A substrate work system comprising: an information management device configured to manage traceability information of configuration items that configure a circuit board product, wherein configuration items are circuit boards (K) or components to be mounted on a circuit board (K); an imaging device configured to image an identification code attached to the configuration item; and an imaging control device configured to read the identification code imaged by the imaging device , and transmit a serial number recorded in the identification code to the information management device , characterized in that the imaging control device includes a compatibility conditions setting section configured to set compatibility conditions that the serial number recorded in the identification code attached to the configuration item satisfies, or a compatibility conditions setting section configured to set, in case the identification code attached to the configuration item is a two-dimensional code, compatibility conditions said two-dimensional code satisfies, wherein are set, as the compatibility conditions, a cell quantity of the identification code attached to the configuration items of a same type used in the circuit board product being produced, a size of the identification code, a printing direction of the identification code, or a character quantity of the serial number, a compatibility conditions determining section configured to determine whether the imaged identification code or the serial number read by the imaging control device from the image imaged by the imaging device satisfies the compatibility conditions set by the compatibility conditions setting section , and a transmitting section configured to, in a case in which it is determined that the identification code or the serial number read from the identification code satisfies the compatibility conditions set by the compatibility conditions setting section , transmit the serial number to the information management device . an information management device configured to manage traceability information of configuration items that configure a circuit board product, wherein configuration items are circuit boards (K) or components to be mounted on a circuit board (K); an imaging device configured to image an identification code attached to the configuration item; and an imaging control device configured to read the identification code imaged by the imaging device , and transmit a serial number recorded in the identification code to the information management device , characterized in that the imaging control device includes a compatibility conditions setting section configured to set compatibility conditions that the serial number recorded in the identification code attached to the configuration item satisfies, or a compatibility conditions setting section configured to set, in case the identification code attached to the configuration item is a two-dimensional code, compatibility conditions said two-dimensional code satisfies, wherein are set, as the compatibility conditions, a cell quantity of the identification code attached to the configuration items of a same type used in the circuit board product being produced, a size of the identification code, a printing direction of the identification code, or a character quantity of the serial number, a compatibility conditions determining section configured to determine whether the imaged identification code or the serial number read by the imaging control device from the image imaged by the imaging device satisfies the compatibility conditions set by the compatibility conditions setting section , and a transmitting section configured to, in a case in which it is determined that the identification code or the serial number read from the identification code satisfies the compatibility conditions set by the compatibility conditions setting section , transmit the serial number to the information management device . <EOS>