JP5217702B2 - Request document creation support system, request document creation support program, and computer-readable recording medium recording the support program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention provides a request document creation support system, a request document creation support program, which supports creation of a request document on which identification information of a component acquired from a component database and an image acquired from an image database are posted, The present invention relates to a computer-readable recording medium on which a support program is recorded.

As this type of technology, as described in Patent Document 1, a server is provided with a database storing data associating a part number with a drawing number, and a conversion unit for converting the part number into a drawing number. There is something. With such a configuration, the drawing corresponding to the part number can be read out without searching for the drawing number only by sending the part number of the required part from the terminal to the server. That is, if this configuration is used, the drawing can be obtained as long as the part number of the required part is known, and the troublesome procedure of inputting the drawing number can be omitted.
JP 2003-281204 A

  By the way, in the manufacturer, for example, the manufacturing department assembles the parts designed by the design department. For reasons such as improving workability and sharing parts with other products, it is designed by the production engineering department or the manufacturing department. There are frequent requests for design changes to departments. This request includes the part number, part name, assembly number indicating the assembly order, identification information such as the assembly part, request information such as design change contents and reason for change, and assembly external view showing the assembly state of the part. This is done by submitting a request form describing the above to the design department. Conventionally, this request has been created using a computer terminal connected to a component server or an image server. That is, the identification information of a part is read from the parts database of the parts server, and this identification information is manually input in a request document created in a computer terminal. In addition, the assembly external view of the part is read from the database of the image server, and the assembly external view is pasted on the request form manually. For this reason, the number of man-hours for creating a request document becomes great, and it takes a long time for the work, and a great deal of time is required especially when the number of parts to be examined for design changes is large. In addition, typographical errors associated with manual input are unavoidable, resulting in a significant loss of time. On the other hand, since the technique of Patent Document 1 only extracts a drawing from a part number, it is not possible to create a specific format, and it is impossible to create a request document that refers to design contents. .

  The present invention has been made paying attention to such problems existing in the prior art. The purpose is to reduce the man-hour for creating a request form and to prevent the occurrence of typographical errors, a request form creation support system, a request form creation support program, and a computer reading that records the support program It is to provide a possible storage medium.

To achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 1 shows a component server in which a component database in which component data is stored together with identification information of the component is set, and an assembly state of the component of the component data. An image server in which an image database storing image data is set, a specification server in which a specification database storing component specification information in the component data is set, and each server can be accessed via a network A computer terminal connected to the computer terminal, wherein the computer terminal displays a request form data having an identification information description column, an image information posting column and a specification information description column in a preset format on a display, and the component data a storage unit for storing a program for executing the creation of petition data relating to the design change of the specified designated part in the previous To read out the component data from the component server component database, adding identification information of the specified component specified in the component data in the petition data, the image data is read out of the specified component from the image database of the image server In addition to the request form data, the specification data of the substitute part that can replace the specified part is read from the specification database of the specification server together with the specification data of the specified part, and each specification data is added to the request form data. A request form creation support system comprising a control means for creating request form data relating to a design change . Here, “image data indicating the assembly state of components” refers to an external view or a cross-sectional view made of image data or code data.

The invention according to claim 2 is characterized in that the component server accumulates component data for each of a plurality of vehicle types.
The invention according to claim 3 reads out the part data from the part database in which the part data is stored together with the identification information of the part to a computer connected to the database through a network, and is specified in the part data. The process of adding the identification information of the designated part to the request document data in a preset format, and reading out the image data of the designated part from the image database in which the image data indicating the assembly state of the designated part is stored. The specification data of the specified part is read from the specification database in which the specification information of the part in the part data is stored. the procedure for adding the each parameter data to the petition data is performed respectively, engaged to design changes A petition creation support program for creating a petition data.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the substitute part is a part used in the same assembly site of a parallel production vehicle type.
The invention described in claim 5 is a computer-readable recording medium in which the request document creation support program described in claim 3 or 4 is recorded.

(Function)
According to the present invention, the identification data and image data of the designated part and the specification data of an alternative part that can be substituted for the designated part are the same only by designating the part in the part data read by the computer from the parts database. It is automatically added to the request form data together with the specification data of the specified part . Therefore, when creating request form data using a computer, the request form creator reads the identification information stored in the parts database from the parts server to the computer terminal or stores it in the image database. The operation of reading the existing image data from the image server to the computer terminal becomes unnecessary. Further, it is not necessary for the creator of the request document to manually input the part identification information into the request document, or to attach the image data to the request document. Furthermore, the operation of the creator reading out the specification data stored in the specification database from each server to the computer terminal and the work of manually inputting this specification information into the request document become unnecessary. This reduces the man-hours for creating the request and suppresses the occurrence of errors.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to reduce the number of man-hours for creating a request document and to prevent an error from occurring.

Next, an embodiment of a request form creation support system embodying the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 1, this request form creation support system 10 includes a component server 11, an image server 12, a specification server 13, and a plurality of servers 11 to 13 connected via a network 24. The computer terminal 14 is configured. In the parts server 11, a parts database (hereinafter abbreviated as parts DB) 15 having parts data for a plurality of vehicle types is set. Each part data includes identification information of the parts, that is, information data such as a product number, a product name, an assembly number, an assembly site, etc. for all the components used in each vehicle type. The image server 12 stores image data indicating the assembly state of components in each component data, that is, an image database (hereinafter abbreviated as an image DB) in which image data and code data such as an assembly external view and an assembly sectional view are stored. ) 16 is set. The specification server 13 is set with a specification database (hereinafter abbreviated as specification DB) 17 in which the specification data of the components included in each component data is stored.

  As shown in FIG. 2, each computer terminal 14 includes a control unit 20 as a control means, a storage unit 21, a reading unit 22, and a communication unit 23, and each server 11, 12 and 13 can be accessed. The computer terminal 14 displays data on the display 25 and can be printed by the printer 26. In the storage unit 21 of each computer terminal 14, for example, a request form creation support program for a request form created by a production engineering department or a manufacturing department in order to request a design change from a design department in a manufacturer is installed. The format data of the request 30 shown in FIG. 3 is stored. This request form creation support program is shown by a flowchart in FIG. 4, and is recorded on a computer-readable recording medium such as a CD-ROM 27 or a USB memory. For example, as shown in FIG. It is transferred to the storage unit 21 via the reading unit 22 and installed.

The request document will be described more specifically. In this embodiment, the request form is for when various parts such as bolts and screws to be assembled to the vehicle in one of the assembly processes of a certain vehicle type are requested to be changed from those designated by the design department to another one. Created by production engineering department and manufacturing department. The purpose of this request is to improve workability and to share with other vehicle models. As shown in FIG. 3, the request form 30 has a predetermined format, and includes a theme information description column 31 that describes theme information including a car model name and a title, identification information including a request part, a product number, an assembly number, and an assembly part. And a request information description column 33 for describing request information including design change contents and the reason for the change. In addition, the request book 30 includes an image information posting column 34 for posting image information indicating an assembly state of parts of the designated vehicle type. In addition, the petition 30, (refer to other models that are co-produced in mixed flow line, the same model is produced in other plants, the brothers car seed, etc.) The current parts of this car model, and the proposed components of the request object, parallel production models Is provided with a specification information description column 35 in which each specification information with the parts used in the is described. The creation support program supports creation of the request form 30 having such a format.

Next, a request form creation support process executed by the request form creation program in the computer terminal 14 will be described.
As shown in the flowchart of FIG. 4 and the job flow diagram of FIG. 5, when the request document creation program is started up in the computer terminal 14 as the request document creation support process, first, the steps of FIG. 4 (hereinafter abbreviated as S). ) At 100, the format data of the request 30 shown in FIG. 3 is read and displayed on the display 25. Then, by the blinking of the cursor in the theme information description column 31 of the request book 30 displayed on the display 25, the request form creator is prompted to input the model name. When the model name is input in S100, the theme information is added to the request form data as information described in the theme information description column 31 in S101, and the request form 30 updated thereby is displayed on the display 25. Is done.

  Next, in S102, by re-entering the name of the vehicle model to be requested to change the design of the part by blinking the cursor in the model name field of the identification information description field 32 of the request document 30 displayed on the display 25, the product number, the assembly The requester is prompted to enter the number and part assembly location. When the identification information is input in S102, the identification information is displayed in the request book 30 on the display 25. Next, in S103, the computer terminal 14 accesses the component DB 15 of the component server 11 via the network 24. Then, the parts data of the corresponding vehicle type is read from the parts DB 15, transferred to the display 25 of the computer terminal 14 via the network 24, and temporarily stored in the storage unit 21 of the computer terminal 14.

  Next, in S104, the computer terminal 14 accesses the image DB 16 of the image server 12 via the network 24. From the image DB 16, assembly exterior view data and assembly sectional view data of the designated part designated in S102 are executed. Is read out and transferred to the computer terminal 14 via the network 24. The image data is added to the request document data as an image to be posted in the image information posting column 34, and the request document 30 updated thereby is displayed on the display 25.

  Next, in S105, the request document creator is prompted to input request information (for example, the part number of a newly requested part) by blinking the cursor in the request information description column 33 of the request document 30 displayed on the display 25. When the request information is input in S105, the request information is added to the request document data as information described in the request information description column 33 in S106, and the request document 30 updated thereby is displayed on the display 25. Is displayed.

  Next, in S107, the specification server 13 is accessed from the computer terminal 14, and the specification information regarding the parallel production vehicle type is acquired from the specification DB 17 and stored in the storage unit 21. Next, a specification list is created in which the current parts before the request, the specifications before the request, and the specifications of the corresponding parts of the parallel production model are displayed in a table format together with the model name. Each item list is added to the request document data as information described in the item information description column 35, and the request document 30 updated thereby is displayed on the display 25. After execution of S107, this process ends.

  When the request document data created as described above is printed by the printer 26, as shown in FIG. 3, the identification information of the designated component is entered in the identification information description column 32, and the image information of the component is displayed in the image information publication. A request document 30 is created in which the specification data of the parts of the parallel production vehicle type is described in the specification information description column 35 together with the specification data of the designated parts.

According to this embodiment, the following effects can be obtained.
(1) That is, in this embodiment, the control part 20 of the computer terminal 14 shows the procedure for adding the identification data of the specified part to the request form data and the assembly state of the specified part by the request form creation support program. The procedure for reading the image data from the image DB 16 and adding it to the request document data is executed. For this reason, when creating the request document data using the computer terminal 14, the request document creator manually reads out the component identification information stored in the component DB 15 from the component server 11 to the computer terminal 14. The creator manually reads out the image data stored in the DB 16 from the image server 12 to the computer terminal 14, and no work is required. Further, it is not necessary to manually input the component identification information and the image information in the request document. Therefore, since the request document can be created almost automatically, the man-hours for creating the request document 30 can be reduced and the occurrence of errors can be prevented.

  (2) Furthermore, the control unit 20 executes the procedure of reading the specification data of the parts of the parallel production vehicle model from the specification DB 17 and adding it to the request document data by the request document creation support program. This eliminates the need for the creator to read the specification information stored in the specification DB 17 from the specification server 13 to the computer terminal 14 and to manually input the specification information into the request document. . Therefore, the request document 30 in which the specification information is described can be created almost automatically.

(3) Since the component data for each of the plurality of vehicle types is stored in the component server 11, the request document 30 can be created for various vehicle types.
(4) In the specification list, not only the specifications of the current part before the request and the specifications of the requested part, but also the specification information of the corresponding part of the parallel production vehicle type is described. The viewer can easily grasp the scale and overall content of component integration.

In addition, this embodiment can also be changed and embodied as follows.
・ Instead of using parts used in the same assembly site as specified parts in parallel production models as substitute parts for designated parts, select parts regardless of parallel production models as substitute parts, and add the specification data to the request form data about.

  As shown by a virtual line in FIG. 3, the request information description column 33 of the request form 30 can be written with requests from a plurality of departments including not only the production engineering department but also other factories. In this case, the specifications regarding the requested contents from a plurality of departments can be written in the specification information description column 35 in parallel.

  The component DB 15 of the component server 11 and the specification DB 17 of the specification server 13 are integrated and integrated.

1 is a configuration diagram of a request form creation support system according to an embodiment. The block diagram which shows the structure of a computer terminal. The front view which shows a request book. The flowchart which shows a request book creation process. The job flow figure of request form creation processing.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Request document preparation support system, 11 ... Parts server, 12 ... Image server, 13 ... Specifications server, 14 ... Computer terminal, 15 ... Parts database, 16 ... Image database, 17 ... Specifications database, 20 ... As control means 27: CD-ROM as a computer-readable recording medium, 30 ... Request book.

Claims (5)

A component server in which a component database in which component data is stored together with identification information of the component is set, an image server in which an image database in which image data indicating an assembly state of the component data is stored is set, and the component data A specification server that sets a specification database in which specification information of components inside is stored, and a computer terminal connected to each of the servers via a network,
The computer terminal displays a request form data including an identification information description column, an image information posting column, and a specification information description column in a preset format on a display, and can be used to change the design of a designated part designated in the part data. A storage unit storing a program for executing creation of the request form data ;
Before SL to read out the component data from the component server component database, adding identification information of the specified component specified in the component data in the petition data, reads out the image data of the specified component from the image database of the image server In addition to the request form data, the specification data of an alternative part that can replace the specified part is read from the specification database of the specification server together with the specification data of the specified part, and each specification data is read out from the request form data. In addition to this, a request form creation support system comprising a control means for creating request form data relating to a design change . The request document creation support system according to claim 1, wherein the component server accumulates component data for each of a plurality of vehicle types. To a computer that is connected to the database over a network,
A procedure for reading out part data from the part database in which the part data is stored together with the part identification information, and adding the identification information of the designated part specified in the part data to the request form data in a preset format,
A procedure for reading out image data of the designated part from an image database in which image data indicating an assembly state of the designated part is accumulated, and adding the image data to the request document data.
The specification data of the substitute part that can be substituted for the specified part is read out together with the specification data of the specified part from the specification database in which the specification information of the part in the part data is stored, To add to document data
Is a request form creation support program for creating request form data related to design changes. The said substitute parts are parts used for the same assembly site | part of a parallel production vehicle type, The request document preparation assistance program of Claim 3 characterized by the above-mentioned. A computer-readable recording medium on which the request document creation support program according to claim 3 is recorded.

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