1. A device for supporting goods delivery schedule coordination supporting coordination of a delivery schedule about delivery of goods from a supplier to a delivery destination, the device comprising:
a storage unit retaining
information of the delivery schedule about when and how many of the goods are planned to be delivered to the delivery destination by the supplier, and
information of transportation lead time defining, with respect to each of transportation means, a lead time taken upon transportation of the goods from the supplier to the delivery destination;
a computation unit having a transportation lead-time converting unit
calculating a shipment date by counting backward from a date of arrival at the delivery destination in the delivery schedule by a number of days of the corresponding transportation lead time based on the information of the delivery schedule and the information of the transportation lead time, and
adding the information of the calculated shipment date to the delivery schedule and storing the information into the storage unit as an updated delivery schedule; and
a control unit having
an output unit outputting by a screen the information of the updated delivery schedule based on two types of timing of arrival-date basis regarding when the goods arrive at the delivery destination and shipment-date basis regarding when the goods are shipped from the supplier, and
a schedule-coordination-information receiving unit receiving from a user the information of the delivery schedule for which coordination is requested via the screen and storing the information of the delivery schedule into the storage unit as a coordination requested schedule,
the computation unit further having a schedule-coordinatable-period calculating unit
calculating a period coordinatable with respect to the delivery schedule for which coordination is requested by the user based on the information of the updated delivery schedule, the information of the coordination requested schedule, and the information of the transportation lead time,
extracting the delivery schedule included in the period, and
storing the extracted schedule into the storage unit as a coordinatable period; and
the output unit of the control unit displaying a range about the coordinatable period distinguishably on the screen.
2. The device for supporting goods delivery schedule coordination according to claim 1, wherein
the storage unit further retains
information of delivery destination stock forecast that is a forecast about when and how many of the goods are to be owned as a stock in the delivery destination, and
information of procurement lead time defining a lead time taken from when the supplier receives an order until the goods are shipped;
the computation unit further has
an available-stock calculating unit calculating when and how many of the stock of the goods in the delivery destination is available based on the information of the delivery-destination stock forecast, the information of the transportation lead time, and the information of the procurement lead time and storing that into the storage unit as a available stock, and
a coordinatable-schedule calculating unit storing information obtained by calculating and adding a coordinatable number about the delivery schedule in the coordinatable period based on the information of the coordinatable period and the information of the available stock into the storage unit as a coordinatable schedule; and
the output unit of the control unit outputs, by the screen, the information of the coordinatable schedule so as to correspond to the information of the updated delivery schedule based on the two types of timing of the arrival-date basis and the shipment-date basis.
3. The device for supporting goods delivery schedule coordination according to claim 1, wherein
the storage unit further retains information of a supplier stock schedule about when and how many of the goods are planned to be owned as a stock by the supplier; and
the output unit of the control unit outputs, by the screen, the information of the supplier stock schedule so as to correspond to the information of the updated delivery schedule based on the two types of timing of the arrival-date basis and the shipment-date basis.
4. The device for supporting goods delivery schedule coordination according to claim 1, wherein
the control unit further has a schedule-change-information receiving unit receiving, from the user, information of a changed content of the delivery schedule for which coordination is requested via the screen;
the computation unit further has
a schedule-change reflecting unit reflecting the information of the changed content to the delivery schedule and storing the delivery schedule into the storage unit as a changed schedule, and
a KPI calculating unit of calculating an index quantitatively evaluating influence of the change in the delivery schedule based on the information including the updated delivery schedule and the changed schedule; and
the output unit of the control unit outputs, by the screen, the information of the changed schedule based on the two types of timing of the arrival-date basis and the shipment-date basis and further outputs, by the screen, the index calculated by the KPI calculating unit.
5. The device for supporting goods delivery schedule coordination according to claim 1, wherein
both a person in charge of supervising management of the delivery schedule and a person in charge in the supplier can carry out a process of checking and coordinating the delivery schedule.
6. The device for supporting goods delivery schedule coordination according to claim 2, wherein
the schedule-coordination-information receiving unit receives, from the user, the information of the delivery-destination stock forecast requested to be changed;
the schedule-coordinatable-period calculating unit of the computation unit calculates a period affecting the delivery schedule with respect to the delivery-destination stock forecast requested to be changed by the user based on the information of the updated delivery schedule, the information of the delivery-destination stock forecast requested to be changed, and the information of the transportation lead time; and
the output unit of the control unit outputs, by the screen, the information of the period affecting the delivery schedule so as to correspond to the information of the updated delivery schedule based on the two types of timing of the arrival-date basis and the shipment-date basis.
7. The device for supporting goods delivery schedule coordination according to claim 3, wherein
the schedule-coordination-information receiving unit receives, from the user, the information of the supplier stock schedule requested to be changed;
the schedule-coordinatable-period calculating unit of the computation unit calculates a period affecting the delivery schedule with respect to the supplier stock schedule requested to be changed by the user based on the information of the updated delivery schedule, the information of the supplier stock schedule requested to be changed, and the information of the transportation lead time; and
the output unit of the control unit outputs, by the screen, information of a period affecting the delivery schedule so as to correspond to the information of the updated delivery schedule based on the two types of timing of the arrival-date basis and the shipment-date basis.
8. A method of supporting goods delivery schedule coordination using a device for supporting goods delivery schedule coordination, the device supporting coordination of a delivery schedule about delivery of goods from a supplier to a delivery destination, the method executing:
based on information of the delivery schedule about when and how many of the goods are planned to be delivered to the delivery destination by the supplier and information of a transportation lead time defining, with respect to each of transportation means, a lead time taken upon transportation of the goods from the supplier to the delivery destination, a transportation lead time converting step of
calculating a shipment date by counting backward from a date of arrival at the delivery destination in the delivery schedule by a number of days of the corresponding transportation lead time, and
adding the information of the calculated shipment date to the delivery schedule and storing the information as an updated delivery schedule;
a schedule-coordination-information receiving step of
outputting, by a screen, the information of the updated delivery schedule based on two types of timing of arrival-date basis regarding when the goods arrive at the delivery destination and shipment-date basis regarding when the goods are shipped from the supplier,
receiving, from a user, the information of the delivery schedule for which coordination is requested via the screen, and
storing the information of the delivery schedule as a coordination requested schedule;
a schedule-coordinatable-period calculating step of
calculating a period coordinatable with respect to the delivery schedule for which coordination is requested by the user based on the information of the updated delivery schedule, the information of the coordination requested schedule, and the information of the transportation lead time,
extracting the delivery schedule included in the period, and
storing the extracted schedule as a coordinatable period,
the method displaying a range about the coordinatable period distinguishably in the screen.
9. The method of supporting goods delivery schedule coordination according to claim 8, the method further executing:
based on information of delivery destination stock forecast that is a forecast about when and how many of the goods are to be owned as a stock in the delivery destination, information of a procurement lead time defining a lead time taken from when the supplier receives an order until the goods are shipped, and the information of the procurement lead time,
an available-stock calculating step of calculating when and how many of the stock of the goods in the delivery destination is available and storing the same as a available stock; and
a coordinatable-schedule calculating step of storing information obtained by calculating and adding a coordinatable number about the delivery schedule in the coordinatable period based on the information of the coordinatable period and the information of the available stock as a coordinatable schedule,
the method outputting the information of the coordinatable schedule by the screen so as to correspond to the information of the updated delivery schedule based on the two types of timing of the arrival-date basis and the shipment-date basis.
10. The method of supporting goods delivery schedule coordination according to claim 8, wherein
information of a supplier stock schedule about when and how many of the goods are planned to be owned as a stock by the supplier is output by the screen so as to correspond to the information of the updated delivery schedule based on the two types of timing of the arrival-date basis and the shipment-date basis.
11. The method of supporting goods delivery schedule coordination according to claim 8, further executing
a schedule-change-information receiving step of receiving, from the user, information of a changed content of the delivery schedule for which coordination is requested via the screen;
a schedule-change reflecting step of reflecting the information of the changed content to the delivery schedule and storing the delivery schedule as a changed schedule; and
a KPI calculating step of calculating an index quantitatively evaluating influence of the change in the delivery schedule based on the information including the updated delivery schedule and the changed schedule,
the method outputting the information of the changed schedule by the screen based on the two types of timing of the arrival-date basis and the shipment-date basis and further outputs, by the screen, the index calculated in the KPI calculating step.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A detection system for detecting a status of a door, comprising:
at least one support column to maintain a flexible door in place; and
a detection mechanism configured along the at least one support column to detect the presence or absence of the flexible door in relation to the at least one support column.
2. The detection system of claim 1, wherein the detection mechanism comprises a plurality of switches that detects the presence of the flexible door.
3. The detection system of claim 2, wherein the detection mechanism further comprises a magnetic source that influences the state of the plurality of switches.
4. The detection system of claim 3, wherein the plurality of switches are activatable to conduct an electric flow in the presence of the magnetic source indicating that the flexible door is coupled to the at least one support column.
5. The detection system of claim 3, wherein the plurality of switches are configured to stop conducting an electric flow in the absence of the magnetic source, indicating that the flexible door is not coupled to the at least one support column.
6. The detection system of claim 3, further comprising a break-away tab configured with the magnetic source, and the break-away tab connected to the flexible door, the break-away tab configured to be coupled to and move along the at least one support column, and the break-away tab configured to be decoupled from the at least one support column.
7. The detection system of claim 6, wherein the magnetic source comprises a plurality of magnets.
8. The detection system of claim 7, wherein the plurality of magnets are positioned and spaced apart in relation to one another on the break-away tab so that at least one of the magnetics remains proximate to at least one of the plurality of switches when in motion along the support column.
9. The detection system of claim 1, wherein the at least one support column comprises two spaced apart support columns, each configured with a detection mechanism for detecting that the door is no longer coupled to at least one of the support columns.
10. The detection system of claim 9, wherein the detection mechanism comprises a plurality of switches that detects the presence of the flexible door and the detection mechanism further comprises a magnetic source that influences the plurality of switches.
11. The detection system of claim 1, wherein the flexible door comprises a roll-up door.
12. A detection system for detecting a status of a door, comprising:
a plurality of support columns to maintain a flexible door in place therebetween; and
a detection mechanism configured along at least one of the support columns to detect the presence or absence of the flexible door in relation to the at least one support column,
wherein the detection mechanism is configured to signal to stop or reverse motion of the flexible door if absence is detected.
13. The detection system of claim 12, wherein the detection mechanism comprises a plurality of switches that detects the presence or absence of the flexible door and comprises a magnetic source that influences the plurality of switches.
14. The detection system of claim 13, wherein the plurality of switches are activatable to conduct an electric flow in the presence of the magnetic source indicating that the flexible door is coupled to the at least one support column and the plurality of switches are configured to stop conducting an electric flow in the absence of the magnetic source, indicating that the roll-up door is not coupled to the at least one support column.
15. The detection system of claim 13, further comprising a break-away tab configured with the magnetic source, and the break-away tab connected to the flexible door, the break-away tab configured to be coupled to the support column and configured to move along the support column as the flexible door is opened or closed.
16. The detection system of claim 12, wherein the detection mechanism comprises a plurality of switches arranged on at least one circuit board, the plurality of switches configured to react to the presence of a magnetic source.
17. The detection system of claim 16, wherein the plurality of switches are activatable to conduct an electric flow in the presence of the magnetic source indicating that the roll-up door is coupled to the at least one support column the plurality of switches are configured to stop conducting an electric flow in the absence of the magnetic source, indicating that the flexible door is not coupled to the at least one support column.
18. The detection system of claim 16, wherein the at least one circuit board comprises a plurality of circuit boards connectable by a connector and configured to be installable along the at least one support column.
19. The detection system of claim 12, wherein the flexible door comprises a roll-up door.
20. A method for detecting a status of a door, comprising the steps of:
detecting presence or absence of a break-away tab that is connected to a flexible door and slideably coupled to a support column; and
stopping motion of the roll-up door if absence of the break-away tab is detected at the support column for preventing damage to the flexible door or the flexible doors’ surroundings.
21. The method of claim 20, further comprising the step of configuring at least one magnetic source on the break-away tab.
22. The method of claim 21, further comprising the step of configuring magnetic sensitive devices along the support column that detect the presence or absence of the magnetic source.
23. The method of claim 20, wherein the flexible door comprises a roll-up door.