Method and system for planning disassembly and production of recyclable products and for planning procurement of parts for production

A procurement plan generation system for creating a procurement plan to procure parts and materials for products to be manufactured, the system comprising:

• a production demand memory unit to store production demand information on products to be manufactured;
• a collection schedule information memory unit to store collection schedule information on each used product;
• a recyclable part table memory unit to store a recyclable part table showing recyclable parts contained in each used product;
• a recyclable part availability information generation unit to generate recyclable part availability information on recyclable parts by referring to the collection schedule information and the recyclable part table and to store the recyclable part availability information in a recyclable part availability information memory unit;
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• a production demand development unit to generate a procurement plan on parts and materials that cannot be fully supplied from available, recyclable parts alone by referring to the production demand information and the recyclable part availability information.

A production, procurement and disassembly plan generation system for creating production, procurement and disassembly plans on recyclable products, the system comprising:

• a production demand memory unit to store production demand information on products to be manufactured;
• a collection schedule information memory unit to store collection schedule information on each used product;
• a recyclable part table memory unit to store a recyclable part table showing recyclable parts contained in each used product;
• a recyclable part availability information generation unit to generate recyclable part availability information on recyclable parts by referring to the collection schedule information and the recyclable part table and to store the recyclable part availability information in a recyclable part availability information memory unit;
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• a production demand development unit to generate the disassembly plan on recyclable parts according the production demand by referring to the production demand information and the recyclable part availability information, generate a procurement plan on parts and materials that cannot be fully supplied from available, recyclable parts alone, and generate a production plan based on the disassembly and procurement plans.

A disassembly plan generation method for creating a disassembly plan to disassemble collected, used products, the method comprising the steps of:

• storing collection schedule information on each used product and a recyclable part table showing recyclable parts contained in each used product;
• storing production demand information on products to be manufactured by using the recyclable parts;
• generating recyclable part availability information by referring to the collection schedule information and the recyclable part table;
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• generating a recyclable part disassembly plan according to a production demand by referring to the production demand information and the recyclable part availability information.

A procurement plan generation method for creating a procurement plan on parts and materials for products to be manufactured, the method comprising the steps of:

• storing production demand information on products to be manufactured, collection schedule information on individual used products, and a recyclable part table showing recyclable parts contained in the used products;
• generating recyclable part availability information by referring to the collection schedule information and the recyclable part table;
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• generating a procurement plan on parts and materials that cannot be fully supplied from available, recyclable parts alone by referring to the production demand information and the recyclable part availability information.