US 2002/0059110 A1Published application

Logistics management system managing distribution and schedule of product form order-acceptance to delivery, using a computer

OwnerMasaaki Yamamoto, Yoshitaka Suzuki +5inventors

InventorsMasaaki Yamamoto, Yoshitaka Suzuki, Norimasa Sounai, Kazunari Shima, Kiyohiko Takada, Masayuki Ehiro, Teruaki Morita

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Abstract

A server apparatus includes a receiving circuit receiving order-acceptance information from a user, a user management database storing the order-acceptance information and expectation information of production and distribution, a production management database storing production state information and production instruction information, a distribution management database storing distribution state information and distribution instruction information, a standard process step database storing production standard process step information and distribution standard process step information, and a schedule control unit controlling the expectation information, the distribution instruction information and the production instruction information based on the order-acceptance information, the distribution state information, the production state information, the production standard process step information and the distribution standard process step information.

Claims51

Dependent claims

A server apparatus, comprising:

a receiving circuit receiving order-acceptance information from a user;
a user management database having an order-acceptance information storing unit storing said order-acceptance information and a production•distribution expectation information storing unit storing expectation information of production and distribution;
a production management database having a production state information storing unit storing production state information and production instruction information storing unit storing production instruction information;
a distribution management database having a distribution state information storing unit storing distribution state information and a distribution instruction information storing unit storing distribution instruction information;
a standard process step database having a production standard process step information storing unit storing production standard process step information and a distribution standard process step information storing unit storing distribution standard process step information;
and
a schedule control unit connected to said receiving circuit, said user management database, said production management database, said distribution management database and said standard process step database, and based on said order-acceptance information, controlling said distribution state information, said production state information, said production standard process step information and said distribution standard process step information, controlling said expectation information, said distribution instruction information and said production instruction information.

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A server apparatus, comprising:

a receiving circuit receiving order-acceptance information from a user;
a user management database having an order-acceptance information storing unit storing said order-acceptance information and a production and distribution progress state/expectation information storing unit storing progress state information and expectation information of production and distribution;
a production management database having a production information storing unit storing production state information and a production instruction information storing unit storing production instruction information;
a distribution management database having a distribution information storing unit storing distribution state information and a distribution instruction information storing unit storing distribution instruction information;
a standard process step database having a production standard process step information storing unit storing production standard process step information and a distribution standard process step information storing unit storing distribution standard process step information;
and
a schedule control unit connected to said receiving circuit, said user management database, said production management database, said distribution management database and said standard process step database, and controlling said progress state information, said expectation information, production instruction information and distribution instruction information, based on said order-acceptance information, said distribution state information, said production state information, said production standard process step information and said distribution standard process step information.

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A schedule control apparatus, comprising:

a program storing apparatus storing a program;
a central processing unit executing a process in accordance with the program stored in said program storing apparatus;
a temporary storage for temporarily storing contents of processing by said central processing unit;
and
a connecting circuit for inputting/outputting order-acceptance information from a user, production state information corresponding to said order-acceptance information, distribution state information corresponding to said order-acceptance information, production standard process step information representing time necessary for each production step, distribution standard process step information representing time necessary for each distribution step, expectation information corresponding to said order-acceptance information, production instruction information instructing a producer, and distribution instruction information instructing a distributor;
wherein
said program storing apparatus stores a program controlling said expectation information, said production instruction and said distribution instruction information simultaneously, based on said order-acceptance information, said production state information, said distributions state information, said production standard process step information and said distribution standard process step information.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.