US 7,127,307 B2 · Generation/management apparatus of production processing structure in factory production management system

Abstract

In an apparatus for generating and managing production processing structure in a production management system of a factory, the structure of factory made up of the names or other identifiers of process points obtained by subdividing the factory production line is hierarchically registered in the storage device of the management computer (server; S200), the terminal computers and devices used in production are registered as terminal devices (S202), and tasks (from among tasks generated in advance and stored in the disk of the management computer) for achieving the operation or processing to be implemented at the process points are selected for each process point and registered in the order of execution (S204), while linking the terminal devices with definition information that correlates them, once the terminal computers are activated, the registered tasks are executed by the management computer (server) based on the definition information thus registered, so that the production record information is accumulated, production instructions are distributed to the devices based on the accumulated production record information, such that the product is produced. With this, the number of man-hours and the costs of developing the production management system in building a factory can be significantly reduced, and the turnaround time can be shortened.

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Dependent claims

An apparatus for generating and managing production processing structure in a production management system of a factory implemented through a management computer that makes instructions to produce a product and manages production information and terminal computers disposed at production line of the factory, comprising:

a. registering means for, when structure of the factory comprising at least a name for identifying the factory, a name for identifying the product to be produced at the factory or operation to be implemented at the factory, a name of the line in which the product is to be produced or the operation is to be implemented, and names of process points obtained by dividing the line, is inputted by a developer, hierarchically registering the names in a storage device of the management computer;
b. registering means for, when one of the terminal computers and devices to be used in the production or operation of the production line are identified by the developer, registering them as terminal devices in the storage device;
c. registering means for, when a minimum unit task or tasks for achieving the operation or processing to be executed in the respective process points from among all minimum unit tasks prepared in advance and stored in a disk of the management computer, is selected and inputted in a sequence of execution for the respective process points by the developer, registering the minimum unit task or tasks in the storage device;
d. registering means for, when definition information that correlates the registered terminal devices with the operation or processing to be implemented in each of processing steps is inputted by the developer, registering the definition information in the storage device;
and
e. task execution means for, when the terminal computers of the terminal devices are activated, allowing the management computer to execute the registered minimum unit tasks based on the registered definition information to collect production record information of the product and to accumulate the collected production record information.

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A method of generating and managing production processing structure in a production management system of a factory implemented through a management computer that makes instructions to produce a product and manages production information and terminal computers disposed at production line of the factory, comprising the steps of:

a. hierarchically registering, when structure of the factory comprising at least a name for identifying the factory, a name for identifying the product to be produced at the factory or operation to be implemented at the factory, a name of the line in which the product is to be produced or the operation is to be implemented, and names of process points obtained by dividing the line, is inputted, the names in a storage device of the management computer;
b. registering, when one of the terminal computers and devices to be used in the production or operation of the production line are identified, them as terminal devices in the storage device;
c. registering, when a minimum unit task or tasks for achieving the operation or processing to be executed in the respective process points from among all minimum unit tasks prepared in advance and stored in a disk of the management computer, is selected and inputted in a sequence of execution for the respective process points, the minimum unit task or tasks in the storage device;
d. registering, when definition information that correlates the registered terminal devices with the operation or processing to be implemented in each of processing steps is inputted, the definition information in the storage device;
and
e. allowing, when the terminal computers of the terminal devices are activated, the management computer to execute the registered minimum unit tasks based on the registered definition information to collect production record information of the product and to accumulate the collected production record information.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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