Information processing apparatus and method

An information processing method performed by an information processing apparatus configured to output a manufacturing cost and a CO2 emission amount for each of manufacturing processes which is capable of manufacturing an identical product, the information processing method comprising:

• storing processing operation information in which the manufacturing processes, which can manufacture the identical product, are registered, wherein information regarding processing operations constituting each of the manufacturing processes, information regarding electric equipments used in each of the processing operations, information regarding a use time of each of the electric equipments for each of the processing operations, and a miscellaneous process cost excluding an electric power cost for each of the processing operations are also registered in said processing operation information by being associated with each other;
• storing equipment information in which each of the electric equipments and a power consumption per unit time of each of the electric equipments are registered in association with each other;
• storing electric power information in which an electric power cost per unit amount of electric power and a CO2 emission amount per unit amount of the electric power are registered in association with each other;
• computing a power consumption consumed in each of the processing operations based on a use time in which one of the electric equipments is used and a power consumption of the one of the electric equipments per unit time, and compute a process cost required for each of the processing operations based on the power consumption, the electric power cost per unit amount of the electric power and the miscellaneous process cost;
• computing, for each manufacturing process, a processing CO2 emission amount exhausted in each processing operation based on the power consumption and the CO2 emission amount per unit amount of the electric power;
• computing a total cost including a process cost and a processing CO2 emission amount required for a whole manufacturing process based on said process cost and said processing CO2 emission amount of each of the processing operations;
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• outputting the total cost for each of the manufacturing processes.

A non-transitory computer readable recording medium storing a program for causing an information processing apparatus to perform an information processing method, the information processing apparatus configured to output a manufacturing cost and a CO2 emission amount for each of manufacturing processes which is capable of manufacturing an identical product, the information processing method comprising:

• storing processing operation information in which the manufacturing processes, which can manufacture the identical product, are registered, wherein information regarding processing operations constituting each of the manufacturing processes, information regarding electric equipments used in each of the processing operations, information regarding a use time of each of the electric equipments for each of the processing operations, and a miscellaneous process cost excluding an electric power cost for each of the processing operations are also registered in said processing operation information by being associated with each other;
• storing equipment information in which each of the electric equipments and a power consumption per unit time of each of the electric equipments are registered in association with each other;
• storing electric power information in which an electric power cost per unit amount of electric power and a CO2 emission amount per unit amount of the electric power are registered in association with each other;
• computing a power consumption consumed in each of the processing operations based on a use time in which one of the electric equipments is used and a power consumption of the one of the electric equipments per unit time, and compute a process cost required for each of the processing operations based on the power consumption, the electric power cost per unit amount of the electric power and the miscellaneous process cost;
• computing, for each of the manufacturing processes, a processing CO2 emission amount exhausted in each processing operation based on the power consumption and the CO2 emission amount per unit amount of the electric power;
• computing a total cost including a process cost and a processing CO2 emission amount required for a whole manufacturing process based on said process cost and said processing CO2 emission amount of each of the processing operations;
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• outputting the total cost for each of the manufacturing processes.