Patent ID: 8050785

Claim:
An apparatus for handling orders comprising: a standard assembly storing unit for storing at least one assembly standard information of assembly for products and at least one component standard information of component for said each assembly; an assembly information generating unit for generating individual assembly information for arranging said assembly, said assembly information including assembly standard information and component standard information copied from said standard assembly storing unit; a component information generating unit for generating component information of component in said assembly information, said component information including component standard information and arranging information, said arranging information showing whether said component is arranged; an individual assembly storing unit for storing the individual assembly information of said assembly and the component information of said assembly; and a determining unit for determining whether the updates of said component standard information stored in standard assembly storing unit reflect into said component standard information in said individual assembly information based on said arranged information in case said component standard information stored in standard assembly storing unit is updated, wherein said assembly standard information includes cost information of assembly, wherein said determining unit receives the updates of cost information in case said component standard information stored in standard assembly storing unit is updated, wherein said determining unit extracts individual assembly information based on said arranged information, wherein said determining unit reflects said updates of cost information into said extracted individual assembly information and calculates cost information after updating, wherein said determining unit outputs comparative results of original cost information of said assembly and calculated cost information of said assembly.