Technical Field
[0001]
The present invention relates to a manufacture
instruction data management server which is a server for
operation of ERP, and supplies manufacture instruction data
10 produced in a business process to a user terminal via a
communication network in accordance with a request from the
user terminal used by a user, and further relates to a
manufacture instruction data management program under which
the manufacture instruction data management server performs
15 functions.
Related Art
[0002]
Package software called ERP (Enterprise Resource
Planning) has been the mainstream software used for
20 building core business systems in enterprises. An
increasing number of these core business systems containing
ERP (enterprise resource planning systems, or ERP systems)
are built on relational databases. The principal
objectives of application programs designed for the systems
25 are often focused on business processing, wherefore the
systems are generally used with no primary attention given
to output reports.
3
[0003]
Under these circumstances, various data warehouse
systems offering complementary functions for the core
business systems have been proposed for the purpose of
5 processing a large volume of reports at high speed, and
outputting the reports in accordance with a request from a
user (for example, see JP 2002-312208 A).
SUMMARY
10 [0005]
These systems manage various types of manufacture
instructions, and manage lots of manufacture instruction
data. In this case, the volume of data to be outputted
inevitably becomes enormous, wherefore the amount of
15 processes required for outputting the data increases.
Accordingly, in case of the foregoing systems, an improved
technique for outputting data has been demanded rather than
simple output of a list of extracted data. More
specifically, such a system has been demanded which can
20 provide desired data for a user by executing only
simplified processing without requiring complicated
selection operation.
[0006]
The present invention solves the aforementioned
25 problems by providing a technology which can provide
desired data for a user by executing only simplified
processing without requiring complicated selection
4
operation.
[0007]
A manufacture instruction data management server
according to the present invention, which is a server for
5 operation of ERP, and supplies manufacture instruction data
produced in a business process to a user terminal via a
communication network in accordance with a request issued
from the user terminal used by a user, includes: a
manufacture instruction data storing unit storing
10 manufacture instruction data containing allotment
destination information indicating a destination of
allotment of instructions, and article detail information
indicating details of an article to be manufactured; a
narrowing condition designation screen supplying unit
15 supplying a narrowing condition designation screen for
designating a time range, an allotment destination item
indicating an item of the allotment destination information,
and an article item indicating an item of the article
detail information as narrowing conditions in accordance
20 with a request from the user terminal; a narrowing result
data creating unit receiving narrowing conditions
designated on the narrowing condition designation screen
from the user terminal, and creating a production table
screen corresponding to the narrowing conditions as
25 narrowing result data; and a narrowing result supplying
unit supplying the narrowing result data created by the
narrowing result data creating unit to the user terminal as
5
narrowing results. The production table screen contains an
element display area where a designated time range, and
allotment destination information corresponding to the
designated allotment destination item are displayed as
5 elements of a table, and contains a mesh data display area
where mesh data containing the article detail information
about the article item is displayed in a section for
corresponding elements for each manufacture instruction
data.
10 [0008]
This constitution allows output of desired data to
the user only by simplified processing without requiring
complicated selection operation in the business system (ERP
system) for providing information on reports.
15 [0009]
The narrowing condition designation screen may be
configured to contain an area for selecting the time range,
an area for selecting the allotment destination item, and
an area for selecting the article item.
20 [0010]
The production table screen may be configured to
contain an additional change area for selecting execution
of either new addition of the manufacture instruction data
or contents change of the manufacture instruction data.
25 The manufacture instruction data management server may be
configured to transmit additional change screen information
displaying a list of the manufacture instruction data to
6
the user terminal in accordance with a request from the
user terminal having determined selection in the additional
change area, receive contents of input operation of either
new addition of the manufacture instruction data or
5 contents change of the manufacture instruction data from
the user terminal displaying an additional change screen
based on the additional change screen information, and
update the manufacture instruction data in accordance with
the received contents of input operation.
10 [0011]
The allotment destination item may be configured to
contain at least any one of a business process, a project,
and a step. The article item may be configured to contain
at least either an article name or an amount of production.
15 [0012]
A manufacture instruction data management program
according to the present invention allows operation of ERP,
and allows a manufacture instruction data management server
to supply manufacture instruction data produced in a
20 business process to a user terminal via a communication
network in accordance with a request issued from the user
terminal used by a user. Under the manufacture instruction
data management program, the manufacture instruction data
management server including a manufacture instruction data
25 storing unit which stores manufacture instruction data
containing allotment destination information indicating a
destination of allotment of instructions, and article
7
detail information indicating details of an article to be
manufactured executes: a narrowing condition designation
screen supplying process supplying a narrowing condition
designation screen for designating a time range, an
5 allotment destination item indicating an item of the
allotment destination information, and an article item
indicating an item of the article detail information as
narrowing conditions in accordance with a request from the
user terminal; a narrowing result data creating process
10 receiving narrowing conditions designated on the narrowing
condition designation screen from the user terminal, and
creating a production table screen corresponding to the
narrowing conditions as narrowing result data, wherein the
production table screen contains an element display area
15 where a designated time range, and allotment destination
information corresponding to the designated allotment
destination item are displayed as elements of a table, and
contains a mesh data display area where mesh data
containing the article detail information about the article
20 item is displayed in a section for corresponding elements
for each manufacture instruction data; and a narrowing
result supplying process supplying the narrowing result
data created in the narrowing result data creating process
to the user terminal as narrowing results.
25 [0013]
According to the present invention, output of data
desired by a user is allowed by execution of only
8
simplified processing without the necessity of complicated
selection operation in a business system providing
information on reports.
BRIEF 5 DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
[0014]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a constitution
example of a manufacture instruction data management
system;
10 FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a constitution
example of the manufacture instruction data management
system;
FIG. 3 is a figure illustrating a constitution
example of manufacture instruction data;
15 FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an example of a
production table supplying process;
FIG. 5 is a figure illustrating a constitution
example of a narrowing condition designation screen;
FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an example of a
20 narrowing condition receiving process;
FIG. 7 is a figure illustrating a constitution
example of the narrowing condition designation screen;
FIG. 8 is a figure illustrating a constitution
example of a production table screen;
25 FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing an example of an
additional change process; and
FIG. 10 is a figure illustrating a constitution
9
example of a manufacture instruction list display screen.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0015]
5 An embodiment according to the present invention is
hereinafter described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a constitution
example of a manufacture instruction data management system
1000 according to the embodiment of the present invention.
10 As illustrated in FIG. 1, the manufacture instruction data
management system 1000 includes a manufacture instruction
data management server 10, a relay 20, a plurality of user
terminals 31 through 3N (N: arbitrary positive integer),
and an enterprise resource planning system 100.
15 [0016]
The manufacture instruction data management server 10
is connected with each of the user terminals 31 through 3N
via a communication network 40 such as the Internet, and
the relay 20. The manufacture instruction data management
20 server 10 is connected with the enterprise resource
planning system 100 via a communication network 51 such as
a LAN (Local Area Network) and a dedicated communication
line. The user terminals may be configured to be either
communicable with each other via the manufacture
25 instruction data management server 10, or incommunicable
with each other.
[0017]
10
The enterprise resource planning system 100 includes
a core business server 110, a data warehouse server (DWH
server) 120, and a voucher data DB (Database) 101.
[0018]
5 The enterprise resource planning system 100 performs
functions as an enterprise resource planning system by
communicating with (transmitting and receiving various
types of information to and from) the manufacture
instruction data management server 10. Known technologies
10 are applied to the core business server 110 and others
included in the enterprise resource planning system 100.
[0019]
It is assumed that the core business server 110 and
the DWH server 120 are connected with each other via a
15 dedicated communication line.
[0020]
The core business server 110 is a server managed by a
manager of the manufacture instruction data management
system 1000, for example, and performs various types of
20 functions for managing report information concerning
various types of business affairs (such as creation, update,
and saving of information). The core business server 110
is constituted by an ordinary information processing device
equipped with an OS (Operating System) and a relational DB.
25 [0021]
The term “report” in this context is a general term
referring to books, vouchers and the like. Books herein
11
are materials where items concerning receipts and
disbursements of money and articles are entered, while
vouchers herein are data based on which books are created,
and are evidences for business transactions or the like.
5 Discussed in this embodiment is an example in which the
core business server 110 handles only voucher data as
report data.
[0022]
The core business server 110 executes various types
10 of processes under a business application program.
Examples of the business application program herein include
a sales task management program, a purchase task management
program, a production management program, a financial
accounting management program, and a managerial accounting
15 management program.
[0023]
The DWH server 120 is a server managed by a system
manager of this system, for example, and performs various
types of functions for realizing a data warehouse. The
20 data warehouse in this context refers to a system which
analyzes relevance between respective items in business
data such as report data accumulated in the time-series
order. The DWH server 120 has a function of converting
files in CSV (Comma Separated Values) format transferred
25 from the core business server 110 into data in a
predetermined data format, for example, and registering
respective types of the converted data in predetermined
12
storing areas. The DWH server 120 may be configured to
extract data corresponding to respective storing areas from
data in the state of CSV format without converting data
format.
5 [0024]
The report data DB 101 is a storage medium which
stores various types of report data collected, sorted, or
processed in other ways by various types of information
processing under various types of business application
10 programs (programs stored in a not-shown business
application program DB included in the enterprise resource
planning system 100). For example, voucher data
corresponding to order acceptance slips in the report data
DB 101 is associated with order acceptance slip header
15 information, order acceptance slip detailed information,
delivery date schedule and the like, and stored in a
structure searchable based on keys such as slip numbers.
[0025]
The core business server 110 has a function of
20 converting various types of data stored in the report data
DB 101 (particularly manufacture instruction data) into
data in CSV format in accordance with predetermined
extraction conditions, and transmitting the converted data
to the manufacture instruction data management server 10.
25 According to this embodiment, the core business server 110
transfers data files converted into CSV format using FTP
(File Transfer Protocol) to the manufacture instruction
13
data management server 10.
[0026]
The manufacture instruction data management server 10
is a server for operation of ERP, and supplies various
5 types of data via a communication network in accordance
with requests from the user terminals 31 through 3N used by
users. The manufacture instruction data management server
10 is constituted by an information processing device such
as a WWW server, and managed by the system manager of the
10 manufacture instruction data management system 1000.
[0027]
FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a constitution
example of the manufacture instruction data management
server 10. As illustrated in FIG. 2, the manufacture
15 instruction data management server 10 includes a control
unit 11 performing various types of controls, a manufacture
instruction data DB 16, a business application program DB
17, a report data DB 18, a DWH DB 19, and an additional DB
10X storing various types of data necessary for performing
20 functions as an ordinary core business server (such as data
used by various types of programs stored in the business
application program DB 17). The additional DB 10X is a
part not relating to the present invention, wherefore
detailed explanation thereof is omitted herein. The
25 control unit 11 includes a screen information supply
processing unit 11a which executes processes such as a
process for supplying various types of screen information
14
(for example, narrowing designation screen information and
production table screen information) to the user terminals
31 through 3N.
[0028]
5 The manufacture instruction data DB 16 is a storage
medium storing manufacture instruction data produced in a
business process.
[0029]
FIG. 3 is a figure illustrating a constitution
10 example of manufacture instruction data stored in the
manufacture instruction data DB 16. As illustrated in FIG.
3, the manufacture instruction data contains at least
period information, allotment destination information,
article detail information, and work information.
15 [0030]
The period information contains a start time and an
end time, and a corresponding date is stored for each of
the times. According to this embodiment, only information
concerning a start time and an end time is stored as the
20 period information. However, the period information may
define the period in accordance with manufacture phases, or
may define only an end time.
[0031]
The allotment destination information is information
25 defining allotment destinations. More specifically, the
allotment destination information is information indicating
allotment destinations of processes, projects, and work
15
divisions (including names of work divisions, hereinafter
referred to as steps depending on cases) allotted as items
corresponding to items received as designations on a
narrowing condition designation screen 500 (described
later). The 5 processes indicate types of business
processes, more specifically, business processes containing
various types of processes such as “speculative production”,
“build-to-order manufacturing”, and “project delivery”.
The work divisions indicate manufacture lines, and are
10 associated with work division names such as “molding step”
and “assembly step”.
[0032]
The article detail information is information
defining detailed information about articles to be produced
15 for each item. As illustrated in FIG. 3, the article
detail information contains product item, product name,
amount of production, unit of amount of production,
component item, component name, requirement, and unit of
requirement as items corresponding to items to be
20 designated on the narrowing condition designation screen.
Mesh data displayed in the production table is presented
based on data corresponding to items designated by the user.
The mesh data may be configured to present items associated
with items not designated by the user in addition to items
25 associated with the items designated by the user. More
specifically, the system 1000 according to this embodiment
may be configured to display the amount of production of
16
the corresponding product item as well when a certain
product name is selected as a target item.
[0033]
The work information indicates data specifying time
5 required for work, cost, subcontractor and the like.
[0034]
The business application program DB 17 is a storage
medium storing programs used for various types of business
affairs. Examples of the programs stored in the business
10 application program DB 17 include a sales task management
program, a purchase task management program, a production
management program, a financial accounting management
program, and a managerial accounting management program.
[0035]
15 The report data DB 18 is a storage medium storing
various types of report data collected, sorted, or
processed in other ways by various types of information
processing under various types of business application
programs stored in the business application program DB 17.
20 According to this embodiment, the report data DB 18 is a
database which stores voucher data transferred from the
core business server 110 in a predetermined format, and is
constituted by a plurality of cubes.
[0036]
25 Each of the cubes stores report data concerning
contents of the corresponding business affair produced in a
business process under the corresponding business
17
application program. More specifically, each of the cubes
stores report data concerning contents of the corresponding
business affair such as order acceptance slip details,
shipment slip details, delivery slip details, and order
5 slip details.
[0037]
Such a cube may be equipped which stores report data
concerning contents of each associated business affair
indicating contents of predetermined associated business
10 affairs crossing a plurality of business units as unified
contents. More specifically, such a cube may be equipped
which stores report data indicating contents of
predetermined associated business affairs such as order
acceptance, shipment, and delivery (business affairs
15 associated with order acceptance, shipment, and delivery)
as unified contents, for example.
[0038]
Accordingly, each of the cubes stores report data
concerning contents of the corresponding business affair
20 produced in a business process, report data concerning
contents of the corresponding associated business affair
indicating contents of predetermined associated business
affairs crossing a plurality of business units as unified
contents, and other report data in the corresponding
25 classifications classified according to contents of
business affairs.
[0039]
18
According to this embodiment, the manufacture
instruction data is stored in the manufacture instruction
data DB 16. However, the manufacture instruction data may
be configured to be contained within one cube.
5 [0040]
Each of the cubes stores data constituted by items
generally contained in the corresponding report data (The
items include order acceptance slip header information,
order acceptance slip detail information, delivery date
10 schedule for voucher data corresponding to order acceptance
slip, for example. The items are stored in such a
structure that respective items are searchably associated
based on keys such as slip numbers. Slip numbers include
order acceptance number, order number, shipment number, in15
and-out store number, invoice inquiry, bill number, account
number, and others).
[0041]
The manufacture instruction data management server 10
has a function of supplying various types of data stored in
20 the report data DB 18 and the additional DB 10X in
accordance with a request from a predetermined external
device, i.e., the user terminals 31 through 3N and the
enterprise resource planning system 100 according to this
embodiment. More specifically, the manufacture instruction
25 data management server 10 performs a function as a core
business server. In other words, the manufacture
instruction data management server 10 is equipped with an
19
ERP engine.
[0042]
According to this embodiment, it is assumed that the
manufacture instruction data management server 10 has a
5 function as a DWH server performing various types of
functions for realizing a data warehouse, though not shown
in the figures. The constitution of the manufacture
instruction data management server 10 for performing both
the functions as an ERP engine and a DWH server allows the
10 manufacture instruction data management server 10 to supply
information to an enterprise resource planning system
having a different constitution (for example, an enterprise
resource planning system including only a core business
server, and an enterprise resource planning system
15 including only a DWH server, as well as the enterprise
resource planning system 100) when the information is
required by the corresponding enterprise resource planning
system.
[0043]
20 Each of the user terminals 31 through 3N is
constituted by an information processing device, such as
iPad (registered trademark), which includes a CPU (Central
Processing Unit), a ROM, a RAM, a display unit and others,.
According to this embodiment, it is assumed that each of
25 the user terminals 31 through 3N is equipped with various
types of applications used for handling web browsers,
manufacture instruction data, and various types of screen
20
information. In addition, according to this embodiment,
each of the user terminals 31 through 3N has a function of
defining queries (narrowing item, narrowing key, extraction
key and the like) used for obtaining necessary manufacture
5 instruction data from the manufacture instruction data
management server 10 in accordance with operation input
from the user, for example, and a function of transmitting
the defined queries to the manufacture instruction data
management server 10.
10 [0044]
According to this embodiment, the respective user
terminals 31 through 3N have output units 31a through 3Na,
respectively, each of which communicates with the
manufacture instruction data management server 10 via the
15 relay 20 and the communication network 40, and outputs a
screen based on screen information obtained from the
manufacture instruction data management server 10 by a
function of software such as a predetermined web
application (web browser), for example.
20 [0045]
Operation of the manufacture instruction data
management system 1000 (hereinafter referred to as system
1000 depending on cases) is hereinafter described with
reference to the drawings. Contents of operations and
25 processes not particularly relating to the present
invention may be omitted depending on cases. Discussed in
this embodiment is an example in which a production table
21
is created based on manufacture instruction data
corresponding to an organization ID presented in a login
request received from the user terminal 31 beforehand. In
other words, a production table created for each
5 organization will be discussed.
[0046]
When such a constitution is assumed which receives
narrowing conditions without receiving a login request, the
user terminal 31 may be configured to receive input of an
10 organization ID to an organization ID input area (not
shown) on a narrowing screen for designating narrowing
conditions, and transmit narrowing conditions containing
the inputted organization ID at the time of transmission of
the narrowing conditions to the server 10. In addition,
15 the production table may be created for each corporation
rather than for each organization.
[0047]
FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an example of a
production table supplying process executed by the
20 manufacture instruction data management server 10
(hereinafter referred to as server 10 depending on cases)
and others included in the manufacture instruction data
management system 1000 according to this embodiment. In
this process, the server 10 executes a process for
25 receiving a request for display of data concerning
manufacture instructions from the user terminal 31
presenting a specified organization ID, and a process for
22
transmitting to the user terminal 31 information concerning
a production table to be displayed on the user terminal 31
side in accordance with the received request.
[0048]
5 In the production table supplying process, the user
terminal 31 initially issues a request for transmission of
a narrowing condition designation screen to the server 10
(step S101). More specifically, the user terminal 31
displays a predetermined menu screen, and receives from the
10 user a press of a button for inputting a request for
display of manufacture instructions. Then, the user
terminal 31 transmits a request for transmission of the
narrowing condition designation screen 500 to the server 10.
[0049]
15 After receiving the request for transmission of the
narrowing condition designation screen 500 from the user
terminal 31, the server 10 transmits to the user terminal
31 narrowing condition designation screen information for
displaying the narrowing condition designation screen 500
20 (step S102).
[0050]
After receiving the narrowing condition designation
screen information, the user terminal 31 displays the
narrowing condition designation screen 500 on a display
25 device included in the user terminal 31 based on the
received narrowing condition designation screen information
(step S103).
23
[0051]
FIG. 5 is a figure illustrating a constitution
example of the narrowing condition designation screen 500.
As illustrated in FIG. 5, the narrowing condition
5 designation screen 500 contains an allotment destination
item selection area 501, an article item selection area 502,
a time range selection area 503, a proceed button 504, and
a production table button 505.
[0052]
10 The allotment destination item selection area 501 is
an area for selecting an item of allotment destination
information to which manufacture instructions are allotted,
such as “process” and “step”. The allotment destination
item selection area 501 contains a plurality of buttons
15 representing names of the corresponding items. The
allotment destination item selection area 501 is an area
where the user terminal 31 receives selection of any button
displayed in this area.
[0053]
20 The article item selection area 502 is an area for
selecting an item or items of article detailed information
indicating detailed information about an article, and
contains a plurality of buttons representing names of the
corresponding items. The article item selection area 502
25 is an area where the user terminal 31 receives designation
of one or more items.
[0054]
24
The time range selection area 503 is an area for
receiving selection of a time range, and contains buttons
for corresponding time units.
[0055]
5 According to this embodiment, the respective
selection areas include allotment destinations, article
details, and time ranges, respectively, as selection items
for which selection from the user is received. However,
the constitution of this embodiment is not limited to this
10 example. For example, such a constitution may be adopted
which includes some of selection items which are already
set without the necessity of receiving selection, and the
other selection items only for which reception of selection
is needed so as to execute narrowing. More specifically,
15 the system 1000 according to this embodiment may be
configured to set the time range to “week” beforehand, and
receive selection of only allotment destination and article
details.
[0056]
20 The proceed button 504 is a button provided to
execute narrowing based on the selected items.
[0057]
The production table button 505 is a button selected
to display a production table. The embodiment discussed
25 herein is an example which displays a production table
based on manufacture instruction data, wherefore it is
assumed that the production table button 505 has been
25
selected beforehand. In addition, as illustrated in FIG. 5,
the selected buttons are displayed with signs of emphasis
to allow recognition of the state of selection at first
glance.
5 [0058]
After displaying the narrowing condition designation
screen 500, the user terminal 31 executes a narrowing
condition receiving process (step S200).
[0059]
10 FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an example of the
narrowing condition receiving process. As illustrated in
FIG. 6, the narrowing condition receiving process executes
a process for receiving selection of respective items.
[0060]
15 In the narrowing condition receiving process, the
user terminal 31 initially receives selection of an
allotment destination from the user (step S201).
[0061]
After receiving selection of the allotment
20 destination from the user, the user terminal 31 receives
selection of an article item from the user (step S202).
[0062]
After receiving selection of the article item, the
user terminal 31 receives selection of a time range (step
25 S203).
[0063]
FIG. 7 is a figure illustrating a constitution
26
example of the narrowing condition designation screen 500
updated after reception of selection of respective items.
As illustrated in FIG. 7, display modes of the respective
buttons indicating the selected allotment destination item
in 5 the allotment destination item selection area 501, the
selected article item in the article item selection area
502, and the selected time range in the time range
selection area 503 have been changed to allow recognition
of the selected buttons at first glance.
10 [0064]
According to this embodiment, selection of the
respective items is determined in the order of allotment
destination item, article item, and time range. However,
the order of selection may be arbitrarily determined. More
15 specifically, the article item may be selected earlier, or
the time range may be selected earlier.
[0065]
After receiving selection of the time range, the user
terminal 31 receives selection of execution of narrowing.
20 More specifically, the user terminal 31 receives selection
of the proceed button 504 (step S204).
[0066]
After receiving selection of the proceed button 504,
the user terminal 31 returns to the production table
25 supplying process. Then, the user terminal 31 presents the
selected narrowing conditions and transmits a request for
narrowing to the server 10 (step S104).
After receiving the request for narrowing, the server
10 creates production table screen information based on the
received narrowing conditions (step S105).
5 [0068]
After creating the production table screen
information, the server 10 transmits the created production
table screen information to the user terminal 31 (step
S106).
After receiving the production table screen
information from the server 10, the user terminal 31
displays a production table screen 800 on the display
device of the user terminal 31 (step S107).
15 [0070]
FIG. 8 is a figure illustrating a constitution
example of the production table screen 800. The production
table screen 800 in FIG. 8 is a specific screen where the
narrowing conditions are set to “step” for the allotment
20 destination item, “article” for the article item, and
“week” for the time range in correspondence with the
narrowing conditions shown in FIG. 7. As illustrated in
FIG. 8, the production table screen 800 contains a
production table 801, an element display area (time range
25 element display area 802 and allotment destination element
display area 803), a mesh data display area 804, mesh data
805, and a registration button 806.
The production table 801 is a table having a
horizontal axis and a vertical axis for element display.
According to the production table screen 800 in this
5 embodiment, time ranges are put on the horizontal axis,
while allotment destinations are put on the vertical axis.
However, the elements on the horizontal axis may be
switched to elements on the vertical axis, and the elements
on the vertical axis may be switched to elements on the
10 horizontal elements.
The time range element display area 802 is an area
for displaying elements divided by time ranges designated
as narrowing conditions. The time range designated in this
15 embodiment is “week”, wherefore time ranges divided by
weeks are displayed in the time range element display area
802.
The allotment destination element display area 803 is
20 an area for displaying elements divided by allotment
destinations designated as narrowing conditions. The
allotment destination designated in this embodiment is
“step”, wherefore steps of all types contained in the
manufacture instruction data are displayed in the allotment
25 destination element display area 803 as individual divided
steps of “LINE-A (molding step)”, “LINE-B (molding step)”,
and “LINE-C (assembly step)”, and others. According to
this embodiment, the steps of all types contained in the
manufacture instruction data are divided into the
individual steps and displayed. However, such a
constitution may be adopted which divides only a part of
5 all the steps (such as steps A through D when all the steps
are constituted by steps A through F) into individual
divided steps to be displayed. In this case, selection
buttons are provided on the narrowing condition designation
screen 500 or on the production table screen 800 to receive
10 designation of selection from a part of the steps displayed
on the allotment destination element display area 803.
According to this embodiment, a “work division name”
as an item associated with a “work division” shown in FIG.
15 3 is displayed on the allotment destination element display
area 803 together with the “work division” when the item
“step” is designated. However, such a constitution which
displays only either the “work division “or the “work
division name” may be adopted.
The mesh data display area 804 is an area for
displaying the mesh data 805 containing article detail
information about the corresponding article item. Each of
the mesh data 805 is put in a section for the corresponding
25 elements as corresponding manufacture instruction data.
When multiple sets of the mesh data 805 are present as data
corresponding to the same elements, the user terminal 31
positions the multiple sets of the mesh data 805 within the
same corresponding section.
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Each of the mesh data 805 is data corresponding to an
article item designated based 5 sed on narrowing conditions. The
mesh data 805 is extracted for display from the manufacture
instruction data meeting the respective elements of the
time range and allotment destination. According to this
embodiment, the designated article item is “article”,
10 wherefore the “product name” and the “amount of production”
associated with the “article” are displayed as the mesh
data 805. According to this embodiment, items for
extraction associated with the corresponding article are
specified based on a not-shown associated information
15 extraction table, and data corresponding to the items for
extraction is displayed as the mesh data 805. However, the
constitution of this embodiment is not limited to this
example. The system 1000 may be configured to associate
article items designated as narrowing conditions with item
20 names in data to be stored with one-to-one correspondence.
More specifically, the article item selection area 502 of
the narrowing condition designation screen 500 may be
configured to contain an item “product name” shown in FIG.
3 so that the system 1000 can extract data corresponding to
25 the “product item” when the “product name” is selected as
narrowing conditions. Alternatively, data to be displayed
as the mesh data 805 may be set beforehand.
The registration button 806 is a button provided for
executing an additional change process. According to this
embodiment, execution of either new addition of manufacture
5 instructions or contents change is received by selection
operation of this button. However, an arbitrary
constitution may be adopted as long as this process can be
executed based on selection from the user.
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10 After displaying the production table screen 800, the
user terminal 31 executes the additional change process by
reception of selection of the registration button 806 (step
S108). When operation for ending the browser is executed
without selection of the registration button 806, the
15 production table supplying process ends without execution
of the additional change process.
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FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing an example of the
additional change process. As shown in FIG. 9, either the
20 new addition process of manufacture instructions, or the
contents change process of manufacture instructions is
executed in the additional change process.
In the additional change process, the user terminal
25 31 initially transmits a request for transmission of a
manufacture instruction list display screen 1100 to the
server 10 (step S301).
After receiving the request for transmission of the
manufacture instruction list display screen 1100, the
server 10 transmits manufacture instruction list display
5 screen information to the user terminal 31 (step S302).
After receiving the manufacture instruction list
display screen information, the user terminal 31 displays
the manufacture instruction list display screen 1100 based
10 on the received manufacture instruction list display screen
information (step S303).
FIG. 10 is a figure illustrating a constitution
example of the manufacture instruction list display screen.
15 As illustrated in FIG. 10, the manufacture instruction list
display screen 1100 contains a manufacture instruction list
display area 1101, an allotment destination information
display area 1102, an instruction registration button 1103,
an instruction delete button 1104, a detail delete button
20 1105, and a saving button 1106.
The manufacture instruction list display area 1101 is
an area for displaying lists of manufacture instruction
data stored in the manufacture instruction data DB 16 of
25 the server 10. The manufacture instruction list display
area 1101 displays lists of step, product, and component
data shown separately on different user interfaces. Data
having the same work division name indicates data of the
same manufacturing step. Details shown in the manufacture
instruction list display area 1101 are configured to be
selectable.
The allotment destination information display area
1102 is an area for displaying allotment information (such
as project, start time, and end time) contained in the
manufacture instructions to be displayed in the manufacture
10 instruction list display area 1101.
The instruction registration button 1103 is a button
to be selected when manufacture instructions are newly
registered.
The instruction delete button 1104 is a button to be
selected when manufacture instructions are deleted.
The detail delete button 1105 is a button to be
20 selected when details in a line (or multiple lines) in the
selected list are deleted.
The saving button 1106 is a button to be selected
when change contents are saved. When receiving selection
25 of the saving button 1106, the user terminal 31 transmits
information indicating the change contents to the server 10.
After displaying the manufacture instruction list
display screen 1100, the user terminal 31 receives input
operation inputted to the manufacture instruction list
display screen 1100 (step S304).
After receiving the input operation, the user
terminal 31 receives selection operation for selecting the
saving button 1106 (step S305).
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10 The user terminal 31 reflects the received input
contents to the manufacture instruction list screen 1100,
and transmits change contents information indicating the
input contents to the server 10 (step S306). Then, the
terminal 31 ends the additional change process. After
15 ending the additional change process, the user terminal 31
ends the production table supplying process.
On the other hand, the server 10 having received the
change contents information updates the manufacture
20 instruction data based on the change contents information
(step S307). After updating the manufacture instruction
data, the server 10 ends the production table supplying
process.
25 As discussed above, the manufacture instruction data
management server 10 (manufacture instruction data
management system 1000) in the foregoing embodiment is a
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server for operation of ERP, and supplies manufacture
instruction data produced in a business process to the user
terminal 31 via a communication network in accordance with
a request issued from the user terminal 31 used by the user.
5 The manufacture instruction data management server 10
includes the manufacture instruction data DB 16 storing
manufacture instruction data containing allotment
destination information indicating a destination of
allotment of instructions, and article detail information
10 indicating details of an article to be manufactured,
supplies the narrowing condition designation screen (500,
700) for designating a time range, an allotment destination
item indicating an item of the allotment destination
information, and an article item indicating an item of the
15 article detail information as narrowing conditions in
accordance with a request from the user terminal, receives
narrowing conditions designated on the narrowing condition
designation screen (500, 700) from the user terminal 31,
creates the production table screen 800 corresponding to
20 the narrowing conditions as narrowing result data, and
supplies the created narrowing result data to the user
terminal 31 as narrowing results. The production table
screen 800 contains the element display area (802, 803)
where a designated time range, and allotment destination
25 information corresponding to the designated allotment
destination item are displayed as elements of a table, and
contains the mesh data display area 804 where the mesh data
805 containing the article detail information about the
article item is displayed in a section for corresponding
elements for each manufacture instruction data. This
constitution allows output of desired data to the user only
5 by simplified processing without requiring complicated
selection operation in the business system (ERP system) for
providing information on reports.

Particulurly, this constitution allows display of
10 details of an item desired by the user for each unit of
allotment destination desired by the user (such as process,
project, or step allotted), and for each unit of period
desired by the user (such as week). Accordingly, this
constitution displays data concerning manufacture
15 instructions in a wide variety of manners, thereby
providing a manufacture instruction data management server
capable of supplying an extremely convenient display screen
to be viewed by the user.
20 The narrowing condition designation screen (500, 700)
according to the foregoing embodiment contains the area for
selecting the time range, the area for selecting the
allotment destination item, and the area for selecting the
article item. This constitution allows selection of the
respective items by simplified processing without requiring
complicated selection operation.
The production table screen 800 according to the
foregoing embodiment contains the additional change area
(the registration button 806) for selecting execution of
either new addition of the manufacture instruction data or
contents 5 change of the manufacture instruction data. The
manufacture instruction data management server 10 transmits
additional change screen information displaying a list of
the manufacture instruction data to the user terminal in
accordance with a request from the user terminal having
10 determined selection in the additional change area,
receives contents of input operation of either new addition
of the manufacture instruction data or contents change of
the manufacture instruction data from the user terminal
displaying an additional change screen based on the
15 additional change screen information, and updates the
manufacture instruction data in accordance with the
received contents of input operation. This constitution
allows execution of processing for business management
containing registration and updating of manufacture
20 instructions by simplified processing.
The allotment destination item according to the
foregoing embodiment contains at least any one of a
business process, a project, and a step, while the article
item according to the foregoing embodiment contains at
least either an article name or an amount of production.
The present invention offers advantageous effects in
the use of a business system (ERP system) for managing data
concerning manufacture instructions.

We claim:
1. A manufacture instruction data management server which
is a server for operation of ERP, and supplies manufacture
instruction data produced in a business process to a user
terminal via a communication network in accordance with a
request issued from the user terminal used by a user,
comprising:
a manufacture instruction data storing unit storing
10 manufacture instruction data containing allotment
destination information indicating a destination of
allotment of instructions, and article detail information
indicating details of an article to be manufactured;
a narrowing condition designation screen supplying
unit supplying a narrowing condition designation screen for
designating a time range, an allotment destination item
indicating an item of the allotment destination information,
and an article item indicating an item of the article
detail information as narrowing conditions in accordance
with a request from the user terminal;
a narrowing result data creating unit receiving
narrowing conditions designated on the narrowing condition
designation screen from the user terminal, and creating a
production table screen corresponding to the narrowing
conditions as narrowing result data; and
a narrowing result supplying unit supplying the
narrowing result data created by the narrowing result data creating unit to the user terminal as narrowing results,
wherein the production table screen contains an
element display area where a designated time range, and
allotment destination information corresponding to the
designated allotment destination item are displayed as
elements of a table, and contains a mesh data display area
where mesh data containing the article detail information
about the article item is displayed in a section for
corresponding elements for each manufacture instruction
data.
2. The manufacture instruction data management server
according to claim 1, wherein the narrowing condition
designation screen contains an area for selecting the time
range, an area for selecting the allotment destination item,
and an area for selecting the article item.
3. The manufacture instruction data management server
according to claim 1, wherein
the production table screen contains an additional
change area for selecting execution of either new addition
of the manufacture instruction data or contents change of
the manufacture instruction data,
the manufacture instruction data management server
transmits additional change screen information displaying a
list of the manufacture instruction data to the user
terminal in accordance with a request from the user
terminal having determined selection in the additional
change area,
the manufacture instruction data management server
receives contents of input operation of either new addition
of the manufacture instruction data or contents change of
the manufacture instruction data from the user terminal
displaying an additional change screen based on the
additional change screen information, and
the manufacture instruction data management server
updates the manufacture instruction data in accordance with
the received contents of input operation.
4. The manufacture instruction data management server
according to claims 1, wherein
the allotment destination item contains at least any
one of a business process, a project, and a step, and
the article item contains at least either an article
name or an amount of production.
5. A manufacture instruction data management program which
allows operation of ERP, and allows a manufacture
instruction data management server to supply manufacture
instruction data produced in a business process to a user
terminal via a communication network in accordance with a
request issued from the user terminal used by a user, under
the program the manufacture instruction data management
server including a manufacture instruction data storing
unit which stores manufacture instruction data containing
allotment destination information indicating a destination
of allotment of instructions, and article detail
information indicating details of an article to be
manufactured executes
a narrowing condition designation screen supplying
process supplying a narrowing condition designation screen
for designating a time range, an allotment destination item
indicating an item of the allotment destination information,
and an article item indicating an item of the article
detail information as narrowing conditions in accordance
with a request from the user terminal,
a narrowing result data creating process receiving
narrowing conditions designated on the narrowing condition
designation screen from the user terminal, and creating a
production table screen corresponding to the narrowing
conditions as narrowing result data, wherein the production
table screen contains an element display area where a
designated time range, and allotment destination
information corresponding to the designated allotment
destination item are displayed as elements of a table, and
contains a mesh data display area where mesh data
containing the article detail information about the article
item is displayed in a section for corresponding elements
for each manufacture instruction data, and
a narrowing result supplying process supplying the
narrowing result data created in the narrowing result data creating process to the user terminal as narrowing results.