Component Supply Scheduling for Mounting Line Shortage Prevention
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing component management systems for component mounting lines fail to timely and efficiently assign component replacement tasks, leading to facility stops due to component shortages, as they lack effective information dissemination and worker resource allocation strategies.
Innovation Solution
A management apparatus and method that acquires component remaining numbers from each mounting device, generates work sequences for workers based on their working ranges and component information, and transmits these sequences to ensure timely component supply, thereby preventing facility stops.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If component replacement work is simply assigned to a worker based on suitability, then worker assignment is straightforward, but information about component shortage is not given timely and surely, leading to facility stop
Solution Approach 1:
The management apparatus performs preliminary actions by continuously monitoring component remaining numbers and generating work sequence information before component shortages occur. The system proactively identifies components that will be depleted and assigns replacement tasks in advance, ensuring timely component supply and preventing facility stops.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback mechanisms by continuously acquiring component remaining number information from component mounting devices and using this information to dynamically generate and update work sequences. This closed-loop feedback ensures that workers are always informed about current component status and can respond appropriately to prevent shortages.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a worker manages a large number of component mounting devices, then coverage is comprehensive, but work load increases and efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The management apparatus segments the work assignment process by generating detailed work sequence information that divides component replacement tasks into specific, manageable units. Each worker receives a customized work sequence based on their working range and the current component status, allowing them to focus on specific tasks rather than managing all devices broadly.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically adjusts work sequences based on real-time component remaining numbers and worker locations. The work assignment is not static but adapts continuously as component consumption patterns change, ensuring that workers are always assigned to the most critical and efficient tasks within their working ranges.
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AI summary
A management apparatus manages works to supply components to component mounting devices in a component mounting line. The management apparatus includes a component remaining number information acquisition portion that acquires, from each of the component mounting devices, a remaining number of components stored in the component mounting device, a worker information storage portion that stores worker information including a working range of each of workers in the component mounting line, a work sequence decision portion that generates work sequence information indicating a work sequence of component supply works for each of the workers based on the worker information and component remaining number information about a plurality of components within a predetermined period of time, and an information transmission portion that transmits the work sequence information to the workers who should perform the works.