Patent ID: 7272465
Filing Date: 2007-09-18
Classification: G05B,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A chemical substance total management system for managing chemical substances contained in materials handled by a business entity, the system including: input means for receiving input records, each of which identifies a material to be handled by the business entity and provides information relating to the purchase of the material, including the mass of material purchased; a set of databases storing information about the materials to be handled by the business entity, including: a handling processing portion arranged to generate one or more handling records from an input record or records on the basis of information contained in the set of databases, wherein the handling records each identify: an evaluation tabulation processing portion arranged to generate one or more process release/transfer records from the handling records on the basis of information contained in the set of databases, each process release/transfer record being based on information contained in a set of respective handling records, each of which identify the same process and chemical substance to be managed, each process release/transfer record respectively identifying the process and chemical substance to be managed identified in the respective handling records and a process release/transfer amount of that chemical substance for each release/transfer destination, and including evaluation link information which correlates the process release/transfer record with its respective handling records; a total tabulation processing portion arranged to generate one or more total release/transfer records from the process release/transfer records, each total release/transfer record being based on information contained in a set of respective process release/transfer records, each of which identify the same chemical substance to be managed, each total release/transfer record respectively identifying the chemical substance to be managed identified in the respective process release/transfer record(s) and a total release/transfer amount of that chemical substance for each release/transfer destination, and including total link information which correlates the total release/transfer record with its respective process release/transfer records; a result database for storing the input records, the handling records, the process release/transfer records and the total release/transfer records; a retrieval processing portion arranged to retrieve process release/transfer records, handling records, or input records from the result database on the basis of the total link information, evaluation link information or handling link information respectively; and a display portion arranged to display records stored in the result database