JP2000293595A - Order processing system, delivery time reply system, and order processing / delivery time reply system - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [PROBLEMS] To provide an order receiving / delivery time answering system capable of answering whether an order can be accepted or not at a high speed so that more orders can be accepted. A response creation unit creates a response to an order request input by an input information reception unit. Answer making part 2
If the order request can be allocated to the orderable frame information in the orderable frame information holding unit 7, the determination is made by assigning the order request to the orderable frame information. If the order request cannot be allocated to the orderable frame information, the configuration master information in the configuration master information storage unit 4 is referred to in the order of priority of the order information, order request, and orderable frame information in the order information storage unit 6. Then, the part inventory information and the scheduled delivery quantity obtained from the component quantity information in the component quantity information storage unit 5 are allocated, the orderable slot information is updated, and the orderable slot information is referred to to respond to the order request. It is determined whether or not the answer can be made, and an answer is created. This answer is output by the information output means 3.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an order processing technique for answering whether or not an order can be accepted when an order for a product is received from a customer, and an inquiry about a delivery date of the product from the customer. The present invention relates to a delivery date answering technology for answering a delivery date when there is a problem.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When a customer places an order request for a product, first, the ordered product is allocated at the product level to the inventory of unallocated products and the production plan of the product, and the order is accepted. You can answer whether you can do it. If a customer inquires about the delivery date of a product, it is possible to assign the inquired product at the product level to the product inventory and product production plan that have not yet been assigned, and reply to the delivery date. it can.
In answering in this way, by setting the period ATP in the period from the planned receipt date to the day before the next planned receipt date, the reference data is reduced,
A technique for replying to an order or replying to an inquiry about a delivery date is described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 5-324686.

In order to receive as many orders from customers as possible, if it is not possible to allocate products at the product level to product stocks and product production plans, orders from customers are added to the production plans. , Allocates the ordered products at the parts level to the parts inventory and parts delivery schedule that have not yet been allocated, re-creates the allocation relationship between the ordered products and the parts inventory and delivery schedule, and presents it. Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 7-282140 describes a technique for responding to an order by providing support for adjusting a plan.

[0004]

As described above, when a customer places an order for a product, the product ordered at the product level is added to the inventory of unallocated products and the production plan of the product. In the case where a response is made as to whether or not an order can be accepted, the following problems are considered. That is, if there is a common part between the products, there is a case where even a product that is not registered in the production plan has sufficient parts and can be produced. If there is an order request for such a product, if the production plan is changed, it is answered that the order cannot be accepted although the order can be accepted.

[0005] Further, as described above, when the allocation is performed at the component level, it is possible to solve the above problems, but the following problems are expected.

The first of the problems is described in the above-mentioned Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open
The technology described in Japanese Patent Application Publication No. -282140 is a technology for assisting a user in adjusting a production plan. It must be done after adjusting the plan.

[0007] The second of the problems is that when an ordered product is allocated at a part level to a parts inventory or a parts delivery schedule not yet allocated, an MRP (Manuf) is required.
Acting Resource Plannin
g) A technique called expansion is used, but this technique has the following factors, and it is considered that processing cannot be performed at high speed. 42 and FIG.
This will be described using a specific example shown in FIG.

For example, as shown in FIG. 42 (a), one product A is composed of one part a and one part b, and is a period required to produce the product A. Assume that the manufacturing lead time is two days. And FIG.
(B) As shown in FIG.
On the day 5 and the day 5, there are 10 pieces each, and the delivery schedule of the part b is 10 days on the second day, the third day and the fourth day, respectively.
It is assumed that they are individually. Further, as shown in FIG. 42 (c), it is assumed that two order requests are received in order, such as an order of 10 products A on the 7th day and an order of 10 products A on the 5th day. At this time, in the allocation based on the MRP development, allocation is performed in order from the earliest delivery date among the parts in time for the order. As a result, as shown in FIG.
The ten parts a on the day and the ten parts b on the second day are allocated. Next, for orders, 1
0 parts a and 10 parts b by the third day are required. However, since the order has been allocated, the ten parts a cannot be allocated until the third day. Therefore, the reservation for the order is canceled and the reservation for the order is performed. Thereby, as shown in FIG. 43B, ten parts a on the first day and ten parts b on the second day are allocated to the order. After this, for the order, FIG.
As shown in (b), ten parts a on the fourth day and ten parts b on the third day are allocated. In this way, canceling the allocation already performed and re-allocating it is called allocation replacement. In the allocation by MRP expansion,
Because there is a factor that this relocation occurs frequently,
It is considered that the processing cannot be performed at high speed.

Further, when an inquiry about the delivery date of a product is received from a customer, the inquired product is assigned at a product level to a stock of a product or a production plan of the product which has not been assigned yet, and the delivery date is answered. According to the conventional technique described above, the following problems can be considered. That is, if there is a common part between the products, there is a case where even a product that is not registered in the production plan has sufficient parts and can be produced. When there is an inquiry about the delivery date of such a product, it is conceivable that, in fact, although the product can be produced at an early stage, it is not possible to respond to this date as the delivery date.

[0010] The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems. Even when an order cannot be received at the product-level allocation, allocation is performed at the parts level, and a wider range of customer orders is obtained. It is an object of the present invention to provide an order processing technology capable of receiving an order and receiving an order at a high speed.

[0011] Further, according to the present invention, even if a product for which a delivery date has been inquired is not registered in a production plan, if the parts are sufficient and production is possible, this production time is determined. It is an object of the present invention to provide a delivery date answering technology capable of quickly answering a delivery date.

[0012]

According to the present invention, there is provided an input information receiving means for inputting an order request from a customer and an inquiry about a delivery date, and information necessary for producing a product. A configuration master information storage unit for storing configuration master information, and a component amount information storage unit for storing component amount information that is information indicating a component amount usable for product production and an available date; Order information storage means for storing order information that is information on the contents of an order; order-possible frame information storage means for storing order-possible frame information that is information indicating a frame of a production plan that can be ordered at the current time; Whether it is possible to respond to the order request input by the receiving means, if the order request can be allocated to the orderable frame information, the orderable frame information Determined on the reserve the serial order request,
If the order request cannot be allocated to the orderable frame information, the order master information is obtained from the component amount information by referring to the configuration master information in the order of priority of the order information, the order request, and the orderable frame information. A part that can be used at the time of production is allocated, the orderable space information is updated, and by referring to the updated orderable space information, it is determined whether or not the order request can be fulfilled. Answer creating means for creating an answer as to whether or not the request can be fulfilled, and responding to the inquiry about the delivery date inputted by the input information receiving means with reference to the orderable frame information, And an information output means for outputting the answer created by the answer creating means.

According to the present invention, there is provided an input information receiving means for inputting an order request from a customer and an inquiry about a delivery date from the customer, and information necessary for producing a product. A configuration master information storage unit that stores configuration master information, which is information including a manufacturing lead time indicating a period necessary for producing a product, and an order based on an amount of parts available for product production. A component usable amount storage unit that stores component usable amount information, which is information including a component usable amount and a usable date, which are amounts obtained by subtracting the allocated amounts, and the input unit that is input by the input information receiving unit. Whether or not it is possible to fulfill the order request is determined by referring to the configuration master information and the available parts information, and it is determined that the order request cannot be fulfilled. In this case, a response to that effect is created, and if it is determined that the order request can be fulfilled, a part that can be used at the time of production obtained from the part usable amount information is included in the order request. Updating the component availability information by responding to the order request by subtracting the allocated component amount from the component availability amount of the component availability information, in order from the component with the latest available date In response to the inquiry about the delivery date input by the input information receiving means, the configuration master information is referred to, and for each component configuring the inquired product, the component The parts are allocated in order from the earliest available date of the available amount information, and the production lead The date obtained by adding the Im, and answer generating means to delivery the reply, and information output means for outputting a reply created by the answer generating means,
An order processing / delivery time reply system having

Further, according to the present invention, in order to achieve the above object, there is provided a function for inputting an order request from a customer and an inquiry about a delivery date, and configuration master information which is information necessary for producing a product. A function to store, a function to store component quantity information which is information indicating a component quantity and a usable date which can be used for product production, and a function to store order information which is information of contents of an already accepted order. A function of storing orderable frame information that is information indicating a frame of a production plan that can be ordered at the present time, and assigning the order request to the orderable frame information based on whether or not the order request can be fulfilled. If the order request is allocated to the orderable space information, the determination is made by assigning the order request.If the order request cannot be allocated to the orderable space information,
The order information, the order request, the order of priority of the order available frame information, by referring to the configuration master information, assigning a component available at the time of production obtained from the component amount information,
Updating the orderable slot information, referring to the updated orderable slot information, determining whether or not the order request can be fulfilled, and answering whether or not the order request can be fulfilled And a function for replying to the inquiry about the delivery date by referring to the orderable frame information and a function for outputting the response. May be provided with a computer-readable recording medium on which a program for causing a computer to execute the program is recorded.

Further, in order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, there is provided a function for inputting an order request from a customer and an inquiry about a delivery date, and information necessary for producing a product. A function to store configuration master information, which is information including the manufacturing lead time indicating the period required for production, and a part that is the amount obtained by subtracting the amount allocated to the order from the amount of parts available for product production A function of storing component usable amount information, which is information including a usable amount and a usable date, and whether or not the order request can be satisfied, the configuration master information and the component usable amount information. And if it is determined that the order request cannot be fulfilled, a response to that effect is created, and if it is determined that the order request can be fulfilled, the note In the request, parts that can be used at the time of production obtained from the available parts information are allocated in order from the part with the latest available date, and the amount of parts allocated from the available parts in the available parts information is calculated. By subtracting, the usable component amount information is updated, a response to the effect that the order request can be made is created, and the inquiry about the delivery date is referred to by referring to the configuration master information, and the inquiry For each part constituting the product, the parts are allocated in the order of the available date of the available parts information, and the manufacturing lead time is added to the latest of the available dates of the allocated parts for each part. The date of delivery as a response to the delivery date,
It is also possible to provide a computer-readable recording medium on which a program for causing a computer to execute the order receiving / delivery method is characterized by having a function of outputting the response.

[0016]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of an order processing / delivery date reply system according to the present invention.

Here, the order information includes, for a product for which an order has already been received from a customer, an identifier (or a product name) for identifying the product, a date for delivering the product to the customer, and an order received. And the number of products. The order information is information for which it is determined in the production plan that the product is to be produced by the number of units by the date.
The orderable space information is an identifier for identifying a product for which an order can be received (a product name may be used), a date on which the product can be delivered to a customer, and a delivery date of the product to the customer. This is information consisting of possible numbers. The orderable frame information is information for which a customer's order has not been allocated yet, but is scheduled to be produced according to a production plan. The order request includes an identifier for identifying a product (which may be a product name), a date, and the number of units, and is a request for a response as to whether or not an order for the number of products can be received on the date. The delivery date request includes a product and the number of units, and is a request for a response on a date when the order can be received for the number of products.

First, a description will be given of a first embodiment of an order processing / delivery date reply system according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the order receiving / delivery system 0 according to the first embodiment includes an input information receiving unit 1 and an answer creating unit 2 connected to the input information receiving unit 1.
And an information output unit 3 connected to the answer creation unit 2. The answer creation unit 2 is connected with a configuration master information storage unit 4, a component quantity information storage unit 5, an order information storage unit 6, and an order available frame information holding unit 7. An orderable frame information presentation unit 8 is connected to the orderable frame information holding unit 7.

The input information receiving unit 1 receives input information such as an order request and a delivery date request from the outside, and receives the input information.

In response to the order request accepted by the input information accepting unit 1, the answer creating unit 2 includes a configuration master information storage unit 4, a component quantity information storage unit 5, an order information storage unit 6, and an order available frame information holding unit. By referring to or updating the information stored or held in 7, a response as to whether the order can be received is created and sent to the information output unit 3. The answer creation unit 2 also
In response to the delivery date request received by the input information receiving unit 1, the information stored or held in the configuration master information storage unit 4, the component quantity information storage unit 5, the order information storage unit 6, and the order available frame information storage unit 7 is stored. By referring to the information, a response to the date when the order can be received is created and sent to the information output unit 3.

The information output unit 3 outputs the answer sent by the answer creating unit 2 to the outside.

The configuration master information storage section 4 stores, for each product to be produced, information on the parent-child relationship of the parts constituting the product and the production lead time required for producing the product. Configuration master information, which is the information of More specifically, for each product to be produced, an identifier (or a name) for identifying the product, an identifier (or a name) for identifying a part constituting the product, and the product , Information indicating the parent-child relationship of the parts, the number (number) of the parts required to produce the product, and the manufacturing lead time required to produce the product. , And store them. Configuration master information storage unit 4
FIG. 2 shows an example of the configuration master information stored in. FIG. 2 shows that the product A is composed of one part a and two parts b, and the manufacturing lead time is two days. Further, the product B includes one part c,
And two parts d, and the manufacturing lead time is 2
Day is shown. Further, the product C is composed of one part a and two parts d, and indicates that the manufacturing lead time is two days. Further, the product D is composed of two parts b and one part c, and indicates that the manufacturing lead time is two days.

The component quantity information storage unit 5 stores the component quantity information, which is information on the number of stocks and scheduled storage (ordered), for each component constituting the product to be produced. More specifically, an identifier (or name) for identifying the product for each of the parts constituting the product to be produced.
, The date, and the number of parts in stock and the expected number of articles to be stored on the day of the date in association with each other, and stored. The part quantity information is stored in an order information storage unit 6 and an orderable frame information holding unit 7 described later.
Satisfies the number of parts required to produce the product of the order information and orderable frame information stored or held in. The component amount information is updated when the component is actually used. However, even if an order for a product is received, the order does not update the component amount information. This is because even if an order is received, it may be canceled. FIG. 3 shows an example of the component amount information stored in the component amount information storage unit 5. FIG. 3 shows a date column 30.
A table having 1 and a part column 302 is shown. In FIG. 3, the part a has no inventory of 10 pieces, and
It is indicated that 10 pieces will be delivered on the 5th day and 10 pieces on the 5th day. Further, it is shown that the part b has no inventory and is scheduled to be delivered 20 on the third day, 20 on the fourth day, and 20 on the fifth day. Further, it is shown that the part c has no inventory and is scheduled to be delivered 10 on the third day, 10 on the fourth day, and 10 on the fifth day. Further, it is shown that the part d has no inventory and is scheduled to be delivered 20 on the third day, 20 on the fourth day, and 20 on the fifth day.

The order information storage unit 6 stores the order information described above. That is, for a product that has already been ordered from a customer, information including an identifier (or a product name) for identifying the product, the date of delivering the product to the customer, and the number of ordered products is displayed. Store. The order information is information for which it is determined in the production plan that the product is to be produced by the number of units by the date. An example of the order information stored in the order information storage unit 6 is shown in FIG. FIG.
Shows a date axis 401 and a box 402. In the box 402, an identifier (or a product name) for identifying a product ordered from a customer and the number of ordered products are described. Box 402 contains date axis 40
1 above the location indicating the date of delivery of the product to the customer. FIG. 4 shows that on the fifth day, 10 products A are ordered.

The orderable frame information holding unit 7 holds the aforementioned orderable frame information. That is, an identifier for identifying a product for which an order can be received (a product name may be used).
And information on the date when the product can be delivered to the customer and the number of products that can deliver the product to the customer. The orderable frame information is information for which a customer's order has not been allocated yet, but is scheduled to be produced according to a production plan. FIG. 5 shows an example of orderable frame information held in the orderable frame information holding unit 7. FIG. 5 shows a date axis 501.
And a box 502 are shown. The box 502 describes an identifier (or a product name) for identifying a product for which an order can be received, and the number of products that can be delivered to a customer. Box 502 is date axis 5
01 on the location indicating the date on which the product can be delivered to the customer. In FIG. 5, 5
On day 6, day 6 and day 7, product A10
The table shows that there are plans to produce 10 units and 10 products B.

The orderable frame information presenting section 8 presents the orderable frame information held in the orderable frame information holding section 7 to the outside.

Here, FIG. 6 shows the order receiving process shown in FIG.
2 shows a hardware configuration diagram of a delivery date reply system 0. FIG. FIG.
The hardware configuration diagram of the order processing / delivery time reply system 0 shown in FIG.
And an input device 604 connected to the bus 601 and a bus 6
The output device 605 is connected to the communication device 01, and the communication control device 606 is connected to the bus 601. Body 60
2 includes a main storage device 6021 and a CPU (Centra
l Processing Unit) 6022. The communication control device 606 includes a network 6
07, another computer 608 is connected. The other computer 608 may be plural.

The main storage device 6021 stores various programs,
And data necessary for executing these programs. The CPU 6022 includes a main storage device 60
21 is executed using the data stored in the main storage device 6021. External storage device 60
3 may be a storage device having a larger capacity than the main storage device 6021. The programs and data stored in the main storage device 6021 can be stored in the external storage device 603, and can be read into the main storage device 6021 by the CPU 6022 as needed. External storage device 6
03 is a hard disk device, a floppy (registered trademark) disk as a portable recording medium, a CD-R
OM (Compact Disc Read Only)
Memory) or the like can be used. The input device 604 includes an input control unit and an input unit such as a mouse and a keyboard connected to the input control unit (not shown). The input device 604 inputs information input by a user from an input unit such as a mouse or a keyboard. The output device 605 includes an output control unit and an output unit such as a display or a printer connected to the output control unit. The output device 605 outputs information such as an execution result by the CPU 6022 to an output unit such as a display or a printer. The communication control device 606 is connected to an external network 60.
7 and communication with other computers connected to the network 607.

The above-described components shown in FIG. 1 are realized by the components shown in FIG. 6 as follows.

The input information receiving unit 1 stores a program describing an operation of receiving input information in the external storage device 603, reads the program from the external storage device 603 into the main storage device 6021, executes the program by the CPU 6022, and executes This is realized by inputting information input by the user from the device 604. Further, the input information receiving unit 1 stores a program describing an operation of receiving input information in the external storage device 603, reads the program from the external storage device 603 to the main storage device 6021,
It is executed by the CPU 6022, and is realized by inputting information input from another computer connected to the network 607 from the communication control device 606.

The answer creation unit 2 is realized by storing a program describing the operation in the external storage device 603, reading the program from the external storage device 603 into the main storage device 6021, and executing the program by the CPU 6022. At the time of this execution, the configuration master information storage unit 4,
The information stored or stored in the component amount information storage unit 5, the order information storage unit 6, and the orderable frame information storage unit 7 is referred to or updated.

The information output unit 3 stores a program describing an operation of outputting output information in the external storage device 603,
This program is transferred from the external storage device 603 to the main storage device 6.
021, executed by the CPU 6022, and output information from the output device 605. The information output unit 3 stores a program describing an operation of outputting output information in the external storage device 603, and stores the program in the external storage device 603 from the main storage device 60.
21 and executed by the CPU 6022, and is realized by outputting information from the communication control device 606 to another computer connected to the network 607.

The configuration master information storage unit 4, the component quantity information storage unit 5, the order information storage unit 6, and the order-possible frame information storage unit 7 are provided in the main storage device when the process of the answer creation unit 2 is executed. The function is realized by 6021. When the information is stored, the functions of the configuration master information storage unit 4, the component quantity information storage unit 5, the order information storage unit 6, and the orderable frame information storage unit 7 are realized by the external storage device 603. You.

The orderable frame information presentation unit 8 stores a program describing the operation of presenting the orderable frame information in the external storage device 603, and stores the program in the external storage device 603.
From the CPU 6022 to the main storage device 6021
And outputs the orderable frame information from the output device 605. The order-possible frame information presentation unit 8 stores a program describing the operation of presenting the order-possible frame information in the external storage device 603, reads the program from the external storage device 603 into the main storage device 6021, and Execute, communication control device 6
This is realized by outputting orderable frame information from 06 to another computer connected to the network 607.

Next, an outline of the operation of the first embodiment of the order receiving / delivery system according to the present invention will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

When information is input, first, the input information receiving unit 1 receives an input of information (S1). Next, the answer creating unit 2 creates answer information for the input information (S2). Next, the answer information created by the answer creating unit 2 is output by the information output unit 3 (S3).

In S2, if the input information is "order request", answer information is created according to the flowchart shown in FIG. First, it is determined whether or not the required quantity on the required date of the ordered product is equal to or less than the total number of units before the “required date of the ordered product” in the orderable frame information (S241). S
At 241, the required quantity of the ordered product on the required date is:
If it is determined that the number is equal to or less than the total number of units before the “required date of the ordered product” in the orderable frame information, the order is assigned to the orderable frame information, and the order information and the orderable frame information are updated (S242). ), And prepares a response indicating that the order can be accepted (S243). In S241, if it is determined that the required quantity of the ordered product on the required date is not less than the total number of units before the “ordered product required date” in the orderable frame information, the order information, the order request, and the orderable frame information Are assigned to the parts in the order of priority, and the orderable frame information is updated (S244). Next, the required quantity on the required date of the ordered product is the "required date of the ordered product" in the available order space information.
It is determined whether or not the number is equal to or less than the sum of the previous number (S24).
5). In S245, the required amount of the ordered product on the required date is represented by the “required date of the ordered product” in the orderable frame information.
If it is determined that the total number is equal to or less than the total of the previous units, the order is assigned to orderable frame information, the order information and the orderable frame information are updated (S242), and a response indicating that the order can be accepted is created. (S243). If it is determined in S245 that the required quantity of the ordered product on the required date is not less than the total number of units before the “required date of the ordered product” in the orderable slot information, a response that the order cannot be accepted is created. (S246). After that, S3 is executed.

Step S244 shown in FIG. 8 will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. S244 described later
In steps S1, S2442, and S2445, parts are allocated. This is done by referring to the configuration master information storage unit 4 and calculating the required quantity and the required date of the parts constituting the product with respect to the order information, the order request, and the orderable frame information. Then, the required amount is subtracted in order from the later of the unallocated component amounts before the required date. If the required amount cannot be deducted, it is determined that the component could not be allocated. Of the parts that make up the product for each of the order information, order request,
If the required amount cannot be deducted even for one of the components, the required amount is not deducted for the other parts. First, there is no assignment to the component, and the component is assigned to the order information (S2441). Next, assign parts to the order information,
It is determined whether the parts have been allocated (S244).
2). If it is determined in S2442 that the component cannot be allocated, the process returns to S245. If it is determined in S2442 that parts can be allocated, new orderable frame information is created, and the order information is added to the new orderable frame information as a frame (S2443). Next, a frame for one day of one product is extracted from the conventional orderable frame information, and it is determined whether or not the frame has been extracted (S2444). If it is determined in S2444 that the one-day frame of one product cannot be extracted from the existing orderable frame information, the existing orderable frame information is updated to a new orderable frame (S247), and the process returns. And S245
Execute In S2444, when it is determined that the one-day frame of one product can be extracted from the conventional orderable frame information, parts are allocated to the one-day frame of the extracted one product, and whether or not the parts can be allocated. Is determined (S2
445). In S2445, one of the extracted products 1
If it is determined that the component cannot be allocated to the frame for the day, the process returns to S2444. S2445
In, when it is determined that parts can be allocated to the frame for one day of one extracted product and the parts can be allocated,
One day's worth of the extracted one product is added to the new orderable frame information (S2446), and the process returns to S2444.

If the input information is "delivery request" in S2 of FIG. 7 described above, answer information is created according to the flowchart shown in FIG. That is, the number is accumulated in order from the earliest date of the orderable frame information for the ordered product, and a response is created with the date when the required quantity of the ordered product becomes equal to or less than the accumulated quantity as the delivery date (S251).

Next, the actual operation of the order receiving / delivery system 0 according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described using a specific example.

It is assumed that the configuration master information stored in the configuration master information storage unit 4 is as shown in FIG. That is, the product A is composed of one part a and two parts b, and the production lead time is two days. The product B is composed of one part c and two parts d,
The manufacturing lead time is 2 days. Further, the product C is
It is composed of one part a and two parts d, and the manufacturing lead time is two days. Further, the product D is composed of two parts b and one part c, and the manufacturing lead time is two days.

As production plans, ten products A are planned on the fifth, sixth and seventh days, and ten products B are planned on the fifth, sixth and seventh days. As for the parts, the part a has no inventory and is scheduled to be delivered 10 on the third day, 10 on the fourth day, and 10 on the fifth day. The part b has no inventory and is scheduled to be delivered 20 on the third day, 20 on the fourth day, and 20 on the fifth day. Part c is in stock 0 and 1 on day 3
It is scheduled to be delivered 0 pieces, 10 pieces on the 4th day, and 10 pieces on the 5th day. The part d has no inventory and is scheduled to be delivered 20 on the third day, 20 on the fourth day, and 20 on the fifth day. It is assumed that no orders have been received yet. Therefore, the order-available-frame information includes 10 units each for the product A on the fifth, sixth, and seventh days, and ten units each for the product B on the fifth, sixth, and seventh days. This state is shown as in FIG.

In response to such a condition, "order request: 10 products A on day 5", "order request: 10 products C on day 6", and "order request: product D on day 6" 3 of 10
It is assumed that the cases have been received in order. The three requests are input via the Internet or an intranet.

First, in the first case, “Product A was added on Day 5 to 10
The input information receiving unit 1 receives an order request of “pieces” (S
1). Next, the answer creating unit 2 creates answer information for the input information (S2). In S2, the input information is “order request”, and the number of 10 units on the fifth day of the product A is 10 or less, which is the total number of orderable frame information of the product A before the fifth day. Is determined to be “less”), the order is assigned to the orderable frame information, and the order information and the orderable frame information are updated as shown in FIG. 12 (S24).
2), create an answer that the order can be accepted (S24)
3). The created answer is output by the information output unit 3 (S3). In FIG. 12, the orderable frame information indicates that the product A has 10 units each on the 6th and 7th days and the product B has
On the 5th, 6th and 7th days, respectively, and the order information shows that the product A has 10 units on the 5th day.

Next, in the second case, “Product C was
The input information receiving unit 1 receives the order request of “pieces” (S
1). Next, the answer creating unit 2 creates answer information for the input information (S2). In S2, the input information is “order request”, and the number of 10 units on the sixth day of the product C is greater than 0 which is the total number of orderable slot information of the product C before the sixth day. The part is reassigned in the order of S241 (“not below”), order information, order request (order information), and orderable frame information (S244).

The details of S244 are as follows. First, a part is allocated to the order information (ten products A on the fifth day) (S2).
441). Here, the parts to be allocated are 10 parts a on the third day and 20 parts b on the third day, and the parts not yet allocated are the parts a on the fourth and fifth days of the part a, respectively. 10 pieces each, 20 pieces each on the 4th and 5th days of part b, 10 pieces each on the 3rd day, 4th day and 5th day of part c, 3rd day and 4th day of part d And on day 5, there will be 20 of each. This is shown in FIG. Next, parts are allocated to the order information (10 products C on the sixth day) (S244).
2). The parts required for the order information are 10 parts a before the fourth day and 20 parts d before the fourth day. As unallocated parts, 10 parts a on day 4 and 4
Since there are 20 parts d on the day, these are allocated. The number of parts that have not yet been allocated is 10 on the fifth day of the part a, and 20 on the fourth and fifth days of the part b.
On the third day, the fourth day, and the fifth day of the part c, ten pieces each, and on the third day and the fifth day of the part d, twenty pieces each. Since the allocation can be made (the determination in S2442 is “Yes”), new orderable frame information is created, and
The order information is added as a frame (S2443). The new orderable frame information is only "10 products C on the sixth day". FIG. 14 shows the allocation status of the conventional orderable frame information, new orderable frame information, order information, and component amount information at this time.

Next, the frame of "10 products B on the fifth day" is extracted from the conventional orderable frame information (S2444). Since it can be extracted (the determination of S2444 is "extracted"),
The parts are assigned to the extracted “10 products B on the fifth day” (S2445). The parts required for "10 products B on the fifth day" are 10 parts c before the third day and 20 parts d before the third day. As unallocated parts, ten parts c on the third day and two parts d on the third day
Since there are 0, these are allocated. As a result, the number of parts that have not been allocated is 10 on the fifth day of the part a, and 20 on the fourth and fifth days of the part b.
On day 4 and day 5 of part c, 10 pieces each,
On the day there will be 20. (S2445)
Is determined), and “10 products B on the fifth day” is added to the new orderable frame information (S2446), and S24
Return to 44. The new order available slot information is “Product C on Day 6.
10 "and" 10 products B on the fifth day ". FIG. 15 shows the state of the allocation status of the conventional orderable frame information, new orderable frame information, order information, and component amount information at this time.

Next, a frame of "10 products A on the sixth day" is extracted from the conventional orderable frame information (S2444). Since it can be extracted (the determination of S2444 is "extracted"),
The parts are assigned to the extracted “10 products A on the sixth day” (S2445). The parts required for "10 products A on the sixth day" are 10 parts a before the fourth day and 20 parts b before the fourth day. In this case, since the part cannot be allocated (the determination in S2445 is "cannot be made"), S2
Return to 444. FIG. 16 shows the state of the conventional orderable frame information at this time.

Next, a frame of "10 products B on the sixth day" is extracted from the conventional orderable frame information (S2444). Since it can be extracted (the determination of S2444 is "extracted"),
The parts are assigned to the extracted “10 products B on the sixth day” (S2445). The parts required for “10 products B on the sixth day” are 10 parts c before the fourth day and 20 parts d before the fourth day. In this case, since the part cannot be allocated (the determination in S2445 is "cannot be made"), S2
Return to 444. FIG. 17 shows the state of the conventional orderable frame information at this time.

Next, the frame of "10 products A on the seventh day" is extracted from the conventional order-possible frame (S2444). Since it can be extracted (the determination in S2444 is "extracted"), the parts are allocated to the extracted "10 products A on the seventh day" (S2445). The parts required for “10 products A on the seventh day” are 10 parts a before the fifth day and 20 parts b before the fifth day. As the unallocated parts, there are 10 parts a on the fifth day and 20 parts b on the fifth day, and these are allocated. As a result, the parts which have not been allocated yet are stored on the fourth day of the part b.
10 parts each on the fourth and fifth days of parts and parts c
On the 5th day, there will be 20. (S24)
The judgment of No. 45 is “Yes”), and “10 products A on the seventh day” is added to the new order available frame (S2446), and S24
Return to 44. The new order available slot is “1st product C on day 6.
“0 products”, “10 products B on the fifth day”, and “10 products A on the seventh day”. At this time, conventional orderable space information,
FIG. 18 shows the state of the allocation status of new orderable frame information, order information, and component amount information.

Next, a frame of "10 products B on the seventh day" is extracted from the conventional order available frame (S2444). Since it can be extracted (the determination in S2444 is "extracted"), the parts are assigned to the extracted "10 products B on the seventh day" (S2445). The parts required for “10 products B on the seventh day” are 10 parts c before the fifth day and 20 parts d before the fifth day. As the unallocated parts, there are 10 parts c on the fifth day and 20 parts d on the fifth day, these are allocated. As a result, the parts which have not been allocated yet are stored on the fourth day of the part b.
On the fourth day, the number of parts and parts c becomes 10. Since the allocation can be made (the determination in S2445 is “Yes”), “10 products B on the seventh day” is added to the new orderable frame (S244).
6), and return to S2444. Available new orders are: "10 products C on day 6", "10 products B on day 5", "10 products A on day 7", "10 products B on day 7" Becomes FIG. 19 shows the allocation status of the conventional orderable frame information, new orderable frame information, order information, and component amount information at this time.

As a result, the frame for one product cannot be extracted from the orderable frame (the determination in S2444 is "cannot be extracted"), and the conventional orderable frame information is updated to the new orderable frame information (S2444). S2447). The updated orderable slot information includes “10 products C on day 6”, “10 products B on day 5”, “10 products A on day 7”, and “product B on day 7”.
10 units ".

As a result of the reassignment, the number of ten units on the sixth day of the product C becomes equal to or less than the total number of orderable frame information of the product C on or before the sixth day (S245). , The order information and the orderable frame information are updated (S242), and a response indicating that the order can be accepted is created (S243). The created answer is output by the information output unit 3 (S3). As a result, as shown in FIG.
The order information includes 10 units on the fifth day and 10 units on the sixth day, and the order information includes ten units on the fifth and seventh days.

Next, in the third case, “Product D was added on day 6 to 10
The input information receiving unit 1 receives an order request for “dai” (S1).
Next, the answer creating unit 2 creates answer information for the input information (S2). In S2, the input information is “order request”, and on the sixth day of product D, ten
Since the total number of orderable space information before the sixth day is greater than 0, the judgment is made ("No" in S241), parts are reassigned in the order of the order information, the order request, and the orderable frame information (S244). .

The details of S244 are as follows. First, a part is allocated to the order information (“10 products A on the fifth day” and “10 products C on the sixth day”) (S2441). Here, the parts to be allocated are 10 parts a on the third day and parts b on the third day.
20 parts, 10 parts a on the fourth day, and 20 parts d on the fourth day, and the parts which have not been allocated yet are 10 pieces on the 5th day of the part a, and 4 days on the 4th day of the part b. And on day 5 each 2
0 each, 10 days each on the 4th, 5th and 6th days of part c
The number of parts is 20 each on the third and fifth days of the part d. This is shown in FIG.

Next, order information (10 products D on the sixth day)
(S2442). The parts required for the order information are 10 parts c before the fourth day and 20 parts b before the fourth day. As the unallocated parts, there are 10 parts c on the fourth day and 20 parts b on the fourth day, these are allocated. The number of parts that have not yet been allocated is 10 on day 5 of part a, and 5 of part b.
There are 20 on the day, 10 on the third and fifth days of part c, and 20 on the third and fifth days of part d.
Since the assignment can be made (the determination in S2442 is “Yes”), new orderable frame information is created, and the order information is added as a frame to the new orderable frame information (S244).
3). The new order available slot information is "10
Only ". At this time, conventional orderable space information,
FIG. 22 shows the state of the allocation status of the new orderable frame information, the order information, and the component amount information.

Next, a frame of "10 products B on the fifth day" is extracted from the conventional orderable frame information (S2444). Since it can be extracted (the determination of S2444 is "extracted"),
The parts are assigned to the extracted “ten products B on the fifth day” (S2445). The parts required for "10 products B on the fifth day" are 10 parts c before the third day and 20 parts d before the third day. As unallocated parts, 10 parts c on the third day and 20 parts d on the third day
Since there is an individual, these are allocated. by this,
Parts that have not yet been allocated are 1
0, 20 on part 5 on day 5 and 10 on part 5 on day 5
The number of parts and parts d is 20 on the fifth day. Since the allocation can be made (the determination in S2445 is "Yes"), "10 products B on the fifth day" is added to the new orderable frame information (S24).
46), returning to S2444. The new orderable slots are "10 products D on the sixth day" and "10 products B on the fifth day". FIG. 23 shows the state of the allocation status of the conventional orderable frame information, new orderable frame information, order information, and component amount information at this time.

Next, a frame of "10 products A on the seventh day" is extracted from the conventional orderable frame information (S2444). Since it can be extracted (the determination of S2444 is "extracted"),
The parts are allocated to the extracted "10 products A on the seventh day" (S2445). The parts required for “10 products A on the seventh day” are 10 parts a before the fifth day and 20 parts b before the fifth day. As the unallocated parts, 10 parts a on the fifth day and 20 parts b on the fifth day
Since there is an individual, these are allocated. by this,
Parts that have not yet been allocated are listed on Day 5 of Part c.
There will be 0 pieces and 20 pieces on the fifth day of part d. Since the allocation can be made (the determination in S2445 is “Yes”), “10 products A on the seventh day” is added to the new orderable frame information (S2).
446), and return to S2444. New order available space information
"10 products D on the 6th day""10 products B on the 5th day
Units "and" 10 units of product A on the seventh day ". At this time,
FIG. 24 shows the state of the allocation status of conventional orderable frame information, new orderable frame information, order information, and component amount information.

Next, a frame of “10 products B on the seventh day” is extracted from the conventional orderable frame information (S2444). Since it can be extracted (the determination of S2444 is "extracted"),
The parts are assigned to the extracted “10 products B on the seventh day” (S2445). The parts required for “10 products B on the seventh day” are 10 parts c before the fifth day and 20 parts d before the fifth day. As unallocated parts, 10 parts c on the fifth day and 20 parts d on the fifth day
Since there is an individual, these are allocated. Since the allocation can be made (the determination in S2445 is "Yes"), "10 products B on the seventh day" is added to the new orderable frame information (S2).
446), and return to S2444. New order available space information
"10 products D on the 6th day""10 products B on the 5th day
"10 products A on day 7""1 products B on day 7"
0 cars ". FIG. 25 shows how the conventional orderable frame information, new orderable frame information, order information, and component amount information are allocated at this time.

As a result, it is impossible to extract the one-day frame of one product from the conventional order-possible frame information (the determination in S2444 is "cannot be extracted"). (S2447). The updated orderable slot information includes “10 products D on the sixth day”, “5
"10 products B on day 7""10 products A on day 7"
"10 products B on the seventh day".

As a result of the reassignment, the number of units on the sixth day of the product D becomes 10 or less, which is the total number of orderable frame information of the product D before the sixth day (S245). The allocation, the order receiving information and the order receiving available frame information are updated (S242), and a response indicating that the order is acceptable is created (S243). The created answer is output by the information output unit 5 (S3). As a result, as shown in FIG. 26, the orderable frame information is that the product A has ten units on the seventh day, the product B has ten units on the fifth and seventh days, and the order information has
Product A has 10 units on the fifth day, product C has 10 units on the sixth day, and product D has 10 units on the sixth day.

If the allocation is performed only at the product level and the inventory allocation and the delivery date are answered without using the present invention, it is possible to allocate the first order request. It is impossible to reserve the first and third order requests, and even if there are enough parts to make a product, the answer is impossible.

In the first embodiment of the order receiving / delivery time reply system of the present invention, the above-mentioned S2441, S24
In steps S4245 and S2445, when allocating parts, the required quantities are subtracted in order from the one with the latest timing among the unallocated parts before the required date. Here, as a modification of the first embodiment of the order processing / delivery date reply system of the present invention, the above-mentioned S2441, S2442,
In S2445 and S2445, when allocating parts, it is conceivable to subtract the required amount in ascending order of time from the unallocated parts amounts before the required date. In this case, the assignment is changed as described above in the task, and the processing is slower than in the case where the required amount is subtracted in the order of later timing as in the first embodiment. However, an answer can be made at a higher speed than when a user makes a determination as in the related art.

Next, a description will be given of a second embodiment of the order receiving / delivery date reply system according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 27, the order receiving / delivery response system 10 according to the second embodiment includes an input information receiving unit 11, an answer creating unit 12 connected to the input information receiving unit 11, An information output unit 13 connected to the answer creation unit 12; The answer creating unit 12 includes a configuration master information storage unit 14 and a component usable amount information storage unit 15
And the order-part allocation relationship information storage unit 16 are connected.

The input information receiving unit 11 receives input information such as an order request and a delivery date request from the outside, and receives the input information.

The answer creating unit 12 refers to or updates the information stored in the configuration master information storage unit 14 and the available component information storage unit 15 in response to the order request received by the input information receiving unit 11. , And prepares a response as to whether the order can be received and sends it to the information output unit 13. The answer creating unit 12 can receive an order for the delivery date request received by the input information receiving unit 11 by referring to the information stored in the configuration master information storage unit 14 and the available component information storage unit 15. The answer is created on the appropriate day and sent to the information output unit 13. Further, the response creating unit 12 updates the information stored in the component available amount information storage unit 15 and the order-component allocation relationship information storage unit 16 according to the order cancellation request received by the input information receiving unit 11.

The information output unit 13 outputs the answer sent by the answer creating unit 12 to the outside.

The configuration master information storage unit 14 has the same configuration and functions as the configuration master information storage unit 4 shown in FIG. That is, for each product to be produced, information on the parent-child relationship of parts constituting the product and configuration master information which is information on a manufacturing lead time required for producing the product are stored. I do.
More specifically, for each product to be produced, an identifier (or a name) for identifying the product, an identifier (or a name) for identifying a part constituting the product, and the product , Information indicating the parent-child relationship of the parts, the number (number) of the parts required to produce the product, and the manufacturing lead time required to produce the product. , And store them.

The available component information storage unit 15 produces the ordered product out of the component quantity information, which is the stock quantity and the scheduled storage (ordered) information, for each component constituting the product to be produced. Component usable amount information from which the necessary component amount has been removed. More specifically,
For each of the parts constituting the product to be produced, an identifier (or name) for identifying the product, a date, and the number of the ordered products out of the stock number and the planned storage quantity of the part on the day of the date Is stored in association with the component usable amount obtained by removing the component amount necessary for producing the. The available component information is updated when an order for a product is received. FIG. 28 shows an example of component usable amount information stored in the component usable amount information storage unit 15. FIG. 28 shows a table having a date column 2801 and a parts column 2802. FIG. 28 shows that ten parts a can be used on the first day, ten parts can be used on the third day, and twenty parts can be used on the fourth day. Also, the part b is 40
It shows that 40 can be used on the fourth day. Further, it is shown that 20 parts can be used on the first day and 20 parts c can be used on the fourth day. Further, it is shown that 42 parts can be used on the first day and 40 parts d can be used on the fourth day.

The order-parts allocation relation information storage section 16 stores order-parts allocation relation information, which is information on orders received and parts allocated to produce products according to the orders. More specifically, at least,
An identifier (or number) for identifying an order, an identifier (or name) for identifying a part allocated to produce a product according to the order, the quantity (number) of the part, and the allocation The scheduled storage date (ordered) of the component is stored in association with the date. The order-part allocation related information storage unit 16 stores
Be updated. FIG. 29 shows an example of the order-component allocation relationship information stored in the order-component allocation relationship information storage unit 16. The order-part allocation relationship information shown in FIG. 29 includes an order number column 2901 composed of a plurality of columns, and an order number column 2
901 includes an order content column 2902 corresponding to each column, and an allocation component column 2903 corresponding to each column of the order content column 2902. Each column of the order number column 2901 stores a number uniquely assigned to each order to identify the order. As this number, for example, a sequential number can be given in the order in which the order is received. Each column of the order content column 2902 has a corresponding order number column 290.
The contents of the order stored in column 1 are stored. As the contents, an identifier (or a name) for identifying the ordered product, the number of ordered products, and a desired date of the product are stored. Each column of the allocation parts column 2903 is
An identifier (or name) for identifying the part assigned to the contents of the order stored in the corresponding order content column 2902, the quantity (number) of the part, and the scheduled storage of the assigned part The date (ordered) is stored. FIG.
9 shows that the content of the order with the order number 0001 is 10 products A on the 5th.
This order indicates that ten parts a on the third day and twenty parts b on the third day are allocated.

The hardware configuration diagram of the order receiving / delivery time reply system 10 shown in FIG. 27 may be as shown in FIG.

Each unit shown in FIG. 27 is realized by the components shown in FIG. 6 as follows.

The input information receiving unit 11 stores a program describing an operation of receiving input information in the external storage device 603, reads the program from the external storage device 603 into the main storage device 6021, executes the program by the CPU 6022, and executes This is realized by inputting information input by the user from the device 604. The input information receiving unit 11 stores a program describing an operation of receiving input information in the external storage device 603, reads the program from the external storage device 603 into the main storage device 6021, executes the program by the CPU 6022, and executes communication control. Device 606
, Is realized by inputting information input from another computer connected to the network 607.

The answer creation unit 12 is realized by storing a program describing the operation in the external storage device 603, reading the program from the external storage device 603 into the main storage device 6021, and executing the program by the CPU 6022. At the time of this execution, the configuration master information storage unit 1
4 and the information stored in the component usable amount information storage unit 15 are referred to or updated.

The information output section 13 stores a program describing an operation for outputting output information in the external storage device 603, reads the program from the external storage device 603 into the main storage device 6021, executes the program by the CPU 6022, and This is realized by outputting information from the device 605. The information output unit 13 stores a program describing an operation of outputting output information in the external storage device 603, reads the program from the external storage device 603 to the main storage device 6021, executes the program by the CPU 6022, and executes the communication control. This is realized by outputting information from the device 606 to another computer connected to the network 607.

The configuration master information storage unit 14, the available component information storage unit 15, and the order-component allocation relationship information storage unit 16 are used when the process of the answer creation unit 12 is executed.
The function is realized by the main storage device 6021. When storing information, the configuration master information storage unit 1
The functions of the component usable amount information storage unit 15 and the order-component allocation relationship information storage unit 16 are realized by the external storage device 603.

Next, the outline of the operation of the second embodiment of the order receiving / delivery response system according to the present invention will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

When information is input, first, the input information receiving unit 11 receives input of information (S10). Next, the answer creating unit 12 creates answer information for the input information (S20). Next, the response information created by the answer creation unit 12 is output by the information output unit 13 (S3).
0).

At S20, the input information is “order request”
In this case, the answer information is created according to the flowchart shown in FIG. First, referring to the configuration master information stored in the configuration master information storage unit 14, the required amount and required date of the parts constituting the ordered product are calculated from the required date and required amount of the ordered product (S211). Next, whether or not the required amount of each part constituting the ordered product on the required date is equal to or less than the usable amount of the part is determined by referring to the part usable amount information stored in the part usable amount information storage unit 15. Judgment (S
212). In S212, if it is determined that the required amount of each part constituting the ordered product on the required date is equal to or less than the usable amount of the part, the required amount of the part constituting the ordered product on the required date is calculated as The available component information is assigned in ascending order of the available component information, and the component available component information is updated (S213). Further, the order information and the information on the parts allocated to the order information are stored in the order-part allocation relationship information storage unit 16 (S214). next,
A response indicating that the order can be accepted is created (S215). S2
In 12, when it is determined that the required amount of each part constituting the ordered product on the required date is not less than the usable amount of the part, an answer that the order cannot be accepted is created (S 216). After that, S30 is executed.

At S20, the input information is “delivery request”
In this case, the answer information is created according to the flowchart shown in FIG. First, with reference to the configuration master information stored in the configuration master information storage unit 14, the components constituting the required delivery date product and the required amount are calculated from the required amount of the requested delivery date product (S221). Next, the earliest day of the days when the required amount is equal to or less than the usable amount of the component for each of the components constituting the product with the required delivery date is determined by the component stored in the available component information storage unit 15. The calculation is performed with reference to the usable amount information (S222). Next, with reference to the configuration master information stored in the configuration master information storage unit 14, S222
A response is created using the date obtained by adding the production lead time of the product to the latest date among the dates determined in (2) as the delivery date (S22).
3). After that, S30 is executed.

In S20, if the input information is "order cancellation request", processing is performed according to the flowchart shown in FIG. First, referring to the order-component allocation relationship information stored in the order-component allocation relationship information storage unit 16,
The part allocated to the order, the allocation date, and the allocation quantity are extracted (S231). Next, the information about the order stored in the order-part allocation information storage unit 16 is deleted (S232). Next, the allocation quantity is added to the quantity on the allocation date of the parts available quantity information allocated to the order (S233). This ends the processing.

Next, the actual operation of the order receiving / delivery system 10 will be described with reference to a specific example.

As shown in FIG. 2, it is assumed that the configuration master information storage unit 14 stores the names of components constituting a product, the number thereof, and the manufacturing lead time of the product.
That is, the product A is composed of one part a and two parts b, and the production lead time of the product A is two days. The product B is composed of one component c and two components d, and the production lead time of the product B is two days. Further, the product C is composed of one part a and two parts d, and the production lead time of the product C is two days. Further, the product D is composed of two parts b and one part c, and the production lead time of the product D is 2
Day. As a production plan, it is planned that ten products will be produced on the third, fifth, seventh and ninth day of the product A, and ten products will be produced on the fourth, sixth, eighth and tenth day of the product B. As for the part, the part a is in stock 10 pieces and
On the fourth day, 20 are scheduled to be delivered. Part b is
The inventory is 40 units and will be delivered on the fourth day. The part c is in stock 20 pieces and is scheduled to be delivered 20 pieces on the fourth day. The part d is in stock 42 and is scheduled to be delivered 40 on the fourth day. It is assumed that there is no order from the customer yet. At this time, the component usable amount is the component amount that has not been allocated yet, and the component a is 10 on the first day, 10 on the third day, 20 on the fourth day, and the component b is one day. 40 parts on the fourth day, 40 parts on the fourth day,
Is 20 on the first day and 20 on the fourth day, and the part d is 1
42 on day 4 and 40 on day 4. FIG. 34 shows the state of the component usable amount information at this time.

For such a state, “Order request: 10
"10 products B on the day", "Order request: product B on the 8th day"
10 "," Order request: 10 products C on the 7th day ",
It is assumed that five items of “delivery date request: 11 products D” and “order cancellation request: third order” are received in order. The five requests are input via the Internet or an intranet.

First, in the first case, “Product B was added on Day 10
The order request of “unit” is used as input information and the input information receiving unit 1
1 receives (S10). Next, the answer creating unit 12 creates answer information for the input information (S20). In S20, since the input information is “order request”, first,
With reference to the configuration master information storage unit 14 (the production lead time of the product B is 2 days, one part c and two parts d are required), the required date and required quantity of the ordered product (product B) 1
From the 10 units on the 0th day, the required quantity of parts constituting the ordered product and the required date (10 parts on the eighth day and 20 parts d on the eighth day) are calculated (S211). . Next, it is determined whether or not the required amount of all the components constituting the ordered product on the required date is equal to or less than the usable component amount of the component, by checking the component usable amount information stored in the component usable amount information storage unit 15. It is determined with reference to (S212). Referring to FIG. 34, the component c has 20 available component amounts on the first day and 20 available component amounts on the fourth day, and the available component amount on the eighth day is 40
Individual. Thus, on the eighth day, the required quantity of 10 pieces is 8
The number of parts that can be used on the day is 40 or less. Also,
There are 42 available parts d on the first day and 40 available parts on the fourth day, and 82 available parts on the eighth day. Thus, the required quantity of 20 pieces on the eighth day is 82 or less, which is the usable quantity of parts on the eighth day. Therefore, S2
At 12, it is determined that the required amount of each component constituting the ordered product on the required date is equal to or less than the usable component amount of the component. Upon receiving this determination, the process proceeds to S213. In S213, for the component c, the required quantity of 10 pieces on the 8th day is calculated as
Assign to the late 4th day. The available component amount of the component c is 20 on the first day and 10 on the fourth day. Part d
With regard to, on the eighth day, 20 required quantities are allocated to the late fourth day of the available component availability. The available parts of part d are 42 on the first day and 2 on the fourth day.
It becomes zero. In this manner, the information on the allocation of ten parts c on the fourth day and twenty parts d on the fourth day with respect to the first order uses the part use amount stored in the part usable amount information storage unit 15. Update available amount information. The state of the component usable amount information after the update is shown in FIG. next,
Proceeding to S214, the order-parts allocation relation information stored in the order-parts allocation relation information storage unit 16 stores the parts c
Is stored, and information on the allocation of 20 parts d on the fourth day is stored. At this time, the state of the order-parts allocation related information
It is shown in FIG. Next, the process proceeds to S215, where a response indicating that the order can be accepted is created, and the information output unit 13 responds (S30).

Next, in the second case, "Product B
The order request of “unit” is used as input information and the input information receiving unit 1
1 accepts (S10). Next, the answer creation unit 12
The answer information for the input information is created (S20). S2
0, since the input information is “order request”, first, the configuration master information storage unit 14 is referred to (the production lead time of the product B is 2 days, one component c and two components d are required. From the required date and required quantity of the ordered product (10 units for product B on the 8th day), the required quantity and required date of the parts constituting the ordered product (10 parts for the part c and 10 parts for the d 2 on the sixth day
0) (S211).

Next, it is determined whether the required amount of each component constituting the ordered product on the required date is equal to or less than the available component amount of the component, by checking the available component information stored in the available component information storage unit 15. Is determined with reference to (S212).
With reference to FIG. 35 (a), the part c
On the 4th day, there are 10 available parts, and on the 6th day, the required quantity of 10 is 30 days, which is the available amount of parts on the 6th day.
Not more than In addition, the component d has 42 available parts on the first day, 20 available parts on the fourth day, and the required quantity of 20 parts on the sixth day is the available component amount of 62 parts on the sixth day. It is as follows. Therefore, in S212, it is determined that the required amount of each component constituting the ordered product on the required date is equal to or less than the available component amount of the component. Upon receiving this determination, the process proceeds to S213. In S213, as for the component c, ten required quantities are allocated on the sixth day, the later available fourth day of the available component availability. Part c
The usable amount of parts becomes 20 on the first day. As for the component d, 20 required quantities are allocated on the sixth day on the fourth day which is late in the available component availability. The available component amount of the component d is 42 on the first day. Thus, for the second order, 10 parts c on the fourth day,
The component usable amount information stored in the component usable amount information storage unit 15 is updated with the information obtained by assigning 20 parts d on the fourth day. FIG. 36A shows the state of the component usable amount information after this update. Next, the process proceeds to S214, where the order-parts allocation relation information stored in the order-parts allocation relation information storage unit 16 stores the second order “Product B on the eighth day.
Information that ten parts c on the fourth day and twenty parts d on the fourth day are assigned to “0” is stored. FIG. 36B shows the state of the order-part allocation information at this time. Next, the process proceeds to S215, where a response indicating that the order can be accepted is created, and the information output unit 13 responds (S30).

Next, on the third seventh day, the input information receiving unit 1 receives an order request for 10 products C as input information (S10). Next, the answer creating unit 12 creates answer information for the input information (S20). In S20,
Since the input information is “order request”, first, referring to the configuration master information storage unit 14 (the production lead time of the product C is 2 days, one component a and two components d are required),
Required date and quantity of ordered products (10 units of product C on day 7)
Then, the required quantity and the required date (10 parts on the fifth day and 20 parts d on the fifth day) of the parts constituting the ordered product are calculated (S211).

Next, it is determined whether the required amount of each component constituting the ordered product on the required date is equal to or less than the available component amount of the component. Is determined with reference to (S212).
Referring to FIG. 36 (a), the part a
On the 4th day, there are 20 available parts, and on the 5th day, the required amount of 10 parts is the 5th day available parts amount of 40
Not more than Further, the component d has a usable amount of 42 parts on the first day, and the required amount of 20 parts on the sixth day is 42 or less, which is the usable amount on the sixth day. Then, S
At 212, it is determined that the required amount of each component constituting the ordered product on the required date is equal to or less than the available component amount of the component. Upon receiving this determination, the process proceeds to S213. In S213, as for the component a, ten required quantities are allocated on the fifth day, which is the later of the available component availability, on the fifth day. The available component amount of the component a is 20 on the first day and 10 on the fourth day. As for the component d, 20 required quantities are allocated on the sixth day on the first day, which is late in the available component availability. The component usable amount of the component d is 22 on the first day. Thus, for the third order, ten parts a on the fourth day,
The component usable amount information stored in the component usable amount storage unit 15 is updated based on the information obtained by assigning 20 parts d on the first day. The state of the component usable amount information after the update is shown in FIG. Next, the process proceeds to S214, where the order-parts allocation relation information stored in the order-parts allocation relation information storage unit 16 stores the third order “10
10 parts a on day 4 and parts d on day 1
Are stored. At this time, the order-
FIG. 37B shows the state of the component allocation relation information. Next, the process proceeds to S215, where a response indicating that the order can be accepted is created, and the information output unit 13 responds (S30).

Next, the input information receiving unit 11 receives a fourth delivery request for “11 products D” as input information (S10). Next, the answer creating unit 12 creates answer information for the input information (S20). In S20, since the input information is “delivery request”, first, the configuration master information storage unit 14 is referred to (the production lead time of the product D is 2 days, one component a and two components d are required). Then, from the required quantity of the product with the required delivery date, the parts constituting the product with the required delivery date and the required quantities thereof (11 parts a and 22 parts d) are calculated (S221). Next, the earliest day among the days when the required amount is equal to or less than the usable amount of the component for each component constituting the product with the required delivery date is calculated (S222). Here, referring to FIG. 37 (a), eleven parts a are 3
On the day, 22 parts d are calculated as the first day. Next, in S223, on the third day of the part a, the production lead time of the product D obtained by referring to the configuration master information storage unit 14 is added, and a reply is created with the fifth day as the delivery date. The output unit 13 answers (S30).

Next, the input information receiving unit 11 receives the fifth “third order cancellation” request as input information (S10). Next, the answer creating unit 12 creates answer information for the input information (S20). In S20, since the input information is “order cancellation request”, first, referring to the order-component allocation relationship information stored in the order-component allocation relationship information storage unit 16, “4” assigned to the third order is referred to. Information of 10 day part a and 20 day d part 20 is extracted (S231). Next, the order information is deleted from the order-component allocation relationship information stored in the order-component allocation relationship information storage unit 16. As a result, only the first and second order and part allocation relationship information is stored in the order-part allocation relationship information stored in the order-part allocation relationship information storage unit 16. (S232). The state of the order-parts allocation relation information at this time is shown in FIG. Next, the allocation quantity is added to the quantity on the allocation date of the parts available quantity information allocated to the order. The usable amount of part a is 10
The number is 10, on the third day, and 20 on the fourth day. The available component amount of the component d is 42 on the first day (S23).
3). FIG. 38 shows the state of the component usable amount information at this time.
(A).

[0094] If, instead of using the present invention, the allocation at the product level alone and the inventory allocation and the delivery date response are performed as in the past, the first and second order requests are Allocation is possible, but it is not possible to allocate to the third order request and the fourth delivery date response request, even if there are enough parts to make the product. Will answer.

Further, when allocation at the product level is impossible, a new order is added to the production
If parts are allocated by RP development and allocation and delivery date are answered, the first and second order requests can be allocated without any problem, but the third order request and 4
It is necessary to change the allocation status of the parts in response to the delivery date response request of the item.

For example, before accepting the third order request, parts are allocated as follows. For 10 products A on the third day, a stock of 10 parts a and a stock of 20 parts b are allocated. For 10 products A on the 5th day, the delivery schedule of the parts a on the 3rd day 10
And a stock of 20 parts b are allocated. 7
For the ten products A on the day, ten scheduled deliveries of the part a on the fourth day and twenty scheduled deliveries of the part b on the fourth day are allocated. On day 9 of product A10,
Ten scheduled deliveries of part a on the fourth day and twenty scheduled deliveries of part b on the fourth day are allocated. The stock of 10 parts c and the stock of 20 parts d are allocated to the 10 products B on the fourth day, and the stock of 10 parts c and the parts are stocked for 10 products B on the 6th day. 20 stocks of d are allocated. For 10 products B on the 8th day, 10 pieces of the scheduled delivery of the part c on the fourth day, 2 stocks of the part d, and 18 pieces of the scheduled delivery of the part d on the 4th day are allocated. . For ten products B on the tenth day, ten scheduled delivery items on the fourth day of part c and twenty scheduled delivery items on the fourth day of component d are allocated.

In this state, the third order request (10 products C on the seventh day) is added, and the order of the customer is prioritized, and the order and plan of the product and the inventory and delivery of parts are added. If you re-establish the relationship with the schedule, it will be as follows. Product A on the third day
For ten units, ten inventories of part a and twenty inventories of part b are allocated. For 10 products A on the 5th day, 10 parts to be delivered on the 3rd day of part a and 10 parts b
And 20 in stock. Product A10 on day 7
For the table, ten scheduled deliveries of part a on the fourth day and twenty scheduled deliveries of part b on the fourth day are allocated. 9
No parts are allocated to the 10 products A on the day.
For the ten products B on the fourth day, ten stocks of the part c and twenty stocks of the part d are allocated. For one of the ten products B on the sixth day, one stock of the part c and two stocks of the part d are allocated. Product B on Day 8
For ten units, ten scheduled deliveries of part c on the fourth day and twenty scheduled deliveries of part d on the fourth day are allocated. For 10 products B on the 10th day, 10 scheduled deliveries of part c on the fourth day and 20 scheduled deliveries of part d on the fourth day
And are allocated. For 10 products C on the 7th day, 10 scheduled deliveries of the part a on the 4th day and 20 stocks of the part d are allocated. In creating such an allocation state, it is necessary to perform allocation replacement as described above as a problem to be solved by the invention. Therefore, it takes time to answer.

On the other hand, in the second embodiment of the order processing / delivery time reply system according to the present invention, information on the available parts is provided, and the available parts are allocated to the orders in ascending order of time. By creating an allocation state for a new order without changing the allocation, a response as to whether the order can be accepted and a response to the delivery date will be made. As a result, it is possible to reduce the time required to answer whether an order can be accepted or to answer a delivery date.

Next, a description will be given of a third embodiment of the order receiving / delivery system according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 39, the order receiving / delivery system 20 according to the third embodiment includes an input information receiving section 11 and a plurality of answer creating sections 12a connected to the input information receiving section 11. , 12n and an information output unit 13 connected to the answer creation units 12a, 12b, ..., 12n. The answer creation units 12a, 12b,
, 12n are connected to a configuration master information storage unit 14, a component usable amount information storage unit 15, and an order-component allocation relationship information storage unit 16. Order processing shown in FIG.
The delivery date answering system 20 has a plurality of answer creation units, and except for parallelizing the processing and speeding up the answering, the order receiving / delivery time answering system according to the second embodiment shown in FIG. Same as 10.

As shown in FIG. 40, the outline of the operation of the order processing / delivery date reply system 20 according to the third embodiment is as shown in FIG. (S100). Next, the answer creating unit 12 (12a, 12b, ..., 12n) creates answer information for the input information (S200). next,
The answer information created by the answer creation unit 12 (12a, 12b, ..., 12n) is output by the information output unit 13 (S
300).

FIG. 41 shows details of the process in S100. First, one of the input information received by the input information receiving unit 11 is obtained (S101). next,
Referring to the configuration master information storage unit 14, it is determined whether or not there is a common part with the product related to the input information that is being processed by another answer creating unit for the product related to the acquired input information (S102). If it is determined in S102 that there is a common part, the process returns to S101. In S102, when it is determined that there is no common component, the process for the acquired input information is instructed to the answer creating unit that has not performed the process.

The details of the processing of each answer creation unit in S200 are the same as those described for S20 in the second embodiment.

In the order processing / delivery date reply system 20 according to the third embodiment, the input information receiving unit 11 receives five requests in a short time as in the specific example of the second embodiment. If so, the feasibility of the parallel processing is determined. For example, since the product C and the product D have no common parts, they can be processed at the same time. 1st and 2nd
Assuming that the processing for the third request has been completed, even if the third request is being processed, the fourth request is converted to an answer generation unit different from the answer generation unit that is processing the third request. Can be processed.

[0105]

As described above, according to the present invention, even if an order cannot be received at the product level,
It is possible to provide order processing technology that can perform allocation at the component level, receive orders from customers in a wider range, and respond quickly whether or not orders can be accepted. it can.

Further, according to the present invention, even if the product for which the delivery date has been inquired is not registered in the production plan, if the parts are sufficient and production is possible, this production time Can be provided as a delivery date at a high speed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a first embodiment of an order processing / delivery date reply system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of configuration master information.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of component amount information.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of order information.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of orderable frame information.

FIG. 6 is a hardware configuration diagram of an order processing / delivery response system according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an outline of the operation of the first embodiment of the order receiving / delivery time reply system according to the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing details of the operation of the first embodiment of the order receiving / delivery time reply system according to the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing details of the operation of the first embodiment of the order receiving / delivery response system according to the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the details of the operation of the first embodiment of the order receiving / delivery response system according to the present invention.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a specific example of the first embodiment of the order processing / delivery date reply system according to the present invention.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a specific example of the first embodiment of the order receiving and delivery date reply system according to the present invention.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a specific example of the first embodiment of the order receiving and delivery date reply system according to the present invention.

FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a specific example of the first embodiment of the order receiving and delivery date reply system according to the present invention.

FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a specific example of the first embodiment of the order receiving and delivery date reply system according to the present invention.

FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a specific example of the first embodiment of the order receiving and delivery date reply system according to the present invention.

FIG. 17 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a specific example of the first embodiment of the order receiving and delivery date reply system according to the present invention.

FIG. 18 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a specific example of the first embodiment of the order receiving and delivery date reply system according to the present invention.

FIG. 19 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a specific example of the first embodiment of the order receiving and delivery date reply system according to the present invention.

FIG. 20 is an explanatory diagram for describing a specific example of the first embodiment of the order receiving / delivery response system according to the present invention.

FIG. 21 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a specific example of the first embodiment of the order receiving and delivery date reply system according to the present invention.

FIG. 22 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a specific example of the first embodiment of the order receiving / delivery response system according to the present invention.

FIG. 23 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a specific example of the first embodiment of the order receiving and delivery date reply system according to the present invention.

FIG. 24 is an explanatory diagram for describing a specific example of the first embodiment of the order receiving and delivery date reply system according to the present invention.

FIG. 25 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a specific example of the first embodiment of the order receiving / delivery response system according to the present invention.

FIG. 26 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a specific example of the first embodiment of the order receiving and delivery date reply system according to the present invention;

FIG. 27 is a configuration diagram of a second embodiment of an order reception processing / delivery date reply system according to the present invention.

FIG. 28 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of component usable amount information.

FIG. 29 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of order-part allocation information;

FIG. 30 is a flowchart showing an outline of the operation of the second embodiment of the order receiving / delivery response system according to the present invention.

FIG. 31 is a flowchart showing details of the operation of the second embodiment of the order receiving / delivery system according to the present invention.

FIG. 32 is a flowchart showing details of the operation of the second embodiment of the order receiving / delivery response system according to the present invention.

FIG. 33 is a flowchart showing details of the operation of the second embodiment of the order receiving / delivery time reply system according to the present invention.

FIG. 34 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a specific example of the second embodiment of the order receiving / delivery time reply system according to the present invention.

FIG. 35 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a specific example of the second embodiment of the order receiving and delivery date reply system according to the present invention.

FIG. 36 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a specific example of the second embodiment of the order receiving / delivery system according to the present invention;

FIG. 37 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a specific example of the second embodiment of the order receiving and delivery date reply system according to the present invention.

FIG. 38 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a specific example of the second embodiment of the order receiving / delivery response system according to the present invention.

FIG. 39 is a configuration diagram of a third embodiment of an order reception processing / delivery date reply system according to the present invention.

FIG. 40 is a flowchart showing an outline of the operation of the third embodiment of the order receiving / delivery time reply system according to the present invention.

FIG. 41 is a flow chart showing details of the operation of the third embodiment of the order receiving / delivery response system according to the present invention.

FIG. 42 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a conventional technique.

FIG. 43 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a conventional technique.

[Explanation of symbols]

 0, 10, 20: Order processing / delivery date response system 1, 11: Input information receiving unit 2, 12, 12a,..., 12n: Answer creation unit 3, 13: Information output unit 4, 14: Configuration master information storage unit 5 : Part information storage unit 6: Order information storage unit 7: Orderable frame information holding unit 8: Orderable frame information presenting unit 15: Component usable amount information storage unit 16: Order-part allocation information storage unit

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Takeshi Ken Igarashi 292, Yoshida-cho, Totsuka-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa Prefecture In-house Research Institute of Industrial Technology, Hitachi, Ltd. (72) Inventor Yoichi Okada 810 Shimoimaizumi, Ebina-shi, Kanagawa Prefecture (72) Inventor Yoshihisa Arai 810 Shimoimaizumi, Ebina-shi, Kanagawa F-term (reference) 3C042 RH05 RH07 RJ02 RJ12 RJ20 3F022 MM07 MM13 MM26 MM28 MM30 MM32 PP04 5B0 BB CC05 DD01 DD05 FF02 FF03 FF04 FF09 GG00

Claims (20)

[Claims] 1. An order processing system for inputting an order request for a product from a customer and answering whether or not the order request can be fulfilled. An input information receiving means for inputting an order request from the customer. A configuration master information storage unit that stores configuration master information that is information necessary for producing a product, and stores component amount information that is information indicating a component amount that can be used for product production and an available date. Part quantity information storage means, order information storage means for storing order information that is information on the contents of orders that have already been received, and order storage for storing orderable frame information that is information indicating production plan frames that can be ordered at this time A case where the order request can be allocated to the order-possible frame information as to whether or not the order request input by the input-information receiving unit can be fulfilled. Is determined by allocating the order request to the orderable frame information, and if the order request cannot be allocated to the orderable frame information, priority is given to the order information, the order request, and the orderable frame information. In order, referring to the configuration master information, assigning a part that can be used at the time of production obtained from the part amount information, updating the orderable frame information, and referring to the updated orderable frame information, Answer creation means for determining whether or not the order request can be fulfilled, and creating an answer as to whether or not the order request can be fulfilled; information output for outputting the answer created by the answer creation means Means, and an order processing system, comprising: 2. An order request for a product from a customer is input, and whether or not the order request can be fulfilled is answered. An inquiry about a delivery date of the product from the customer is input, and the inquiry is answered. An order processing and delivery time response system that receives input information for inputting an order request from a customer and an inquiry about delivery time, and configuration master information that stores configuration master information that is information necessary for producing a product Storage means, component quantity information storage means for storing component quantity information which is information indicating the quantity of parts usable for product production and the date of availability, and order information which is information on the contents of orders already accepted. Order information storage means for storing orderable frame information that is information indicating a frame of a production plan that can be ordered at this time; It is determined whether or not the order request input by the means can be fulfilled by assigning the order request to the orderable frame information, if the order request can be allocated to the orderable frame information. If the order request cannot be allocated to the orderable frame information, the order information, the order request, and the orderable frame information are referred to in the priority order of the configuration master information. The available parts at the time of the obtained production are allocated, the orderable frame information is updated, and the updated orderable frame information is referred to determine whether or not the order request can be fulfilled, Create an answer as to whether it can respond to the order request, and refer to the orderable frame information for the inquiry about the delivery date input by the input information receiving means. Order processing and delivery date reply system comprising: the answer generating means for reply delivery date, and information output means for outputting a reply created by the answer generating means, a Te. 3. The system according to claim 1, wherein said answer creating means, if unable to allocate said order request to said order available space information, said order information, said order request , The parts available at the time of production obtained from the part quantity information with reference to the configuration master information in the order of priority of the orderable frame information, and the parts which can be allocated among the parts with the latest available date And updates the orderable space information to determine whether or not the order request can be fulfilled with reference to the updated orderable space information, and whether or not the order request can be fulfilled. A system characterized by creating an answer. 4. The system according to claim 1, wherein said answer creating means, if unable to allocate said order request to said order available space information, said order information, said order request , By referring to the configuration master information in the order of priority of the orderable frame information, a component which can be used at the time of production obtained from the component amount information and which can be allocated among components which can be assigned earlier in the usable date. And updates the orderable space information to determine whether or not the order request can be fulfilled with reference to the updated orderable space information, and whether or not the order request can be fulfilled. A system characterized by creating an answer. 5. The system according to claim 1, 2, 3, or 4, further comprising an orderable frame information presenting means for displaying said orderable frame information. System to do. 6. An order processing system for inputting an order request for a product from a customer and answering whether or not the order request can be fulfilled, and an input information receiving means for inputting an order request from the customer. And configuration master information storage means for storing configuration master information, which is information necessary for producing a product, and component usage, which is an amount obtained by subtracting an amount allocated to an order from an amount of parts available for production of the product. A component usable amount storage unit that stores component usable amount information, which is information including an available amount and an available date; and whether or not it is possible to respond to the order request input by the input information receiving unit. The determination is made with reference to the configuration master information and the available component information, and if it is determined that the order request cannot be fulfilled, a response to that effect is created and the response to the order request is made. If it can be determined that the parts can be used at the time of production obtained from the available parts information,
It is possible to respond to the order request by updating the component usable amount information by allocating components in ascending order of available date and subtracting the allocated component amount from the component usable amount of the component usable amount information. An order processing system, comprising: answer creating means for creating an answer to the effect that the answer can be made; and information output means for outputting the answer created by the answer creating means. 7. A delivery date answering system for inputting an inquiry about a delivery date of a product from a customer and answering the inquiry, wherein input information receiving means for inputting an inquiry about a delivery date from the customer, Configuration master information storage means for storing configuration master information, which is information necessary for performing the process and including a production lead time indicating a period required for producing a product, A component usable amount storage unit that stores component usable amount information, which is information including a component usable amount and a usable date, which is an amount obtained by subtracting the amount allocated to the order from the component amount; and the input information reception. In response to the inquiry about the delivery date input by the means, by referring to the configuration master information, the The parts available amount information is assigned in order from the earliest available date, and the date obtained by adding the manufacturing lead time to the latest available day of the assigned parts for each part is used as the answer of the delivery date. A delivery date answering system, comprising: answer creating means; and information output means for outputting the answer created by the answer creating means. 8. An order request for a product from a customer is input, and whether or not the order request can be fulfilled is answered. An inquiry about a delivery date of the product from the customer is input, and the inquiry is answered. An order processing / delivery response system for receiving input information for inputting an order request from a customer and an inquiry about a delivery date from a customer, and information necessary for producing the product, and producing the product. A configuration master information storage unit that stores configuration master information, which is information including a manufacturing lead time indicating a period required for the product, and an amount obtained by subtracting an amount allocated to an order from an amount of parts available for product production. A component usable amount storage unit that stores component usable amount information, which is information including a certain component usable amount and a usable date; and input by the input information receiving unit. Whether or not it is possible to respond to the order request is determined by referring to the configuration master information and the available parts information, and if it is determined that the order request cannot be fulfilled, Create a response to that effect, if it is determined that it is possible to respond to the order request, in the order request, the parts available at the time of production obtained from the available parts information,
It is possible to respond to the order request by updating the component usable amount information by allocating components in ascending order of available date and subtracting the allocated component amount from the component usable amount of the component usable amount information. In response to the inquiry about the delivery date input by the input information receiving means, a response indicating that the product can be made is referred to by referring to the configuration master information. Answer creation means for assigning parts in ascending order of available date of the available amount information, and adding the production lead time to the latest of the available dates of the assigned parts for each part as the answer of the delivery date And an information output means for outputting the answer created by the answer creation means. . 9. An order processing system for inputting an order request for a product from a customer and answering whether or not the order request can be fulfilled, wherein the order request and the order cancellation request from the customer are input. Input information receiving means, configuration master information storage means for storing configuration master information which is information necessary for producing a product, and the quantity allocated to the order is subtracted from the quantity of parts available for product production. A part usable amount storage unit that stores part usable amount information, which is information including a part usable amount and a usable date, and information on an order received and a part allocated to the order. An order-component allocation relationship information storage unit for storing order-component allocation relationship information; and a configuration master for determining whether or not the order request input by the input information receiving unit can be satisfied. In the case where it is determined that it is not possible to respond to the order request, a response to that effect is created, and it is determined that the order request can be satisfied. In the case where, the parts available at the time of production obtained from the parts available amount information are included in the order request,
It is possible to respond to the order request by updating the component usable amount information by allocating components in ascending order of available date and subtracting the allocated component amount from the component usable amount of the component usable amount information. Create a response that can be done, to the order-parts allocation related information, add the order request and the information of the parts allocated to the order request,
Create a response that the order request can be fulfilled,
In response to the order cancellation request input by the input information receiving means, the information on the parts allocated to the order stored in the order-part allocation relation information storage means is replaced with the part usable amount information. In addition to the above, there is provided a reply creating means for deleting information on the order stored in the order-part allocation relationship information storage means, and an information output means for outputting a reply created by the reply creating means. An order processing system characterized by the following. 10. The system according to claim 6, 7, 8 or 9, further comprising a plurality of said answer creating means, wherein said input information receiving means refers to said configuration master information, A system, wherein the input information is classified into input information corresponding to a product having no common parts, and the classified input information is distributed to different answer creating means. 11. An order processing method for inputting an order request for a product from a customer and answering whether or not the order request can be fulfilled, wherein the order request from the customer is input and the product is produced. It stores the configuration master information that is necessary information for the product, stores the component quantity information that indicates the quantity of parts that can be used for product production and the date of availability, and is the information on the contents of the orders that have already been accepted. Stores order information, stores order frame information that is information indicating a frame of a production plan that can be ordered at the present time, and determines whether or not the order request can be fulfilled. Can be assigned, the order request is assigned to the orderable slot information, and the order request is determined. If the order request cannot be assigned to the orderable slot information, the order information, the order request By referring to the configuration master information in the priority order of the orderable frame information, assigning a part that can be used at the time of production obtained from the component amount information, updating the orderable frame information, and updating the updated orderable frame information. Referring to the frame information, determining whether or not the order request can be fulfilled, creating a response as to whether or not the order request can be fulfilled, and outputting the response. Processing method. 12. Inputting a product order request from a customer,
Answer whether or not we can fulfill the order request, enter the customer's inquiry about the delivery date of the product,
This is an order processing and delivery time response method for answering the inquiry concerned.Enter an order request from the customer and an inquiry about the delivery date, store the configuration master information that is the information necessary to produce the product, and Stores the quantity of parts that can be used and the date of availability, and stores the order information that is information on the contents of orders that have already been accepted, and indicates the frame of the production plan that can be ordered at this time. If the order request can be assigned to the orderable frame information, whether or not the order request can be fulfilled is stored in the orderable frame information. The request is assigned and determined, and if the order request cannot be assigned to the orderable space information, priority is given to the order information, the order request, and the orderable space information. In reference to the configuration master information, assign a part that can be used at the time of production obtained from the part quantity information, update the orderable frame information, refer to the updated orderable frame information, Determine whether or not the order request can be fulfilled, create a response as to whether or not the order request can be fulfilled, and in response to the inquiry about the delivery date, refer to the orderable space information An order processing / delivery time reply method characterized by answering the delivery date and outputting the answer. 13. Entering a product order request from a customer,
This is an order processing method that responds as to whether or not the order request can be fulfilled.The order request is input from the customer, and the configuration master information, which is information necessary for producing the product, is stored. To store the parts available amount information, which is information including the parts available amount and available date, which is the amount obtained by subtracting the amount allocated to the order from the amount of parts available for production, and to respond to the order request Whether or not can be determined by referring to the configuration master information and the component available amount information, if it is determined that it is not possible to respond to the order request, create a response to that effect, If it is determined that the order request can be fulfilled, the order request, parts available at the time of production obtained from the parts available amount information, the available date is assigned in order from the latest parts, parts By subtracting the allocated component amount from the component availability amount in the available amount information, the component availability information is updated, a response indicating that the order request can be fulfilled is created, and the response is output An order processing method characterized by: 14. A delivery date answering method for inputting an inquiry about the delivery date of a product from a customer and answering the inquiry, and inputting an inquiry about the delivery date from the customer and necessary for producing the product. Stores configuration master information, which is information that includes the production lead time indicating the period required to produce a product, and subtracts the quantity allocated to the order from the quantity of parts available for product production. The part availability information, which is information including the part availability and the availability date, is stored, and in response to the inquiry about the delivery date, there is an inquiry with reference to the configuration master information. For each of the components that make up the product, the parts are allocated in the order of the available date in the available parts information, and the available date of the allocated component for each part A delivery date answering method, characterized in that a date obtained by adding the production lead time to the latest date is used as a delivery date answer and the answer is output. 15. Entering a product order request from a customer,
Answer whether or not we can fulfill the order request, enter the customer's inquiry about the delivery date of the product,
This is an order processing and delivery time response method for answering the inquiry.It is an information necessary for producing a product by inputting an order request from a customer and an inquiry about a delivery date. Stores the configuration master information, which is information including the manufacturing lead time indicating the period, and the parts available amount and available date, which are the amount obtained by subtracting the amount allocated to the order from the amount of parts available for product production. Is stored, the component availability information is stored, and whether or not the order request can be fulfilled is determined by referring to the configuration master information and the component availability information, and the order request is determined. If it is determined that the part cannot be fulfilled, a response to that effect is created, and if it is determined that the order can be fulfilled, the part request is included in the order request. The parts that can be used at the time of production obtained from the available amount information are assigned in order from the part with the latest available date, and the amount of the allocated component is subtracted from the available parts of the part available amount information, thereby obtaining the parts. Update the usable amount information, create a response indicating that the order request can be fulfilled, and, in response to the inquiry about the delivery date, refer to the configuration master information and configure each of the inquired products. For parts, the parts available amount information is assigned in order from the earliest available date,
An order processing / delivery method, characterized in that a date obtained by adding the manufacturing lead time to the latest of the available dates of parts assigned for each component is used as a delivery date response, and the response is output. 16. A computer-readable recording medium in which a program for causing a computer to execute an order processing method for inputting a product order request from a customer and responding as to whether or not the request can be fulfilled is recorded. The program has a function of inputting an order request from a customer, a function of storing configuration master information that is information necessary for producing a product, A function to store parts quantity information that indicates possible dates, a function to store order information that is information on the contents of orders that have already been accepted, and an order that is information that indicates the frame of a production plan that can be ordered at this time The function of storing the possible order information, and whether or not the order request can be fulfilled, if the order request can be assigned to the orderable time frame information, Determined by assigning the order request to the orderable frame information, and if the order request cannot be allocated to the orderable frame information, the order information, the order request, the order of priority of the orderable frame information, By referring to the configuration master information, assigning a part that can be used at the time of production obtained from the part quantity information, updating the orderable slot information, referring to the updated orderable slot information, A computer readable function having a function of determining whether or not the request can be fulfilled and creating a response as to whether or not the order request can be fulfilled; and a function of outputting the response. Recording medium. 17. Entering a product order request from a customer,
Answer whether or not we can fulfill the order request, enter the customer's inquiry about the delivery date of the product,
A computer-readable recording medium recording a program for causing a computer to execute an order receiving process / delivery time answering method for answering the inquiry, wherein the program has a function of inputting an order request from a customer and an inquiry about a delivery date. A function for storing configuration master information that is information necessary for producing a product, a function for storing component amount information that is information indicating a component amount and a usable date that can be used for product production, A function of storing order information that is information on the contents of an order that has already been received, a function of storing order available frame information that is information indicating a frame of a production plan that can be ordered at the current time, and can respond to the order request. Whether or not the order request can be allocated to the order-possible slot information, Determine and assign the request, if the order request can not be allocated to the orderable frame information, the order information, the order request, the order of priority of the orderable frame information, in reference to the configuration master information, Allocating a part that can be used at the time of production obtained from the part quantity information, updating the orderable slot information, and referring to the updated orderable slot information to determine whether the order request can be satisfied. A function to determine whether or not it is possible to respond to the order request, and, in response to the inquiry about the delivery date, reply to the delivery date by referring to the orderable frame information; and A computer-readable recording medium comprising: a function of outputting; 18. Entering a product order request from a customer,
A computer-readable recording medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute an order receiving method for answering whether or not the order request can be fulfilled, wherein the program inputs an order request from a customer. A function to store configuration master information, which is information necessary to produce a product, and a part usable amount, which is the amount obtained by subtracting the amount allocated to an order from the amount of parts that can be used to produce a product. A function of storing component usable amount information, which is information including a usable date, and whether or not the order request can be satisfied is determined by referring to the configuration master information and the component usable amount information. If it is determined that it is not possible to fulfill the order request, a response to that effect is created and it is determined that the order request can be fulfilled In the order request, parts available at the time of production obtained from the parts available amount information are allocated in order from the part with the latest available date, and allocated from the parts available amount of the parts available amount information. A function of updating the part usable amount information by subtracting the amount of parts and creating a response to the effect that the order request can be satisfied, and a function of outputting the response. Computer readable recording medium. 19. A computer-readable recording medium storing a program for inputting an inquiry about a delivery date of a product from a customer and causing a computer to execute a delivery date answering method for answering the inquiry. Is a function to input the inquiry about the delivery date from the customer and the configuration master, which is the information necessary for producing the product, including the manufacturing lead time indicating the period required for producing the product. The information storage function and the component availability information, which is information including the component availability and availability date, which is the amount obtained by subtracting the amount allocated to the order from the amount of components available for product production, A function to store and, in response to an inquiry about the delivery date, referencing the configuration master information to determine an inquired product. For each component to be formed, the components are allocated in order from the earliest available date of the component available amount information, and the date obtained by adding the manufacturing lead time to the latest of the available dates of the allocated components for each component is A computer-readable recording medium comprising: a function of providing a response to a delivery date; and a function of outputting the response. 20. Entering a product order request from a customer,
Answer whether or not we can fulfill the order request, enter the customer's inquiry about the delivery date of the product,
A computer-readable recording medium recording a program for causing a computer to execute an order receiving process / delivery time answering method for answering the inquiry, wherein the program has a function of inputting an order request from a customer and an inquiry about a delivery date. And a function to store the configuration master information, which is information necessary for producing the product and includes the production lead time indicating the period required for producing the product, and can be used for product production A function of storing component usable amount information, which is information including a component usable amount and a usable date, which is an amount obtained by subtracting the amount allocated to the order from the amount of the required parts, and can respond to the order request. Can be determined with reference to the configuration master information and the available component information, and can respond to the order request. If it is determined that the order is acceptable, a response to that effect is created, and if it is determined that the order request can be fulfilled, the order request is used at the time of production obtained from the available component information. The available parts are allocated in order from the part with the latest available date, and the available parts information is updated by subtracting the allocated amount of parts from the available parts of the available parts information. Create an answer to the effect that it can respond to the request, and in response to the inquiry about the delivery date, refer to the configuration master information and, for each part constituting the inquired product, Parts are allocated in order from the earliest available date,
A function of setting a date obtained by adding the manufacturing lead time to a latest date among available dates of parts allocated for each part as a response of a delivery date; and a function of outputting the response. Computer readable recording medium.