Abstract: A production management supporting system analyzes past record information including information showing, for each product loaded in a production line in which a plurality of steps are performed, an execution time of each of the steps on the basis of one or more attentional perspectives to detect, from among objects displayed on a diagram chart showing a production situation, display objects each satisfying one or more requirements associated with the one or more attentional perspectives. The production management supporting system performs accentuated display of at least one of the detected display objects.

Abstract: A backlight having a reflection plate, a diffusion plate, a transparent light guide plate held between the diffusion plate and the reflection plate and having a reflection and diffusion surface adjacent to the reflection plate and a recessed light emitting surface adjacent to the diffusion plate, so that a space is defined between the recessed light emitting surface and the bottom surface of the diffusion plate adjacent thereto, a holder connected to the diffusion plate to define accommodation spaces between the opposite ends of the transparent light guide plate and the holder, and line light sources located in the accommodation spaces.