JP2021108079A - Resource managing system, resource managing method and program - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a resource managing system, a resource managing method and a program that manage the utilization states of resources at multiple subjected facilities.SOLUTION: A resource managing system 10 manages the utilization states of resources at multiple subjected facilities F1. The resource managing system 10 includes: a first obtaining unit 11 that obtains a first value relating to each resource utilization amount of each of the multiple subjected facilities F1; a second obtaining unit 12 that obtains a second value relating to each economic activity amount at each of the multiple subjected facilities F1; and an arithmetic processing unit 13 that acquires a unit requirement relating to the utilization amount of the resource for each of the multiple subjected facilities F1 using the first value and the second value. The arithmetic processing unit 13 acquires the unit requirement for the multiple subjected facilities F1 under the common condition.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

The present disclosure relates generally to resource management systems, resource management methods and programs, and more specifically to resource management systems, resource management methods and programs that manage resource usage at a plurality of target facilities.

Patent Document 1 describes power consumption of a store or power consumption of an electric device installed in a store, and based on the acquired power consumption information, notification for the purpose of power consumption reduction or operation control of the electric device is performed. The management server is listed.

This power management server acquires the POS information in the store, associates the POS information and the power consumption information with each other, and stores the POS information and the power consumption information in the storage device for each store. Then, the power management server predicts the subsequent power consumption in the store from the POS information sequentially acquired based on the relationship between the past POS information stored in the storage device and the power consumption information for each store. ..

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2012-168675

However, in the configuration described in Patent Document 1, only notification or control of electrical equipment is performed for each store, and it is used for managing the usage status of resources (electric power) in a plurality of target facilities (stores). Not suitable.

The present disclosure has been made in view of the above reasons, and an object of the present disclosure is to provide a resource management system, a resource management method, and a program that facilitates management of resource usage status at a plurality of target facilities.

The resource management system according to one aspect of the present disclosure is a system that manages the usage status of resources at a plurality of target facilities. The resource management system includes a first acquisition unit, a second acquisition unit, and a calculation unit. The first acquisition unit acquires the first value regarding the resource usage of each of the plurality of target facilities. The second acquisition unit acquires a second value regarding the amount of economic activity of each of the plurality of target facilities. The calculation unit uses the first value and the second value to obtain a basic unit regarding the amount of resources used for each of the plurality of target facilities. The calculation unit obtains the basic unit under common conditions for the plurality of target facilities.

The resource management method according to one aspect of the present disclosure is a method of managing the usage status of resources at a plurality of target facilities. The resource management method includes a first acquisition process, a second acquisition process, and an arithmetic process. In the first acquisition process, the first value regarding the resource usage of each of the plurality of target facilities is acquired. In the second acquisition process, the second value regarding the amount of economic activity of each of the plurality of target facilities is acquired. In the calculation process, for each of the plurality of target facilities, the basic unit regarding the amount of the resource used is obtained using the first value and the second value. In the arithmetic processing, the basic unit is obtained under common conditions for the plurality of target facilities.

The program according to one aspect of the present disclosure is a program for causing one or more processors to execute the resource management method.

According to the present disclosure, there is an advantage that it becomes easy to manage the management of the resource usage status in a plurality of target facilities.

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram showing a configuration of a resource management system according to the first embodiment. FIG. 2 is a schematic explanatory view showing an example of using the resource management system of the above. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an operation example of the resource management system described above. FIG. 4 is a schematic explanatory view showing a usage example of the resource management system according to the second embodiment.

(Embodiment 1)
Hereinafter, the resource management system 10 (see FIG. 1), the resource management method, and the program according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3.

(1) Overview As shown in FIG. 1, the resource management system 10 according to the present embodiment is a system that manages the resource usage status in a plurality of target facilities F1. Each of the plurality of target facilities F1 is a facility that uses (consumes) "resources" such as electric power (electric energy), gas, and tap water, and is, for example, a facility such as a store or an office.

In such a plurality of target facilities F1, in general, the resource usage status is not uniform and varies widely. For example, when the target facility F1 is a store, the resource usage status may vary widely depending on the scale or business hours of the target facility F1 (store). Therefore, the resource management system 10 according to the present embodiment adopts a configuration suitable for managing the resource usage status of the plurality of target facilities F1.

That is, the resource management system 10 according to the present embodiment is a system that manages the usage status of resources in a plurality of target facilities F1, and as shown in FIG. 1, the first acquisition unit 11 and the second acquisition unit 11 A 12 and a calculation unit 13 are provided. The first acquisition unit 11 acquires the first value regarding the resource usage of each of the plurality of target facilities F1. The second acquisition unit 12 acquires the second value regarding the amount of economic activity of each of the plurality of target facilities F1. The calculation unit 13 uses the first value and the second value to obtain the basic unit D3 (see FIG. 2) regarding the amount of resources used for each of the plurality of target facilities F1. The calculation unit 13 obtains the basic unit D3 under common conditions for the plurality of target facilities F1.

According to this aspect, the resource usage status in the plurality of target facilities F1 can be centrally managed by the resource management system 10. Here, since the calculation unit 13 obtains the basic unit D3 regarding the amount of resources used for each of the plurality of target facilities F1 using the first value and the second value, the resource usage status in the plurality of target facilities F1 can be determined. , It is possible to manage with the basic unit D3 regarding the amount of resources used. Moreover, since the basic unit D3 is obtained under common conditions for the plurality of target facilities F1, it is possible to manage the resource usage status in the plurality of target facilities F1 in a comparable state as the basic unit D3. .. As a result, there is an advantage that it becomes easy to manage the resource usage status in the plurality of target facilities F1.

(2) Details Hereinafter, the resource management system 10 according to the present embodiment will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2.

(2.1) Assumptions The term "resources" as used in this disclosure means resources used (consumed) at the target facility F1, such as electric power (electrical energy), gas, and tap water. The "resources" consumed in the target facility F1 include not only the resources consumed in a part of the target facility F1 such as electric locks, automatic doors, electric shutters or escalator, but also those used in the target facility F1. Includes resources consumed by equipment. In this embodiment, a case where the "resource" is electric power will be described as an example. More specifically, the electric power as a resource includes the electric power supplied from the electric power system and the electric power output from the distributed power source (for example, solar power generation equipment, power storage equipment or wind power generation equipment) installed in the target facility F1. including.

The "basic unit" as used in the present disclosure means the basic unit D3 regarding the amount of resources used, that is, the amount of resources used to produce a certain amount of deliverables (products, etc.). For example, the basic unit D3 is the value obtained by dividing the amount of resources used in the target facility F1 for a certain period by the amount of economic activity in the same period. The "economic activity amount" here is a value indicating the degree of activity of the target facility F1 or the degree of activity of people or equipment existing in the target facility F1, and as an example, sales and use of the target facility F1. The number of people, total floor area, etc. are included. In particular, in the present embodiment, since the "resource" is electric power (electrical energy), the "basic unit" is the basic unit D3 for energy (electrical energy), that is, the energy basic unit (Energy Intensity).

"Facilities" as used in this disclosure means non-residential facilities such as stores, offices, factories, buildings, schools, welfare facilities or hospitals, and houses such as detached houses, apartments, or detached houses or apartments. Including facilities. Non-residential facilities include theaters, movie theaters, public halls, amusement parks, complex facilities, department stores, hotels, inns, kindergartens, libraries, museums, art galleries, underground streets, stations and airports. Furthermore, the "facility" referred to in the present disclosure includes not only buildings (buildings) but also outdoor facilities such as stadiums, gardens, parking lots, grounds and parks.

In particular, the plurality of target facilities F1 managed by the resource management system 10 are facilities that are related to each other. As an example, if each of the plurality of target facilities F1 is a store, the plurality of target facilities F1 have a relationship such as being a store of the same chain. In the present embodiment, as an example, the target facility F1 is a store that provides products or services to customers, and above all, a restaurant that mainly provides food and drink, such as a family restaurant or a fast food store. And. More specifically, it is assumed that the plurality of target facilities F1 are a plurality of restaurants developed in a chain such as a corporate chain (regular chain) or a franchise chain.

For such a plurality of target facilities F1, as managers, a general manager U1 (see FIG. 2) such as a chain headquarters that comprehensively manages the plurality of target facilities F1 and a plurality of target facilities F1 respectively. There is an individual manager U2 (see FIG. 2) such as a store manager who manages the store. That is, at least one general manager U1 exists in association with the plurality of target facilities F1, and is in a position to receive a report on the resource usage status and the like in all of the plurality of target facilities F1. On the other hand, there is at least one individual manager U2 associated with one target facility F1 and is in a position to receive a report on the resource usage status and the like in the corresponding target facility F1. That is, there are a plurality of individual managers U2 for the plurality of target facilities F1. Here, each of the general manager U1 and the plurality of individual managers U2 may be either an individual or a corporation, or may be an organization (organization) composed of a plurality of individuals or a group of corporations. In the present embodiment, as an example, it is assumed that each of the general manager U1 and the plurality of individual managers U2 is an individual.

The "first value" referred to in the present disclosure is a value relating to the resource usage amount of each target facility F1, and is a value obtained by multiplying the resource usage amount itself in the target period and the resource usage amount in the target period by an appropriate coefficient. include. In the present embodiment, since the resource is electric power, the first value is, for example, the amount of electric power used in the target period, the electricity charge according to the amount of electric power used in the target period, and the like.

Further, the "second value" referred to in the present disclosure is a value relating to the amount of economic activity of each target facility F1, and is a value obtained by multiplying the amount of economic activity itself in the target period and the amount of economic activity in the target period by an appropriate coefficient. Etc. are included. In the present embodiment, since the target facility F1 is a store (restaurant), the second value is, for example, a value related to sales at the target facility F1 during the target period.

The “value related to sales” referred to in the present disclosure includes the sales itself and appropriate values related to the sales, and includes, for example, sales, number of customers, unit price per customer, LTV (Life Time Value), or profit (gross profit and operating profit, etc.). Includes) etc. The "number of customers" here may be the number of customers who paid the consideration using the target facility F1 (the number of customers), or the number of customers including the customers who just came to the target facility F1 (visitors). Number) may be. Further, as a method of counting the number of customers, when one customer accounts for multiple times, for example, two times, the number of customers may be counted as "2", or the number of customers may be counted as "1". You may. The term "LTV (Life Time Value)" as used herein means a consideration paid by a customer who receives a service for a predetermined period (Life Time) as a consideration for the service. "Profit" here means all profits related to sales at the target facility F1, for example, gross profit (gross profit), operating profit, operating profit, net profit before tax, and net after tax. Includes profits, etc.

The "target period" referred to in the present disclosure is a period for which the basic unit D3 is calculated, for example, 1 hour, 6 hours, 12 hours, 1 day, 1 week, 2 weeks, 1 month, 3 months, 6 months. Or it is a period of a predetermined length, such as one year. In the present embodiment, as an example, the target period is one month, which is the period from the beginning of the month (1st) to the end of the month.

The "condition" referred to in the present disclosure means a rule that defines how to obtain the basic unit D3 in the calculation unit 13, and means, for example, a calculation formula and an algorithm used by the calculation unit 13 to obtain the basic unit D3. .. That is, the calculation unit 13 obtains the basic unit D3 for the plurality of target facilities F1 under common conditions, and the calculation unit 13 obtains the basic unit D3 for the plurality of target facilities F1 using the same calculation formula and algorithm. It will be. As a result, the normalized (standardized) basic unit D3 can be obtained for each of the plurality of target facilities F1, and for example, it becomes easy to compare the basic units D3 among the plurality of target facilities F1.

"Management" as used herein means at least one of monitoring and control. That is, the management of the resource usage status means only the monitoring of the resource usage status, the control of the equipment related to the resource usage status, or both (monitoring and control). In the present embodiment, as an example, it is assumed that the resource management system 10 implements both monitoring and control of the resource usage status (equipment related to the resource usage status) as management of the resource usage status.

The “equipment” referred to in the present disclosure is various equipment (including stationary or portable equipment, devices, systems, etc.) that is used (consumed) in the target facility F1 and uses (consumes) resources. In the present embodiment, since the resource is electric power, the device is an electric device that operates by receiving power supply from a power system, a distributed power source, or the like. Specifically, the equipment is equipment equipment, home appliances, and the like. Examples of equipment include packaged air conditioners (air conditioning equipment), lighting equipment (including base lights and spotlights), power storage equipment, kitchen equipment (including IH heaters and dishwashers), entry / exit management equipment, and copiers. There are machines and facsimiles. Further, for example, housing equipment such as hot water supply equipment (including EcoCute (registered trademark)), electric shutters, ventilation fans, and 24-hour ventilation systems are also included in the equipment. Examples of home appliances include television receivers, lighting devices (including ceiling lights, etc.), recording / playback devices (including DVD recorders with HDDs, external HDDs, etc.), and the like. Further, for example, washing machines, refrigerators, air conditioners, air purifiers, personal computers, smart speakers, computer game machines and the like are also included in home appliances.

(2.2) Overall Configuration First, the overall configuration including the resource management system 10 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. In FIGS. 1 and 2, the details of the device 6 and the subsystem 7 and the like are shown only for one target facility F1 among the plurality of target facilities F1 to be managed by the resource management system 10, but other The target facility F1 has the same configuration.

As shown in FIG. 1, the resource management system 10 according to the present embodiment includes an upper system 1 and a lower system 3. The host system 1 is realized by a cloud (cloud computing) or a server device connected to a network NT1 such as the Internet. The lower system 3 is installed in each of the plurality of target facilities F1 and is realized by an energy management controller connected to the network NT1 via a gateway (denoted as “GW” in FIG. 1) 41. .. The lower system 3 including the controller for energy management has a function of managing the device 6 connected to the lower system 3. In this embodiment, the lower system 3 performs both control and monitoring of the device 6.

That is, the resource management system 10 according to the present embodiment includes one upper system 1 and a plurality of lower systems 3 provided in each of the plurality of target facilities F1. Here, the "upper" of the upper system 1 and the like and the "lower" of the lower system 3 and the like are simply used as labels for distinguishing between the two, and have the meaning of specifying their respective positions and ranks. is not it.

In addition, one or more devices 6 and one or more subsystems 7 are installed in each of the plurality of target facilities F1.

As described above, the device 6 is various devices (including stationary or portable facilities, devices, systems, etc.) that are used (consumed) in the target facility F1 and use (consume) resources, and here, 1 Multiple facilities are provided for one target facility F1. In FIGS. 1 and 2, as an example of the device 6, a device 61 composed of air conditioning equipment and a device 62 composed of lighting equipment are shown. When these devices 61 and 62 are not particularly distinguished, each device 61 and 62 is simply referred to as "device 6". The device 6 is connected to the lower system 3.

The subsystem 7 is a system having a function of monitoring the amount of economic activity of the target facility F1, and here, a plurality of subsystems 7 are provided for one target facility F1. In FIGS. 1 and 2, as an example of the subsystem 7, a subsystem 71 composed of a POS (Point Of Sales) system and a subsystem 72 composed of a sensor system are shown. The "sensor system" referred to here is a system including various sensors such as a camera (image sensor) and a motion sensor, and detects, for example, the number of customers (number of customers) existing in the target facility F1. .. When these subsystems 71 and 72 are not particularly distinguished, each of the subsystems 71 and 72 is simply referred to as "subsystem 7". The subsystem 7 is connected to the network NT1 via the gateway 41.

Further, a control terminal 4, a plurality of individual terminals 5, and the like are connected to the network NT1. The control terminal 4 is an information terminal used by the control manager U1 of the chain headquarters or the like. The individual terminal 5 is an information terminal used by an individual manager U2 such as a store manager. Information terminals such as the control terminal 4 and the individual terminal 5 are realized by a smartphone, a tablet terminal, a personal computer, or the like.

According to the above-described configuration, the upper system 1, each lower system 3, the control terminal 4, each individual terminal 5, and each subsystem 7 are in a state of being able to communicate with each other. In the present disclosure, "communicable" means that information can be exchanged directly or indirectly via a network NT1 or a repeater (including a gateway 41) by an appropriate communication method of wired communication or wireless communication. means. That is, for example, the upper system 1 and each lower system 3 can exchange information with each other. Each of the upper system 1, each lower system 3, the central terminal 4, each individual terminal 5, and each subsystem 7 is, for example, a mobile phone network (carrier network) or a public wireless LAN (Local Area Network) provided by a telecommunications carrier. ) Etc. may be connected to the network NT1.

In the present embodiment, each of the upper system 1 and the lower system 3 constituting the resource management system 10 has a computer system including one or more processors and one or more memories as a main configuration. That is, each function of the upper system 1 and the lower system 3 is realized by executing the program recorded in one or more memories of the computer system by one or more processors. The program may be pre-recorded in a memory, provided through a telecommunication line such as the Internet, or may be recorded and provided on a non-temporary recording medium such as a memory card. Similarly, the control terminal 4, the individual terminal 5, and the like also have a computer system including one or more processors and one or more memories as a main configuration.

(2.3) Resource Management System Next, the configuration of the resource management system 10 according to the present embodiment will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2.

In the present embodiment, as described above, the resource management system 10 includes an upper system 1 and a plurality of lower systems 3. In other words, the components of the resource management system 10 are distributed and provided in the upper system 1 and the plurality of lower systems 3.

The host system 1 includes a first acquisition unit 11, a second acquisition unit 12, a calculation unit 13, a third acquisition unit 14, a target output unit 15, a target determination unit 16, an input unit 17, and a notification unit. It has 18, a storage unit 19, a communication unit 20, a first preprocessing unit 21, and a second preprocessing unit 22. The lower system 3 has a control unit 31 and a measurement unit 32. That is, in the resource management system 10, in addition to the first acquisition unit 11, the second acquisition unit 12, and the calculation unit 13, the third acquisition unit 14, the target output unit 15, the target determination unit 16, the input unit 17, and the notification unit 18 , A storage unit 19, a communication unit 20, a first preprocessing unit 21, and a second preprocessing unit 22 are further provided. Further, the resource management system 10 further includes a control unit 31 and a measurement unit 32.

In the present embodiment, as described above, the resource management system 10 (upper system 1 and lower system 3) mainly comprises a computer system having one or more processors and one or more memories. Therefore, in the resource management system 10, functions other than the storage unit 19 and the communication unit 20 (first acquisition unit 11, second acquisition unit 12, calculation unit 13, etc.) are performed by one or more processors executing programs. It will be embodied.

As described above, the first acquisition unit 11 acquires the first value regarding the resource usage amount of each of the plurality of target facilities F1. Here, the first value is a value obtained by pretreatment by the first pretreatment unit 21 with respect to the power consumption D1 (see FIG. 2) as the resource usage of each target facility F1. In the present embodiment, as an example, the first value is the power consumption D1 at the target facility F1 aggregated for the target period. Here, the first acquisition unit 11 acquires the first value (from the first preprocessing unit 21) as the internal processing of the resource management system 10 (upper system 1), but the mode of acquiring the first value is as follows. Not limited to this, for example, the first value may be acquired from the outside of the resource management system 10.

As described above, the second acquisition unit 12 acquires the second value regarding the amount of economic activity of each of the plurality of target facilities F1. Here, the second value is a value obtained by preprocessing by the second preprocessing unit 22 with respect to the sales / customer number D2 (see FIG. 2) as the amount of economic activity of each target facility F1. In the present embodiment, as an example, the second value is the sales / customer number D2 at the target facility F1 aggregated for the target period. When the term "sales / number of customers D2" is used in the present disclosure, it means "sales" or "number of customers", and unless otherwise specified, it means "sales". Here, the second acquisition unit 12 acquires the second value (from the second preprocessing unit 22) as the internal processing of the resource management system 10 (upper system 1), but the mode of acquiring the second value is as follows. Not limited to this, for example, the second value may be acquired from the outside of the resource management system 10.

As described above, the calculation unit 13 obtains the basic unit D3 regarding the amount of resources used for each of the plurality of target facilities F1 using the first value and the second value. Here, the calculation unit 13 obtains the basic unit D3 for the plurality of target facilities F1 by using common conditions, that is, the same calculation formula and algorithm. Therefore, in the calculation unit 13, the normalized (standardized) basic unit D3 is obtained for each of the plurality of target facilities F1.

The third acquisition unit 14 acquires the designated value D4 (see FIG. 2). Here, the designated value D4 is a value for determining a "target value" described later. Here, the third acquisition unit 14 acquires the specified value D4 (from the target determination unit 16 or the input unit 17) as the internal processing of the resource management system 10 (upper system 1), but is not limited to this, for example. The specified value D4 may be acquired from the outside of the resource management system 10.

The target output unit 15 outputs the target value D5 (see FIG. 2). The target value D5 is a target value of the basic unit in each of the plurality of target facilities F1. That is, the target value D5 is a value that should be a target for the basic unit in each target facility F1, and is expressed in the same format (unit) as the basic unit. Here, the target value D5 is determined according to the designated value D4. In the present embodiment, since the designated value D4 is a value acquired by the third acquisition unit 14, the target value D5 is determined according to the value (designated value D4) acquired by the third acquisition unit 14. Become.

The target determination unit 16 determines the designated value D4. That is, the target determination unit 16 automatically determines an appropriate designated value D4 as an internal process of the resource management system 10 (upper system 1). The designated value D4 determined by the target determination unit 16 is input to the third acquisition unit 14.

The input unit 17 receives the input of the designated value D4 from the outside of the resource management system 10. Specifically, the input unit 17 receives the input of the designated value D4 transmitted from the control terminal 4 to the host system 1 by the communication with the control terminal 4 in the communication unit 20. That is, the input unit 17 receives, for example, the input of the designated value D4 manually specified by the general manager U1 by operating the general terminal 4. The designated value D4 received by the input unit 17 is input to the third acquisition unit 14.

The notification unit 18 notifies each manager (individual manager U2) of the plurality of target facilities F1 of the notification information D6 regarding the basic unit. The "notification information" referred to here may be any information related to the basic unit D3, and includes the basic unit D3 itself, a value obtained by multiplying the basic unit D3 by an appropriate coefficient, and the like. Further, the notification information D6 also includes the target value D5 set for the basic unit D3 and the power saving (energy saving) cooperation request based on the target value D5. Here, the mode of notification performed by the notification unit 18 includes, for example, transmission, display, voice output, recording (writing) and printing of data to the individual terminal 5 used by the individual administrator U2. (Printout) etc. are included.

The storage unit 19 stores, for example, various data such as the basic unit D3 obtained by the calculation unit 13. In addition, the storage unit 19 further stores information and the like necessary for calculation processing by the first acquisition unit 11, the second acquisition unit 12, the calculation unit 13, and the like. The storage unit 19 includes a rewritable non-volatile memory such as an EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory).

The communication unit 20 is directly or indirectly connected to the network NT1 via another network or a repeater or the like. The communication unit 20 has a communication function with each lower system 3, a control terminal 4, each individual terminal 5, and each subsystem 7 connected to the network NT1. As a result, the upper system 1 can communicate with each lower system 3, the control terminal 4, each individual terminal 5, each subsystem 7 and the like connected to the network NT1.

The first preprocessing unit 21 executes preprocessing on the data (first value) acquired by the first acquisition unit 11. In the present embodiment, as an example, the first pretreatment unit 21 generates the first value by totaling (integrating) the power consumption D1 as the resource usage of each target facility F1 for each target period. In the present embodiment, the target period is one month from the beginning of the month to the end of the month. Therefore, for example, when the power consumption D1 of each target facility F1 is collected by the host system 1 every hour, the first preprocessing unit. 21 totals the power consumption D1 for one month to generate the first value.

The second preprocessing unit 22 executes preprocessing on the data (second value) acquired by the second acquisition unit 12. In the present embodiment, as an example, the second preprocessing unit 22 generates the second value by totaling (accumulating) the sales / customer number D2 as the economic activity amount of each target facility F1 for each target period. In the present embodiment, the target period is one month from the beginning of the month to the end of the month. Therefore, for example, when the sales / customer number D2 of each target facility F1 is collected by the upper system 1 every hour, the second preprocessing unit 22 calculates the second value by totaling the sales and the number of customers D2 for one month.

The control unit 31 controls each device 6 of the plurality of target facilities F1 according to the target value D5.
The control of the device 6 performed by the control unit 31 may include switching the device 6 on / off (energized), and may further include detailed control according to the function of the device 6. As an example, for the equipment 61 composed of air conditioning equipment, the control unit 31 controls operations such as switching between operation / stop, adjusting the set temperature, and adjusting the air volume. As another example, with respect to the device 62 composed of lighting equipment, the control unit 31 controls such as switching on / off, adjusting the dimming level, and adjusting the emission color. In the present embodiment, the control unit 31 is provided in each of the plurality of target facilities F1 as one function of the lower system 3.

Here, the control unit 31 determines the control content of the device 6 according to the target value D5 by setting (inputting) the target value D5. For example, the control unit 31 determines a control schedule for the device 6 so that the basic unit of the target facility F1 for the current month does not exceed the basic unit defined as the target value D5, and controls the device 6 according to this schedule. ..

The measuring unit 32 measures the resource usage of each of the plurality of target facilities F1. In the present embodiment, since the resource usage amount is the power consumption amount D1, the measuring unit 32 measures the power consumption amount D1. The measuring unit 32 measures the power consumption D1 as the resource usage by monitoring the operating status (including the operating time and the like) of the device 6, for example. The measuring unit 32 uses a current measuring instrument that uses a magnetic resistance element such as a current transformer, a Hall element, a GMR (Giant Magnetic Resistances) element, or a sensor such as a shunt resistance, and power at the target facility F1. You may measure the usage amount of. In the present embodiment, the measurement unit 32 is provided in each of the plurality of target facilities F1 as one function of the lower system 3.

The details of the operation of each part of the resource management system 10 described above will be described in the column of "(3) Operation".

Further, the resource management system 10 may further include, for example, a user interface and the like in addition to the above configuration. However, the user interface and the like are not essential configurations for the resource management system 10.

The user interface includes, for example, a touch panel display, accepts user operations, and presents (displays) information to the user. The user interface is not limited to the touch panel display, and may have an input device such as a keyboard, a pointing device, a mechanical switch, or a gesture sensor. Further, the user interface may have an audio input / output unit instead of the touch panel display or together with the touch panel display.

(3) Operation Next, the operation of the resource management system 10 according to the present embodiment, that is, the resource management method according to the present embodiment will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3.

(3.1) Overall Operation First, the overall operation of the resource management system 10 according to the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation of the resource management system 10, that is, an example of the resource management method. Here, when the number of target facilities F1 to be managed by the resource management system 10 is "N", the basic unit D3 is obtained for each of these plurality (N) target facilities F1, and the target value D5 is set. A series of flows for setting and controlling the device 6 will be described.

As shown in FIG. 3, in the resource management system 10, the variable n is first set to "1" (S1), and the nth target facility F1 is set by the first acquisition unit 11 for the target period (1 month). The integrated value of the power consumption D1 of the above is acquired as the first value (S2). Here, as shown in FIG. 2, the power consumption D1 as the resource usage is measured by the lower system 3 (measurement unit 32) of the target facility F1 and transmitted from the lower system 3 to the upper system 1 by communication. Will be done.

Further, the resource management system 10 acquires the integrated value of the sales / customer number D2 for the target period (1 month) as the second value in the second acquisition unit 12 for the nth target facility F1 (S3). Here, as shown in FIG. 2, the sales / customer number D2 as the amount of economic activity is measured by the subsystem 7 of the target facility F1 and transmitted from the subsystem 7 to the host system 1 by communication.

Then, the resource management system 10 calculates the basic unit D3 regarding the usage amount of the resource (here, electric power) by the calculation unit 13 for the nth target facility F1 using the first value and the second value (here). S4). At this time, the calculation unit 13 calculates the basic unit D3 for the plurality of target facilities F1 using common conditions, that is, the same calculation formula and algorithm. The obtained basic unit D3 is classified for each target facility F1 and for each target period (1 month), and is stored in the storage unit 19. The process for obtaining the basic unit D3 will be described in detail in the column of "(3.2) Calculation of basic unit".

After that, the resource management system 10 determines whether or not the variable n has reached "N" (N is the number of target facilities F1 to be managed), and is a basic unit for all of the plurality of target facilities F1. It is determined whether or not the calculation of D3 is completed (S5). If the variable n is less than "N" (S5: No), the resource management system 10 increments the variable n (S6) and returns to the process S2.

By executing the above-described processes S2 to S6 for all of the plurality of target facilities F1, the storage unit 19 has a basic unit D3 regarding the amount of power used in the target period for all of the plurality of target facilities F1. Be remembered. Since the basic unit D3 stored in the storage unit 19 is classified for each target facility F1 and for each target period (1 month), it can be uniquely specified if the target facility F1 and the target period are specified. As an example, if information for specifying the target facility F1 called "ABC station square store" and information for specifying the target period "December 2018" are specified, "2018" in "ABC station square store" The basic unit for "December" is specified.

When the calculation of the basic unit D3 for all of the plurality of target facilities F1 is completed and the variable n reaches “N” (S5: Yes), the resource management system 10 outputs the basic unit D3 (S7). At this time, for example, as shown in FIG. 2, the resource management system 10 transmits (outputs) the basic unit D3 to the control terminal 4 of the control manager U1 by communication. Here, the basic unit D3 to be output is, for example, the basic unit D3 regarding the amount of electric power used in the target period for all of the plurality of target facilities F1, for each target facility F1 and for each target period. It is sent in a partitioned list format. However, the output mode of the basic unit D3 is not limited to the list format. For example, the general manager U1 can specify the target facility F1 and the target period by operating the general terminal 4, so that only the desired basic unit D3 is output. May be output.

Next, the resource management system 10 determines whether or not the input unit 17 has accepted the input of the designated value D4 (S8). Here, for example, when the general manager U1 operates the general terminal 4 and inputs the designated value D4, the designated value D4 is transmitted from the general terminal 4 to the host system 1 by communication as shown in FIG. , The input unit 17 accepts the input of the designated value D4.

If the input unit 17 does not accept the input of the specified value D4 (S8: No), the resource management system 10 determines the specified value D4 by the target determination unit 16 (S9), and determines the determined specified value D4. Acquired by the third acquisition unit 14 (S10). If the input unit 17 accepts the input of the specified value D4 (S8: Yes), the resource management system 10 skips the process S9 and acquires the input specified value D4 in the third acquisition unit 14. (S10). Then, the resource management system 10 sets the target value D5, which is the target of the basic unit, in each of the plurality of target facilities F1 in the target output unit 15 according to the designated value D4 acquired by the third acquisition unit 14. Then, the target value D5 is output (S11). Here, as shown in FIG. 2, the target value D5 output by the target output unit 15 is transmitted (output) from the upper system 1 to the lower system 3 of each target facility F1 by communication.

That is, in the present embodiment, the designated value D4 acquired by the third acquisition unit 14, that is, the designated value D4 applied to the setting of the target value D5 is acquired by two means of the target determination unit 16 and the input unit 17. Can be done. In other words, the third acquisition unit 14 determines, for example, the designated value D4 whose input is received by the input unit 17, that is, the designated value D4 transmitted from the control terminal 4 to the host system 1, and the target determination unit 16. Any one of the specified value D4 to be specified is acquired as the "specified value". In the present embodiment, as an example, the designated value D4 whose input is received by the input unit 17 is applied to the setting of the target value D5 with priority over the designated value D4 determined by the target determination unit 16. Therefore, as illustrated in FIG. 2, when the designated value D4 is transmitted from the control terminal 4 to the host system 1 and the designated value D4 is input to the input unit 17, the designated value D4 is set to the target value D5. Apply to settings. On the other hand, when the input unit 17 does not input the designated value D4, the designated value D4 determined by the target determination unit 16 is applied to the setting of the target value D5.

The process for setting the target value D5 (S11) including the determination (S9) of the designated value D4 in the target determination unit 16 will be described in detail in the column of “(3.3) Setting the target value”.

Then, the resource management system 10 determines the control content of the device 6 according to the target value D5 by the control unit 31 of the lower system 3, and executes the control of the device 6 (S12). At this time, as an example, the control unit 31 determines the control schedule of the device 6 so that the basic unit of the target facility F1 for the current month does not exceed the basic unit defined as the target value D5, and the device according to this schedule. 6 is controlled.

Then, the resource management system 10 notifies the notification information D6 to each individual manager U2 of the plurality of target facilities F1 by the notification unit 18 (S13). Specifically, as shown in FIG. 2, the notification information D6 is transmitted from the host system 1 to the individual terminal 5 of the individual manager U2 of each target facility F1 by communication. Here, the notification information D6 includes, for example, information such as a target value D5 set for each target facility F1 and a power saving (energy saving) cooperation request based on the target value D5. As a result, the individual manager U2 who has received the notification of the notification information D6 can know that the device 6 is controlled according to the target value D5 at the target facility F1 managed by the individual manager U2.

However, it is not essential for the notification unit 18 to notify all of the plurality of individual managers U2 corresponding to the plurality of target facilities F1 of the notification information D6, and at least a part of the plurality of individual managers U2. Notification information D6 may be notified to the individual manager U2 of the above. As an example, the notification unit 18 may notify the notification information only to the manager (individual manager U2) of the target facility F1 whose basic unit is relatively higher than that of the other target facility F1.

By the way, in the present embodiment, since the target period is one month from the beginning of the month to the end of the month, at least the processes (S1 to S7) for obtaining the basic unit are executed every month. On the other hand, the processes (S8 to S13) for setting the target value D5 and controlling the device 6 are executed separately from the target period, that is, at a time different from the target period. In this embodiment, since a store (restaurant) is assumed as the target facility F1, for example, the target value D5 is set and the device 6 is controlled for a period related to the current month such as the same month of the previous year or the previous month. It is a practice period to be executed.

The flowchart of FIG. 3 is merely an example of the operation of the resource management system 10, and the processing may be omitted or added as appropriate, or the order of the processing may be changed as appropriate.

(3.2) Calculation of basic unit Next, among the operations of the resource management system 10 according to the present embodiment, the operation related to the calculation of the basic unit D3 will be described in more detail. In the present embodiment, as an example, of "sales" and "number of customers", the integrated value of "sales" is used as the second value.

In the present embodiment, the calculation unit 13 sets the first value based on the power consumption D1 as the resource usage and the second value based on the sales / customer number D2 as the economic activity for each of the plurality of target facilities F1. , To calculate the basic unit D3. Specifically, the calculation unit 13 calculates the first value, which is the integrated value of the power consumption D1 in the target period, for each target facility F1, and integrates the sales / number of customers D2 (here, “sales”) in the same target period. The value divided by the second value, which is the value, is obtained as the basic unit. In other words, the calculation unit 13 uses a calculation formula with the first value for the power consumption D1 in the target period as the numerator and the second value for the sales / number of customers D2 (here, “sales”) in the target period as the denominator. The unit D3 is calculated.

Then, the resource management system 10 calculates the basic unit D3 for the plurality of target facilities F1 by using common conditions, that is, the same calculation formula and algorithm. Therefore, for each of the plurality of target facilities F1, the basic unit D3, which is normalized (standardized) by the amount of economic activity such as sales and the number of customers D2, is obtained with respect to the amount of resources used such as the amount of electricity used D1. In other words, in a plurality of target facilities F1, for example, the amount of resources used (power consumption D1) may vary greatly depending on the amount of economic activity (scale or business hours, etc.) of the target facility F1 which is a store. In the present embodiment, the basic unit D3 is obtained under the common condition that such a resource usage amount (electric power consumption amount D1) is divided by an economic activity amount (sales / customer number D2). Therefore, for example, by comparing a plurality of target facilities F1 with each other as basic units D3, it is possible to evaluate (compare) the resource consumption (electric power consumption D1) while suppressing the influence of the variation in the amount of economic activity. It becomes.

By the way, in the present embodiment, the second value used in the calculation of the basic unit D3 includes a variable value that changes with the passage of time. The "variable value" referred to here is a value that can change at least for each target period even in the same target facility F1. As an example, even in one target facility F1 called "ABC station square store", when the target period is set to "November 2018" and "December 2018", it is basically set to the second value. The variable values included can change.

Further, in the present embodiment, the variable value in the second value includes a value related to sales. That is, the second value, which is the denominator when obtaining the basic unit D3, includes the sales itself at the target facility F1 or an appropriate value related to the sales (number of customers, unit price per customer, LTV, profit, etc.). In this way, by using the sales as a variable value as the denominator when obtaining the basic unit D3, it is possible to obtain the basic unit D3 with high accuracy. That is, for example, in the target facility F1 composed of stores, the operating status of the device 6 changes greatly depending on whether it is in the busy season or the off-season. Nevertheless, if the second value consists only of fixed values such as the total floor area of the target facility F1, the basic unit D3 is obtained in the same way regardless of whether the target period is the busy season or the off-season. , The operating status of the device 6 is not reflected, and the basic unit D3 has low accuracy. On the other hand, since the second value includes the value related to sales as a variable value, the denominator when calculating the basic unit D3 differs depending on whether it is in the busy season or the off-season, and the operating status of the device 6 is reflected. The basic unit D3 has a relatively high accuracy.

However, the second value used in the calculation of the basic unit D3 may include not only a variable value but also a fixed value that is invariant with the passage of time. The "fixed value" referred to here is basically a value that does not change for each target period for the same target facility F1. As an example, in the case of one target facility F1 called "ABC station square store", the second value is basically the second value depending on whether the target period is "November 2018" or "December 2018". The fixed value contained in is unchanged. The fixed value included in the second value is added to the variable value (sales / number of customers D2) by the second preprocessing unit 22, for example.

Specifically, fixed values that can be included in the second value include the total floor area and volume during the target period, the business hours of the target facility F1, the configuration of the installed equipment 6, and the like. The "configuration of the installed equipment 6" referred to here is, for example, "10" for a device 61 consisting of air conditioning equipment and "1" for a device 62 consisting of lighting equipment. As described above, it is represented by the total value of the indexes determined for each type of the device 6.

(3.3) Setting of Target Value Next, among the operations of the resource management system 10 according to the present embodiment, the operation related to the setting of the target value D5 will be described in more detail.

Here, as an example, it is assumed that the target value D5 is set individually for each of the plurality of target facilities F1. That is, in the plurality of target facilities F1, the target value D5 is not uniform (uniform), and the target value D5 varies for each target facility F1. Since the target value D5 is a value determined according to the designated value D4, the designated value D4 is also set individually for each of the plurality of target facilities F1 in the same manner as the target value D5.

Further, the designated value D4 applied to the setting of the target value D5 can be acquired by the two means of the target determination unit 16 and the input unit 17, as described above, but here, the target determination unit 16 is mainly automatic. The case where the designated value D4 is determined will be described. That is, when the general manager U1 operates the general terminal 4 and does not input the designated value D4, the target determination unit 16 automatically determines the designated value D4 as described below.

The target determination unit 16 determines the designated value D4 based on the basic unit D3 obtained by the calculation unit 13. Since the basic unit D3 obtained by the calculation unit 13 is stored in the storage unit 19, the target determination unit 16 determines the designated value D4 based on the basic unit D3 stored in the storage unit 19. Here, the target determination unit 16 determines the designated value D4 for each target facility F1 based on the plurality of basic units D3 obtained for the plurality of target facilities F1. In other words, the designated value D4 that determines the target value D5 of a certain target facility F1 is determined by using not only the basic unit D3 of the target facility F1 but also the basic unit D3 of another target facility F1. Then, the target value D5 is determined according to the designated value D4 determined in this way. In the present embodiment, as an example, the target value D5 is assumed to be the same value as the designated value D4. The designated value D4 automatically determined by the target determination unit 16 is used as it is as the target value D5.

Here, the target determination unit 16 determines the designated value D4 so that the target value D5 satisfies at least one of the following three setting conditions.

As the first setting condition, the target value D5 is set so that the difference in the basic unit D3 among the plurality of target facilities F1 becomes small. That is, when there is a difference in the actual basic unit D3 among the plurality of target facilities F1, the target determination unit 16 determines the designated value D4 for each target facility F1 so as to reduce this difference. As an example, the target determination unit 16 calculates representative values such as an average value, a median value, or a mode value for the basic unit D3 of a plurality of target facilities F1, and the basic unit D3 of each target facility F1 approaches the representative value. As described above, the designated value D4 of each target facility F1 is determined. In this case, the target determination unit 16 determines the designated value D4 so that, for example, the intermediate value between the basic unit D3 and the representative value of each target facility F1 is the designated value D4. As a result, even if there is a variation (difference) in the actual basic unit D3 among the plurality of target facilities F1, the target value D5 determined according to the specified value D4 is a value closer to the representative value. The variation (difference) of the target value D5 among the target facilities F1 is small.

As the second setting condition, the target value D5 is set so that the basic unit D3 is the same in at least two target facilities F1 among the plurality of target facilities F1. That is, when there is a difference in the actual basic unit D3 between at least two target facilities F1 among the plurality of target facilities F1, the target determination unit 16 has the target facility F1 so that the difference disappears. The specified value D4 is determined. As an example, the target determination unit 16 calculates a representative value such as an average value, a median value, or a mode value for the basic unit D3 of at least two target facilities F1, and sets the representative value as the designated value D4. Determine D4. As a result, even if there is a variation (difference) in the actual basic unit D3 between at least two target facilities F1, the target value D5 determined according to the specified value D4 becomes the same value (representative value). The variation (difference) of the target value D5 among the plurality of target facilities F1 becomes small. Here, it is preferable that at least two target facilities F1 in which the same target value D5 is set are, for example, target facilities F1 having a common term in terms of location, customer base, and the like.

As the third setting condition, the target value D5 is set to a value smaller than the maximum value of the basic unit D3 in at least a plurality of target facilities F1. That is, when there is a difference in the actual basic unit D3 among the plurality of target facilities F1, the target determination unit 16 sets the designated value D4 for each target facility F1 so as to move to the relatively small basic unit D3. To determine. As an example, the target determination unit 16 calculates the maximum value and representative values such as the average value, the median value, or the mode value for the basic unit D3 of a plurality of target facilities F1, and the basic unit D3 of each target facility F1 is calculated. The designated value D4 of each target facility F1 is determined so as to be smaller than the maximum value. In this case, the target determination unit 16 determines the designated value D4 so that, for example, the intermediate value between the maximum value and the representative value is the designated value D4. As a result, even if there is a variation (difference) in the actual basic unit D3 among the plurality of target facilities F1, the target value D5 determined according to the specified value D4 is smaller than the maximum basic unit D3. Therefore, the basic unit D3 of the plurality of target facilities F1 can be kept small as a whole.

The designated value D4 for determining the target value D5 as described above is not limited to being determined by the target determination unit 16, and input may be accepted by the input unit 17. In this case, the general manager U1, for example, while looking at the basic unit D3 for the plurality of target facilities F1 transmitted (output) from the resource management system 10 on the general terminal 4, according to the setting conditions as described above. The specified value D4 is determined.

Further, the target value D5 as described above is set for each period. In other words, the target value D5 is updated every certain period. In the present embodiment, as an example, the target value D5 is set (updated) for each period having the same length as the target period. That is, if the target period is one month, the processing (S8 to S13) for setting the target value D5 and controlling the device 6 is also performed every one month of practice period. For example, as described above, when a store (restaurant) is assumed as the target facility F1, it is preferable to update the target value D5 for each practice period related to the current month, such as the same month of the previous year or the previous month. ..

Here, the period (practical period) in which the target value D5 is set is not limited to the period having the same length as the target period, for example, 1 hour, 6 hours, 12 hours, 1 day, 1 week, 2 weeks, or the like. As such, the period may be shorter than the target period. Further, the period in which the target value D5 is set may be a period longer than the target period, for example, 3 months, 6 months, 1 year, or the like.

By the way, regarding the setting of the target value D5, as described above, the target value D5 is uniformly set for the plurality of target facilities F1 without being limited to the mode in which the target value D5 is individually set for each of the plurality of target facilities F1. It may be set. In other words, as a further limiting condition of the second setting condition, the target value D5 may be uniformly (uniformly) set so that the basic unit D3 is the same in all of the plurality of target facilities F1. .. In this case, since the target value D5 is a value determined according to the designated value D4, the designated value D4 is uniformly (uniformly) set for the plurality of target facilities F1 as well as the target value D5.

(3.4) Summary According to the operation of the resource management system 10 described above, the target value D5 is set based on the basic unit D3 in each of the plurality of target facilities F1, and the equipment is set according to the target value D5. 6 is controlled. Therefore, basically, the higher (larger) the target facility F1 as the amount of economic activity, the more resources (electric power) can be used (consumed). In other words, the resource management system 10 adjusts the amount of resources used in each target facility F1 so that the amount of resources commensurate with the amount of economic activity is used.

According to the resource management system 10 described above, the general manager U1 or the individual manager U2 can easily manage the resource usage status at the plurality of target facilities F1, and thus motivates the user to use the resource management system 10. It leads to (attachment). On the other hand, as the operating entity of the resource management system 10, the resource management system 10 is operated by collecting consideration such as a system usage fee from the general manager U1 or the individual manager U2 who uses the resource management system 10. It leads to motivation. Further, in the operating entity of the resource management system 10, it is expected that various facilities such as the lower system 3, the device 6 and the subsystem 7 will be introduced into the plurality of target facilities F1.

(4) Modified Example The first embodiment is only one of the various embodiments of the present disclosure. The first embodiment can be changed in various ways depending on the design and the like as long as the object of the present disclosure can be achieved. Each figure described in the present disclosure is a schematic view, and the ratio of the size and the thickness of each component in each figure does not necessarily reflect the actual dimensional ratio. Further, the same function as the resource management system 10 according to the first embodiment may be realized by a resource management method, a computer program, a non-temporary recording medium on which the computer program is recorded, or the like. The resource management method according to one aspect is a method of managing the resource usage status in a plurality of target facilities F1, and is a first acquisition process (corresponding to “S2” in FIG. 3) and a second acquisition process (FIG. 3). It has (corresponding to “S3” in FIG. 3) and arithmetic processing (corresponding to “S4” in FIG. 3). The first acquisition process is a process for acquiring the first value for each resource usage amount of the plurality of target facilities F1. The second acquisition process is a process for acquiring a second value regarding the amount of economic activity of each of the plurality of target facilities F1. The arithmetic processing is a processing for obtaining the basic unit D3 regarding the amount of resources used by using the first value and the second value for each of the plurality of target facilities F1. In the arithmetic processing, the basic unit D3 is obtained under common conditions for a plurality of target facilities F1. The (computer) program according to one aspect is a program for causing one or more processors to execute the above resource management method.

Hereinafter, modifications of the first embodiment will be listed. The modifications described below can be applied in combination as appropriate.

The resource management system 10 in the present disclosure includes a computer system. A computer system mainly consists of a processor and a memory as hardware. When the processor executes the program recorded in the memory of the computer system, the function as the resource management system 10 in the present disclosure is realized. The program may be pre-recorded in the memory of the computer system, may be provided through a telecommunications line, and may be recorded on a non-temporary recording medium such as a memory card, optical disk, hard disk drive, etc. that can be read by the computer system. May be provided. A processor in a computer system is composed of one or more electronic circuits including a semiconductor integrated circuit (IC) or a large scale integrated circuit (LSI). The integrated circuit such as IC or LSI referred to here has a different name depending on the degree of integration, and includes an integrated circuit called a system LSI, VLSI (Very Large Scale Integration), or ULSI (Ultra Large Scale Integration). Further, an FPGA (Field-Programmable Gate Array) programmed after the LSI is manufactured, or a logical device capable of reconfiguring the junction relationship inside the LSI or reconfiguring the circuit partition inside the LSI can also be adopted as a processor. can. A plurality of electronic circuits may be integrated on one chip, or may be distributed on a plurality of chips. The plurality of chips may be integrated in one device, or may be distributed in a plurality of devices. The computer system referred to here includes a microprocessor having one or more processors and one or more memories. Therefore, the microprocessor is also composed of one or a plurality of electronic circuits including a semiconductor integrated circuit or a large-scale integrated circuit.

Further, it is not an essential configuration for the resource management system 10 that at least a part of the functions of the resource management system 10 are integrated in one housing, and the components of the resource management system 10 are contained in a plurality of housings. It may be provided in a distributed manner. For example, at least a part of the functions provided in the higher-level system 1 of the resource management system 10 may be provided in a housing different from the higher-level system 1. Further, at least a part of the functions of the lower system 3 may be realized by a cloud (cloud computing) or the like.

On the contrary, in the first embodiment, at least a part of the functions distributed in a plurality of devices may be integrated in one housing. For example, the functions distributed in the upper system 1 and the lower system 3 may be integrated in one housing. As an example, the control unit 31 may be provided in the host system 1.

Further, the plurality of target facilities F1 to be managed by the resource management system 10 are not limited to restaurants, but may be stores of retail stores such as supermarkets, department stores, drug stores, convenience stores, home appliance mass retailers, and home centers. .. Further, the plurality of target facilities F1 to be managed by the resource management system 10 are not limited to stores, but may be non-residential facilities other than stores, residential facilities, and the like.

Further, the resource is not limited to electric power (electrical energy), and may be, for example, gas or tap water. In addition, the resource may include a combination of two or more of electricity, gas and tap water.

Further, in the first embodiment, the designated value D4 applied to the setting of the target value D5 has a configuration that can be acquired by two means of the target determination unit 16 and the input unit 17, but this configuration is the resource management system 10. Is not an essential configuration. For example, when the designated value D4 applied to the setting of the target value D5 is acquired from the target determination unit 16, the input unit 17 may be omitted as appropriate. On the other hand, when the designated value D4 applied to the setting of the target value D5 is acquired from the input unit 17, the target determination unit 16 may be omitted as appropriate.

Further, in the first embodiment, the case where the second value used in the calculation of the basic unit D3 includes the variable value has been described, but the second value may not include the variable value. That is, the second value may include only fixed values such as the total floor area or volume of the target facility F1, for example.

Further, the variable value included in the second value is not limited to the value related to sales, but may include various values that change with the passage of time. As an example, the fluctuation value of the second value may include a value such as the cumulative business hours or the number of days of the target facility F1 in the target period, the amount of precipitation around the target facility F1 in the target period, or the total number of employees. ..

Further, the function of the control unit 31 that controls each device 6 of the plurality of target facilities F1 according to the target value D5 is not an essential configuration for the resource management system 10, and can be omitted as appropriate. When the control unit 31 is omitted, for example, a control schedule for a person (individual manager U2, an employee of the target facility F1, etc.) to control each device 6 of the plurality of target facilities F1 according to the target value D5 is set. You may build it.

Further, the function of determining the control content of the device 6 according to the target value D5 may be provided in the upper system 1 instead of the lower system 3. That is, in the first embodiment, the control unit 31 of the lower system 3 determines the control content of the device 6 according to the target value D5, but the upper system 1 determines the control content of the device 6 according to the target value D5. May be good. For example, the host system 1 may determine the control schedule of the device 6 so that the basic unit of the target facility F1 for the current month does not exceed the basic unit defined as the target value D5. In this case, the upper system 1 transmits the control schedule of the device 6 to the lower system 3, so that the lower system 3 can control the device 6 according to this schedule.

Further, the algorithm for which the target determination unit 16 automatically determines the designated value D4 can be changed as appropriate. As an example, the goal determination unit 16 may determine the designated value D4 from the basic unit D3 by using the trained model generated by machine learning. The term "machine learning" here may include various methods such as supervised learning and reinforcement learning. In "reinforcement learning", "behavior" is performed in a certain "environment", the "situation" changed as a result of the "behavior" is observed, and the "behavior" with good results is highly "behavior". It is a method in which "reward" is given.

Further, as another example, the goal determination unit 16 acquires the opinions from the customers who use the target facility F1 by using SNS (Social Networking Service) or the like, and adds this opinions to the basic unit D3. The designated value D4 may be determined. Similarly, the goal determination unit 16 may acquire an opinion from the individual manager U2 on the individual terminal 5 or the like, and determine the designated value D4 with respect to the basic unit D3 in consideration of this opinion.

(Embodiment 2)
As shown in FIG. 4, the resource management system 10 according to the present embodiment is different from the resource management system 10 according to the first embodiment in that a plurality of target facilities F1 to be managed are offices. Hereinafter, the same configurations as those in the first embodiment will be designated by a common reference numeral and description thereof will be omitted as appropriate.

Also in this embodiment, the plurality of target facilities F1 (offices) managed by the resource management system 10 are facilities that are related to each other. In the present embodiment, as an example, since each of the plurality of target facilities F1 is an office, it is assumed that the plurality of target facilities F1 have a relationship such as being a branch office of the same corporation (company).

For such a plurality of target facilities F1, as an administrator, the general manager U1 (see FIG. 4) such as the head office that comprehensively manages the plurality of target facilities F1 and the plurality of target facilities F1 are managed respectively. There is an individual manager U2 (see Fig. 4) such as a branch president. That is, at least one general manager U1 exists in association with the plurality of target facilities F1, and is in a position to receive a report on the resource usage status and the like in all of the plurality of target facilities F1. On the other hand, there is at least one individual manager U2 associated with one target facility F1 and is in a position to receive a report on the resource usage status and the like in the corresponding target facility F1. That is, there are a plurality of individual managers U2 for the plurality of target facilities F1. In the present embodiment, as an example, it is assumed that each of the general manager U1 and the plurality of individual managers U2 is an individual.

In the present embodiment, the subsystem 7 provided in each target facility F1 and monitoring the amount of economic activity of the target facility F1 is different from the first embodiment. That is, in FIG. 4, as an example of the subsystem 7, a subsystem 73 including an entry / exit management system and a subsystem 74 including a conference room reservation system are shown. The "entrance / exit management system" and the "meeting room reservation system" referred to here are both systems capable of measuring the number of people (number of users) existing in each space of the target facility F1. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 4, the number of users D2 as the amount of economic activity is measured by the subsystem 7 of the target facility F1 and transmitted from the subsystem 7 to the host system 1 by communication.

In the present embodiment, since the target facility F1 is an office, the variable value included in the second value includes a value related to the number of users D2 of each of the plurality of target facility F1s. That is, the second value, which is the denominator when the basic unit D3 is obtained, includes the number of users D2 itself in the target facility F1 or an appropriate value related to the number of users D2. In this way, by using the number of users D2 as a variable value as the denominator when obtaining the basic unit D3, it is possible to obtain the basic unit D3 with high accuracy. That is, for example, in the target facility F1 composed of offices, the operating status of the device 6 changes greatly depending on the presence or absence of business travelers, the presence or absence of visitors, and the like. Nevertheless, if the second value consists only of fixed values such as the total floor area of the target facility F1, the basic unit D3 is obtained in the same way regardless of the presence or absence of business travelers and visitors. The operating status of the device 6 is not reflected, and the basic unit D3 has low accuracy. On the other hand, since the second value includes the value related to the number of users D2 as a variable value, the denominator when calculating the basic unit D3 differs depending on the presence or absence of business travelers or the presence or absence of visitors, and the operating status of the device 6 Is reflected in the relatively high-precision basic unit D3.

Further, in the present embodiment, the variable value included in the second value includes a weighting coefficient according to the attribute of the person included in the number of users D2. The "attribute" here is an attribute possessed by each person included in the number of users D2, and is, for example, an employment form (part-time worker, part-time worker, full-time employee, etc.), job title (chief, section chief, department manager, etc.), age group, etc. Is. A subsystem 73 consisting of an entry / exit management system and a subsystem 74 consisting of a conference room reservation system can detect the number of users D2 including such attributes. Then, since the weighting coefficient changes according to the attribute, for example, even if the number of users D2 per day is the same, the fluctuation value included in the second value changes depending on the attribute of the person included in the number of users D2. As an example, a weighting coefficient "0.7" is associated with the attribute of a part-time worker with a short working time, and a weighting coefficient "1.0" is associated with an attribute of a regular employee with a long working time. As a result, even if the number of users D2 is the same, the larger the ratio of regular employees, the larger the fluctuation value included in the second value. The calculation of such a weighting coefficient is performed by, for example, the second preprocessing unit 22.

As a modification of the second embodiment, the subsystem 7 is not limited to the entry / exit management system and the conference room reservation system, and may be, for example, a local positioning system (LPS) or the like.

Further, also in the second embodiment, for example, when the office is a sales department or the like, the fluctuation value of the second value may include a value related to the business performance (sales).

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As described above, the resource management system (10) according to the first aspect is a system that manages the resource usage status in a plurality of target facilities (F1). The resource management system (10) includes a first acquisition unit (11), a second acquisition unit (12), and a calculation unit (13). The first acquisition unit (11) acquires the first value regarding the resource usage of each of the plurality of target facilities (F1). The second acquisition unit (12) acquires the second value regarding the amount of economic activity of each of the plurality of target facilities (F1). The calculation unit (13) obtains a basic unit (D3) regarding the amount of resources used for each of the plurality of target facilities (F1) using the first value and the second value. The calculation unit (13) obtains a basic unit (D3) under common conditions for a plurality of target facilities (F1).

According to this configuration, the resource usage status in a plurality of target facilities (F1) can be centrally managed by the resource management system (10). Since the calculation unit (13) obtains the basic unit (D3) regarding the amount of resources used for each of the plurality of target facilities (F1) using the first value and the second value, the plurality of target facilities (F1) The resource usage status can be managed in the basic unit (D3) related to the resource usage. Moreover, since the basic unit (D3) is obtained under common conditions for a plurality of target facilities (F1), the resource usage status in the plurality of target facilities (F1) can be compared as the basic unit (D3). It is possible to manage with. As a result, there is an advantage that it becomes easy to manage the resource usage status in a plurality of target facilities (F1).

In the first aspect, the resource management system (10) according to the second aspect is a target output unit that outputs a target value (D5) that is a target of the basic unit (D3) in each of the plurality of target facilities (F1). (15) is further provided.

According to this configuration, the target value (D5), which is the target of the basic unit (D3), can be set in each of the plurality of target facilities (F1).

Regarding the resource management system (10) according to the third aspect, in the second aspect, the target value (D5) is set so that the difference in the basic unit (D3) among the plurality of target facilities (F1) becomes small. Set.

According to this configuration, the difference in the basic unit (D3) among the plurality of target facilities (F1) can be reduced.

Regarding the resource management system (10) according to the fourth aspect, in the third aspect, the target value (D5) is the basic unit (F1) in at least two target facilities (F1) among the plurality of target facilities (F1). D3) is set to be the same.

According to this configuration, it is possible to eliminate the difference in basic unit (D3) between at least two target facilities (F1).

Regarding the resource management system (10) according to the fifth aspect, in any one of the second to fourth aspects, the target value (D5) is the basic unit (D3) in at least a plurality of target facilities (F1). Set to a value smaller than the maximum value.

According to this configuration, the basic unit (D3) of the plurality of target facilities (F1) can be kept small as a whole.

The resource management system (10) according to the sixth aspect further includes a third acquisition unit (14) for acquiring a designated value (D4) in any one of the second to fifth aspects. The target value (D5) is determined according to the designated value (D4).

According to this configuration, the target value (D5) can be specified by the designated value (D4).

The resource management system (10) according to the seventh aspect further includes a target determination unit (16) for determining a designated value (D4) in the sixth aspect.

According to this configuration, the designated value (D4) can be automatically determined by the target determination unit (16), and as a result, the target value (D5) is also automatically determined.

Regarding the resource management system (10) according to the eighth aspect, in any one of the second to seventh aspects, the target value (D5) is set for each period.

According to this configuration, the target value (D5) can be updated at any time.

The resource management system (10) according to the ninth aspect is a control unit that controls each device (6) of the plurality of target facilities (F1) according to the target value (D5) in any one of the second to eighth aspects. (31) is further provided.

According to this configuration, each device (6) of the plurality of target facilities (F1) can be automatically controlled according to the target value (D5).

Regarding the resource management system (10) according to the tenth aspect, in any one of the first to ninth aspects, the second value includes a variable value that changes with the passage of time.

According to this configuration, it is possible to accurately obtain the basic unit (D3) as compared with the case where the second value is only a fixed value.

Regarding the resource management system (10) according to the eleventh aspect, in the tenth aspect, the variable value includes a value related to sales.

According to this configuration, it is possible to accurately obtain the basic unit (D3) by reflecting the value related to sales in the basic unit (D3).

Regarding the resource management system (10) according to the twelfth aspect, in the tenth aspect or the eleventh aspect, the variable value includes a value regarding the number of users (D2) of each of the plurality of target facilities (F1).

According to this configuration, the value related to the number of users (D2) is reflected in the basic unit (D3), so that the basic unit (D3) can be obtained accurately.

Regarding the resource management system (10) according to the thirteenth aspect, in the twelfth aspect, the fluctuation value includes a weighting coefficient according to the attribute of the person included in the number of users (D2).

According to this configuration, the attribute of the person included in the number of users (D2) is reflected in the basic unit (D3), so that the basic unit (D3) can be obtained accurately.

With respect to the resource management system (10) according to the fourteenth aspect, in any one of the first to thirteenth aspects, the second value includes a fixed value that is invariant with the passage of time.

According to this configuration, it is possible to accurately obtain the basic unit (D3) as compared with the case where the second value is only a variable value.

The resource management system (10) according to the fifteenth aspect provides the notification information (D6) regarding the basic unit (D3) to each manager of the plurality of target facilities (F1) in any one of the first to the fourth aspects. A notification unit (18) for notifying is further provided.

According to this configuration, the manager who has received the notification of the notification information (D6) can know the information about the basic unit (D3) for the target facility (F1).

The resource management method according to the sixteenth aspect is a method of managing the usage status of resources in a plurality of target facilities (F1). The resource management method includes a first acquisition process, a second acquisition process, and an arithmetic process. In the first acquisition process, the first value for each resource usage of the plurality of target facilities (F1) is acquired. In the second acquisition process, the second value for each economic activity of the plurality of target facilities (F1) is acquired. In the arithmetic processing, for each of the plurality of target facilities (F1), the basic unit (D3) regarding the amount of resources used is obtained using the first value and the second value. In the arithmetic processing, the basic unit (D3) is obtained under common conditions for a plurality of target facilities (F1).

According to this configuration, there is an advantage that it becomes easy to manage the usage status of resources in a plurality of target facilities (F1).

The program according to the seventeenth aspect is a program for causing one or more processors to execute the resource management method according to the sixteenth aspect.

According to this configuration, there is an advantage that it becomes easy to manage the usage status of resources in a plurality of target facilities (F1).

Not limited to the above aspects, various configurations (including modifications) of the resource management system (10) according to the first and second embodiments can be embodied by a resource management method or a program.

The configuration according to the second to fifteenth aspects is not an essential configuration for the resource management system (10) and can be omitted as appropriate.

10 Resource management system 11 1st acquisition unit 12 2nd acquisition unit 13 Calculation unit 14 3rd acquisition unit 15 Target output unit 16 Target determination unit 18 Notification unit 31 Control unit 6 Equipment D2 Number of users D3 Basic unit D4 Specified value D5 Target value D6 Notification information F1 Target facility

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A resource management system that manages the usage status of resources at multiple target facilities.
The first acquisition unit that acquires the first value for each resource usage of the plurality of target facilities, and
The second acquisition department that acquires the second value for each economic activity of the plurality of target facilities, and
Each of the plurality of target facilities is provided with a calculation unit for obtaining a basic unit regarding the amount of resources used by using the first value and the second value.
The calculation unit obtains the basic unit under common conditions for the plurality of target facilities.
Resource management system. Each of the plurality of target facilities further includes a target output unit that outputs a target value that is the target of the basic unit.
The resource management system according to claim 1. The target value is set so that the difference in the basic unit among the plurality of target facilities becomes small.
The resource management system according to claim 2. The target value is set so that the basic unit is the same in at least two target facilities among the plurality of target facilities.
The resource management system according to claim 3. The target value is set to a value smaller than the maximum value of the basic unit at least among the plurality of target facilities.
The resource management system according to any one of claims 2 to 4. It also has a third acquisition unit that acquires the specified value.
The target value is determined according to the designated value.
The resource management system according to any one of claims 2 to 5. Further provided with a target determination unit for determining the specified value.
The resource management system according to claim 6. The target value is set for each period.
The resource management system according to any one of claims 2 to 7. A control unit that controls each device of the plurality of target facilities according to the target value is further provided.
The resource management system according to any one of claims 2 to 8. The second value includes a variable value that changes with the passage of time.
The resource management system according to any one of claims 1 to 9. The variable value includes a value related to sales.
The resource management system according to claim 10. The fluctuation value includes a value relating to the number of users of each of the plurality of target facilities.
The resource management system according to claim 10 or 11. The fluctuation value includes a weighting coefficient according to the attribute of the person included in the number of users.
The resource management system according to claim 12. The second value includes a fixed value that is invariant over time.
The resource management system according to any one of claims 1 to 13. A notification unit for notifying each manager of the plurality of target facilities of notification information regarding the basic unit is further provided.
The resource management system according to any one of claims 1 to 14. It is a resource management method that manages the usage status of resources at multiple target facilities.
The first acquisition process for acquiring the first value for each resource usage of the plurality of target facilities, and
The second acquisition process for acquiring the second value for each economic activity of the plurality of target facilities, and
Each of the plurality of target facilities has an arithmetic process for obtaining a basic unit regarding the amount of resources used by using the first value and the second value.
In the arithmetic processing, the basic unit is obtained under common conditions for the plurality of target facilities.
Resource management method. A program for causing one or more processors to execute the resource management method according to claim 16.

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