Design assistance device, design assistance program and design assistance method

A design assistance device comprising:

• a specification acquisition unit configured to acquire specifications required for a final product produced in a plant that produces the final product from a material using electric power;
• a condition acquisition unit configured to acquire conditions at a location of the plant that can affect suitability of a plurality of production routes for producing the final product from the material;
• and
• a production route selection unit configured to select a recommended production route in the plant from the plurality of production routes, based on the specifications acquired by the specification acquisition unit and the conditions acquired by the condition acquisition unit.

A non-transitory computer readable medium that stores a design assistance program for causing a computer to function as:

• a specification acquisition unit configured to acquire specifications required for a final product produced in a plant that produces the final product from a material using electric power;
• a condition acquisition unit configured to acquire conditions at a location of the plant that can affect suitability of a plurality of production routes for producing the final product from the material;
• and
• a production route selection unit configured to select a recommended production route in the plant from the plurality of production routes, based on the specifications acquired by the specification acquisition unit and the conditions acquired by the condition acquisition unit.

A design assistance method causing a computer to execute the steps of:

• acquiring specifications required for a final product produced in a plant that produces the final product from a material using electric power;
• acquiring conditions at a location of the plant that can affect suitability of a plurality of production routes for producing the final product from the material;
• and
• selecting a recommended production route in the plant from the plurality of production routes, based on the specifications and the conditions.