PROCESS IMPROVEMENT SUPPORT DEVICE, PROCESS IMPROVEMENT SUPPORT METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROCESS IMPROVEMENT SUPPORT PROGRAM

摘要

Provided is a process improvement support device that specifies a bottleneck process for which an improvement effect would be substantial. The process improvement support device has a cycle time accumulation means, a cycle time distribution calculation means, and a cycle time distribution correlation evaluation support means. The cycle time accumulation means accumulates, across a prescribed time period, cycle times for a plurality of processes constituting a production line. The cycle time distribution calculation means calculates the distribution during a prescribed time period for each process accumulated in the cycle time accumulation means, calculating same as the cycle time distribution for said process. The cycle time distribution correlation evaluation support means generates information for evaluating the correlation between the cycle time distribution for a certain process (first process) and the cycle time distribution for another process (second process).