JPWO2011102245A1 - Operation guidance setting support device, operation support system, and computer program - Google Patents

Abstract

A common definition term storage unit (220) that stores and associates a term for each production line and a common definition term that have the same meaning and content used for notation of guidance rules for each production line, and is set in each production line A common notation management unit (216) that creates a common notation rule based on the guidance rule that has been set, and a common notation rule storage unit (220) that stores the common notation rule. The common notation management unit (216) converts the common notation rule into terms for each production line used for the notation of the guidance rule of the setting destination production line, and provides it to the line processing unit (30) of the production line. To do.

Description

  The present invention relates to an operation guidance setting support device, an operation support system, and a computer program that support setting of guidance to be notified to an operator on a production line.

  Various operation support systems have been proposed for supporting workers in each manufacturing process of a manufacturing line to operate the manufacturing line. For example, in Patent Document 1, manufacturing know-how is accumulated to be used for guidance notified to an operator (for example, work instruction information and danger notification information), and is expressed by the guidance and application conditions. An operation support system that registers and holds the guidance rules in the database is disclosed. In such an operation support system, when the guidance rule is registered, the guidance operation is guided to the operator, so that even an operator who is not familiar with work knowledge can register the guidance rule.

Japanese Patent No. 4351725

  In a production line with similar manufacturing processes, the guidance for notifying the worker in each manufacturing line may be similar. Further, a manufacturing company having a plurality of manufacturing plants often has a similar manufacturing line in each manufacturing plant. In such a case, if guidance rules set on a certain production line can be transferred and set on other similar production lines, it will be easier to set guidance rules on each production line, and work efficiency will be improved. Can be achieved. However, even between similar production lines, the names of the setting items of the guidance rule may not be the same, and there is a problem that it is difficult to simply transfer the guidance rule.

  For example, one of the setting items related to the guidance rule application condition is “comparison target” that indicates an item that is a target for determining whether to output guidance. In the case of registering guidance for predicting manufacturing risk, the “comparison target” is the manufacturing instruction information of each manufacturing line (for example, the guidance computer and process of each manufacturing line via the communication network from the computer system for production planning) This refers to the data item (information sent in a message to a control computer, etc.). However, the names of the data items may not be the same depending on the production line, such as “material size” and “product size”, even if they indicate the same meaning. This may occur not only between production lines that are not similar to each other but also between production lines that are similar to each other. Therefore, a guidance rule for a certain production line cannot be used as it is as a guidance rule for another production line, and a guidance rule has to be set for each production line.

  Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to enable the diversion of a guidance rule from one production line to another production line. It is to support setting registration work.

  In order to solve the above problems, according to an aspect of the present invention, a guidance rule that specifies at least the content of guidance and the manufacturing conditions that require the output of the guidance is set for a production line. The operation guidance setting support device for supporting the production line is a term for each production line used for the description of the guidance rule of each production line managed by the operation guidance setting support device, and has the same meaning content. A common definition term storage unit that stores a plurality of terms for each production line and a common definition term having the meaning content in association with each other, and each production line based on the guidance rule set in each production line A common notation management unit for creating a common notation rule written in an applicable manner, and a common notation for storing the common notation rule A common storage management unit, and the common notation management unit includes the production line-specific terms indicating the guidance rules of each production line managed by the operation guidance setting support device. A guidance rule expressed by converting to the common definition terms associated with each other is created as the common notation rule, and the common notation rule stored in the common notation rule storage unit is set as a setting destination of the guidance rule. One or a plurality of diversion rule candidates, which are guidance rules that are converted to the manufacturing line terms used in the notation of the guidance rule in the manufacturing line and converted into the notation suitable for the manufacturing line, are managed for the manufacturing line. It is provided to the line management apparatus which is doing.

  The operation support apparatus of the present invention may further include a common definition term registration processing unit that manages the common definition term storage unit. The common definition term registration processing unit displays a common definition term registration screen for registering the common definition term on a display device, and the new common definition term entered by the operator on the common definition term registration screen is displayed. Based on the registered content, the common definition term is recorded in the common definition term storage unit, and a setting screen for associating the common definition term and the plurality of manufacturing line terms is displayed on a display device. Based on the registered contents of the manufacturing line terms entered by the operator in the input area of the manufacturing line terms corresponding to the common definition terms on the setting screen, the plurality of manufacturing line terms and the manufacturing terms The common definition terms having the same meaning as the line-specific terms are associated with each other and recorded in the common definition term storage unit.

  In addition, the common definition term registration processing unit displays the candidate for each production line term to be correlated with the common definition term in the input area for the term for each production line corresponding to the common definition term on the setting screen. May be.

  In addition, the common definition term registration processing unit corresponds to the common definition terms on the setting screen in order of the similarity to the common definition terms with respect to the candidates of the production line terms correlated with the common definition terms. You may display in the input area of the said term according to the said manufacturing line.

The common notation management unit may further store information on the production line that provided the guidance rule in the common notation rule storage unit.
Furthermore, the common notation rule storage unit may further store classification information for classifying the common notation rule based on the classification condition set in the common notation rule in the common notation rule storage unit.

Further, the common notation management unit may determine the display order of the plurality of diversion rule candidates based on information on a production line that provides the guidance rule or the classification information.

  Further, the common notation management unit, when the new common notation rule is recorded in the common notation rule storage unit, the line management of at least one of the production lines managed by the operation guidance setting support device. The apparatus may be notified that a new common notation rule has been registered.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, according to another aspect of the present invention, a plurality of line management devices that manage guidance to be notified to an operator in each production line, guidance contents, and output of the guidance are provided. An operation support system including an operation guidance setting support device that supports setting of a guidance rule that defines at least required manufacturing conditions for a production line, and is connected to each other via a network. Each of the plurality of line management devices includes a guidance rule storage unit that stores the guidance rule set for the production line managed by the line management device, and the guidance rule set for the production line. Based on the setting information and the guidance rule storage unit based on the setting information. A guidance management unit that records guidance rules, and the operation guidance setting support device is a term according to a production line used for notation of guidance rules of each production line managed by the operation guidance setting support device. A plurality of manufacturing line-specific terms having the same meaning content and a common definition term storage unit storing the common definition terms having the meaning content in association with each other, and the guidance set in each of the manufacturing lines. A common notation management unit that creates a common notation rule written to be applicable to each production line based on a rule; and a common notation rule storage unit that stores the common notation rule, the common notation management unit Indicates the guidance rule for each production line managed by the operation guidance setting support device The common notation rule is created as the common notation rule by converting the in-specific term into the common definition term correlated with the manufacturing line-specific term, and is stored in the common notation rule storage unit. One or a plurality of guidance rules that are converted into the manufacturing line terminology used in the notation of the guidance rule in the manufacturing line that is the setting destination of the guidance rule, and the notation is adapted to the manufacturing line. A diversion rule candidate is provided to a line management apparatus that manages the production line, and the line management apparatus that receives the diversion rule displays the diversion rule candidate and displays the displayed diversion rule candidate. The diversion rule is registered based on the operation of the operator.

  Furthermore, in order to solve the above-described problem, according to another aspect of the present invention, a guidance rule that defines at least the content of guidance and the manufacturing conditions that require output of the guidance is provided to the production line. A computer program for causing a computer to support setting using an operation guidance setting support device, and used for notation of guidance rules for each production line managed by the operation guidance setting support device Refer to a common definition term storage unit that stores a plurality of production line terms having the same meaning and a common definition term having the same meaning in association with each other. The manufacturing rule indicating the guidance rule for each manufacturing line managed by the operation guidance setting support device Creating a common rule as a guidance rule that is converted into a common definition term that is associated with each production line term and the common definition rule. The step of recording in the rule storage unit, and the common notation rule stored in the common notation rule storage unit, the term according to the manufacturing line used for the notation of the guidance rule in the manufacturing line that is the setting destination of the guidance rule A step of instructing a computer to provide one or a plurality of diversion rule candidates, which are guidance rules that are converted into a notation suitable for the production line, to a line management device that manages the production line. It is made to perform.

  According to the present invention, a plurality of production line terms having the same meaning and content in a plurality of production lines are correlated with a common definition term, and a common notation rule created using the common definition term is created. After that, the common notation rule is converted into a term for each production line in the production line that is the diversion destination, and one or a plurality of diversion rule candidates that are guidance rules that are notation suitable for the production line are provided. Therefore, it is possible to transfer the guidance rule from one production line to another, and support the guidance rule setting registration work.

FIG. 1 is a schematic explanatory diagram showing a schematic configuration of an operation support system according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the operation support system according to the embodiment. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a configuration example of the guidance rule table stored in the guidance rule storage unit. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a configuration example of the application condition table stored in the guidance rule storage unit. FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration example of the common definition term storage unit. FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a configuration example of the common notation rule table stored in the common notation rule storage unit. FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a configuration example of the application condition table stored in the common notation rule storage unit. FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a common definition term registration screen for registering common definition terms. FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a setting screen for associating a common definition term with a comparison target name in each manufacturing line. FIG. 10 is a timing chart showing the flow of processing until the common display rule is created. FIG. 11 is a timing chart showing the flow of the diversion rule creation process. FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a diversion rule creation screen for creating a diversion rule. FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an update example after creation of a diversion rule in the common notation rule table stored in the common notation rule storage unit of FIG. 6. FIG. 14 is a block diagram illustrating a hardware configuration example of the line processing unit and the common content processing unit of the operation support system according to the embodiment.

  Exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In addition, in this specification and drawing, about the component which has the substantially same function structure, duplication description is abbreviate | omitted by attaching | subjecting the same code | symbol. In this embodiment, the case where the production line is a production line for steel production will be described as an example. However, it goes without saying that the present invention can also be applied to production lines for other industries if the guidance rules and the like are changed so as to be adapted to the production lines.

<1. Schematic configuration of operation support system>
First, based on FIG. 1, the schematic structure of the operation support system 1 which concerns on embodiment of this invention is demonstrated. FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a schematic configuration of an operation support system 1 according to the present embodiment.

The operation support system 1 according to the present embodiment includes a line processing unit 30 (A line processing unit 30A and C line processing unit 30B) and a common content processing unit 20 that are connected to each other via a network 10.
The line processing unit 30 manages guidance rules for each production line, and provides guidance on operations to workers on the production line based on the guidance rules. The line processing unit 30 is an example of a line management device. The common content processing unit 20 creates and manages a common notation rule based on the guidance rule of each production line, and diverts the guidance rule in a certain production line to another production line using the common notation rule. The common content processing unit 20 is an example of an operation guidance setting support device. The diversion destination of the guidance rule may be a production line in the same factory or a production line in a different factory.

  The line processing unit 30 is an operation support device provided for each production line. For example, when there are two production lines, an A line and a B line, as shown in FIG. 1, an A line processing unit 30A that manages the A line and a B line processing unit 30B that manages the B line are provided. The line processing unit 30 operates on each of the production lines in which operations are performed based on operation information input from the line terminals 100 (100A, 100B) and the line terminal 100 that individually manage a plurality of production lines. It includes a guidance computer 110 (110A, 110B) that executes processing for giving guidance to an operator, and a guidance rule storage unit 120 (120A, 120B) that stores guidance rules for each production line. Here, the guidance rule defines guidance application conditions. Specifically, the guidance rules and at least the production conditions that require output of the guidance are defined.

  The common content processing unit 20 is an operation guidance setting support device that enables the diversion of guidance rules between a plurality of production lines and supports the setting (creation) of guidance rules in each production line. The common content processing unit 20 creates and manages a common notation rule based on the guidance rules set in each production line managed by the common content processing unit 20, and the production line used in the guidance rule of each production line Common notation rule management computer (hereinafter referred to as “management computer” if necessary) 210 for managing different terms, common definition term storage unit 220 for storing common definition terms, and common notation for storing common notation rules A rule storage unit 230 and a common notation management terminal 200 for operating the management computer 210 are included. A term by production line is a term that is handled by one or more production lines, and even if it represents the same (or similar) semantic content, it is different (or not similar) depending on the production line. May be. Each production line managed by the common content processing unit 20 refers to a production line managed by the line processing unit 30 that can communicate with the common content processing unit 20.

  Guidance rules for each production line are set by the line terminal 100 of each production line and recorded in the guidance rule storage unit 120 by the guidance computer 110. When the guidance computer 110 records a new guidance rule in the guidance rule storage unit 120 of each production line, the guidance computer 110 transmits the guidance rule to the management computer 210 via the network 10. The guidance rule setting method is described in, for example, Japanese Patent No. 4351725. The entire contents described in Japanese Patent No. 4351725 can be included in the present specification.

  On the other hand, based on the input information from the common notation management terminal 200, the management computer 210 correlates the production line terms used in the guidance rules of each production line with the common definition terms, and stores the common definition terms. Part 220 is recorded. The common definition term is a term defined for associating each production line term of each production line used in the same meaning content. Through this common definition term, it is possible to specify terms for different production lines that are used in the same meaning between different production lines. In addition, as described above, the “terms by production line used in the notation of the guidance rules for each production line” that are mutually associated with the common definition terms are not limited to those having exactly the same meaning content, Terms having similar meaning contents may be used.

  When the management computer 210 receives a newly registered guidance rule from the line processing unit 30 of each production line, the management computer 210 converts the guidance rule into a common notation rule and records it in the common notation rule storage unit 230. The common notation rule is a rule in which the term for each production line of the guidance rule registered in each production line is described in common definition terms so that it can be transferred to another production line. In this embodiment, in response to a request from the line terminal 100 of each production line, the management computer 210 changes the common definition term of the common notation rule to the production line managed by the requesting line terminal 100. The conversion rule candidate is created by converting into the combined term for each production line, and provided to the line terminal 100. The operator who registers the guidance rule for each production line creates a new guidance rule based on the diversion rule candidate. This operator may be a worker on the production line or another person. Moreover, the diversion rule candidate may be one or plural. Here, the contents of the diversion rule candidate may be changed by the operator of the line terminal 100. Therefore, even if the number of diversion rules provided to the line terminal 100 is one, the diversion rule is a diversion rule candidate.

  As described above, in the operation support system 1 according to the present embodiment, the guidance rules set in each production line are managed as common notation rules, and the diversion source guidance rules are converted to the diversion destination guidance using the common notation rules. By converting into a rule, the guidance rule in a certain manufacturing line can be diverted to the guidance rule in another manufacturing line. As a result, the guidance rules can be diverted between a plurality of production lines, particularly between a plurality of similar production lines, and the guidance rules can be easily set. Below, the structure of the operation support system 1 and an example of the operation support method by the operation support system 1 are demonstrated in detail.

<2. Functional configuration of operation support system>
First, based on FIGS. 2-7, an example of a function structure of the operation support system 1 which concerns on this embodiment is demonstrated. FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration of the operation support system 1 according to the present embodiment. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the guidance rule table stored in the guidance rule storage unit 120. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the application condition table stored in the guidance rule storage unit 120. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the common definition term storage unit 220. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the common notation rule table stored in the common notation rule storage unit 230. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the application condition table stored in the common notation rule storage unit 230.

  In FIG. 2, the operation support system 1 of the present embodiment manages the guidance rules for the two production lines (A line and C line) as described above, and operates the production line workers based on the guidance rules. The line processing unit 30 (A line processing unit 30A and the C line processing unit 30B) that performs the guidance according to each production line individually, creates and manages a common notation rule, and the common notation rule And a common content processing unit 20 for converting a guidance rule in a certain production line into a guidance rule in another production line. Since the A line processing unit 30A that manages the A line and the C line processing unit 30B that manages the C line have the same configuration, only the configuration of the A line processing unit 30A will be described in detail below. In the present embodiment, the line processing unit 30 is individually provided for each production line. Therefore, the number of the line processing units 30 is determined according to the number of production lines that support the operation by the operation support system 1 and is not limited to two. One line processing unit 30 may perform processing for a plurality of production lines.

  The A line processing unit 30A includes a line terminal 100A, a guidance computer 110A, and a guidance rule storage unit 120A. The line terminal 100A includes an input unit 102A for inputting information, a display processing unit 104A for performing display control processing for displaying information such as guidance rules on the display unit 106A, and a display unit 106A for displaying information. . For example, information input by an input device such as “a keyboard, a mouse, a touch panel provided on the display unit 106A” or the like is input to the input unit 102A. The information input to the input unit 102A includes, for example, setting information regarding guidance rule settings, operation information for operating display contents of the display unit 106A, and the like. When the guidance rule setting information is input, the input unit 102 outputs the setting information to the guidance computer 110A. When the operation information is input, the input unit 102 outputs the operation information to the display processing unit 104A.

  The display processing unit 104A receives the display information output from the guidance computer 110A, and performs display processing for converting it into information for display on the display unit 106A. Further, upon receiving the operation information from the input unit 102A, the display processing unit 104A performs a display process for changing the display content of the display unit 106A according to the operation information. Information subjected to display processing by the display processing unit 104A is output to the display unit 106A. For the display unit 106A, for example, a display device such as a liquid crystal display or an organic EL display can be used. The line terminal 100A can also include, for example, a speaker that outputs sound as an output device that outputs information.

  The guidance computer 110A is an information processing apparatus that manages guidance rules set for a production line, and is an information processing apparatus that includes, for example, an interface unit 112A and a guidance management unit 114A. The interface unit 112A transmits / receives information to / from the line terminal 100A and the management computer 210 connected to each other via the network 10. For example, the interface unit 112A transmits guidance rule setting information input from the input unit 102A to the guidance management unit 114A, or transmits the guidance rules set by the guidance management unit 114A to the management computer 210. The guidance management unit 114A creates a guidance rule based on the guidance rule setting information and records the guidance rule in the guidance rule storage unit 120A, or transmits the recorded guidance rule to the management computer 210.

  120 A of guidance rule memory | storage parts memorize | store the guidance rule set in each manufacturing line (here A line). The guidance rule storage unit 120A stores, for example, a guidance rule table 1210 as shown in FIG. 3 and an application condition table 1220 as shown in FIG.

  The guidance rule table 1210 stores guidance rules representing guidance contents and application conditions thereof. In the guidance rule table, for example, as shown in FIG. 3, the guidance ID 1211 for specifying the guidance rule, the application condition combination formula 1212 representing the manufacturing condition for outputting the guidance, the registration date 1213 of the guidance rule, and the content of the guidance A relation file 1214 indicating documents to be processed, a comment 1215 as content of guidance to be output, an output timing 1216, and the like are stored. In the example shown in FIG. 3, when the application condition combination expression “1 and 2” is satisfied, a guidance “Please execute XXX at the time of size transition” is output at the timing of “Welding completed”. Guidance rules are set.

  The application condition table 1220 stores the contents of the application conditions of the guidance rule. In the application condition table 1220, for example, as shown in FIG. 4, a guidance ID 1221 of a guidance rule that uses the application condition, an expression ID 1222 for specifying an expression that constitutes the application condition (the application condition combination expression), A determination method 1223 indicating a method for determining an application condition, a comparison target 1224 indicating an item to be determined, comparison expressions 1225 and 1227 indicating determination contents for determining the comparison target, and values 1226 and 1228 of the comparison expression are stored. Has been.

  In the example illustrated in FIG. 3, the logical product of the expression IDs “1” and “2” is set as the application condition of the guidance rule with the guidance ID “1”. From FIG. 4, in Formula ID “1”, the current size (thickness) is compared with the size (thickness) of the previous material, the current size (thickness) is “increased” over the previous material, and the size (thickness) ) Is “1.5” times “over (≧)” of the preceding material. Also, in the formula ID “2”, it is determined whether or not the current material is “same (=)” as the material “111”. That is, the guidance rule that the guidance with the guidance ID “1” is output when these expressions are satisfied is registered in the guidance rule table 1210 and the application condition table 1220. A line processing unit similar to the A line processing unit 30A having such a configuration is individually provided in each production line.

  The common content processing unit 20 includes a common notation management terminal 200, a common notation rule management computer 210, a common definition term storage unit 220, and a common notation rule storage unit 230. The common notation management terminal 200 is a terminal for operating the management computer 210 that registers common definition terms and creates common notation rules. The common notation management terminal 200 can have the same configuration as each line terminal 100, and includes, for example, an input unit 202, a display processing unit 204, and a display unit 206.

  For example, information input by an input device such as “a keyboard, a mouse, a touch panel provided on the display unit 106 </ b> A”, or the like is input to the input unit 202. As information input to the input unit 202, for example, common definition term registration information for registering common definition terms, common definition term setting information for setting a common definition term table, and display contents of the display unit 206 are operated. There is operation information. Of the information input from the input unit 202, common definition term registration information and common definition term setting information are output to the management computer 210, and operation information is output to the display processing unit 204.

  The display processing unit 204 performs display processing that receives the display information output from the management computer 210 and converts it into information to be displayed on the display unit 206. Further, when receiving the operation information from the input unit 202, the display processing unit 204 performs a display process for changing the display content of the display unit 206 according to the operation information. Information displayed by the display processing unit 204 is output to the display unit 206. As the display unit 206, for example, a display device such as a liquid crystal display or an organic EL display can be used. Similarly to the line terminal 100, the common notation management terminal 200 can also include, for example, a speaker that outputs sound as an output device that outputs information.

  The management computer 210 is an information processing device that manages common definition terms and creates and manages common notation rules, and includes an interface unit 212, a common definition term registration processing unit 214, and a common notation management unit 216. An information processing apparatus is provided. The interface unit 212 exchanges information with each of the line processing units 30A and 30B and the common notation management terminal 200 via the network 10, and the input or created information is input to the common definition term registration processing unit 214. To the common notation management unit 216.

  The common definition term registration processing unit 214 updates the common definition term table stored in the common definition term storage unit 220 based on the common definition term registration information and the common definition term setting information input from the common notation management terminal 200. To do. The configuration of the common definition term storage unit 220 will be described later.

  The common notation management unit 216 creates a common notation rule with reference to the common definition term storage unit 220 based on the guidance rules set in each line processing unit 30 and records the common notation rule in the common notation rule storage unit 230. Further, the common notation management unit 216 acquires a common notation rule from the common notation rule storage unit 230 in response to a request from each line processing unit 30. Then, the common notation management unit 216 converts the acquired common notation rule into a diversion rule candidate applicable to the requesting production line, and outputs the diversion rule candidate to the requesting line processing unit 30.

  The common definition term storage unit 220 stores terms having the same meaning and contents used in each production line and common definition terms in association with each other. For example, as shown in FIG. 5, the common definition term storage unit 220 includes a common definition term 221, a common definition term data type 222, a common definition term definition 223, and “in each production line corresponding to the common definition term”. A comparison target name 224, which is “used item name (terminology for each manufacturing line)”, is stored. In the example shown in FIG. 5, the terms by manufacturing line corresponding to the common definition term “entry side physical No.” are “operation No.” for the A line, “entry coil No.” for the B line, "Incoming coil No." By centrally managing the comparison target names by the common definition term storage unit 220, the common content processing unit 20 can recognize the relevance of the comparison target names (manufacturing line specific terms) between the respective production lines. .

  The common notation rule storage unit 230 is a storage unit that stores common notation rules, and stores, for example, a common notation rule table 2310 as shown in FIG. 6 and an application condition table 2320 as shown in FIG. .

  The common notation rule table 2310 stores common notation rules created based on the guidance rules set in each production line. For example, a guidance ID 2311 for specifying the common notation rule, an application condition combination formula 2312, registration date 2313 of the common notation rule, a relation file 2314 that indicates documents related to the content of the guidance, a comment 2315 that is the content of the guidance to be output, an output timing 2316, and a guidance rule based on the common notation rule are set. The number of registered lines 2317 indicating the number of manufacturing lines being registered, the registered line 2318 indicating the diverted manufacturing line, and the like are stored. The number of registered lines 2317 and the registered line 2318 are used as information for creating a diversion rule candidate, which will be described later, and managing the diversion status of guidance rules for each manufacturing line. If the registered line 2318 is stored, the number of registered lines 2317 can be obtained. Therefore, the number of registered lines 2317 is not necessarily stored in the common notation rule table 2310.

  The application condition table 2320 stores the contents of application conditions for common notation rules. The application condition table 2320 includes, for example, a common ID rule guidance ID 2321 that uses the application condition, an expression ID 2322 for specifying an expression that constitutes the application condition, and a determination method that indicates a method of determining the application condition. 2323, a comparison object 2324 indicating an item to be determined, comparison expressions 2325 and 2327 representing determination contents for determining the comparison object, and values 2326 and 2328 of the comparison expressions are stored. Note that common definition terms are stored in the comparison target 2324 of the application condition table 2320 of the common notation rule storage unit 230. In addition, an item in which “*” is registered has a setting value that changes for each production line, and when creating a guidance rule by diverting a common notation rule in each line processing unit 30, Value is set.

  Since the common notation rule is created based on the guidance rule set in each production line, the configuration of the common notation rule storage unit 230 is basically similar to the configuration of the guidance rule storage unit 120. Yes. However, the common notation rule storage unit 230 need only store information necessary for creating a common notation rule. For example, the common notation rule table relation file 2314, the output timing 2316, and comparison of application condition tables Expression values 2326, 2328, etc. need not be stored.

  The functional configuration of the operation support system 1 has been described above. Next, an example of a guidance rule setting method for each production line in the operation support system 1 will be described. Guidance rules in each production line can be set independently for each production line, but the operation support system 1 according to the present embodiment diverts the guidance rules set in other production lines. Guidance rules can also be set. Below, an example of the setting method of the new guidance rule by diversion of the guidance rule in the operation support system 1 which concerns on this embodiment is demonstrated.

<3. How to set a new guidance rule by diverting a guidance rule>
In order to divert the guidance rules set in the other production lines and set new guidance rules for the own line, the operation support system 1 performs three processes. First, registration processing of common definition terms is performed in order to collectively manage terms for each production line used in each production line. Then, a common notation rule creation process for creating a common notation rule from guidance rules set in each production line, and a diversion rule creation process for creating a new guidance rule for the own line using the common notation rule Done.

[Common definition term registration process]
First, a process for registering a common definition term in the common definition term storage unit 220 using the common notation management terminal 200 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a common definition term registration screen 301 for registering common definition terms. FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of a setting screen 311 for associating a common definition term with a comparison target name (a term for each production line) in each production line.

  In order to divert the guidance rules among a plurality of production lines, first, the association of the production line terms used in each production line with the common definition terms is performed in advance. As a result, the common content processing unit 20 manages terms that have different names but are used with the same semantic content.

  The common definition terms are set and registered by the operator using the common notation management terminal 200 and recorded in the common definition term storage unit 220. This operator may be an administrator of the operation support system 1 or another person. At this time, the display processing unit 204 can display a common definition term registration screen 301 as shown in FIG. 8 on the display unit 206, for example, so that the operator can easily register the common definition term. In the common definition term registration screen 301, a common definition term, a data type of the common definition term, and a definition of the common definition term can be registered. When the operator presses an add button 305 displayed on the common definition term registration screen 301, a new common definition term can be registered in the list of common definition terms.

  The operator can input arbitrary information in the common definition term, data type, and definition input areas 302, 303, and 304 on the common definition term registration screen 301. Since the data types are generally unified, the contents of the input candidates (for example, “character string”, “numeric value”, etc.) are displayed in a drop-down format in the input area 303, and the input candidates are displayed. A desired data type may be selected by the operator. When a common definition term, data type, and definition are input on the common definition term registration screen 301, the operator presses a registration button 306 displayed on the common definition term registration screen 301. As a result, the common definition term registration information including the input common definition term, data type, and definition is output to the management computer 210, and a new common definition term is registered in the common definition term storage unit 220.

  Next, the operator performs an operation for associating the common definition term registered on the common definition term registration screen 301 with the comparison target name of each production line. This operation may be performed together with the registration at the timing of registering the common definition term, or may be performed at an arbitrary timing. The association between the common definition term and the comparison target name of each production line can be performed, for example, by displaying a setting screen 311 as shown in FIG. 9 on the display unit 206. On the setting screen 311, common definition term registration information 312 of the common definition term registered on the common definition term registration screen 301 is displayed. The setting screen 311 displays a comparison target name input area 313 for inputting a comparison target name (manufacturing line specific term) of each production line corresponding to each common definition term. The comparison target name input area 313 is provided for each production line, such as areas 313A, 313B, and 313C.

  In the comparison target name input area 313, the comparison target name (term by manufacturing line) and the unit of the name to be compared (term by manufacturing line) can be input as input items. The comparison target name input area 313 may be a text input area so that an operator can arbitrarily input these input items. However, this is not always necessary. For example, candidates for comparison names (manufacturing line terms) similar to the common definition terms may be displayed as the candidate list 314. By displaying the candidate list 314, even when the number of production line terms used in the production line is large, the production line terms and the common definition terms can be easily correlated with each other, and the comparison target It is also possible to prevent input mistakes in names (terms by production line).

  The “comparison name (manufacturing line term) and its unit” displayed in the candidate list 314 is automatically notified to the management computer 210 via the network 10 by the host computer that manages the operation support system 1. The The common definition term registration processing unit 214 of the management computer 210 receives the “comparison name” acquired from the upper computer in the “comparison name input area 313” for each production line on the setting screen 311 via the interface unit 212. Instruct to display (manufacturing line specific term) and unit thereof, and output “comparison name (manufacturing line specific term) and unit thereof” to the display processing unit 204 of the common notation management terminal 200. The display processing unit 204 displays the comparison target name (manufacturing line term) and its unit in the “comparison target name input area 313” for the manufacturing line on the setting screen 311 in accordance with an instruction from the management computer 210. And display them on the display unit 206 in a list format.

  The candidate list 314 displays all or part of the names to be compared (terms by production line) used in the production line. At this time, the comparison target name (manufacturing line-specific term) from the candidate list 314 is displayed at a higher level of the comparison target name (manufacturing line-specific term) having a higher similarity to the common definition term. Can be easily selected, and it is possible to easily set a comparison target name (a term for each production line). The similarity between the common definition term and the comparison target name (manufacturing line term) is, for example, “the ratio including the characters included in the common definition term” in the comparison subject name (manufacturing line term) and the comparison subject name (manufacturing). It can be determined from the arrangement of characters (term by line), or can be determined by using an existing method. Note that the process for determining the display order of the candidate list 314 may be performed by the common definition term registration processing unit 214 or the display processing unit 204. The operator inputs a comparison target name (a term for each production line) associated with each common definition term, and then presses a registration button 315 displayed on the setting screen 311 using the input device. As a result, the association between the common definition term and the comparison target name (manufacturing line term) of each production line is registered in the common definition term storage unit 220. Note that the candidate list may also be displayed in the same way as the comparison target name (manufacturing line term) for the unit of the comparison target name (manufacturing line term).

[Common notation rule creation process]
Next, an example of common notation rule creation processing will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 10 is a timing chart illustrating an example of a processing flow until a common display rule is created. In the present embodiment, a description will be given assuming that a guidance rule is newly set and registered in the A line of the production lines.

  First, it is assumed that the guidance rule for the own line is registered in the A line processing unit 30A of the A line (step S100). The operator uses the line terminal 100A to input information such as guidance application conditions, related files, comments, and output timing from the guidance rule registration screen, for example. The guidance rule registration screen can be configured as described in Japanese Patent No. 4351725, for example. When registration of the input guidance rule is determined, guidance computer 110A records the guidance rule set by guidance management unit 114A in guidance rule storage unit 120A. At the same time, the guidance computer 110A notifies the common content processing unit 20 of the content of the registered guidance rule and the line specifying information for specifying the production line on which the guidance rule is registered (step S102).

  When the common content processing unit 20 receives a notification that a guidance rule is newly registered on the A line in the interface unit 212, the common content management unit 216 creates a common notation rule (step S104). The common notation management unit 216 refers to the common definition term storage unit 220 and creates a common notation rule in which the comparison target name (term for each production line) of the notified guidance rule is rewritten with the common definition term. For example, it is assumed that a guidance rule with guidance ID “1” shown in FIG. 3 is newly registered. At this time, the comparison target name (a term according to the production line) of the expression ID “1” (see FIG. 4) representing the application condition is “size (thickness)”. The common notation management unit 216 that has acquired the registration content of the guidance rule with the guidance ID “1” refers to the common definition term storage unit 220 and finds the common definition term corresponding to the comparison target name “size (thickness)” of the A line. It can be recognized that it is “material thickness” (see FIG. 5).

  Then, the common notation management unit 216 replaces the comparison target name “size (thickness)” of the guidance rule with the guidance ID “1” with the common definition term “material thickness” and uses the common notation rule as the common notation rule. Register in the rule storage unit 230 (step S106). Thereby, in the application condition table 2320 of the common notation rule storage unit 230, as shown in FIG. 7, the comparison target 2324 of the formula ID “1” of the guidance ID “1001” is recorded as “material thickness”. .

  As described above, when a new guidance rule is registered in each production line, the registered content is notified to the common notation management unit 216 of the common content processing unit 20 via the network 10. Then, a common notation rule is created by the common notation management unit 216 and recorded in the common notation rule storage unit 230. When a common notation rule is newly registered in the common notation rule storage unit 230, the common notation management unit 216 updates the common notation rule storage unit 230 to each of the line processing units 30A and 30B via the interface unit 212. Notify that. The line terminals 100 of the line processing units 30A and 30B that have received the notification notify the operator that the common notation rule storage unit 230 has been updated by the display unit 106 or the like. Thereby, the operator can recognize that the common notation rule is newly registered. In this case, the common notation rule storage unit 230 is notified to the line processing units 30A and 30B of all the production lines managed by the common content processing unit 20, but this is not necessarily the case. do not have to. For example, in the example illustrated in FIG. 10, only the A line processing unit 30 </ b> A may be notified that the common notation rule storage unit 230 has been updated.

[Creation rule creation process]
Next, an example of the “diversion rule creation process” for registering a production line guidance rule using a common notation rule will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 11 is a timing chart illustrating an example of the flow of a diversion rule creation process. FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of a diversion rule creation screen for creating a diversion rule. FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an update example after creation of the diversion rule in the common notation rule table 2310 stored in the common notation rule storage unit 230 of FIG. In the following description, it is assumed that a guidance rule is created using a common notation rule with the C line of the production line as a setting destination (transfer destination). In addition, the diversion rule refers to a guidance rule created using a common notation rule.

  The creation of the guidance rule using the common notation rule is started by notifying the common notation management unit 216 of the start of guidance rule registration using the common notation rule (step S200). For example, when the operator of the C-line line terminal 100C starts creating a guidance rule using a common notation rule, a notification that the work is started is sent via the interface unit 112C and the interface unit 212 of the management computer 210. Are output to the common notation management unit 216.

  The common notation management unit 216 that has received the notification to start creating the diversion rule starts creating a diversion rule candidate (step S202). The diversion rule candidate is created by rewriting the common notation rule stored in the common notation rule storage unit 230 with a description (notation) suitable for the production line (C line in this embodiment) for creating the diversion rule. . When the common notation management unit 216 acquires the common notation rule from the common notation rule storage unit 230, the common notation rule storage unit 216 refers to the common definition term storage unit 220 and refers to the comparison target name (common definition term) of the common notation rule. Get the comparison target name (term by production line). Then, the common notation management unit 216 rewrites the comparison target name of the common notation rule with the acquired comparison target name (a term for each production line) of the C line and sets it as a diversion rule candidate.

  The diversion rule candidates may be created for all common notation rules stored in the common notation rule storage unit 230, or may be created only for common notation rules applicable to the C line. The common notation rule applicable to the C line is that the comparison target name (term by manufacturing line) corresponding to the comparison target name (common definition term) of the common notation rule is registered in the common definition term storage unit 220. The guidance rule is written by rewriting the comparison target name (manufacturing line term) to the common definition term. Further, a diversion rule candidate may not be created for the common notation rule in which the C line is registered in the registration line 2318 (see FIG. 6) of the common notation rule table of the common notation rule storage unit 230. If the registration line 2318 is already registered, the common notation rule is created based on the guidance rule set in the C line, or is already diverted in the C line based on the common notation rule. This is because one of the rules has been created.

  When the diversion rule candidate is created in this way, the common notation management unit 216 transmits the diversion rule candidate to the C line processing unit 30B (step S204).

  The C line processing unit 30B that has received the diversion rule candidate from the common notation management unit 216 of the common content processing unit 20 performs display processing by the display processing unit 104C, and then displays the diversion rule candidate on the display unit 106C. The diversion rule candidate is displayed on a diversion rule candidate display screen 321 as shown in FIG. 12, for example. On the diversion rule candidate display screen 321, diversion rule candidates created by the common notation management unit 216 are displayed in the display areas 322a and 322b for each diversion rule candidate. In addition, on the diversion rule candidate display screen 321, registration buttons 323a and 323b are provided corresponding to the display areas 322a and 322b so that each diversion rule candidate can be registered as a C-line guidance rule.

  The contents of each item displayed in the display area 322a, 322b of each diversion rule candidate can be changed by the operator. Thereby, for example, the operator can change the content of the comment according to the production line, or can set an item that is not set in the common notation rule because of a setting item that changes for each production line. . The operator moves the cursor to the input area of each item displayed on the diversion rule candidate display screen 321, and corrects the displayed content or inputs information. Note that an input area for an item that does not need to be changed, such as a guidance ID, may be in an input-impossible state.

  An operator such as an operator of the C line terminal 100C searches the diversion rule candidate display screen 321 for a diversion rule candidate to be set for the C line or a diversion rule candidate having contents similar to the guidance rule to be set. If registration is possible without changing the contents of the diversion rule candidate, the operator depresses the registration button 323 on the diversion rule candidate display screen 321 corresponding to the diversion rule candidate, and the own line (this implementation) Registration is made as a guidance rule for the C line in the embodiment (step S208). In addition, if it is necessary to change the item content for the C line for the diversion rule candidate, the operator corrects the item content and creates a guidance rule for the own line (step S206). The guidance rule is registered (step S208). When the registration button 323 is pressed, the guidance rule is recorded in the guidance rule storage unit 120C by the guidance management unit 114C.

  Here, the diversion rule candidates displayed on the diversion rule candidate display screen 321 are often diverted to other production lines based on, for example, the number of registered lines in the common notation rule table 2310 of the common notation rule storage unit 230. You may display in order. This is because the more diverted to many production lines, the more versatile guidance rules are considered. By displaying the diversion rule candidates in this order, the diversion rule candidates can be displayed in the order of the high possibility of diversion to the C line, and the diversion rule candidates having high utility can be preferentially presented to the operator.

  Alternatively, an item of classification information indicating the classification of the common notation rule may be added to the common notation rule table 2310 of the common notation rule storage unit 230, and the display order of the diversion rule candidates may be determined based on the classification. . For example, “Position on the production line (work location)”, “Guidance purpose notified by common notation rules (for example, quality control, risk avoidance, etc.)”, “Importance of guidance”, “Proficiency level of work”, etc. Common notation rules can be classified based on the classification conditions. If a plurality of classification items are set, the operator can set the display order of diversion rule candidates. Thereby, the operator can easily find a diversion rule candidate to be used from among a large number of diversion rule candidates.

  On the other hand, when a guidance rule is newly registered using the diversion rule candidate, the guidance management unit 114C completes registration of the guidance rule based on the diversion rule candidate with respect to the common notation management unit 216 of the common content processing unit 20. Information to the effect is sent (step S210). The common notation management unit 216 of the common content processing unit 20 that has received the notification of the information stores the number of registered lines 2317 and the registered lines 2318 of the common notation rule in the common notation rule table 2310 of the common notation rule storage unit 230. Information is updated (step S212).

  For example, it is assumed that a new guidance rule based on the diversion rule candidate with the guidance ID “1001” is registered in the C line processing unit 30B. The guidance management unit 114 </ b> C of the C line processing unit 30 </ b> B outputs, to the common notation management unit 216, line identification information that identifies its own production line and the diverted common notation rule guidance ID. The common notation management unit 216 increments the common notation rule table 2310 of the common notation rule storage unit 230 shown in FIG. 6 by one as shown in FIG. 13 and increases the number of registered lines 2317 of the guidance ID “1001” by one. Information indicating diversion is recorded in the column of the C line 2318.

  In this way, by storing and managing the information of the diverted production line in the common notation rule storage unit 230, it is possible to prevent the diverted rule from being redisplayed when the diversion rule candidate is created. can do. Further, the display order of the diversion rule candidates can be determined from the number of registered lines.

  The guidance rule setting method in the operation support system 1 according to the present embodiment has been described above. According to the operation support system 1, the common definition terms are defined for the comparison target names (the terms for each production line) used in each production line, and the terms of the respective production lines having the same semantic content are associated with each other. When the guidance rule is registered in each production line, the common notation management unit 216 of the management computer 210 creates a common notation rule represented by a common definition term based on the guidance rule. On the other hand, when creating a guidance rule by diverting a common notation rule in each production line, a diversion rule candidate in which the common notation rule is described in accordance with each production line is created by the common notation management unit 216. Provided to the line processing unit 30 of the production line. As described above, according to the operation support system 1 according to the present embodiment, the manufacturing line terms used for the notation of the guidance rules for each manufacturing line are managed in association with the common definition terms, and the guidance for each manufacturing line is used. Manage rules with general notation. That is, the common content processing unit 20 centrally manages guidance rules set in a certain production line. By doing in this way, it is possible to easily convert the guidance rule between two or more similar production lines.

<4. Hardware configuration example>
Of the line terminal 100 of the line processing unit 30, the guidance computer 110 of the line processing unit 30, the common notation management terminal 200 of the common content processing unit 20, and the common content processing unit 20 of the operation support system 1 according to the present embodiment described above. The management computer 210 can be realized by an information processing apparatus 400 such as a computer, for example. As shown in FIG. 14, for example, the information processing apparatus 400 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 401, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 402, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 403, a bus 404, an interface 405, An input device 406, an output device 407, a storage device 408, and a communication device 409 are provided.

  The CPU 401 functions as an arithmetic processing device and a control device, and controls overall internal operations of the line terminal 100 and the like according to various programs. Further, the CPU 401 may be a microprocessor. The ROM 402 stores programs used by the CPU 401, calculation parameters, and the like. The RAM 403 temporarily stores programs used in the execution of the CPU 401, parameters that change as appropriate during the execution, and the like. These are connected to each other by a bus 404. The bus 404 is connected to an interface 405 that connects the input device 406, the output device 407, the storage device 408, and the communication device 409 to each other.

  The input device 406 includes an input unit for a user to input information such as a mouse, a keyboard, a touch panel, a button, a microphone, a switch, and a lever, and an input control circuit that generates an input signal based on an input by an operator and outputs the input signal to the CPU 401 Etc. An operator of the line terminal 100 or the like can input various data or instruct a processing operation to the line terminal 100 or the like by operating the input device 406.

  The output device 407 includes a display device such as a CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) display device, a liquid crystal display (LCD) device, an OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode) device, and a lamp. Furthermore, the output device 407 includes an audio output device such as a speaker and headphones.

  The storage device 408 is a data storage device configured as an example of a storage unit such as the line terminal 100, and includes, for example, an HDD (Hard Disk Drive). The storage device 408 drives a hard disk, for example, and stores programs executed by the CPU 401 and various data. The communication device 409 is a communication interface configured by a communication device or the like for connecting to the communication network 410, for example. As the communication device 409, for example, a wireless LAN (Local Area Network) compatible communication device, a wireless USB compatible communication device, a communication device that performs wired communication, or the like can be used.

  Note that the information processing apparatus 400 may include a storage medium reader / writer built in or external to the information processing apparatus 400, for example. The storage medium reader / writer reads information recorded on a mounted removable recording medium such as a magnetic disk, an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, or a semiconductor memory, and outputs the information to the RAM 403. The information processing apparatus 400 can also include an interface connected to an external device, and can be used as a connection port with an external device capable of transmitting data by, for example, a USB (Universal Serial Bus).

  In addition, a series of processing in the operation support system 1 according to the present embodiment described above may be executed by dedicated hardware, but may be executed by software. When a series of processing is performed by software, for example, the above-described series of processing can be realized by causing a general-purpose or dedicated computer to execute the program.

  The preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the present invention is not limited to such examples. It is obvious that a person having ordinary knowledge in the technical field to which the present invention pertains can come up with various changes or modifications within the scope of the technical idea described in the claims. Of course, it is understood that these also belong to the technical scope of the present invention.

  For example, in the above embodiment, every time a common notation rule is registered in the common notation rule storage unit 230, the line processing unit 30 of each production line is notified that the common notation rule has been registered. Is not limited to such an example. For example, you may make it notify each line process part 30 that the common description rule was registered regularly (for example, every day).

  In the above embodiment, the diversion rule candidate is transmitted to the requesting line processing unit 30 in response to a request from the line processing unit 30, but the present invention is not limited to such an example. For example, the operator of the common content processing unit 20 may designate the transmission destination of the diversion rule candidate (line processing unit 30) and transmit the diversion rule candidate to the transmission destination designated by the common content processing unit 20.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the guidance rule was diverted to the existing manufacturing line (C line), this invention is not limited to this example. That is, the guidance rule may be diverted to a newly established production line. In this case, the common content processing unit 20 adds items for the newly established production line to the common definition term storage unit 220, the common notation rule table 2310, and the like. Further, in this case, the “common notation rule creation process (see FIG. 10)” and “diversion rule creation process (see FIG. 11)” for the newly established production line are newly established. This is executed after the production line terms in the production line are associated with the common definition terms.

  The embodiment of the present invention described above can be realized by a computer executing a program. Further, a means for supplying the program to the computer, for example, a computer-readable recording medium such as a CD-ROM recording such a program, or a transmission medium for transmitting such a program may be applied as an embodiment of the present invention. it can. A program product such as a computer-readable recording medium that records the program can also be applied as an embodiment of the present invention. The programs, computer-readable recording media, transmission media, and program products are included in the scope of the present invention.

  The present invention is useful when notifying an operator on a production line of guidance.

Claims (10)

An operation guidance setting support device that supports setting a guidance rule that defines at least a guidance content and a manufacturing condition that requires the output of the guidance for a production line,
A manufacturing line-specific term used for notation of guidance rules for each manufacturing line managed by the operation guidance setting support device, and a plurality of manufacturing line-specific terms having the same meaning and the meaning A common definition term storage unit that stores the common definition terms that are associated with each other, and
Based on the guidance rules set in each of the production lines, a common notation management unit that creates a common notation rule that can be applied to each of the production lines;
A common notation rule storage unit for storing the common notation rule;
With
The common notation management unit
Guidance expressed by converting the production line terms describing the guidance rules of each production line managed by the operation guidance setting support device into the common definition terms correlated with the production line terms Create a rule as the common notation rule,
The common notation rule stored in the common notation rule storage unit is converted into the manufacturing line term used for notation of the guidance rule in the manufacturing line that is the setting destination of the guidance rule, and is adapted to the manufacturing line. An operation guidance setting support device, characterized in that one or a plurality of diversion rule candidates, which are written guidance rules, are provided to a line management device that manages the production line. A common definition term registration processing unit for managing the common definition term storage unit;
The common definition term registration processing unit
A common definition term registration screen for registering the common definition term is displayed on a display device, and the common definition term registration screen is displayed based on the registration contents of the new common definition term input by the operator on the common definition term registration screen. Record the definition terms in the common definition term storage unit,
A setting screen for associating the common definition terms and the plurality of manufacturing line terms is displayed on a display device, and the input screen of the manufacturing line terms corresponding to the common definition terms on the setting screen is displayed. The plurality of production line terms and the common definition terms having the same meaning content as the production line terms are associated with each other based on the registered contents of the production line terms entered by the operator. The operation guidance setting support device according to claim 1, wherein the operation guidance setting support device records the common definition term storage unit.   The common definition term registration processing unit displays candidates for the production line terms to be correlated with the common definition terms in the input area of the production line terms corresponding to the common definition terms on the setting screen. The operation guidance setting support device according to claim 2, characterized in that:   The common definition term registration processing unit corresponds to the common definition terms on the setting screen, in order of similarity to the common definition terms, with respect to the candidates for the production line terms correlated with the common definition terms. The operation guidance setting support device according to claim 3, wherein the operation guidance setting support device is displayed in an input area of terms for each production line.   4. The operation guidance setting support device according to claim 3, wherein the common notation management unit further stores information on a production line that provides the guidance rule in the common notation rule storage unit.   The common notation rule storage unit further stores, in the common notation rule storage unit, classification information for classifying the common notation rule based on a classification condition set in the common notation rule. The operation guidance setting support device according to claim 5.   The said common notation management part determines the display order of the candidate of these diversion rule based on the information of the manufacturing line which provided the said guidance rule, or the said classification information, It is characterized by the above-mentioned. Operation guidance setting support device.   The common notation management unit records at least one of the production lines managed by the operation guidance setting support device when the new common notation rule is recorded in the common notation rule storage unit. The operation guidance setting support device according to claim 2, wherein a new common notation rule is registered. A plurality of line management devices for managing guidance to be notified to workers in each production line;
An operation guidance setting support device that supports setting of a guidance rule that defines at least the content of the guidance and the manufacturing conditions that require the output of the guidance for the production line;
An operation support system including and connected to each other via a network,
Each of the plurality of line management devices includes:
A guidance rule storage unit for storing the guidance rules set for the production line managed by the device;
An input unit for inputting setting information of the guidance rule to be set for the production line;
A guidance management unit for recording the guidance rule in the guidance rule storage unit based on the setting information;
With
The operation guidance setting support device is
A manufacturing line-specific term used for notation of guidance rules for each manufacturing line managed by the operation guidance setting support device, and a plurality of manufacturing line-specific terms having the same meaning and the meaning A common definition term storage unit that stores the common definition terms that are associated with each other, and
Based on the guidance rules set in each of the production lines, a common notation management unit that creates a common notation rule that can be applied to each of the production lines;
A common notation rule storage unit for storing the common notation rule;
With
The common notation management unit
Guidance expressed by converting the production line terms describing the guidance rules of each production line managed by the operation guidance setting support device into the common definition terms correlated with the production line terms Create a rule as the common notation rule,
The common notation rule stored in the common notation rule storage unit is converted into the manufacturing line term used for notation of the guidance rule in the manufacturing line that is the setting destination of the guidance rule, and is adapted to the manufacturing line. Providing one or a plurality of diversion rule candidates, which are the guidance rules as the notation, to the line management device that manages the production line,
The line management device that receives the provision of the diversion rule displays the diversion rule candidate and registers the diversion rule based on an operator's operation on the displayed diversion rule candidate. Support system. Use the operation guidance setting support device to support the computer to set guidance rules that specify at least the content of the guidance and the manufacturing conditions that require the output of the guidance for the production line. A computer program for causing
A manufacturing line-specific term used for notation of guidance rules for each manufacturing line managed by the operation guidance setting support device, and a plurality of manufacturing line-specific terms having the same meaning and the meaning With reference to the common definition term storage unit that stores the common definition terms that are associated with each other, the manufacturing line terms that express the guidance rules of each production line managed by the operation guidance setting support device, Creating a guidance rule expressed as a common notation rule by converting into the common definition term correlated with the term for each production line; and
Recording the created common notation rule in a common notation rule storage unit;
The common notation rule stored in the common notation rule storage unit is converted into the manufacturing line term used for notation of the guidance rule in the manufacturing line that is the setting destination of the guidance rule, and is adapted to the manufacturing line. A step of providing an instruction to provide one or a plurality of diversion rule candidates that are guidance rules as a notation to a line management device that manages the production line;
A computer program for causing a computer to execute.

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