Data processing: financial – business practice – management – or co – Automated electrical financial or business practice or... – Operations research or analysis
Reexamination Certificate
1998-02-10
2001-11-20
Poinvil, Frantzy (Department: 2164)
Data processing: financial, business practice, management, or co
Automated electrical financial or business practice or...
Operations research or analysis
Reexamination Certificate
active
06321204
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a business operation management system for smoothly promoting various business projects including business plans, new product development plans, and so on.
2. Description of the Prior Art
One known process of managing business operations in a project such as a new product development plan includes the step of managing the project, the step of managing business operations in the project, the step of managing changes in the project, the step of managing problems in the project, and the step of managing technical reports, and the step of managing know-hows to be referred to in promoting business activities in each of the previous steps.
In the step of managing the project, a schedule for developing the new product, parts orders, and test dates are planned. In the step of managing business operations in the project, operations including designing of the new product, production of prototypes, and experiments are planned on a daily basis. In the step of managing changes in the project, design changes are made on the basis of the prototypes and experimental results. In the step of managing problems in the project, defects caused in the development of the new product are recorded. In the step of managing technical reports, test results produced in the development of the new product are recorded as technical reports.
In each of the steps of the conventional process of managing business operations, however, rules about how to proceed with work, such as latest business operation management manuals, may not be referred to, and persons in charge must perform business operations based on memorized old rules about how to proceed with work. As a result, the project may not smoothly be carried on.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a business operation management system which is capable of flexibly handling changes in plans and averaging the burdens on persons in charge of a project.
According to the present invention, there is provided a business operation management system having a data bank comprising a rule database for registering data relative to rules of how to proceed with work, including data relative to business operation management manuals prescribed with respect to respective themes including business plans and new product development plans, a project management database for registering management data relative to details of each of the themes, a change management database for registering contents of changes in the management data, a problem management database for registering data indicative of rejected confirmed results, a technical report management database for registering solutions to problems and data indicative of accepted confirmed results, a reference classification management database for registering instruction contents, and a know-how management database for registering know-hows extracted from problems and confirmed results.
The rule database is referred to when data are registered in the project management database, the change management database, the problem management database, the technical report management database, the reference classification management database, and the know-how management database, and when business operations are carried out.
When themes including business plans and new product development plans are inputted, the rules of how to proceed with work with respect to the themes, which are registered in the rule database, are referred to, and the themes are carried out on the basis of the rules.
For carrying out the themes, the rule database is referred to, and the change management database and the know-how management database are referred to for selecting required business operations from the project management database.
When data relative to changes in work are inputted, the rules corresponding to the data relative to changes, which are registered in the rule database, are referred to, and required business operations required with respect to the data relative to changes are selected on the basis of the rules.
The above and further objects, details and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the following detailed description of a preferred embodiment thereof, when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
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Kazami Ichiro
Serikawa Satoaki
Shimomura Yoshiki
Soida Fumihiro
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
Poinvil Frantzy
Schwegman Lundberg Woessner & Kluth P.A.
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