Information Providing Apparatus for Cross-Hierarchical Policy Analysis

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Solution Overview

Problem

In the manufacturing industry, reflecting management policies of a person in charge of an organization across hierarchical layers is difficult due to independent data accumulation and lack of cross-hierarchical analysis, limiting the effective implementation of these policies in on-site operations.

Innovation Solution

An information providing apparatus and method that collects on-site data from multiple hierarchical layers, receives management policies from the top layer, analyzes them, and generates on-site policies for each layer, enabling cross-hierarchical notification and feedback.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If on-site data are accumulated and managed independently in units of hierarchical layers, then data management at each layer is simplified, but cross-hierarchical analysis and policy implementation become difficult

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata management at each layerVSAvoidcross-hierarchical analysis capability
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges data from multiple hierarchical layers into a unified analysis framework. The analysis unit integrates on-site data from different hierarchical layers (L1-L5) to perform cross-hierarchical analysis, enabling the generation of on-site policies that reflect both local conditions and overall management policies. This combining approach maintains the independence of each layer's data collection while enabling unified analysis across all layers.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

2Ease of manufacture

If management policies are formulated at the top layer without cross-hierarchical analysis, then policy formulation is simplified, but effective implementation at on-site layers is limited

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepolicy formulation processVSAvoidpolicy implementation effectiveness
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of manufactureVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements a feedback mechanism where the analysis unit generates on-site policies based on cross-hierarchical analysis of data from all layers, and these policies are notified to on-site people in charge. The system continuously monitors the implementation status and feeds this information back to refine future policy generation. This feedback loop ensures that top-layer policies are effectively translated into actionable on-site policies while maintaining the ability to adapt based on actual implementation results.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

3Productivity

If cross-hierarchical analysis is implemented to reflect management policies across all layers, then policy implementation effectiveness is improved, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepolicy implementation effectivenessVSAvoidanalysis system structure
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces an intermediary analysis unit that acts as a mediator between the top-layer management policy formulation and on-site data collection. This analysis unit receives data from all hierarchical layers, performs integrated analysis, and generates on-site policies that are then notified to relevant personnel. The intermediary structure simplifies the overall system architecture by centralizing the complex analysis function in a dedicated component rather than requiring direct interactions between all layers.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentEP4614411A1Information providing apparatus, information providing method, and information providing program
Publication Date: 2025.09.10 YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORP
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AI summary

A server device (10) receives a management policy indicating a course of action of overall management of an organization to be managed, from a person in charge of the organization, analyzes the management policy received and on-site data collected from each hierarchical layer of the organization to be managed, generates an on-site policy indicating a course of action of management of each hierarchical layer of the organization to be managed, and notifies each on-site person in charge in each hierarchical layer in the organization to be managed, of the on-site policy generated.