Molding management device, production plan generation device, and molding machine control device

A molding machine control device for controlling an injection molding machine that molds a plurality of molded articles by injecting a molding material into a plurality of cavities of a plurality of molds, the molding machine control device comprising:

• a first production unit information acquisition unit configured to acquire first production unit information which is information on a plurality of molding jobs for molding the plurality of molded articles;
• a second production unit information acquisition unit configured to acquire second production unit information which is information on a plurality of lots of the plurality of molded articles and is associated with a specific cavity of the plurality of cavities, each of the plurality of jobs having the plurality of lots;
• a shot identification information generation unit configured to generate shot identification information, which is information on a plurality of shots for injecting the molding material into the plurality of cavities for each lot of the plurality of lots, each of the plurality of lots having the plurality of shots;
• an operation identification information storage unit configured to:
• store first operation identification information which is each of the plurality of jobs assigned with the plurality of lots as information on a first lower data hierarchy;
• store second operation identification information which is each of the plurality of lots assigned with the plurality of shots as information on a second lower data hierarchy;
• and
• store third operation identification information which is one-to-one relationships between every one of the plurality of cavities and every combination between the plurality of lots and the plurality of shots;
• an operation data acquisition unit configured to acquire molding machine operation data which is information on operation data of the injection molding machine;
• an operation data storage unit;
• and
• an operation data storage control unit configured to cause the operation data storage unit to store the molding machine operation data and the first, second, and third operation identification information in association with each other as associated data,
• wherein the molding machine control device is further configured to provide the associated data to an external management device that is configured to manage a manufacturing system of the plurality of molded articles.