JP4387335B2 - Collaboration support method in the supply chain, collaboration support system, buyer terminal, intermediate supplier terminal, and supplier terminal - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a collaboration support method, a collaboration support system, a buyer terminal, an intermediate contractor terminal, and a supplier terminal in a supply chain.

A technique called EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) has been proposed in which business transactions between companies such as ordering and quotations between companies are digitized and exchanged through a network.
As a method for supporting such business transactions between companies, for example, a device that supports trade transactions between a supplier that exports products and a buyer that sells imported products to customers. Based on the sales results to customers by buyers, forecasting means for predicting future sales volume for each product by buyer, creating data to display future sales volume for each product predicted by the forecasting means First display data creating means, export planning means for determining the type and quantity of goods to be exported by the supplier to the buyer based on the future sales quantity predicted for each product predicted by the predicting means, and the export Second display data creation for creating data for displaying the type of goods to be exported and the quantity determined by the planning means Means, such as trade transaction support apparatus having a (see Patent Document 1) has been proposed.
JP 2003-76879 A

  By the way, in material procurement transactions involving intermediate contractors (trading companies, etc.), which are often used for overseas procurement by Japanese companies, there is a situation where neither the buyer nor the supplier can see the previous information from the intermediate contractor who sent the message directly. In other words, information sharing between players in the supply chain and access control for information are not possible, so it is difficult to efficiently manage inventory levels and risk management (delivery delays, etc.) throughout the entire supply chain. was there.

  Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and enables a collaboration support method, a collaboration support system, and a buyer in a supply chain that enable efficient information sharing and access control to information among players in the supply chain. The main purpose is to provide a terminal, a middleman terminal, and a supplier terminal.

A collaboration support method in the supply chain of the present invention that solves the above-mentioned problems is a buyer who purchases parts constituting various products, an intermediate agent that mediates between the buyer and the supplier of the parts, and In a supply chain with a supplier as a player, a method for supporting collaboration between the players by a computer, wherein the buyer terminal provided by the buyer transmits to the intermediate supplier terminal provided by the intermediate supplier. For at least one of the plan information, parts order information, parts arrival information from suppliers, parts acceptance information received from suppliers, and parts payable information, the buyer terminal for each part included in each information From the bill of materials database Accept supplier designation information by the input interface, the supplier and the middleman designation information transmitted in addition to at least one of the telegram, and the transmission, the telegram each added with designation information supplier and intermediaries The access authority determination table in which the access authority specifying each attribute of the buyer, the middleman, and the supplier is set is stored in a predetermined storage device, and the intermediater terminal included in the intermediater includes the production plan information of the product. Received from the buyer terminal about at least one of the parts order information, the parts arrival information from the supplier, the acceptance information of the parts arrived from the supplier, and the accounts payable information, and the specified information included in the message Based on the information on the parts included in the message, for each designated supplier or intermediate agent. Separately, generate a transfer message addressed to the designated supplier or the next intermediary, and add the message of the buyer who is the sender of the message and the message code attached to the message to the transfer message, This is transmitted to the supplier terminal provided by the supplier or the next intermediate trader terminal provided by the next intermediate trader, and the access authority specifying each attribute of the buyer, the intermediate trader, and the supplier is set for each of the transmitted transfer messages. An access authority determination table is stored in a predetermined storage device, and a supplier terminal included in the supplier receives the transfer message, and generates a part production plan based on the production plan information of the product according to the transfer message, and a part to the buyer At least one of the following processes: generating shipment information, obtaining acceptance information for incoming parts at the buyer, and obtaining accounts payable information The parts production plan information based on the production plan information of the product, generated for each transfer message received from the intermediate contractor terminal or by processing according to the transfer message, the parts shipment to the buyer The access authority judgment table that sets the access authority specifying each attribute of buyer, intermediary agent, and supplier for each of the information, the acceptance information of the parts received at the buyer, and the payables information of the parts Information search for the storage device stored in a storage device and any one of the buyer terminal, the intermediate agent terminal, and the supplier terminal using the corresponding buyer, intermediate agent, or supplier code as a search key When executing the message, the message stored in the storage device, the transfer message, and the information generated by the process according to the transfer message Chi, a corresponding information code of the search key serving himself with string, and extracts only those that match the access authority in the access authority determination table, and outputs it to the output interface, characterized in that.

The collaboration support system in the supply chain of the present invention includes a buyer who purchases parts constituting various products, an intermediary between the buyer and the supplier of the parts and mediates the transaction between the buyer and the supplier. In a supply chain as a player, the system supports collaboration between the players, and the production plan information of the product, the order information of the parts, and the parts from the supplier, which are transmitted to the middle trader terminal of the middle trader. With regard to at least one of the arrival information, the acceptance information of the parts received from the supplier, and the payables information of the parts, for each part included in each information, the specified information of the supplier and the intermediate company from the parts table database provided in the buyer terminal At the input interface Designation information supplier and intermediaries send it with at least one of the telegram, and the transmission, to the supplier and the telegram each with the intermediary of the specified information is added, the buyer, intermediaries, and suppliers attributes of The access authority determination table is stored in a predetermined storage device, the buyer terminal provided in the buyer, the production plan information of the product, the order information of the parts, the arrival information of the parts from the supplier, Received from the buyer terminal about at least one of the acceptance information of the parts received from the supplier and the payables information of the parts, and for each designated supplier or next intermediary based on the designation information included in the message, Separate the parts information included in the message and send it to the specified supplier or the next intermediary. A transfer message is generated, a buyer's code as a transmission source of the message and a message code attached to the message are added to the transfer message, and a supplier terminal provided by the supplier or a next intermediate agent provided by the next intermediate agent Transmitting the information to a terminal , and storing an access authority determination table in a predetermined storage device in which access authority specifying each attribute of a buyer, an intermediary contractor, and a supplier is set for each of the transmitted transfer messages. An intermediate agent terminal provided by a supplier and the transfer message are received, and in accordance with the transfer message, parts production plan generation based on the production plan information of the product, parts shipment information generation to the buyer, receipt information of the received parts at the buyer For each transfer message received from the intermediary terminal , execute at least one of acquisition and acquisition of parts payable information. Or parts production plan information based on the production plan information of the product, information of parts shipment to the buyer, acceptance information of parts received at the buyer, and parts payable information generated by processing according to the transfer message. at least every one of the information, provided buyer, intermediaries, and suppliers of setting the access rights identifies each attribute, and stores the access right determination table in a predetermined storage device, and a supplier terminal in which the supplier is provided When the buyer terminal, the intermediate contractor terminal, and the supplier terminal execute an information search for the storage device using the corresponding buyer, intermediate contractor, or supplier code as a search key, Among the messages, transfer messages, and information generated by processing according to the transfer messages stored in the storage device, Search key serving as its code is a relevant information is marked with string, and extracts only those that match the access authority in the access authority determination table, and outputs it to the output interface, characterized in that.

Further, the buyer terminal of the present invention is a supply in which a buyer who purchases parts constituting various products, an intermediary between the buyer and the supplier of the parts and mediates the transaction between the buyer and the supplier is a player. In a chain, a buyer terminal provided in a system that supports collaboration between the players, the production plan information of the product, the order information of the parts, and the parts from the supplier to be transmitted to the intermediate dealer terminal of the intermediate dealer With regard to at least one of the arrival information, the acceptance information of the parts received from the supplier, and the payables information of the parts, for each part included in each information, the specified information of the supplier and the intermediate company from the parts table database provided in the buyer terminal At the input interface, and the supplier and intermediate business The specification information transmitted in addition to at least one of the telegram, and the transmission, the message for each added with designation information supplier and intermediaries, buyer, access by identifying each attribute of intermediaries, and suppliers A telegram generation unit is provided that stores an access authority determination table in which authority is set in a predetermined storage device .

The intermediate trader terminal of the present invention is a buyer who purchases parts constituting various products, an intermediate trader that mediates between the buyer and the supplier of the parts, and the supplier. In a supply chain, an intermediary terminal provided in a system that supports collaboration between the players, wherein the product production plan information, part order information, part arrival information from a supplier, and inspection of a part received from a supplier Information and at least one of the accounts payable information of parts are received from the buyer terminal, and are included in the above-mentioned message for each designated supplier or next intermediary based on the specified information of the supplier or intermediary included in the message The specified supplier or the next intermediary A transfer message addressed to the message is generated, and the code of the buyer who is the transmission source of the message and the message code attached to the message are added to the transfer message. This is transmitted to an intermediary dealer terminal , and an access authority determination table in which access authority specifying each attribute of a buyer, an intermediary dealer, and a supplier is set for each of the transmitted transfer messages, and stored in a predetermined storage device . A transfer message generator is provided.

In addition, the supplier terminal of the present invention is a supplier that uses as a player a buyer who purchases parts constituting various products, an intermediary between the buyer and the supplier of the parts and mediates the transaction between the buyer and the supplier. In a chain, a supplier terminal provided in a system that supports collaboration between players, the production plan information of the product, the order information of the parts, and the arrival information of the parts from the supplier, which are generated and transmitted by the intermediate trader terminal Included in the message for each designated supplier or sub-intermediary based on the specified information of the supplier or intermediary included in at least one of the electronic receipt information of the parts received from the supplier and the accounts payable information Divide the parts information into the specified supplier or intermediate agent Receiving a transfer message generated to the destination, generating a part production plan based on the production plan information of the product, generating part shipment information to the buyer, obtaining receipt information of a received part at the buyer, and parts according to the transfer message Based on the production plan information of the product generated for each transfer message received from the intermediate contractor terminal or by processing according to the transfer message. Access authority specifying each attribute of buyer, middleman, and supplier for each of at least one of parts production plan information, parts shipment information to buyer, received parts acceptance information at buyer, and parts payable information And a corresponding processing execution unit that stores an access authority determination table in a predetermined storage device .

  In addition, the problems disclosed by the present application and the solutions thereof will be clarified by the embodiments of the present invention and the drawings.

  In the present invention, each player (buyer, supplier, intermediate trader) may be included in the same organization (company, etc.). For example, the buyer may be a parts purchasing department and the supplier may be a parts factory.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to efficiently share information and control access to information among players in a supply chain.

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Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a network configuration diagram including a collaboration support system 100 in the supply chain of this embodiment. The supply chain example assumed in the present embodiment includes a manufacturer (buyer) that manufactures a product, a trading company (intermediary company) that primarily receives an order for parts used for manufacturing the product from the manufacturer, and the above-mentioned via the trading company. Players include parts manufacturers (suppliers) who receive parts orders from buyers and deliver parts to the manufacturers. In addition, the example of the supply chain includes a situation in which intermediate dealers exist in multiple stages from the primary intermediate dealer to the n-th intermediate dealer between the buyer and the supplier.

  In such a supply chain, business transaction data such as orders and quotations with the buyer terminal 200 provided by the buyer, the intermediate supplier terminal 300 provided by the intermediate supplier, and the supplier terminal 400 provided by the supplier are EDI (Electronic Data Interchange). It is assumed that it is executed based on This EDI is also called electronic data exchange. In general, EDI uses a dedicated network such as a dedicated line or VAN (value-added communication network) as the network 140 connecting the terminals, and exchanges with a dedicated protocol for each industry. Opening can be promoted by adopting EDI (Web-electric Data Interchange). In this case, the transaction data exchanged between the terminals is processed by being transferred to the standard TCP / IP protocol of the Internet, and information corresponding to each player's key (including access authority) can be exchanged between the terminals. Allows browsing / use of information such as messages from an open environment.

  The collaboration support system 100 (hereinafter, system 100) of the present embodiment that supports collaboration between players in such a supply chain is a buyer terminal in order to realize a function of executing the collaboration support method in the supply chain of the present invention. 200, the middleman terminal 300, and the supplier terminal 400. The terminals 200, 300, 400 and the like store the programs 202, 302, 402 stored in the program databases 201, 301, 401 such as a rewritable memory and the functions shared to realize the collaboration support method of the present invention. , Read to the memories 203, 303, and 403, respectively, and executed by the CPUs 204, 304, and 404 that are arithmetic devices.

  Further, the buyer terminal 200, the middleman terminal 300, and the supplier terminal 400 that constitute the system 100 include various keyboards, buttons, and display input / output interfaces 205, 305, 405, etc. Communication means 206, 306, 407, etc. responsible for data exchange between the terminals are provided.

  The terminals 200, 300, 400, etc. are connected to each other via the network 140 such as the Internet, a LAN, or a serial interface communication line by the communication means 206, 306, 406, and execute data exchange. Between the various functional units of the terminals 200, 300, and 400 and the communication units 206, 306, and 406, the I / O units 207, 307, and 407 execute data buffering and various mediation processes. .

  Subsequently, functional units that are configured and held by each of the buyer terminal 200, the middleman terminal 300, and the supplier terminal 400 configuring the system 100 based on, for example, the programs 202, 302, and 402 will be described.

  In the supply chain in which the buyer terminal 200 is a buyer who purchases parts constituting various products, an intermediate agent that mediates between the buyer and the supplier of the parts, and the supplier, the player is a player. It is a terminal provided in a system that supports collaboration between the players. The buyer terminal 200 transmits the product production plan information 11, part order information (final order information) 12, parts arrival information 51 from the supplier, and arrival from the supplier, which is transmitted to the intermediate company terminal 300 of the intermediate company. Parts included in each piece of information about at least one of the electronic messages 12, 22, 52, 62 of the received parts inspection information 51 (same as the arrival information in FIG. Each time, specification information (corresponding information) 5 of a supplier and an intermediary is received from the parts table database 125 (described later) included in the buyer terminal 200 through an input interface, and the specification information 5 of the supplier and the intermediary is received in the message 12, A telegram generation unit 210 is added to at least one of 22, 52, and 62 for transmission.

  The production plan information 11 is generated in the buyer terminal 200 by the production plan planning process 1 based on the production database 225 and the purchase database 226 (described later). Further, the confirmed order information 21 is generated by the production input plan planning process 2 following the production plan planning process 1 at the buyer terminal 200.

  The intermediate contractor terminal 300 is a supply that uses a buyer who purchases parts constituting various products, an intermediate contractor that mediates between the buyer and the supplier of the parts, and the supplier as a player. This is a terminal provided in a system that supports collaboration among the players in a chain. The intermediate contractor terminal 300 is at least one of the product production plan information 11, the part order information 21, the parts arrival information 51 from the supplier, the parts acceptance information 51 received from the supplier, and the parts payable information 61. Of the messages 12, 22, 52, 62 from the buyer terminal 200, and based on the specified information (linking information) 5 of the supplier or the middleman included in the messages 12, 22, 52, 62, the designated supplier or For each next intermediary, the parts information included in the telegrams 12, 22, 52, 62 is further divided to generate transfer telegrams 13, 23, 53, 63 addressed to the designated supplier or the next intermediary. , The transfer message 13, 23, 53, 63 includes the code of the buyer who is the source of the message 12, 22, 52, 62 and the message 1 , 22, 52, 62 are added as the association information 6 to the supplier terminal 400 provided by the supplier or the next intermediate agent terminal provided by the next intermediate agent (the intermediate agent terminal 300 is the same in terms of convenience. A transfer message generation unit 310 that transmits the message to the “intermediary service provider terminal 300”).

  The supplier terminal 400 is a supply chain in which a buyer who purchases parts constituting various products, an intermediary between the buyer and the supplier of the parts and mediates the transaction between the buyer and the supplier. The terminal provided in the system for supporting collaboration between the players. The supplier terminal 400 receives the transfer telegrams 13, 23, 53, 63 generated and transmitted by the middleman terminal 300, and in accordance with the transfer telegrams 13, 23, 53, 63, the product production plan information 13 At least one of the parts production plan generation process 3 based on the above, generation of parts shipment information 31 and Invoice 41 to the buyer, acquisition of received parts inspection information 53 and 63, and acquisition of parts payable information 63 A response processing execution unit 410 is provided. In addition, the supplier terminal 400 executes the shipping process 4 for the buyer of the corresponding part as the part shipping information 31 and the Invoice 41 are generated. The shipping information 31 is called ASN (Advanced Shipping Notice). Before the delivery is delivered to the buyer, the information “Which items are delivered ○” is sent in advance. Sent to buyers.

  The supplier terminal 400 communicates the parts shipment information 31 and the Invoice 41, and in the same manner as the messages 11, 21, 51, 61 transmitted from the buyer terminal 200 to the intermediate contractor terminal 300, the intermediate contractor and buyer Is attached to the intermediate contractor terminal 300 with the association information 7 such as the designation information. The intermediate contractor terminal 300 receives these messages 31 and 41 and, for each designated next intermediate contractor or buyer, based on the next intermediate contractor or buyer designation information (correlation information) 7 included in the messages 31 and 41, Information on the delivered parts included in the messages 31 and 41 is further divided to generate transfer messages 32 and 42 addressed to the designated next intermediate agent or buyer. Further, the intermediary contractor terminal 300 adds the code of the supplier that is the transmission source of the messages 31 and 41 and the message code attached to the messages 31 and 41 to the transfer messages 32 and 42 as the association information 8. Transmit to terminal 200. The buyer terminal 200 receives this as shipping information 33 and Invoice 43, and executes the arrival / acceptance process 70 and the accounts payable process 71.

  The buyer terminal 200 transmits the messages 12, 22, 51, 61 to which the designation information of the supplier and the intermediate contractor transmitted to the supplier terminal 400 or the intermediary contractor terminal 300 is added, such as a hard disk drive and various nonvolatile memories. It is stored in a predetermined storage device. Further, the intermediate contractor terminal 300 stores the transfer telegrams 13, 23, 53, 63 transmitted to the supplier terminal 400 or the next intermediate contractor terminal 300 in a predetermined storage device such as a hard disk drive or various nonvolatile memories. is doing. Further, the supplier terminal 400 generates the product generated by the processing according to the transfer telegrams 13, 23, 53, 63 received from the intermediate contractor terminal 300 or the transfer telegrams 13, 23, 53, 63. At least one of the parts production plan information based on the production plan information, the parts shipment information 31 and the Invoice 41 to the buyer, the received parts acceptance information 53 at the buyer, and the parts payable information 63, a hard disk drive and various non-volatile information Stored in a predetermined storage device such as a volatile memory.

  As for the messages stored in this way, any one of the buyer terminal 200, the intermediate contractor terminal 300, and the supplier terminal 400 searches for the code (ID or the like) of the corresponding buyer, intermediate contractor, or supplier. When an information search for the storage device using a key is executed, only relevant information associated with the search key's own code is extracted and provided for output. Further, in the information search and output process, although details will be described later, whether or not the read / write process can be performed according to the access authority set in the message is executed in each storage device.

  It should be noted that the functional units 210, 310, and 410 in the buyer terminal 200, the middleman terminal 300, and the supplier terminal 400 that constitute the system 100 described so far may be realized as hardware, memory, HDD ( It may be realized as a program stored in an appropriate storage device such as Hard Disk Drive). In this case, each CPU 204, 304, 404 of the buyer terminal 200, the middleman terminal 300, and the supplier terminal 400 configuring the system 100 of the present invention stores the corresponding programs 202, 302, 402 from the storage device in accordance with the program execution from the memory 203, 303 and 403 are read and executed.

  In addition to the Internet and LAN, the network 140 includes various types such as an ATM line, a dedicated line, a WAN (Wide Area Network), a power line network, a wireless network, a public line network, a mobile phone network, and a serial interface communication line. A network can also be adopted. If a virtual private network technology such as VPN (Virtual Private Network) is used, communication with improved security is established when the Internet is adopted. The serial interface refers to an interface for connecting to an external device by serial transmission that sequentially transmits data bit by bit using a single signal line, and RS-232C, RS-422, IrDA, USB, IEEE 1394, fiber channel, etc. can be assumed.

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Next, the structure of the database used by the buyer terminal 200, the middleman terminal 300, the supplier terminal 400, and the like constituting the system 100 of this embodiment will be described. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing data structures of (a) production database 225, (b) purchase database 226, (c) transaction management database 325, and (d) sales management database 425 in the present embodiment.

  The production database 225 (parts table database) is a database that stores attribute information of parts used for product manufacture. Such a production database 225 is a collection of records in which information such as a part name (Item Name) and a unit price (price) is associated with, for example, a part number (Item Code) as a key.

  The purchase database 226 is a database that stores attribute information of an intermediate agent that mediates parts purchase and a supplier that sells parts. Such a purchase database 226 stores information such as the location, the handling part number, the handling part name, and the standard delivery date, for example, using the trader name (IPO / Supplier) as a key for each of the next intermediate traders or suppliers constituting the multistage. It is a collection of related records.

  The transaction management database 325 is a database that stores, for example, a telegram 22 of confirmed order information received from each buyer terminal 200. Such a transaction management database 325 uses, for example, a buyer name (Buyer) that has transmitted confirmed order information as a key, a supplier name (Supplier) designated by the buyer at the time of the order, and a part number (Item Code) of the ordered part. , Part name (Item Name), order quantity (Quantity), delivery date (Delivery Date), and access authority information for each message.

  In the example of FIG. 2C, the access authority information includes, for example, “B: WR” = “Buyer's buyer terminal 200 can write and read” and “T1: WR” = “primary” for the record of the corresponding message. Example of setting of access authority such that the intermediate agent terminal 300 of the intermediate agent (Tier 1) is “Writable and Readable”, “T2: R” = “the intermediate agent terminal 300 of the secondary intermediate agent (Tier2) or the supplier terminal 400 is Readable” Is shown.

  The sales management database 425 is a database for storing transfer messages 13, 23, 53, 63 and the like received by the supplier terminal 400 from the middleman terminal 300. Such a sales management database 425 uses, for example, a buyer name (Buyer) that has transmitted confirmed order information as a key, an intermediate trader name (IPO) designated by the buyer at the time of the order, and a part number (Item) of the ordered part. Code), part name (Item Name), order quantity (Quantity), delivery date (Delivery Date), and information of access authority for each message are aggregated records.

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Hereinafter, an actual procedure in the ply chain of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 3. The flow diagram in FIG. 3 includes not only the processing as the system 100 constituting the present invention but also the transportation of goods and the like in the flow so that various processing outlines implemented in the supply chain can be easily recognized. Yes.

  In this flow, each of the terminals constituting the system 100 registers the company information and identification information of each company involved in the electronic transaction in a storage device or the like (S01). Next, each terminal registers the electronic transaction information items and definitions between the companies used in the electronic transaction in the storage device or the like (S02). This can be assumed to be EDI-compliant processing. Further, the terminals register the operator information, identification information, and access authority of each company that operates electronic transactions (S03). This registration is a message stored in an appropriate storage device (for example, a storage device included in the buyer terminal 200, a transaction management database 325 of the broker terminal 300, a sales management database 425 of the supplier terminal 400, etc.), a transfer message, and the like. Set for each record.

  As the setting contents of the access authority, for example, the ID (or password may be included) and access authority information (eg, read / write, read only, inaccessible) can be assumed for each buyer, middleman, and supplier. . Such access authority can be mutually set such as an intermediate agent or supplier viewed from the buyer, a buyer or supplier viewed from the intermediate agent, or a buyer or intermediate agent viewed from the supplier.

  Next, the buyer terminal 200 collects production plan information from each manufacturing establishment of the buyer company (S04). Then, the aggregated production plan information is transmitted to the supplier terminal 400 of the designated supplier as data on the production plan schedule information 11 or disclosed on the Web via the intermediate supplier terminal 300 (S05). This information 11 can be classified into, for example, long term and weekly. For example, the distribution speed of the information 11, the plan period length, the buyer company name and code, the supplier company name and code, the part name and code, 1 week, respectively. Information such as the planned number for each divided period such as next or daily can be included.

  On the other hand, the supplier terminal 400 of the supplier company formulates a production plan for products (parts) based on the production plan schedule information 13 received from the buyer terminal 300 via the middleman terminal 300 (S06).

  On the other hand, the buyer company collects “firm order information” from each manufacturing establishment (S07). Then, pegging information corresponding to the supplier company of the order destination is added to the collected confirmed order information, and data is transmitted or disclosed to the supplier terminal 400 via the intermediary terminal 300 as “confirmed order information PO” (S08). ).

  On the other hand, the supplier company implements “shipment processing / transport procedure” for parts delivery based on the “firm order information PO” of the buyer company via the middleman terminal 300 (S09). Further, the supplier terminal 400 generates “shipment information ASN” and “Invoice” based on the result of the shipping process, and transmits the data to the buyer terminal 200 of the buyer company via the intermediary terminal 300 or discloses the web. (S10).

  On the other hand, the transport company connecting the supplier company and the buyer company transports the corresponding product (parts) to the buyer company that is a delivery place designated by the supplier company (S11).

  On the other hand, each manufacturing company of the buyer company receives and inspects the product delivered from the transportation company, adds “linkage information” to “delivery inspection result information Receive”, and passes through the intermediary terminal 300 to electronically Data transmission or Web disclosure is made to the terminal of each company involved in the transaction (S12). In addition, each company involved in such electronic transactions adds linking information to information such as “order record”, “shipment record”, “transportation record”, “acceptance record”, and sends data to each other or Web Disclosed (S13). Here, if it is not authenticated that there is no flaw between the performances of the companies, mutual verification is performed so that no flaws occur in the performance information between the companies, and adjustment (S14) is executed. On the other hand, if it can be authenticated that there is no discrepancy between the performances of the companies, based on the performance approval information between the companies, the order quantity and the transport quantity are determined and the mutual settlement process (accounting for APC) is performed (S15).

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Next, the actual procedure of the collaboration support method in the supply chain in the present embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings. Various operations corresponding to the collaboration support method in the supply chain described below are read by the buyer terminal 200, the middleman terminal 300, and the supplier terminal 400 constituting the system 100 into the memories 203, 303, and 403, respectively. This is realized by the programs 202, 302, and 402 to be executed. The programs 202, 302, and 402 are composed of codes for performing various operations described below.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an actual procedure example 2 of the collaboration support method in the supply chain of this embodiment. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of data exchange in the supply chain of this embodiment. FIG. 6 shows a specific image of the data processing according to the flow of FIG. 4 and the data transfer example of FIG. 5. This FIG. 6 shows the details of the message transfer and message processing in the supply chain of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example.

  First, the buyer terminal included in the buyer transmits the production plan information (Forecast) 11 of the product A (Product A), the confirmed order information (PO1) 12, and the arrival information of the parts from the supplier to be transmitted to the intermediate contractor terminal included in the intermediate contractor. 51, each of the messages 12, 22, 52, 62 of at least one of the acceptance information 51 of the parts received from the supplier (same sign as the arrival information in FIG. 1 together with the arrival information in FIG. 1) and the part payable information 61 For each part included in the information, a list of supplier and intermediate trader information included in the parts table database such as the production database 225 and the purchase database 226 provided in the buyer terminal 200 is presented to the buyer in charge. Intermediary designated information (linking information) 5 as input interface It accepts Te (S1000).

  Further, the buyer terminal 200 adds the specified information 5 of the supplier and the middleman to at least one of the messages 12, 22, 52, 62 and stores it in an appropriate storage device. Transmit (S1001).

  In this case, at the buyer terminal 250 of the buyer “BY0101”, for example, as shown in FIG. 6, information on at least the intermediate trader: “IPO0001” and the suppliers: “SP2101”, “SP0781” is added to the confirmed order information: “600101”. The associated pegging information 5 is added to generate a message 601. Then, this electronic message 601 is transmitted to the intermediate contractor terminal 350 of the intermediate contractor: “IPO0001” with “2004/11/12” attached, for example. Also, the buyer terminal 250 of this buyer “BY0101” adds the association information 5 to other confirmed order information: “600123” in the same manner, generates a message 602 and transmits it to the middleman terminal 350.

  In addition, the buyer terminal 251 of the buyer: “BY5147” adds the association information to the confirmed order information: “700123” in the same manner, and transmits the message 603 to the intermediate supplier terminal 350 of the intermediate supplier: “IPO0001”. Shall be sent.

  On the other hand, the middleman terminal 350 receives the telegrams 12, 22, 52, 62 from the buyer terminals 250, 251 (S1002). Then, based on the supplier or intermediate supplier designation information (correlation information) 5 included in the message 12, 22, 52, 62, the message 12, 22, 52, 62 is assigned to each designated supplier or next intermediate agent. The information of the contained parts is further divided to generate transfer messages 13, 23, 53, 63 addressed to the designated supplier or the next intermediate supplier (S1003).

  In this case, in the middle trader terminal 350 of the middle trader: “IPO0001”, for example, as shown in FIG. 6, the record of the confirmed order information included in the messages 601, 602, 603 is “Item Code”: “BaB” which is the part number. "Supplier": "SP2101", "SP0781" as the supplier (or next intermediate trader), and the supplier (or next intermediate trader). The finalized order information “93031”, “900335”, “900533”, and “90000557”, which are transfer messages addressed to (), are generated (S1003). These transfer messages include the buyer's codes “BY0101” to “BY5147” that are the senders of the messages 601 to 603, and “Customer PO No.” (message code) attached to the messages 601 to 603. Are added as the association information 6 and stored in the transaction management database 325, for example (S1004).

  In addition, the intermediate contractor terminal 350 transmits the messages 605 to 608 in which the association information 6 is added to the transfer message to the supplier terminals 450 to 451 included in the destination supplier: “SP2101” to “SP0781” ( S1005).

  On the other hand, the supplier terminal 450 of the supplier “SP2101” or the supplier terminal 451 of the supplier “SP0781” receives the messages 605 to 608 and stores them in the sales management database 425, for example (S1006). Further, according to the messages 601 to 603, for example, processing such as shipping information (ASN) of the ordered part or generation of Invoice is executed (S1007), and the processing is terminated.

  The supplier terminals 450 and 451 and the like electronically transmit the parts shipment information (ASN) and Invoice, and handle the messages transmitted from the buyer terminals 250 and 251 to the middleman terminals 350 and 351, respectively. The association information such as the designation information of the middle trader or buyer is attached and transmitted to the middle trader terminals 350 and 351. The intermediate agent terminals 350 and 351 receive these messages, and are included in the message for each specified next intermediate agent or buyer based on the designation information (linking information) of the next intermediate agent or buyer included in the message. The information of the delivered parts is further divided, and a transfer message addressed to the designated next intermediate agent or buyer is generated. Further, the intermediate trader terminals 350 and 351 add the code of the supplier that is the transmission source of the electronic message and the electronic message code attached to the electronic message to the transfer message, and transmit the same to the buyer terminals 250 and 251. . The buyer terminals 250 and 251 receive this as shipping information (ASN) and Invoice, and execute arrival / acceptance processing and accounts payable processing.

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As described above, messages stored in a storage device (such as a transaction management database or a sales management database) such as a buyer terminal, an intermediate contractor terminal, or a supplier terminal are stored in the buyer terminal, the intermediate contractor terminal, and the supplier terminal. It is the gist of the present invention that disclosure is possible in response to a browsing request from either of the above. However, when the information is disclosed, it is necessary to restrict access so as to respond only to a search request using a code (ID or the like) set in advance as a search key for each of the buyer, the middleman, and the supplier.

  Therefore, in this case, in the flow of FIG. 4, any one of the buyer terminal, the middleman terminal, and the supplier terminal transmits a search request using its own code as a key to the other person's terminal. In this case, a search process using the code as a key is performed in the storage device (transaction management database) at the other company's terminal (for example, any one of the buyer terminal, the middleman terminal, and the supplier terminal other than the terminal that issued the search request). Or the sales management database) (S1100). Here, the other company's terminal extracts a message associated with the association information 5, 6, 7, 8 including the code, that is, a message related to the terminal itself that issued the search request from the storage device (S1102). Is output to the terminal that issued the search request (S1103). That is, only relevant information associated with the code of the terminal itself as the search key is extracted from the storage device and provided for output.

  However, in the information retrieval and output process, it is preferable that the read / write process is determined according to the access authority set for each message stored in the storage device. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a processing example 1 of access authority determination in the present embodiment, and FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a processing example 1 of access authority determination in the present embodiment. As shown in these figures, for example, the access authority information for specifying the read / write authority attributes of the buyer (in the figure: Buyer), the intermediate trader (in the figure: IPO), and the supplier (in the figure: Supplier), It is assumed that it is set for each message in the storage device.

  In the example of FIG. 7, for example, with respect to “ItemA” ordered by a certain “Buyer”, the access authority for the stored data 700 including a message held by “IPO” is the intermediate trader of the intermediate trader “IPO”. It is defined as shown in an access authority determination table 710 provided in the terminal. In the example of the access authority determination table 710, “Buyer” has an access authority of “Write: ○”, “Read: ○”, that is, “Read / Write” for the stored data 700. Similarly, the intermediate trader “IPO” has an access right of “Write: ○”, “Read: ○”, that is, “Read / Write”. On the other hand, “Supplier” has an access right of “Write: ×”, “Read: ◯”, that is, “reading is only allowed”.

  Also, regarding the final order information “PO1” for the “ItemA” ordered by the “Buyer”, and the storage data 705 of “Invoice” and the like received and held by the intermediary “IPO” from the supplier “Supplier”. Is determined according to the access authority determination table 711 provided in the intermediate contractor terminal of the intermediate contractor “IPO”.

  In the example of the access authority determination table 711, “Buyer” has an access authority of “Write: ○”, “Read: ○”, that is, “Read / Write” for the stored data 705. Similarly, the intermediate trader “IPO” has an access right of “Write: ○”, “Read: ○”, that is, “Read / Write”. On the other hand, “Supplier” has “Write: ×”, “Read: ×”, that is, “Neither reading nor writing is possible” and has no access authority.

  In the example of FIG. 8, for example, for “ItemA” ordered by a certain “Buyer”, the access authority for the stored data 7800 including a message held by “Supplier” is the supplier of the supplier “Supplier”. It is determined as shown in the access authority determination table 810 provided in the terminal. In the example of the access authority determination table 810, “Buyer” has an access authority of “Write: ×”, “Read: Δ”, that is, “only a partial range of data can be read” with respect to the stored data 800. ing. Further, the intermediate trader “IPO” has an access right of “Write: ○”, “Read: ○”, that is, “Read / Write”. Similarly, “Supplier” has an access right of “Write: ○”, “Read: ○”, that is, “Read / Write”.

  In addition, the confirmed order information “PO2” for the “ItemA” ordered by the “Buyer” and acquired by the supplier terminal via the intermediate contractor terminal, or from the supplier “Supplier” via the intermediate contractor “IPO”. The access authority for the stored data 805 of “Invoice” and the like transmitted to the buyer is determined as shown in the access authority determination table 811 provided in the supplier terminal of the supplier “Supplier”.

  In the example of the access authority determination table 811, “Buyer” is “Write: ×”, “Read: ×”, that is, “Neither read / write is possible” for the stored data 805, and no access authority is possessed. Further, the intermediate trader “IPO” has an access right of “Write: ○”, “Read: ○”, that is, “Read / Write”. Similarly, “Supplier” has an access right of “Write: ○”, “Read: ○”, that is, “Read / Write”.

  Terminals that have received a browsing request for a message, etc. recognize the code as the search key, that is, from which terminal the access is based on the access authority determination tables 710, 810 and the like provided by themselves, and are set in the terminal. The access authority is specified (S1101). Then, within the range of the specified access authority, the corresponding information associated with the code is extracted from the storage device and is output to the corresponding terminal that has issued the search request. In this way, various electronic messages exchanged in the supply chain and data derived based on them can be shared or mutually used among players after appropriate access authority management.

According to the present invention, information can be shared among multi-stage players (buyers, intermediate contractors, and suppliers) that constitute a supply chain and send and receive electronic messages. Buyers and suppliers can check each other's messages in real time. Therefore, each player such as a buyer can immediately grasp the supplier-side ASN, and it is easy to reduce inventory levels and strictly adjust supply and demand at the buyer.
Therefore, according to the present invention, it is possible to efficiently share information and control access to information among players in the supply chain.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described concretely based on the embodiment, it is not limited to this and can be variously changed in the range which does not deviate from the summary.

It is a network block diagram including the collaboration assistance system in the supply chain of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows each data structure of (a) production database, (b) purchase database, (c) transaction management database, (d) sales management database in this embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the actual procedure example 1 of the collaboration assistance method in the supply chain of this embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the actual procedure example 2 of the collaboration assistance method in the supply chain of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of data transfer in the supply chain of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the specific example of message | telegram transmission / reception and message | telegram processing in the supply chain of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the process example 1 of the access authority determination in this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the process example 1 of the access authority determination in this embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

100 Collaboration support system 201, 301, 401 Program database 202, 302, 402 Program 203, 303, 403 Memory 204, 304, 404 CPU
205, 305, 405 Input / output interfaces 206, 306, 406 Communication means 207, 307, 407 I / O unit 210 Message generation unit 310 Transfer message generation unit 410 Corresponding process execution unit 225 Production database (parts table database)
226 Purchasing database 325 Transaction management database 425 Sales management database 140 Network 200 Bayer terminal 300 Intermediate contractor terminal (next intermediate contractor terminal)
400 Supplier terminal

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Collaboration among the players in a supply chain in which a buyer who purchases parts constituting various products, an intermediary between the buyer and the supplier of the parts and mediates the transaction between the buyers, and the supplier. Is a method of supporting by computer,
A buyer terminal included in the buyer is
At least one of the production plan information of the product, the order information of the parts, the arrival information of the parts received from the supplier, the acceptance information of the parts received from the supplier, and the payable information of the parts to be transmitted to the intermediate trader terminal of the intermediate trader For each part included in the information, for each part included in the information, the designation information of the supplier and the intermediary is received from the parts table database provided in the buyer terminal through the input interface, and the designation information of the supplier and the intermediary is received at least any of the above telegrams. Send it with
An access authority determination table in which an access authority specifying each attribute of the buyer, the middleman, and the supplier is set in a predetermined storage device for each of the transmitted messages to which the designation information of the supplier and the middleman is added. ,
The intermediate agent terminal provided in the intermediate agent is
Receive from the buyer terminal at least one of the production plan information of the product, the order information of the parts, the arrival information of the parts from the supplier, the acceptance information of the parts received from the supplier, and the accounts payable information from the buyer terminal. Based on the specified information included, for each specified supplier or next intermediate contractor, the information of the parts included in the message is further divided to generate a transfer message addressed to the specified supplier or next intermediate contractor, The buyer's code that is the sender of the message and the message code attached to the message are added to the transfer message, and the message is sent to the supplier terminal provided by the supplier or the next intermediate agent terminal provided by the next intermediate agent. ,
For each of the transmitted telegrams transmitted, an access authority determination table in which access authority specifying each attribute of a buyer, an intermediary, and a supplier is set is stored in a predetermined storage device,
The supplier terminal provided in the supplier is
The transfer message is received, and according to the transfer message, parts production plan generation based on the production plan information of the product, parts shipment information generation to the buyer, acquisition information of the received parts at the buyer, and parts payable information Execute at least one of the acquisition processes,
Parts production plan information based on the production plan information of the product, information on parts shipment to the buyer, information generated by the buyer for each transfer message received from the intermediate supplier terminal or by processing according to the transfer message. An access authority judgment table in which access authority specifying each attribute of buyer, middleman, and supplier is set in a predetermined storage device for at least one of acceptance part inspection information and part payable information And
When any one of the buyer terminal, the intermediate agent terminal, and the supplier terminal performs an information search for the storage device using the corresponding buyer, intermediate agent, or supplier code as a search key, Among the information generated by the processing in accordance with the message, the transfer message, and the transfer message stored in the storage device, the corresponding information associated with the code as the search key, and the access authority in the access authority determination table Extract only matching items and output them to the output interface.
A collaboration support method in the supply chain. Collaboration among the players in a supply chain in which a buyer who purchases parts constituting various products, an intermediary between the buyer and the supplier of the parts and mediates the transaction between the buyers, and the supplier. Is a system that supports
At least one of the production plan information of the product, the order information of the parts, the arrival information of the parts received from the supplier, the acceptance information of the parts received from the supplier, and the payable information of the parts to be transmitted to the intermediate trader terminal of the intermediate trader For each part included in the information, for each part included in the information, the designation information of the supplier and the intermediary is received from the parts table database provided in the buyer terminal through the input interface, and the designation information of the supplier and the intermediary is received at least any of the above telegrams. An access authority determination table in which access authority specifying each attribute of a buyer, an intermediary company, and a supplier is set for each of the transmitted messages to which the designation information of the supplier and the intermediary company is added. A buyer terminal provided in the buyer,
Receive from the buyer terminal at least one of the production plan information of the product, the order information of the parts, the arrival information of the parts from the supplier, the acceptance information of the parts received from the supplier, and the accounts payable information from the buyer terminal. Based on the specified information included, for each specified supplier or next intermediate contractor, the information of the parts included in the message is further divided to generate a transfer message addressed to the specified supplier or next intermediate contractor, The buyer's code that is the sender of the message and the message code attached to the message are added to the transfer message, and the message is sent to the supplier terminal provided by the supplier or the next intermediate agent terminal provided by the next intermediate agent. , the transmitted the transfer message each, set buyer, intermediaries, and the access rights identifies each attribute supplier , Stores the access right determination table in a predetermined storage device, and the intermediary terminal, wherein the intermediary is provided,
The transfer message is received, and according to the transfer message, parts production plan generation based on the production plan information of the product, parts shipment information generation to the buyer, acquisition information of the received parts at the buyer, and parts payable information Parts production plan information based on the production plan information of the product, which is generated for each transfer message received from the intermediate contractor terminal or by processing according to the transfer message, which executes at least one of the acquisition processes , The access authority specifying each attribute of the buyer, the middleman, and the supplier is set for each of at least one of the information of the parts shipment to the buyer, the inspection information of the received parts at the buyer, and the payables information of the parts. The access authority determination table is stored in a predetermined storage device, and the supplier terminal included in the supplier includes :
When any one of the buyer terminal, the intermediate agent terminal, and the supplier terminal performs an information search for the storage device using the corresponding buyer, intermediate agent, or supplier code as a search key, Among the information generated by the processing in accordance with the message, the transfer message, and the transfer message stored in the storage device, the corresponding information associated with the code as the search key, and the access authority in the access authority determination table Extract only matching items and output them to the output interface.
This is a collaboration support system in the supply chain. Collaboration among the players in a supply chain in which a buyer who purchases parts constituting various products, an intermediary between the buyer and the supplier of the parts and mediates the transaction between the buyers, and the supplier. A buyer terminal provided in a system for supporting
At least one of the production plan information of the product, the order information of the parts, the arrival information of the parts received from the supplier, the acceptance information of the parts received from the supplier, and the payable information of the parts to be transmitted to the intermediate trader terminal of the intermediate trader For each part included in the information, for each part included in the information, the designation information of the supplier and the intermediary is received from the parts table database provided in the buyer terminal through the input interface, and the designation information of the supplier and the intermediary is received at least any of the above telegrams. An access authority determination table in which access authority specifying each attribute of a buyer, an intermediary company, and a supplier is set for each of the transmitted messages to which the designation information of the supplier and the intermediary company is added. A buyer terminal comprising a message generation unit for storing the message in a predetermined storage device . Collaboration among the players in a supply chain in which a buyer who purchases parts constituting various products, an intermediary between the buyer and the supplier of the parts and mediates the transaction between the buyers, and the supplier. An intermediary service terminal provided in a system for supporting
Receive from the buyer terminal at least one of the production plan information of the product, the order information of the parts, the arrival information of the parts from the supplier, the acceptance information of the parts received from the supplier, and the accounts payable information from the buyer terminal. Based on the designation information of the included supplier or intermediary, the information of the parts contained in the telegram is divided for each designated supplier or intermediary, and the forwarded message addressed to the designated supplier or intermediary Is added to the forwarded message and the message code attached to the message, to the supplier terminal provided by the supplier or the next intermediate agent terminal provided by the next intermediate agent. This was sent to the transmitted the transfer message for each, identifies the buyer, intermediaries, and each attribute supplier It was set access permissions, and stores the access right determination table in a predetermined storage device, and a transfer message generation unit, intermediary terminal. Collaboration among the players in a supply chain in which a buyer who purchases parts constituting various products, an intermediary between the buyer and the supplier of the parts and mediates the transaction between the buyers, and the supplier. A supplier terminal provided in a system for supporting
At least one of the above-mentioned product production plan information, parts order information, parts arrival information from the supplier, parts acceptance information received from the supplier, and parts payable information generated and transmitted by the intermediate supplier terminal Based on the specified supplier or intermediary information included in, the parts information included in the message is divided for each specified supplier or intermediary, and generated for the specified supplier or intermediary The received transfer message is received, and in accordance with the transfer message, parts production plan generation based on the production plan information of the product, generation of parts shipment information to the buyer, acquisition of received part inspection information, and parts payable information of performing at least one of the processing of acquiring, wherein in each transfer message received from intermediaries terminal, or the rolling Information of at least one of parts production plan information based on the production plan information of the product, information of parts shipment to the buyer, acceptance information of the received parts at the buyer, and parts payable information generated by processing according to the message A supplier terminal provided with a corresponding process execution unit that stores an access authority determination table in which predetermined access authority is set for each attribute of a buyer, an intermediary, and a supplier .

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