JP5211867B2 - Discontinued parts ordering system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a production stop part ordering system.

In the conventional production stop parts ordering system, maintenance parts purchasers who have purchased parts that have been discontinued from the parts manufacturer in the past through mediators buy and sell the sales stop parts through a network such as the Internet. First, the mediator processing device notifies the maintenance parts purchaser's terminal, which has purchased parts that have been discontinued in the past, that the maintenance parts market has been established, and that the The maintenance part purchaser who wants to notify the purchase price and the sales price and wants to purchase or sell the discontinued part transmits the excess / shortage information including the desired purchase quantity or the desired sale quantity to the arbitrator processing device.
Next, the arbitrator processing device that has received this excess / deficiency information transmits an inquiry message including the desired sales quantity or the desired purchase quantity to the maintenance parts purchaser terminal other than the transmission source of the excess / deficiency information. If the maintenance parts purchaser who has received the message can sell or purchase, the maintenance part purchaser transmits a reply including the number that can be sold or the number that can be purchased to the arbitrator processing device.
Then, the mediator processing device, based on the desired purchase quantity or desired sales quantity included in the excess / deficiency information, and the available sale quantity or available purchase quantity included in each answer to the excess / deficiency information, Is known to determine a maintenance part purchaser who purchases the discontinued part or a maintenance part purchaser who sells the discontinued part (for example, a patent) Reference 1).

  In general, a distribution inventory manufacturer that handles distribution inventory of discontinued parts searches for and purchases maintenance parts purchasers who own the discontinued parts through the Internet. Yes.

JP 2002-318930 A

When a parts manufacturer stops production of a certain part, the parts purchaser who purchases the part and uses it for his / her product is the production discontinued part (maintenance part) necessary for the manufacture and maintenance of his / her own product. How to efficiently manage inventory operations, and when maintenance parts owned by the company are depleted, how to secure maintenance parts through a more reliable purchase route in the distribution market for the production discontinued parts This is a problem.
However, in the conventional production stop part ordering system disclosed in Patent Document 1, the state of the distribution route of the production stop part when the maintenance part is secured by the distribution stock, that is, the purchase of the maintenance part having the production stop part The distribution form used when the maintenance parts purchaser purchases the parts is very complex, and it is difficult to grasp the past production status and usage history of the parts. In many cases, the quality of the part itself is unknown, and in the unlikely event that the quality of the product is inferior, the product is discontinued and used for the manufacture and maintenance of its own product. There is a problem that a failure occurs in the self-product.
In this regard, there is a similar problem in the case where maintenance parts purchasers or a maintenance parts purchaser and a distribution parts manufacturer directly buy and sell production-stopped parts without mediation by an arbitrator.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-described problems. The first object is to purchase a part to be discontinued and use it in its own product as a part purchaser. It is an object of the present invention to obtain a production stop part ordering system that can shorten the time required for ordering processing and efficiently perform maintenance operation inventory management.
In addition, the second purpose is to place an order for production discontinuation parts that can ensure the quality of the production discontinuation parts distributed in the market and can be stably purchased for the production discontinuation parts necessary for the manufacture and maintenance of own products. Get the system.

In the production stop part ordering system according to the present invention, a database server that is communicably connected to a communication network, a product information storage unit that is provided in the database server and stores information on the configuration and inventory of product parts, A part specification information storage means for storing detailed specifications of parts constituting the product provided in the database server, a distribution inventory manufacturer provided in the database server for handling discontinued parts, and an attribute of the distribution inventory manufacturer Distribution parts inventory information storage means for associating and storing a quality rank that ranks the reliability of the quality of distribution parts handled by a distribution inventory maker, and communicably connected to the communication network, the product information storage means, and the part specifications Information stored in the information storage means and the distribution parts inventory information storage means The anda order terminal available, the order terminal, based on the first means and the information stored in the distribution component inventory information storage means for Obsolete information obsolete components is input, the A second means for specifying a distribution inventory maker that handles the production-stopped part of the production stop information input to the first means, and a quality reliability including the necessity of a part quality-reliability test for each quality rank Based on the third means for storing the contents of the test, the information stored in the distribution parts inventory information storage means and the information stored in the third means, the distribution specified by the second means The fourth means for calculating the contents of the quality reliability test of the parts for the inventory manufacturer, and the quality of the parts for the distribution inventory manufacturer specified by the second means based on the result calculated by the fourth means Including the contents of-reliability test, a structure having a fifth means for creating order data of the discontinued part.

  This invention relates to a production stop parts ordering system, a database server communicably connected to a communication network, a product information management database built in the database server and storing information on the configuration and inventory of product parts, A part specification information management database that is built in the database server and stores the detailed specifications of the parts that constitute the product, and a distribution that is built in the database server and stores information related to the distribution stock of parts to be discontinued. The parts inventory management database is communicably connected to the communication network, and the information stored in the product information management database, the parts specification information management database, and the distribution parts inventory management database constructed in the database server can be used. An ordering terminal, The ordering terminal uses the information stored in the product information management database, the parts specification information management database, and the distribution parts inventory management database to automatically order distribution parts of the production discontinued parts. As a result, parts purchasers who purchase discontinued parts and use them for their own products can reduce the time required for ordering the required discontinued parts and efficiently manage the inventory of maintenance parts. There is an effect that can be done.

Embodiment 1 FIG.
FIG. 1 relates to Embodiment 1 of the present invention and is a block diagram showing an overall configuration of a production stop part ordering system.
In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes an ordering terminal on which the production stop part ordering method of the present invention is mounted, and is connected to a communication network 2 such as the Internet so as to be communicable.
A database server 3 is communicably connected to the communication network 2, and the ordering terminal 1 is connected to the product information management database 4 and part specification information management built in the database server 3 via the communication network 2. Each information stored in the database 5 and the distribution parts inventory management database 6 can be used.
Here, the product information management database 4 stores information on the type and quantity of parts constituting each product and the current stock quantity of each product, and the part specification information management database 5 constitutes a product. Detailed specifications of each part are stored. It should be noted that the detailed specification of each part constituting the product here includes information on similar parts that can be substituted for each part. In addition, the distribution parts inventory management database 6 stores the distribution inventory maker handling each production-discontinued part and the number of distribution inventory for each distribution inventory maker as information relating to the distribution inventory of the production-discontinued parts.

In addition to the ordering terminal 1 and the database server 3, a maintenance manager terminal 7 that can be operated by a maintenance manager and a parts producer terminal 8 that is operated by a parts producer can communicate with the communication network 2. It is connected.
This maintenance manager terminal 7 displays maintenance information regarding parts to be discontinued and maintenance items by the operation of the maintenance manager, and the parts producer also sends information on production stop of parts via the parts producer terminal 8. Can be entered.

The ordering terminal 1 that has acquired the part production stop information input from the part producer terminal 8 by the part producer through the communication network 2 automatically orders the distribution stock of the production stop part as follows. .
First, the ordering terminal 1 accesses the product information management database 4 in the database server 3 through the communication network 2 to obtain general information about the production discontinued parts.
Next, the ordering terminal 1 accesses the part specification information management database 5 in the database server 3 through the communication network 2 to search the detailed specification of the production discontinued part, and can substitute for the production discontinued part. Investigate for similar parts.
In this search / investigation, when a similar part that can be replaced with the production discontinued part is found, information on the similar part is obtained, and the similar part is ordered based on this information.

On the other hand, as a result of searching and investigating whether there is a similar part that can be replaced with the production stop part in the part specification information management database 5, Stopped parts will be secured from distribution stock.
In this case, first, the ordering terminal 1 accesses the distribution parts inventory management database 6 in the database server 3 through the communication network 2 to search for the distribution inventory quantity of the production discontinued parts. As a result of this search, if there are a plurality of distribution inventory manufacturers that handle the production-discontinued parts, information regarding the distribution inventory quantity of the production-discontinued parts can be obtained as the distribution inventory quantity for each distribution inventory manufacturer.
Further, the required purchase quantity is automatically predicted and calculated based on the information on the type and quantity of parts constituting the product stored in the product information management database 4.
Then, based on the distribution inventory quantity for each distribution inventory maker and the predicted required purchase quantity, the order quantity for each distribution inventory maker is determined, and an automatic purchase order for arranging the distribution parts for the production discontinued parts. Is created automatically.

  In the production stop part ordering system configured as described above, the ordering terminal that receives the input of the production stop information from the part producer via the part producer terminal is the product information management database, the part specification information management database, and Use the information stored in the distribution parts inventory management database to determine the order contents, and automatically order distribution parts for production discontinued parts. Is automatically processed in a short time, the time required for the ordering process can be shortened, and the inventory operation management of the maintenance parts can be efficiently performed.

Embodiment 2. FIG.
2 and 3 relate to Embodiment 2 of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the structure of a distribution parts inventory management database, and FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the flow of distribution parts automatic ordering processing.
In Embodiment 2 described here, the quality rank of each distribution inventory maker is added to the components of the distribution parts inventory management database in the configuration of Embodiment 1 described above, and each distribution inventory maker is in accordance with this quality rank. The necessity and the means of the quality reliability test are automatically determined, and the contents of automatic ordering are appropriately changed.
That is, in the distribution parts inventory management database 6, as shown in FIG. 2, a handling distribution inventory maker is associated with each production discontinued part, and the distribution inventory quantity and quality rank are assigned to each of these distribution inventory manufacturers. (L1 to L4) are associated with each other, and other configurations are the same as those in the first embodiment.

Here, this quality rank ranks the reliability of the quality of the distribution parts handled by the distribution inventory maker according to the attribute of the distribution inventory maker, and is determined according to the following rules.
Note that the quality rank L1 is the most reliable evaluation, and hereinafter, the reliability decreases as the numbers L2, L3 increase, and the quality rank L4 is the lowest reliability evaluation.
First, the quality rank L1 is given when the distribution stock manufacturer is the original manufacturer of the production stop part, and means that it is the most reliable purchase route.
Next, the quality rank L2 is given when the distribution stock manufacturer is an official agent of the original manufacturer of the production discontinued part.
The quality rank L3 is given when there is a certain amount of continuous transactions between the parts purchaser and the distribution inventory maker, and although the quality of the distribution parts is grasped to some extent from the past transaction status, This means that the distribution route of the distribution component is not clear.
Further, the quality rank L4 is given when the distribution inventory maker makes a spot transaction, and means that neither the quality of the distribution parts nor the distribution route is clear.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the distribution parts automatic ordering processing operation in this embodiment.
Prior to the operation flow shown in FIG. 3, the outline information about the production-discontinued part is obtained using the product information management database 4, and the production-discontinued part is substituted using the part specification information management database 5. The investigation on the presence or absence of possible similar parts is performed in the same manner as in the first embodiment.
As a result of the similar part investigation, when a similar part that can be substituted for the production-stopped part is not found, the process proceeds to a distribution part automatic ordering process.
In this distribution part automatic ordering process, first, the ordering terminal 1 accesses the distribution part inventory management database 6 in the database server 3 through the communication network 2 and is associated with each distribution inventory manufacturer. Get inventory quantity and quality rank.
Then, in step S1, it is determined whether or not the quality rank of the distribution inventory manufacturer to be ordered is L1 or L2. In this determination, if it is determined that the quality rank of the distribution stock manufacturer to be ordered is L1 or L2, the process proceeds to step S2, and the distribution component manufacturer handles the distribution component as high in reliability. Request quotation and order processing from the manufacturer.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S2 that the quality rank of the distribution stock manufacturer is not L1 or L2, the process moves to step S3, and it is determined whether or not the quality rank of the distribution stock manufacturer is L3. . If it is determined that the quality rank of the distribution inventory manufacturer is L3 in this determination, the reliability of the component is investigated using X-rays in order to confirm the reliability of the component handled by the distribution component manufacturer. X-ray analysis survey is required. Accordingly, the process proceeds to step S4, and the request for quotation including the X-ray analysis investigation and the ordering process are performed with respect to the distribution component manufacturer.
If it is determined in step S3 that the quality rank of the distribution stock manufacturer is not L3, the process proceeds to step S5, and it is determined whether or not the quality rank of the distribution stock manufacturer is L4. If it is determined in this determination that the quality rank of the distribution stock manufacturer is L4, the reliability of the parts handled by the distribution parts manufacturer is unknown, and therefore the reliability of the parts is determined using X-rays. In addition to the X-ray analysis survey to be investigated, an accelerated test (burn-in test) is required to accelerate the deterioration of the parts under severe conditions such as high temperatures and detect initial defects in a shorter test time. is there. Therefore, the process proceeds to step S6, and the request for quotation including the X-ray analysis investigation and the burn-in test and the ordering process are performed for the distribution component manufacturer.

Note that the necessary number of parts to be purchased and the order quantity for each distribution inventory manufacturer are processed in the same manner as in the first embodiment. That is, the required purchase quantity is automatically predicted and calculated based on the information on the type and quantity of the parts constituting the product stored in the product information management database 4, and the predicted purchase required quantity and the Based on the distribution inventory quantity for each distribution inventory maker stored in the distribution parts inventory management database 6, the order quantity for each distribution inventory maker is determined.
If a similar part that can be replaced with the production stop part is found as a result of the similar part search, the similar part is ordered based on the detailed specification information of the similar part as in the first embodiment. It will be.

In the production stop part ordering system configured as described above, the same effects as those of the first embodiment can be obtained. In addition, the attributes of each distribution inventory manufacturer are included in the components of the distribution parts inventory management database. Adds a quality rank that ranks the reliability of the quality of the distribution parts handled by the distribution inventory manufacturer, and automatically determines the necessity and means of quality reliability tests for each distribution inventory manufacturer according to this quality rank. Then, by determining the contents of automatic ordering, by performing automatic ordering including quality confirmation of the part, the production discontinued part that is distributed to the market about the production discontinued part necessary for the manufacture and maintenance of its own product You can ensure stable quality and make a stable purchase.
For this reason, useless part maintenance can be suppressed, and the yield of the product can be improved by reducing the frequency of abnormalities and defects occurring after the part is incorporated into the product.

It is a block diagram which shows the whole structure of the production stop part ordering system in Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structure of the distribution parts inventory management database in Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the distribution parts automatic ordering process in Embodiment 2 of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

1 Ordering terminal 2 Communication network 3 Database server 4 Product information management database 5 Parts specification information management database 6 Distribution parts inventory management database 7 Maintenance manager terminal 8 Parts producer terminal

Claims (1)

A database server communicably connected to a communication network;
Product information storage means provided in the database server for storing information on the configuration and inventory of product parts;
Component specification information storage means provided in the database server for storing detailed specifications of components constituting the product;
A distribution parts inventory that is provided in the database server and stores a distribution inventory maker that handles discontinued parts and a quality rank that ranks the reliability of the quality of the distribution parts handled by the distribution inventory maker according to the attributes of the distribution inventory maker. Information storage means;
An ordering terminal that is communicably connected to the communication network, and that can use the information stored in the product information storage means, the part specification information storage means, and the distribution parts inventory information storage means,
The ordering terminal is:
A first means for inputting production discontinuation information of production discontinued parts;
Based on information stored in the distribution part inventory information storage means, a second means for specifying a distribution inventory maker that handles the production stop parts of the production stop information input to the first means;
For each quality rank, a third means for storing the contents of the quality reliability test including the necessity of the quality reliability test of the parts;
Based on the information stored in the distribution parts inventory information storage means and the information stored in the third means, the contents of the parts quality reliability test for the distribution inventory manufacturer specified by the second means A fourth means for calculating;
Based on the result calculated by the fourth means, fifth order data for producing the production discontinued parts including the contents of the part quality reliability test for the distribution inventory manufacturer specified by the second means is prepared. And a production stop part ordering system characterized by comprising:

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