JP6327800B2 - Computer - Google Patents

Description

In the embodiment of the present invention, the manufacturer obtains information necessary for price calculation from the customer and calculates the price based on the information so that the customer can easily introduce the latest social infrastructure equipment provided by the manufacturer. Related to computers .

  It has been a long time since the aging of the infrastructure of social infrastructure has been screamed for a long time, but there are several reasons for this. In other words, those who have purchased these facilities (hereinafter referred to as customers) want to operate the facilities for which long-term cost depreciation has progressed and their economic benefits increase, and are willing to enjoy the benefits for a long time. To do.

  In general, there is no fixed number of years for renewal of these facilities, and it is up to the customer to decide. Therefore, the current situation is that renewal occurs after a considerable period of time has elapsed since the installation of the facility for the first time, such as when the frequency of failures actually increases or the equipment stops.

  On the other hand, manufacturers that provide such equipment must place importance on safety and reliability under the name of social infrastructure equipment, and set a longer design life. The design will have a high safety factor and redundancy that will not break down or break immediately even if exceeded. Providing such facilities (ie products) to customers leads to trust in this customer and has the business advantage of favoring future sales to the customer.

  However, manufacturers must continue to inspect and repair these long-term equipment in response to customer requests, so it is necessary to secure maintenance parts for past equipment (ie, older products). In addition, sales of new equipment (that is, new products) did not progress and there was a considerable economic loss.

  In general, when a customer introduces a particularly large and expensive equipment manufactured by a manufacturer, in addition to a method of purchasing the equipment itself in bulk with his / her own funds, a method of purchasing by installment payment and operating as own equipment, There are methods of purchasing and operating by leasing such as lease contracts and rental contracts.

  In this case, when the customer purchases in a lump sum or by installment payment, as mentioned above, there are cases where the customer's funds are used, but most of them are borrowed from a bank. .

  On the other hand, in the case of a lease contract, it is said that there are an operating lease contract and a finance lease contract. In particular, an operating lease contract is said to be effective when there is a second-hand market for the target property, and the total lease payments paid during the lease period are also said to be lower than the property price.

  On the other hand, in the case of social infrastructure equipment used in specialized business among customers, there is no second-hand market at present, and it is the actual situation that it must be finance lease contract.

  In the purchase form as described above, the payment amount for each fiscal year is divided, so there is an economic advantage for the customer in the short term, but considering the total amount paid by the customer during the lease period, the interest rate and the Since insurance premiums are added, the price is usually higher than the price of the leased property, and it is difficult to say that there is a merit in the long term.

  Even in this case, it will be left up to the customer to renew the equipment, and after renewing the lease contract or renewing multiple times, it will operate as its own equipment by performing the `` purchase '' act, and in the end, actually In some cases, the frequency of failures may increase, or the equipment may be stopped, so that renewal may occur after a considerable period of time has elapsed since the start of the lease.

  In addition, in the event of a failure, the customer can make a minor failure, but in the case of other failures, the manufacturer of the equipment must be asked to repair. However, when a customer wants to purchase equipment under a lease contract, the leasing company purchases equipment from the manufacturer and leases it to the customer. Even though there is no opportunity to directly contact the customer who purchased the equipment, the manufacturer still suffers from the disadvantage of having to secure maintenance parts for the past equipment (that is, the old product).

  Here, it should be noted that the term “past” in terms of social infrastructure equipment is a long period of about 30 years, and is a long time that cannot be compared with the product cycle of household appliances around the world.

  In a general lease contract, a company that provides a consumption medium (for example, gas) contracts with a leasing company, leases a piece of equipment (for example, a power generation facility), and lends this equipment to a customer. The providing company collects a fee according to the amount of consumed medium from the customer and separately collects a service fee that is lower than the profit obtained from the rented equipment. In addition, a technique for calculating a credit risk by predicting a debt amount and a gross profit from a gas consumption amount, a profit obtained from a lending facility, and the like (for example, Patent Document 1) is disclosed.

  In addition, as a property lease with a price fluctuation option, the customer's industry is selected and the business performance is adversely affected during the lease period in relation to the selected industry. For example, due to price fluctuation risks such as financial products, industrial raw materials and agricultural and fishery products Lease contracts that identify this price fluctuation risk when an earnings decline is expected, set an option to hedge the loss associated with the identified price fluctuation risk, and include an option fee that is the price of the option A technique for outputting information is disclosed (for example, Patent Document 2).

JP 2006-252057 A JP 2005-242633 A

  However, in the technology disclosed in Patent Document 1, although the customer and the leasing company do not directly deal with the customer, the customer pays a separate service fee to the company that receives the consumption medium. The decrease is inevitable. In addition, it cannot be applied to companies that do not provide consumer media.

  On the other hand, the technology disclosed in Patent Document 2 requires an option contract that the customer and the leasing company make an additional contract separately from the original lease contract, and the customer can reduce or avoid the risk when profits are reduced. The pressures on profits associated with this are inevitable.

The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a computer in which a customer can introduce and operate social infrastructure equipment that requires a total cost at a relatively low cost.

The computer according to the embodiment is a computer of a manufacturer that manufactures the power equipment connected to the communication means of a leasing company that leases the power equipment that the customer desires to lease. A database that stores manufacturing costs of parts used for power equipment to be manufactured, a receiving section that receives equipment introduction conditions for introducing the power equipment that the customer wants to lease in a lease contract, and the received from the customer Based on the facility introduction conditions, a calculation unit that calculates the price of the power facility from the manufacturing cost and quantity of the corresponding part read from the database, and transmits the price of the power facility calculated by the calculation unit to the leasing company and an output section for presenting the lease plan obtained from the leasing company to the customer, the receiving unit, the customer is before It presents a menu for the answers to the questions in this question in order to introduce in the lease contract of the power equipment, accept the information that the customer has answered the question of the menu as equipment installation conditions.

It is a figure for demonstrating the conditional finance lease method of embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating the schematic system of embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the menu for obtaining information from a customer. It is a figure which shows an example of the menu for obtaining information from a customer. It is a flowchart explaining the conditional finance lease method of embodiment. It is a flowchart explaining the conditional finance lease method of embodiment. It is a figure explaining the price composition of a property. It is a figure for demonstrating the review method of material cost (component material). It is a figure for demonstrating the review method of a process cost (component). It is a figure for demonstrating the review method of a design cost (design part). It is a figure explaining the price structure of a property when the condition that a manufacturer performs maintenance inspection work free of charge during a lease period is added. It is the figure which showed the comparison of the total payment amount at the time of carrying out the lease when the property is purchased by borrowing a bank. It is the figure which showed the comparison of the total amount of payment when the condition 1 is added to the normal lease when the property is purchased by bank borrowing. It is the figure which showed the comparison of the total payment amount when the condition 1 and the condition 2 are added to the case where the property is purchased by bank borrowing and the normal lease is added. It is the figure which showed the comparison of the total amount of payment when the condition 1, the condition 2 and the condition 3 are added to the case where the property is purchased by bank borrowing and the normal lease.

Hereinafter, embodiments will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 shows one embodiment of a conditional finance leasing method for social infrastructure equipment. In order to lease power equipment such as substation equipment and power generation equipment as social infrastructure equipment, customer 1, manufacturer 2 and the flow of information exchanged between the leasing company 3 and a contract to be concluded.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a lease condition inquiry / presentation 11 and a maintenance inspection contract 15 are performed between the manufacturer 2 and the customer 1. The service of the maintenance / inspection work 16 is provided from the manufacturer 2 to the customer 1.

  From the manufacturer 2 to the leasing company 3, the conditional price presentation 12 of the equipment (power equipment) subject to the lease contract and the sale 13 of the equipment (power equipment) subject to the lease contract are performed. The leasing company 3 formulates a lease plan based on the presented price and purchases 14 the equipment. A lease agreement 18 is made between the customer 1 and the lease company 3, and the customer 1 pays a lease fee 17 to the lease company 3.

  Hereinafter, the exchanges of the above companies will be described in order. First, the manufacturer 2 obtains information on a specific power facility that the customer 1 desires to lease, its specifications, conditions for leasing, and the like by the inquiry / presentation 11 of lease conditions.

  The manufacturer 2 calculates a specific price of the power equipment based on information (conditions) obtained from the customer 1. The calculated price is transmitted from the manufacturer 2 to the leasing company 3 together with the customer's conditions that are the basis of the calculation.

  The leasing company 3 formulates a lease plan and presents it to the customer 1 under the conditions and price presented by the manufacturer 2. If the customer 1 and the leasing company 3 agree with each other, the leasing company 3 purchases the power equipment manufactured based on the specifications of the customer 1 from the manufacturer 2, and when the lease contract is concluded with the customer, the customer 1 Starts paying the lease fee to the leasing company 3.

  On the other hand, when the customer 1 desires as a lease condition, the manufacturer 2 provides maintenance / inspection work for the purchased power equipment and concludes a maintenance / inspection contract with the customer.

  The characteristic of this lease method is the flow shown by the dotted line in the figure. Before the start of lease, the specifications of the power equipment and the conditions at that time are obtained in advance from the customer 1, and the price of the power equipment is calculated based on that. Present to the leasing company 3.

  Normally, the customer 1 inquires the leasing company 3 about the information about the power equipment desired to be leased, and the leasing company 3 presents the information on the power equipment suitable for the inquiry to the customer 1 to establish a lease contract. The manufacturer 2 that manufactures the equipment was not involved.

  This embodiment pays attention to this point, and the manufacturer 2 that manufactures the power equipment that the customer 1 desires to lease calculates the price of the power equipment using the introduction conditions of the power equipment that the customer 1 desires. Then, the leasing company 3 that leases power equipment to the customer 1 formulates a lease plan for the customer 1 based on the price calculated by the manufacturer 2, and the manufacturer 2 creates the lease plan that the leasing company 3 formulates. Present to customer 1.

  That is, the manufacturer 2 is directly related to the customer 1 before the lease contract, and the cost reduction of the power facility is calculated in advance by reflecting the conditions of the customer 1 in the design and manufacturing of the power facility manufactured by the manufacturer 2. Ask leasing company 3 to create a lease plan at a price.

FIG. 2 shows a schematic system of the embodiment.
The customer 1, the manufacturer 2 and the leasing company 3 are connected via the communication network 4 and communicate (transmit / receive) information with each other.

  In the present embodiment, since the customer 1 only exchanges necessary information with the manufacturer 2, no new equipment is required. In addition, since the leasing company 3 only formulates a lease plan using a system unique to the leasing company in accordance with the price and conditions of the power equipment obtained from the manufacturer 2, the description of these systems is omitted here.

  The manufacturer 2 calculates the price of the power facility desired by the customer based on the information obtained from the customer 1 through the communication network 4 (including conditions for installing the facility). Part 20.

  The price calculation unit 20 includes a reception unit 27, a calculation unit 28, a database unit 21 (hereinafter referred to as “DB unit 21”), and an output unit 29.

  The receiving unit 27 outputs (displays or presents) the menu shown in FIGS. 3 and 4. The menu includes a plurality of questions and an input field for answers to the respective questions. The menu is used for the customer 1 to input a question and an answer to the question when the customer 1 introduces the power facility in the lease contract, and is presented so as to prompt the customer 1 to input the answer.

  That is, the accepting unit 27 accepts information that the customer 1 answers to the menu, that is, the equipment specifications and lease conditions of the power facility desired by the customer, conditions that are incidental to the lease, etc. (hereinafter referred to as “equipment introduction conditions”).

  The question presents conditions such as that there is a renewal deadline for the power equipment, that maintenance and inspection during the lease period is performed by the manufacturer, and that a plurality of power equipment is leased simultaneously. Not only all three conditions may be presented, but at least one condition may be presented.

  The calculation unit 28 calculates the actual price of the electric power facility based on the facility introduction condition received by the receiving unit 27 (the answer made by the customer 1 to the menu). The DB unit 21 is a database for the calculation unit 28 to refer to when calculating the price of the power equipment.

  More specifically, the calculation unit 28 calculates a manufacturing DB 22 (see FIG. 2) that is a manufacturing cost calculation database for manufacturing the power equipment and a design cost of the power equipment so as to be suitable for the answer selected by the customer 1. The price of the power equipment is calculated with reference to at least one of the design DBs 23 (see FIG. 2), which is a database for use.

  The output unit 29 outputs the price calculated by the calculation unit 28 and the conditions applied at that time. The output unit 29 transmits the price of the power facility calculated by the calculation unit 28 to the leasing company 3 through communication means such as a network connection terminal, telephone, FAX, and the communication network 4, and leases the lease plan so as to formulate a lease plan according to the price. Request to Company 3. In response to the request, the output unit 29 presents the lease plan formulated by the lease company 3 to the customer 1 as a lease plan menu, and prompts consent to the lease plan.

  The DB unit 21 includes a maintenance DB 24, a material DB 25, and the like in addition to the manufacturing DB 22 and the design DB 23 described above.

  The manufacturing DB 22 stores (stores) data on manufacturing costs such as processing methods and processing costs for parts of power equipment. The design DB 23 stores (stores) data on design man-hours of power facilities having specifications and ratings that are the same as or similar to those of the current power facility among power facilities manufactured in the past.

  The maintenance / inspection DB 24 stores (stores) data such as maintenance parts / material costs, maintenance / inspection personnel costs, and man-hours related to maintenance / inspections when past maintenance / inspections are performed. The material DB 25 stores (stores) data of materials for manufacturing power equipment and its components.

  FIG. 3 shows an example of a menu for the manufacturer 2 to obtain information on lease facilities and conditions related thereto from the customer 1. This menu is provided in the price calculation unit 20 as one function of the reception unit 27, for example, a graphic user interface function (hereinafter referred to as “GUI function”).

  As shown in FIG. 3, the menu is presented from the manufacturer 2 to the customer 1 through the communication network 4 by the reception unit 27. The customer 1 inputs equipment installation conditions (necessary items) according to the presented menu. Note that FIG. 3 only shows the minimum necessary items on the page, and more detailed information may be acquired from the customer 1 depending on the circumstances of the manufacturer 2.

The contents of the menu in FIG. 3 will be described below.
Question [1] What is the leased equipment that is planned to be newly established or renewed? How many units are there?

  In this section, by having the customer specify the name of the power facility, the manufacturer searches for necessary information about the power facility from its own database. The power equipment name is not only a simple name (or type, such as a transformer or a circuit breaker), but also a main rating value / specification is entered together, and the price calculation unit 20 described later is more accurate. To be able to calculate prices based on accurate information.

Of course, the quantity of power equipment required is also necessary at that time, and by specifying the quantity, the price of the power equipment desired by the customer becomes higher.
For answers, name, rating / specification, number of units, etc. can be entered by selecting from the pull-down menu.

Question [2] Which is new or updated?
In this section, whether the equipment to be leased is a newly introduced (installed) (hereinafter referred to as “new”) or “renewal” of existing equipment (whether it is a lease or not) Encourage the designation of the distinction. An answer can be input by a check operation (selection) of a check box of “possible” or “impossible”.

  In the case of “newly established” and “updated”, since the information desired to be obtained from the customer 1 as the manufacturer 2 is slightly different, the menu item settings are different. In the present embodiment, a menu in the case of “newly established” that is easy to understand will be described below.

Question [3] When are you planning to start using leased equipment?
The manufacturer 2 can know the delivery date of the power equipment desired by the customer 1. In this way, manufacturer 2 performs a reverse calculation from the due date, the production start date of the electric power facility, when to start designing the electric power facility (design start date), and when to order the parts constituting the electric power facility. The schedule of when or when to manufacture a child part (part manufacture start date), when to prepare materials necessary for manufacturing the part (material purchase start date), etc. will be clear It becomes possible to determine the arrangement of persons involved and management of the manufacturing process in the factory.

  The manufacturing process and human arrangement are indispensable items for calculating the price because they directly affect the price of the power equipment. For the answer, the year and month can be entered by selecting from the pull-down menu.

Question [4] What is the legal life of the equipment?
Although not necessarily required as the manufacturer 2, the leasing company 3 is input here for reference when setting the lease period in the lease plan presented to the customer 1. The answer can be entered by selecting the year from the pull-down menu.

Question [5] If there is a service life year decided by your company, please describe it.
While grasping the operational life expected by the customer 1, the leasing company 3 formulates a lease period to be presented to the customer 1 while referring to this number of years. In this example, since the manufacturer 2 designs in accordance with the lease period, the numerical values in this section are used as a reference. For the answer, the number of years can be entered by selecting from the pull-down menu.

Question [6] Considering our design life and component retention time ... Is it applicable?
The customer 1 asks whether or not the customer 1 wants to lease the power facility desired by the customer 1, and displays the lease period assumed by the manufacturer 2 and the leasing company 3 after an agreement in advance. Thereby, the customer 1 can formulate the update of the equipment which the company has now.

  In addition, the manufacturer 2 can perform the optimum design based on the lease period and can prepare the maintenance parts only during this period, so that the design rationalization of the power equipment can be promoted. Furthermore, since the lease period is determined in advance, the leasing company 3 can easily present the lease plan by obtaining only the price information of the power equipment.

  Note that the manufacturer 2 has set the design life of the power equipment in advance, displays the lease period based on it, and considers the situation on the customer 1 side at the time of renewal. By letting you know that the above design life is longer than the lease period, you can have the customer 1 understand the concept of the design life and lease period of the power equipment displayed in advance, so that you can lease without difficulty. It is a thing.

  An answer can be input by a check operation (selection) of a check box of “possible” or “impossible”. It is assumed that the recommended update period (age) is input in advance by the manufacturer 2.

Question [7] Is it possible to apply the lease contract again for the same purpose as the power equipment in this contract?
This section asks whether or not it is possible to agree to lease the power equipment of the same manufacturer 2 again regarding the necessity of extension of the lease period and subsequent device renewal. An answer can be input by a check operation (selection) of a check box of “possible” or “impossible”.

  By obtaining this information, the manufacturer 2 can preliminarily prepare a production plan for the next power facility desired by the customer 1, so that it is possible to proceed with the personnel plan, material procurement plan, etc. systematically. In addition, it can lead to cost reduction of electric power equipment.

  Question [8] Indicate the setting period, etc. desired by your company, taking into account the above questions [5], [6] and [7].

  This section is a part in which the lease plan desired by the customer 1 is described in advance on the premise of the answers to the above questions [5], [6], and [7]. For answers, the number of years in each column can be entered by selecting from the pull-down menu.

  Here, “design life” and “recommended renewal period” are numerical values presented in advance by the manufacturer 2, and the customer 1 inputs “initial lease period” and “re-lease period”. These figures provide data for the leasing company to develop a detailed lease plan.

  Question [9] Please indicate the desired number of inspections during the lease / re-lease period in [8] above.

  This section is a part for asking the number of inspections desired by the customer 1, and the category is divided into three stages: “simple inspection”, “normal inspection”, and “precision inspection”. For the answer, the number of times can be input by selecting from the pull-down menu.

Question [10] Maintenance of leased equipment ... Do you agree with the conditions for free of charge?
This section asks whether the customer 1 agrees to perform maintenance excluding “repair only” at the responsibility of the manufacturer 2 during the lease period determined by the question [8]. . An answer can be input by a check operation (selection) of a check box “Yes” or “No”.

Depending on the customer 1, it may lead to cost reduction by doing it by the customer himself rather than requesting the manufacturer 2, so the customer 1 side is asked about the concept of maintenance.
On the other hand, the manufacturer can grasp the number of times of maintenance and the like in the question [8] and question [9] sections, so that it becomes easy to make a plan for the maintenance staffing arrangement and the arrangement and storage of the repair parts.

  Question [11] Regarding the equipment described in Question [1], is there a plant that is planning to install / update at the same time? If you answered “Yes”, please describe the plant name and number of units.

  The answer can be input by a check operation (selection) of either “Yes” or “No” check box. The plant name, the number of units, etc. can be input by selecting from the pull-down menu. This section is a part for asking the customer 1 whether or not the price reduction is desired by simultaneous lease contracts for a plurality of units.

Subsequently, a procedure (step) of the conditional finance lease method will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. 5 and 6.
The manufacturer 2 presents the above-mentioned menu to the customer 1, asks the customer 1 to input answers to some questions on the menu, and inquires the customer 1 about the equipment introduction conditions (hope, way of thinking, etc.) (FIG. 5). Step S <b> 101), the manufacturer 2 grasps the equipment introduction conditions (hope, way of thinking, etc.) regarding the lease of the power equipment desired by the customer 1 (acceptance of information).

  Next, based on the equipment introduction conditions (numerical values, etc.) obtained in the inquiry step in step S101, a price calculation step for calculating a specific price of the power equipment is performed.

  In entering the price calculation step, if there is a term that does not have an answer to each question, the customer is inquired again and the answer is obtained for all the questions (step S102).

  In the price calculation step, first, the standard price (initial price) of the rating / specification designated by the customer 1 is calculated regardless of the conditions of the customer 1 (step S103).

  This is the standard price when the manufacturer designs and manufactures with the specified ratings and specifications, and is the price presented to the customer when the manufacturer receives an order using the existing ordering method. . Based on this price, the price calculation unit 20 recalculates the price when the conditions specified by the customer 1 are sequentially added.

  After the initial price is calculated, in the determination step of the next step S104, a lease contract is possible depending on whether or not the data for the questions [3] and [6] in the previous menu is filled (limited) with the scheduled use start time. It is determined whether or not.

  Here, when the scheduled use start time is not limited (No in step S104) and the lease contract is impossible, the price is left as it is (not reviewed) and calculated in the calculation step in step S103. The initial price (conventional price) will be presented to the leasing company.

On the other hand, if the scheduled use start time is limited (Yes in step S104) and a lease contract is possible, the design / manufacturing will be affected when the manufacturer 2 designs with the design life previously presented in the menu. The cost of the part to be reviewed is reviewed (step S105).
That is, this step S105 is a step of reviewing the price of the power equipment based on the renewal deadline of the answered power equipment.

  At this time, the manufacturer 2 (the computing unit 28) of the power equipment manufactured in the past, the design DB 23 storing the design man-hour data of the power equipment having the same or similar specification and rating as the current power equipment, Referring to the manufacturing DB 22 in which data on manufacturing costs such as parts processing methods and costs is stored, parts and materials that can be rationalized are identified and their costs are calculated. The cost reduction rate here is assumed to be approximately 1%.

  Next, in the determination step of step S106, it is determined whether or not maintenance inspection is desired in the menu question [10]. If not desired (No in step S106), the review price calculated in step S105 is presented to the leasing company 3.

  In step S107, in addition to the condition in step S104, the price referring to the data of the questions (9) and (10) on the menu screen as a new condition is reviewed. That is, this step S107 is a step of reviewing the price of the power equipment based on the time and number of times of the maintenance and inspection of the answered power equipment.

  On the other hand, when it is determined that the maintenance inspection is desired in the determination step of Step S106 (Yes in Step S106), the parts / material cost for maintenance when the past maintenance inspection is performed, the maintenance inspection personnel cost, The cost is calculated by referring to the maintenance / inspection DB 24 that accumulates data such as man-hours related to the maintenance / inspection.

  Conventionally, this cost was added as a cost when actually performing maintenance inspection. However, in the present invention, the number of maintenance inspections and the type of maintenance inspection (category) are previously set as conditions during the lease period by the customer. Since it is determined, it can be handled in the same way as the design and manufacture of the power equipment itself. Therefore, since the same effect as the mass production effect is obtained, it is assumed that a cost reduction effect of about 1% is obtained in the calculation by the inventors.

  Next, in step S108, in addition to the conditions in step S106, it is further determined whether or not the number of conditions can be added based on the answer data of the questions [1] and [11] in the menu, and the number of conditions can be added. It is determined whether or not. If the number of conditions cannot be added, the review price calculated in step S107 is notified to the leasing company 3.

  On the other hand, if the number condition can be added, the price is reviewed again in step S109. Here, we are trying to reduce the price by the so-called mass production effect, the reduction effect by mass purchase of materials, the reduction of the design cost added per power equipment, the improvement of efficiency by improving the operating rate of the factory equipment, etc. Reviewing prices with reference to the material DB 25 that stores data such as the prices of various materials and the inventory status of the materials factory, and the manufacturing DB 22 that is data of manufacturing costs such as parts processing methods and costs I do.

  That is, this step S109 is a step for reviewing the price based on the number of the simultaneously introduced power facilities. This review is expected to reduce costs by approximately 10%.

  Next, in step S110, the prices of the electric power facilities calculated in steps S103, S105, and S107, which are prices when the acceptance of the conditions set in steps S104, S106, and S108 is determined to be “No”, and all of the prices. It is determined whether or not to notify the leasing company 3 of the price at step S109, which is the price when the conditions are accepted.

  If the price calculated in each step is not reduced by a predetermined threshold or more compared with the initial price calculated in step S103 (No in step S110), the lease company 3 does not need to formulate a lease plan, Since it can be determined by the manufacturer 2 that the customer 1 has little merit, the process proceeds to step S114, and the customer 1 is again inquired with the customer 1 to confirm acceptance of the condition.

  On the other hand, the price calculated in each step is sufficiently reduced (above a preset threshold value) compared to the initial price calculated in step S103, and the calculated price may be notified (contacted) to the leasing company 3. (Yes in step S110), the price calculation unit 20 (calculation unit 28) notifies (contacts) the calculated price to the leasing company 3 (step S111), and the process (work) of the price calculation unit 20 is as follows. finish.

  Steps S112 and S113 are processes (work) performed by the leasing company 3, and form part of the leasing method of the present embodiment.

  The leasing company 3 formulates a lease plan at the price of the power equipment presented by the manufacturer 2. In step S112, whether or not the lease plan may be formulated at the price obtained from the manufacturer 2. Determine.

  Here, it is not necessary to make a lease plan in the same manner as in step S110, and when the customer 1 is notified of a price determined to have no merit (No in step S110), the leasing company 3 contacts the manufacturer 2 again. An inquiry is requested (steps S114 and S115).

  On the other hand, when it is determined that the price obtained from the manufacturer 2 is appropriate (Yes in step S112), the leasing company 3 formulates a lease plan based on the conditions selected by the customer 1 (step S113).

  In step S114, if the manufacturer 2 and the leasing company 3 determine that the customer 1 has no merit at the price calculated up to step S109, it is determined whether or not to re-inquire the customer 1.

  Here, when it is determined that it is not necessary to perform the re-inquiry (No in step S114), the manufacturer 2 (the price calculation unit 20) instructs the leasing company 3 to directly create the lease plan (step S1). S113).

  On the other hand, when it is determined that re-inquiry is necessary (Yes in step S114), the manufacturer 2 (the price calculation unit 20) re-inquires the customer 1 about "granting conditions" received from the customer 1 (step S114). S115).

  As a result of the re-inquiry, when the customer 1 agrees to a new condition (Yes in Step S116), the manufacturer 2 (the price calculation unit 20) returns to the initial stage (Step S104) of the price review routine again. .

  On the other hand, when the customer 1 is re-inquired but the agreement is not agreed (No in step S116), the manufacturer 2 (the price calculation unit 20) re-inquires in step S110 or step S112. Then, the determined price is notified to the lease company 3, and the lease company 3 formulates a lease plan based on the price (step S113).

  Here, the price review method in steps S105, S107, and S109 will be described.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram showing, in a simplified manner, a general price structure for power equipment, which is an example of social infrastructure equipment.

  Material costs, processing costs, and design costs, which are prices as pure “things”, and installation costs for transporting and installing the power equipment to the place where they are needed are defined as initial costs, while operation is performed after installation. The cost required during the period from the start is defined as the running cost. In the figure, the size indicating each cost does not represent the actual cost.

  In the above steps S105 to S111, the material cost, the processing cost, and the design cost, which are prices as pure “things”, are reviewed.

  Table 81 shown in FIG. 8 shows a method for reviewing material costs. In Table 81, “a constituent material of the power equipment A” indicates a material that constitutes the transformer when a certain power equipment A is, for example, a transformer.

  That is, a copper material that is a coil material, a steel material that is a container, a silicon steel plate that is an iron core, and the like are indicated by a material a, a material b,. The “composition ratio” is a number representing what percentage of the transformers these materials occupy. The “current price” indicates the material price when procurement is performed at the present time or by a conventional method.

  “Rationalized price” indicates the price when the material is purchased at a low price by bulk purchase of materials or futures transactions. Then, by dividing "Rationalized price" by "Current price", the price reduction rate of the material can be calculated, and by adding up the whole component material, the material that constitutes the transformer mentioned as an example The price reduction rate can be calculated.

  A table 82 shown in FIG. 9 shows a method for reviewing the processing cost. In this table 82, “components of electric power equipment A” indicates parts constituting the transformer if the electric power equipment A is a transformer, for example. That is, there are coils and iron cores for small ones from bolts. “Number” is a numerical value indicating how many of these parts are required to manufacture one transformer.

  Here, some parts are manufactured by the manufacturers themselves, and some parts such as bolts are purchased. For example, parts manufactured by the manufacturers themselves are processing costs, while those purchased from the manufacturers are purchase costs. Are described respectively.

  Here, the meaning of “after rationalization” and “current state” and the calculation of “reduction rate” are the same as in Table 1, so the explanation is omitted, but the number multiplied by the price after rationalization is added to the number. By subtracting the product multiplied by the current price, the reduction rate of the processing cost (purchase cost) can be calculated.

  A table 83 shown in FIG. 10 shows a design cost review method. In Table 83, “design part of power facility A” means a part to be designed collectively when a certain power facility A is a transformer, for example, “coil design”, “container design”, “ Corresponds to “core design”, “electric design”, and the like.

  The “design man-hour” is expressed by the time taken to design each design part. The “current composition ratio” is a numerical value indicating what percentage of the design man-hour required for the above-described design site occupies the design man-hour of the entire transformer as 100.

  On the other hand, “design man-hours after rationalization” is man-hours that have been reviewed for rationalized design, that is, design parts that can be simplified and can be simplified when the design life is limited. In Table 83, the part a shows the case where the man-hour is reviewed, but the part b is not reviewed (the parts c and d are the same).

  Based on these figures, the design cost can be calculated by multiplying the designer's labor cost, and the price reduction rate can be calculated by dividing the rationalized design cost by the current design cost. .

  As for specific numerical values of the tables 81 to 83 shown in FIGS. 8 to 10, data is obtained by appropriately referring to the DB unit 21 of the price calculation unit 20 shown in FIG. In Tables 81 to 83, there are columns in which specific numerical values are described. However, these numerical values are illustrative examples and are not actual numerical values.

  The price calculation unit 20 calculates these numerical values based on the information of the customer 1 obtained by the menus and flowchart procedures shown in FIGS.

  FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of the price of the power equipment when the manufacturer performs maintenance and inspection work free of charge during the lease period, which is a condition in the determination step of step S106.

  In addition, the magnitude | size which shows each expense in the figure does not represent the magnitude of an actual expense, and since the scale differs also from FIG. 7, it is not what intended the comparison.

  In step S106, the type (category) and number of maintenance inspections are already clear when the manufacturer manufactures the power equipment desired by the customer. Therefore, the manufacturer 2 can proceed with the preparation and production of those maintenance parts together with the production of the actual power equipment, so the material can be purchased together with the materials of the power equipment itself, and new maintenance parts can be purchased. There is no need to find it as a material. In addition, replacement parts and the like can be manufactured at the time of manufacturing the power equipment.

  That is, as shown in FIG. 11, a part of the initial cost material cost can be regarded as the material cost for the maintenance parts. Similarly, since it is possible to design maintenance parts together with the design of the power equipment or also as the design of the power equipment, the man-hours can be regarded as a part of the design cost. And since it becomes possible for a manufacturer to enjoy the effect of quantity, it can contribute to the price reduction of electric power equipment.

Hereinafter, simulation results under different conditions when power facilities are introduced by the conditional finance lease method of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.
In explaining the simulation results, as an example of power equipment, a gas insulated switch (hereinafter referred to as “GIS”) is leased for 15 years (the re-lease period is 15 years thereafter), and the same power equipment is The result of simulating the total payment amount when purchasing by bank borrowing (interest rate 5% / year) will be described with reference to FIG.

  Fig. 12 is a graph showing the lease period (year) on the horizontal axis and the cumulative payment amount on the vertical axis, and shows the ratio of the cumulative payment amount from the lease start year when the price of the power equipment is 100%. It is. In any case, it is a condition that the price of the power equipment is paid in the first lease period of 15 years.

  As is clear from this graph, as is usually said, the amount paid for lease is 161% of the price of power equipment after 15 years, and 141% in the case of borrowing by bank. It turns out that it is necessary to pay much higher than the price and higher than the interest of bank borrowing.

Next, a first example of a lease contract simulation will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 13 shows the result of a lease company simulating the lease amount based on the price of the power equipment calculated by the manufacturer, based on the information from the customer, assuming that the planned use period (renewal deadline) of the power equipment is 30 years. Here, the “renewal deadline of 30 years” means that the customer returns the equipment to the leasing company after 30 years.

  In this embodiment, since the manufacturer has obtained the condition of “renewal deadline” from the customer, the result of the simulation performed by the leasing company at a price reduced by 1% from the price of the power equipment is shown in FIG.

  The reduction rate of 1% is due to a 30-year period for customers, so manufacturers have rationalized the design of equipment with a design life of 30 years, and 30-year period for preparation and storage of maintenance parts. It reflects the rationalization by.

  As shown in FIG. 13, the total payment for lease at the end of the first lease period is 159% of the price of the power equipment, which is lower than the normal lease shown in FIG. It turned out to be still higher than the case.

Next, a second example of a lease contract simulation will be described with reference to FIG.
In addition to “the planned use period (updating time limit) of the power equipment is 30 years”, which is the condition of the first example, FIG. 14 determines in advance the “maintenance inspection time of the power equipment to be leased” desired by the customer 1. , Based on this, a simulation result in a case where a condition that “the manufacturer 2 of the leased electric power equipment performs maintenance and inspection” is added.

  Since the manufacturer knows the maintenance inspection time in advance and can arrange personnel and prepare maintenance parts based on the maintenance inspection time, it is possible to further reduce the price by 1% in addition to the first embodiment from the viewpoint of material procurement.

  FIG. 14 shows the result of simulation based on the price. At the lease period of 15 years, the total payment amount for the lease is 158% of the price of the power equipment, which is higher than that of the second embodiment shown in FIG. Although it was slightly reduced, it still turned out to be higher than in the case of bank borrowing.

Next, a third example of a lease contract simulation will be described with reference to FIG.
In the first example and the second example described above, GIS is cited as an example of leased power equipment, but in both cases, only one substation has been installed. In the third example, the simulation result is obtained by further adding the condition of leasing the GIS of the same model by collecting five substations that may be updated or newly installed as a condition to the second example.

  In this case, the manufacturer 2 can expect a so-called mass production effect such as material arrangement and can further reduce the price by 10%.

  As a result, as shown in FIG. 15, it was found that the total payment in the lease and the bank borrowing are almost the same price at the lease period of 15 years.

  In fact, it seems that there are almost no cases where the five facilities of customer 1 are renewed or newly installed at the same time. Prior adjustments at the three leasing companies 3 may be necessary.

  As described above, according to this embodiment, when the customer 1 enters into a lease contract with the leasing company 3 for the power facility for which the customer 1 is about to receive a lease, the price of the original power facility is not compressed. Before the customer 1 concludes a lease contract with the leasing company 3, the manufacturer 2 obtains in advance conditions from the customer 1 for the equipment for which the customer 1 wants to receive a lease so that the customer 1 can make a lease at a price close to The manufacturer 2 calculates the price of the equipment based on the result, and the lease company 3 formulates the lease plan based on the calculation result, so that a lease plan without waste can be created.

  That is, according to the above-described embodiment, before a customer concludes a lease contract with a leasing company regarding a leased property, information regarding the power equipment manufacturer 2 in advance is exchanged with the power equipment manufacturer 2 to be leased. Since the leasing company 3 can formulate a lease plan and present it to the customer, the following effects can be obtained.

1) Benefits for customers The latest equipment can be introduced without significant investment, and the initial investment is suppressed, so that a large number of equipment can be introduced at a time. As a result, it is possible to update the old equipment at an early stage, and it is possible to reduce costs associated with breakdowns and repairs in the long term. That is, customers can introduce and operate social infrastructure equipment that requires a total cost at a relatively low cost.

  In addition, by setting a renewal deadline, it is not necessary to have equipment with long aging or aging equipment, so that it can be used stably and the frequency of repairs can be reduced. Can be reduced.

2) Effect in manufacturer 2 Since the conditions desired by customer 1 can be grasped in advance, a relatively long-term plan such as a production plan and a maintenance plan for electric power equipment can be determined at an early stage. In addition, it is easy to make a personnel plan such as purchase plan and design of the manufactured parts, assembly, maintenance, etc., which leads to cost reduction as a whole, and it is easy to make a profit plan for the property.

3) Benefits at Leasing Company 3 Since power equipment manufacturer 2 can formulate a lease plan at the price of power equipment that incorporates customer 1 information in advance, customer 1 needs to negotiate new conditions. Disappear. Furthermore, since maintenance and inspection of power facilities are already included in the lease plan, there is no need to newly negotiate terms and contract with the customer 1.

  Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described, this embodiment is presented as an example and is not intended to limit the scope of the invention. The novel embodiment can be implemented in various other forms, and various omissions, replacements, and changes can be made without departing from the scope of the invention. These embodiments and modifications thereof are included in the scope and gist of the invention, and are included in the invention described in the claims and the equivalents thereof.

  In the above embodiment, the gas insulated switchgear (GIS) has been described as an example of the power equipment. However, for example, a static induction device, a gas insulated circuit breaker, etc. may be used, and these devices are combined. It may be present and may be combined with other facilities. That is, a device including at least one device among these devices is a lease target. In addition, although three steps (steps S105, S107, and S109) are illustrated as steps for reviewing the price, it is sufficient that at least one of them is included.

  Further, each component shown in the above embodiment may be realized by a program installed in a storage such as a hard disk device of a computer, and the program is stored in a computer-readable electronic medium: electronic media, The computer may realize the functions of the present invention by causing a computer to read a program from an electronic medium. Examples of the electronic medium include a recording medium such as a CD-ROM, flash memory, and removable media. Further, the configuration may be realized by distributing and storing components in different computers connected via a network, and communicating between computers in which the components are functioning.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Customer, 2 ... Manufacturer, 3 ... Leasing company, 4 ... Communication network, 11 ... Leasing condition inquiry / presentation, 12 ... Conditional price presentation, 13 ... Equipment sale, 14 ... Equipment purchase, 15 ... Maintenance inspection contract, 16 ... Maintenance inspection work, 17 ... Lease fee, 18 ... Lease contract, 20 ... Price calculation part, 21 ... Database (DB) part, 22 ... Production DB, 23 ... Design DB, 24 ... Maintenance inspection DB, 25 ... Material DB , 27 ... reception part, 28 ... calculation part, 29 ... output part.

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A computer of a manufacturer that manufactures the power equipment, connected via a communication network to a communication means of a leasing company that leases the power equipment that the customer desires to lease,
A database storing manufacturing costs of parts used in the power equipment manufactured by the manufacturer;
A reception unit that receives facility introduction conditions for introducing the power facility that the customer wants to lease in a lease contract;
Based on the equipment introduction conditions received from the customer, a calculation unit that calculates the price of the power equipment from the manufacturing cost and quantity of the corresponding part read from the database;
An output unit that transmits the price of the power facility calculated by the calculation unit to the lease company and presents the customer with a lease plan obtained from the lease company ;
The reception unit
Presenting a menu for answering the question and question on the customer introducing the power equipment in a lease contract,
A computer that accepts, as equipment introduction conditions, information in which the customer answers a menu question . The database is
Including at least one of a database for calculating component costs for manufacturing the power equipment and a database for calculating design costs of the power equipment,
The computing unit is
The computer according to claim 1, wherein the price of the power equipment is calculated with reference to at least one of the database for calculating component costs and the database for calculating design costs of the power equipment. The equipment introduction conditions include
There is a renewal deadline for the power equipment,
Maintenance inspections during the lease period are performed by the manufacturer.
Leasing a plurality of the power facilities simultaneously;
The computer according to claim 1, wherein at least one condition is included. The computing unit is
The price of the power equipment is re-established based on at least one of the renewal deadline of the power equipment, the timing and number of maintenance inspections of the power equipment, and the number of simultaneous introductions of the power equipment, which are changed by reviewing the equipment introduction conditions The computer according to claim 1 for calculating.

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