JP6160260B2 - Business flow generation method, apparatus, and program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a business flow generation method, apparatus, and program.

  In order to verify and examine the business processes performed in the company, it is conceivable to simulate the process flow performed in the company using simulator software. The software life cycle is classified into a planning process, a requirement definition process, a development process, an operation process, and a maintenance process. Software is expected to be planned, defined, developed, operated / maintained to achieve management business objectives established at the management level. An example of a process definition can be found in the term definition of IPA (Independent Administrative Institution Information Processing Promotion Organization) Common Framework 2007.

  As described above, when a business process performed in a company is verified, the simulator is used in the planning process to define the current business process. The definition of the current business process is to grasp the problems of the current business process. In the planning process, the simulator is used to check whether the new business process established as a result of BPR (Business Process Reengineering) achieves the management business purpose. In the requirement definition process, the simulator is used to confirm whether the detailed business process broken down to the operation level for the system achieves the management business purpose that is the purpose of the system introduction. In the operation / maintenance process, it is used to confirm the effect or influence of the change of the detailed business process broken down to the operation level for the system.

  In general, a business flow editor for BPR models a business using a projection method such as a business process modeling notation (BPMN) or a unified modeling language (UML). In such a business flow editor, it is required that the business is explicitly continued as a flow. Here, “business is explicitly continuous as a flow” means, for example, that continuous business is appropriate and that data exchanged between business operations is required to match at the data item level. It is. For example, data such as a purchase order must be matched at the detail line level of the purchase order. In the case of purchasing operations, when a purchaser places an order, he / she is strongly aware of the product name, quantity, and amount of the purchased product, but the warehouse worker who receives the purchased product may only be aware of the product name and quantity. is there. In practice, when a purchase order is printed, it is a five-slip slip, one of which is written as a delivery plan and is often sent to the warehouse staff. In addition, the delivery plan is often displayed as an aggregated value of the total amount delivered on the corresponding day for each product.

  In order to simulate the impact of changes in the company's organization and management plan on the business using the simulator, first understand what units and order the current business is composed of. There is a need to. For this reason, it is conceivable to first express the business as a flow diagram by interviewing the person in charge of the department subject to business reform. In order to create a flow diagram, what kind of work exists as a component of the flow and what kind of data input / output relation information is necessary between the works is required. In a company where a system that is commonly used by multiple departments has already been introduced, the user himself / herself does not know how and in which department the data output by a department is used. Often there is. Because the system intervenes in the exchange of data between departments, from the viewpoint of individual department users, both the data input source and the output destination become systems, and the data is generated by which work in which department This is because it is no longer necessary to be aware of which business in which department the data is used.

  In addition, in order to define the input / output relationship between tasks, it is necessary to identify all necessary tasks related to input / output. However, even though the person in charge in each department knows the work in the department to a fine level, it is rare that the person in charge of the department knows the work performed in other related departments to the same fine level. If you create a flow by interviewing such a person in charge, work that the person in charge knows is divided into fine units, and work that the person in charge does not know is divided into rough units or worm-eaten. It may be difficult to identify all necessary operations related to input / output for the business that is a component of the business flow.

JP 2005-128658 A JP 2008-293101A JP 2009-3610 A

  It is difficult for people in the field to be aware of the IT and unmanned accounting tasks, and it is difficult in practice for humans to explicitly define all operations. This takes time and effort. In addition, in order to clearly indicate the detailed level that the person in charge does not need to be aware of, unnecessary information is added to the business data, which may be difficult for the person in charge to understand. As described above, in a simulator that requires a business to be explicitly continued as a flow, the simulator cannot be executed unless the request is satisfied. For this reason, there is a problem that it takes time and effort to explicitly define information relating to work, which is data given to the simulator as input.

  Therefore, as one aspect, the present invention provides a business flow creation method, apparatus, and program capable of automatically creating a business flow so that the input / output relationship between adjacent businesses is continuous. Objective.

  A business flow generation method for generating a business flow representing a business flow by a computer is related to receiving an input of a business flow including two or more business operations, and being accessible to the computer, and related to input and output of a plurality of business operations. With reference to the storage unit for storing information, the two or more jobs included in the input business flow are stored in the storage unit so that the input / output relationship between adjacent jobs is continuous. Including generating a business flow by adding a business to the input business flow based on information related to business input and output.

  It is possible to automatically create a business flow so that the input / output relationship between adjacent businesses is continuous.

It is a functional block diagram of an example of a business flow generation device. It is a figure explaining a business flow. It is a figure which shows the structure and example of data of a roll. It is a figure which shows the structure and example of business data. It is an organization chart which shows the connection of a department. It is a figure which shows the example of the roll pattern of the order delivery business used by burial business supplement processing. It is a figure which shows the example of the roll pattern of the company transportation service used by burial work complementation processing. It is a figure which shows the example of the roll pattern of the transportation company consignment delivery work used by burial work supplement processing. It is a figure which shows the example of the roll pattern of the sales process business used by a burial business complement process. It is a figure which shows the example of the organization chart used by burial work complementation processing. It is a figure which shows the example of an input work flow. It is a figure which shows the example which assigns a charge department to each work of an input work flow. It is a figure which shows the example of expansion | deployment of the roll pattern of an input work flow. It is a figure which shows the example which narrowed down several path | route from the context in the roll pattern of the expand | deployed input work flow. It is a figure which shows the example which narrowed down several path | routes according to the priority in the roll pattern of the expand | deployed input work flow. It is a figure which shows the example which put together the duties which overlap in the roll pattern of the expanded input work flow. It is a figure which shows the example which assigned the department in charge to each operation | work of a work flow. It is an example of the organization chart prescribed | regulated according to a business flow. It is a figure which shows the example of the organization chart used for the work flow which complemented the burial work. It is a figure which shows the example of the roll pattern used as the object of aggregation. It is an organization chart for demonstrating the mode of aggregation. It is a figure which shows the example of the roll pattern used as the object of distribution by business. It is an organization chart for demonstrating the mode of distribution by work. It is a figure which shows the example of the roll pattern used as the object of distribution by an organization chart. It is an organization chart for demonstrating the mode of distribution by an organization chart. It is a figure which shows the example of a structure of the company simulator 100 of embodiment. It is an example of an organization chart of a clothing manufacturing and sales company that manufactures clothing overseas and sells it domestically. It is a figure which shows the example of the roll pattern allocated to each division. It is a table | surface which shows the example of the numerical data of a simulation result. It is a graph which shows the example of a simulation result. It is a flowchart which shows the example of the flow of a process in the complementary process of burial work. It is a flowchart which shows the example of the flow of a process in the simulation process of a company. It is a flowchart which shows the example of the flow of a particle size adjustment process.

Hereinafter, an example of a business flow generation device and a business flow generation method will be described with reference to the drawings.
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In the present age when even the top personnel of user companies change in 3 to 5 years, the systems used in the companies are required to shorten the development period until conception, development and production.

  Therefore, at the stage of examining the specifications of the system to be developed in the future, it is conceivable to use a simulator to simulate what each business in the company will be according to the specifications. As a result of the simulation, it is possible to visualize the impact on the site due to the system change, and has the potential to shorten the man-hours required for verification and change of the system specifications. Even if the related business and the input / output relationship are unknown, it is possible to create a business flow, and it is possible to reduce the labor and time for explicitly defining the business as preparation for using the simulator.

  FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of an example of a business flow generation apparatus. The business flow generation device 110 is included in the company simulator 100.

  In the following description, the company simulator 100 that simulates the company's business will be described as an example. However, the company simulator 100 may not necessarily be a company that simulates the company, and may simulate a business of a more general organization. For example, the technology disclosed below can also be applied when simulating the operations of a non-profit organization such as a foundation or an administrative agency such as a national or local government.

  The company simulator 100 was missing in the business flow input by the user, even though it was a buried business in the business flow of the missing tooth input by the user, that is, it originally existed as one step in the business flow. The business flow correction unit 102 that complements the business, the business flow processing unit 104 that performs simulation using the “business flow without deficiency” generated by the business flow correction unit 102, the complement of the buried business, and the distribution of business data A storage unit 106 for storing information such as a roll pattern and an organization chart necessary for aggregation, and a granularity matching unit 108 having a function of distributing and aggregating business data considering the size of business. The business flow generation device 110 includes a business flow correction unit 102, a storage unit 106, and a granularity matching unit 108.

  The storage unit 106 may store information related to business input and output, and information related to an organization chart of a company including a department that processes the business.

  Further, the business is classified by hierarchy, and the storage unit 106 can store information on a roll pattern that defines a business belonging to a higher hierarchy by a sequence of a plurality of business that belongs to the lower hierarchy and the input / output relationship is continuous. . In addition, the storage unit 106 can store a roll pattern to which priority is given between a plurality of sequences.

  The company simulator 100 accepts a business flow created by the user as input as an input business flow. The input workflow may include missing teeth, that is, a “business is not explicitly continuous” portion.

  Here, “business is explicitly continuous as a flow” means, for example, that continuous business is appropriate and that data exchanged between business operations is required to match at the data item level. It is.

  The work flow correction unit 102 receives an input work flow composed of a plurality of work sequences so that the input / output relationship between adjacent work in the sequence is continuous for the plurality of work constituting the input work flow. Based on the information regarding the input and output of the business stored in the storage unit 106, the business can be added to the input business flow to generate a continuous business flow. In other words, the business flow correction unit 102 receives an input of a business flow including two or more business operations, refers to the storage unit 106 that stores information related to the input and output of a plurality of business operations, and is included in the input business flow. For two or more business operations, a business flow is generated by adding the business operations to the input business flow so that the input / output relationship between adjacent business operations is continuous.

  The workflow correction unit 102 can develop at least one of a plurality of tasks included in the input workflow using a roll pattern.

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining a business flow.
In the business flow, a business is given as an attribute to a task to be processed. This is performed in order to clearly indicate which business on the roll pattern is the business entered by the user. Although input by the user, in the input workflow, input and output may not be continuous between adjacent tasks. In FIG. 2, the arrows only indicate the business context, and do not mean the input and output of business data.

  In each business, a role, that is, a role and who performs it, that is, an organization is set as an attribute. These data are stored in the storage unit 106.

  Businesses are given granularity and hierarchy. In general, the “granularity” of a business can mean the size of the business.

  In FIG. 2, the tasks are arranged in the order of task A, task E, and task J. Business A bears role A and is directly implemented by departments C and D. Business E bears role E and is performed by indirect department E. Business J takes on role J and is performed by indirect department J.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a structure and an example of role data. A role has an input and an output. In most cases, it adds value to the input and outputs it. In order to add value, it is necessary to make various judgments, and information is referred to for that purpose.

  The role data includes “role name”, “role description”, “input”, “reference information”, “output”, “distribution method”, and “business logic”.

  “Role name” is the name of the role, and in the example shown in FIG.

  “Role description” is a description of the function of the role. In the case of the “order received” shown in FIG. 3, “order received from customer, financial agreement can be agreed and provided to the company” After confirming that they have the ability, they agree to an order from the customer.

  “Input” is business data to be input for the business, and is “ordering data” in the example shown in FIG.

  “Output” is business data to be output. In the example shown in FIG. 3, “output slip” and “order confirmation” are shown.

  The “distribution method to be set” is set when “output” is referred to when business data is distributed. In the example shown in FIG. 3, “business data” is a shipment quantity, and the set “distribution method” is a “distribution method corresponding to an order slip”.

  “Business logic” is the content of a business function. In the example shown in FIG. 3, there are five business function contents. The first is to “receive orders from customers”. This means that “order data” is input as business data. The second is to “confirm that the amount can be agreed. This is to confirm that the order amount in the“ order data ”of the business data is within the upper and lower limits of the selling price range of the product. It is. At this time, the product sales price range is referred to as reference information. The third is to confirm that the company has the ability to provide it. At this time, as reference information, it is confirmed that there is a stock by referring to the stock. The fourth is to notify the customer of the contract agreement. Here, an order confirmation is issued. The fifth is to notify orders received to other departments within the company. Here, an order receipt is drafted.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a structure and an example of business data. In the definition of business data, a method for collecting and distributing business data is defined as an attribute.

  The business data includes “business data name”, “data type”, “distribution method”, and “aggregation method”. The “distribution method” further includes a “distribution method candidate” and a “distribution method to be set”.

  The “business data name” is a name for identifying business data. In the example shown in FIG. 4, it is “shipment quantity”.

  The “data type” may have a different data type even in the same business data. In such a case, the “data type” is an identifier for identifying the data type. In the example shown in FIG. 4, there are “account book balance type” in the “sales” business in the “company” business, and “cost calculation form” in the “production” business in the “order production” business. .

  In “Distribution method candidate” of “Distribution method”, when there are multiple distribution methods such as distribution by equal division, distribution according to a predetermined ratio, distribution according to a ratio depending on other numerical values, the distribution method is ranked Set. Here, in the case of equal division, it is to divide equally. In the case of distribution according to a predetermined ratio, when the ratio is determined in advance for the distribution case, the distribution is performed according to the predetermined ratio. In the case of distribution according to a ratio depending on other numerical values, the distribution ratio is determined with reference to other numerical values, for example, distribution of goods according to sales. In the example shown in FIG. 4, candidate 1 “distributes according to the order slip”, candidate 2 “distributes by sales ratio for each role on the business flow (complemented)”, and candidate 3 “ Distribute equally to each roll.

  “Distribution method to be set” of “Distribution method” indicates a distribution method used at the time of setting among “distribution method candidates”. The distribution method to be set is set by the role that is the business attribute input in the business flow and the role of the buried business. When this item is a NULL value (not set), trial is performed from the top of the distribution method candidates, and distribution is performed by the first method that does not cause an error in distribution calculation.

  “Aggregation method” is a method of aggregating business data. In the example shown in FIG. 4, the output of roles on a business flow is simply summed.

  As shown in FIG. 2, each business is set with a department that performs the business as an attribute.

FIG. 5 is an organization chart showing the connection of departments.
In the company simulator 100, which department performs the business is represented on the organization chart. The organization chart is input by the user, and data related to the organization chart is stored in the storage unit 106. As shown in FIG. 5, there are direct departments and indirect departments. In general, a direct department is a department that is directly related to sales, such as sales and field staff, and an indirect department is a management department that is not directly related to sales such as general affairs, human resources, and accounting. As shown in FIG. 5, direct departments C and D may be directly integrated into department A. Indirect department expenses are directly allocated to departments. Whether each department is a direct department or an indirect department is identified by an attribute role.

The business flow correction unit 102 of the company simulator 100 has a function of complementing buried work.
Hereinafter, the above functions will be described with reference to the drawings.
<< Complementation of buried work >>
The business flow correction unit 102 of the company simulator 100 shown in FIG. 1 receives the tooth loss business flow input by the user and refers to the role data, business data, and organization chart stored in the storage unit 106. Therefore, it complements the buried work, that is, the work that has been skipped so that the work is explicitly continued as a flow.

6A to 15 are diagrams for explaining the complementation of the burial work.
Information about the roll pattern and the organization chart is stored in the storage unit 106.

  In addition, the storage unit 106 can store information on the priority of the business route. The “business route” may refer to a sequence of work that is given a start work and an end work and connects the start work and the end work. When a plurality of routes exist as business routes, priority can be set between these routes.

6A to 6D are diagrams illustrating examples of input roll patterns.
FIG. 6A is a diagram illustrating an example of a roll pattern of an order delivery service. In FIG. 6A, the arrows extend from the “order receiving” operation to the “transportation arrangement” operation, the “distribution processing” operation, and the “issue” operation. Among them, the “distribution processing” business and the “shipping” business have an OR relationship, and either one can be selected. In addition, either the “distribution processing” business or the “shipment” business and the “transport arrangement” business are in an AND relationship, and both business are processed.

  When the “distribution processing” operation continues after the “ordering” operation, the operations continue in the order of “distribution processing”, “shipping”, and “transportation”. Here, the “transportation” business includes “in-house transportation” business and “transportation company consignment transportation” business. When the “shipping” operation continues after the “ordering” operation, the operation continues in the order of “shipping” and “transportation”. As described above, when a plurality of business sequences exist as options, the one with the smaller number of businesses may be prioritized.

  The “transportation” operation is followed by the “transportation” operation. After the “transportation” operation, the “sales processing” operation follows.

  FIG. 6B is a diagram illustrating an example of a roll pattern of a transportation business, particularly a company transportation business. In-house transportation operations are carried out by the company.

  After the “loading preparation” operation, a group of roles consisting of a “loading” operation, a “driver call” operation, and a “pre-truck inspection” operation continues. The tasks included in these role groups can be processed in any order. This role group is followed by a “transportation” operation and a “unloading” operation. In addition, in the case of in-house delivery work, there is a “delivery route review” work separately from a series of work sequences from a “loading preparation” work to a “loading / unloading” work.

  FIG. 6C is a diagram illustrating an example of a roll pattern of a transportation business, particularly a transportation company commissioned transportation business. The difference from the in-house delivery business shown in FIG. 6B is that the in-house transportation business carries out the transportation business in-house, whereas the transportation is outsourced to an external company.

  After the “loading preparation” operation, the “loading” operation, the “transport consignment” operation, and the “loading / unloading” operation are continued. In addition, in the case of a transportation service commissioned by a transportation company, there is a “delivery route review” task separate from a sequence of tasks from a “loading preparation” task to a “loading / unloading” task.

FIG. 6D is a diagram illustrating an example of a roll pattern of sales processing business.
After the “loading and unloading” work, depending on whether the transportation is in-house transportation or transportation contracted by the shipping company, the “inspection receipt (in the case of own transportation)” or “inspection reception (transportation is commissioned by the shipping company) When) "work continues. These are in an OR relationship. After the “loading and unloading” operation, the “delivery confirmation by sales” operation is continued. The “inspection receipt” operation and the “delivery confirmation by sales” operation have an AND relationship. The “accounting” operation and the “delivery confirmation by sales” operation are followed by the “recording sales” operation.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of an organization chart.
In the example shown in FIG. 7, the entire company A is first divided into three divisions, namely, “Business Division B”, “Business Division C”, and “Logistics Division D”. Further, “Business B” includes “Factory E”, “Factory F”, and “Sales Department G”, and “Factory E” includes “Manufacturing Department H” and “Business Department I”. It is a figure which shows the example of a flow.

  In the example of the input work flow shown in FIG. 8, the “order transportation” business, the “own transportation” business, and the “sales processing” business are continued. In this example, the input workflow is defined as a plurality of workflows, but the flow is not defined, and only a plurality of workflows may be input.

  The business flow correction unit 102 first extracts the role of each business in the input business flow with reference to the information stored in the storage unit 106, particularly the organization chart, and assigns the department in charge to each business (tagging). ). This is shown in FIG. FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example in which a department in charge is assigned to each task in the input workflow. In FIG. 9, the department in charge of the input work flow “order delivery” is the sales department G. Further, the department in charge of the “own transportation” business is the logistics department D, and the department in charge of the “sales processing” business is the sales department G.

  Next, the business flow correction unit 102 develops a roll pattern including the extracted roll. At that time, roll patterns are developed until all business operations are included.

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of the roll pattern development of the input work flow.
As shown in FIG. 10, each work of the input work flow shown in FIG. 8 is developed with reference to the roll patterns shown in FIGS.

  For example, the “order delivery” business, which is the first business in the input business flow, is developed with the roll pattern shown in FIG. 6A.

  Further, the “delivery” work in the “order delivery” work is developed with the roll pattern shown in FIG. 6B. The “sales processing” operation, which is the final operation of the “order delivery” operation, is developed with the roll pattern shown in FIG. 6D.

  For a task that has a plurality of possibilities for the appearance position of the task, the appearance position of the roll is specified from the context. In the example shown in FIG. 10, the “inspection receipt” operation in the “sales processing” operation is the “delivery” operation in-house delivery. It continues like “Receive” and “Sales”.

  FIG. 11 is a business flow developed in this way. In FIG. 11, a plurality of routes are narrowed down from the context in the roll pattern of the developed input workflow. At this time, a business may be added to the input business flow so that a continuous business flow is processed with the minimum number of departments with reference to the organization chart. In the example shown in FIG. 11, there are two types of “inspection receipt” operations in the “sales” operation, in the case of in-house transportation and in the case of transportation commissioned by a transportation company. However, since the transportation operation in the previous stage of the “sales” operation is the “in-house transportation” operation, the “sales inspection” operation in the “sales” operation is specified as the case of the in-house transportation.

  Further, when a plurality of routes exist in an OR relationship in the roll pattern of the developed input workflow, the selection is made according to the priority. In the example of FIG. 10, in the “order delivery” business, after the “order received” business, there are a plurality of routes indicating whether to perform the “delivery” business or the “distribution processing” business. If priority is given to both routes, a route with higher priority is selected.

  FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example in which a plurality of routes are narrowed according to the priority in the roll pattern of the developed input workflow.

  In FIG. 12, the “loading” operation in the “own transportation” operation and the “loading” operation in the “sales processing” operation overlap. Such overlapping tasks are combined into one if possible. Duplicate work in the developed roll pattern may be referred to as “duplicate work”.

  FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example in which the duplicated work of the roll pattern of the developed input work flow is summarized.

  In the example shown in FIG. 13, the “ordering” operation is followed by the “shipping” operation, followed by the “loading preparation” operation of the “own transportation” process. The “loading” operation during the “own transportation” operation and the “loading” operation during the “sales processing” operation can be combined. Therefore, the “loading” operation in the “own company transportation” operation and the “loading” operation in the “sales processing” operation are combined, and after the “loading” operation, the “loading” operation in the “sales processing” operation is performed. Continue business. After that, both the “inspection receipt” operation and the “delivery confirmation by sales” operation continue, and the “accounting” operation and the “delivery confirmation by sales” operation are followed by the “sales recording” operation.

  FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example in which a department in charge is assigned to each business in the business flow. At this time, the work flow correction unit 102 refers to the information on the organization chart stored in the storage unit 106 and assigns a department as an attribute to each of the supplemented buried work. Further, the business flow correction unit 102 may add a department to the organization chart stored in the storage unit 106 as necessary.

  In FIG. 14, the “order receiving” operation is the sales department G, and the sales department G belongs to the business department B. Therefore, it is preferable that the “shipping” operation is also performed in the department belonging to the business unit B. When there is no such department in the business department B, a department K is newly created as shown in FIG. The department corresponding to the burial work does not need to be an actual department because it is used only for grasping the scope of aggregation / distribution at the time of simulation. As shown in FIG. 9, the department in charge of the “own transportation” business is the logistics department D. Since there is no department in charge of “preparation for loading” directly under company A, department J is created immediately under company A, and the department in charge of “loading preparation” is created.

  A department on the organization chart is assigned as an attribute to each work of the work flow obtained in this way. FIG. 15 is an example of an organization chart defined according to the business flow.

  If there is a method for setting a department in charge of business, the department in charge may be set as an attribute of each business by that method.

  As described above, the work flow correction unit 102 complements and generates a shortage of work if there is a shortage of work that is a component of the input work flow, for example, work that is not connected to input / output. Create a business flow that existed in the input business flow but should have existed, and create a business flow that does not have a shortage of continuous business as a flow. Even if there is a problem, it is possible to make the business flow data that can be simulated by the simulator.

  The business flow processing unit 104 uses the “business flow without deficiency” generated by the business flow correction unit 102 to perform a company simulation. Here, “company simulation” means what is given to the entire company over time, when input is given to the entire company for the given business flow and organization chart. It is carried out to obtain data on whether the business situation is indicated.

<< Input / output data granularity adjustment >>
Now, depending on the company's business flow and organization chart, funds and raw materials input to the entire company, time schedules such as delivery times, etc., the input to a certain department of the company may be excessive or insufficient. . Therefore, the granularity adjusting unit 108 has a function of adjusting the granularity of the input / output data so that any department of the company processes the business almost equally. 16 to 22 are diagrams for explaining the process of adjusting the granularity.

  The granularity matching unit 108 has a function of collecting and distributing business data in consideration of the size of business. The fact that the business granularity of “business flow without deficiency” is large or small can also be large or small in the granularity of business data. In this case, the granularity matching unit 108 corrects the granularity of the business data according to the size of the business. Input / output by business in the company is replaced with a number (amount), and the input / output relationship of the number (amount) between a plurality of businesses in the company should be in accordance with accounting standards and general process procedures. Therefore, by collecting and distributing business data in consideration of the size of business, even if the granularity of the business that is a component of the business flow is not uniform, a numerical input / output relationship can be generated. Even if the input / output relationship of the business input from the user is insufficient, the business flow processing unit 104 can create business data that can be simulated by using this numerical input / output relationship.

  The granularity matching unit 108 is included in a continuous business flow, and when a business belonging to a higher hierarchy and a business belonging to a lower hierarchy are processed after a business belonging to a higher hierarchy, The sum of the expenses for the input of the business belonging to the hierarchy is added to the expenses for the output of the business belonging to the higher hierarchy. Further, the granularity matching unit 108 is included in a continuous business flow, and for a business belonging to a higher hierarchy and a business belonging to a lower hierarchy, a business belonging to a lower hierarchy is processed before a business belonging to a higher hierarchy. In this case, the output cost of the business belonging to the lower hierarchy is distributed to the input cost of the business belonging to the upper hierarchy. At this time, the proportion of the business output belonging to the lower hierarchy is determined by the proportion that is determined in advance by the business that belongs to the upper hierarchy, or the ratio that depends on the amount of other business related to the business that belongs to the upper hierarchy. Distribute.

  In this way, the following two functions are included in the granularity adjustment of input / output data between consecutive tasks.

(2-1) Aggregation When the processing target range of the business to which data is input is larger than the processing target range of the business to which the data is output, the processing is aggregated into the business to which the data is input. When there are a plurality of preceding tasks connected to input for one data item, an aggregate value is calculated from a plurality of output values of these tasks. There are three types of aggregation methods used in the aggregation function: determining the size of business using a roll pattern, determining the size of business using an organization chart, and selecting an aggregation standard. The aggregation criteria may be arbitrarily selected when multiple combinations are considered, such as simple summation (equal division), use of a predetermined calculation formula, use of a calculation formula dependent on other numerical values, etc. A default value can also be selected. Note that an estimated value obtained by simulation may be used as the “other numerical value” in the “ratio dependent on other numerical values”.

(2-2) Distribution When the processing target range of the business to which data is input is smaller than the processing target range of the business to which the data is output, a distribution value to the business to which data is input is calculated. There are three distribution methods used in the distribution function: determining the size of a job using a roll pattern, determining the size of a job using an organization chart, and selecting a distribution standard.

  As for the distribution standard, you can choose any number of cases, such as evenly distributing, distributing at a predetermined ratio, distributing at a ratio depending on other numerical values, etc., but you can select the default value automatically. It can also be selected. Note that an estimated value obtained by simulation may be used as the “other numerical value” in the “ratio dependent on other numerical values”.

  By integrating or distributing in this way, numerical input / output relationships can be generated even if the granularity of the business that is a component of the business flow is not uniform. Even if the output relationship is insufficient, the business flow processing unit 104 can perform simulation calculation.

Here, the above two functions will be described by taking the profit and loss calculation of the factory F as an example.
In the following, it is assumed that the “transportation” business may be either “own transportation” business or “consigned transportation business”.

  FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating an example of an organization chart used for the business flow after the buried business is complemented by the business flow correction unit 102.

In FIG. 16, a square represents a department, and a circle immediately to the right of the square represents a roll of the corresponding department.
First, the aggregation function will be described with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating an example of roll patterns to be aggregated. In FIG. 17, two consecutive tasks, “estimated production” and subsequent “Kurairi”, are shown. At this time, there is no difference in hierarchy between the “make-to-stock” operation and the “Kurairi” operation.

  FIG. 18 is an organization chart for explaining the state of aggregation. The “Kurairi” business assigned to the department J will be described as an example.

First, the particle size matching unit 108 checks the range to be aggregated.
The organization immediately above the department J is the entire company A, that is, the entire company. The output of the “make-to-stock” operation under the company A becomes the input of the “Kurairi” operation. In FIG. 18, there are the following three organizational routes that lead from the “make-to-stock” operation to the “kurai” operation.
(1) Manufacturing department H → Factory E → Business department B → Company A → Department J
(2) Factory F → Division B → Company A → Department J
(3) Division C → Company A → Department J

  Here, the scope of processing of the “Kurairi” operation of the department J is the output of the “estimated production” operation of the manufacturing department H + the output of the “estimated production” operation of the factory F + the “estimated production” operation of the division C If it is greater than the sum of outputs, the outputs from manufacturing department H, factory F, and business department C are consolidated in the “Kurairi” operation of department J.

  In this case, as shown in FIG. 17, the two tasks to be processed, that is, the “make-to-stock” job and the “kurai” job belong to the same hierarchy. The same hierarchy means the same type and no conversion between data types is necessary. The “data type” includes a balance type in which the contents of each voucher are transferred and aggregated in a book, and an order voucher type before transfer in a lower-layer business. In the case of balance type data, there is one data, but in the case of slip type, there are a plurality of slips. However, it may be necessary to convert the “data type” in a hierarchy in which two tasks to be aggregated are different.

Next, the distribution function will be described.
For distribution, patterns such as even split, ratio designation, and calculation of the ratio itself can be considered.

  For example, when a plurality of lines are in the same building for one raw material input, the place rental fee and the air conditioning fee are equally divided by the plurality of lines. In addition, the labor cost is allocated according to the ratio of the number of people owned by each line, that is, the ratio is calculated and allocated. In addition, due to the fixed operating capacity of the line, the usage rate of raw materials is allocated by specifying the ratio. In this way, how to perform distribution changes depending on what kind of cost is inputted and what role is inputted.

  FIG. 19 is a diagram illustrating an example of roll patterns to be distributed by business. FIG. 19 shows a roll pattern that is a part of the “order receiving” operation. In FIG. 19, two consecutive tasks, “shipping” task and subsequent “delivery” task, are shown. Here, the output of the “issue” operation is an accounting book in which the balance is described. The “delivery” business is developed with the roll pattern of the “own transportation” business. The “own transportation” business includes the “loading preparation” business. Here, the input of the “loading preparation” business is an order slip issued by the business. In this way, the “hidden” business and the “loading preparation” business have different business tiers.

  In this example, the upper-layer “delivery” business takes the balance type as an accounting book, where the contents of each voucher are posted and consolidated into the book, and the lower-layer “loading preparation” business takes the order slip type before posting as input. .

  FIG. 20 is an organization chart for explaining a state of distribution by business. The “loading preparation” work assigned to the department J will be described as an example.

First, the particle size matching unit 108 checks the target range of distribution processing.
The organization immediately above the department J is the entire company A, that is, the entire company. The output of the “shipping” operation under company A becomes the input of the “loading preparation” operation. In FIG. 20, there are the following two organizational routes that lead from the “shipping” operation to the “loading preparation” operation.
(1) Sales Department G → Business Department B → Company A → Department J
(2) Division C → Company A → Department J

  The “ship” operation and “loading preparation” operation are hierarchically related and have different data types. That is, the “transportation” business is an order slip type, and the “loading preparation” business is a balance type. The balance type data has one data, but the slip type has a plurality of data. In this way, distribution is performed when converting from the order slip type in the “transportation” business to the balance type in the “loading preparation” business. The input of the department J is the sum of the output of the “issue” operation in the organization chart with the data types aligned. The slip obtained by converting the output of the “issue” business is the sum of the slip obtained by converting the output of the “issue” business of the business unit G and the slip obtained by converting the output of the “issue” of the business unit C.

  FIG. 21 is a diagram illustrating an example of a roll pattern to be a target. In FIG. 21, two consecutive operations, “transportation” operation and subsequent “load / unload” operation, are shown. There is no difference in hierarchy between “Transportation” and “Unloading” operations.

FIG. 22 is an organization chart for explaining a state of distribution based on the organization chart.
Here, the “transportation” work assigned to the logistics department D will be described as an example. The output of the “Transport” operation is the product that was transported. The work performed after the product is transported is the “loading and unloading” work.

First, the particle size matching unit 108 checks the target range of distribution processing.
Departments performing “product” operations include department K and division C. The organization above the department K is the business unit B, and the organization above it is the company A. The organization A above the division C is the company A. In other words, in FIG. 22, there are the following two organizational routes that lead from the “transportation” operation to the “loading / unloading” operation.
(1) Logistics department D → Company A → Business department B → Department K
(2) Logistics Department D → Business Department C

  At this time, the output of the logistics department D is the sum of the inputs of the department K and the business department C. Therefore, the distribution ratio of the products transported in the logistics department D to the department K and the business department C is divided into equal parts, distributed at a predetermined ratio, distributed at a ratio depending on other numerical values, etc. Can be considered as an option. Which pattern is selected may be arbitrarily set by the user of this system, but it is also possible to automatically select a default value defined in the attribute of business data. For example, the business data between the “transport” business and the “load / unload” business is a product. In this case, distribution may be performed at a numerical ratio indicated by the loading amount (handling amount).

  As described above, even if the input workflow is input in a state where the workflow that is a component of the workflow is insufficient or the granularity is too large, the insufficient workflow can be complementarily generated. That is, since a business flow that should exist can be generated and a business flow without a shortage can be generated, even if there is a shortage of business in the input business flow input from the user, the business flow processing unit 104 can perform a simulation calculation. Business flow data can be generated.

  In general, input / output by business in a company is replaced with a number (amount), and the input / output relationship of a number (amount) between a plurality of operations in a company follows accounting standards and general process procedures. If the input / output relationship between operations is insufficient, use the numerical input / output relationship in the accounting standards to identify the business that should have been related, and generate the numerical input / output relationship. Therefore, even if there is a shortage in the input / output relationship input from the user, it is possible to generate business flow data that can be simulated by the business flow processing unit 104.

  Furthermore, by performing aggregation and distribution, numerical input / output relationships can be generated for roles that are components of business flows even if the granularity is not uniform. Even if there is a shortage, the business flow data can be generated by the business flow processing unit 104 so that simulation calculation can be performed.

  In the business flow diagram for grasping the current state, the request for the fineness of the business constituting the flow diagram differs depending on the role of the person who confirms the business flow diagram. For example, if the top in the company confirms the flow diagram, it is important to be able to confirm the flow of the entire flow, for example, warehousing → manufacturing → shipping, instead of a detailed business flow. On the other hand, if the person in charge using the system checks the flow diagram, for example, the work of their department is not a whole process such as manufacturing, but a detailed level such as plan generation → part manufacturing → assembly → painting → shaping Confirmation work cannot be performed unless it is expressed as a business flow. Therefore, the business flow diagram for grasping the current state is required to be able to change the fineness of the business constituting the flow.

  According to the company simulator 100, the business flow can be expressed as a business flow even if the units of business fineness that are components of the business flow are not prepared. As a result, even if the granularity of the business that is a component is changed to a state that has been reorganized to a rough level, it can be expressed as a flow, so the granularity of the business that makes up the flow can be made variable. .

  FIG. 23 is a diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of the company simulator 100 according to the embodiment. The company simulator 100 can be realized as a general-purpose computer 200. In addition, the company simulator 100 and the business flow generation device 110 can be realized by separate computers. In this case, the business flow generation device 110 can be realized as the general-purpose computer 200.

  The computer 200 includes an MPU 202, a ROM 204, a RAM 206, a hard disk device 208, an input device 210, a display device 212, an interface device 214, and a recording medium driving device 216. Note that these components are connected via the bus line 220, and various data can be exchanged under the management of the MPU 502.

  An MPU (Micro Processing Unit) 202 is an arithmetic processing unit that controls the operation of the entire computer 500, and functions as a control processing unit of the computer 200.

  A ROM (Read Only Memory) 204 is a read-only semiconductor memory in which a predetermined basic control program is recorded in advance. The MPU 202 can control the operation of each component of the computer 500 by reading out and executing the basic control program when the computer 200 is started.

  A RAM (Random Access Memory) 206 is a semiconductor memory that can be written and read at any time and used as a working storage area as necessary when the MPU 202 executes various control programs.

  The hard disk device 208 is a storage device that stores various control programs executed by the MPU 202 and various data. The MPU 202 reads out and executes a predetermined control program stored in the hard disk device 208, thereby enabling various control processes to be described later.

  The input device 210 is, for example, a mouse device or a keyboard device. When operated by a user of the company simulator 100, the input device 210 acquires input of various information associated with the operation content, and the acquired input information is stored in the MPU 202. Send it.

  The display device 212 is a liquid crystal display, for example, and displays various texts and images according to display data sent from the MPU 202.

  The interface device 214 manages the exchange of various information with various devices connected to the computer 200.

  The recording medium driving device 216 is a device that reads various control programs and data recorded on the portable recording medium 218. The MPU 202 can read out and execute a predetermined control program recorded on the portable recording medium 218 via the recording medium driving device 216, thereby performing various control processes described later. As the portable recording medium 218, for example, a flash memory equipped with a USB (Universal Serial Bus) standard connector, a CD-ROM (Compact Disc Read Only Memory), a DVD-ROM (Digital Versatile Disc Only Only). and so on.

  In order to configure the company simulator 100 using such a computer 200, for example, a control program for causing the MPU 202 to perform the processing in each processing unit described above is created. The created control program is stored in advance in the hard disk device 208 or the portable recording medium 218. Then, a predetermined instruction is given to the MPU 202 to read and execute the control program. By doing so, the functions provided in the company simulator 100 are provided by the MPU 202.

<Complementary processing for buried work>
With reference to FIG. 28, a description will be given of a method for complementing the buried work executed by the work flow correction unit 102. When the company simulator 100 is a general-purpose computer as shown in FIG. 23, the following description defines a control program for performing such processing. That is, hereinafter, it is also a description of a control program that causes a general-purpose computer to perform the processing described below.

  FIG. 28 is a flowchart showing an example of the flow of processing in the substituting process for buried work executed by the work flow correction unit 102.

  In step S100, the business flow correction unit 102 receives input of an input business flow that is a business flow including two or more businesses, and develops each business (role) in the input business flow using a roll pattern. At this time, the business flow correction unit 102 refers to the roll pattern stored in the storage unit 106 so that the relationship between input and output is consistent. Examples of roll patterns are shown in FIGS.

  In the next step S102, for example, as described with reference to FIG. 11, the business flow correction unit 102 specifies the appearance position of the business from the context of the business having a plurality of possibilities for the business appearance position. At this time, the work flow correction unit 102 refers to the roll pattern stored in the storage unit 106.

  In the next step S104, for example, as described with reference to FIG. 10, the business flow correction unit 102 selects a route according to the priority for the business route in the OR relationship. When the process of S104 ends, the process proceeds to S106.

  In step S <b> 106, the business flow correction unit 102 of the business flow generation apparatus 110 performs a shortest route search for a business route having an OR relationship, and selects the shortest route. For example, in the example of FIG. 10, in the “order delivery” business, after the “order received” business, there are a plurality of paths for performing the “shipping” business or the “distribution processing” business. In this case, the length of the work route is shorter when the “shipping” work is performed after the “order receiving” work. Here, “the length of the route” may be the number of tasks in a series. In the example of FIG. 10, the case of performing the “shipping” operation after the “ordering” operation is preferentially selected. However, as the “route length”, the cost may be adopted. In this case, you may preferentially select the one where the cost is low. Further, the time required for processing may be employed as the “length of the route”. When the process of S106 ends, the process proceeds to S108.

  In S <b> 108, the business flow correction unit 102 collects duplicate business operations that can be combined into one as described with reference to FIG. 13, for example. When the process of S108 ends, the process proceeds to S110.

  In S110, the workflow correction unit 102 refers to the information regarding the organization chart stored in the storage unit 106, as described with reference to FIGS. As a department. At this time, the business flow correction unit 102 may add a department to the organization chart stored in the storage unit 106 as necessary.

  By performing such processing, the workflow correction unit 102 generates and supplements a shortage of tasks when the component workflow is insufficient for the input workflow, and the workflow is explicitly expressed as a flow. Create a “business flow with no shortage” such as “continuous”. Therefore, even if there is a shortage of input workflows input from the user, workflow data that can be simulated by the workflow processing unit 104 can be generated.

<Simulation process>
With reference to FIGS. 29 to 30, a description will be given of a granularity matching process including a business data aggregation / distribution function in consideration of business size.

  FIG. 29 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a process flow in a company simulation process. FIG. 30 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the flow of the particle size adjustment process in FIG. 29 executed by the particle size adjustment unit 108.

  The business flow processing unit 104 performs a simulation using the business flow obtained by performing the process of complementing the buried business as shown in FIG.

  In S200, the workflow processing unit 104 sets the time T as the simulation start time. For example, in the example shown in FIG. 27 to be described later, December 8 is the start time.

  In next step S <b> 202, the workflow processing unit 104 adds a time slot ΔT (interval) to the time T. For example, in the example shown in FIG. 27, ΔT = 1 day.

  In next step S <b> 204, the business flow processing unit 104 requests the particle size matching unit 108 to execute the particle size matching processing.

The particle size matching process will be described with reference to FIG.
In the granularity adjustment processing, the granularity adjustment unit 108 aggregates and distributes expenses from the first operation (first operation) to the last operation (Nth operation) processed in the current time slot.

  In step S300, the granularity matching unit 108 resets the variable i for specifying the job and sets i = 0.

In the next step S302, the granularity matching unit 108 increases the value of the variable i specifying the job by one.
In S304, for example, as described with reference to FIG. 18, the particle size matching unit 108 checks the scope.

  In S306, for example, as described with reference to FIG. 20, the granularity matching unit 108 performs type conversion when data type conversion is necessary due to the hierarchical relationship of the business hierarchy.

  In the next S308, the granularity matching unit 108 determines whether the input job is higher in the organization chart. If the result of this determination is “YES”, that is, if the input work is higher in the organization chart, the process proceeds to S310. On the other hand, if the result of this determination is “NO”, that is, if the input job is not higher in the organization chart, the process proceeds to S312.

  In step S310, the particle size matching unit 108 distributes, for example, costs according to business. For distribution, patterns such as even split, ratio designation, and calculation of the ratio itself can be considered. For example, as described with reference to FIGS. 19 to 20, the “shipping” operation is directly related to the input / output relationship, and the “loading preparation” operation has a hierarchical relationship, and the “transportation” operation When converting from the order slip type in the above to the balance type in the “loading preparation” business, for example, expenses are distributed. The business data between the “transport” business and the “transport” business is a product. In this case, distribution may be performed at a ratio of loading amount (handling amount). When the process of this step is completed, the process proceeds to S314.

  In S312, the granularity matching unit 108 sums up expenses, for example, depending on the business. When the process of this step is completed, the process proceeds to S314.

  In step S <b> 314, the granularity matching unit 108 determines whether or not the variable i that specifies the job is larger than the number of jobs included in the scope. If the result of this determination is “YES”, that is, if the variable i specifying the job is larger than the number of jobs included in the scope, the granularity matching process ends. On the other hand, if the result of this determination is “NO”, that is, the variable i designating the job is not larger than the number of jobs included in the scope, the process returns to S302.

  In this way, the granularity matching unit 108 performs granularity adjustment of input / output data between each business included in the business flow, so that even if the granularity is not uniform for the business that is a component of the business flow, Output relationships can be generated. Therefore, even if there is a shortage of input / output relationships in the input workflow entered by the user, workflow data that can be simulated by the workflow processor 104 can be generated.

When the particle size adjustment processing is completed, the process proceeds to S206 in FIG.
In S206, the business flow processing unit 104 calculates business data to be output during the time slot ΔT for each business.

  In next step S208, the workflow processing unit 104 determines whether the time T exceeds the end time. If the result of this determination is “YES”, that is, if the time T exceeds the end time, the process ends. If the result of this determination is “NO”, that is, if the time T does not exceed the end time, the process returns to S202.

<Operation example>
With reference to FIGS. 24 to 27, an example in which management of a clothing manufacturing and sales company that manufactures clothing overseas and sells it domestically is simulated by the company simulator 100 will be described.

  FIG. 24 is an example of an organization chart of a clothing manufacturing and sales company that manufactures clothing overseas and sells it domestically. This garment manufacturing and sales company sews garments at a consignment factory (sewing factory) overseas and brings them to Japan for sale.

  As shown in FIG. 24, the entire clothing manufacturing and sales company includes a clothing production department, a logistic department, and a sales department.

  The clothing production department includes a contract factory for sewing, a transport company, and an operations department. The consignment factory sews red and blue clothes according to production instructions on weekdays. In addition, since it takes one month to procure materials, it is assumed that you own an extra inventory of materials. The transporter transports the entire amount produced on weekdays to the shipping warehouse. The operation department checks inventory and work in progress at the garment factory, and increases or decreases the daily weaving amount.

  The Logistics department includes the issuing warehouse and merchandise delivery management department. The shipping warehouse collects and ships 24/7. When shipping new products, a certain amount is accumulated before shipment. The product delivery management department carefully examines orders from stores and determines the number of deliveries. Also determine the daily production target number of the garment factory.

  The sales department includes store A and store B. Store A and store B sell clothing. The order quantity of the product is determined with reference to the store sales.

FIG. 25 is a diagram illustrating an example of roll patterns assigned to each department.
In the consignment factory, “material procurement” business and “planned production” business are performed. The transport company performs the “push-in transfer” operation. The operations department performs “production order” work. The shipping warehouse performs a “planned transfer” operation. The product delivery management department performs a “shipment order” operation. Store A and store B perform a “sales” operation.

  Here, we will start sewing new products of blue and red clothes by the end of this year and sell them from the beginning of the year. The sales plan is to manufacture 1,000 blue and red clothes each and sell them in two months.

The company's business is as follows.
(1) Instruct the production amount. Instruct them to make 1000 blue and red clothes each year.
(2) For the production of 1000 blue and red clothes, 1500 raw materials are purchased. In this case, the raw material is assumed to be cotton.
(3) Manufacture blue clothing and red clothing from raw materials at the contract factory.
(4) Transport the blue and red clothes produced for the daily production schedule at the consignment factory.
(5) In the image of delivery to a domestic warehouse by shipping, etc., put all the produced blue and red clothes into the warehouse with a delay time of one week.
(6) When selling from the beginning of the year, 10 pieces are delivered to each store.
(7) Each store will start selling from the beginning of the year, and if it falls below the 5th safety stock, it places a store order. The destination of ordering is the shipping warehouse.
(9) In the shipping instruction, orders from each store are totaled, and when the entire quantity can be delivered, the warehouse is instructed to deliver the same number to the store. When the entire amount cannot be delivered, in this simulation scenario, a quantity is allocated according to the priority of the store and a delivery instruction is given.
(10) The production order monitors the rate of decrease in warehouse inventory, and if it is decreasing at a rate faster than a certain rate compared to the sales plan (inventory plan), instructs to increase production so that it falls within the inventory plan. To do.
(11) The planned production is produced when the production increase instruction is received.

  FIG. 26 is a table showing an example of numerical data of simulation results. FIG. 27 is a graph showing an example of a simulation result.

  From December 8th to January 1st, production of new products has started and stocks are stored in the shipping warehouse. Sales started on January 1, and production of blue clothing started on January 19. At this time, as a raw material, production is increased by using owned materials. However, as time passes, it can be seen from around February 12 that blue clothing has not been able to procure raw materials in time and is running out of stock. In other words, the graph of the number of company-wide sales (blue) and the graph of the number of company-wide sales (blue) were the same before around February 12, but from around February 12, the graph of the number of company-wide sales (blue) The graph of company sales (blue) has begun to dissociate. At the same time, the number of company-wide sales opportunity losses (blue) has gradually increased from the previous zero. In other words, there is a demand but it cannot be supplied. On the other hand, regarding red clothing, the graph of the number of company-wide sales (red) and the number of company-wide sales (red) are the same, and no shortage has occurred.

  In this way, the company simulator 100 shows the management status of the entire company over time when input is given to the entire company, for example, if raw materials are given for the manufacturing industry, for the given business flow and organization chart. Data on whether or not.

Regarding the above embodiment, the following additional notes are disclosed.
(Appendix 1)
A business flow generation method for generating a business flow representing a business flow by a computer,
Accepts input workflows including two or more tasks,
An input / output between adjacent jobs for the two or more jobs included in the input workflow, with reference to a storage unit that is accessible by the computer and stores information related to input and output of a plurality of jobs. Generating a business flow by adding a business to the input business flow so that the relationship is continuous;
A business flow generation method characterized by including:
(Appendix 2)
The business is divided by hierarchy,
Generating the business flow includes at least one of the two or more business operations included in the input business flow belonging to a lower hierarchy, and a plurality of business operations in which information related to input and output of the plurality of business operations is continuous. Including developing using information about role patterns that define the work belonging to the upper hierarchy by sequence,
The business flow generation method according to attachment 1.
(Appendix 3)
Generating the business flow adds business to the input business flow so that the business flow is processed with the minimum number of departments by referring to the organization chart of the company including the department that processes the business. Including
The business flow generation method according to attachment 1 or 2.
(Appendix 4)
In a plurality of sequences connecting the first business and the second business, a priority is given between the plurality of sequences, and generating the business flow includes the first business and the second business. Select one of the plurality of sequences connecting the business using the priority,
The business flow generation method according to any one of appendices 1 to 3.
(Appendix 5)
Generating the business flow includes adding a business to the input business flow so that the number of business operations included in the business flow is minimized;
The business flow generation method according to any one of appendices 1 to 4.
(Appendix 6)
Generating the business flow includes combining the same business operations that appear multiple times in the business flow into one,
The business flow generation method according to any one of appendices 1 to 5.
(Appendix 7)
The business is associated with an expense type defined according to accounting standards,
Generating the business flow adds a business to the business flow input with reference to the accounting standard;
The business flow generation method according to any one of appendices 1 to 6.
(Appendix 8)
further,
Calculating the flow of costs on the business flow;
The business flow generation method according to any one of appendices 1 to 7, including:
(Appendix 9)
The calculation of the flow of the cost is included in the business flow, and for the third business belonging to the upper hierarchy and the fourth business belonging to the lower hierarchy, the fourth business after the third business. The sum of the cost of the output of the third business is aggregated into the cost of the input of the fourth business,
The business flow generation method according to attachment 8.
(Appendix 10)
The calculation of the flow of the cost is included in the business flow, and the fourth business that belongs to the upper hierarchy and the fourth business that belongs to the lower hierarchy before the third business. If the application is processed, including that you distribute the cost of the input of said fourth operational cost of the output of said third operational,
The business flow generation method according to attachment 8.
(Appendix 11)
The flow of the cost is calculated by dividing the cost of the output of the fourth business into the cost of the input of the third business, and dividing the output of the fourth business into the third business. ratio is predetermined by the business or by the rate-dependent output of the fourth operational on other quantities related to the third business including that you distribution,
The business flow generation method according to attachment 10.
(Appendix 12)
A storage unit for storing information related to input and output of a plurality of tasks;
Received input of an input workflow including two or more tasks, and stored in the storage unit so that an input / output relationship between adjacent tasks is continuous for the two or more tasks included in the input workflow A business flow correction unit that generates a business flow representing a business flow, in which a business is added to the input business flow, based on information related to the input and output of the business;
A business flow generation apparatus characterized by comprising:
(Appendix 13)
The two or more operations included in the input business flow are adjacent to each other by referring to a storage unit that stores information related to the input and output of a plurality of business operations. To create a business flow that represents the flow of business by adding a business to the input business flow so that the input / output relationship between the business is continuous.
A program that causes a computer to execute processing.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Company simulation apparatus 102 Business flow generation part 104 Business flow processing part 106 Storage part 108 Granularity adjustment part 110 Business flow generation apparatus

Claims (13)

A business flow generation method for generating a business flow representing a business flow by a computer,
Receiving an input of a business flow including two or more tasks;
With reference to a storage unit that is accessible by the computer and stores information related to input and output of a plurality of tasks, the relationship between the input and output of the two or more tasks included in the input business flow as input-output relationship between certain business is continuous, based on the information about the input and output of the operational stored in the storage unit, adding services to the inputted business flow, or the inputted operational Deploying some or all of the flow to generate a business flow,
A business flow generation method characterized by including: The business is divided by hierarchy,
Generating the business flow means that at least one of the two or more business operations included in the input business flow belongs to a lower hierarchy, and a plurality of continuous information related to input and output of the plurality of business operations. Including developing using information about role patterns that define the work belonging to the upper hierarchy by the work sequence,
The business flow generation method according to claim 1. The generation of the business flow refers to information regarding the organization chart of a company including a department that processes the business, and the business flow that is input so that the business flow is processed with the minimum number of departments. Including adding,
The business flow generation method according to claim 1. In a plurality of sequences connecting the first business and the second business, a priority is given between the plurality of sequences, and generating the business flow includes the first business and the second business. Select one of the plurality of sequences connecting the business using the priority,
The business flow generation method according to claim 1. Generating the business flow includes adding a business to the input business flow so that the number of business operations included in the business flow is minimized;
The business flow generation method according to claim 1. Generating the business flow includes combining the same business operations that appear multiple times in the business flow into one,
The business flow generation method according to claim 1. The business is associated with an expense type defined according to accounting standards,
Generating the business flow adds a business to the business flow input with reference to the accounting standard;
The business flow generation method according to claim 1. further,
Calculating the flow of costs on the business flow;
The business flow generation method according to any one of claims 1 to 7, further comprising: The calculation of the flow of the cost is included in the business flow, and for the third business belonging to the upper hierarchy and the fourth business belonging to the lower hierarchy, the fourth business after the third business. The sum of the cost of the output of the third business is aggregated into the cost of the input of the fourth business,
The business flow generation method according to claim 8. The calculation of the flow of the cost is included in the business flow, and the fourth business that belongs to the upper hierarchy and the fourth business that belongs to the lower hierarchy before the third business. If the application is processed, including that you distribute the cost of the input of said fourth operational cost of the output of said third operational,
The business flow generation method according to claim 8. The flow of the cost is calculated by dividing the cost of the output of the fourth business into the cost of the input of the third business, and dividing the output of the fourth business into the third business. ratio is predetermined by the business or by the rate-dependent output of the fourth operational on other quantities related to the third business including that you distribution,
The business flow generation method according to claim 10. A storage unit for storing information related to input and output of a plurality of tasks;
Receiving the input of an input workflow including two or more tasks, and storing the input / output relationship between the tasks having an input-output relationship with respect to the two or more tasks included in the input workflow; Based on the information related to the input and output of the business stored in the section, a business flow representing the business flow is generated by adding the business to the input business flow or developing a part or all of the input business flow Business flow correction department,
A business flow generation device characterized by comprising: It receives the business flow including two or more operations, by referring to the storage unit that stores information about the input and output of the plurality of business, for the two or more operations included in the input business flow, the input as input-output relationship between the work on the relationship between the output is continuous, add operations to input the business flow, or part of the input business flow or expand all represent the flow of operations Generate business flow,
A program that causes a computer to execute processing.