Evaluation system, evaluation method, and evaluation program

Abstract

To provide an evaluation system which efficiently utilizes surplus operating capability of a facility without requiring an owner of the facility to sell the facility, and supports a user of the facility determining whether to use the facility of the owner, an evaluation method, and an evaluation program.SOLUTION: In an evaluation system 1, an evaluation apparatus 2 includes a first information acquisition unit, a second information acquisition unit, and an evaluation unit. The first information acquisition unit acquires first information including a first parameter that is affected by processing in a first facility of a first user U1. The second information acquisition unit acquires second information including a second parameter that is affected by processing in a second facility of a second user U2 which may be substituted with the processing in the first facility F1. The evaluation unit evaluates advantage and / or disadvantage for the first user and / or the second user to be obtained when the processing in the first facility is substituted with the processing in the second facility F2, on the basis of the first information and the second information.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to an evaluation system, an evaluation device, an evaluation method, and an evaluation program.

Background Art

[0002] Among various facilities such as factories, there are some that are not used at all or have a low usage frequency. For such facilities, fixed costs such as electricity bills, maintenance costs, and fixed-asset taxes for the land and buildings where they are installed are incurred, and these fixed costs may put pressure on the company's management.

[0003] Facilities that have thus become unnecessary can usually suppress newly generated fixed costs by selling them. Currently, many systems for supporting the buying and selling of such facilities have been developed. For example, Patent Document 1 proposes a search-type matching service that discloses the appraisal results of the selling price and the conditions for transferring facility operation technology in the buying and selling of power generation facilities between those who withdraw from the power generation business and those who enter the power generation business.

Prior Art Documents

Patent Documents

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Patent Document 1

Summary of the Invention

Problems to be Solved by the Invention

[0005] However, since the sale and purchase of equipment as described above involves the transfer of ownership, for example, when the equipment owner is using the equipment for a short operating time or plans to use the equipment in the future, there is a certain desire to effectively utilize the surplus processing capacity of the equipment without selling it. As a means for effectively utilizing the processing capacity of such equipment, it is possible for the equipment owner to let others use the equipment or use it for others. However, from the perspective of the other party, it is sometimes difficult to clearly grasp the advantages and disadvantages of using the equipment owner's equipment, and it is also difficult to determine whether to use the equipment owner's equipment.

[0006] In view of the above circumstances, the present invention provides an evaluation system, an evaluation device, an evaluation method, and an evaluation program that can effectively utilize the surplus operating capacity of equipment without the equipment owner selling the equipment, and can assist others considering using the equipment in determining whether to use the equipment owner's equipment.

Means for Solving the Problem

[0007] According to one aspect of the present invention, an evaluation system is provided. This evaluation system includes a first information acquisition unit, a second information acquisition unit, and an evaluation unit. The first information acquisition unit is configured to acquire first information including a first parameter that affects processing in a first piece of equipment of a first user. The second information acquisition unit is configured to acquire second information including a second parameter that affects processing in a second piece of equipment of a second user, which is an alternative to the processing in the first piece of equipment. The evaluation unit is configured to evaluate the advantages and / or disadvantages enjoyed by the first user and / or the second user when the processing in the first piece of equipment is replaced by the processing in the second piece of equipment based on the first information and the second information.

[0008] Specifically, it may be provided in each of the following aspects. An evaluation device comprising a first information acquisition unit, a second information acquisition unit, and an evaluation unit, wherein the first information acquisition unit is configured to acquire first information including a first parameter that affects the processing in the first facility of the first user, the second information acquisition unit is configured to acquire second information including a second parameter that affects the processing in the second facility of the second user, which is an alternative to the processing in the first facility, and the evaluation unit is configured to evaluate the advantages and / or disadvantages enjoyed by the first user and / or the second user when the processing in the first facility is replaced with the processing in the second facility based on the first information and the second information. In the evaluation device, the first parameter includes a cost that affects the processing in the first facility, and the second parameter includes a cost that affects the processing in the second facility. In the evaluation device, the first parameter includes an indirect cost that affects the processing in the first facility, and the second parameter includes an indirect cost that affects the processing in the second facility. In the evaluation device, the first parameter includes an evaluation from at least one of the viewpoints of environment, society, corporate governance, and sustainable development goals that affect the processing in the first facility, and the second parameter includes an evaluation from at least one of the viewpoints of environment, society, corporate governance, and sustainable development goals that affect the processing in the second facility. In the evaluation device, the processing in the first facility and the processing in the second facility are each further the production of raw materials for the processing. In the evaluation device, the processing in the first facility and the processing in the second facility are each the treatment of wastewater or waste liquid generated in the first facility. In the evaluation device, the processing in the first facility and the processing in the second facility are each the treatment of waste generated in the first facility. An evaluation method comprising a first information acquisition step, a second information acquisition step, and an evaluation step, wherein the first information acquisition step acquires first information including a first parameter that affects the processing in the first facility of the first user, the second information acquisition step acquires second information including a second parameter that affects the processing in the second facility of the second user, which is an alternative to the processing in the first facility, and the evaluation step evaluates the advantages and / or disadvantages enjoyed by the first user and / or the second user when the processing in the first facility is replaced with the processing in the second facility based on the first information and the second information. An evaluation program that causes a computer to function as a first information acquisition unit, a second information acquisition unit, and an evaluation unit, wherein the first information acquisition unit is configured to acquire first information including a first parameter that affects the processing in the first facility of the first user, the second information acquisition unit is configured to acquire second information including a second parameter that affects the processing in the second facility of the second user, which is an alternative to the processing in the first facility, and the evaluation unit is configured to evaluate the advantages and / or disadvantages enjoyed by the first user and / or the second user when the processing in the first facility is replaced with the processing in the second facility based on the first information and the second information. Of course, this is not the case in all situations.

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Modes for Carrying Out the Invention

[0010] Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Various features shown in the embodiments described below can be combined with each other.

[0011] The program for realizing the software of this embodiment may be provided as a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium, may be provided so as to be downloadable from an external server, or may be provided to start the program on an external computer and realize its function on a client terminal (so-called cloud computing).

[0012] In addition, in this embodiment, the "unit" may include, for example, hardware resources implemented by a circuit in a broad sense and information processing of software that can be specifically realized by these hardware resources. Also, in this embodiment, various information is handled, and these information are represented, for example, by physical values of signal values representing voltage and current, the high and low of signal values as a set of binary bits composed of 0 or 1, or quantum superposition (so-called quantum bits), and communication and calculation can be executed on a circuit in a broad sense.

[0013] In addition, a circuit in a broad sense is a circuit realized by appropriately combining at least a circuit, circuitry, a processor, a memory, etc. That is, it includes an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), programmable logic devices (for example, a simple programmable logic device (SPLD), a complex programmable logic device (CPLD), and a field programmable gate array (FPGA)), etc.

[0014] <Evaluation System> The evaluation system according to this embodiment includes a first information acquisition unit, a second information acquisition unit, and an evaluation unit. Here, the first information acquisition unit is configured to acquire first information including a first parameter that affects the processing in the first facility of the first user. Further, the second information acquisition unit is configured to acquire second information including a second parameter that affects the processing in the second facility of the second user, which is an alternative to the processing in the first facility. Furthermore, the evaluation unit is configured to evaluate the advantages and / or disadvantages enjoyed by the first user and / or the second user when the processing in the first facility is replaced with the processing in the second facility based on the first information and the second information.

[0015] Also, although not an essential configuration, the evaluation system according to this embodiment may include one or more of an output unit, a first information measurement unit, and a second information measurement unit. Note that FIG. 1 described below mainly describes an evaluation system including all of these.

[0016] 〔Functional Configuration of Evaluation System〕 FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the evaluation system according to this embodiment. This evaluation system 1 includes an evaluation device 2, an output device 3, a first information measurement device 4, and a second information measurement device 5.

[0017] Among these, the evaluation device 2 controls the information processing for evaluation in the evaluation system 1. FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram showing the functional configuration of the evaluation device according to this embodiment. As shown in this FIG. 2, the evaluation device 2 according to this embodiment includes a first information acquisition unit 21, a second information acquisition unit 22, and an evaluation unit 23. Note that the output device 3 is an example of an output unit. Also, the first information measurement device 4 is an example of a first information measurement unit, and the second information measurement device 5 is an example of a second information measurement unit, but they will be described without particular distinction below.

[0018] 〔Functions of Evaluation System〕 The functions of each part of the evaluation system 1 will be specifically described below.

[0019] [First Information Acquisition Unit] The first information acquisition unit 21 is configured to acquire first information including a first parameter that affects the processing in the first facility F1 of the first user U1.

[0020] The first user U1 is a user whose advantages and / or disadvantages when the processing in the first facility F1 that he uses himself, or is used by a third party for himself, or is made to be used for himself, is replaced by the processing in the second facility F2 of the second user U2 are to be evaluated by the evaluation system 1.

[0021] The first facility F1 is a facility that the first user U1 uses himself, or is used by a third party for himself, or is made to be used for himself. Here, the first facility F1 does not necessarily have to be owned by the first user U1, and it may be owned by a third party or other person. However, it is assumed that the first facility F1 can be operated with the intention of the first user U1 as an opportunity. Also, regarding the operation of the first facility F1, only the first user U1 may have the decision-making power, or a third party or other person may also have the decision-making power in addition to the first user U1. When a third party or other person also has the decision-making power, the influence on the decision of the first user U1 is not limited, and the first user U1 may not have the final decision-making power regarding the operation, or may not have the final decision-making power. Also, this third party or other person may be only one person, or may be a plurality of persons. Furthermore, this third party or other person may be a legal person or a natural person, and when there are a plurality of third parties or other persons, it may be a combination of a legal person and a natural person. Note that the relationship between the second facility F2 and the second user U2 described later is the same, and for this, in the above description, "first" shall be read as "second".

[0022] Here, "treatment" refers to any operation performed on a substance, such as product manufacturing, further manufacturing of raw materials for treatment, raw material processing, further manufacturing of intermediate products for treatment, intermediate product processing, wastewater treatment, treatment of waste liquid / waste (such as detoxification), utilization of waste liquid / waste, recovery of valuable substances from waste liquid / waste, effective utilization of waste liquid / waste, etc.

[0023] Also, "equipment" refers to that for performing the above-described treatment. This equipment may be a part (one function) of a single device, a single device, a plurality of devices, a system combining a plurality of devices, or the entire factory.

[0024] The "first parameter affected by the process in the first facility" refers to a parameter affected by the content of the process in the first facility F1. Since the first parameter is "affected by" the process in the first facility F1, it is not necessarily limited to the parameters of the process in the first facility F1 or the parameters of the products or processed materials obtained by the process in the first facility F1. Specifically, the first parameter is not particularly limited, but for example, product quality, processed material quality, intermediate quality, content of the processes in the upstream and downstream steps, delivery date, cost (including direct costs (manufacturing cost, processing cost, disposal cost), indirect costs (costs other than manufacturing cost, processing cost, and disposal cost)), disposal cost of by-products, internal carbon price, raw material usage, additive usage, water usage, energy (electricity, heat, etc.) usage, greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, methane, nitrous oxide, etc.), NOx·SOx emissions, material flow volume, logistics cost, production volume, production efficiency, required number of workers, danger of worker operation, evaluation from an environmental perspective, evaluation from a social perspective, evaluation from a corporate governance perspective, evaluation from the perspective of sustainable development goals (SDGs), etc., and is one or more of these. Note that the evaluation from an environmental perspective, the evaluation from a social perspective, and the evaluation from a corporate governance perspective may be evaluated, for example, by an ESG score or the like. Evaluation institutions for ESG scores include FTSE, MSCI, Sustainalytics, etc., but the ESG score is not particularly limited, and the score of any institution may be used. The first parameter may be quantitative, qualitative, or ranked by stage. Also, the parameter may be directly compared in the evaluation unit described later, or may be compared after being processed or converted, such as by some conversion. In terms of the specific examples described above, it is possible to directly compare the energy (electricity, heat, etc.) usage, or it may be converted into an evaluation from an environmental perspective based on the energy (electricity, heat, etc.) usage. Also, for example, when using the greenhouse gas emissions as the first parameter, it is possible to directly compare the greenhouse gas emissions themselves, or it may be evaluated after being converted into carbon credits (increase or decrease). These will be described in more detail in the specific examples described later.Note that the same applies to the "second parameter that affects the processing in the second facility" described later. Regarding this, in the above description, "first" shall be read as "second".

[0025] [Second Information Acquisition Unit] The second information acquisition unit 22 is configured to acquire second information including a second parameter that affects the processing in the second facility F2 of the second user U2, which is an alternative to the processing in the first facility F1.

[0026] The second user U2 is a user to be evaluated by the evaluation system 1 for the advantages and / or disadvantages when the processing in the first facility F1 of the first user U1 described above is replaced by the processing in the second facility F2 of the second user.

[0027] When replacing the processing in the first facility F1 with the processing in the second facility F2, the operation and operation of the second facility F2 may be performed by the second user U2 or its user, etc., or by the first user U1 or its user, etc., or by a person other than the first user U1 and the second user U2. For example, when replacing the manufacturing process of the raw materials of the products manufactured by the first user U1 in the first facility F1 with the manufacturing process of the raw materials in the second facility F2, the manufacturing process of the raw materials in the second facility F2 may be performed by the second user U2, or by the first user U1, or by a person other than the first user U1 and the second user U2.

[0028] In addition to the process that replaces the process in the first facility F1, the second facility F2 may be used by any of the second user U2, the first user U1, and a third party, and the processes other than the process that replaces the process in the first facility F1 are not limited in any way. For example, the second user U2 usually manufactures raw materials using the second facility F2, but there may be a case where the second user U2 manufactures raw materials using the second facility F2 for the first user U1 during the time when the second user U2 does not use the second facility F2.

[0029] Also, when replacing the process in the first facility F1 with the process in the second facility F2, part of the process in the first facility F1 may be replaced with the process in the second facility F2, or all of the process in the first facility F1 may be replaced with the process in the second facility F2.

[0030] Here, the case where the raw material is the raw material of the product manufactured by the first user U1 has been described. However, the raw materials, intermediate products, products, waste liquids, etc. generated by this replaced process may be used or processed later by any of the first user U1 or its users, the second user U2 or its users, or those other than the first user U1 and the second user U2.

[0031] The process in the second facility F2 of the second user U2 only needs to be a replacement for the process in the first facility F1 described above. The two may be processes with the same purpose or processes with different purposes.

[0032] As an example of processes with the same purpose, both the first user U1 and the second user U2 are manufacturers in the same industry, both the first facility F1 and the second facility F2 are manufacturing apparatuses for raw materials of products sold by the first user U1 and the second user U2, and the processes in the first facility F1 and the second facility F2 are both for manufacturing the raw materials. In the process by the first user U1 and the process by the second user U2, the purpose of manufacturing raw materials is the same. However, the specific parameters of the process by the first user U1 and the process by the second user U2 may be different. For example, the quality of the raw material may vary depending on the supplier of the raw material, and the water quality of the waste liquid may vary depending on the performance of the processing apparatus. Thus, even for processes with the same purpose, the results of the process by the first user U1 and the process by the second user U2 may be different, and there may be advantages and disadvantages in replacing the process by the first user U1 with the process by the second user U2.

[0033] As an example of processes with different purposes, the first user U1 is a semiconductor manufacturer, the first facility F1 is a wastewater treatment device, the process in the first facility F1 is the discharge after detoxifying the sulfuric acid / hydrogen peroxide wastewater generated from a semiconductor wafer cleaning device, the second user U2 is a wastewater treatment chemical manufacturer, the second facility is a sulfuric acid band manufacturing device, and the process in the second facility F2 is the manufacture of sulfuric acid bands. The process of the first user U1 is a process of cooling, for example, the sulfuric acid / hydrogen peroxide wastewater generated by cleaning semiconductor wafers, diluting it with a large amount of water, and then neutralizing it with an alkaline agent such as slaked lime before discharging. On the other hand, the process of the second user U2 is a process of reacting aluminum hydroxide with sulfuric acid to manufacture sulfuric acid bands. The sulfuric acid bands thus manufactured are used as a flocculant for fine particles in wastewater. Therefore, the sulfuric acid / hydrogen peroxide wastewater of the first user U1 is used as the sulfuric acid that is a raw material in the process of the second user U2. Since the purpose of the process of the first user U1 is to safely discharge the sulfuric acid / hydrogen peroxide wastewater, and the purpose of the process of the second user U2 is to manufacture sulfuric acid bands, the purpose of the first user U1 and the purpose of the second user U2 are different. Since the results of the process by the first user U1 and the process by the second user U2 are naturally different, there may be advantages and disadvantages in substituting the process by the first user U1 with the process by the second user U2. Details of specific examples of these processes will be described later in "Application Example (2)". Also, although an example of manufacturing sulfuric acid bands using sulfuric acid as a waste liquid as a raw material is shown here, sulfuric acid as a waste liquid can of course be used for other purposes.

[0034] Note that for other terms, since they are the same as those described in the items of the first information acquisition unit 21, the description here is omitted.

[0035] [Evaluation Unit] The evaluation unit 23 is configured to evaluate the advantages and / or disadvantages enjoyed by the first user U1 and / or the second user U2 when the process in the first facility F1 is replaced with the process in the second facility F2 based on the first information and the second information.

[0036] The method of evaluation in the evaluation unit 23 is not particularly limited. However, it is preferable to evaluate the processes in the first facility F1 and the second facility F2 using the same index. The "same index" means that the parameters for comparison between the two are the same. For example, if the cost of the process in the first facility F1 is used, then the cost of the process in the second facility F2 is used. Also, for example, if the quality of the process in the first facility F1 is used, then the quality of the process in the second facility F2 is used.

[0037] Also, in the evaluation unit 23, the first parameter and the second parameter may be used as they are for evaluation, or evaluation may be performed using a unique conversion formula or index. In particular, when the first user U1 and the second user U2 belong to the same industry, or when the first parameter or the second parameter contains confidential information (for example, manufacturing cost or internal carbon price as internal information, drainage data related to compliance, etc.) and it is not desired for the other party to know the direct data, it is preferable to evaluate using a unique conversion formula or index.

[0038] The evaluation method in the evaluation unit 23 is not particularly limited, but the difference between the parameters included in the first information and the parameters included in the second information may be evaluated quantitatively and / or qualitatively.

[0039] A specific example of the evaluation in the evaluation unit 23 will be described. For example, when the first parameter is the cost affected by the process in the first facility F1, and the second parameter is the cost affected by the process in the second facility F2, by comparing the cost affected by the process in the first facility F1 and the cost affected by the process in the second facility F2, if the cost of the process in the second facility F2 is smaller than the cost of the process in the first facility, when the first user U1 replaces the process in the first facility F1 with the process in the second facility F2, for the first user U1, the cost for this process will decrease, and for the second user U2, since it can charge the first user U1 with a profit added to the cost, it is determined that there are advantages for both. On the other hand, if the cost of the process in the second facility F2 is larger than the cost of the process in the first facility, when the first user U1 replaces the process in the first facility F1 with the process in the second facility F2, for the first user U1, the cost for the process will increase, and for the second user U2, it will be difficult to charge the first user U1 with a profit added to the cost, so it is determined that there are disadvantages for both.

[0040] In addition, regarding the cost in the second facility F2, when the first user U1 and the second user U2 are different persons and there is no capital relationship, etc., and when the second user U2 wants to obtain benefits from the replacement of the second facility F2, the price for using the second facility F2 with a profit added to the cost of the process in the second facility F2 and, if necessary, transaction costs, etc. may be compared with the cost of the process in the first facility F1.

[0041] Also, the second user U2 may determine the profit and thus the price considering the difference between the cost in the second facility F2 and the cost in the first facility F1.

[0042] Regarding costs, sensors may be attached to each device of the first facility F1, each device of the second facility F2, and the devices before and after them, etc., and the raw material input cost, power consumption, etc. are used as the first parameter and the second parameter respectively. Based on these and the unit price of usage, the evaluation unit 23 may calculate the costs when each device of the first facility F1, each device of the second facility F2, and the devices before and after them are used. Also, an arithmetic unit (not shown) for calculating the first parameter and / or the second parameter for direct comparison may be provided.

[0043] On the other hand, for example, if the first parameter is an evaluation from the perspective of the environment that affects the process in the first facility F1, and the second parameter is an evaluation from the perspective of the environment that affects the process in the second facility F2, then by comparing the evaluation from the perspective of the environment that affects the process in the first facility F1 with the evaluation from the perspective of the environment that affects the process in the second facility F2, if the evaluation from the perspective of the environment that affects the process in the second facility F2 is higher than the evaluation from the perspective of the environment that affects the process in the first facility F1, when the first user U1 substitutes the process in the first facility F1 with the process in the second facility F2, it is determined that there is an advantage because the external evaluation improves for both the first user U1 and the second user U2. On the other hand, if the evaluation from the perspective of the environment that affects the process in the second facility F2 is lower than the evaluation from the perspective of the environment that affects the process in the first facility F1, when the first user substitutes the process in the first facility F1 with the process in the second facility F2, it is determined that there is a disadvantage because the external evaluation deteriorates for the first user U1 and the second user U2.

[0044] Also, when the first parameter is an evaluation from the perspective of greenhouse gas emissions affected by the process in the first facility F1, and the second parameter is an evaluation from the perspective of greenhouse gas emissions affected by the process in the second facility F2, by comparing the evaluation from the perspective of greenhouse gas emissions affected by the process in the first facility F1 with the evaluation from the perspective of greenhouse gas emissions affected by the process in the second facility F2, if the evaluation from the perspective of greenhouse gas emissions affected by the process in the second facility F2 is less than the evaluation from the perspective of greenhouse gas emissions affected by the process in the first facility F1, when the first user U1 replaces the process in the first facility F1 with the process in the second facility F2, the greenhouse gas emissions of the first user U1 will be reduced. On the other hand, the greenhouse gas emissions of the second user U2 will increase. In that case, it can also be offset by providing the amount of greenhouse gas reduction of the first user U1 to the second user as carbon credits. When the first user U1 values economic benefits and the second user U2 values the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, it is judged to be advantageous for both the first user U1 and the second user U2. On the other hand, if the evaluation from the perspective of greenhouse gas emissions affected by the process in the second facility F2 is lower than the evaluation from the perspective of greenhouse gas emissions affected by the process in the first facility F1, when the first user replaces the process in the first facility F1 with the process in the second facility F2, it is judged to be disadvantageous for both the first user U1 and the second user U2 because offset using carbon credits becomes impossible. Note that the offset can be carried out not only between the first user U1 and the second user U2 but also among multiple users.

[0045] Also, for example, if the first parameter is the quality of a product affected by the process in the first facility F1, and the second parameter is the quality of a product affected by the process in the second facility F2, when comparing the quality of the product affected by the process in the first facility F1 with the quality of the product affected by the process in the second facility F2, if the quality of the product affected by the process in the second facility F2 is higher than the quality of the product affected by the process in the first facility F1, then when the first user U1 replaces the process in the first facility F1 with the process in the second facility F2, since the quality of the product is improved, it is determined that there is an advantage for the first user U1. On the other hand, if the quality of the product affected by the process in the second facility F2 is lower than the quality of the product affected by the process in the first facility F1, then when the first user replaces the process in the first facility F1 with the process in the second facility F2, since the quality of the product is degraded, it is determined that there is a disadvantage for the first user U1.

[0046] As the first parameter included in the first information and the second parameter included in the second information, one type of parameter may be used respectively, or a plurality of types of parameters may be used. When a plurality of types of parameters are used respectively as the first parameter included in the first information and the second parameter included in the second information, the evaluation method of the advantages and / or disadvantages when the process in the first facility is replaced with the process in the second facility is not particularly limited. For example, among the plurality of types of parameters, determine the priority, and only compare the parameter with the highest priority, the sum of any number of parameters from the highest priority, the sum weighted by a coefficient, the arithmetic mean, the weighted mean, the sum of all parameters, the sum weighted by a coefficient, the arithmetic mean, the weighted mean, the value by an evaluation function, the point index obtained by weighting each parameter, etc.

[0047] The first parameter, the second parameter, the advantages and disadvantages do not necessarily have to be consistent with the truth. For example, they may include errors by sensors, etc., or may be approximate values, predicted values, etc.

[0048] [Output unit] The output unit 3 is configured to output the advantages and / or disadvantages enjoyed by the first user and / or the second user evaluated by the evaluation unit 23.

[0049] The output display by the output unit 3 is not particularly limited. For example, the benefits and disadvantages based on only one perspective may be displayed, or the benefits and disadvantages may be displayed separately for multiple perspectives. The display of benefits and disadvantages may be the difference when the processing in the first facility F1 is replaced by the processing in the second facility F2, or the results of the processing in the first facility F1 and the results of the processing in the second facility F2 may be shown together. Also, the output display may be qualitative or quantitative. Furthermore, the output display may be a continuous numerical value or a stepwise evaluation (such as evaluations of A rank, B rank, C rank, etc.).

[0050] The output unit 3 is not particularly limited. For example, a display or the like can be used. In this embodiment, the output unit 3 is described as a device separate from the evaluation device 2, but it may also be a part of the evaluation device 2.

[0051] [First information measurement unit] The first information measurement unit 4 is configured to measure first information including a first parameter that is affected by the processing in the first facility of the first user.

[0052] As a specific measuring device, it can be appropriately selected according to the parameter to be measured. For example, if it is the quality of a product or the like, it may be a device for measuring physical properties and chemical properties. If it is the delivery date, it may be a system for recording the period from order receipt to shipment. If it is the input amount of raw materials, the input amount of energy, etc. (from which the cost is calculated), it may be various sensors such as IoT sensors for measuring these, or a system for controlling the input amount.

[0053] [Second information measurement unit] The second information measurement unit 5 is configured to measure second information including a second parameter that is affected by the processing in the second facility of the second user, which is an alternative to the processing in the first facility.

[0054] Since the specific measuring device is the same as the above-described first information measurement unit 4, the description here is omitted.

[0055] Hereinafter, specific examples will be given and described for the processing in the first facility F1 and the processing in the second facility F2.

[0056] 〔Application Example (1): Replacement of Waste Liquid Treatment in a Manufacturer's Factory〕 An example of mutual accommodation of the processing capabilities of manufacturers will be described. In this specific example, both the first user U1 and the second user U2 are manufacturers A and B, both the first facility F1 and the second facility F2 are waste liquid treatment devices a2 and b2, and the processing in these devices is all waste liquid treatment.

[0057] Manufacturer A is considering changing part of the waste liquid treatment that it has been entrusting to a waste liquid treatment manufacturer that owns a waste liquid treatment device a to outsourcing to another manufacturer. During the consideration, it obtained information that there is spare capacity in the waste liquid treatment capacity of the waste liquid treatment device b owned by manufacturer B in the same region, and it wants to utilize the waste liquid treatment capacity of the waste liquid treatment device b owned by this manufacturer B. Therefore, manufacturer A decided to use the evaluation system 1 operated by a third party C. This evaluation system 1 has obtained the cooperation of a number of manufacturers in the same region including manufacturer A and manufacturer B, and for each manufacturer, it holds parameters related to all processes including the waste liquid treatment process. Based on these parameters, when changing the waste liquid treatment in the waste liquid treatment device a of manufacturer A to the waste liquid treatment in the waste liquid treatment device b of manufacturer B, the advantages and disadvantages from various viewpoints can be evaluated.

[0058] As an example of the expansion of this application example, there is a case where Manufacturer A is a small-scale manufacturer and Manufacturer B is a large-scale manufacturer. In this way, by the large-scale manufacturer with a large amount of surplus slack absorbing the production and processing capacity of the small-scale manufacturer with little human or resource surplus slack, even the small-scale manufacturer can carry out stable production activities. Moreover, not only that, for example, in the case of wastewater discharge, the amount of wastewater discharged by a small-scale manufacturer may be extremely small compared to the amount of wastewater processed by a large-scale manufacturer. In this case, by the large-scale manufacturers belonging to the same region collectively treating the wastewater discharge, it may contribute to the regional environment of that region, and it can also enhance the corporate value of both the small-scale manufacturer and the large-scale manufacturer.

[0059] 〔Application Example (2): Production of Sulfuric Acid Bands Using Sulfuric Acid-Based Waste Liquid from a Semiconductor Manufacturing Factory as Raw Material〕 The first user U1 is semiconductor manufacturer D, the first facility F1 is wastewater treatment device d, the treatment in the first facility F1 is the discharge after detoxification of sulfuric acid / hydrogen peroxide wastewater generated from the semiconductor wafer cleaning device, the second user U2 is wastewater treatment agent manufacturer E, the second facility is sulfuric acid band manufacturing device e, and the treatment in the second facility F2 is the production of sulfuric acid bands.

[0060] Semiconductor manufacturer D cools the sulfuric acid and hydrogen peroxide waste liquid generated from cleaning semiconductor wafers with its in-house wastewater treatment device d, dilutes it with a large amount of water, and then neutralizes and discharges it with an alkaline agent such as slaked lime. Semiconductor manufacturer D has been facing increasing costs for the electricity used for cooling in wastewater treatment device d, as well as the costs of dilution water and alkaline agents, and has been considering reducing these costs. On the other hand, wastewater treatment agent manufacturer E manufactures sulfuric acid band, which is used as a flocculant for fine particles in wastewater, by reacting sulfuric acid with aluminum hydroxide. At one point, semiconductor manufacturer D obtained information that wastewater treatment agent manufacturer E wanted to reduce the purchase cost of sulfuric acid, which is a raw material for sulfuric acid band, in order to reduce raw material costs, and considered requesting semiconductor manufacturer D to dispose of sulfuric acid (transfer as a raw material for wastewater treatment agent manufacturer E). Therefore, semiconductor manufacturer D decided to use the evaluation system 1 operated by a third party F. This evaluation system 1 has obtained cooperation from a number of manufacturers including semiconductor manufacturer D and wastewater treatment agent manufacturer E, and holds parameters related to all processes of each manufacturer for each manufacturer. Based on these parameters, when the wastewater treatment in the wastewater treatment device of semiconductor manufacturer D is changed to the production of sulfuric acid band in the sulfuric acid band production device e of wastewater treatment agent manufacturer E, the advantages and disadvantages from various perspectives can be evaluated.

[0061] Note that the owner of the evaluation system 1 and the evaluation device 2 is not particularly limited and may be owned by the first user U1, the second user U2, or a third party.

[0062] 〔Hardware Configuration of Evaluation System〕 Figure 3 is a schematic diagram showing the hardware configuration of the evaluation device 2 according to the present embodiment. As shown in Figure 3, the evaluation device 2 has a communication unit 24, a storage unit 25, and a control unit 26, and these components are electrically connected via a communication bus 27 inside the evaluation device 2. These components will be further described below.

[0063] The communication unit 24 preferably uses wired communication means such as USB, IEEE 1394, Thunderbolt, and wired LAN network communication. However, wireless LAN network communication, mobile communication such as 3G / LTE / 5G, Bluetooth (registered trademark) communication, etc. can be included as needed. That is, it is more preferable to implement it as a collection of these multiple communication means. Thereby, the exchange of information and commands is executed between the evaluation device 2 and other devices that can communicate with it.

[0064] The storage unit 25 stores various information defined by the foregoing description. This can be implemented as a storage device such as a solid state drive (SSD), or as a memory such as a random access memory (RAM) that stores temporarily necessary information (arguments, arrays, etc.) related to the operation of the program. Further, the storage unit 25 may be a combination of these. Also, the storage unit 25 stores various programs that can be read by the control unit 26 described later.

[0065] The control unit 26 performs the processing and control of the overall operation related to the evaluation device 2. This control unit 26 is, for example, a central processing unit (CPU, not shown). The control unit 26 realizes various functions related to the evaluation device 2 by reading a predetermined program stored in the storage unit 25. That is, the information processing by software (stored in the storage unit 25) is specifically realized by hardware (the control unit 26), so that, as shown in FIG. 3, it can be executed as each functional unit in the control unit 26. Note that in FIG. 3, it is shown as a single control unit 26, but in reality, it is not limited to this, and it may be configured to have a plurality of control units 26 for each function, or a combination of a single control unit and a plurality of control units may also be used.

[0066] According to the evaluation system 1 and the evaluation device 2 as described above, the equipment owner (the second user) can effectively utilize the surplus operating capacity of the second equipment F2 without selling the second equipment F2, and moreover, it is possible to assist others (the first user U1) who are considering using the second equipment F2 to determine whether to use the second equipment F2 of the equipment owner (the second user U2).

[0067] Specifically, according to the evaluation system 1 and the evaluation device 2, it is possible to allow others (the first user U1) to use the second equipment F2 at an appropriate price or considering the load on the environment or the like without involving the sale and purchase of the second equipment F2, that is, without the transfer of the ownership of the second equipment F2. Also, others (the first user U1) who are considering using the second equipment F2 do not need to make a large-scale investment for the purchase of the second equipment F2. In addition, since the first user U1 does not purchase the second equipment F2, if the performance and quality do not meet the requirements as a result of using the performance of the second equipment F2, it is only necessary to cancel the contract, and the risk is extremely small compared to the case of purchasing the second equipment F2. Furthermore, the first user U1 can use the equipment of the equipment owner (the second user U2) at an appropriate price or considering the load on the environment or the like.

[0068] Also, when the evaluation system 1 and the evaluation device 2 are operated by a third party other than the first user U1 and the second user U2, since this is not a case of selling out the equipment, it is also possible to provide continuous value to the first user U1 and the second user U2.

[0069] <Evaluation method> The evaluation method according to this embodiment includes a first information acquisition step, a second information acquisition step, and an evaluation step. Among them, the first information acquisition step is a step of acquiring first information including a first parameter that is affected by the processing in the first facility of the first user. The second information acquisition step is a step of acquiring second information including a second parameter that is affected by the processing in the second facility of the second user, which is an alternative to the processing in the first facility. Further, the evaluation step is a step of evaluating the advantages and / or disadvantages enjoyed by the first user and / or the second user when the processing in the first facility is replaced by the processing in the second facility based on the first information and the second information.

[0070] FIG. 4 is a flowchart of the evaluation method according to this embodiment. As shown in FIG. 4, in the evaluation method according to this embodiment, while acquiring first information (first information acquisition step S1), second information is also acquired (second information acquisition step S2), and based on these as input information, when the processing in the first facility is replaced by the processing in the second facility, the advantages and / or disadvantages enjoyed by the first user and / or the second user are evaluated (prediction step S3).

[0071] Note that the evaluation method according to this embodiment may be provided with a first information measurement step and a second information measurement step. Since these are the same as the operations of the first information measurement unit and the second information measurement unit respectively, the description here is omitted.

[0072] <Evaluation program> The evaluation program according to this embodiment causes a computer to function as a first information acquisition unit, a second information acquisition unit, and an evaluation unit. Since the first information acquisition unit, the second information acquisition unit, and the evaluation unit have been described above, the description here is omitted.

[0073] The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments and can be implemented with appropriate modifications.

Explanation of reference numerals

[0074] 1 Evaluation system 2 Evaluation device 21 First information acquisition unit 22 Second information acquisition unit 23 Evaluation unit 24 Communication unit 25 Memory unit 26 Control unit 27 Communication bus 3 Output device or output unit 4 First information measurement unit or first information measurement device 5 Second information measurement unit or second information measurement device F1 First facility F2 Second facility U1 First user U2 Second user

Claims

1. An evaluation system, comprising: a control unit, wherein the control unit is configured to execute the following steps by reading a program: In a first information acquisition step, first information including a first parameter that affects the process in the first facility of the first user is measured and acquired; In a second information acquisition step, second information including a second parameter that affects the process in the second facility of the second user, which is an alternative to the process in the first facility, is measured and acquired; In an evaluation step, based on the first information and the second information, when the process in the first facility is replaced by the process in the second facility, the advantages and / or disadvantages enjoyed by the first user and / or the second user are evaluated; In an output step, the first parameter and the second parameter related to the advantages and / or disadvantages evaluated in the evaluation step are displayed; the first parameter includes an evaluation from at least one of the viewpoints of environment, society, corporate governance, and sustainable development goals that affect the process in the first facility; the second parameter includes an evaluation from at least one of the viewpoints of environment, society, corporate governance, and sustainable development goals that affect the process in the second facility; An evaluation system.

2. In the evaluation system according to Claim 1, the first parameter includes the cost that affects the process in the first facility; the second parameter includes the cost that affects the process in the second facility; An evaluation system.

3. In the evaluation system according to Claim 1 or Claim 2, the first parameter includes the indirect cost that affects the process in the first facility; the second parameter includes the indirect cost that affects the process in the second facility; An evaluation system.

4. In the evaluation system according to any one of Claims 1 to 3, the process in the first facility and the process in the second facility are each further the production of raw materials for the process; An evaluation system.

5. In the evaluation system according to any one of Claims 1 to 3, the process in the first facility and the process in the second facility are each the treatment of wastewater or waste liquid generated in the first facility; An evaluation system.

6. In the evaluation system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, The processing in the first facility and the processing in the second facility are each for processing waste generated in the first facility. Evaluation system.

7. In the evaluation system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, The processing in the first facility and the processing in the second facility are processes with different purposes from each other. Evaluation system.

8. In the evaluation system according to any one of claims 1 to 7, The evaluation related to the first parameter or the second parameter is an evaluation based on an ESG score. Evaluation system.

9. An evaluation method executed by an evaluation system, Comprising each step executed by the evaluation system according to any one of claims 1 to 8. Evaluation method.

10. An evaluation program, For causing a computer to execute each step of the evaluation system according to any one of claims 1 to 8. Evaluation program.

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