the single or the plurality of general design circuit board manufacturers based on the provided delivery quantity of the general design circuit boards as a revised price of the display panels;
• a fourth step for calculating a revised delivery quantity of the general design circuit boards based on an outline of the display panels and an order quantity in an additional order if at least one of an original orderer of the customer who made the order in the second step and a new orderer of the customer who did not make the order in the second step accepted the provided revised price of the display panels and made the additional order and providing the single or the plurality of the general design circuit board manufacturers with the revised delivery quantity of the general design circuit boards;
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• a fifth step for controlling a frame processing section to process frames of the general design circuit boards produced by the single or the plurality of general design circuit board manufacturers based on the provided revised delivery quantity of the general design circuit boards based on the outline of the display panels and the order quantity in the order from the single or the plurality of customers.