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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2017
Nec Corporation, Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Shuji Hishiyama, Tokyo, JP;
Miho Yamada, Tokyo, JP;
Daizaburou Shiramizu, Tokyo, JP;
Akira Chida, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuto Ohishi, Tokyo, JP;
NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a process management apparatus, a process management method, and a storage medium that can display retention of articles based on a value of the articles handled in the process in addition to a time period of the process. A process management apparatus according to one example embodiment of the present invention includes: an acquisition unit that acquires information indicating a time period in which a process to handle articles is performed and a value of the articles; a generation unit that generates information used for displaying bands indicating at least two process regions surrounded by two first sides opposed to each other and two second sides connecting endpoints of the two first sides and a retention region connecting the first sides of the two process regions to each other that are temporally adjacent; and a display control unit that performs control to display the bands based on the information used for displaying the bands. The first sides have a length corresponding to the value of articles, and the second sides have a length corresponding to the time period in which a process is performed.