Information Processing System for Consumable Item Redirection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing information processing systems for delivering consumable items to machines face challenges when the delivery system is suspended, as they lack the ability to efficiently redirect or allocate consumable items from one organization to another, leading to potential disruptions in machine operations.
Innovation Solution
An information processing system comprising a delivery unit, a determination unit, and a display control unit that identifies and displays alternative organizations with available consumable items when the primary delivery system is suspended, allowing for prioritization and allocation of consumable items based on inventory information and predicted usage, enabling self-help or mutual help scenarios.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the delivery system is suspended, then the normal delivery of consumable items is disrupted, but the machines can still operate by redirecting to alternative organizations with inventory
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-establishes inventory information and organizational capacity data before delivery suspensions occur. When the delivery system is suspended, the determination unit can immediately identify alternative organizations with available consumable items, enabling rapid redirection without waiting for real-time inventory checks at alternative locations.
Solution Approach 2:
The information processing system acts as an intermediary between machines and organizations. It collects inventory information from multiple organizations, processes this data through the determination unit to identify suitable alternatives, and guides machines to the appropriate organizations, thereby resolving the disruption caused by delivery system suspensions.
2Reliability
If the system redirects to alternative organizations, then machine operations continue, but the complexity of inventory management increases
Solution Approach 1:
The information processing system performs multiple functions: it collects inventory information from various organizations, processes this data to determine suitable alternative organizations, and provides guidance to machines. This multi-functional approach consolidates what would otherwise require separate systems into a single unified platform, managing complexity while ensuring supply continuity.
Solution Approach 2:
The determination unit automatically processes inventory information and identifies alternative organizations without requiring manual intervention. The system self-manages the complexity of coordinating multiple organizations by autonomously analyzing inventory data and making redirection decisions, reducing the burden on users despite the increased system complexity.
3Adaptability or versatility
If inventory information is collected from multiple organizations, then alternative supply sources are identified, but the time required for determination increases
Solution Approach 1:
Inventory information from multiple organizations is collected and prepared in advance. When a delivery suspension occurs or a machine needs consumable items, the determination unit can immediately process this pre-collected information to identify alternative organizations, significantly reducing the time required for determination compared to real-time data collection.
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AI summary
An information processing system includes: a delivery unit that delivers consumable items to plural machines; a determination unit that determines a specific organization, which is capable of offering a specific consumable item, from plural organizations in accordance with inventory information when the delivery unit is suspended, the inventory information indicating an inventory of the consumable items stored in each of the organizations having a certain scale and serving as a unit managing the plural machines; and a display control unit that makes control to display the determined specific organization as a place where the specific consumable item is stored.