A production control apparatus includes a workpiece position detection unit, an ID generation unit, an ID notification unit, a data receiving unit, and a storage unit. The data receiving unit receives the unique IDs generated by the ID generation unit and the traceability data (actual production information) when the workpieces for which the unique IDs have been generated are processed, from the manufacturing machines to which the unique IDs have been notified by the ID notification unit. The storage unit records the unique IDs and the traceability data received by the data receiving unit in association with each other.

An automation system implementing a process flow displayed to an operator through a number of linked graphical objects, a simulation comparing device obtains current status data of the current operation of the automation system including current automation system parameter settings, receives a first simulation selection involving a selection of a simulation with automation system parameter settings that differ from the current automation system parameter settings, receive a second simulation selection involving a selection of another simulation with automation system parameter settings that differ from the current automation system parameter settings and from the automation system parameter settings of the first selection, determines at least one difference in operation for the simulations and displays the at least one difference through manipulating graphical objects corresponding to elements in the process flow that experience the difference in operation.

Determining compatible equipment in a manufacturing environment is disclosed. A method includes developing a list of compatible equipment for a manufacturing line to produce a product based on process information related to the product. The list of compatible equipment and a manufacturer constraint are modeled. Modeling includes at least one of developing manufacturing line scenarios, simulating the manufacturing line scenarios, and weighing the simulations against production metrics.

A data processing device comprises a division unit that divides a target period into a plurality of operating periods according to an operating condition; an identification unit that identifies a standard condition for each operating period; a calculation unit that divides each operating period into a plurality of constant performance periods in each of which the performance of a target device is considered to be constant, narrows down time series data for each constant performance period on the basis of the standard condition, and calculates a certain representative value on the basis of the time series data extracted through the narrowing down; and a correction unit that sets an overlapping period containing a boundary between two adjacent operating periods, narrows down, on the basis of each standard condition identified for each of the two operating periods, time series data in the overlapping period for each standard condition.

An information collection device comprising circuitry configured to: accumulate, in a database, a control signal of a local device having a motor, the local device being a part of a production system of one or more workpieces, the control signal including internal information of the local device generated during operation of a plurality of processes; extract a signal set accumulated during one process of the plurality of processes from the control signal accumulated in the database based on a predetermined extraction condition; and generate an evaluation result of the one process based on the signal set.

Techniques for monitoring performance of controllers are disclosed. A system for monitoring performance of controllers comprising a processing unit. A set of key performance indicators (KPIs) corresponding to a controller are obtained. The controller may be configured to control a compressor. A user-defined analysis model is configured based on a set of user inputs. A control quality index (CQI) is determined based on a plurality of KPIs from the set of KPIs using the user-defined analysis model. The CQI defines performance of the controller in terms of utilization, availability, and reliability of the controller. The CQI is compared with a threshold value. A notification indicating that the CQI is less than the threshold value is triggered and an action indicating corrective measures to be taken to improve performance of the controller is generated based on an ascertaining that the CQI is lesser than the threshold value.

A sample manufacturing evaluation system includes a sample manufacturing apparatus configured to manufacture a sample on a basis of a manufacturing condition, a measurement apparatus configured to measure the sample, and an information processing apparatus configured to evaluate the sample on a basis of a measurement result of the measurement apparatus and obtain an evaluation result of the sample. In a case where the evaluation result does not satisfy a predetermined condition, the information processing apparatus issues a notification that the evaluation result needs to be corrected.