Patent ID: 7039480
Filing Date: 2006-05-02
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A planning operation management support system which manages multilayer process flows in a planning operation, comprising: a template information storage storing setting information of a planning operation performed in past times, a name of process flows of the respective layers, a lead time required for the respective process flows, and a dependency relation between the process flows, as a template by the respective planning operations; a trading result information storage storing trading result information with a customer in past times by the respective planning operations; a calendar storage storing calendar information in which actual working day when a worker in charge of the respective process flows carries on a work and holiday are set by the respective planning operations; an input unit accepting an input of a name of the customer, a name of the planning operation, and a delivery date to the customer, as a condition to make a process planning of a new planning operation; a template calling unit calling the template of the planning operation stored in said template information storage with reference to the trading result information stored in said trading result information storage, when the name of the customer, the name of the planning operation, and the delivery date are accepted by said input unit; a setting unit setting the name of the planning operation and the delivery date to the template called by said template calling unit to generate the new planning operation; a completion date calculating unit calculating a completion date of each process flow of the new planning operation based on the delivery date set in the template, the setting information showing a number of days from a completion of the process planning to the delivery date set in the template in advance, and the calendar information of said calendar storage; a planning operation information creation unit creating information of the new planning operation by allocating the respective process flows to the new planning operation based on the completion date, the lead time of the respective process flows set in the template in advance and the calendar information, and by calculating back a start date of the new planning operation; and a Gantt chart display unit displaying a Gantt chart on a screen based on the information of the new planning operation created by said planning operation information creation unit.