Patent ID: 7451008

Claim:
A management method for a removable device, including a parts cassette or a suction nozzle, that is attachable to an apparatus and is removable from the apparatus, the management method comprising: storing maintenance data for the removable device in a computer readable medium of a data management unit, the maintenance data including location data indicating the location of the removable device in a component-mounting plant; giving an identification code to the removable device; reading an identification code of the removable device and inputting and outputting the read identification code together with the maintenance data using a mobile terminal; and sending and receiving the maintenance data between the mobile terminal and the data management unit; wherein reading of the identification code of the removable device and inputting of a destination location by the mobile terminal occurs every time the location of the removable device changes; wherein the data management unit stores the received maintenance data including the location data for each identification code of the removable device; wherein the maintenance data further includes history data including performance of the removable device and history of repair.