Abstract: This invention provides a polyester and a polyester molded product, which, while maintaining color tone, transparency, and thermal stability, can realize a high polycondensation rate, are less likely to cause the production of polycondensation catalyst-derived undesired materials, and can simultaneously meet both quality and cost effectiveness requirements, which can exhibit the characteristic features, for example, in the fields of ultrafine fibers, high transparent films for optical use, or ultrahigh transparent molded products. These advantages can be realized by using, in the production of a polyester in the presence of an aluminum compound-containing polyester polycondensation catalyst, an aluminum compound having an absorbance of not more than 0.0132 as measured in the form of an aqueous aluminum compound solution, prepared by dissolving the aluminum compound in pure water to give a concentration of 2.

Abstract: The shipping planning system decides the product, the shipping quantity and the price from which the maximum profit increase can be obtained based on the relational database between the price and the shipping quantity. The plan is made under the assumption that an available resource (inventory) is consumed firstly, an inventory planning resource is consumed secondly, and only insufficient resource is additionally obtained. The practical range of the profit increase by shipment of a certain product in the plan is evaluated by relative profit that is the marginal profit of the product subtracted by the Opportunity Loss by other products that share the resource.

Abstract: A simulation model generator presents a screen view which defines causality between phenomena and events using nodes and links to support user's input operation. The generator includes a database for storing and controlling in a centralized way, metric information representing, for each of the registered phenomena and events, a quantity indicating a magnitude of the phenomenon or the event; unit information including, for each unit, a unit name, a conversion coefficient, and a time flag determining whether the unit is associated with time; coefficient information including coefficient name and coefficient value to be used in a metrics calculation formula, and a simulation time bucket representing a period of time per time step in the simulation; and a simulation model generating module for generating a simulation model using data registered to the database.

Abstract: The invention provides a polyester produced in the presence of a polycondensation catalyst comprising at least one compound selected from a group consisting of aluminum compounds and at least one compound selected from a group consisting of phosphorus compounds and being excellent in color tone, thermal stability, and transparency and improved in terms of insoluble particles. Particularly, the invention provides a polyester in which the content of an aluminum containing insoluble particles in the polyester is 3500 ppm or lower and a polyester which has a haze value of 2% or lower when being formed into a monoaxially oriented film. The aluminum catalyst for attaining these characteristics and properties may be polyester polymerization catalyst obtained by mixing an aluminum compound and a phosphorus compound in a solvent and has specified spectral characteristics in the side measurement of 31P-NMR spectrum and 27Al-NMR spectrum.

Abstract: Provided is a system which supports appropriate price setting so that a value for a provider in a transaction and a value for a customer reach an agreement. A price setting system stores a provider cost Cp and a return Rc obtained by a customer to calculate a transaction value Vp for the provider and a transaction value Vc for the customer in accordance with an evaluation index (benefit-based, price ratio-based, or ROI-based). Then, the price setting system outputs information that supports the setting of a price P satisfying Vp>0 and Vc>0.

Abstract: A value extracted on the basis of a customer demand supports description of an appealing scenario leading to a requirement and a solution. Examples of customer-values include that which appears to be welcome for a customer, that which appears to be pleasant, and an object, and such can form requirements necessary for accomplishing customer-values such as those which must be done by employees, top executives, etc. of a customer, and those which must be done by an end user who is a customer of a customer, together with solutions necessary for realization of requirements, etc., as a customer-value creating scenario view including a causal relation. In addition, in order to hold attribute models, which differ depending on kind of node such as value, requirement and solution, it is possible to carry out automatic node extraction by utilizing the attribute model.

Abstract: The production of semiconductor devices manufactured through a plurality of manufacturing sites is unitarily managed and an appropriate production plan is instructed. A computer projects a production plan of an entire company based on various information. The production plan is provided to each manufacturing site as a production instruction and provided to each business person or customer as a storing reply or an order accepting period reply. If the projected production plan (possible production volume) does not coincide with a production plan (necessary production volume), parameters obtained by correcting production allocation, production capability, lead time, yield and the like are re-input from a parameter input terminal. Based on the corrected parameters, the computer re-projects the production plan and projects an optimum production plan.

Abstract: The production of semiconductor devices manufactured through a plurality of manufacturing sites is unitarily managed and an appropriate production plan is instructed. A computer projects a production plan of an entire company based on various information. The production plan is provided to each manufacturing site as a production instruction and provided to each business person or customer as a storing reply or an order accepting period reply. If the projected production plan (possible production volume) does not coincide with a production plan (necessary production volume), parameters obtained by correcting production allocation, production capability, lead time, yield and the like are re-input from a parameter input terminal. Based on the corrected parameters, the computer re-projects the production plan and projects an optimum production plan.

Abstract: A solution design method and system for designing solution specification and estimating a period and a price speedily on the basis of customer needs, the budget of solution, the target period of implementation of solution, etc. The customer budget or period is used as a constraint so that a gap between solution specification as the customer's request and solution specification in consideration of the constraint is clarified so that tasks and resources taking charge of each other are clarified to satisfy the quality required by the customer. Individual resource conditions are set in consideration of priority of each solution task. The settings themselves can be changed arbitrarily in accordance with the customer needs. The definition of resource ranks in each customer can be executed again on the prerequisite of the customer's request or the like. While the prerequisite is clarified, design of solution specification and estimation can be performed simultaneously without assignment of resources.

Abstract: A configuration system that composes a configuration for solution business in accordance with restrictions on availability to combine between items, and facilitates maintenance of the configuration when the number of items is increased. An item registration unit registers specifications and the like for each item in a database. An item interface registration unit and an item interface setting unit register interface information between items in the database. A solution composition search unit, responsive to a particular item name specified, searches the database to sequentially retrieve interface information of associated items one after another through associated interface information and operating conditions, and totally composes items to be connected to the specified item, and connectable items into a configuration.

Abstract: The production of semiconductor devices manufactured through a plurality of manufacturing sites is unitarily managed and an appropriate production plan is instructed. A computer projects a production plan of an entire company from necessary information such as a planning and finishing volume and a day's schedule of each of the manufacturing sites, each item and each process for satisfying a demand estimation of a product, order information on the product, and a product volume required to be manufactured which information are collected from a customer computer and a production management computer and the like. The production plan is provided to each manufacturing site as a production instruction and provided to each business person or customer as a storing reply or an order accepting period reply.

Abstract: The production of semiconductor devices manufactured through a plurality of manufacturing sites is unitarily managed and an appropriate production plan is instructed. A computer projects a production plan of an entire company from necessary information such as a planning and finishing volume and a day's schedule of each of the manufacturing sites, each item and each process for satisfying a demand estimation of a product, order information on the product, and a product volume required to be manufactured which information are collected from a customer computer and a production management computer and the like. The production plan is provided to each manufacturing site as a production instruction and provided to each business person or customer as a storing reply or an order accepting period reply.