Unified Check Processing Definition Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face a heavy burden in understanding and managing unified check processing definitions across multiple forms, as changes to check processing for one form require updates across all similar forms, leading to increased administrative effort.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus that receives and compares check processing information from multiple forms, proposes unification of similar check processing definitions, and allows users to determine whether to unify these definitions, automatically reflecting changes across all forms.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If check processing definitions are unified across multiple forms, then maintenance burden is reduced, but user complexity increases as users must understand and select items for unification
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically detects and proposes unification of check processing definitions across forms without requiring users to manually identify which items should be unified. The system performs self-analysis of the definition information and generates unification proposals autonomously, reducing user complexity while maintaining the benefits of unification
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary analysis of check processing definitions across multiple forms before user intervention, pre-identifying candidate items for unification and preparing unification proposals in advance. This preliminary action reduces the user's workload by presenting ready-made unification options rather than requiring users to start from scratch
2Ease of operation
If check processing definitions are managed separately for each form, then user control is maximized, but administrative effort increases as changes must be propagated manually
Solution Approach 1:
The system merges the management of check processing definitions across multiple forms into a unified structure, allowing single changes to be propagated automatically to all relevant forms. This combining approach maintains user control through centralized management while eliminating the time-consuming manual propagation of changes
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides feedback to users about which forms share check processing definitions and how changes will propagate across forms. This feedback mechanism allows users to understand the impact of their changes and maintain appropriate control while benefiting from automated update propagation
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AI summary
An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: receive, from a user, first check processing information that is set for an item on a first form and that indicates first check processing relating to a check on information written on the first form as the item; obtain second check processing information that is check processing information indicating same check processing as the first check processing and that indicates second check processing relating to a check on information written, as an item, on a second form, which is different from the first form; propose unification of the first check processing information and the second check processing information; allow the user to determine whether to unify the first check processing information and the second check processing information with each other; and reflect, if the user determines that the first check processing information and the second check processing information are to be unified with each other and at least a part of the check processing indicated by the first check processing information or the second check processing information is changed, change information indicating the changed part in another of the first check processing information and the second check processing information.