Integrated production planning system and method for vehicles

Abstract

The present invention relates to an integrated vehicle production planning system and method thereof, including a production server that establishes a vehicle production plan in a manufacturing plant for manufacturing vehicles and produces vehicles in the manufacturing plant based on the established production plan, and an additional work server that establishes an additional work plan in an additional work area where vehicles produced in the manufacturing plant are stored and additional work is performed, and after performing additional work on the stored vehicles in the additional work area based on the established additional work plan, causes the vehicles to be shipped out. The additional work server transmits the additional work plan to the production server, and the production server provides an integrated vehicle production planning system characterized by modifying the vehicle production plan by reflecting the received additional work plan.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to an integrated production planning system and method for vehicles. More specifically, for a manufacturing plant where vehicles are manufactured and for vehicles that require additional work, an additional work server transmits an additional work plan to a production server to establish an appropriate production quantity plan, be able to inform the customer who ordered the vehicle of an accurate delivery date, and enable the manufacturing plant to reduce production costs by manufacturing vehicles based on the production plan. The present invention relates to an integrated production planning system and method for vehicles.

Background Art

[0002] The vehicle production planning system adopts a production method that emphasizes production volume, and does not reflect the work plan for the process after the vehicle is completed and shipped out.

[0003] The production method that emphasizes production volume leads to problems such as the management cost and man-hour burden of the completed vehicles and overproduction of vehicles without considering the completed vehicles, and there may be a problem that the area of the parking lot that can accommodate the completed vehicles is insufficient.

[0004] In addition, since the work plan for the process after the vehicle is shipped out (post-delivery process) is not reflected, the schedules for additional processes after shipment, such as the delivery ceremony (shipment ceremony) and vehicle delivery tuning (shipment tuning), are not coordinated, and only the production plan for the completed vehicle assembly plant is established. The additional processes after shipment are variable processes rather than fixed processes because the dates and working hours for which additional work is possible may change depending on the internal and external environments. Therefore, there is a problem that the customer who ordered the vehicle does not know the accurate delivery date when waiting after ordering the vehicle due to the variable process of the additional process after shipment.

[0005] In recent years, there has been a demand for a strategy to establish a production plan by reflecting the work plan for the process after the vehicle is shipped out in the vehicle production steps. As a related prior art, there is KR10-2000-0074788A.

[0006] The matters described as the foregoing background art are for deepening the understanding of the background of the present invention, and should not be construed as admitting that they pertain to the prior art already known to those having ordinary knowledge in this technical field.

Summary of the Invention

Problems to be Solved by the Invention

[0007] An object of the present invention is to provide an integrated production planning system for vehicles and a method thereof, which can establish an appropriate production quantity plan by having an additional work server transmit an additional work plan to a production server for a manufacturing factory where vehicles are manufactured and for vehicles that require additional work, can inform a customer who has ordered a vehicle of an accurate delivery date, can reduce production costs by having the manufacturing factory manufacture vehicles based on the production plan, and can variably respond to changes in the work schedule of an additional work site by a production planning establishment system.

Means for Solving the Problems

[0008] The integrated production planning system for vehicles of the present invention for achieving the above object includes a production server that establishes a vehicle production plan in a manufacturing factory that manufactures vehicles and produces vehicles in the manufacturing factory based on the established production plan, and an additional work server that establishes an additional work plan in an additional work site that stores vehicles produced in the manufacturing factory and performs additional work, and after performing additional work on the stored vehicles in the additional work site based on the established additional work plan, causes the vehicles to be shipped out. The additional work server transmits the additional work plan to the production server, and the production server modifies the vehicle production plan by reflecting the received additional work plan.

[0009] The production server may acquire production information of vehicles including vehicle order information, vehicle work information, and vehicle parking information, and establish a vehicle production plan based on the acquired production information.

[0010] Vehicle parking information may include vehicle in-and-out information at the parking lot where vehicles produced at the manufacturing plant are stored, and the number information of the vehicles parked in the parking lot.

[0011] The production server may establish a vehicle production plan by an Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS) system and produce vehicles based on the established production plan by a Manufacturing Execution System (MES).

[0012] When the production server modifies the vehicle production plan by reflecting the received additional work plan, the production server may re-transmit the modified vehicle production plan to the additional work server.

[0013] It may further include a sales server that receives vehicle order information from customers, and the sales server may select vehicles that require additional work based on the received vehicle order information.

[0014] After vehicles that require additional work are selected, the sales server may transmit the production information of vehicles that do not require additional work to the production server and transmit the production information of vehicles that require additional work to the additional work server.

[0015] When information about vehicles that require additional work is transmitted to the additional work server and additional work is performed on the incoming vehicles at the additional work site based on the established additional work plan, the additional work server may transmit information about the vehicles on which the additional work has been performed to the sales server.

[0016] After receiving information about the vehicles on which the additional work has been performed, the sales server may transmit the delivery date information about the vehicles on which the additional work has been performed to the customers.

[0017] The production server may repeatedly establish the vehicle production plan and the vehicle production plan reflecting the additional work plan at predetermined intervals.

[0018] The additional work server may establish an additional work plan for the vehicle based on additional work information including the inventory status of the completed vehicles, the vehicles scheduled for shipment, and the additional work schedule.

[0019] The integrated production planning method for vehicles of the present invention for achieving the above object includes: a step in which a production server establishes a vehicle production plan in a manufacturing plant; a step in which an additional work server establishes an additional work plan in an additional work site where the vehicles produced in the manufacturing plant are stored and additional work is performed; a step in which the additional work server transmits the additional work plan to the production server, and the production server modifies the vehicle production plan by reflecting the received additional work plan; a step in which the production server produces vehicles in the manufacturing plant based on the modified production plan; and a step in which the additional work server performs additional work on the stored vehicles in the additional work site based on the established additional work plan.

[0020] After the step of modifying the vehicle production plan, the production server may re-transmit the modified vehicle production plan to the additional work server.

[0021] Before the step in which the production server establishes a vehicle production plan in the manufacturing plant, the sales server may receive vehicle order information from customers and select vehicles that require additional work based on the received vehicle order information.

Advantages of the Invention

[0022] According to the integrated production planning system for vehicles of the present invention, in order to perform additional work on the manufacturing plant where the vehicles are manufactured and the vehicles that require additional work, the additional work server transmits the additional work plan to the production server, thereby establishing an appropriate production quantity plan, being able to inform the customers who ordered the vehicles of the accurate delivery date, reducing the production cost by the manufacturing plant manufacturing the vehicles based on the production plan, and being able to variably respond to changes in the work schedule of the additional work site by the production planning establishment system.

[0023] The effects obtained from the present invention are not limited to the effects mentioned above, and other effects not mentioned will be clearly understood by those having ordinary knowledge in the technical field to which the present invention pertains from the following description.

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Modes for Carrying Out the Invention

[0025] The specific structural or functional descriptions of the embodiments of the present invention disclosed in this specification or this application are merely exemplified for the purpose of explaining the embodiments according to the present invention, and the embodiments according to the present invention can be implemented in various forms and should not be construed as being limited to the embodiments described in this specification or this application.

[0026] Embodiments according to the present invention can be modified in various ways and can have various forms. Therefore, specific embodiments are illustrated in the drawings and described in detail in this specification or this application. However, this does not limit the embodiments according to the concept of the present invention to a specific disclosed form, and it should be understood to include all modifications, equivalents, or alternatives included in the spirit and technical scope of the present invention.

[0027] Unless otherwise defined, all terms used herein, including technical and scientific terms, shall have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. Terms such as those defined in a dictionary and commonly used shall be interpreted as consistent with the meaning in the context of the related art and shall not be interpreted in an idealized or overly formal sense unless clearly defined herein.

[0028] Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail by explaining preferred embodiments of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings. The same reference numerals shown in each drawing denote the same members.

[0029] FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 are configuration diagrams of an integrated production planning system for a vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 show the components related to this embodiment centered, and it goes without saying that in the actual realization of a vehicle, it may include fewer components or more components.

[0030] Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, a production server that establishes a vehicle production plan in a manufacturing plant that manufactures vehicles and produces vehicles in the manufacturing plant based on the established production plan, and an additional operation plan in an additional operation site that stores the vehicles produced in the manufacturing plant and performs additional operations, and an additional operation server that performs additional operations on the stored vehicles in the additional operation site and then ships them out based on the established additional operation plan may be included.

[0031] Specifically, the production server controls so that vehicles are produced based on the established vehicle production plan and produces vehicles in the manufacturing plant. The additional operation site is a place where the post-shipment process of the vehicle is carried out, and can store the vehicles produced in the manufacturing plant and perform additional operations.

[0032] The additional work on the vehicle performed at the additional work site includes the process after the vehicle is shipped, that is, the process of working on the PPF film of the vehicle, but this is exemplary and not necessarily limited thereto. For example, it is obvious to those skilled in the art that it includes various processes such as attaching additional options to the vehicle in the aftermarket.

[0033] The production server that controls the manufacturing plant, the additional work server that controls the additional work site, and the sales server that receives vehicle order information from customers will be described later.

[0034] Specifically, the production server can obtain the production information of the vehicle including vehicle order information, vehicle work information, and vehicle parking information, and establish a vehicle production plan based on the obtained production information. The production server can obtain the production information of the vehicle through an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system. The obtained information includes vehicle order information, vehicle work information, and vehicle parking information, but this is exemplary and not necessarily limited thereto.

[0035] Also, the vehicle order information means the vehicle order that the customer orders from the sales server through the vehicle sales system, and the vehicle work information can mean the process after the vehicle is shipped as described above.

[0036] Also, the vehicle parking information may include the vehicle in-out information of the parking lot where the vehicle produced at the manufacturing plant is stored and the number information of the vehicles parked in the parking lot, but is not necessarily limited thereto. Here, the above-mentioned vehicle parking information can be used to manage the storage status of the manufactured vehicles.

[0037] At this time, the vehicle order information, vehicle work information, and vehicle parking information may each be acquired by a different system. For example, a sales server, a work management system, and a parking control system may each be configured as separate systems and may be acquired by separate systems. Also, when acquiring a plurality of vehicle work information, the vehicle work information may be aggregated by a separate schedule aggregation system and transmitted to an ERP system.

[0038] Here, the work management system, the parking control system, the sales server, and the schedule aggregation system each include a power supply unit, a communication unit, and a storage device, and can enable communication between each server and system via the communication unit.

[0039] FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a series of processes from receiving customer order information, establishing an additional work plan in an additional work area, establishing a production plan in a manufacturing plant, to notifying the customer of the delivery date.

[0040] Summarizing the above content with reference to FIG. 3, when a customer orders a vehicle, after the ERP system receives a new vehicle order and changes to the vehicle order from the sales server, it receives a new work schedule and a changed work schedule related to the execution of the process after shipment from the work management system and the schedule aggregation system.

[0041] Specifically, the sales server first sorts the vehicles for which the customer has requested additional work and the vehicles for which no additional work has been requested into vehicles that require additional work and vehicles that do not require additional work, and distributes information regarding the vehicles that require additional work to the ERP system, the work management system, and the schedule aggregation system.

[0042] After that, the ERP system inputs the received new work schedule and changed work schedule into the work management system, and receives a new schedule and a changed schedule related to the work after the vehicle is shipped from the work management system and the schedule aggregation system. Also, the ERP system may receive vehicle parking information from the parking control system.

[0043] After that, the production server can establish a vehicle production plan based on the information input by the ERP system (such as customer order information, additional work plans for additional work sites, etc.). The vehicle production plan can be established by an Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS) system considering the production quantity plan and the vehicle input plan.

[0044] After that, based on the established production plan, vehicle production can be carried out by a Manufacturing Execution System (MES). At this time, the MES system for producing vehicles is exemplary and not necessarily limited to this.

[0045] After that, the ERP system sends the vehicle parking information input from the parking control system and the additional work plan in the additional work site to the sales server, and the sales server can guide the customer with delivery date information based on the production plan. With such a production plan establishment system, it is possible to variably respond to changes in the work schedule of the additional work site.

[0046] On the other hand, an additional work server that establishes an additional work plan and, based on the established additional work plan, performs additional work on the incoming vehicles in the additional work site and then allows them to leave the warehouse sends the additional work plan to the production server, and the production server can modify the vehicle production plan by reflecting the received additional work plan.

[0047] Also, when the production server modifies the vehicle production plan by reflecting the received additional work plan, the production server can re - send the modified vehicle production plan to the additional work server. This is because when, after the production server modifies the vehicle production plan by reflecting the received additional work plan, an additional work plan is established again by the additional work server due to customer requirements, the production server can re - send the modified vehicle production plan to the additional work server so that additional work can be performed on the incoming vehicles in the additional work site.

[0048] The modification of the vehicle production plan reflecting the additional work plan by the aforementioned production server can be repeatedly established at predetermined intervals. Generally, the predetermined interval means a one-day interval, but this is exemplary and not necessarily limited thereto.

[0049] Similar to the ERP system provided in the production server, the ERP system provided in the additional work server can establish an additional work plan for the vehicle based on the additional work information including the inventory status of the completed vehicle, the vehicles scheduled for shipment, and the additional work schedule. When additional work is required, the additional work server transmits the additional work plan to the production server, so that an appropriate production quantity plan can be established, and the effect of being able to inform the customer who ordered the vehicle of the accurate delivery date is also achieved.

[0050] As described above, the inventory status of the completed vehicle, the vehicles scheduled for shipment, and the additional work schedule may be obtained by different systems respectively. For example, the sales server, the work management system, and the parking control system may be configured as separate systems and obtained by separate systems. Also, when obtaining a plurality of vehicle work information, the vehicle work information may be aggregated by a separate schedule aggregation system and transmitted to the ERP system.

[0051] Based on the integrated vehicle production plan system described above, the integrated vehicle production plan method according to the embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 4.

[0052] FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the integrated vehicle production plan system according to FIG. 1.

[0053] First, when a customer orders a vehicle via the sales server, the sales server transmits the new vehicle order and the vehicle order change items received from the customer to the ERP system (S10).

[0054] The ERP system transmits the new vehicle order and the vehicle order change items received from the sales server to the vehicle order and schedule aggregation system (S11).

[0055] After that, the schedule aggregation system transmits the received new vehicle orders and changes to vehicle orders to each work management system (S12). The work management system receives the new work schedule and changed work schedule related to the post-delivery process from the schedule aggregation system and transmits them to the schedule aggregation system (S13).

[0056] The schedule aggregation system transmits the received new work schedule and changed work schedule to the ERP system again (S14).

[0057] After that, the ERP system inputs the received new work schedule and changed work schedule into the work management system. The new schedule and changed schedule related to the post-delivery work of the vehicle are input from the work management system and the schedule aggregation system, and the input reference information is transmitted to the Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS) system (S16). Here, the vehicle parking information input by the ERP system may be transmitted from the parking control system (S15).

[0058] After that, the production server can establish a vehicle production plan based on the information input by the ERP system (customer order information, additional work plan for additional work sites, etc.) (S17). The vehicle production plan can be established by the APS system considering the production quantity plan and the vehicle input plan. The ERP system receives the established production plan and re-transmits it to the Manufacturing Execution System (MES) and the sales server (S18).

[0059] After that, based on the established production plan, the vehicle is produced by the Manufacturing Execution System (MES) (S19). Also, the sales server can inform the customer of the delivery date information based on the production plan (S20).

[0060] Since the detailed technical features of each step of the integrated production planning method for vehicles according to the present invention are the same as or similar to the technical features of each component of the integrated production planning system for vehicles according to the present invention described above, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

[0061] As described above, the sales server can receive vehicle order information from customers. Further, the sales server can also select vehicles that require additional work based on the received vehicle order information.

[0062] Separate vehicles that require additional work from those that do not. When a vehicle is selected as one that does not require additional work, transmit production information to the production server so that the production server establishes a vehicle production plan at the manufacturing plant without considering the additional work for the vehicle. When a vehicle is selected as one that does not require additional work, production information may be transmitted to the additional work server so that the additional work server establishes an additional work plan at the additional work site considering the additional work for the vehicle.

[0063] Also, when additional work is performed on the incoming vehicles at the additional work site based on the additional work plan established by transmitting information regarding vehicles that require additional work to the additional work server, the additional work server may transmit information regarding the vehicles on which the additional work has been performed to the sales server.

[0064] When the additional work for the vehicle is completed, the additional work server can transmit the vehicle information regarding the customer's vehicle order to the sales server and output it externally, and is not necessarily limited to the customer's vehicle order history.

[0065] Similarly, after receiving the information regarding the vehicle on which the additional work has been performed, the sales server can variably respond to changes in the delivery date and the work schedule of the additional work site by transmitting the delivery date information regarding the vehicle on which the additional work has been performed to the customer.

[0066] In conclusion, according to the integrated production planning system of the vehicle of the present invention, for the manufacturing plant where the vehicle is manufactured and the vehicle that requires additional work, the additional work server transmits an additional work plan to the production server, thereby establishing an appropriate production quantity plan, being able to inform the customer who ordered the vehicle of the accurate delivery date, reducing the production cost by the manufacturing plant manufacturing the vehicle based on the production plan, and being able to variably respond to changes in the work schedule of the additional work site by the production planning establishment system.

[0067] Although specific embodiments of the present invention have been illustrated and described, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the present invention can be variously improved and modified without departing from the technical idea of the present invention provided by the following claims.

Claims

1. A production server that establishes a vehicle production plan in a manufacturing plant for manufacturing vehicles and produces vehicles in the manufacturing plant based on the established production plan, and An additional work server that establishes an additional work plan in an additional work area where vehicles produced in the manufacturing plant are stored and additional work is performed, and after performing additional work on the stored vehicles in the additional work area based on the established additional work plan, causes the vehicles to be shipped out, comprising: The additional work server transmits the additional work plan to the production server, and the production server modifies the vehicle production plan by reflecting the received additional work plan. A unified vehicle production planning system.

2. The production server acquires vehicle production information including vehicle order information, vehicle work information, and vehicle parking information, and establishes a vehicle production plan based on the acquired production information. The unified vehicle production planning system according to claim 1.

3. The vehicle parking information includes vehicle in-out information to the parking lot where the vehicles produced in the manufacturing plant are stored and the number of vehicles parked in the parking lot. The unified vehicle production planning system according to claim 2.

4. The production server establishes a vehicle production plan by an Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS) system and produces vehicles based on the established production plan by a Manufacturing Execution System (MES). The unified vehicle production planning system according to claim 1.

5. When the production server modifies the vehicle production plan by reflecting the received additional work plan, the production server re-transmits the modified vehicle production plan to the additional work server. The unified vehicle production planning system according to claim 1.

6. further comprising a sales server that receives vehicle order information from a customer, The sales server selects vehicles that require additional work based on the received vehicle order information. The unified vehicle production planning system according to claim 1.

7. After vehicles that require additional work are selected, the sales server transmits production information of vehicles that do not require additional work to the production server and transmits production information of vehicles that require additional work to the additional work server. The unified vehicle production planning system according to claim 6.

8. Information about vehicles that require additional work is sent to an additional work server. When additional work is performed on the incoming vehicles at an additional work site based on the established additional work plan, the additional work server transmits information about the vehicles on which the additional work has been performed to a sales server. The integrated production planning system for vehicles according to claim 6, characterized in that.

9. After receiving information about the vehicles on which additional work has been performed, the sales server transmits delivery date information about the vehicles on which additional work has been performed to customers. The integrated production planning system for vehicles according to claim 8, characterized in that.

10. The production server repeatedly establishes a vehicle production plan and a vehicle production plan reflecting the additional work plan at predetermined intervals. The integrated production planning system for vehicles according to claim 1, characterized in that.

11. The additional work server establishes an additional work plan for vehicles based on additional work information including the inventory status of completed vehicles, vehicles scheduled for shipment, and the additional work schedule. The integrated production planning system for vehicles according to claim 1, characterized in that.

12. The production server establishes a vehicle production plan at a manufacturing plant, The additional work server establishes an additional work plan at an additional work site where the vehicles produced at the manufacturing plant are stored and additional work is performed, The additional work server transmits the additional work plan to the production server, and the production server modifies the vehicle production plan by reflecting the received additional work plan, The production server produces vehicles at the manufacturing plant based on the modified production plan, The additional work server performs additional work on the incoming vehicles at the additional work site based on the established additional work plan, An integrated production planning method for vehicles, including.

13. After the step of modifying the vehicle production plan, The production server re-transmits the modified vehicle production plan to the additional work server. The integrated production planning method for vehicles according to claim 12, characterized in that.

14. Before the step in which the production server establishes a vehicle production plan at a manufacturing plant, The sales server receives vehicle order information from customers and selects vehicles that require additional work based on the received vehicle order information. The integrated production planning method for vehicles according to claim 12, characterized in that.

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