Recovery Work Prioritization Using Equipment Operating Rate Thresholds

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing work management support devices struggle to set appropriate work priorities, leading to potential inefficiencies and decreased productivity.

Innovation Solution

An information processing method and device that obtain priority data for equipment recovery work, estimate equipment operating rates, select priority data based on threshold values, and output the selected data to support improved productivity.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If work priorities are set based on simple work management support devices, then work assignments can be made to workers, but appropriate work priorities cannot be set leading to decreased productivity

Engineering Contradiction:

ImproveproductivityVSAvoidequipment operating rate information

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The system estimates equipment operating rates for workers' overseen equipment and uses this feedback information to select appropriate priority data. The estimated operating rates are compared against threshold values to determine which recovery work should be prioritized, creating a closed-loop feedback mechanism that continuously optimizes work assignments based on actual equipment performance data.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces manual or simple automated priority setting mechanisms with an intelligent system that automatically estimates equipment operating rates and selects priorities based on these estimates. This substitution of mechanical/simplified systems with intelligent estimation and automated selection processes enables appropriate priority setting that directly improves productivity.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

2Measurement precision

If equipment operating rate estimation is performed for all priority data items, then suitable priority data can be selected, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvepriority data selection accuracyVSAvoidsystem complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system changes the parameter of priority selection from static predefined priorities to dynamic priorities based on estimated equipment operating rates. By introducing the operating rate parameter and comparing it against threshold values, the system achieves precise priority data selection that adapts to current equipment conditions without requiring overly complex systems.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS20250172927A1Information processing method and information processing device

Publication Date: 2025.05.29 PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO LTD

AI summary

The information processing method includes: obtaining items of priority data each representing a priority for a combination of a unit of equipment among units of equipment and a stoppage factor, the priority being for recovery work for equipment that has stopped among the units of equipment; estimating, for each item of the priority data, an equipment operating rate of overseen equipment among the units of equipment, the overseen equipment being equipment that a worker who performs the recovery work is in charge of; selecting, from among the items of priority data, priority data for which the equipment operating rate is greater than or equal to a threshold value; and outputting the selected priority data.