Manufacturing execution control system, manufacturing execution control method, and manufacturing execution control program

A computer-implemented manufacturing execution control method for controlling production processing of a plurality of objects to be processed as a group in a manufacturing line, wherein the manufacturing line includes a plurality of manufacturing apparatuses arranged as apparatus groups, and wherein the manufacturing apparatuses respectively execute a plurality of manufacturing processes for processing the plurality of objects to be processed as processing units,

• the manufacturing execution control method comprising the steps of:
• creating, by a production control execution apparatus, for the group of objects to be processed, a production plan including a series of the manufacturing processes and information on processing priority for a specific priority group, and, based on the production plan, generating and outputting process control signals for processing of the objects to be processed by identifying, for each of the manufacturing processes, the apparatus groups using a single identification code obtained by virtualizing the apparatus groups;
• receiving the process control signals from the production control execution apparatus and converting and outputting, by a virtualization processing apparatus, the process control signals into group control signals for the apparatus groups of the manufacturing processes identified by the identification code;
• and
• individually controlling, by group control apparatuses provided corresponding to the respective apparatus groups, corresponding manufacturing process apparatuses in accordance with the group control signals,
• wherein the step of converting and outputting includes:
• virtualizing control signals exchanged between the production control execution apparatus and the apparatus groups and converting the control signals into the group control signals;
• acquiring state information of the respective apparatus groups;
• and
• based on (a) a transport status of a transport carrier for transporting the group of objects to be processed acquired by the acquiring and (b) a priority of the objects to be processed in the transport carrier specified in accordance with information from the production control execution apparatus, outputting, in response to arrival of a transport carrier having a high priority at a first group control apparatus among the group control apparatuses, a notification to a second group control apparatus of a subsequent process indicating that the transport carrier having the high priority is scheduled to arrive,
• wherein the second group control apparatus gives, in response to the notification, a waiting instruction to one manufacturing process apparatus among the apparatus group corresponding to a control target, the waiting instruction instructing the manufacturing process apparatus to wait for processing until arrival of the transport carrier having the high priority.

A non-transitory computer readable medium for storing a manufacturing execution control program for causing a computer to execute production processing control for controlling production processing of a plurality of objects to be processed as a group in a manufacturing line, wherein the manufacturing line includes a plurality of manufacturing apparatuses arranged as apparatus groups, and wherein the manufacturing apparatuses respectively execute a plurality of manufacturing processes for processing the plurality of objects to be processed as processing units,

• wherein a manufacturing execution control system includes:
• a production control execution apparatus configured to create, for the group of the objects to be processed, a production plan including a series of the manufacturing processes and information on processing priority for a specific priority group, and, based on the production plan, to generate and output process control signals for processing of the objects to be processed by identifying, for each of the manufacturing processes, the apparatus groups using a single identification code obtained by virtualizing the apparatus groups;
• and
• a plurality of group control apparatuses provided corresponding to the respective apparatus groups and configured to individually control corresponding manufacturing process apparatuses in accordance with group control signals,
• wherein the computer executes a step of receiving the process control signals from the production control execution apparatus and converting and outputting, by a virtualization processing apparatus, the process control signals into group control signals for the apparatus groups of the manufacturing processes identified by the identification code,
• wherein the step of converting and outputting includes:
• a virtualization conversion step of virtualizing control signals exchanged between the production control execution apparatus and the apparatus groups and converting the control signals into the group control signals;
• an apparatus state acquisition step of acquiring state information of the respective apparatus groups;
• and
• a carrier transport control step of, based on (a) a transport status of a transport carrier for transporting the group of objects to be processed acquired by the apparatus state acquisition step and (b) a priority of the objects to be processed in the transport carrier specified in accordance with information from the production control execution apparatus, outputting, in response to arrival of a transport carrier having a high priority at a first group control apparatus among the group control apparatuses, a notification to a second group control apparatus of a subsequent process indicating that the transport carrier having the high priority is scheduled to arrive,
• wherein the second group control apparatus is configured to, in response to the notification, give a waiting instruction to one manufacturing process apparatus among the apparatus group corresponding to a control target, the waiting instruction instructing the manufacturing process apparatus to wait for processing until arrival of the transport carrier having the high priority.

A manufacturing execution control system for controlling production processing of a plurality of objects to be processed as a group in a manufacturing line, wherein the manufacturing line includes a plurality of manufacturing apparatuses arranged as apparatus groups, and wherein the manufacturing apparatuses respectively execute a plurality of manufacturing processes for processing the plurality of objects to be processed as processing units,

• the manufacturing execution control system controlling the production processing in cooperation with a production control execution apparatus that creates, for a group of the objects to be processed, a production plan including a series of the manufacturing processes and information on processing priority for a specific priority group, and generates and outputs process control signals for processing of the objects to be processed based on the production plan, the manufacturing execution control system comprising:
• a virtualization processing apparatus configured to receive the process control signals from the production control execution apparatus and convert the process control signals into group control signals for apparatus groups of the manufacturing processes identified by a single identification code obtained by virtualizing the apparatus groups for each manufacturing process;
• and
• a plurality of group control apparatuses provided corresponding to the respective apparatus groups and configured to individually control corresponding manufacturing process apparatuses in accordance with the group control signals,
• wherein the virtualization processing apparatus includes a memory storing a program and one or more processors, and
• wherein the one or more processors are, based on the program, configured to:
• (i) virtualize control signals exchanged between the production control execution apparatus and the apparatus groups and convert the control signals into the group control signals for the group control apparatuses;
• (ii) acquire state information of the respective apparatus groups and output, to the production control execution apparatus, the identification code so that the production control execution apparatus identifies the apparatus groups by the identification code and generates the process control signals for processing of the objects to be processed;
• and
• (iii) based on (a) a transport status of a transport carrier for transporting the group of objects to be processed acquired as the state information, and (b) a priority of the objects to be processed in the transport carrier specified in accordance with information from the production control execution apparatus, output, in response to arrival of a transport carrier having a high priority at a first group control apparatus among the group control apparatuses, a notification to a second group control apparatus of a subsequent process indicating that the transport carrier having the high priority is scheduled to arrive,
• wherein the second group control apparatus is configured to, in response to the notification, give a waiting instruction to one manufacturing process apparatus among the apparatus group corresponding to a control target, the waiting instruction instructing the manufacturing process apparatus to wait for processing until arrival of the transport carrier having the high priority.