JPH07200681A - Production sales management system - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] To improve the drawbacks of the conventional technology, in particular, by reducing the input work by the operator, a production and sales management system aiming to further improve the efficiency of the system for manufacturing, sales, and distribution. provide. [Structure] Sales plan information input means 1, storage means 2,
Arithmetic output means 3 for outputting desired ordering information and inventory information from storage means 2, production instruction information creating means 4 for producing production instruction information, machine allocating means 5 for allocating production instructions to each machine, and each machine And the sales plan information inputting means 1 into a plurality of product types having an outsourcing work process and capable of being processed as the same intermediate raw material in the in-house production process. On the other hand, it has a product type management means 7 for managing the plurality of product names by one product representing the plurality of products.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a production / sales management system for managing production and sales of various articles.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in each industry or individual company, when carrying out a normal corporate activity of manufacturing a unique product and selling the manufactured product, generally, a sales and sales department is in charge. , The extent to which a given product produced by the company can be sold or must be sold in a given period, such as a short-term, medium-term, or long-term period. The sales target and the appropriate inventory quantity that should be secured at all times are determined, and the result is used as sales plan information and the production department of the company is notified.

On the other hand, the production department which has received the information makes a production plan of the article on a daily, weekly, monthly, seasonal or yearly basis based on the sales plan information, that is, a daily plan. Short-term, medium-term, corresponding to sales plan, such as weekly plan, monthly plan, seasonal plan, or annual plan.
A long-term production plan will be drawn up and put into practice.

At that time, the sales department has a plurality of departments, and each department independently sells the same product and the same product type, and the essential parts of the product are almost the same. For example, each department produces products with some differences in shape, color, or accessories.
If they are sold individually, there is a risk that the sales plan will be complicated and the contents will not be unified.

On the other hand, the production department is often unfamiliar with the situation of the sales department, and therefore, it is almost the case that the production plan of the product concerned is made up entirely depending on the sales plan which has been contacted. Is. Therefore, for example, when a production factory has a plurality of production lines, or when factories manufacturing the same or similar products are dispersed in different regions, the same production type or alternative production can be used. Inefficient and inefficient operation of producing products of the same variety in different factories while it is more efficient to produce different types of products or to produce them in the same production plant. There were many dangers of going there.

[0006] Furthermore, since the communication between the sales department and the production department is insufficient, for example, if the inventory information is not accurately included in the sales plan, a plurality of sales of the same product are sold. There are departments, and in one department,
If a request is made to the production department to increase the production of the product due to the fact that the product is out of stock in a short period of time, the sales performance will not increase in another department and therefore the inventory will be planned. When the number exceeds the number, it is possible that the excess inventory is accommodated to the department in which the inventory is exhausted, thereby eliminating the need for extra production. However, if such information is not disclosed to a third party, extra production will be carried out, and eventually inventory will be overstocked, leading to an increase in selling costs.

[0007] In general, such a sales plan is made, and based on the sales plan, which production variety, at what time, including the allowance for raw materials, and at what factory and in what amount, what amount? It is extremely important to judge whether or not to manufacture, that is, to determine the optimum condition, that is, whether the manufacturing can be performed under the conditions of being efficient and minimizing the manufacturing cost. However, since it requires a lot of experience and judgment, not everyone can easily and quickly determine such sales and production plans. Therefore,
There is a problem that it takes time because it takes a considerable amount of time for a skilled person to create it.

In order to solve such a problem, in recent years, a computer has been introduced, and the work of the above-mentioned part requiring the knowledge of the expert has been put into practical use in the direction of mechanization and automation, but it is still complete. A complete production and sales management system has not been completed, and a considerable part, that is, a working part that requires the judgment and experience of a skilled person, is still in the existing state.

[0009]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to improve the above-mentioned drawbacks of the prior art, in particular, by reducing the input work by the operator, thereby further improving the efficiency of the system for manufacturing, sales and distribution. The purpose is to provide a production and sales management system.

[0010]

The present invention employs the following technical configurations in order to achieve the above objects. That is, the production and sales management system according to the present invention is a sales plan information input means for an operator to input predetermined sales plan information, and a storage means for storing ordering information and entry / exit inventory information for past, present and future. And output information from the calculation output means for outputting desired ordering information and inventory information by predetermined calculation processing based on the information from the storage means, output information from the sales plan information input means and the calculation output means. On the basis of the production instruction information creating means for producing the production instruction information including at least the quantity and the delivery date for each product type / period, and at least the production capacity (throughput) for each machine / product type prepared separately from the production instruction information. And a machine allocation means for allocating a production instruction to each machine by a predetermined calculation process based on production constraint condition information including In a production and sales management system for creating a desired production plan, which comprises a scheduling means for scheduling each machine by a predetermined arithmetic processing based on the output information from the above, the sales plan information input means has an outsourcing work process. For a plurality of varieties that can be processed as the same intermediate raw material in the in-house production process, one fictitious or existing varieties name representative of the plurality of varieties is set, and the set varieties are set. The production and sales management system is characterized by having a product type management means for managing the plurality of product types by name.

[0011]

In the production and sales management system according to the present invention, the product type management means in the sales plan information input means
For a plurality of varieties having an outsourcing work process that can be processed as the same intermediate raw material in the in-house production process, one varieties name is set as a representative of the plurality of varieties, and Since the plurality of types are managed, the input work by the operator is reduced. One kind of product name to be set may be an existing one or a fictitious one. Rather, the fictitious one is less confusing and easier to handle.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A specific example of the production and sales management system according to the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing the basic configuration of the production and sales management system according to the present invention. In this figure, sales plan information input means 1 is means for an operator to input predetermined sales plan information. Storage means 2
Is a means for storing ordering information and entry / exit inventory information over the past, present, and future. The calculation output means 3 is means for outputting desired ordering information and inventory information by a predetermined calculation process based on the information from the storage means 2. The production instruction information creating means 4 is means for producing production instruction information including at least quantity and delivery date for each product type and period based on the output information from the sales plan information input means 1 and the calculation output means 3. is there. Machine allocation means 5
Is a means for allocating a production instruction to each machine by a predetermined calculation process based on the production instruction information and the production constraint condition information including separately prepared production capacity (throughput) at least for each machine / product type. The scheduling means 6 is a means for scheduling each machine by a predetermined calculation process based on the output information from the machine allocation means 5. The product type management unit 7 in the sales plan information input unit 1 represents a plurality of product types having a subcontracting work process and capable of being processed as the same intermediate raw material in the in-house production process. This is a means for setting one fictitious or existing variety name, and managing the plurality of types by the set variety name.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of a production and sales management system according to an embodiment of the present invention. In this figure, reference numeral 11 is a CPU, reference numeral 12 is a main storage device, reference numeral 13 is an input device, reference numeral 14 is an output device,
Reference numeral 15 indicates an external storage device, and reference numeral 16 indicates a display device. Then, in such a hardware environment, the storage means 2 in the basic configuration is realized by the external storage device 15, and the other means operate software as described below in this hardware environment. It is realized by urging.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the software configuration of the production and sales management system. As for the relationship between each means in the basic configuration and each subsystem in this figure, the sales plan information input means 1 is the sales planning system 2
1, the calculation output means 3 corresponds to the sales system 22, the production instruction information creation means 4 corresponds to the sales and production cooperation system 23, the machine allocation means 5 corresponds to the total amount adjustment system 24, and the scheduling means 6 corresponds to the advanced distribution system 25. Then, the processing procedure of the system is roughly as follows. First, the sales person in charge of sales planning system 21
The sales plan is entered in. Required data of the ordering information and the inventory information stored in the external storage device 15 is the sales system 22.
Extracted by. Based on the above information and, the production / production cooperation system 23 calculates the production instruction amount. The production instruction amount is adjusted to the producible amount by the total amount adjustment system 24, and the distribution machine is determined. In the advanced distribution system 25, the total amount adjustment system 24
Based on the results of "computer placement using artificial intelligence"
And the "dialogue placement by expert" determines the placement plan. Based on the distribution plan created by the advanced distribution system 25, the procurement plan for the materials and raw materials necessary for production, and the specific production work order plan, the work order material procurement system 2
Created by 6. Further, the distribution plan created by the advanced distribution system 25 is returned to the external storage device 15 as receipt information via the production progress grasping system 27. In this embodiment, by constructing the system as described above, a closed loop of input / output inventory information is formed between production and sales, and direct connection between sales information and production information is realized.

Next, the features of the processing of the sales plan information input means 1, that is, the sales planning system 21, which is a feature of the present invention, will be described in detail. In a certain type of production / sales management system, there are many types of products that are actually handled by sales staff (hereinafter referred to as “actual product types”). Therefore, inputting actual product types as they are as sales plan data is It is not appropriate considering the work efficiency. The reason is that, for example, there are many outsourced colored varieties that differ only in color number in the varieties code. Therefore, this sales planning system 21
Then, for example, by collecting some "outsourced colored varieties" outsourced to the subcontractor and inputting them as alternative varieties called "sales plan varieties", the input work is reduced.

Specifically, it is as follows. Prepare a master that associates the outsourced colored product with the sales plan product so that each sales person can freely set them. The sales plan is entered in units of this sales plan type. The past sales results that are referred to when making a sales plan are also based on the sales plan product type. As described above, the sales planning system 21 is a plurality of varieties having an outsourced work process, and a plurality of varieties that can be processed as the same intermediate raw material in the in-house production process. A means for setting a name and managing the plurality of types by the set type name is provided to reduce the input work.

Although the basic concept of one embodiment of the present invention has been described above, it is easy for those skilled in the art to realize an actual system, that is, a program from this description. Of course, the present invention is not limited to this embodiment, and it will be easy for those skilled in the art to devise various embodiments.

In the present invention, the terms "outsourcing work process" and "in-house production process" have been used in the above description, but these terms refer only to placing an order outside the company. It's not "outsourcing", but inside the company,
This is a concept that includes the case where a certain production factory or production department / section works from another production factory or production department / section.
The part that does not depend on the outsourced work process is the concept of “in-house production process”.

[0020]

As described above, according to the present invention,
In order to improve the above-mentioned drawbacks of the prior art, especially by reducing the input work by the operator,
A production and sales management system that further improves the efficiency of the distribution system is provided.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing a basic configuration of a production and sales management system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of a production and sales management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a software configuration of a production and sales management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Sales plan information input means 2 ... Storage means 3 ... Calculation output means 4 ... Production instruction information creation means 5 ... Machine allocation means 6 ... Scheduling means 7 ... Variety management means 11 ... CPU 12 ... Main storage device 13 ... Input device 14 … Output device 15… External storage device 16… Display device 21… Sales planning system 22… Sales system 23… Sales and production cooperation system 24… Total quantity adjustment system 25… Advanced distribution system 26… Work order cargo material raw material procurement system 27… Production Progress grasp system

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A sales plan information input means (1) for an operator to input predetermined sales plan information, and a storage means (2) for storing ordering information and entry / exit inventory information over the past, present and future. An operation output means (3) for outputting desired ordering information and inventory information by predetermined operation processing based on the information from the storage means (2), the sales plan information input means (1) and the operation Based on the output information from the output means (3), a production instruction information creating means (4) for producing production instruction information including at least quantity and delivery date for each product type and period, and the production instruction information are prepared separately. And a machine allocating means (5) for allocating a production instruction to each machine by a predetermined arithmetic processing based on the production constraint condition information including at least the production capacity (throughput) for each machine / product type. In the production and sales management system for creating a desired production plan, a scheduling unit (6) for scheduling each machine by a predetermined calculation process based on the output information from the allocation unit (5), the sales plan information The input means (1) is one of a plurality of varieties having an outsourced work process, and a plurality of varieties that can be processed as the same intermediate raw material in the in-house production process. A production and sales management system comprising: a product type management means (7) for setting a product type name and managing the plurality of product types according to the set product type name.