Centralized Worksite Management System for Resource Dispatch

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Solution Overview

Problem

When multiple types of work machines are used across multiple worksites, delays or advancements in work plans can lead to decreased overall work efficiency, as existing methods do not effectively manage and coordinate the status of work across sites.

Innovation Solution

A management method that acknowledges the work status of each worksite based on information from various work machines, compares this status to a plan, identifies delays, and requests dispatch of necessary machines and workers from advanced sites to delayed sites, optimizing resource allocation.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If work is managed independently at each worksite, then local work can be completed, but overall work efficiency decreases due to delays or advancements not being coordinated

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveoverall work efficiencyVSAvoidwork plan delay
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges multiple independent worksite management systems into a unified management system. The server apparatus aggregates work status information from multiple worksites, compares actual progress with planned schedules, and coordinates resource allocation across all worksites to optimize overall work efficiency and prevent delays.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements continuous feedback by collecting work status information from each worksite, comparing it with the work plan, and using this feedback to identify delays and trigger appropriate responses such as dispatching additional work machines or workers to affected worksites.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

2Productivity

If work machines are allocated to each worksite independently, then local work requirements are met, but resource utilization is suboptimal when some sites are ahead and others are behind schedule

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveresource utilizationVSAvoidmanagement system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The server apparatus serves multiple functions: it collects work status information from all worksites, compares actual progress with plans, identifies delays, and coordinates resource allocation. This universal management system optimizes resource utilization across all worksites while maintaining centralized control.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

3Measurement precision

If real-time monitoring of all worksites is implemented, then work status can be accurately tracked, but information processing complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvework status monitoring accuracyVSAvoidinformation processing complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system extracts only the essential work status information needed for comparison with the work plan from each worksite. By focusing on key parameters such as progress percentage and schedule adherence, the system achieves accurate monitoring without processing unnecessary data, thus reducing information processing complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Data Source

PatentUS12045748B2Management method and server apparatus
Publication Date: 2024.07.23 HONDA MOTOR CO LTD
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AI summary

The present invention provides a management method that manages a plurality of worksites, comprising: acknowledging a work status of each worksite per work type based on information obtained from a plurality of types of work machines at each worksite; comparing the work status with a plan, and managing a progress status of each worksite per work type; specifying, based on the progress status, a work type of a worksite for which the work status has been delayed relative to the plan; and making, with regard to a work machine and a worker for the work type with the delay, a request for dispatch to the worksite with the delay to another worksite.