Abstract: The present invention provides a black brightening flake which prevents fine pigment particles from agglomerating. When incorporated into a cosmetic, a coating material, etc., the flakes enable the resultant composition not only to give a satisfactory use feeling, for example, spreadability on the skin, without giving a rough feeling or be satisfactory spread on a base plate but also to have high hiding power and take on a beautiful color tone. The black brightening flake comprises a metal oxide, as a mother material, which is derived from a colloidal metal oxide particle and 5 to 70% by mass black pigment dispersedly contained in the base material. The black brightening flake has an average particle diameter of 3 to 500 ?m, an average thickness of 0.1 to 5 ?m, and an average aspect ratio of 5 to 300.

Abstract: The present invention provides blue colored flakes which are free from agglomeration of the ultramarine particles, and when incorporated in a cosmetic, a coating material, or the like, they are free from rough feeling, and give good use feeling such as good spread on the skin as well as good spread on a base plate, and exhibit beautiful color tone. The blue colored flakes comprise, as a mother material, a transparent metal oxide such as silicon dioxide and aluminum oxide and, incorporated therein in a dispersed state, 5 to 60% by mass of ultramarine particles having a particle diameter of 30 to 3000 nm. The blue colored flakes have an average particle diameter of 5 to 500 ?m, an average thickness of 0.1 to 5 ?m, and an average aspect ratio of 5 to 300.

Abstract: The present invention provides a black brightening flake which prevents fine pigment particles from agglomerating. When incorporated into a cosmetic, a coating material, etc., the flakes enable the resultant composition not only to give a satisfactory use feeling, for example, spreadability on the skin, without giving a rough feeling or be satisfactory spread on a base plate but also to have high hiding power and take on a beautiful color tone. The black brightening flake comprises a metal oxide, as a mother material, which is derived from a colloidal metal oxide particle and 5 to 70% by mass black pigment dispersedly contained in the base material. The black brightening flake has an average particle diameter of 3 to 500 ?m, an average thickness of 0.1 to 5 ?m, and an average aspect ratio of 5 to 300.

Abstract: A work assignment system for assigning and composing a work formed from a plurality of work standards to a plurality of stations. A display displays the names of the plurality of work standards as composition targets. A composition condition is input. The plurality of work standards are divided in accordance with the composition condition and one group of the divided work standards is assigned to a station. The assignment result of the work standards of each station to a work assignment file is output.

Abstract: An automatic manhour setting system has a standard manhour database designed to be readable, in which a number of pairs each constituted by a work standard described by a standardized standard expression and a manhour corresponding to the work standard are registered in advance. For each target work standard to which a manhour is to be given, the system matches the expression of the target work standard with the standard expressions of the work standards in the standard manhour database, sets the standard manhour of the matching work standard in the database as the manhour of the target work standard, and outputs the set manhour file.

Abstract: An automatic manhour setting system has a standard manhour database designed to be readable, in which a number of pairs each constituted by a work standard described by a standardized standard expression and a manhour corresponding to the work standard are registered in advance. For each target work standard to which a manhour is to be given, the system matches the expression of the target work standard with the standard expressions of the work standards in the standard manhour database, sets the standard manhour of the matching work standard in the database as the manhour of the target work standard, and outputs the set manhour file.

Abstract: A work assignment system for assigning and composing a work formed from a plurality of work standards to a plurality of stations includes a display means for displaying the names of the plurality of work standards as composition targets, a condition input means for inputting a composition condition, an assignment means for dividing the plurality of work standards in accordance with the composition condition and assigning one group of the divided work standards to a station, and an output means for outputting the assignment result of the work standards of each station to a work assignment file.