Mobile Object Maintenance Planning for Delivery Disruption Minimization
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Solution Overview
Problem
The maintenance schedule for multiple mobile objects can significantly impact delivery, reducing user convenience due to potential delays and inefficiencies in managing maintenance.
Innovation Solution
A management apparatus and method that determine and output a maintenance plan for target mobile objects based on their operational state and delivery status, optimizing maintenance timing and resource allocation to minimize delivery disruptions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If maintenance is performed on mobile objects, then reliability is improved, but productivity deteriorates due to delivery disruptions
Solution Approach 1:
The management apparatus determines maintenance schedules in advance for mobile objects that are out for delivery, identifying target mobile objects before maintenance is performed. This allows planning maintenance activities proactively rather than reactively, reducing disruptions by preparing substitute assignments beforehand
Solution Approach 2:
The management apparatus acts as an intermediary between maintenance requirements and delivery operations. It receives maintenance information from maintenance management apparatuses and coordinates with mobile object management to create maintenance plans that minimize impact on delivery, mediating between these two conflicting demands
2Productivity
If maintenance scheduling is optimized, then productivity is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The management apparatus is divided into distinct functional modules: a determination unit that identifies target mobile objects requiring maintenance, and a plan creation unit that generates maintenance schedules. This segmentation allows each module to specialize in specific tasks, improving overall scheduling efficiency while keeping individual components manageable
Solution Approach 2:
The management apparatus performs multiple functions: it manages mobile objects, receives maintenance information from external systems, determines maintenance targets, creates maintenance plans, and outputs scheduled information. This multi-functionality consolidates what could be separate complex systems into a single coordinated apparatus, improving productivity without proportionally increasing complexity
Data Source
AI summary
A management apparatus includes a controller that manages mobile objects that deliver articles. The controller determines and outputs a plan for maintenance of at least one target mobile object, which is a mobile object that is out for delivery among the mobile objects and is in a problematic state for delivery, based on information about the target mobile object.