Patents by Inventor Tazu Nomoto

Tazu Nomoto has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 12314875
    Abstract: A plan parameter obtaining an optimal result between a plurality of software pieces that are linkingly operated is calculated. A value chain plan linking method that uses a value chain plan linking apparatus that combines and executes a plurality of software pieces according to a task. At least any one of the plurality of software pieces uses, as an input parameter, an output parameter obtained from any one of other software pieces included in the plurality of software pieces. The value chain plan linking apparatus executes a different solution requiring step of calculating a plurality of the output parameters in each of the plurality of software pieces, and a displaying step of displaying, as an overall plan, the output parameter obtaining a best key performance indicator value in the entire value chain according to a combination of the input and output parameters of the plurality of software pieces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsuki Kiuchi, Tazu Nomoto
  • Patent number: 12254478
    Abstract: A delivery date answering apparatus includes: an order quota calculation and disclosure unit for calculating surplus inventory of a product in a demand forecast channel, which is a sales channel where order quantities are forecasted, using the actual inventory and a sales plan of the demand forecast channel, and transfer the surplus inventory to an orderable quota for a non-demand forecast channel, which is a sales channel where order quantities are not forecasted, and set a predetermined disclosed quota for the orderable quota; and an actual order acquisition and delivery date answering unit for determining whether the quantity of an actual order acquired in the non-demand forecast channel is within a range of the disclosed quota. When the order is within the range, answer a date when the actual order is deliverable. When the order is not within the range, answer the order is undeliverable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Oya, Tazu Nomoto, Takahiro Ogura
  • Publication number: 20250021902
    Abstract: In a retrieval method executed by a retrieval device in which a storage unit holds enterprise information, classification code information, and item keyword information corresponding to an enterprise and an item of a particle supplied by the enterprise, at least one of a keyword indicative of a business of a first enterprise or a classification code of an item registered by the first enterprise is input. At least one item keyword is extracted corresponding to at least one of an enterprise similar to the first enterprise or an item similar to the item registered by the first enterprise, based on at least one of the keyword indicating the business of the first enterprise or the classification code of the item registered by the first enterprise, by referring to the enterprise information, the classification code information, and the item keyword information. Then, the extracted at least one item keyword is output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventors: Akihisa TSUJIBE, Tazu NOMOTO, Kenji OYA, Teppei INOUE, Keiichi BAMOTO
  • Patent number: 12154070
    Abstract: A procurement work assistance device includes a storage unit configured to store order history information, delivery history information, and a procurement plan in which an item to be procured is registered, a delivery expectation index calculation unit configured to calculate, by using the order history information, a delivery expectation index indicating easiness of delivery for each item of each supplier, and an order plan formulation unit configured to generate delivery expectation index histogram information indicating a relationship between the delivery expectation index and a delivery rate calculated based on the delivery history information, calculate a delivery expectation index of the item in the procurement plan, determine, by using the delivery expectation index histogram information, the supplier having the highest delivery rate associated with the delivery expectation index, and generate order plan information including the item in the procurement plan and the determined supplier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Atsuki Kiuchi, Tazu Nomoto, Yasuo Bakke
  • Publication number: 20240211979
    Abstract: A delivery date answering apparatus includes: an order quota calculation and disclosure unit for calculating surplus inventory of a product in a demand forecast channel, which is a sales channel where order quantities are forecasted, using the actual inventory and a sales plan of the demand forecast channel, and transfer the surplus inventory to an orderable quota for a non-demand forecast channel, which is a sales channel where order quantities are not forecasted, and set a predetermined disclosed quota for the orderable quota; and an actual order acquisition and delivery date answering unit for determining whether the quantity of an actual order acquired in the non-demand forecast channel is within a range of the disclosed quota. When the order is within the range, answer a date when the actual order is deliverable. When the order is not within the range, answer the order is undeliverable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji OYA, Tazu NOMOTO, Takahiro OGURA
  • Publication number: 20240104462
    Abstract: A supply chain management system is configured to create supply chain network information including information on a directed graph representing a multi-tiered supply chain network including tiers upstream and downstream of the target enterprise, acquire risk information on the multi-tiered supply chain network, detect, in the directed graph, a risk occurrence node influenced by a risk and a node of the target enterprise influenced by a defect of product supply at the risk occurrence node, search for a substituting node candidate for the risk occurrence node in a node group including a node of an enterprise outside the directed graph based on an item of the risk occurrence node, and present information on a change plan of the multi-tiered supply chain network obtained by adding the substituting node candidate to the directed graph.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Tazu NOMOTO, Teppei INOUE, Keiichi BAMOTO, Ayaka YAMAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20240095629
    Abstract: A sourcing support system comprises: a weight calculation unit configured to calculate the name of the related parts group related to the target part when target part specifying information is input; calculate the name of the related parts group; and calculate the evaluation index weights of the evaluation indexes of the supply capacity; and a score calculation unit configured to calculate a name of a candidate supplier who can purchase the target part; calculate the evaluation index score of the evaluation index of supply capacity and the evaluation index of soundness for the calculated names of the candidate suppliers; calculate the sum of the products of the evaluation index weight and the evaluation index score, with respect to the evaluation index of supply capacity as a supply capacity score; calculate the sum of the evaluation index score S of the evaluation index of soundness as the soundness score.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Teppei INOUE, Tazu Nomoto, Keiichi Bamoto, Yasuo Bakke
  • Publication number: 20230351325
    Abstract: A parts procurement support device including: a similar product selection unit that selects an existing product similar to a new product on the basis of shared information regarding design of the new product and feature information indicating a feature of the existing product; and a supplier selection unit that selects a supplier of a part constituting the new product on the basis of parts information regarding a part of the selected existing product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Maho URANO, Koji UTSUMI, Tazu NOMOTO, Kenji OYA
  • Publication number: 20230237400
    Abstract: There is provided a value chain planning apparatus for a value chain from material procurement to sales of a product in which at least two or more business entities participate. The value chain planning apparatus includes an agent recruitment unit that recruits an execution module that is an agent that realizes a task included in the value chain, an agent registration unit that registers the execution module as the agent when receiving an application including the execution module, a plan preparation unit that executes the execution module for two or more tasks included in the value chain, performs a simulation of executing the task, and measures a KPI, and a reward payment processing unit that pays a reward corresponding to an execution result to the executed execution module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Tazu NOMOTO, Takahiro OGURA, Teppei INOUE
  • Patent number: 11704612
    Abstract: The supply chain management apparatus includes: an input unit that receives input information indicating a change in market conditions; a storage unit that stores supply chain information in which constituent companies of a supply chain, T&Cs information in which T&Cs of each of the constituent companies of the supply chain is registered, and a condition for a key performance indicator which should be satisfied, the condition for a key performance indicator being set for each of the constituent companies; a T&Cs calculation unit that, when the input information is received, calculates a supply chain plan corresponding to the change in the market conditions indicated by the input information based on a predetermined calculation method, and when a key performance indicator calculated based on the supply chain plan does not meet the condition for the key performance indicator, changes the T&Cs so that the key performance indicator is optimal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Tazu Nomoto, Teppei Inoue, Atsuki Kiuchi
  • Publication number: 20230206176
    Abstract: A demand prediction in each planning unit is calculated based on a planning unit of a demand to be prepared by each company constituting a supply chain, and an appropriate supply plan in which each company can adopt necessary and sufficient demand prediction data is output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Kenji OYA, Tazu NOMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230186185
    Abstract: A plan parameter obtaining an optimal result between a plurality of software pieces that are linkingly operated is calculated. A value chain plan linking method that uses a value chain plan linking apparatus that combines and executes a plurality of software pieces according to a task. At least any one of the plurality of software pieces uses, as an input parameter, an output parameter obtained from any one of other software pieces included in the plurality of software pieces. The value chain plan linking apparatus executes a different solution requiring step of calculating a plurality of the output parameters in each of the plurality of software pieces, and a displaying step of displaying, as an overall plan, the output parameter obtaining a best key performance indicator value in the entire value chain according to a combination of the input and output parameters of the plurality of software pieces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Atsuki KIUCHI, Tazu NOMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220335370
    Abstract: A procurement work assistance device includes a storage unit configured to store order history information, delivery history information, and a procurement plan in which an item to be procured is registered, a delivery expectation index calculation unit configured to calculate, by using the order history information, a delivery expectation index indicating easiness of delivery for each item of each supplier, and an order plan formulation unit configured to generate delivery expectation index histogram information indicating a relationship between the delivery expectation index and a delivery rate calculated based on the delivery history information, calculate a delivery expectation index of the item in the procurement plan, determine, by using the delivery expectation index histogram information, the supplier having the highest delivery rate associated with the delivery expectation index, and generate order plan information including the item in the procurement plan and the determined supplier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Atsuki KIUCHI, Tazu NOMOTO, Yasuo BAKKE
  • Publication number: 20220083935
    Abstract: To divide a request content according to QCD and to present a combination of outsourcees. A business outsourcing management device, including: a division plan derivation unit configured to derive a plurality of division plans in which a business related to manufacturing a product is divided into a plurality of processes; an evaluation unit configured to extract and assign a company capable of responding to a requirement of the processes for each division plan and evaluate the division plans according to a predetermined index value; and an outsourcee determination unit configured to determine a business outsourcee according to a division plan with a high evaluation among the division plans.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Teppei INOUE, Tazu NOMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220012660
    Abstract: The supply chain management apparatus includes: an input unit that receives input information indicating a change in market conditions; a storage unit that stores supply chain information in which constituent companies of a supply chain, T&Cs information in which T&Cs of each of the constituent companies of the supply chain is registered, and a condition for a key performance indicator which should be satisfied, the condition for a key performance indicator being set for each of the constituent companies; a T&Cs calculation unit that, when the input information is received, calculates a supply chain plan corresponding to the change in the market conditions indicated by the input information based on a predetermined calculation method, and when a key performance indicator calculated based on the supply chain plan does not meet the condition for the key performance indicator, changes the T&Cs so that the key performance indicator is optimal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Tazu NOMOTO, Teppei INOUE, Atsuki KIUCHI
  • Patent number: 11036516
    Abstract: A parallel distributed processing control system used in production distribution planning includes: a storage unit storing step information of steps constituting a production distribution process of a product, CPU information of CPUs that calculate a value of a simulation result for the step, and a constraint value in the production distribution process; a divided model generation unit generating a divided model by grouping the steps; a CPU allocation unit allocating the divided model to the plurality of CPUs; an engine execution unit enabling the CPU to calculate the value for the step constituting the divided model; and a constraint monitoring unit determining whether the value satisfies a condition specified by the constraint value. An output information generation unit generates result information using the value satisfying the condition; and the CPU allocation unit allocates the divided model so that processing loads of the plurality of CPUs are equalized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Atsuki Kiuchi, Tazu Nomoto, Yasuo Bakke, Takahiro Ogura
  • Publication number: 20200081720
    Abstract: A parallel distributed processing control system used in production distribution planning includes: a storage unit storing step information of steps constituting a production distribution process of a product, CPU information of CPUs that calculate a value of a simulation result for the step, and a constraint value in the production distribution process; a divided model generation unit generating a divided model by grouping the steps; a CPU allocation unit allocating the divided model to the plurality of CPUs; an engine execution unit enabling the CPU to calculate the value for the step constituting the divided model; and a constraint monitoring unit determining whether the value satisfies a condition specified by the constraint value. An output information generation unit generates result information using the value satisfying the condition; and the CPU allocation unit allocates the divided model so that processing loads of the plurality of CPUs are equalized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Atsuki KIUCHI, Tazu NOMOTO, Yasuo BAKKE, Takahiro OGURA
  • Publication number: 20200065735
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a scheduling unit determines a derivation start date and time and derivation end date and time for each supply chain model on the basis of a time required for deriving a restriction relaxing optimum operations combination and a relaxation proposing timing, a schedule execution unit starts deriving a restriction relaxing optimum operations combination for a target supply chain model on the basis of the derivation start date and time determined by the scheduling unit, and a restriction relaxing optimum operations combination-generating unit generates an operations combination of update timings and methods for plans or instructions assuming that a restriction is relaxed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Ayaka YAMAGUCHI, Ryoji FURUHASHI, Yuichi TAKAHASHI, Tazu NOMOTO
  • Publication number: 20200005240
    Abstract: A delivery planning device is provided to efficiently cope with delivery requirements of a loading place, an off-loading place, a cargo amount, a car loading vehicle, and a work shift of a driver that fluidly change. A delivery planning device receives and registers one or more delivery requests relating to deliveries between predetermined points. The delivery requests are divided into deliveries in one or more areas for which drivers of a predetermined number of delivery vehicles are responsible according to the predetermined number of the delivery vehicles; and a vehicle route planning unit specifies a delivery route and a cost relating to deliveries for each combination of a candidate for a relay place between the areas and a relay time in the candidate for the relay place, and specifies the delivery route as a vehicle route using the cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Sozen KO, Junko HOSODA, Tazu NOMOTO, Takahiro OGURA, Kiyofumi INOUE
  • Patent number: 10222788
    Abstract: A production plan for a second base is generated that is suited to the circumstances of the second base while making use of a first base's know-how about adjusting a production plan. A storage unit is configured to store plan adjustment knowledge regarding a plan adjustment that has been made to a production plan for the first base. A generation unit is configured to generate production adjustment knowledge regarding a production adjustment that has been made at the second base, which has a production management level different from that of the first base, based on production capacity and production performance of the second base. A planning unit is configured to generate a production plan for the second base based on the plan adjustment knowledge stored in the storage unit and on the production adjustment knowledge generated by the generation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tazu Nomoto, Masayasu Uozaki