Production Capacity Modeling for Multi-Index Countermeasure Planning

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current production management systems rely heavily on experience and intuition for planning countermeasures to equipment faults, leading to lengthy and resource-intensive processes, and lack the ability to quantitatively evaluate countermeasures across multiple evaluation indicators.

Innovation Solution

A production management device with a countermeasure planning section, storage section, and capacity model creation section, which formulates countermeasure plans, stores line capacity information and plan information, and creates capacity models predicting production capacity before and after countermeasure implementation.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If production engineers analyze operating status and plan countermeasures manually, then countermeasures can be formulated, but it takes many man-hours and a long time

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecountermeasure planning qualityVSAvoidcountermeasure planning time
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces the manual mechanical analysis process with an automated information processing system. The countermeasure planning device automatically analyzes operating status data, predicts future states, and formulates countermeasures without requiring manual engineering analysis, thereby dramatically reducing planning time while maintaining or improving quality through systematic evaluation of multiple indicators.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces an intermediary countermeasure planning device that acts as a mediator between the operating status data and the final countermeasure decisions. This device processes data through multiple evaluation indicators and prediction models to generate optimized countermeasures, eliminating the need for direct manual analysis while preserving the decision-making quality.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Measurement precision

If multiple countermeasures are evaluated quantitatively from multiple indicators, then optimal countermeasures can be selected, but the evaluation process becomes complex

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecountermeasure evaluation precisionVSAvoidevaluation system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the evaluation process into multiple independent evaluation indicators, each assessing specific aspects of countermeasure effectiveness. By dividing the complex evaluation into manageable segments (different indicators), the system achieves comprehensive quantitative evaluation while keeping each evaluation component relatively simple and manageable.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent creates a universal evaluation framework that handles multiple countermeasures and indicators through a single integrated system. The countermeasure planning device universally processes different types of data and evaluation criteria using the same underlying architecture, reducing overall system complexity despite the multi-indicator evaluation requirement.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS20250164974A1Production Management Device, Production Management System, and Production Management Method
Publication Date: 2025.05.22 HITACHI LTD
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AI summary

The present invention can draft a plurality of countermeasures that can be quantitatively evaluated from a viewpoint corresponding to a plurality of evaluation indexes.The present invention includes: a countermeasure planning section that formulates a countermeasure plan for production resources of factory equipment in which an abnormality is detected; a storage section that stores line capacity information and plan information, the line capacity information being associated with the countermeasure plan and the production resources and including registered parameters indicating the production capacity of a production line before and after countermeasure implementation, the plan information indicating the production capacity of the production line that involves the production resources in a normal state; and a capacity model creation section that creates a capacity model predicting the production capacity of the production line before and after countermeasure implementation based on the countermeasure plan through the use of the formulated countermeasure plan, the line capacity information, and the plan information.