Print Job Progress Display for Fast Work Plan Changes
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing print job management systems fail to provide quick and efficient methods for modifying work plans when delays occur, leading to determination errors and decreased productivity due to the time-consuming process of collecting information on job volumes and statuses.
Innovation Solution
A system that displays progress statuses and volumes of print jobs on a single screen process step by process step, allowing administrators to easily identify and modify work plans for delayed jobs by reallocating resources.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If progress statuses of print jobs are displayed separately from job volumes and work plans, then information completeness is improved, but operation complexity and time to modify work plans worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple previously separate displays (progress status, job volume, work plan) into a single integrated display screen. This allows all necessary information to be viewed simultaneously without requiring separate screens or data collection steps, thereby maintaining information completeness while significantly improving ease of operation for work plan modification.
2Measurement precision
If detailed information on each print job is collected separately, then measurement precision is improved, but time consumption and productivity worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by automatically collecting and organizing all job information (progress status, volume, work plan) in advance and presenting it in a ready-to-use integrated display. This eliminates the need for workers to manually collect information at the moment of work plan modification, thereby maintaining measurement precision while significantly improving productivity.
3Loss of information
If multiple screens are used to display different job information, then information organization is improved, but determination time and error rate worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple information displays into a single integrated screen that shows progress status, job volume, and work plan together. This maintains excellent information organization through structured layout while eliminating the need to switch between screens, thereby reducing determination time and minimizing determination errors.
Data Source
AI summary
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium stores a program causing a computer to cause a display to display progress statuses of print jobs related to ordered printed materials with respect to work plans and volumes of the print jobs on a same screen process step by process step in which the print jobs are located.