Management apparatus, management system, management method, and management program

Abstract

To provide a management apparatus, a management system, a management method, and a management program that realize the exchange of information between companies according to the configuration of a product.SOLUTION: In a management system in which a management apparatus 100 communicates with a plurality of input terminals via a network, a control unit of the management apparatus includes: a product configuration setting unit that accepts, for each related company, registration of a product, registration of components for each product, and registration of at least one of material and processing for each component, sets the configuration of each product and stores information related to the configuration in a storage unit; a request processing unit that sets input requests for at least one of the product, component, material, and processing, and transmits request messages to related companies; and a response reception unit that receives responses from the related companies and stores the responses in the storage unit.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a management device, a management system, a management method, and a management program. [Background technology]

[0002] Patent Document 1 discloses an information processing system that can grasp the emission status of greenhouse gases. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0003] [Patent Document 1] Patent No. 7217834 Summary of the Invention [Means for solving the problem]

[0004] A management device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a control unit and a storage unit. The control unit includes a product configuration setting unit that sets a configuration of each product by accepting registration of products for each associated company, accepting registration of parts for each product, and accepting registration of at least one of materials and processing for each part, and stores information about the configuration in the storage unit, a request processing unit that sets an input request for at least one of products, parts, materials, and processing, and transmits a request message to the associated company in the previous period, and a response receiving unit that receives responses from the associated company in the previous period and stores the responses in the storage unit.

[0005] In the above management device, the product configuration setting section accepts a change to the set configuration, or updates information regarding the set configuration.

[0006] In any of the above management devices, the request processing unit receives a selection as to whether or not to permit a change by an associated company to a configuration of at least one of a product, a part, a material, and a process.

[0007] In any one of the management devices described above, the response receiving unit receives an input request to another associated company in response to the input request, and the request processing unit transmits a request message to the other associated company.

[0008] Any of the above management devices further includes a display unit, the response receiving unit receives responses from the associated companies that are different from the input request, and the display unit displays a part or all of the different responses only on input terminals used by the associated companies.

[0009] A management system according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a management device, a storage device, and a response receiving device. The management device includes a control unit. The control unit includes a product configuration setting unit that sets the configuration of each product by accepting registration of products for each associated company, accepting registration of parts for each product, and accepting registration of at least one of materials and processing for each part, and stores information about the configuration in the storage device, and a request processing unit that sets an input request for at least one of products, parts, materials, and processing, and transmits a request message to the associated company. The response receiving device accepts responses from the associated companies and stores the responses in the storage device.

[0010] In one aspect of the present invention, a management method includes a computer that accepts registration of products for each associated company, accepts registration of parts for each product, and accepts registration of at least one of materials and processing for each part, thereby setting a configuration of each product and storing information about the configuration in a storage unit or storage device. The computer also sets an input request for at least one of products, parts, materials, and processing, and transmits a request message to the associated companies. The computer also accepts responses from the associated companies and stores the responses in the storage unit or storage device.

[0011] A management program according to an aspect of the present invention causes a computer to execute the above-described management method.

[0012] The above summary of the invention does not list all of the features of the present invention. Also, subcombinations of these features may also be inventions. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0013] [Figure 1] 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of an overall configuration of a management system according to a first embodiment. [Diagram 2] FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a functional block of a management device according to the first embodiment. [Diagram 3] FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of a product according to the first embodiment. [Figure 4] FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of a registration screen for registering products for each affiliated company. [Diagram 5] FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of a registration screen for registering parts for each product. [Figure 6] FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of a registration screen for registering a material for each part. [Figure 7] FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of a registration screen for registering processing for each part. [Figure 8] 10 is a flowchart showing an example of a procedure for setting a product configuration and receiving a response according to the first embodiment. [Figure 9] FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of an overall configuration of a management system according to a second embodiment. [Figure 10] 13 is a flowchart showing an example of a procedure for setting a product configuration and receiving a response according to the second embodiment. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0014] The present invention will be described below through embodiments of the invention, but the following embodiments do not limit the scope of the invention according to the claims. Furthermore, not all of the combinations of features described in the embodiments are necessarily essential to the solution of the invention.

[0015] In recent years, there has been a demand for the exchange of detailed information about products or services (hereinafter collectively referred to as "products") traded between companies. Traditionally, the main information exchanged was transaction-related information such as product specifications, content provided, unit price, quantity, and period of provision, but in recent years, there has also been a demand for the exchange of information about the product's impact on the environment and society. Meanwhile, products come in a variety of forms, and there has been a demand for technology that allows for the systematic exchange of information between the company that receives the product (hereinafter also referred to as "our company" or "buyer") and the company that provides the product (hereinafter also referred to as "supplier"). In the following, "related companies" will be used to refer to suppliers as well as our own group companies, client companies, logistics companies, and other companies that exchange information with buyers.

[0016] The management device 100 according to the first embodiment realizes the exchange of information between companies according to the configuration of products.

[0017] 1 shows an example of the overall configuration of a management system 10 that manages the exchange of information between companies according to the first embodiment. The management system 10 includes a management device 100 and a plurality of input terminals 200. The management device 100 communicates with the plurality of input terminals 200 via a network 50. The management device 100 is a device that can be operated by a person in charge of the company or an affiliated company. The input terminal 200 is an input terminal that can be operated by a person in charge of the company or an affiliated company.

[0018] The management device 100 collects and manages information on products. In the first embodiment, an example will be described in which the management system 10 includes one management device 100. However, the management system 10 may include a management device 100 for each different company. Information described below may be exchanged between the multiple management devices 100. In the first embodiment, as an example, the management device 100 manages greenhouse gas emission information for identifying greenhouse gas emissions emitted from products to be traded. Here, the greenhouse gas emissions may include product-level greenhouse gas emissions from Cradle-to-Gate (which may be an accumulation of greenhouse gas emissions from the Cradle-to-Gate of the first process and subsequent Gate-to-Gate processes, which may visualize the greenhouse gas emissions of each process. The same applies below) emitted from the mining of raw materials for the product to the sale of the product, organizational-level greenhouse gas emissions including Scope 3 Category 1 "Purchased Products and Services" and Category 2 "Capital Goods" in the GHG Protocol, and greenhouse gas emissions emitted from products regarding other transactions.

[0019] The information managed by the management device 100 is not limited to greenhouse gas emissions. The management device 100 may manage information on at least one of human rights measures and disaster risk measures related to products. The human rights measures may indicate, for example, whether measures are taken to prevent child labor in the manufacture of products (including all processes related to the manufacture of products, such as not only the assembly and other processing of the product itself, but also the assembly and other processing of the parts that make up the product, and the processing of the materials (including raw materials, etc.) that make up each part). The disaster risk measures may indicate whether measures are taken to prevent the manufacture of products from being affected in the event of a disaster. In addition to the above, the information managed by the management device 100 may include any other information that the company wishes to request its affiliated companies to input. For example, information on various damage calculation-type environmental impact assessments, product carbon footprints related to climate change, biodiversity, land use, and raw material procurement related to natural resources, hazardous materials, waste management, packaging materials, and waste such as home appliances related to waste treatment, chemical substances contained in the environment, air pollutants, water quality and soil pollution related to environmentally regulated substances, and other environmental technology, energy, noise, vibration, and odors may be included. In addition, information on society may include human rights (child labor, forced labor, working hours, wages, labor rights, discrimination, etc.), labor management and safety and health, and human capital related to human resources, safety quality, safety of each substance, privacy and data security related to the safety of products and services, relationships with the community, diversity, equity, and inclusion, well-being and engagement, compliance and ethics, and other social information. In addition, information on governance may include ethics and compliance with laws and regulations regarding corporate behavior, anti-corruption, risk management, disaster prevention, tax transparency, and other governance information. In addition, information on due diligence for each of the above items may be included.

[0020] FIG. 2 shows an example of a functional block of the management device 100. The management device 100 may be configured as a computer as hardware. The computer may execute the management method described in the present specification by a management program. The management device 100 includes a control unit 110, a communication unit 120, a storage unit 130, and a display unit 140. The control unit 110 may be configured by a microprocessor such as a CPU or MPU, a microcontroller such as an MCU, or the like. The communication unit 120 manages communication between each component in the management device 100. In addition, the communication unit 120 communicates with an external computer such as an input terminal 200 via a network 50 such as the Internet. The storage unit 130 stores information about products provided from each input terminal 200. The display unit 140 displays information about products on an output device such as a display connected to the management device 100 or an output device of an external computer such as the input terminal 200 with which the management device 100 communicates.

[0021] The control unit 110 includes a product configuration setting unit 112, a request processing unit 114, and a response receiving unit 116. The product configuration setting unit 112 sets the configuration of each product by accepting registration of products for each associated company, accepting registration of parts for each product, and accepting registration of at least one of materials and processing for each part, and stores information regarding the configuration in the storage unit 130. The request processing unit 114 sets an input request for at least one of products, parts, materials, and processing, and transmits a request message to the previous-period associated company. The response receiving unit 116 accepts responses from the previous-period associated companies, and stores the responses in the storage unit 130.

[0022] The product configuration setting unit 112 sets the product configuration and information about each configuration. In the first embodiment, the "product" refers to a product that the company receives from an associated company, and in particular, a product provided by a supplier is also referred to as a "supplier product."

[0023] Here, referring to FIG. 3, an example of the structure of a product according to the first embodiment is shown. FIG. 3 shows an example of an overall image of the structure of a product. A product is composed of components. Each component is composed of materials and working. The structure may indicate the relationship between the product, the components, the materials, and working. The structure may indicate the components actually used in manufacturing the product, the materials used in manufacturing the components, and the working performed in manufacturing the components. The structure may indicate that the information on the product includes information on the components used in manufacturing the product, and the information on the components includes information on the materials used in manufacturing the components and information on working. Hereinafter, the terms "product", "component", "material", and "working" are used to indicate one or more of the elements of the structure, each object or activity itself, and information on each of them. Details of the products, components, materials, and working, and the setting of the information on them will be described later with reference to FIG. 4 to FIG. 7.

[0024] In other embodiments, the product configuration is not limited to the above components. For example, resource mining and processing of raw materials may be added as components of materials. Chemical synthesis or cell seeding may be added as components of processing. Logistics such as transportation and storage between the components of each item may be added as a configuration. Here, logistics may be composed of each element of the transportation chain. Recycling performed for each item may be added as a configuration.

[0025] The product configuration setting unit 112 may set the product configuration and information related thereto based on the operation of a user connected to the management device 100 using the input terminal 200. The product configuration setting unit 112 may also set the product configuration and information related thereto according to a predetermined form or format. For example, the product configuration setting unit 112 may set a predetermined product, part, material, and processing configuration as the product configuration according to a parts list for a specific product, a database based on the industry of related companies (e.g., IMDS (trademark) used in the automobile industry, etc.), and other information specifying the configuration. The information specifying the configuration may be information stored in the storage unit 130, or may be information stored in another storage device connected via the communication unit 120 and the network 50. The product configuration setting unit 112 may also be set by selecting the product configuration and information (e.g., configuration and information related to the same or similar product) stored in the storage unit 130. The product configuration setting unit 112 may also accept a change in the set configuration, or update information related to the set configuration. Here, the change in the configuration may be accepted by the person in charge of the company connecting to the management device 100 using the input terminal 200 and performing an operation to change the product configuration. Also, if permission is given by the related company management unit described later, the change in the configuration may be accepted by the person in charge of the related company connecting to the management device 100 using the input terminal 200 and performing an operation to change the product configuration. Also, the product configuration setting unit 112 may update the information on the set configuration by the operation of the person in charge of the company or the person in charge of the related company who is permitted to edit. For example, the information on the configuration set by the person in charge of the company based on information previously obtained by the person in charge of the company may be updated to more accurate information by the person in charge of the related company who is permitted to edit. This allows the configuration to be flexibly changed even if it has been set once, or the information on each configuration to be flexibly updated. The information on the configuration updated by the accepted change in the configuration is stored in the storage unit 130. This allows the person in charge of the company or the related company to read the information on the updated configuration from the storage unit 130 and share the change in the configuration with each other.

[0026] The request processing unit 114 sets an input request for the affiliated companies and performs a process of transmitting a request message requesting the affiliated companies to input information. The request processing unit 114 may have an affiliated company management unit that manages the affiliated companies to be input, a request setting unit that sets the input request for the affiliated companies, and a request transmitting unit that performs a process of transmitting the request message to the affiliated companies (all not shown).

[0027] The affiliated company management section accepts a selection of whether or not to permit an affiliated company to change the configuration of at least one of the products, parts, materials, and processing. This allows the affiliated company requested to input the configuration to change the configuration set by the product configuration setting section as necessary and provide more appropriate information. The display section 140 may display, for each affiliated company accepted by the affiliated company management section, information about the affiliated company, such as whether the affiliated company is permitted to add products, whether or not the affiliated company is permitted to add parts, whether or not the affiliated company is permitted to add materials, whether or not the affiliated company is permitted to add processing, what is used as a material emission source database, the request stop date, and supplier memo, as a list of one or more affiliated companies.

[0028] The affiliated company management unit also accepts selection of whether to display or hide information on products, parts, materials, and processing to affiliated companies, and whether to allow or not allow editing when displayed. This allows appropriate selection of information to be displayed to affiliated companies that have been requested to input information on the configuration set by the product configuration setting unit, and information to be displayed and then edited and requested to input, for each affiliated company received by the affiliated company management unit. The display unit 140 may display information on affiliated companies, such as whether the affiliated company is permitted to add products, whether the affiliated company is permitted to add parts, whether the affiliated company is permitted to add materials, whether the affiliated company is permitted to add processing, what is used as a material emission source database, the request stop date, and supplier memo, as a list of one or more affiliated companies.

[0029] The affiliated company management unit also accepts information about the person in charge of each affiliated company. The information about the person in charge includes the affiliated company name (the supplier name in the case of a supplier), the person in charge's affiliation, name, email address, and status. Here, the status may include, for example, not registered (before the account issuance procedure is carried out), registered (registration after the account issuance is completed), registering (after the account is issued and before the registration is completed), and registration failure (registration expiration after a predetermined registration period has passed after the account is issued and before the registration is completed, or an error in the account issuance procedure such as failure to send email) in terms of whether registration has been completed after the account issuance for connecting to the management device 100. The display unit 140 may display information about the person in charge, such as the person in charge's status, the affiliated company name, the person in charge's affiliation and name, email address, status details (which may include a detailed explanation of the status and the date and time of registration completion), the last login date and time, and a person in charge memo, as a list of one or more persons in charge for each affiliated company accepted by the affiliated company management unit.

[0030] The request setting unit sets a request for input of information on the product configuration to the related companies based on the permission for change of each configuration, the display or non-display of information on each configuration, and the permission or non-permission of editing when displayed, received by the related company management unit, for the product configuration and information set by the product configuration setting unit 112. The request setting unit also sets a request message. The request message may include information on the request source, request memo (request message), request number, input deadline, and answer reception means. When the input deadline has passed, the answer reception unit 116 may be configured not to accept the answer to the request message as it has expired. The information on the answer reception means may include information required for connecting to the management device 100 via the network 50 (e.g., the URL of the management device 100, API connection information, etc.). Each person in charge may be required to perform a process for connecting to the management device 100 (e.g., various authentications for account issuance, password registration, etc.) before or at the same time as sending the request message.

[0031] The request transmission unit performs a process of transmitting a request message. The process of transmitting the request message may be performed via the network 50 using the email address of the person in charge, API connection information, and other information for communication, which are registered in advance for each related company by the related company management unit or are registered for each related company together with the request transmission. The request transmission unit may also perform a process of transmitting the request message only to the person in charge selected by the person in charge of the company among the people in charge of the related companies. This allows different input requests to be made to people in different affiliations, even for the same related company.

[0032] The answer receiving unit 116 receives answers from each related company and stores information about the answers in the storage unit 130. Here, the person in charge of the related company may use the input terminal 200 to connect to the management device 100 via the network 50 and input the answer from the answer receiving screen displayed on the output device of the input terminal 200 by the display unit 140. The answer receiving unit 116 receives the answer based on the operation of the person in charge. Furthermore, the answer receiving unit 116 may display the answer status on the answer receiving screen. The answer status may become unanswered after the request message is sent, and may then transition to answered or expired. Furthermore, the answer receiving unit 116 may display the input status (registration status) for the input request on the answer receiving screen as being registered, registered, or not allowed to be registered, depending on the answer status. The answer receiving screen may be displayed in the same manner as the registration screen shown in FIG. 4 to FIG. 7, or may be displayed as a screen changed from the above registration screen as appropriate in response to the input request by the request processing unit 114.

[0033] The response receiving unit 116 may receive an input request to other related companies in response to the input request, and the request processing unit 114 may transmit a request message to the other related companies. Here, the "other related companies" may include, in the case where a direct trading partner of the company (buyer) is a tier 1 supplier, a tier 2 supplier that trades with the tier 1 supplier, a tier 3 supplier that further trades with the tier 2 supplier, and other tier suppliers with which the company has a trading relationship. In addition, the "other related companies" may include group companies of the company, client companies, logistics companies, and other related companies different from the company and the related companies. The input request to other related companies may be included in the response by an operation of a person in charge of the related companies, or may be included in the input request in advance by an operation of a person in charge of the company by the product configuration setting unit 112, and may be included as a response of acceptance by the related companies to the input request. When the response receiving unit 116 receives an input to other related companies, the request processing unit 114 may perform the above-mentioned management, request setting, and request transmission processing for the other related companies and their persons in charge in the related company related unit. Alternatively, the request processing unit 114 may set a request to a designated person in charge of another related company, restricting the person in charge to accept replies only for items that are the subject of the input request. The reply receiving unit 116 may grant temporary connection authority to the person in charge to accept the input request.

[0034] 4 to 7, examples of information on each of the products, parts, materials, and processing that the product configuration setting unit 112 sets and the response receiving unit 116 receives responses to are shown below. When setting or after setting the product configuration, the product configuration setting unit 112 adds information on each configuration, thereby storing the information in the storage unit 130. The request processing unit 114 sets, as an input request, items that are permitted to be edited by the affiliated company management unit among the information on the product configuration. The response receiving unit 116 receives responses to the items set as input requests. As described above, the product may include intangible services in addition to tangible things. When the product is a service, the parts may be components of the service, the materials may be at least one of tangible things and intangible services that constitute the components, and the processing may be an activity required to configure the components from the things or services.

[0035] FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a registration screen for registering products for each affiliated company (which may be used as either a setting screen for accepting settings of the product configuration by the product configuration setting unit 112, or as a response acceptance screen by the response acceptance unit 116; when used as a response acceptance screen, the screen may be changed as appropriate in accordance with management for each affiliated company by the request processing unit 114. These screens may be displayed by the display unit 140; the same applies to the following registration screens). In the first embodiment, the product is exemplified as a supplier product provided by X Co., Ltd., an affiliated company. In the first embodiment, the information related to the product includes product type, supplier product name, product code, manufacturing location, number of parts, emission coefficient (current and previous), primary data ratio (PDS, current and previous), trading suspension date, and product memo.

[0036] In FIG. 4, four products whose product type is a monitor (A monitor: P-AB manufactured at the Okazaki Factory in Japan, A monitor: P-AW manufactured at the Okazaki Factory in Japan, A monitor: P-AB manufactured at the Nagaoka Factory in Japan, and A monitor: P-AW manufactured at the Nagaoka Factory in Japan) are registered. The number of products may be increased or decreased depending on the result of the reply received from X Corporation if X Corporation is permitted to change the product configuration in the affiliated company management department. Also, it is shown that the number of parts of each product is four. The number of parts may be increased or decreased depending on the result of the reply received from X Corporation if X Corporation is permitted to change the part configuration in the affiliated company management department. Also, for each product, the greenhouse gas emission (emission coefficient) per product calculated from the greenhouse gas emission (CO2 in FIG. 4 and the description in this specification, but CO2eq including greenhouse gases other than carbon dioxide (CO2) may be used. The same applies to FIGS. 5 to 7) of the part is shown. In this figure, as an example, the previous emission coefficient is 27 kg-CO2 / unit, and the current emission coefficient is not entered, but the calculated values ​​for each product may be shown. In addition, PDS (primary data ratio) indicates the ratio of primary data to the calculation basis data of greenhouse gas emissions that constitute the above emission coefficient. Here, primary data is data based on actual measurements and values ​​unique to the calculator. In addition, secondary data is data based on industry standard values, median values, average values, etc. for each country or region for the type to which the product belongs. In addition, alternative data using information related to the product may be included in the calculation of PDS. The trading suspension date indicates the date on which trading of the product with X Co., Ltd. was suspended. Product notes indicate notes for each product.

[0037] The product configuration setting unit 112 sets the product configuration based on the operation performed by the person in charge of the company on the registration screen of FIG. 4 displayed on the display unit 140 using the input terminal 200. By pressing the "+Add" button in FIG. 4, a product to be traded with X Corporation can be added. In response to the operation to add the product, the product configuration setting unit 112 may accept a selection of whether to set the emission coefficient and PDS by accumulating the greenhouse gas emissions of the parts or to accept direct input (not shown), in addition to setting information about the product. In addition, by pressing the "Edit" or "Delete" button in FIG. 4, the information about the product that has been set can be edited or deleted. In addition, by pressing the button indicated as "X Corporation" in FIG. 4, a list of related companies set in the related company management unit is displayed, and by selecting another related company from the list, information about the product set for the other related company may be displayed.

[0038] FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a registration screen for registering parts for each product. In the first embodiment, five parts are shown as an example for "A Monitor: P-AB" out of the four products of X Corporation shown in FIG. 4. Note that in FIG. 5, products are selected by supplier product name and product code, but products may be selected by product name, product code, manufacturing location, or any combination of these. In the first embodiment, information related to parts includes supplier product name: product code / part type, level, parent part name, part name: part code, quantity, number of materials, number of processes, and part memo.

[0039] Supplier product name: product code / part type indicates the type of the part along with the name (supplier product name) and product code of the product that is composed of the part. The level indicates the hierarchy of each part from the product's perspective. The parent part name indicates the part name at the next higher level for each part. Part name: part code indicates the name and code of each part. The quantity indicates the quantity of each part. For example, in Figure 5, the types of parts that make up A monitor: P-AB, which is a monitor, are the main body and packaging. In addition, the main body has the display: C110 and stand: C120 as level 1 parts, and the packaging has the cushioning material: C210. ​​As a level 2 part, the main body has the board: C111 as a part of the display. The quantity of each part is two per product. Note that one line in the parts list in Figure 5 shows a level 0 part, that is, a part for convenience that considers the product itself as a part. As the part type is indicated as (automatically generated), this indicates that it is automatically generated when the product is registered. By registering a product as a level 0 part, it is possible to register processing that is performed across multiple parts, and even if a product is not composed of parts but is manufactured directly from materials and processing, by treating the product as a single part, it can be systematically handled in the same way as other products. The number of materials and the number of processes indicate the number of materials and processes that make up each part. Here, in Figure 5, there is one material each except for level 0 parts, and there are three level 0 parts and zero other parts. The number of materials and the number of processes may increase or decrease depending on the results of the response received from X Corporation, if X Corporation is permitted to make changes to the composition of materials and processes by the affiliated company management department. The part memo indicates the memo for each part.

[0040] The product configuration setting unit 112 sets the configuration of parts based on an operation performed by a person in charge of the company on the registration screen of FIG. 5 displayed on the display unit 140 using the input terminal 200. By pressing the "+Add" button in FIG. 5, a part constituting the product "A Monitor: P-AB" can be added. In response to the operation of adding the part, the product configuration setting unit 112 may set information about the part. By pressing the "Edit" or "Delete" button in FIG. 5, information about the set part can be edited or deleted. By pressing the button indicated as "X Corporation" in FIG. 5, a list of related companies set in the related company management unit may be displayed, and by selecting another related company from the list, information about parts set for the other related company may be displayed. By pressing the button indicated as "A Monitor: P-AB" in FIG. 5, a list of set products may be displayed, and by selecting another product from the list, information about parts set for the other product may be displayed.

[0041] Fig. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a registration screen for registering materials for each part. In the first embodiment, four materials are shown as an example for "all parts" of the product "A Monitor: P-AB" of X Corporation shown in Fig. 5. In the first embodiment, information related to materials includes supplier product name: product code / part name, material name, input amount, yield rate, emission coefficient, CO2 emission amount, PDS, and material memo.

[0042] Supplier product name: Product code / part name indicates the name of the part (part name) that is composed of the material, along with the supplier product name and product code that the part is composed of. Material name indicates the name of the material. Material name may include the type or classification of material, and the sales name of the material, etc. Input amount indicates the amount of the material input for the manufacture of parts, etc. Yield rate indicates the ratio of the amount actually used in the manufacture of parts, etc. to the input amount (also written as "usage amount" to distinguish it from input amount). Emission coefficient indicates the amount of greenhouse gas emissions per unit of the material used. CO2 emissions indicate the greenhouse gas emissions for the amount of material used. CO2 emissions are calculated by multiplying the usage amount by the emission coefficient. PDS indicates the proportion of primary data among the data used to calculate CO2 emissions. Material notes indicate notes for each material.

[0043] The product configuration setting unit 112 sets the material configuration based on the operation performed by the person in charge of the company on the registration screen of FIG. 6 displayed on the display unit 140 using the input terminal 200. In FIG. 6, the material constituting "all parts" of the product "A monitor: P-AB" can be added by pressing the "+Add" button. In response to the operation of adding the material, the product configuration setting unit 112 may set information on the above material as well as information on other materials such as the recycled material usage rate (not shown). The method of setting the emission coefficient of the above material may be selected from either using a prescribed coefficient or inputting it individually. Here, the "prescribed coefficient" refers to an emission coefficient registered in advance. For example, the prescribed coefficient is an emission coefficient of secondary data such as domestic, overseas, international, and industry type. When the prescribed coefficient is used, the product configuration setting unit 112 accepts the input of the material either by selection from a list of prescribed materials or by individual input. When the input of the material is performed by selection from a list of prescribed materials, the product configuration setting unit 112 accepts the input of the emission coefficient either by selection from a list of prescribed materials or by individual input. On the other hand, when the material is input by individual input, the product configuration setting unit 112 accepts either a selection from a prescribed list of emission coefficients corresponding to the material or an individual input. The product configuration setting unit 112 may be configured to accept the input of the emission coefficient as a selection from a prescribed list only when the material is input by selection from a prescribed list of materials. This makes it possible to prevent the prescribed list of emission coefficients from being applied to materials that are not prescribed in advance. By pressing the "Edit" or "Delete" button in FIG. 6, information on the set material can be edited or deleted. By pressing the button indicated as "X Corporation" in FIG. 6, a list of related companies set in the related company management unit can be displayed, and by selecting another related company from the list, information on the material set for the other related company can be displayed. By pressing the button indicated as "A Monitor: P-AB" in FIG. 6, a list of set products can be displayed, and by selecting another product from the list, information on the material set for the other product can be displayed.

[0044] Fig. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a registration screen for registering processing for each part. In the first embodiment, three processing operations are shown as an example for "all parts" of the product "A Monitor: P-AB" of X Corporation shown in Fig. 5. In the first embodiment, the information related to processing includes supplier product name: product code / part name, process, energy name, activity amount, emission coefficient, CO2 emission amount, PDS, and processing memo. Explanation of the same information as in Fig. 6 will be omitted.

[0045] The process indicates the specific processing form, name, etc. of the processing. The energy name indicates the name of the energy used in the processing. The activity amount indicates the amount of energy used in the processing. The emission coefficient indicates the amount of greenhouse gas emissions per unit of activity amount of the processing. CO2 emissions indicate the amount of greenhouse gas emissions in the activity amount of the processing. CO2 emissions are calculated by multiplying the activity amount by the emission coefficient. PDS indicates the proportion of primary data among the data used to calculate CO2 emissions. Processing notes indicate notes for each material.

[0046] The product configuration setting unit 112 sets the configuration of processing based on the operation performed by the person in charge of the company on the registration screen of FIG. 7 displayed on the display unit 140 using the input terminal 200. By pressing the "+Add" button in FIG. 7, processing that constitutes "all parts" of the product "A monitor: P-AB" can be added. In response to the operation of adding the processing, the product configuration setting unit 112 may set, in addition to information about the above processing, the energy input method (whether to use the specified energy and its emission coefficient or to input individually, etc.), the relevant fiscal year, the energy provider (electric company, gas company, etc.) depending on the energy input method, the input method of the activity amount or greenhouse gas emission amount per part, etc. Here, the input method of the activity amount per part may include direct input as well as input based on a predetermined apportionment method. For example, the predetermined apportionment method may be performed using the annual energy consumption of the entire facility such as a factory where the target processing is performed, the ratio of the shipping value (which may be the amount of sales, expenses, etc., in addition to shipments; the same applies below) or the number of shipments (which may be the number of shipments, production numbers, production volumes, etc., in addition to shipments; the same applies below) of the part to the entire product shipped from the facility, the annual energy consumption of the part in the target processing, and the number of shipments of the part in the year. Specifically, for example, when the annual energy consumption of the entire facility such as a factory where the target processing is performed and the ratio of the shipping value of the part to the entire product shipped from the facility are input, the annual energy consumption of the part in the target processing may be calculated by multiplying the two. Then, the activity amount per part may be calculated by subtracting the number of shipments of the part in the year from the annual energy consumption of the part in the target processing. Alternatively, the annual energy consumption of the part in the target processing may be input directly. Furthermore, the energy consumption of the entire facility such as a factory where the target processing is performed, minus the portion not related to the processing of the part, may be used. In addition, the amount of energy usage obtained by further subtracting the amount of energy usage not directly related to the processing of the parts, such as ancillary processes, from the amount of energy usage after the deduction may be used. This allows the amount of activity per part to be input or calculated in a more appropriate manner and the contents to be managed. In addition, by having the storage unit 130 store each input item, comparisons can be made with the following year.

[0047] Here, the answer receiving unit 116 may receive an answer different from the input request from the related company, and the display unit 140 may display a part or all of the different answer only on the input terminal 200 used by the related company. For example, the answer receiving unit 116 may receive an answer different from the activity amount itself for the activity amount related to the processing set as the input request (annual energy consumption of the entire facility such as a factory where the target processing is performed, the shipping value ratio of the part to the entire product shipped from the facility, annual energy consumption of the part for the target processing, and the number of shipments of the part per year). Then, the display unit 140 may display a part or all of the different answer only on the input terminal 200 used by the related company. In other words, the output device of the input terminal 200 used by the person in charge of the company who is a buyer may be controlled so that the shipping value ratio of the part to the entire product shipped from the facility of the related company among the different answers is not displayed. Also, the output device of the input terminal 200 used by the person in charge of the company may be controlled so that all answers regarding the activity amount are not displayed, and only the greenhouse gas emission per part is displayed on the output device of the input terminal 200 used by the person in charge of the company. Which answer is to be displayed only on the input terminal 200 used by the related company may be determined by preselecting a specific item or based on the selection of the related company. This allows the related company to respond to the input request without disclosing confidential information to the buyer. Note that, in the first embodiment, an answer different from the input request is described as an answer to processing as an example, but the answer different from the input request is not limited to the answer to processing. For example, the related company may arbitrarily give an answer different from the input request for parts that make up a product, materials that make up the parts, and other set configurations. This allows the related company to more flexibly manage the answers that the company can view and the answers that the company cannot view.

[0048] Moreover, by pressing the "Edit" or "Delete" button in Fig. 7, information regarding the above-mentioned set processing can be edited or deleted. Moreover, by pressing the button indicated as "X Corporation" in Fig. 7, a list of related companies set in the related company management section can be displayed, and by selecting another related company from the list, information regarding the processing set for that other related company can be displayed. Moreover, by pressing the button indicated as "A Monitor: P-AB" in Fig. 7, a list of set products can be displayed, and by selecting another product from the list, information regarding the processing set for that other product can be displayed.

[0049] FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a procedure for setting a product configuration and receiving a response according to the first embodiment.

[0050] The product configuration setting unit 112 accepts the registration of products for each associated company, accepts the registration of parts for each product, and accepts the registration of at least one of materials and processing for each part, thereby setting the configuration of each product (S100). The associated companies may be registered in advance by the associated company management unit, and the registration of products may be accepted together with the registration of the associated companies, or after the registration of the associated companies, by a person in charge of the company inputting or selecting information about the products on a product registration screen for each associated company. The registration of parts may be accepted together with the registration of each product, or after the registration of the products, by a person in charge of the company inputting or selecting information about the parts on a parts registration screen for each product. The registration of materials or processing may be accepted together with the registration of each part, or after the registration of the parts, by a person in charge of the company inputting or selecting information about the materials or processing on a material or processing registration screen for each part.

[0051] The product configuration setting unit 112 stores the configuration of each product in the storage unit 130 (S102). Here, the configuration of each product is made up of at least one of the products, parts, materials, and processes whose registration has been accepted in the above S100.

[0052] The request processing unit 114 sets an input request for at least one of the product, part, material, and processing, and performs processing to transmit a request message to the related company (S104). For example, in FIG. 6, when the company requests input of the CO2 emission (current amount) per product of the material "glass" of the part "display" of the product "A monitor: P-AB", the input request may be set by allowing the related company to edit the item in the related company management unit, or by allowing other items for deriving the item. In this case, the CO2 emission (current amount) of the material "glass" is answered by directly inputting the material "glass" that X Corporation is allowed to edit, or by inputting the input amount, yield rate, and emission coefficient, which are items for deriving the CO2 emission. Note that, in FIG. 8, the input request is set after the setting of the product configuration, but it may be set together with the registration and management setting of the related company by the related company management unit before the setting of the product configuration. The request processing unit 114 also performs processing to transmit a request message to the related company. The person in charge of the related company receives the request message using the input terminal 200.

[0053] The answer receiving unit 116 receives the answer from the associated company (S106). The person in charge of the associated company may use the input terminal 200 to send the answer as a reply to the request message, and in this case, the answer receiving unit 116 may accept the answer sent as the reply as the answer from the associated company. The person in charge of the associated company may use the input terminal 200 to connect to the management device 100 and input the answer from an answer receiving screen controlled by the answer receiving unit 116 and displayed on the output device of the input terminal 200 by the display unit 140. Here, the answer receiving screen may be a screen similar to the product configuration registration screen shown in Figs. 4 to 7, and may be a screen in which only items permitted to be edited by the associated company management unit are displayed in an editable manner. The answer receiving screen may be a screen in which the items to be requested to be input are displayed in a list.

[0054] The answer receiving unit 116 stores the answer in the storage unit 130 (S108). Here, the answer result includes the input result of the answer received in S106 and the calculation result based on the input.

[0055] As described above, the management device 100 includes a stage of accepting registration of products for each associated company, accepting registration of parts for each product, and accepting registration of at least one of materials and processing for each part, thereby setting the configuration of each product and storing information regarding the configuration in the memory unit 130, a stage of setting an input request for at least one of products, parts, materials, and processing, and sending a request message to the associated company in the previous period, and a stage of accepting responses from the associated companies in the previous period and storing the responses in the memory unit 130.

[0056] 9 is a diagram showing an example of the overall configuration of a management system 30 according to the second embodiment. Hereinafter, descriptions that overlap with the above description of the first embodiment shown in conjunction with FIGS. 1 to 8 will be omitted.

[0057] The management system 30 includes a management device 300, a storage device 400, a response receiving device 500, and a plurality of input terminals 200. The management device 300, the storage device 400, the response receiving device 500, and the plurality of input terminals 200 may all be configured as hardware in a computer. The computer may execute the management method described in the present specification by a management program. The management device 300 and the response receiving device 500 communicate with the plurality of input terminals 200 via a network 50. The management device 300 is a device that can be operated by a person in charge of the company. The storage device 400 is a device that can be operated by a person in charge of the company or an affiliated company via the management device 300 or the response receiving device 500. The response receiving device 500 is a device that can be operated by a person in charge of the company or an affiliated company. The input terminal 200 is an input terminal that can be operated by a person in charge of the company or an affiliated company.

[0058] The management device 300 includes a control unit, a communication unit, a storage unit, and a display unit. The control unit includes a product configuration setting unit and a request processing unit (not shown). The product configuration setting unit accepts the registration of a product for each associated company, accepts the registration of a part for each product, and accepts the registration of at least one of a material and a process for each part, thereby setting the configuration of each product, and stores information about the configuration in the storage device 400. The request processing unit sets an input request for at least one of a product, a part, a material, and a process, and transmits a request message to the associated company. The storage device 400 has a function similar to that of the storage unit 130 of the management device 100 of the first embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 8, but is configured separately from the management device 300. The answer receiving device 500 has a function similar to that of the answer receiving unit 116 of the management device 100 of the first embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 8, but is configured separately from the management device 300. The answer receiving device 500 also includes a control unit, a communication unit, a storage unit, and a display unit. The response receiving device 500 receives responses from the related companies in the previous period, and stores the responses in the storage device 400.

[0059] 10 is a flowchart showing an example of a procedure for setting a product configuration and receiving a response according to the second embodiment. Descriptions that overlap with the description of the first embodiment shown in FIG. 8 will be omitted.

[0060] The product configuration setting section of the management device 300 sets the configuration of each product by accepting the registration of products for each associated company, accepting the registration of parts for each product, and accepting the registration of at least one of materials and processing for each part (S300). The associated companies may be registered in advance by the associated company management section of the management device 300, and the registration of products may be accepted by a person in charge of each associated company inputting, selecting, etc. information related to the product on a product registration screen for each associated company together with the registration of the associated company, or after the registration of the associated company.

[0061] The product configuration setting unit of the management device 300 stores the configuration of each product in the storage device 400 (S302). The request processing unit of the management device 300 sets an input request for at least one of products, parts, materials, and processing, and performs processing to transmit a request message to the associated companies (S304). The answer receiving device 500 receives answers from the associated companies (S306). The answer receiving device 500 stores the answers in the storage device 400 (S308).

[0062] As described above, the management system 30 may include a step of setting the configuration of each product by accepting registration of products for each associated company, accepting registration of parts for each product, and accepting registration of at least one of materials and processing for each part, and storing information regarding said configuration in the memory device 400; a step of setting an input request for at least one of the products, parts, materials, and processing, and sending a request message to the associated company in the previous period; and a step of accepting a response from the associated company in the previous period and storing the response in the memory device 400.

[0063] According to the second embodiment, the management device 300 connected and operated by the person in charge of the company and the answer receiving device 500 connected and operated by the person in charge of the related company are configured separately, so that the security requirements, service level requirements, etc. of the management device 300 and the answer receiving device 500 can be set separately. This allows the security of the management device 300 operated by the person in charge of the company to be strengthened while the answer receiving device 500 operated by the person in charge of the related company can be expanded so that more people can easily connect. In addition, by configuring these devices and the storage device 400 separately, the security of the information stored in the storage device 400 can be strengthened, and processing can be optimized when different devices are connected simultaneously. In the second embodiment, the storage device 400 is shown to have a different configuration from the management device 300, but in other embodiments, the storage device 400 may be configured as a part of the management device 300. In this case, the management device 300 and the storage device 400 can be efficiently operated with the same security requirements, while the answer receiving device 500 can be configured to be easily connected by related companies.

[0064] In addition to the above-described embodiment, the present invention can be realized in the following multiple other embodiments.

[0065] As another embodiment, the management device of the present application may perform input requests and answer reception by peer-to-peer communication with other management devices having the same software configuration. In this case, an input request may be made from one management device to another management device, an answer to an item corresponding to the input request may be received in the other management device, and the answer may be transmitted from the other management device to the one management device. The items that are the subject of the input request and answer reception may be various standardized items such as common data items, or items that have been agreed upon between companies in advance. In addition, the management device of the present application may be configured to receive not only answers from a product provider (supplier) to a product recipient (our company), but also answers from the product recipient (our company) to a product provider (supplier). For example, the management device may transmit a transmission message requesting input from a supplier regarding greenhouse gas-related data related to the processing, use, disposal, etc. of a product purchased from a supplier to its own input terminal, and receive the answer in the answer reception unit.

[0066] As another embodiment, the product configuration setting unit of the management device of the present application may set the configuration of the company's products (referred to as "the company's products" to distinguish them from supplier products) instead of setting the product configuration for each affiliated company. In this case, the product configuration setting unit may set at least one of the parts constituting the company's products or the materials and processing constituting the parts by linking them to one or more affiliated companies. The request processing unit may set an input request for each of the affiliated companies and send a request message. This makes it possible to systematically collect information on parts, materials, or processing required to calculate the CO2 emissions (emission coefficient) emitted from each of the company's products from the affiliated companies. In addition, according to the other embodiment, it is possible to calculate the greenhouse gas emissions per one of the company's products without the trouble of adding up the greenhouse gas-related data collected from the affiliated companies and the company's greenhouse gas-related data to calculate the total greenhouse gas emissions and then performing a predetermined apportionment.

[0067] As another embodiment, the product configuration setting unit of the management device of the present application may set the product configuration per predetermined unit, not per product. Examples of the predetermined unit may include physical quantities such as quantity, weight, mass, density, specific weight, work load, length, time, area, volume, angle, angular velocity, acceleration, moment, stress, pressure, energy, power, current, heat, temperature, luminous intensity, economic values ​​such as yen, and other units for distinguishing products. For example, when weight is used as the unit, the product configuration may be set per 1 kg of product. The predetermined unit may be an artificially defined unit such as a functional unit or a declared unit. In the case of a functional unit, it may be defined as a quantified degree of performance or utility related to the provision of the intended function of the product. In the case of a declared unit, it may be defined as the number or amount of products required to realize the predetermined function.

[0068] In another embodiment, the product configuration setting unit of the management device of the present application may set the composition ratio of the product for the parts and materials of the product. Conventionally, it has been difficult to obtain information on the composition of the product obtained from related companies. For example, in the transaction of finished products such as clothing, chemicals, and biopharmaceuticals, it may be difficult to obtain the input or usage amount of the components and materials retroactively. In contrast, for example, in the case of clothing, when the components constituting the product are the outer material, the padding, and the lining, and one or more materials are set for each component, the product configuration setting unit may set the weight ratio of each part and material to the product as the composition ratio. In addition, the composition ratio may be, for example, a ratio weighted according to the color of each part or material in addition to the weight ratio. In addition, the product configuration setting unit may calculate and set information on each component according to the composition ratio. For example, if the composition ratio is a weight ratio, and the weight of the product is 40 for part A, 25 for material b1 for part B, and 35 for material b2 for part B, and the weight of the product is 100 g, the product composition setting unit may calculate and set the weight of part A as 40 g, the weight of material b1 for part B as 25 g, and the weight of material b2 for part B as 35 g. In this way, even if it is difficult to obtain the activity amount, input amount, usage amount, weight, or other quantity of any of the product, part, and material, the difficult-to-obtain quantity can be calculated and set from the quantity of the other configurations according to the set composition ratio.

[0069] As another embodiment, the management device of the present application may further include an emission coefficient registration unit, a company information acquisition unit, and a calculation unit. The emission coefficient registration unit may register the greenhouse gas emissions per product traded with the related company from the greenhouse gas-related data acquired by the person in charge of the company from the related company in the storage unit as the emission coefficient of the related company's product. Here, the emission coefficient registration unit may automatically calculate the emission coefficient from the greenhouse gas-related data accepted by the answer acceptance unit according to the setting of the answer acceptance unit (or the answer acceptance device of the second embodiment; hereinafter, only the configuration of the first embodiment will be described as a configuration applicable to both the first and second embodiments, but the second embodiment is also configured similarly), and register the emission coefficient in the storage unit, or may display a confirmation of the answer by the display unit without automatically calculating or registering. When automatically calculating and registering, the effort of confirming the answer can be omitted. On the other hand, when automatically calculating or registering and displaying the answer confirmation, the content of the answer can be scrutinized and the emission coefficient can be appropriately registered. The emission coefficient registration unit may also store the emission coefficients in the storage unit by linking the emission coefficient of each product for each related company to whether it is used in Scope 1-3 or Category 1-15 of Scope 3 of the organization. The linking may be performed by selection when registering the emission coefficient, or may be set in advance according to at least one of the related company and product. This allows the emission coefficient of the related company's product to be displayed only in the appropriate scope and category when used in calculating greenhouse gas emissions of the organization.

[0070] The company information acquisition unit acquires the company's greenhouse gas-related data (including at least one of the greenhouse gas emissions, activity amount, and emission coefficient of the organization, and the greenhouse gas emissions, activity amount, and emission coefficient of the company's products, etc.) stored in the storage unit, which is to be used together with the greenhouse gas-related data acquired from the related companies. Here, the product configuration setting unit may set the product as the company's product, and the company information acquisition unit may acquire the greenhouse gas-related data for each of the company's products. In addition, the product configuration setting unit may set the product as a supplier's product, and set the supplier's product as a part or material of the separately configured company's product, and the company information acquisition unit may acquire the greenhouse gas-related data for each of the separately configured company's products.

[0071] The calculation unit calculates greenhouse gas emissions related to the company based on the greenhouse gas-related data of the related company acquired by receiving responses from the related company and the company's own greenhouse gas-related data acquired by the company information acquisition unit. For example, the product configuration setting unit sets information related to the configuration of each of the company's products, the company information acquisition unit acquires the greenhouse gas emissions for each of the company's products, the request processing unit requests input of greenhouse gas emissions related to parts, materials, and processing for each of the company's products, the response receiving unit accepts responses to the input request, and the calculation unit may calculate the greenhouse gas emissions (carbon footprint) for each of the company's products by adding up the acquired or accepted greenhouse gas emissions. Furthermore, when the product configuration setting unit has set information regarding the configuration of the related company's products and the response receiving unit has received greenhouse gas-related data per product of the related company's suppliers, the calculation unit may calculate the greenhouse gas-related data per product of the company from that data, and then add it to the greenhouse gas-related data per product of the company acquired by the company information acquisition unit to calculate the carbon footprint per product of the company. This makes it possible to calculate the greenhouse gas-related data per product of the company without calculating the total greenhouse gas emissions from the greenhouse gas-related data acquired from the related company and the greenhouse gas-related data acquired from the company itself and then performing a predetermined apportionment.

[0072] Although the present invention has been described above using the embodiments, the technical scope of the present invention is not limited to the scope described in the above embodiments. It is clear to those skilled in the art that various modifications and improvements can be made to the above embodiments. It is clear from the description of the claims that such modifications and improvements can also be included in the technical scope of the present invention.

[0073] It should be noted that the order of execution of each process, such as operations, procedures, steps, and stages, in the devices, systems, programs, and methods shown in the claims, specifications, and drawings is not specifically stated as "before," "prior to," etc., and may be realized in any order unless the output of a previous process is used in a later process. Even if the operational flow in the claims, specifications, and drawings is explained using "first," "next," etc. for convenience, it does not mean that it is essential to perform the process in this order.

[0074] Also, aspects of each embodiment may be embodied in whole or in part by a computer. As an example of the computer, a program installed on the computer may cause the computer to perform operations associated with an apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention or one or more "parts" of the apparatus. Alternatively, the program may cause the computer to execute the operations or one or more "parts". The program may cause the computer to execute a process or steps of the process according to an embodiment of the present invention. Such a program may be executed by a CPU to cause the computer to execute specific operations associated with some or all of the blocks of the flowcharts and block diagrams described herein. [Explanation of symbols]

[0075] 10, 30 Management System 50 Network 100, 300 management device 110 Control section 112 Product configuration setting section 114 Request Processing Unit 116 Answer Reception Department 120 Communications Department 130 Storage section 140 Display section 200 Input terminal 400 storage device 500 Answer reception device S configuration P product C parts M Material W processing

Claims

1. A management device comprising a control unit and a storage unit, The control unit, A product configuration setting unit that accepts product registrations for each related company, accepts component registrations for each product, and accepts registrations of at least one material and processing for each component, thereby setting the configuration of each product and storing information regarding the said configuration in the storage unit, A request processing unit sets up input requests for at least one of a product, part, material, and processing, and sends a request message to the related company. A response receiving unit that receives responses from the aforementioned related companies and stores those responses in the memory unit, Includes a display unit, The aforementioned response receiving unit receives responses from the aforementioned related companies that differ from the input request, including the total energy consumption of the facility where the processing takes place or the ratio of the shipment value of the part to the total products shipped from the facility. The display unit controls the system to display some or all of the different answers only on input terminals used by the affiliated companies, and not on input terminals used by the company's own representative who is the buyer. The aforementioned control device.

2. The display unit controls the input terminal used by the company's employee so as not to display, with respect to at least the ratio of the shipment value of the component to the total products shipped from the facility of the related company, among the different answers. The control device according to claim 1.

3. The control unit further includes an activity calculation unit that calculates the annual energy consumption for the target processing of the part based on the total energy consumption of the facility and the shipment value ratio, and calculates the activity amount per part by dividing the annual number of parts shipped by the year from the annual energy consumption. The control device according to claim 1 or 2.

4. The activity amount calculation unit calculates the activity amount per part using the energy consumption obtained by deducting the portion of the total energy consumption of the facility that is not related to the processing of parts, or the portion of ancillary processes that are not directly related to the processing of parts. The control device according to claim 3.

5. The control unit further includes a calculation unit that calculates greenhouse gas emissions for the company based on greenhouse gas-related data from the affiliated company calculated based on the activity level per component and greenhouse gas-related data acquired for the company, The control device according to claim 3.

6. The response receiving unit receives input requests to other related companies in response to the input request, The request processing unit sends a request message to the other related company. The control device according to claim 1 or 2.

7. The aforementioned request processing unit includes an affiliate management unit that accepts a choice of whether or not to permit an affiliate to make changes to the configuration of at least one of the products, parts, materials, and processing methods. The control device according to claim 1 or 2.

8. The related company management department accepts the selection of whether to display or not display information to the related companies regarding each of the products, parts, materials and processes, and whether to allow or deny editing if the information is displayed. The control device according to claim 7.

9. The response receiving unit displays the response status to the input request on the response receiving screen, and changes the response status from "not responded" after the request message is sent to "responded" or "expired". The control device according to claim 1 or 2.

10. The system further comprises an emission factor registration unit that registers the greenhouse gas emissions per product traded with the affiliated company as the emission factor for the affiliated company's product, based on greenhouse gas-related data obtained by the company's personnel from the affiliated company, The emission factor registration unit stores in the storage unit, for each affiliated company, the emission factor for each product, linked to which of the organization's Scope 1 to 3 and Scope 3 Categories 1 to 15 it is used for. The control device according to claim 1 or 2.

11. A management system comprising a management device, a storage device, and a response receiving device, The aforementioned control device is A product configuration setting unit that accepts product registrations for each related company, accepts component registrations for each product, and accepts registrations of at least one material and processing for each component, thereby setting the configuration of each product and storing information regarding the said configuration in the storage device, A request processing unit sets up input requests for at least one of a product, part, material, and processing, and sends a request message to the related company. The aforementioned response receiving device is A response receiving unit that receives responses from the aforementioned related companies and stores those responses in the memory unit, It includes a display unit, The aforementioned response receiving unit receives responses from the aforementioned related companies that differ from the input request, including the total energy consumption of the facility where the processing takes place or the ratio of the shipment value of the part to the total products shipped from the facility. The display unit controls the system to display some or all of the different answers only on input terminals used by the affiliated companies, and not on input terminals used by the company's own representative who is the buyer. Management system.

12. Computers The system accepts product registrations for each related company, accepts component registrations for each product, and accepts registrations of at least one material and processing method for each component, thereby defining the configuration of each product, and stores the information regarding the said configuration in a memory unit. Set up input requests for at least one of the product, component, material, and processing, and send the request message to the relevant company. The system receives a response from the aforementioned related company and stores the response in the memory unit. The aforementioned related company provided a response different from the input request, which included the total energy consumption of the facility where the processing takes place, or the ratio of the shipment value of the part to the total products shipped from that facility. The system is designed to display some or all of the aforementioned different answers only on input terminals used by the affiliated companies, and not on input terminals used by the company's own representative who is the buyer. A management method for executing processes.

13. On the computer, The system accepts product registrations for each related company, accepts component registrations for each product, and accepts registrations of at least one material and processing method for each component, thereby defining the configuration of each product, and stores the information regarding the said configuration in a memory unit. Set up input requests for at least one of the product, component, material, and processing, and send the request message to the relevant company. The system receives a response from the aforementioned related company and stores the response in the memory unit. The aforementioned related company provided a response different from the input request, which included the total energy consumption of the facility where the processing takes place, or the ratio of the shipment value of the part to the total products shipped from that facility. The system is designed to display some or all of the aforementioned different answers only on input terminals used by the affiliated companies, and not on input terminals used by the company's own representative who is the buyer. A computer program that executes a process.

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