Supply chain platform system

Abstract

The present invention addresses the problem of providing a platform for associating enterprises across different supply chains. [Solution] A supply chain platform system according to an embodiment performs user registration processing and registers enterprise information for each of a plurality of participating enterprises. A transaction partner management group is allocated to participating enterprises, and transaction partner management information distinguished by the participating enterprises is generated. An invitation function for performing a join request to a transaction partner management group of the company and an approval function for accepting a join approval for the join request are provided to the participating enterprise. Registering the invitee enterprise as an associated enterprise with the transaction partner management information on the basis of a join approval from the invitee enterprise for a case in which the invitation information is transmitted as the inviter enterprise; the supply chain network is generated by registering the inviter enterprise as the associated enterprise in the transaction partner management information on the basis of the approval of joining to the inviter enterprise for the situation that the invitation information is received from the other participating enterprise as the invitee enterprise, and generating the supply chain network based on the associated enterprise.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] Embodiments of the present invention relate to techniques for linking enterprises across multiple different supply chains. Background Art

[0002] Supply chain management (SCM) systems or supplier relationship management (SRM) systems can centrally manage products from procurement of raw materials to manufacturing and sales, and manage relationships with suppliers such as primary and secondary suppliers that are related in many ways.

[0003] These conventional supply chains are managed through "associations" based on transaction performance, and the associations are in a tree structure as described in Patent Document 1. The supply chain tree structure starts with buyers as the source, and multiple suppliers are connected in a tree shape to represent a series of processes from manufacturing products (which may also include until selling products).

[0004] Prior art literature:

[0005] Patent literature:

[0006] Patent Document 1: Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2015-115016 Summary of the invention

[0007] Problems to be solved by the invention:

[0008] Provides a supply chain platform system that can build inter-enterprise connections across multiple different supply chains.

[0009] Means used to solve the problem:

[0010] The computer system of the embodiment is a supply chain platform system capable of communicating with each terminal of an enterprise participating in a supply chain, and comprises: an entry management unit that performs user registration processing of the supply chain platform system via the terminal and registers enterprise information of each of a plurality of participating enterprises; a trading partner management unit that allocates a trading partner management group to each participating enterprise and generates trading partner management information distinguished by participating enterprises; an invitation unit that generates invitation information including a request to join the trading partner management group of the inviting enterprise with the participating enterprise registered in the enterprise information as the invited enterprise, and sends the invitation information to a destination based on the enterprise information; and an approval control unit that accepts a joining approval for the invitation information from the terminal of the invited enterprise. The trading partner management unit registers the invited enterprise as an associated enterprise in the trading partner management information based on a joining approval from the invited enterprise in the case of sending the invitation information as the inviting enterprise, and registers the inviting enterprise as the associated enterprise in the trading partner management information based on a joining approval to the inviting enterprise in the case of receiving the invitation information from other participating enterprises as the invited enterprise, thereby generating a supply chain network based on the associated enterprises. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0011] Figure 1 This is a network structure diagram of the supply chain platform system according to the first embodiment.

[0012] Figure 2 This is a functional block diagram of the supply chain platform system according to the first embodiment.

[0013] Figure 3 This is a flowchart showing the flow of processing related to user registration, invitation, and approval of the platform in the first embodiment.

[0014] Figure 4 This is a diagram showing an example of a trading partner management screen of the supply chain platform according to the first embodiment.

[0015] Figure 5 This is a diagram showing an example of temporary registration of a trading partner company using an external company information database according to the first embodiment.

[0016] Figure 6 This is a diagram showing an example of the company invitation application screen and the application details screen for approval by the invited company according to the first embodiment.

[0017] Figure 7 This is a diagram for explaining the supply chain network diagram according to the first embodiment.

[0018] Figure 8 This is a diagram showing an example of a map display type supply chain network diagram according to the first embodiment.

[0019] Fig. 9 This is a diagram for explaining the expansion of the supply chain network according to the first embodiment.

[0020] Fig.10 This is a diagram showing an example of the company disclosure setting screen and the invited company disclosure setting screen according to the first embodiment.

[0021] Fig.11 This is a diagram showing an example of a whitelist registration screen according to the first embodiment.

[0022] Fig.12 This is an explanatory diagram of sending information using the supply chain platform of the first embodiment.

[0023] Fig.13 This is a diagram for explaining the provision of information related to carbon dioxide emissions using the supply chain platform according to the first embodiment.

[0024] Fig.14 This is a functional block diagram of the supply chain platform system according to the second embodiment.

[0025] Fig.15 It is an explanatory diagram of the first risk management function of the supply chain platform system according to the second embodiment.

[0026] Fig.16 It is an explanatory diagram of the second risk management function of the supply chain platform system according to the second embodiment. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0027] Hereinafter, embodiments will be described with reference to the drawings.

[0028] Buyers build relationships with suppliers that make up the supply chain and perform supply chain management. However, the current situation is that the relationships between companies that make up the supply chain are closed within one supply chain management.

[0029] On the other hand, buyers and suppliers are not limited to the framework of one supply chain. Buyers trade with other suppliers in other supply chains, and suppliers trade with buyers in other supply chains, independently having "inter-enterprise relationships". In other words, in the framework of one supply chain, only chain-like or tree-like relationships can be observed, but countless supply chains have become a huge network that brings together relationships between multiple enterprises.

[0030] Therefore, the supply chain platform system of this embodiment provides a platform that can be participated in beyond the framework of the supply chain. By providing this platform, a supply chain network across multiple different supply chains can be built with the company as the center, and a platform can be formed to transmit or share information based on the supply chain network.

[0031] In addition, in the supply chain, buyers and suppliers are in a relationship of purchaser and purchasee of materials, parts, products, etc. (hereinafter referred to as products, etc.). Therefore, in a supply chain that starts with buyers (upstream) and connects to primary suppliers and secondary suppliers in sequence downstream, if a primary supplier purchases products, etc. from a secondary supplier, the primary supplier becomes the buyer of the secondary supplier, and each company sometimes has the position of both buyer and supplier. The same is true for tertiary suppliers who are related to secondary suppliers, and quaternary suppliers who are related to tertiary suppliers, etc.

[0032] (First embodiment)

[0033] Figures 1 to 13 It is a diagram for explaining the first embodiment. Figure 1 It is a network structure diagram of the supply chain platform system 100 of this embodiment.

[0034] In the supply chain platform system 100 (hereinafter referred to as the platform system 100), each company participating in the supply chain is connected via a network using its own terminal 200. Each company can use various functions provided by the platform system 100 from its own terminal 200 through a screen displayed via a browser.

[0035] In addition, the terminal 200 is a desktop computer, a portable tablet computer or a notebook computer, and has a data communication function (wireless communication / wired communication) via an IP (Internet protocol) network or a mobile communication network, a computing function (CPU, etc.) and a storage device (memory, auxiliary storage device, etc.). In addition, the terminal 200 has a display control application such as a browser, which can control the display of the screen provided by the platform system 100. In addition, it is appropriately equipped with a display device (or a touch panel display device) and an input mechanism such as a keyboard.

[0036] Figure 2 1 is a functional block diagram of the platform system 100 according to the present embodiment. The platform system 100 is a computer system including a communication device 110, a control device 120, and a storage device 130. The platform system 100 can be composed of one or more server devices.

[0037] The communication device 110 controls data communication with the terminal 200 of each enterprise and controls data communication with an external system (external server). The control device 120 is configured to include a control unit 1210, an information management unit 1220, and a display control unit 1230, and the storage device 130 stores various information. The display control unit 1230 provides screen information to the terminal 200 of each enterprise, and performs display control of the screen in the terminal 200 or display control corresponding to the screen operation from the terminal 200.

[0038] The platform system 100 mainly provides the following five functions.

[0039] 1) Our trading partner management function

[0040] 2) Invitation function to our trading partner management group (including approval of the invited company to join)

[0041] 3) Public settings function

[0042] 4) Visualization of supply chain network

[0043] 5) Information transmission / information sharing function (including the function of providing information on carbon dioxide emissions)

[0044] The control unit 1210 is a functional unit that mainly provides the above-mentioned functions 1) to 3), and includes an entry management unit 1211, a trading partner management unit 1212, an invitation unit 1213, an approval control unit 1214, a public setting control unit 1215 and a list registration unit 1216.

[0045] Figure 3 1 is a flowchart showing the processing flow related to user registration, invitation and approval to the platform in this embodiment. First, all enterprises participating in the platform system 100 perform user registration. The basic information of each enterprise that has performed user registration is accumulated in the enterprise information 131. The entry management unit 1211 provides a user registration screen or a login authentication screen (not shown) to the terminal 200 of each enterprise, and performs user registration processing and login authentication processing (S101, S102, S201, S103, S202) through each screen.

[0046] The user registration process allows the input of the legal person number, company name (kanji, hiragana, katakana, English expression or other language notation), address, contact information (telephone number, email address, etc.), country, region, etc. as basic company information, and the portal management unit 1211 stores the input information as company information 131 in the storage device 130. At this time, a unique company ID for login authentication can be allocated, or a password for authentication can be accepted (registered) or issued. Information related to login authentication can be stored in association with the company information 131 of the corresponding company.

[0047] The trading partner management unit 1212 uses the enterprises that have registered as users as platform participating enterprises, allocates each trading partner management area to each enterprise, and provides a trading partner management function. The trading partner management function is a function to manage the enterprises belonging to the trading partner management group of the company among the platform enterprises (enterprises registered in the enterprise information 131) and generate the trading partner management information 132. In addition, as described later, the invitation function of this embodiment can invite enterprises that are not registered in the enterprise information 131. In this case, the enterprises (invited enterprises) that are not participating in the platform system 100 (not officially registered in the enterprise information 131) can be managed in the trading partner management group.

[0048] Figure 4 1 is a diagram showing an example of a trading partner management screen, which is displayed on the terminal 200. The trading partner management screen is configured to include a search condition input field as a search screen and a display area for the trading partner management information 132. The search screen can provide a search function for all participating companies of the platform system 100 registered in the company information 131.

[0049] The platform participating enterprise invites the trading partner enterprise that it wishes to make part of the trading partner management group of the company. First, in the trading partner management screen displayed on the terminal 200, the enterprise registered in the enterprise information 131 can be searched, and the enterprise hit by the search can be invited. The search condition allows input of multiple search conditions such as legal person number, enterprise name, address, etc. The trading partner management unit 1212 accepts the search condition input from the terminal 200, searches the enterprise information 131 using the search condition, and extracts the corresponding enterprise (S203, S104).

[0050] The companies found through the search are as follows Figure 4 As shown on the right side of , the basic information of the enterprise is displayed in the enterprise temporary registration screen. The enterprise temporary registration screen includes a temporary registration button and a cancel button. When the temporary registration button is pressed, the trading partner management unit 1212 temporarily registers the enterprise as an additional scheduled trading partner in the company's trading partner management information (trading partner management group) 132 (S204, S105). Figure 4 As shown, in the transaction partner management information 132 of the company, the temporarily registered enterprises are displayed.

[0051] When no corresponding enterprise is found in the search for the enterprise information 131 , the platform participating enterprise can directly temporarily register the enterprise information (enterprise basic information) of the enterprise it wishes to temporarily register in the platform system 100 . Figure 5 This is a diagram showing an example of a company temporary registration screen and a company temporary registration screen.

[0052] The transaction partner management department 1212 collaborates with an external corporate information database (for example, the Japanese Tax Bureau corporate number public release website https: / / www.houjin-bangou.nta.go.jp / ). When the corporate number is entered in the corporate temporary registration screen and the corporate public information reference button is selected, the external corporate information database is queried for corporate information associated with the entered corporate number, and the corresponding corporate information is obtained from the external corporate information database.

[0053] The company information obtained is obtained through Figure 4 The same temporary enterprise registration screen is displayed on the terminal 200 (S205, S106). When the temporary registration button is pressed, the trading partner management unit 1212 temporarily registers the enterprise in the trading partner management information (trading partner management group) 132 of the platform participating enterprise (S206, S107). The enterprise temporarily registered through the enterprise temporary registration process is also temporarily registered in the trading partner management information 132 of the platform participating enterprise, and can be Figure 4 The example is displayed on the trading partner management screen.

[0054] In addition, in addition to the legal person number, inquiries about corporate information using an external corporate information database can also be configured to be queried using the company name or address as a keyword according to the specifications of the external corporate information database. In addition, the temporary registration process of a company using an external corporate information database is described as an example, but it can also be configured so that the platform participating company directly enters the legal person number, company name, address, contact information, etc. for temporary registration, thereby temporarily registering in the company's trading partner management information 132.

[0055] In addition, regarding the temporary registration process performed through the enterprise short-term registration process, since the temporarily registered enterprise itself has not registered as a user with the platform system 100, the trading partner management unit 1212 controls not to register with the enterprise information 131 at this time.

[0056] Next, the platform participating enterprise invites the temporarily registered enterprise to its trading partner management group. For example, the inviting enterprise can select an enterprise in the "temporarily registered" state registered in the trading partner management information 132 in the trading partner management screen displayed on the terminal 200 and perform the invitation operation. In response to the invitation operation, the invitation unit 1213 provides the terminal 200 with a Figure 6 The enterprise invitation application screen is displayed. The enterprise invitation application screen includes basic enterprise information such as the legal person number and enterprise name, and includes items such as the sending destination (contact information), subject, and text. The subject or text can be input and edited by the platform participating enterprise of the inviter (S207). In addition, regarding the sending destination, it can also be controlled to display the email address registered in the enterprise information 131 by default, or directly input by the inviting enterprise. In addition, regarding the items of the subject and text, it can also be configured to display a fixed phrase prepared in advance by default.

[0057] The enterprise invitation application screen includes an invitation application button and a cancel button. When the invitation application button is selected, the invitation unit 1213 generates invitation information using the content of each item of the enterprise invitation application screen. The invitation information can be configured to include the content of each item of the enterprise invitation application screen and the link information (connection URL) to the platform system 100. The invitation unit 1213 sends the generated invitation information to the destination (S108). Along with the sending of the invitation information, the transaction partner management unit 1212 updates the status of the invited party in the transaction partner management information 132 from "temporary registration" to "unapproved" (S109).

[0058] The invited enterprise receives the invitation information in the terminal 200. The invited enterprise selects the link information to the platform system 100 in the invitation information and connects to the platform system 100. The trading partner management unit 1212 determines whether the invited enterprise is the target of the above-mentioned enterprise temporary registration process. If it is the target enterprise of the enterprise temporary registration process, it instructs the portal management unit 1211 to perform the user registration process. The portal management unit 1211 provides a user registration screen and performs the user registration process through the terminal 200 (S101, etc.). In addition, if the trading partner management unit 1212 determines that the invited enterprise is not the target of the above-mentioned enterprise temporary registration process, the portal management unit 1211 performs the login authentication process (S2001, S1110).

[0059] After the user registration process is completed, or after the login authentication process, the approval control unit 1214 provides the terminal 200 of the invited party with the following information: Figure 6The application details screen is shown. The application details screen displays the contents of each item of the invitation information and has buttons for approval, rejection, and cancellation. When the approval button is pressed, the approval control unit 1214 performs the joining approval process to the transaction partner management information 132 of the inviting enterprise, and updates the "unapproved" status of the invited enterprise to the "transaction partner (related enterprise)" status (S111, S2001).

[0060] Furthermore, in the application details screen, when the cancel button is selected, in step S111, the "unapproved" state of the invitee enterprise in the transaction partner management information 132 of the inviter enterprise is maintained, and when the reject button is selected, in step S111, the invitee enterprise in the transaction partner management information 132 of the inviter enterprise is updated to the "rejected approval" state. In the case of "rejected approval", it is possible to control the invitee enterprise to be excluded from the transaction partner management information 132 of the inviter enterprise after a predetermined time has passed (delete the temporary registration of the transaction partner management group). In addition, it is also possible to configure the enterprise to be managed individually as an enterprise that has rejected the joining approval.

[0061] The above focuses on the party that issues the invitation and explains how the invited party joins the company's trading partner management group. However, in the platform system 100 of this embodiment, the company will also become the invited party. When receiving the invitation, it is controlled to make the inviting party enterprise join the company's (the invited party's) trading partner management group.

[0062] Specifically, in Figure 3 In step S112, the trading partner management unit 1212 adds the inviting company as a trading partner (related company) to the trading partner management information 132 of the invited company based on the invited company's approval of the invitation information. By configuring in this way, the participating companies of the platform system 100 can build a supply chain network centered on the company from the perspectives of both the inviting party and the invited party.

[0063] In this way, the platform system 100 of the present embodiment allocates trading partner management areas to multiple participating companies of the platform system 100. In addition, multiple participating companies participating in the platform system 100 are registered in the company information 131, so that the company can be provided with an opportunity to be invited to the trading partner management group of the company, and the company can also be provided with an opportunity to receive an invitation (joining request) from another company to the trading partner management group of the other company as an invited company.

[0064] That is, the trading partner management unit 1212 registers the invited enterprise as an associated enterprise in the trading partner management information 132 based on the participation approval from the invited enterprise in the case of sending invitation information as the inviting enterprise, and registers the inviting enterprise as an associated enterprise in the trading partner management information 132 based on the participation approval given to the inviting enterprise in the case of receiving invitation information from other participating enterprises as the invited enterprise, thereby generating a supply chain network based on these associated enterprises. Therefore, if the platform system 100 is participated in, even if there is no direct transaction record or across multiple different supply chains, a supply chain network centered on the company can be constructed.

[0065] Furthermore, as described above, a company that has not yet joined the platform system 100 can be invited to submit a request to join the company's trading partner management group as a request to join the platform system 100 , thereby increasing the chances of joining the platform system 100 .

[0066] In addition, the trading partner management function of the platform system 100 allocates and manages the statuses (trading partner management status) of temporary registration, unapproved, and trading partners (affiliated companies) for invitations (joining requests) to the trading partner management group. The trading partner management status is maintained in the trading partner management information 132. Figure 4 In the example, the objects of each enterprise are displayed in different display modes according to the management status of each trading partner. For example, the color, size, shape, etc. of the object can be changed according to the management status of each trading partner, so that the status of joining the trading partner management group can be easily understood visually.

[0067] Figure 7 FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining a supply chain network of the present embodiment. Figure 7 As shown, the previous supply chain management manages the cooperation of transactions in a chain or tree form. For example, when enterprise B belongs to three different supply chain managements, each supply chain management 1, management 2, and management 3 are managed independently. However, by participating in and utilizing the platform system 100 of this embodiment, enterprise B can manage the above-mentioned supply chain management 1, management 2, and management 3 together in the transaction partner management group of the company through a network structure centered on the company.

[0068] The trading partner management group, i.e., the trading partner management information 132, is, as one aspect, supply chain network information based on the direct invitation relationship between the inviter and the invitee, and is also network information with the company as the center and trading partners (related companies) as nodes. In addition, as described later, the trading partner management information 132 has an aspect of being supply chain network information including not only related companies but also other companies that are further related to the related companies based on the invitation relationship.

[0069] The trading partner management information 132 can maintain the relationship information between the company and the trading partners, for example, it can be configured to include the invitation relationship with the company (inviter, invitee). In addition, it can be configured to distribute the supply chain relationship information (buyer, primary supplier, secondary supplier, etc.) corresponding to the company to each enterprise that has joined the trading partner management group and include it in the trading partner management information 132.

[0070] Figure 8 This is a diagram showing an example of a map-displayed supply chain network diagram. Figure 4 In the example, the "map display" can be turned ON / OFF. By turning the "map display" operation ON, the trading partners (related companies) registered in the trading partner management information 132 can be displayed on the map based on the address information included in the company information 131.

[0071] Fig. 9 is a diagram for explaining the expansion of the supply chain network of this embodiment. The platform system 100 of this embodiment not only allows direct invitation relationships, but also allows the invitee who has been invited by the company to become the inviter to invite other companies, or to be invited by other companies. Fig. 9 As shown, the supply chain constructed with the enterprise O as the center can also visualize the relationship with enterprises that are not in a direct invitation relationship.

[0072] exist Fig. 9 In the example, the trading partners with direct invitation relationship become the network enterprises of the first-level intimacy. Outside the network enterprise area of ​​the first-level intimacy, the trading partners associated with the first-level intimacy and the trading partner enterprises of the trading partners independently invited or invited by the company (network enterprises of the first-level intimacy registered in the trading partner management information 132 of the trading partner) are associated as network enterprises of the second-level intimacy. Furthermore, outside the network enterprise area of ​​the second-level intimacy, the trading partner enterprises of the trading partners independently invited or invited by the trading partners associated with the second-level intimacy (network enterprises of the first-level intimacy registered in the trading partner management information 132 of the trading partner) are associated as network enterprises of the third-level intimacy.

[0073] In this way, the trading partner management department 1212 can refer to the trading partner management information 132 of the associated enterprises registered in the company's trading partner management information 132, register the associated enterprises registered in the associated enterprises' trading partner management information 132 as secondary associated enterprises in the company's trading partner management information 132, and generate the following supply chain network, which includes associated enterprises having an invitation relationship based on invitation information centered on the company, and secondary associated enterprises having an invitation relationship based on invitation information that is independent of the company and constructed by associated enterprises (other trading partners that are not associated with the company but are associated with the trading partners registered in the trading partner management information 132).

[0074] In addition, the trading partner management unit 1212 controls the trading partner management information 132 to include trading partners (affiliated companies) registered through the invitation function and other trading partners (secondary affiliated companies) associated with the trading partners. For example, it can be controlled so that when a trading partner is registered (added) to the company's trading partner management information 132 through the invitation function, the other trading partners registered through the invitation function are added (registered) to the company's trading partner management information 132 with reference to the trading partner management information 132 of the trading partner. In addition, the relationship chain is theoretically infinitely extended, so for example, the range of trading partners added to the company's trading partner management information 132 can be controlled by predetermining the second degree of intimacy or the third degree of intimacy.

[0075] The display control unit 1230 can generate a visualization function of the supply chain network as follows: Figure 7 and Fig. 9 The display control unit 1230 can generate a supply chain network diagram based on the trading partner management information 132 by generating a first display object of the company, a second display object of an affiliated company of the company, and a line segment connecting the first display object and the second display object. Fig. 9 In the example, company O is displayed as the first display object as the company itself, and related companies A, B, and P of company O are displayed as second display objects of the first-level intimacy.

[0076] In addition, the display control unit 1230 can also generate a third display object as a second-order related enterprise and a line segment connecting the second display object and the third display object based on the trading partner management information 132, and generate a supply chain network diagram in which the second display object is arranged around the first display object and the third display object is arranged outside the second display object. Fig. 9 In the example, the secondarily related enterprises of enterprise O are enterprises D, E, F, R, and Q, and these enterprises are displayed as enterprises belonging to the second level of intimacy of enterprise O by the third display object.

[0077] Here, it can be configured to include a disclosure setting function for setting whether to disclose the company to companies other than business partners with direct invitation relationships (other than companies associated with the first-level intimacy). Fig.10 This is a diagram showing an example of the company's public setting screen and the invited company's public setting screen.

[0078] The disclosure setting function of this embodiment includes two functions: the company disclosure setting function and the inviting company disclosure setting function. First, the company disclosure setting function is a function set by the invited company itself, which sets whether to disclose to participating companies on the platform system 100 other than the inviting company. Fig.10 As shown in FIG. 1 , the company's public setting screen is composed of options including public, anonymous public, and non-public. Anonymous public is a method of hiding basic company information and anonymously publicizing only the associated network nodes (only public existence). Figure 3 As shown, the terminal 200 of the invitee company that has received the invitation information and approved the joining is provided with the company's public setting screen. The public setting control unit 1215 accepts the public setting state selected through the company's public setting screen, such as public, anonymous public, and non-public, and stores the accepted public setting state in association with the corresponding trading partner company in the trading partner management information 132 of the inviting company (S2002, S113).

[0079] The inviting enterprise public setting function is a function set by the inviting enterprise, and is a function set to not disclose to other participating enterprises on the platform system 100. In addition, the inviting enterprise and the invited enterprise are in a direct invitation relationship, so for example, the inviting enterprise public setting function can also be called a one-time transaction enterprise (one-time supplier) public setting function. The inviting enterprise public setting screen is configured to include options for disclosure and non-disclosure. The public setting control unit 1215 is as follows: Figure 3 As shown, the inviting enterprise public setting screen is provided to the inviting enterprise terminal 200. The public setting control unit 1215 accepts the inviting enterprise public setting state selected through the inviting enterprise public setting screen, either public or non-public, and stores the accepted inviting enterprise public setting state in association with the corresponding trading partner enterprise in the trading partner management information 132 of the inviting enterprise (S208, S114).

[0080] Fig.11 This is a diagram showing an example of a whitelist registration screen. Fig.10The disclosure settings of the company disclosure setting screen and the invited company disclosure setting screen shown are effective for the entire platform system 100, but can also be controlled to be disclosed to specific companies. Therefore, the disclosure setting function of this embodiment can be configured to include a disclosure setting function based on a whitelist.

[0081] For example, the list registration unit 1216 can Fig.11 The whitelist registration screen is provided to the terminal 200 of the invited party enterprise, instead of Fig.10 The list registration unit 1216 provides a search function for searching the enterprise information 131 via the whitelist registration screen, and displays the searched enterprises in the whitelist candidate display column. Then, the list registration unit 1216 performs various controls such as adding to the whitelist from the whitelist candidates and deleting from the whitelist in response to the operation on the terminal 200. The list registration unit 1216 stores the whitelist registration information in association with the invitee enterprise in the inviting party's trading partner management information 132.

[0082] The same is true for the public setting of the inviting enterprise. The list registration unit 1216 provides the whitelist registration screen to the terminal 200 of the inviting enterprise and performs whitelist registration control, and stores the whitelist registration information in association with the invitee enterprise in the inviting party's trading partner management information 132.

[0083] In addition, the whitelist method (specific enterprise disclosure method) is described as an example, but a disclosure setting function of a specific enterprise non-disclosure method (non-disclosure to specific enterprises) can also be provided. In this case, the list registration unit 1216 can provide a non-disclosure enterprise registration screen (not shown) to the terminal 200 of the invited enterprise, instead of Fig.10 The company's public setting screen. The list registration unit 1216 provides a search function for searching the company information 131 via the private company registration screen, and displays the retrieved companies in the private company candidate display column. Then, in response to the operation of the terminal 200, the list registration unit 1216 performs various controls to add from the private company candidates to the private company list and delete from the private company list. The list registration unit 1216 stores the private company list registration information in association with the invitee company in the inviting party's trading partner management information 132. The same is true for the invited company public setting. The list registration unit 1216 provides the private company registration screen to the inviting party's terminal 200 and performs private company list registration control, and stores the private company list registration information in association with the invitee company in the inviting party's trading partner management information 132.

[0084] In addition, the above-mentioned public setting including the whitelist can be reflected in the trading partner management information 132. As described above, the trading partner management information 132 of the company is controlled to include the trading partners (affiliated companies) registered through the invitation function and other trading partners (secondary affiliated companies) associated with the trading partners, but the above-mentioned public setting can be applied to control the trading partner management information (trading partner management group) 132 of the company not to include the secondary affiliated companies that have chosen to be non-disclosed. For example, when a trading partner is registered (added) to the trading partner management information 132 of the company through the invitation function, the trading partner management unit 1212 refers to the trading partner management information 132 of the trading partner and extracts other trading partners registered through the invitation function. The company's public setting of the extracted other trading partners can be referred to, and if the company's public status is non-disclosed, it is controlled not to be added (registered) to the company's trading partner management information 132. The same is true for the invited company public setting. In the case of the whitelist method, the whitelist of secondary related companies can be referenced and control can be performed so that if the company is included in the whitelist, it is reflected in the trading partner management information 132, and if the company is not included, it is not reflected in the trading partner management information 132.

[0085] The management method of the trading partner management information 132 associated with the above-mentioned public setting function is summarized as follows.

[0086] <Our company’s public settings>

[0087] The disclosure setting control unit 1215 performs a company disclosure setting process, which is to set whether to allow registration as a secondary related company in the other company's trading partner management information 132. The company disclosure setting status includes disclosure, anonymous disclosure, and non-disclosure.

[0088] The trading partner management unit 1212 can store the company's public setting information in association with the invited company registered in the trading partner management information 132 of the inviting company, and control the invited company whose public setting information is set to non-public not to be registered as a secondary associated company in the trading partner management information 132 of other companies.

[0089] <Invitation to public settings>

[0090] The public setting control unit 1215 performs an inviting company public setting process, which is to set whether to allow the inviting company to register the invited company as a secondary related company in the other company's trading partner management information 132. The inviting company public setting status includes public and non-public.

[0091] The trading partner management unit 1212 stores the inviting enterprise's public setting information in association with the invited enterprise registered in the inviting enterprise's trading partner management information 132, and controls the invited enterprise whose inviting enterprise's public setting information is set to non-public to not be registered as a secondary associated enterprise in the trading partner management information 132 of other companies.

[0092] <Public settings in list format>

[0093] The list registration unit 1216 can perform, via the terminal 200 , a whitelist (public company list) registration process for allowing registration as a secondary related company in the trading partner management information 132 , or a private company list registration process for not allowing registration as a secondary related company in the trading partner management information 132 .

[0094] The trading partner management department 1212 can control the company to be registered as a secondary associated company in the trading partner management information 132 of other companies only for companies registered in the white list by the inviting company, or can control the company to not be registered as a secondary associated company in the trading partner management information 132 of other companies only for companies registered in the non-public company list by the inviting company.

[0095] At a predetermined timing, by executing the updating process of the trading partner management information 132, the contents of the above-mentioned disclosure setting and the disclosure setting in the list format are reflected ( Figure 3 Step S115).

[0096] Furthermore, as described above, whether or not the information can be disclosed based on the disclosure setting function is reflected in the trading partner management information 132, and in the generation process of the supply chain network diagram performed by the display control unit 1230, the companies set as non-disclosure in the trading partner management information 132 are also excluded from the supply chain network diagram. The same is true for the generation process of the supply chain network diagram corresponding to the list-based disclosure setting.

[0097] In addition, the company's public setting and the inviting company's public setting can be combined and reflected in the trading partner management information 132 (supply chain network). Figure 7 In the example, even if the inviting company C sets the invited company D to "public", if the invited company D is set to "private", it is possible to control so that the company is not reflected as a secondary related company in the transaction partner management information 132 of the other company (company B). In addition, even if the invited company D is set to public, if the inviting company C sets the invited company D to "private", it is possible to control so that it is not reflected as a secondary related company in the transaction partner management information 132 of the other company (company B).

[0098] Fig.12This is an explanatory diagram of information transmission using the platform system 100. Participating companies of the platform system 100 can build a supply chain network based on the trading partner management information 132, and thus can utilize the relationship of the network as an information transmission path.

[0099] like Fig.12 As shown, in Fig.12 In the left figure of , if enterprise B sends information via the platform system 100, the information can be provided to each enterprise registered as a trading partner in the trading partner management information 132 of enterprise B. Fig.12 In the right figure, when enterprise D sends information, if enterprise C that registers enterprise D in the transaction partner management information 132 is registered as a transaction partner of enterprise B, then enterprise B can directly receive the information sent by enterprise D via the platform system 100.

[0100] The information sending / information sharing function is performed by the information management department 1220, which can accept information provided to other enterprises participating in the platform from the terminal 200 of each enterprise participating in the platform, and control it so that each enterprise registered as an associated enterprise can read the accepted information on the platform system 100 based on the transaction partner management information 132, or provide the accepted information to the terminal 200.

[0101] Furthermore, as an extension function of the information transmission / information sharing function, there is a function of providing information on carbon dioxide emissions. Fig.13 This is a diagram for explaining the provision of information related to carbon dioxide emissions using the platform system 100 .

[0102] like Fig.13 As shown, the information acquisition unit 1221 acquires the carbon dioxide emissions in the corporate activities of enterprise B from the external system and stores it in the storage device 130. The external system is an external service that provides information on the carbon dioxide emissions of each enterprise. The information acquisition unit 1221 stores the sales information of enterprise B and the transaction performance distinguished by transaction partner enterprises in the storage device 130. It can also be configured so that enterprise B inputs sales information and transaction performance distinguished by transaction partner enterprises to the platform system 100, or cooperates with the transaction management system used by enterprise B to obtain sales information or transaction performance distinguished by transaction partner enterprises from the transaction management system.

[0103] The carbon dioxide emission calculation unit 1222 extracts the enterprise A and enterprise X associated with the transaction performance distinguished by the transaction partner enterprise, and calculates the ratio of the transaction performance to the sales information of the enterprise B for each enterprise A and enterprise X. The carbon dioxide emission calculation unit 1222 calculates the carbon dioxide emission obtained by multiplying the carbon dioxide emission to the enterprise B by the ratio of each enterprise A and enterprise X. The information management unit 1220 can control so that the enterprise A and enterprise X can view their respective carbon dioxide emissions to the enterprise B on the platform system 100, or provide the corresponding carbon dioxide emission to each terminal 200 of the enterprise A and enterprise X.

[0104] In addition, the information transmission / information sharing function can be controlled in cooperation with the above-mentioned disclosure setting function. That is, when a trading partner associated with a level 2 intimacy or less is set to be private, it can be controlled not to transmit / share information to or from the trading partner.

[0105] The first embodiment is described above, but in the enterprise information 131 on the platform system 100, not only the enterprises invited by the company are accumulated, but also the enterprises invited by other companies are accumulated. Furthermore, it is not limited to the invitation relationship, but also includes enterprises that participate in the platform system 100 by registering as users themselves. That is to say, in the platform system 100, other companies that have no invitation relationship with the company participate in the platform system 100 by themselves, and can manage the supply chain in a unified way through the assigned trading partner management group. Therefore, the company can separately invite enterprises invited by other companies or enterprises that have participated in the platform system 100 by themselves, for example, through the platform system 100, enterprises other than the company's supply chain-related enterprises are newly added to the trading partner management group as the company's related enterprises. Therefore, it is also possible to provide a place for contact between enterprises beyond the company's supply chain management framework. In other words, it is also possible to provide a platform that can build inter-enterprise connections across the company's supply chain management framework and the supply chain management framework of other companies.

[0106] That is to say, from another point of view, whether it is an enterprise that has joined the platform system 100 through the invitation function or an enterprise that has joined the platform system 100 independently of the invitation relationship, it will not be limited to the framework of the supply chain management of the company or other companies, but can search the companies accumulated in the enterprise information 131 to find new trading partners and get in touch with the found trading partners. For example, when dispersing or changing the manufacturing base for risk hedging or improving efficiency, it is possible to find new trading partners in the platform system 100 and make quotations, and it is also possible to receive quotations from new trading partners as the invited party. Through the platform system 100, it is possible to activate exchanges between companies beyond the framework of the supply chain to which the company belongs. In addition, quotations can also be made as described above for companies that are not accumulated in the enterprise information 131.

[0107] use Figure 7 Taking the example of , company A has no relationship with supply chain management 2 and 3 managed by other companies. However, in the present platform system 100, company A can invite company C of supply chain management 2, or vice versa, be invited by company C to join the company's trading partner management group. In addition, when company C of supply chain management 2 is "capable" to be disclosed as a secondary associated company, it automatically belongs to the trading partner management group of company A. In this way, in addition to the multiple different supply chains to which the company belongs, the platform system 100 can also provide an opportunity to establish associations with companies in supply chains to which the company does not belong.

[0108] In addition, the above-mentioned company disclosure setting function and invitation enterprise disclosure setting can be configured to include disclosure (including anonymous disclosure) / non-disclosure within the framework of the supply chain to which the company belongs, as well as disclosure (including anonymous disclosure) / non-disclosure for the framework of the supply chain to which the company does not belong.

[0109] In addition, Fig. 9 In the example, for example, when the supply chain formed by enterprise A and enterprise E is different from the supply chain between enterprise (the company) O and enterprise A, enterprise (the company) O can also associate enterprise E as its supply chain network on the platform system 100 of this embodiment. Through the platform system 100 of this embodiment, communication opportunities with companies outside the company's supply chain management can be obtained.

[0110] In addition, the invitation function of the platform system 100 to the trading partner management group of the company (including the approval of the invitationee enterprise to join) is also an invitation function to invite whether to join the platform system 100. Here, the platform system 100 can also be configured to have an invitation function to the platform system 100 independently of the invitation function to the trading partner management group. For example, the portal management unit 1211 can send the invitation information to the platform system 100 to the terminal 200 instead of the invitation information to the trading partner management group for the enterprise retrieved based on the enterprise information 131. The enterprise that receives the invitation information to the platform system 100 can perform the above-mentioned user registration (register with the enterprise information 131) through the terminal 200 and use the various functions provided by the platform system 100.

[0111] (Second embodiment)

[0112] Figures 14 to 16 This is a diagram for explaining the second embodiment. In addition to the five main functions explained in the first embodiment, this embodiment further includes a risk management function. Fig.14 1 is a functional block diagram of the supply chain platform system 100A of this embodiment. The trading partner management unit 1212 is configured to include a risk management unit 1217. Other functions are the same as those of the first embodiment, and the same reference numerals are given and the description is omitted, and the description will focus on the differences.

[0113] This embodiment provides two risk management functions. Fig.15 This is an illustration of the first risk management function. Fig.16 This is an explanatory diagram of the second risk management function.

[0114] The first risk management function performs risk assessment based on the relationships on the supply chain platform.

[0115] like Fig.15 As shown in the figure, each enterprise in the supply chain management is related through the relationship between buyers and suppliers, which can also be understood in the conventional chain-like or tree-like supply chain relationship diagram. In the supply chain management from the perspective of enterprise A, the primary suppliers are enterprise C, enterprise E, and enterprise G, and the secondary supplier is enterprise F. On the other hand, enterprise C, enterprise E, and enterprise G each have enterprise F as the primary supplier, and from the perspective of enterprise F, these three companies, enterprise C, enterprise E, and enterprise G, become buyers.

[0116] In the chain or tree-like supply chain relationship diagrams of the past, it can be seen that in addition to company C, company F is also a supplier of company E and company G, and is relied upon by many companies. On the other hand, if a company that is trusted by many companies as a supplier has problems (disasters, etc.), there is a risk of supply suspension. Therefore, in the past, in supply chain management, it was important to conduct risk assessments on the related companies and to explore the diversification of bases or the securing of substitutes in order to stabilize supply.

[0117] However, if Fig.15 As in the example of , in the previous supply chain management, it was impossible to understand whether the companies belonging to the company's supply chain had transactions with companies in other different supply chains, so there was a problem of difficulty in risk assessment.

[0118] As described above, the supply chain platform system 100A of this embodiment can visualize the relationship between enterprises across multiple different supply chains as a network. Therefore, the first risk management function uses the relationship information between enterprises on the supply chain platform system 100A to provide a function to visualize the risk level of each enterprise in the supply chain management or quantify the risk level for risk assessment.

[0119] As described above, the trading partner management information 132 can maintain the relationship information between the company and the trading partners, and can be configured so that in addition to the invitation relationship with the company (inviter, invitee), the supply chain relationship information corresponding to the company (buyer, primary supplier, secondary supplier, etc.) is also distributed to each enterprise that has joined the trading partner management group and included in the trading partner management information 132.

[0120] Each enterprise inputs supply chain relationship information such as buyers, primary suppliers, and secondary suppliers from the terminal 200 to the corresponding enterprise registered in the transaction partner management information 132 of the company based on one or more supply chain managements to which the company belongs, according to different supply chain managements. The transaction partner management unit 1212 controls the registration of the supply chain relationship information by each participating enterprise through the terminal 200.

[0121] Taking enterprise F as an example, in the supply chain management centered on enterprise A, enterprise F can register enterprise B and enterprise D as primary suppliers, and register enterprise C, enterprise E, and enterprise G as buyers. Furthermore, when enterprise F belongs to multiple different supply chains, it can input supply chain relationship information for each supply chain management. For example, supply chain relationship information can be registered with enterprise Y as a buyer in another supply chain management. Similarly, other enterprises can input supply chain relationship information corresponding to the company from terminal 200 according to one or more different supply chain managements, and register it in trading partner management information 132.

[0122] In this way, by adding supply chain relationship information to the trading partner management information 132 of each enterprise, it is possible to understand across multiple different supply chains whether the company is trading with several enterprises as a supplier or with several enterprises as a buyer. Fig.15 In the example, it can be understood that enterprise F has transactions with buyer enterprises of 6 companies across multiple different supply chains, and has transactions with supplier enterprises of 2 companies. In the previous chain-like or tree-like supply chain relationship diagram, it can only be understood that enterprise F is a primary supplier of 3 companies, but in the supply chain platform system 100A of this embodiment, it can be understood that transactions are conducted with buyer enterprises of 6 companies across different supply chains.

[0123] In other words, it is possible to understand the supply risks that can be grasped in the previous chain or tree-shaped supply chain relationship diagram, and the risk level will be further increased if it is managed across different supply chains, and it is possible to evaluate the supply risks that cannot be grasped only through the company's supply chain management. In addition, Fig.15 The example shows that in the supply chain management of enterprise A, enterprise F is the first-time supplier of three enterprises C, enterprise E, and enterprise G. However, in the case where enterprise F is the first-time supplier of one enterprise C, the supply risk is low in the previous chain or tree-like supply chain relationship diagram, but it can be grasped. If it is managed across different supply chains, the supply risk will be high.

[0124] In addition, the display control unit 1230 of this embodiment generates a supply chain network diagram based on the trading partner management information and the supply chain relationship information. For example, when generating a supply chain network diagram based on the viewpoint of enterprise A, the display control unit 1230 generates display objects representing the company and each enterprise (e.g., an associated enterprise and a secondary associated enterprise) registered in the trading partner management information 132, and generates line segments connecting display objects corresponding to each supply chain relationship information across multiple supply chains. The display control unit 1230 generates a supply chain network diagram including the above-mentioned display objects and line segments.

[0125] In addition, the line segments connecting the display objects can also be configured as line segments that express supply chain relationship information with the direction of arrows for each supply chain. The display control unit 1230 can refer to the trading partner management information 132 of each enterprise registered in the trading partner management information 132 of enterprise A, extract each supply chain relationship information of each supply chain, and control the line segments connecting the display objects to be arrows with directions corresponding to the supply chain relationship information of each supply chain.

[0126] For example, the supply chain relationship information includes at least buyers and suppliers, and the line segment has an arrow from the buyer enterprise toward the supplier enterprise. The display control unit 1230 can generate, for each supply chain, a line segment with an arrow from the display object to other display objects as the positioning of the buyer enterprise, and a line segment with an arrow from other display objects to the display object as the positioning of the supplier enterprise, and generate a supply chain network diagram in which the display objects are connected by the line segments.

[0127] like Fig.15 As shown, in the supply chain network diagram based on the viewpoint of enterprise A, enterprise F belongs to other supply chains (α, β, γ) that are different from the supply chain management of enterprise A, and each supply chain relationship information is registered in the trading partner management information 132 for each of the above other supply chains. In addition, the number of trading partners can be grasped by the number of line segments connected to enterprise F, and the number of buyer companies and supplier companies traded by the enterprise can be visually grasped by the direction of the arrow. Therefore, enterprise A can grasp the risk level of each enterprise visualized through the supply chain network diagram, and can perform risk assessment on each enterprise under the supply chain management of the company.

[0128] In addition, the supply chain network diagram of this embodiment can simultaneously conduct risk assessment and discuss alternative solutions. Fig.15 As shown in the supply chain network diagram across multiple supply chains, it is possible to understand that company B, which is a primary supplier of company F, is also a primary supplier of company X in a different supply chain. Therefore, an alternative solution of company A-company C-company X-company B can be found, and company X can be selected as a substitute for company F for company B. In addition, Fig.15 As in the example, the line segments connecting enterprises that do not belong to the supply chain management of enterprise A, in other words, although they are registered in the trading partner management information 132 of enterprise A but have no registered supply chain relationship information, are displayed differently from the line segments connecting enterprises with registered supply chain relationship information.

[0129] The supply chain network diagram of the first embodiment described above connects the "associations" across different supply chains with lines based on the trading partner management information 132, but the supply chain network diagram of the present embodiment visualizes the "associations" across different supply chains based on the viewpoint of the supply chain relationship information of the supply chains to which each enterprise belongs.

[0130] Next, other methods of the first risk management function are described. In this embodiment, the number of registered buyers (T-in) and the number of registered suppliers (T-out) for each enterprise can be counted with reference to the trading partner management information 132 of each enterprise included in the supply chain network (trading partner management information 132), and the numbers can be used as risk indicators for risk assessment.

[0131] That is, the risk management department 1217 can refer to each trading partner management information 132 of the associated companies (including secondary associated companies) registered in the trading partner management information 132, count the number of companies registered as suppliers across multiple different supply chains (in multiple different supply chains) according to the different companies registered in the trading partner management information 132, and perform risk assessment processing. Fig.15 As shown, as a risk indicator of enterprise A, it is possible to refer to the transaction partner management information 132 of enterprises C, E, G, F, B, and D within the supply chain management, count T-in and T-out respectively, and quantify them.

[0132] When the number of T-ins is large, it is a company that many buyer companies rely on as described above. Here, T-ins are important as risk indicators. When the number of T-ins is large, it shows that they are concentrated in one company. Therefore, it can be evaluated that the supply risk of a company with a large number of T-ins is high when a problem (such as a disaster) occurs. Therefore, the risk management unit 1217 can be configured to count at least the number of T-ins, or it can be configured not to count the number of T-outs.

[0133] The risk management unit 1217 can perform risk assessment processing by, for example, using a preset threshold to determine whether the number of T-ins exceeds the threshold and extracting enterprises (risk avoidance candidate enterprises) whose number of T-ins exceeds the threshold. The result of the risk assessment can be provided to the terminal 200 via the display control unit 1230.

[0134] For example, the display control unit 1230 can display the display objects of enterprises whose number of T-ins exceeds a threshold value by adding a specific effect in the supply chain network diagram including display objects connected by lines generated based on supply chain relationship information, or display a notification message such as "risky" for the corresponding display objects of the supply chain network diagram. In addition, it can also be configured to directly display the number of T-ins for the display objects of the enterprises. In addition, it is also possible to separately generate a list of enterprises within the company's supply chain management and display the results of risk assessment in the list.

[0135] Next, the second risk management function will be described.

[0136] Companies participating in the supply chain may purchase insurance such as business suspension guarantee insurance or loss compensation liability insurance. Since it is part of the supply chain, it is a part of risk hedging for the company or other companies. If the trading partner purchases insurance, it will become a safety guarantee in the event of problems. In addition, the fact that insurance has been purchased can be provided to trading partners as a safety guarantee.

[0137] Therefore, the second risk management function can display whether insurance is subscribed in the supply chain network diagram and provide the insurance subscription status to perform risk management. In the registration process of the enterprise information 131, the entry management unit 1211 controls to accept the input of the insurance subscription status (insurance subscribed / insurance not subscribed, insurance type, etc.) from the terminal 200, and can register the insurance subscription information in the company's enterprise information 131.

[0138] In addition, the display control unit 1230 refers to the enterprise information 131 of each enterprise registered in the trading partner management information 132 in the supply chain network diagram and obtains the insurance subscription status, such as Fig.16 As shown, for the display objects of each enterprise in the supply chain network diagram, the insurance participation status such as "participated in insurance" and "not participated in insurance" is displayed.

[0139] Furthermore, in the second risk management function, the display control of the insurance subscription status is not limited to Fig.16 For example, in addition to "insured" and "not insured", the display object of the enterprise can also be displayed with a specific effect.

[0140] like Fig.16 As shown, according to the second risk management function of this embodiment, the insurance participation status of not only the companies within the supply chain management but also the companies outside the supply chain management is visualized on the supply chain network diagram. Therefore, for example, company A can consider changing the trading partner to company Y outside the supply chain management of the company that has participated in the insurance because company D within the company's supply chain management has not participated in the insurance. In addition, from the perspective of company F, the same is true. Company F can consider changing the primary supplier company to company Y because company D, which is a primary supplier, has not participated in the insurance.

[0141] In addition, from another point of view, by using the second risk management function of this embodiment, supply chain related personnel such as enterprise A or enterprise F can contact enterprise D through the supply chain platform system 100A to inform it that it has not joined the insurance, or recommend it to join the insurance. Enterprise D can get the opportunity to join the insurance.

[0142] The second embodiment is described above, but the first risk management function may also be configured to add the insurance participation status of the second risk management function and perform risk assessment. For example, when using T-in for risk assessment, the risk management unit 1217 can extract an enterprise whose insurance participation status is "not participated" as a risk avoidance candidate enterprise even if T-in does not exceed the threshold.

[0143] In addition, the second risk management function may be applied to the first embodiment described above and configured to display the insurance subscription status on the supply chain network diagram regardless of the supply chain relationship information.

[0144] The various functions constituting the above-mentioned supply chain platform systems 100, 100A can be implemented through programs. Computer programs prepared in advance to implement various functions are stored in auxiliary storage devices. Control units such as the CPU can implement the functions of various units by reading the programs stored in the auxiliary storage devices to the main storage devices and executing the programs read to the main storage devices by the control units.

[0145] In addition, the above-mentioned program can also be provided to the computer in a state of being recorded on a computer-readable recording medium. As a computer-readable recording medium, there can be cited optical disks such as CD-ROM, phase-change optical disks such as DVD-ROM, optical magnetic disks such as MO (Magnet Optical) or MD (Mini Disk), magnetic disks such as floppy disks (registered trademark) or removable hard disks, compact flash (registered trademark), smart media, SD memory cards, memory sticks and other memory cards. In addition, hardware devices such as integrated circuits (IC chips, etc.) specially designed and constructed to achieve the purpose of the present invention are also included as recording media.

[0146] In addition, the embodiments of the present invention are described, but the embodiments are presented as examples and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention. The new embodiments can be implemented in various other ways, and various omissions, substitutions, and changes can be made without departing from the scope of the invention. These embodiments and their variations are included in the scope or spirit of the invention, and are included in the invention described in the claims and the scope of their equivalents.

[0147] Description of reference numerals:

[0148] 100, 100A supply chain platform system

[0149] 110 communication device

[0150] 120 control device

[0151] 1210 Control Department

[0152] 1211 Entrance Management Department

[0153] 1212 Trading Partner Management Department

[0154] 1213 Invitation Department

[0155] 1214 Approval Control Department

[0156] 1215 Public Setting Control Unit

[0157] 1216 List Registration Department

[0158] 1217 Risk Management Department

[0159] 1220 Information Management Department

[0160] 1221 Information Acquisition Department

[0161] 1222 Carbon dioxide emissions calculation department

[0162] 1230 Display Control Unit

[0163] 130 Storage device

[0164] 200 Terminal

Claims

1. A supply chain platform system capable of communicating with various terminals of enterprises participating in the supply chain, characterized in that: have: An entry management unit performs user registration processing of the supply chain platform system via the terminal and registers corporate information of each of a plurality of participating companies; The trading partner management department allocates a trading partner management group to each participating enterprise and generates trading partner management information differentiated by participating enterprise; an inviting unit that generates invitation information including a request to join a transaction partner management group of the inviting enterprise, taking the participating enterprise registered in the enterprise information as an invited enterprise, and transmits the invitation information to a transmission destination based on the enterprise information; and The approval control unit receives a joining approval for the invitation information from the terminal of the invitee enterprise, The trading partner management department registers the invited party enterprise as an associated enterprise in the trading partner management information based on the joining approval from the invited party enterprise in the case where the invitation information is sent as the inviting party enterprise, and registers the inviting party enterprise as the associated enterprise in the trading partner management information based on the joining approval given to the inviting party enterprise in the case where the invitation information is received from other participating enterprises as the invited party enterprise, to generate a supply chain network based on the associated enterprises.

2. The supply chain platform system according to claim 1, characterized in that: The trading partner management department refers to the trading partner management information of the affiliated enterprises registered in the trading partner management information of the company, registers the affiliated enterprises registered in the trading partner management information of the affiliated enterprises as secondary affiliated enterprises in the trading partner management information of the company, and generates the supply chain network including the affiliated enterprises that have an invitation relationship based on the invitation information with the company as the center and the secondary affiliated enterprises that are independent of the company and have an invitation relationship based on the invitation information constructed by the affiliated enterprises.

3. The supply chain platform system according to claim 2, characterized in that: Also features: a disclosure setting control unit for performing a company disclosure setting process in which whether or not to allow the trading partner management information to be registered as the secondary related company to another company is set; The disclosure setting control unit provides the terminal with a company disclosure setting screen including options of disclosure, anonymous disclosure, and non-disclosure. The trading partner management unit stores the company's public setting information in association with the invited party company registered in the trading partner management information of the inviting party company. The trading partner management unit controls so that the invited party company whose company public setting information is set to non-public is not registered as the secondary related company in the trading partner management information of another company.

4. The supply chain platform system according to claim 2 or 3, characterized in that: Also features: The public setting control unit performs an invitation enterprise public setting process, in which whether the inviting enterprise is allowed to register the invited enterprise as the secondary associated enterprise in the transaction partner management information of the other company is set. The disclosure setting control unit provides the terminal with an invitation enterprise disclosure setting screen including options of disclosure and non-disclosure, The transaction partner management unit stores the inviting enterprise's public setting information in association with the invited enterprise registered in the transaction partner management information of the inviting enterprise. The transaction partner management unit controls so that the invitee company whose inviting company disclosure setting information is set to non-disclosure is not registered as the secondary related company in the transaction partner management information of another company.

5. The supply chain platform system according to claim 2, characterized in that: Also features: a list registration unit, via the terminal, registering a white list of companies that are allowed to be registered in the transaction partner management information as the secondary related companies, or registering a non-disclosed company list that is not allowed to be registered in the transaction partner management information as the secondary related companies, The trading partner management department controls so that only the companies registered by the invited party company in the white list can register the company as the secondary affiliated company in the trading partner management information of other companies, or controls so that only the companies registered by the invited party company in the non-public company list will not register the company as the secondary affiliated company in the trading partner management information of other companies.

6. The supply chain platform system according to claim 1, characterized in that: Also available: The display control unit generates a supply chain network diagram by generating a first display object of the company, a second display object of the affiliated enterprise of the company, and a line segment connecting the first display object and the second display object based on the trading partner management information.

7. The supply chain platform system according to claim 2, characterized in that: Also available: The display control unit generates, based on the trading partner management information, a first display object of the company, a second display object as the affiliated enterprise of the company, and a line segment connecting the first display object and the second display object, and generates a third display object as the second affiliated enterprise and a line segment connecting the second display object and the third display object, and generates a supply chain network diagram in which the second display object is arranged around the first display object and the third display object is arranged outside the second display object.

8. The supply chain platform system according to claim 6 or 7, characterized in that: The display control unit generates a map display type supply chain network diagram in which the display objects are arranged on a map based on the address information included in the enterprise information.

9. The supply chain platform system according to claim 1, characterized in that: The trading partner management unit provides a trading partner management screen to the terminal and has a search function for searching the enterprise information based on a search condition input to the trading partner management screen. The trading partner management unit adds the enterprise found by the search function as an additional planned trading partner to the trading partner management information, The invitation unit generates the invitation information based on an invitation operation performed from the terminal to the additional scheduled trading partner on the trading partner management screen, and transmits the invitation information to a transmission destination based on the company information.

10. The supply chain platform system according to claim 9, characterized in that: When no enterprise matching the search condition is found, the trading partner management unit provides a temporary enterprise registration screen to the terminal, and temporarily registers the enterprise information in the trading partner management information based on the enterprise information input through the temporary enterprise registration screen. The invitation unit generates the invitation information based on an invitation operation performed from the terminal to the temporarily registered enterprise on the trading partner management screen, and transmits the invitation information to a transmission destination based on the temporarily registered enterprise information. The portal management unit executes the user registration process for the temporarily registered invitee company when the participation is approved based on the invitation information, and registers the company information of the temporarily registered invitee company in the supply chain platform system.

11. The supply chain platform system according to claim 1, characterized in that: Also available: The information management unit receives information provided to each other enterprise from the terminal, and provides the received information to the terminal of the enterprise registered in the transaction partner management information.

12. The supply chain platform system according to claim 1, characterized in that: Also available: The information acquisition department obtains the carbon dioxide emissions of each participating company from an external system that provides carbon dioxide emissions in corporate activities by company; A storage unit storing sales information of participating enterprises and transaction performance of each transaction partner enterprise constituting the sales information; a carbon dioxide emission calculation unit, which extracts the associated companies associated with the transaction performance based on the transaction partner management information, calculates the ratio of the transaction performance to the sales information for each of the extracted associated companies, and calculates the carbon dioxide emission by associated company by multiplying the carbon dioxide emission by the ratio of each associated company; as well as The information management unit provides the carbon dioxide emission amount for each enterprise to the terminal of each enterprise registered as the related enterprise having transaction records with the company.

13. A program, characterized in that A computer that can communicate with each terminal of a company participating in the supply chain can realize the following functions: The first function is to perform user registration processing via the terminal and register corporate information of each of a plurality of participating companies; The second function is to assign a trading partner management group to each participating enterprise and generate trading partner management information differentiated by participating enterprise; A third function is to generate invitation information including a request to join the transaction partner management group of the inviting enterprise, with the participating enterprise registered in the enterprise information as the invited enterprise, and to send the invitation information to a sending destination based on the enterprise information; as well as The fourth function is to receive a joining approval for the invitation information from the terminal of the invitee company. In the second function, based on the joining approval from the invitee enterprise in the case where the invitation information is sent as the inviting enterprise, the invitee enterprise is registered in the trading partner management information as an associated enterprise, and based on the joining approval given to the inviting enterprise in the case where the invitation information is received from other participating enterprises as the invitee enterprise, the inviting enterprise is registered in the trading partner management information as the associated enterprise, to generate a supply chain network based on the associated enterprises.

14. The supply chain platform system according to claim 1, characterized in that: The trading partner management unit controls so that each participating enterprise can register supply chain relationship information corresponding to the enterprise registered in the trading partner management information for each of one or more supply chains to which the company belongs through the terminal, The supply chain platform system also has: The display control unit generates a supply chain network diagram based on the transaction partner management information and the supply chain relationship information. The display control unit generates display objects representing the company and each enterprise registered in the trading partner management information, and generates line segments connecting the display objects corresponding to the supply chain relationship information across multiple supply chains, and generates the supply chain network diagram including the display objects and the line segments.

15. The supply chain platform system according to claim 14, characterized in that: The display control unit generates display objects representing the company and each enterprise registered in the trading partner management information, and generates line segments connecting the display objects with the direction of the arrow representing the supply chain relationship information for each supply chain, and generates the supply chain network diagram including the display objects and the line segments.

16. The supply chain platform system according to claim 15, characterized in that: The supply chain relationship information includes buyers and suppliers, The line segment is a line segment having an arrow pointing from the buyer enterprise toward the supplier enterprise, The display control unit generates, for each of the supply chains, the line segments with arrows from the display object toward other display objects as the positioning of buyer companies, and the line segments with arrows from other display objects toward the display object as the positioning of supplier companies, and generates the supply chain network diagram in which the display objects are connected by the line segments.

17. The supply chain platform system according to any one of claims 14 to 16, characterized in that: The company information includes insurance enrollment status, The display control unit displays the insurance subscription status for the corresponding display object in the supply chain network diagram.

18. The supply chain platform system according to claim 1, characterized in that: The trading partner management unit controls so that each participating enterprise can register supply chain relationship information corresponding to the enterprise registered in the trading partner management information for each of one or more supply chains to which the company belongs through the terminal, The supply chain platform system also has: The risk management department refers to the transaction partner management information of each enterprise registered in the transaction partner management information and performs risk assessment processing based on the supply chain relationship information. The supply chain relationship information includes buyers and suppliers, The risk management unit counts the number of enterprises registered as suppliers across a plurality of supply chains for each enterprise registered in the transaction partner management information, and performs the risk assessment process based on the number of enterprises registered as suppliers.

19. The supply chain platform system according to claim 18, characterized in that: The company information includes insurance enrollment status, The risk management unit performs the risk evaluation process based on the number of companies registered as the supplier and the insurance subscription status.

20. The supply chain platform system according to claim 1, characterized in that: The company information includes insurance enrollment status, The supply chain platform system also has: The display control unit generates display objects representing the company and each enterprise registered in the trading partner management information, generates line segments connecting the display objects, and generates a supply chain network diagram including the display objects and the line segments. The display control unit controls to visualize the insurance subscription status of the display object in the supply chain network diagram.

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