Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp.

Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.

Hiroshi Murano

Nobukazu Takahashi

Kimihiro Wakabayashi

Makoto Fuchigami

Yasuaki Miyazawa

Mari Horie

Masao Okubo

Yoshikazu Okamoto

Masaki Suda

Masahiro Ishino

Naoki Koike

Eiji Ooyama

Hiroaki Murai

An information processing apparatus includes a memory and processor. The memory stores a trouble category into which a trouble occurring in a product is classified and a design-element category into which a design element causing the trouble and included in the product is classified in mutual association and store a design-element category into which a design element included in a product is classified and a design-requirement category into which a design requirement of the design element is classified in association with each other. The processor receives designation of a first design-element category by user, determines a design-requirement category corresponding to the received first design-element category by referencing to the memory, determines a second design-element category corresponding to the determined design-requirement category and different from the first design-element category, determine a trouble category associated with the determined second design-element category, and notify the user of information indicating the determined trouble category.

Information processing apparatus and non-transitory computer readable medium

A design support system includes memory, a receiving unit, and an associating unit. The memory stores information on design element classification that classifies a design element included in a product, and information on design requirement classification that classifies a design requirement required for the product. The receiving unit receives technical information regarding a design trouble. The associating unit refers to technical information regarding a design trouble, received by the receiving unit, and associates a classification item in the design requirement classification to which the design trouble belongs and a classification item in the design element classification to which a design element causing the design trouble belongs with each other, along with information on a phenomenon indicating a failure status of the design element included in the technical information.

Support system and non-transitory computer readable medium

A design support system includes a storage unit, an accepting unit, a selecting unit, and an associating unit. The storage unit stores information regarding design element classifications into which design elements constituting a product are classified and design requirement classifications into which design requirements required for the product are classified. The accepting unit accepts technical information regarding a trouble due to design. The selecting unit refers to the technical information regarding the trouble, selects a classification item to which the trouble belongs from among the design requirement classifications, and selects a classification item to which a design element that has caused the trouble belongs from among the design element classifications. The associating unit associates the classification item of the design requirement classifications with the classification item of the design element classifications with regard to the design element classifications and the design requirement classifications stored in the storage unit.

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