Intermediary Management Device for Traceability Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing traceability systems face a significant burden when adding a monitoring result of processing data to another system, making it difficult to easily integrate a history management function.
Innovation Solution
A management device and system that extracts data identification information from instruction log data and associates it with history identification information, allowing for the storage and management of history data without modifying the existing customer system, enabling seamless integration of a history management function.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a traceability system is integrated into an existing customer system, then the system gains history management capability, but the complexity of integration increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a management device as an intermediary component that sits between the customer system and the traceability system. This management device extracts data identification information from instruction log data and associates it with history identification information, enabling history management without requiring modifications to the customer system itself. The intermediary handles the complexity of integration internally while presenting a simple interface to both systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the traceability system into distinct functional components: a management device for extracting and associating identification information, a database for storing the associated data, and separate interfaces for the customer system and traceability system. This segmentation allows each component to be developed and integrated independently, reducing overall integration complexity.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the customer system is modified to include history management, then history tracking is enabled, but the existing system structure is altered
Solution Approach 1:
The management device serves as an intermediary that enables history management functionality without requiring any modifications to the customer system's structure. It extracts necessary information from the customer system's instruction log data and handles all history management operations externally, preserving the original system composition while adding the desired functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The traceability and history management functionality is nested within a separate management device that wraps around the customer system. This nested structure allows the history management function to be contained within its own module, accessing the customer system's data through controlled interfaces without altering the customer system's internal structure.
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AI summary
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a management program that causes a processor included in a computer to execute a process, the process includes extracting data identification information that identifies monitoring target data from instruction log data, the instruction log data being recorded operation for the monitoring target data to be monitored, and storing, in a memory, the data identification information and history identification information that identifies history data in association with each other, the history data indicating a history of the operation for the monitoring target data.