JP2024105057A - Man-hours management system - Google Patents

Abstract

[Problem] In a man-hour management system, man-hour hours are aligned with actual working hours. [Solution] A man-hour management system (1) includes a determination unit (112) that determines the man-hour hours of a worker's work using the worker's schedule information, an acquisition unit (111) that acquires the worker's working hours, and a change unit (113) that changes the man-hour hours so that the man-hour hours are aligned with the working hours. [Selected Figure] Figure 2

Description

The present invention relates to technology for labor-hour management systems.

Technology is known that proposes correction candidates for discrepancies between planned working hours and estimated working hours. For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a technology that estimates estimated working hours by acquiring an action log related to an employee for planned working hours set by the employee for the work, and proposes correction candidates for discrepancies between the planned working hours and estimated working hours.

JP 2021-189811 A

When labor hours are calculated based on worker schedule information, there are cases where the labor hours do not match the actual working hours due to schedule overlaps or gaps. Since labor hours are used for purposes such as calculating hourly wages in consulting work, calculating the cost of software assets, and analyzing work styles, problems can arise if they do not match the actual working hours.

In view of the above background, the present invention aims to align labor hours with actual working hours.

One aspect of the present disclosure provides a man-hour management system that includes a determination unit that determines the man-hours of a task performed by a worker using the worker's schedule information, an acquisition unit that acquires the worker's working hours, and a change unit that changes the man-hours so that the man-hours are consistent with the working hours.

The determination unit may determine multiple man-hours for multiple tasks performed by the worker in a unit period, the acquisition unit may acquire the working hours of the worker in the unit period, and the change unit may evenly allocate the difference between the working hours and the sum of the multiple man-hours to the multiple man-hours and change the multiple man-hours by the allocated amount.

The determination unit may determine multiple man-hours for multiple tasks performed by the worker in a unit period, and the change unit may change the maximum man-hour of the multiple man-hours.

The determination unit may determine multiple man-hours for multiple tasks performed by the worker in a unit period, and the change unit may change the minimum man-hours among the multiple man-hours.

The schedule information may include a schedule time, and when the plurality of tasks includes two or more tasks having the maximum or minimum man-hours, the change unit may change the man-hours of a task among the two or more tasks that is determined according to the schedule time included in the corresponding schedule information.

The determination unit may determine multiple man-hours for multiple tasks performed by the worker in a unit period, and priorities may be set in advance for the multiple tasks, and the change unit may change the man-hours for the task with the highest priority among the multiple man-hours.

The determination unit determines multiple man-hours for multiple tasks of the worker in a unit period, the acquisition unit acquires the worker's working hours in the unit period, and the change unit may, if the working hours are smaller than the sum of the multiple man-hours, reduce the difference between the working hours and the sum of the multiple man-hours in a predetermined order from the multiple man-hours until the man-hours and the working hours are consistent.

The determination unit determines multiple man-hours for multiple tasks of the worker in a unit period, the acquisition unit acquires the worker's working hours in the unit period, and the change unit aligns the labor hours with the working hours according to a rule selected in response to a user's operation from among a first rule that evenly allocates the difference between the working hours and the sum of the multiple man-hours to the multiple man-hours and changes the multiple man-hours by the allocated amount, a second rule that changes the largest man-hour hour among the multiple man-hours so that the labor hours are consistent with the labor hours, a third rule that changes the smallest man-hour hour among the multiple man-hours so that the labor hours are consistent with the labor hours, a fourth rule that changes the man-hour hour of a task with a highest preset priority among the multiple man-hours so that the labor hours are consistent with the labor hours, and a fifth rule that changes the labor hours so that the labor hours are consistent with the labor hours.

The determination unit may determine multiple man-hours for multiple tasks performed by the worker in a unit period, the acquisition unit may acquire the working hours of the worker in the unit period, and the change unit may change the working hours if the difference between the working hours and the sum of the multiple man-hours is less than a predetermined time, and may change the man-hours if the difference is equal to or greater than the predetermined time.

The present invention makes it possible to align man-hours with actual working hours.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a man-hour management system 1. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration of a man-hour management system 1. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of the hardware configuration of a server device 10 and a client device 20. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of schedule information of a worker stored in the storage unit 12. FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating a list of increase rules. FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating a list of reduction rules. FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of an operation screen for schedule information. FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of an operation screen for automatic man-hour allocation. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a matching method of the man-hour management system 1. FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of time adjustment according to an increase rule. FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of time adjustment according to a reduction rule. 11 is a diagram illustrating a method for registering an allocation rule by a worker; FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating a modified example of time adjustment according to a reduction rule.

1. Configuration Fig. 1 is a diagram illustrating a man-hour management system 1. The man-hour management system 1 is a system that automatically cooperates with a schedule management application, for example, OUTLOOK (registered trademark) scheduler, and makes it possible to grasp how time was used relative to working hours. Note that the schedule management application that cooperates with the man-hour management system 1 is not limited to OUTLOOK (registered trademark) scheduler, and may be another scheduler. The man-hour management system 1 has a server device 10 and a client device 20.

The server device 10 is an information processing device that determines the man-hours based on the schedule information of the user. In this example, "schedule information" refers to information that indicates the work content (e.g., schedule) of the user that is entered into a calendar or the like, and "man-hours" refers to the time or total time that the user engaged in the work according to the records. The server device 10 is also an information processing device that acquires actual work hours from an attendance management system and adjusts the time so that the man-hours and actual work hours are consistent. In this example, the attendance management system refers to a system and device that calculates actual work hours based on time card punching, mobile punching, or gate entry and exit records (not shown). Furthermore, "actual work hours" refers to the time that a worker actually worked, excluding break times, and is an example of working hours. Furthermore, "consistency" refers to adjusting the "man-hours" or "actual work hours" according to a predetermined rule to match the total of "man-hours" and the total of "actual work hours".

The client device 20 is an information processing device for a worker to input schedule information. The client device 20 also transmits the input schedule information to the server device 10. The server device 10 and the client device 20 are connected to each other via a network 9. In this example, the network is a computer network such as the Internet.

Figure 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of the functional configuration of the man-hour management system 1. In this embodiment, each function of the man-hour management system 1 is implemented in a server device 10. The man-hour management system 1 has a control unit 11, a memory unit 12, and a communication unit 13. In this example, the control unit 11 performs various controls. The control unit 11 also has an acquisition unit 111, a determination unit 112, and a change unit 113. The memory unit 12 stores various data. The communication unit 13 communicates with the client device 20.

Figure 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of the hardware configuration of the server device 10 and the client device 20. The server device 10 is a computer having a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 101, memory 102, storage 103, and communication IF 104, and is, for example, a personal computer or a mainframe. The CPU 101 is a processor that performs various calculations according to a program. The memory 102 is a main storage device that functions as a work area when the CPU 101 executes a program, and includes, for example, a RAM (Random Access Memory). The storage 103 is an auxiliary storage device that stores various data and programs, and includes, for example, an SSD (Solid State Drive) or an HDD (Hard Disc Drive). The communication IF 104 is a device that communicates with other devices according to a predetermined communication standard, and includes, for example, a NIC (Network Interface Card).

In this example, the programs stored in storage 103 include a program (hereinafter referred to as the "server program") for causing the computer to function as a server in labor-hour management system 1. When CPU 101 is executing the server program, CPU 101 is an example of control unit 11, memory 102 and storage 103 are examples of memory unit 12, and communication IF 104 is an example of communication unit 13.

The client device 20 is a computer having a CPU 201, a memory 202, a storage 203, a communication IF 204, an input device 205, and a display device 206, and is, for example, a smartphone, a tablet, or a personal computer. The CPU 201 is a processor that performs various calculations according to a program. The memory 202 is a main storage device that functions as a work area when the CPU 201 executes a program, and includes, for example, a RAM. The storage 203 is an auxiliary storage device that stores various data and programs, and includes, for example, an SSD or HDD. The communication IF 204 is a device that communicates with other devices according to a predetermined communication standard, and includes, for example, a wireless chip in the case of wireless communication. The input device 205 is a device for inputting information to the client device 20, and includes, for example, a touch screen, a keyboard, a mouse, or a pointing device. The display device 206 is a device that displays information, and includes, for example, an organic EL (Electro Luminescence) display or a liquid crystal display.

In this example, the programs stored in storage 203 include a program (hereinafter referred to as a "client program") for causing a computer to function as a client in labor-hour management system 1. When CPU 201 is executing the client program, CPU 201, memory 202, storage 203, communication IF 204, input device 205, and display device 206 are examples of functions for operating client device 20.

Returning to the explanation of FIG. 2, in the server device 10, the control unit 11 further includes an acquisition unit 111, a decision unit 112, and a change unit 113. In this example, the acquisition unit 111 acquires schedule information and actual work hours in a unit period. In this example, a unit period refers to, for example, a period of one day (24 hours), and the labor-hour management system 1 can adjust the time according to this period. More specifically, the acquisition unit 111 first reads out schedule information for one day from the storage unit 12. The acquisition unit 111 also acquires the actual work hours for that day from the attendance management system (not shown).

Figure 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of schedule information of a worker stored in the storage unit 12. The storage unit 12 stores schedule information received from the client device 20. In this example, the schedule information includes, for example, the user name, the title of the schedule, the date, the start time, and the end time.

The determination unit 112 assigns tasks to schedule information according to predetermined allocation rules and determines the man-hours for multiple tasks. In this example, the allocation rules are rules that indicate the correspondence between "schedule information" and "tasks." For schedule information that does not fall under the allocation rules, the worker can manually assign tasks. The allocation rules are stored in the memory unit 12 and acquired by the determination unit 112.

The change unit 113 adjusts the time so that the man-hours and actual working hours are consistent. The user selects in advance one of the increase rules and one of the decrease rules. In this example, the increase rule and decrease rule are rules that are determined in advance to ensure consistency between the man-hours and actual working hours. In this example, the user refers to the administrator who operates the man-hour management system 1 and the individual workers who are engaged in the work. As described above, the change unit 113 makes adjustments according to the increase rule and decrease rule selected in response to the user's operation.

Figure 5A is a diagram showing an example of a list of increase rules. In this example, the increase rules are applied when the actual work hours are greater than the man-hours in order to align the "man-hours" with the "actual work hours." The increase rules are explained in detail below.

Regarding the details of the specific rules, first, when increase rule 1 is applied, the modification unit 113 increases the labor hours evenly for multiple tasks.

When increase rule 2 is applied, the modification unit 113 increases the maximum man-hours. In this example, the maximum man-hours refers to the maximum man-hours among the man-hours for each task among the tasks in the schedule information for one day. Here, when there are multiple tasks that take the maximum man-hours and the application of increase rule 2 is not limited to one, the following increase rule 2.1 is applied. When increase rule 2.1 is applied, the modification unit 113 increases the man-hours of the task with the earliest start time in the schedule. Alternatively, the modification unit 113 may increase the man-hours of the task with the latest start time or end time in the schedule. In this example, multiple refers to two or more, and this allows the modification unit 113 to change the man-hours of the tasks that are determined according to the time in the schedule.

When increase rule 3 is applied, the modification unit 113 increases the minimum labor hours. In this example, the minimum labor hours refers to the minimum labor hours among the labor hours for each task in the daily schedule information. Similarly, when there are multiple tasks that take the minimum labor hours, the application of increase rule 3 is not limited to one task, so the next increase rule 3.1 is applied. When increase rule 3.1 is applied, the modification unit 113 increases the labor hours of the task with the earliest start time in the schedule. Alternatively, the modification unit 113 may increase the labor hours of the task with the latest start time or end time in the schedule.

When increase rule 4 is applied, the modification unit 113 increases the labor hours of the task with the highest increase priority. In this example, the increase priority indicates the priority order of the tasks to which the modification unit 113 applies increase rule 4; for example, increase rule 4 is applied to a task with increase priority 1 in preference to a task with increase priority 2. Therefore, the increase priority is stored in the storage unit 12 in association with the assigned task.

When increase rule 5 is applied, the modification unit 113 reduces the actual working hours. When reducing the actual working hours according to increase rule 5, the actual working hours are reduced by the difference from the total man-hours. Here, increase rule 5 is applied when the difference between the actual working hours and the total man-hours is smaller than the reference time, for example, when it is less than 15 minutes, and when it is 15 minutes or more, the following increase rule 5.1 is applied. When increase rule 5.1 is applied, the modification unit 113 does not reduce the actual working hours and outputs an error.

In this example, if the difference between the actual working hours and the total man-hours is small (less than 15 minutes), this can be assumed to be due to an input error by the user in the attendance management system, and the actual working hours can be reduced to the extent that the reduction in actual working hours does not cause labor-related problems. Also, in this example, an error is a concept that includes a process for not adjusting the actual working hours and notifying the user of this.

Figure 5B is a diagram showing an example of a list of reduction rules. In this example, the reduction rules are applied when the actual work hours are smaller than the labor hours in order to align the "manpower hours" with the "actual work hours." The reduction rules are explained in detail below.

Regarding the details of the specific rules, first, when reduction rule 1 is applied, the modification unit 113 reduces the labor hours evenly.

When reduction rule 2 is applied, the modification unit 113 reduces the maximum man-hours. Here, when there are multiple tasks that take up the maximum man-hours and reduction rule 2 cannot be applied to only one task, the following reduction rule 2.1 is applied. When reduction rule 2.1 is applied, the modification unit 113 reduces the man-hours of the task with the earliest start time in the schedule. Alternatively, the modification unit 113 may reduce the man-hours of the task with the latest start time or end time in the schedule.

When reduction rule 3 is applied, the modification unit 113 reduces the minimum labor-hours. Similarly, when there are multiple tasks that require the minimum labor-hours, the application of reduction rule 3 is not limited to one task, so the following reduction rule 3.1 is applied. When reduction rule 3.1 is applied, the modification unit 113 reduces the labor-hours of the task with the earliest start time in the schedule. Alternatively, the modification unit 113 may reduce the labor-hours of the task with the latest start time or end time in the schedule.

When reduction rule 4 is applied, the change unit 113 reduces the man-hour time of the task with the highest reduction priority. In this example, the reduction priority, like the increase priority, represents the priority order of the task to which the change unit 113 applies reduction rule 4. In addition, the reduction priority is stored in the storage unit 12 in association with the assigned task.

When reduction rule 5 is applied, the modification unit 113 increases the actual working hours. When the actual working hours are increased according to reduction rule 5, the actual working hours are increased by the difference with the total man-hours. Here, reduction rule 5 is applied when the difference between the actual working hours and the total man-hours is smaller than the reference time, for example, when it is less than 15 minutes, and when it is 15 minutes or more, the following reduction rule 5.1 is applied. Furthermore, when reduction rule 5.1 is applied (when the actual working hours are less than 15 minutes or more), the modification unit 113 does not increase the actual working hours and outputs an error.

Based on the above, in the increase and decrease rules, the modification unit 113 adjusts the time so that the labor hours and actual working hours are consistent, based on the above content as a general rule. Note that the words "increase (decrease)" included in the "increase (decrease) rules" so far are merely definitions of the rules themselves, whereas, for example, the word "decrease" in the actual working hours in "increase rule 5" refers to an action taken by processing, and so the correspondence between these words does not necessarily match.

2. Operation Figures 6A and 6B are diagrams illustrating operation screens for schedule information and automatic man-hour allocation, respectively. In this example, the man-hour management system 1 automatically cooperates with the OUTLOOK (registered trademark) scheduler, making it possible to grasp how time was used relative to working hours. Therefore, each drawing used in the following explanation includes an example of an operation screen actually used. In this example, the following process is started when the "automatic man-hour allocation" button on the screen in Figure 6A is pressed.

Figure 7 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a matching method of the man-hour management system 1. The following is an example of the operation of the man-hour management system 1 according to the flowchart of Figure 7. In step S1, the acquisition unit 111 acquires one-day schedule information of a worker. Specifically, for example, the acquisition unit 111 acquires schedule information of worker X for October 4th from the storage unit 12. Here, the information stored in the storage unit 12 in Figure 4 includes the schedule information received from the client device 20 and information regarding the increase priority and decrease priority of the worker's work.

In step S2, the acquisition unit 111 acquires the actual working hours. Specifically, for example, the acquisition unit 111 acquires the actual working hours of worker X on October 4th from the attendance management system. In this example, the attendance management system is equipped with a function for calculating the actual working hours based on time card punching, mobile punching, or gate entry/exit records. In addition, the attendance management system is equipped with a function for recording the worker's break time. Therefore, for example, if the start time of work is recorded as "09:00" and the end time of work is recorded as "18:00", the actual working hours are calculated by excluding the "01:00" time from "12:00-13:00" recorded as the break time. As a result, the actual working hours are acquired by the acquisition unit 111 as "08:00".

In step S3, the determination unit 112 assigns tasks to the schedule information according to the allocation rules and determines the labor hours. In this example, the allocation rules are rules that indicate a correspondence between "schedule information" and "tasks," such as "if the title of the schedule information contains 'Company A', the task 'dealing with Company A' is assigned." In this case, the task "dealing with Company A" is assigned to the schedule information for "11:00-12:00" on October 4th, whose title contains "Company A." The allocation rules are stored in the storage unit 12 so that they can be acquired by the determination unit 112. When setting new allocation rules (such as when registering schedule information that does not fall under the allocation rules), users such as administrators and individual workers can manually assign tasks.

In this example, "Responding to Company A" is displayed in the "Job" field in FIG. 6B. The time of this task is "11:00-12:00". Therefore, one hour is counted as the man-hour, and "01:00" is displayed in the "Time" field. The determination unit 112 performs similar processing for other schedule information. In this example, "Return to the office" from "16:00-17:00" is classified as work because it indicates a move from Company C to the company. On the other hand, "Social gathering" from "18:00-20:00" is not work, so no work is assigned and the man-hour is 0 hours. In addition, in the "Result" field, "Match" is displayed if allocation is made according to the allocation rule, and "Unmatch" is displayed if allocation is not made. The correspondence between schedule wording used when making allocation (for example, your company or social gathering, etc.) and business or non-business is itself defined and managed in a database or the like in the storage unit 12.

In step S3, the determination unit 112 determines the man-hours, and in step S4, the change unit 113 determines whether there is a difference between the total man-hours and the actual working hours. In the example shown in FIG. 6A, the schedule information "Visiting Company B (outside the company)" from "13:00-15:00" on October 4 and the schedule information "Consulting (inside the company)" from "13:00-14:00" on the same day overlap in part, so that the man-hours are one hour shorter than the actual working hours. If there is a difference in step S4 (step S4: Yes), in step S5, the change unit 113 adjusts the time so that the total man-hours and the actual working hours match according to a preselected increase rule or decrease rule. Also, if there is no difference between the total man-hours and the actual working hours in step S4 (step S4: No), in step S6, the change unit 113 stores the man-hours and the actual working hours in the storage unit 12.

Here, regarding the selection of the increase rule or decrease rule to be applied for time adjustment, the user basically selects in advance one of the increase rules and one of the decrease rules. This allows the change unit 113 to automatically adjust the time depending on whether the actual work hours are greater than the man-hours or less than the man-hours. In this example, the user refers to the manager who operates the man-hour management system 1 or the individual workers who are engaged in the work.

Figure 8A is a diagram illustrating time adjustments using an increase rule. In this example, the actual working hours of the worker on October 4th are 8 hours, and the man-hours are 7 hours. Because the actual working hours are greater than the man-hours, the change unit 113 applies the increase rule and performs time adjustments. This diagram shows how the man-hours of each task are changed when each of increase rules 1 to 4 is applied. Note that in this example, the schedule information in Figure 6A has been partially changed so that the man-hours become 7 hours and is shown in Figure 8A. The following explanations are examples of adjustments when each increase rule is applied.

When increase rule 1 is applied, the change unit 113 increases the man-hours equally for multiple tasks. In this example, since there are six tasks on October 4, in order to make up for the difference of one hour (60 minutes) between the actual work hours and the man-hours, the change unit 113 adds 10 minutes to the man-hours of each task, based on the calculation 60÷6=10 minutes. In this example, FIG. 8A shows that the man-hours for "in-house work", for example, "01:00", have been changed to "01:10" by applying increase rule 1 (the changed man-hours are highlighted in gray).

When increase rule 2 is applied, the change unit 113 increases the maximum man-hours. In this example, of the tasks on October 4th, the one with the greatest man-hours is "Dealing with Company B," so the change unit 113 increases that man-hours based on the calculation 2 hours + 1 hour = 3 hours.

When increase rule 3 is applied, the modification unit 113 increases the minimum man-hours. Furthermore, when increase rule 3.1 is applied, among the multiple tasks that take the minimum man-hours, the modification unit 113 increases the man-hours of the task that has the earliest scheduled start time. In this example, among the tasks on October 4th, the tasks with the smallest man-hours are "internal work" (1 hour), "department meeting" (1 hour), "response to company A" (1 hour), "consultation" (1 hour), and "response to company C" (1 hour). Since there are multiple tasks that take the minimum man-hours, increase rule 3.1 is applied. Since the task that starts the earliest in the schedule is "internal work," the modification unit 113 increases its man-hours based on the calculation that 1 hour + 1 hour = 2 hours.

When increase rule 4 is applied, the change unit 113 increases the man-hours of the task with the highest increase priority. In this example, among the tasks on October 4, the one with the highest increase priority is "Dealing with Company A," so the change unit 113 increases its man-hours based on the calculation 1 hour + 1 hour = 2 hours.

When the increase rule 5 is applied, the change unit 113 reduces the actual working hours (not shown). When the increase rule 5.1 is applied (i.e., when the actual working hours are 15 minutes or more), the change unit 113 outputs an error without reducing the actual working hours. In this example, since the difference between the actual working hours and the total man-hours is 15 minutes or more, the increase rule 5.1 is applied, and the change unit 113 outputs an error without changing either the man-hours or the actual working hours. In this example, the change unit 113 performs a process to notify the worker of the error, and stores the error in the storage unit 12 together with the man-hours and the actual working hours. Note that if the actual working hours are 8 hours and the man-hours are 7 hours and 50 minutes in this example, the increase rule 5 is applied, and the change unit 113 reduces the actual working hours by the difference between the man-hours and the actual working hours, which is "10 minutes". Therefore, for example, in cooperation with an attendance system, a process is performed to change the end time to a time 10 minutes earlier.

As a result of the above, if the actual working hours are greater than the man-hours, time adjustments can be made so that the man-hours and actual working hours are consistent by applying one of the increase rules above. Next, we will explain how to adjust time using the decrease rules.

Figure 8B is a diagram illustrating time adjustments using the reduction rule. In this example, the actual working hours of a worker on October 4th are set to 8 hours, the same as in the case of the increase rule. If the actual working hours are 8 hours and the man-hours are 9 hours, the actual working hours are less than the man-hours, so the change unit 113 applies the reduction rule and adjusts the time. This diagram shows how the man-hours of each task are changed when each of reduction rules 1 to 4 is applied. The following is an example of adjustment when each reduction rule is applied.

When reduction rule 1 is applied, the change unit 113 reduces the man-hours evenly for multiple tasks. In this example, there are eight tasks on October 4th, and to make up for the difference of 1 hour (60 minutes) between the actual work hours and the man-hours, the change unit 113 subtracts 7 minutes and 30 seconds from the man-hours for each task, based on the calculation 60÷8=7.5 minutes (7 minutes and 30 seconds).

When reduction rule 2 is applied, the change unit 113 reduces the maximum man-hours. In this example, of the tasks on October 4th, the one with the greatest man-hours is "Dealing with Company B," so the change unit 113 reduces that man-hours based on the calculation 2 hours - 1 hour = 1 hour.

When reduction rule 3 is applied, the change unit 113 reduces the minimum man-hours. When reduction rule 3.1 is applied, among the multiple tasks that take the minimum man-hours, the change unit 113 reduces the man-hours of the task that has the earliest start time in the schedule. In this example, among the tasks on October 4th, the tasks with the smallest man-hours are 1 hour of "internal work", 1 hour of "department meeting", 1 hour of "dealing with company A", 1 hour of "consultation", 1 hour of "dealing with company C", 1 hour of "travel", and 1 hour of "dealing with company D". Since there are multiple tasks that take the minimum man-hours, reduction rule 3.1 is applied. Since the task that starts the earliest in the schedule is "internal work", the change unit 113 reduces its man-hours based on the calculation that 1 hour - 1 hour = 0 hours.

When reduction rule 4 is applied, the change unit 113 reduces the man-hours of the task with the highest reduction priority when the actual working hours are less than the man-hours. In this example, of the tasks on October 4, the one with the highest reduction priority is "in-house work," so based on the calculation 1 hour - 1 hour = 0 hours, the change unit 113 reduces that man-hours.

When reduction rule 5 is applied, the change unit 113 increases the actual working hours (not shown). When reduction rule 5.1 is applied (i.e., when the actual working hours are less than 15 minutes), the change unit 113 does not increase the actual working hours and outputs an error. In this example, the difference between the actual working hours and the total man-hours is 15 minutes or more, so reduction rule 5.1 is applied and the change unit 113 outputs an error without changing either the man-hours or the actual working hours. Note that if the actual working hours are 8 hours and the man-hours are 8 hours and 10 minutes in this example, reduction rule 5 is applied and the change unit 113 increases the actual working hours by the difference with the man-hours, which is "10 minutes." Therefore, for example, in cooperation with an attendance system, a process is performed to change the end time from 18:00 to 18:10.

As a result, when the actual working hours are less than the man-hours, time adjustments can be made so that the man-hours and actual working hours are consistent by applying one of the reduction rules described above. The above is a specific example showing the method of time adjustment by the change unit 113 when the increase rule or decrease rule is applied.

Returning to FIG. 7, if the change unit 113 adjusts the time in step S5, or if there is no difference between the total man-hours and the actual working hours in step S4 (step S4: No), the change unit 113 stores the man-hours and the actual working hours in the storage unit 12 in step S6. In addition, if the man-hours or actual working hours are adjusted (step S5), the adjusted times are stored. This concludes the series of processes in FIG. 7.

Note that in step S3, the "allocation rules" by which the determination unit 112 allocates tasks to schedule information and determines the man-hours have been explained, but for schedule information that does not fall under the allocation rules displayed as "Unmatched" in FIG. 6B, for example, the worker can manually assign a new task. Here, we will assume that the schedule information for "11:00-12:00" on October 4th, which includes "Company A" in the title of the schedule information shown in FIG. 6B, does not fall under the allocation rules, and the worker manually assigns a new task to this schedule information. A specific example of how the worker can register an allocation rule is explained below.

Figure 9 is a diagram illustrating a method for a worker to register an allocation rule. In this example, "judgment field" is an item for setting which information in "schedule information" to refer to in order to match "schedule information" with "tasks". "Judgment text" is an item for setting which text or keyword in "judgment field" to refer to. "Judgment type" is an item for setting detailed conditions such as whether the keyword in the judgment text "contains" or "matches". "Job" is an item for setting the "task" to be matched. As described above, by setting these, a worker can register a new allocation rule.

When registering a new allocation rule, it is also possible to set the increase priority and decrease priority at the same time. The registered allocation rule is stored in the memory unit 12 and is used by the determination unit 112 when allocating tasks to schedule information and determining the labor hours.

As described above, according to one aspect of the present invention, it is possible to align man-hours with actual working hours to resolve the problem of man-hours not matching actual working hours due to schedule overlaps, gaps, etc.

3. Modifications The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications are possible. Some modifications will be described below. Two or more of the following items may be combined and applied.

(1) Man-hour management system 1
The hardware configuration of the man-hour management system 1 is not limited to that exemplified in the embodiment. The man-hour management system 1 may have any hardware configuration as long as it can realize the required functions. For example, a plurality of physical devices may cooperate to function as the server device 10 or the client device 20.

Furthermore, the operation screens shown in Figures 6A and 6B are merely examples, and may be configured with any screen layout without being limited to these.

(2) Server device 10
The server device 10 may be a physical server or a virtual server (including a so-called cloud). The correspondence between the functional elements and the hardware is not limited to that illustrated in the embodiment. For example, in the embodiment, at least a part of the functions described as being implemented in the server device 10 may be implemented in the client device 20, or conversely, at least a part of the functions described as being implemented in the client device 20 may be implemented in the server device 10. In this example, the client device 20 may have an acquisition unit 111, a determination unit 112, and a change unit 113, and may acquire data from a storage unit 12 included in the server device 10.

(3) Client device 20
In the client device 20, an operator may input data by accessing the data held by the server device 10 via the network 9, and the data may be displayed and confirmed on a screen or the like. In addition, the present invention is not limited to this example, and the operator's input and the screen display in the server device 10 may be performed in any manner.

(4) Operation Steps The flowchart shown in Fig. 7 merely shows an example of the process, and the operation of the server device 10 is not limited to this. Some of the illustrated processes may be omitted, the order may be changed, or new processes may be added. In this example, the process in Fig. 7 is started when the "man-hours automatic allocation" button is pressed, but the series of processes may be started when a predetermined time arrives, for example, when batch processing is performed once a day at night.

(5) Increase rule and decrease rule In the decrease rule 2, if the maximum man-hour is smaller than the difference between the actual working hours and the total man-hour, the order may be determined in descending order of man-hour, and the man-hour may be decreased according to a predetermined order until the difference is eliminated. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a modified example of time adjustment by the decrease rule. In this example, a simple case is considered in which the actual working hours are 6 hours and the man-hour is 9 hours. When the decrease rule 2 is applied, if the maximum man-hour is 2 hours for "Company B correspondence" and the difference between the actual working hours and the total man-hour is 3 hours, the maximum man-hour may be set to 2 hours - 2 hours = 0 hours, and the man-hour next largest to the maximum man-hour may be set to 1.5 hours (1 hour 30 minutes) - 1 hour = 0.5 hours (30 minutes) for "Company C correspondence."

In the above case, reduction rule 3 may also determine the order in ascending order of labor hours, and reduce the labor hours in that order. Reduction rule 4 may also determine the order in descending order of reduction priority, and reduce the labor hours in that order. From the above, it is sufficient to reduce the labor hours in a predetermined order so that the labor hours do not become negative (less than 0 hours), and this "order" is not limited to the above example.

In addition, in reduction rules 2, 3, and 4, if the maximum man-hours, minimum man-hours, and man-hours of the task with the highest reduction priority are respectively smaller than the difference between the total of the actual working hours and the man-hours, an error may be output after reducing them by the maximum amount that does not result in a negative value (less than 0 hours). In other words, for example, if the maximum man-hours is 2 hours and the difference is 3 hours, the maximum man-hours may first be changed to 2 hours - 2 hours = 0 hours, and then an error may be output and the worker notified.

(6) Rule Selection In order to make adjustments so that the man-hours and actual working hours are consistent in the man-hour management system 1, the user selects one of the increase rules and one of the decrease rules. Here, the administrator may uniformly select the increase rule and decrease rule for all workers. Alternatively, each worker may be allowed to select his or her own increase rule and decrease rule. Note that the administrator and workers are examples of users who use the man-hour management system 1. Furthermore, the method of rule selection is not limited to the above example. For example, the selected rule may be set to be changed periodically (every period).

(7) Adjustment of Actual Work Hours In the increase rule 5.1 and the decrease rule 5.1, when the difference between the total of the actual work hours and the man-hours is equal to or greater than a predetermined time (e.g., 15 minutes), the man-hours may be adjusted instead of outputting an error. When adjusting the man-hours, any of the increase rules 1 to 4 and decrease rules 1 to 4 described so far are used. Note that in the increase rule 5.1 and the decrease rule 5.1, the overtime or undertime of the actual work hours has been described using a value of, for example, "15 minutes," but this reference time is not limited and may be set freely.

The increase rule or decrease rule is not limited to those described in the embodiment. For example, when the actual work hours are smaller than the man-hours, a rule may be used in which, instead of decreasing the man-hours, the break time is decreased and the actual work hours are increased accordingly.

(8) Allocation Rules The conditions for registering a new allocation rule are not limited to the above items. For example, in FIG. 9, the keyword to be input to the "determination text" may be configured to be multiple, not just one. In addition, since these allocation rules are stored in the storage unit 12, the operator can change them as appropriate.

(9) Others The actual working hours may be calculated based on the start-up and stop logs of the PC used by the worker. Any known method may be used to calculate the actual working hours. In addition, "working hours" including break times may be used instead of the actual working hours.

The unit period does not have to be in units of one day (24 hours), but may be a long period such as one week (five working days), or conversely, a short period such as a morning or afternoon. The labor-hour management system 1 may adjust the time according to these periods.

The various programs executed by CPU 101 and CPU 201 may be provided by downloading via a network such as the Internet, or may be provided in a state recorded on a computer-readable non-transitory recording medium such as a DVD-ROM. Each processor may be, for example, an MPU (Micro Processing Unit) instead of a CPU.

1...man-hour management system, 10...server device, 11...control unit, 111...acquisition unit, 112...determination unit, 113...change unit, 12...storage unit, 13...communication unit, 20...client device, 9...network, 101...CPU, 102...memory, 103...storage, 104...communication IF, 201...CPU, 202...memory, 203...storage, 204...communication IF, 205...input device, 206...display device

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A determination unit that determines the man-hours of a task performed by a worker using schedule information of the worker;
An acquisition unit for acquiring working hours of the worker;
and a change unit that changes the man-hour hours so that the man-hour hours and the labor hours are consistent with each other. The determination unit determines a plurality of man-hour times for a plurality of tasks of the worker in a unit period;
The acquisition unit acquires the working hours of the worker in the unit period,
The man-hour management system according to claim 1 , wherein the change unit evenly allocates a difference between the working hours and a sum of the plurality of man-hours to the plurality of man-hours, and changes the plurality of man-hours by the allocated amount. The determination unit determines a plurality of man-hour times for a plurality of tasks of the worker in a unit period;
The man-hour management system according to claim 1 , wherein the change unit changes a maximum man-hour among the plurality of man-hours. The determination unit determines a plurality of man-hour times for a plurality of tasks of the worker in a unit period;
The man-hour management system according to claim 1 , wherein the change unit changes the minimum man-hour among the plurality of man-hours. The schedule information includes a schedule time,
4. The labor-hour management system according to claim 3, wherein when the plurality of tasks includes two or more tasks having the maximum labor-hours, the change unit changes the labor-hours of one of the two or more tasks that is determined according to the schedule time included in the corresponding schedule information. The schedule information includes a schedule time,
5. The labor-hour management system according to claim 4, wherein when the plurality of tasks includes two or more tasks having the minimum labor hours, the change unit changes the labor hours of one of the two or more tasks that is determined according to the schedule time included in the corresponding schedule information. The determination unit determines a plurality of man-hour times for a plurality of tasks of the worker in a unit period;
Priorities are set in advance for the plurality of tasks,
The man-hour management system according to claim 1 , wherein the change unit changes the man-hour time of the task having the highest priority among the plurality of man-hour times. The determination unit determines a plurality of man-hour times for a plurality of tasks of the worker in a unit period;
The acquisition unit acquires the working hours of the worker in the unit period,
2. The man-hour management system according to claim 1, wherein, when the working hours are smaller than a sum of the plurality of man-hours, the change unit reduces a difference between the working hours and the sum of the plurality of man-hours in a predetermined order from the plurality of man-hours until the man-hours and the working hours are consistent. The determination unit determines a plurality of man-hour times for a plurality of tasks of the worker in a unit period;
The acquisition unit acquires the working hours of the worker in the unit period,
2. The man-hour management system according to claim 1, wherein the change unit aligns the man-hour hours and the labor hours in accordance with a rule selected in response to a user's operation from among a first rule for evenly allocating a difference between the labor hours and a sum of the plurality of man-hour hours to the plurality of man-hour hours and changing the plurality of man-hour hours by the allocated amount; a second rule for changing a largest man-hour hour among the plurality of man-hour hours so that the man-hour hours and the labor hours are consistent with each other; a third rule for changing a smallest man-hour hour among the plurality of man-hour hours so that the man-hour hours and the labor hours are consistent with each other; a fourth rule for changing a man-hour hour of a task having a highest predetermined priority among the plurality of man-hour hours so that the man-hour hours and the labor hours are consistent with each other; and a fifth rule for changing the labor hours so that the man-hour hours and the labor hours are consistent with each other. The determination unit determines a plurality of man-hour times for a plurality of tasks of the worker in a unit period;
The acquisition unit acquires the working hours of the worker in the unit period,
2. The man-hour management system according to claim 1, wherein the change unit changes the work hours when a difference between the work hours and a sum of the plurality of man-hours is less than a predetermined time, and changes the man-hours when the difference is equal to or greater than the predetermined time.

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