Plan Coordination via Supplier Reliability Recalculation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing plan coordination systems are inefficient in handling alterations to production plans across multiple business operators, as they do not effectively assess the reliability of suppliers and fail to identify alternative suppliers, leading to delays in delivering products when real-time data quality and acquisition frequency are not met, and lack solutions for events that prevent coordination.
Innovation Solution
A plan coordination apparatus that utilizes databases to manage business operators as nodes with reliability indices for order placement/receipt relations, recalculating reliability based on new track records and identifying alternative suppliers by assessing product order placement/receipt relations across the value chain, allowing for swift plan adjustments and notifications.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If existing plan coordination systems are used to handle alterations to production plans, then plan coordination can be performed, but the process is inefficient and delays occur when real-time data quality and acquisition frequency are not met
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-calculates and stores reliability indices for multiple alternative suppliers before plan alterations are needed. When a plan alteration request occurs, the system can immediately query pre-computed reliability data rather than performing time-consuming real-time assessments, enabling swift identification of alternative suppliers and reducing plan coordination time.
2Reliability
If existing plan coordination systems are used, then coordination between business operators can be achieved, but the systems fail to effectively assess supplier reliability and identify alternative suppliers
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary assessments of supplier reliability by calculating reliability indices based on historical order placement and receipt track records before actual plan alterations are needed. This pre-computation enables the system to quickly identify alternative suppliers with high reliability indices when original suppliers cannot fulfill plans, improving both reliability assessment effectiveness and alternative supplier identification capability.
3Productivity
If plan alterations are made without reliable alternative supplier identification, then plan changes can be implemented, but product delivery delays occur when original suppliers cannot fulfill plans
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-identifies and ranks alternative suppliers based on their reliability indices calculated from historical track records before plan alterations are needed. When original suppliers cannot fulfill plans, the system can immediately select from pre-qualified alternative suppliers, ensuring both swift plan alterations and reliable product delivery without compromising either speed or delivery timeliness.
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AI summary
Provided is a plan coordination apparatus that swiftly coordinates plans between business operators regardless of presence or absence of product order placement/receipt-relation. The plan coordination apparatus includes a value chain management unit and a scheduling unit. The value chain management unit prepares value chain data, recalculates reliability of order placement/receipt-relation between the business operators each time a new track record of product order placement/receipt-relation is collected, updates the reliability, and assigns the reliability to the edge. The scheduling unit accepts a plan alteration request from one of the business operators to be managed, refers to automatically adjustable volumes of the product data, the value chain data, and the plan data, judges whether a related business operator can alter the plan, identifies an alternative business operator, gives a notification of the alteration of the plan to the business operator, and alters the plan data.