Information processing method, information processing apparatus and non-transitory storage medium

An information processing apparatus comprising:

• a storage device including a production line information database storing information about a production line for producing products, and
• a mobile equipment database storing information on a size of pieces of mobile second equipment;
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• a processor configured to execute
• receiving order information including information indicating the products, information indicating a quantity of the products, information indicating a delivery deadline and information indicating a position of a delivery place via a communication interface,
• referring to the production line information database based on the information indicating the products, and acquiring a series of work processes about the production line, pieces of corresponding first equipment required for the series of work processes and a quantity of production based on production capacity and an operation rate using the production line,
• referring to a fixed facility database storing information about a fixed facility, and acquiring pieces of first equipment that can be assigned to the series of work processes, a fixed facility to which the pieces of first equipment belong, a position of the fixed facility, and a size of an installation space of the pieces of second equipment in the fixed facility, for a fixed facility existing within a predetermined distance from the position of the delivery place,
• selecting any of a plurality of fixed facilities in descending order about numbers of pieces of first equipment which can be assigned to the series of work processes and located in each of the plurality of fixed facilities, and trying to assign a plurality of pieces of first equipment located in the any of the plurality of fixed facilities to the series of work processes based on information indicating the plurality of pieces of first equipment located in a geographical area and information indicating respective positions about the plurality of pieces of first equipment;
• judging that a first fixed facility selected from the plurality of fixed facilities includes an installation space for the pieces of second equipment though pieces of first equipment which can be assigned to all the series of work processes are not located in the first fixed facility, in response to judging that the first fixed facility includes the installation space for the pieces of second equipment though the pieces of first equipment which can be assigned to all the series of work processes are not located in the first fixed facility, referring to the mobile equipment database, extracting available pieces of second equipment from the mobile equipment database, comparing the size of the installation space with the size of the second equipment extracted from the mobile equipment database, judging whether the size of the installation space is larger than the size of the pieces of second equipment, and deciding installation of the pieces of second equipment to be assigned to the installation space in response to the size of the installation space being judged to be larger than the size of the pieces of second equipment;
• transmitting request information to transport the pieces of second equipment by a transport vehicle to an installation position in the geographical area to a terminal of a manager of the pieces of second equipment via the communication interface,
• calculating a quantity of production of the products per unit time by a production line using the pieces of first equipment and the pieces of second equipment which are assigned to the series of work processes, in response to assignment about the pieces of first equipment and the pieces of second equipment to all the series of work processes ending,
• multiplying the quantity of production of the products per unit time by a coefficient determined using a table of correspondence between the coefficient and a distance or transport time between bases including a fixed facility and an external installation space, in response to the production line being constructed across the bases,
• deciding construction of an additional production line using the plurality of pieces of first equipment, and the pieces of second equipment received from the transport vehicle, in response to the quantity of the products requested to be delivered by the deadline being not produced with the quantity of production of the products per unit time multiplied by the coefficient;
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• causing the construction of the additional production line based on the construction decision.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program to cause a processor to execute:

• receiving order information including information indicating products to be produced, information indicating a quantity of the products, information indicating a delivery deadline and information indicating a position of a delivery place via a communication interface;
• referring to a production line information database storing information about a production line for producing the products based on the information indicating products to be produced, and acquiring a series of work processes about the production line, pieces of corresponding first equipment required for the series of work processes and a quantity of production based on production capacity and an operation rate using the production line;
• referring to a fixed facility database storing information about a fixed facility, and acquiring pieces of first equipment that can be assigned to the series of work processes, a fixed facility to which the pieces of first equipment belong, a position of the fixed facility, and a size of an installation space of pieces of mobile second equipment in the fixed facility, for a fixed facility existing within a predetermined distance from the position of the delivery place;
• selecting any of a plurality of fixed facilities in descending order about numbers of pieces of first equipment which can be assigned to the series of work processes and located in each of the plurality of fixed facilities, and trying to assign a plurality of pieces of first equipment located in the any of the plurality of fixed facilities to the series of work processes based on information indicating the plurality of pieces of first equipment located in a geographical area and information indicating respective positions about the plurality of pieces of first equipment;
• judging that a first fixed facility selected from the plurality of fixed facilities includes an installation space for the pieces of second equipment though pieces of first equipment which can be assigned to all the series of work processes are not located in the first fixed facility, in response to judging that the first fixed facility includes the installation space for the pieces of second equipment though the pieces of first equipment which can be assigned to all the series of work processes are not located in the first fixed facility, referring to a mobile equipment database storing information on a size of the pieces of second equipment, extracting available pieces of second equipment from the mobile equipment database, comparing the size of the installation space with the size of the second equipment extracted from the mobile equipment database, judging whether the size of the installation space is larger than the size of the pieces of second equipment, and deciding installation of the pieces of second equipment to be assigned to the installation space in response to the size of the installation space being judged to be larger than the size of the pieces of second equipment;
• transmitting request information to transport the pieces of second equipment by a transport vehicle to an installation position in the geographical area to a terminal of a manager of the pieces of second equipment via the communication interface;
• calculating a quantity of production of the products per unit time by a production line using the pieces of first equipment and the pieces of second equipment which are assigned to the series of work processes, in response to assignment about the pieces of first equipment and the pieces of second equipment to all the series of work processes ending;
• multiplying the quantity of production of the products per unit time by a coefficient determined using a table of correspondence between the coefficient and a distance or transport time between bases including a fixed facility and an external installation space, in response to the production line being constructed across the bases;
• deciding construction of an additional production line using the plurality of pieces of first equipment, and the pieces of second equipment received from the transport vehicle, in response to the quantity of the products requested to be delivered by the deadline being not produced with the quantity of production of the products per unit time multiplied by the coefficient;
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• causing the construction of the additional production line based on the construction decision.