Automatic work allotment system for EDS fabrication machines

An automatic work allotment system for allotting fabrication instructions obtained by developing input order data to a plurality of EDS (electrical distribution system) fabrication machines for fabricating in lots a plurality of kinds of electric wires to constitute EDS products, the automatic work allotment system comprising:

• a wire specification master for storing specified data on a variety of kinds of electric wires constituting the EDS products;
• a machine master having registered wire numbers and terminal numbers set to the plurality of EDS fabrication machines and performance values thereof;
• a strip length master having registered strip lengths in correspondence to the terminal numbers;
• a work allotment processor for preparing fabrication instructions on a circuit basis to the plurality of EDS fabrication machines in accordance with a combination of numbers of input orders by product numbers and an input prefabrication completion date, wire specification data registered to the wire specification master, data registered to the machine master, and data registered to the strip length master;
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• a cutting priority circuit master for master storing circuit configurations needing more than a usual number of days from a wire cutting to a prefabrication completion, numbers of working days therefor, and termination conditions of work to be done by cutting machines provided for the plurality of EDS fabrication machines and to be set as one of “terminal solder-less connection”, “up to stripping” and “up to cutting”.

A storage medium with a stored automatic work allotment program having:

• a circuit development process function for determining a number of orders, a prefabrication completion date and information on a lot number, respectively on a circuit basis, in accordance with input orders and wire specifications for a variety of electric wires constituting EDS (electrical distribution system) products;
• a strip length decision process function for determining strip lengths of respective terminals with reference to a strip length master;
• a termination condition decision process function for setting conditions of work to be done by cutting machines provided for a plurality of EDS fabrication machines as one of “terminal solder-less connection”, “up to stripping” and “up to cutting”;
• a cutting date calculation process function for calculating cutting dates of respective electric wires in accordance with the determined prefabrication completion dates and termination conditions;
• a cutting priority process function for storing circuit configurations needing more than a usual number of days from a wire cutting to a prefabrication completion, numbers of working days therefor, and the termination conditions;
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• a work allotment process function for preparing fabrication instructions on a circuit basis to the plurality of EDS fabrication machines in accordance with the calculated cutting dates and data on electric wires, terminals and accessories to be handled by machine types and respective machines registered to a machine master.