Patent ID: 7200466

Claim:
A parts assembly management system comprising: a parts assembly management apparatus to be installed in an assembly line for automatically conveying a product; and a plurality of storage vessel identifying apparatuses to be installed in a plurality of storage vessels which store therein parts to be assembled to said product, wherein said parts assembly management apparatus includes: a reading apparatus for contactlessly reading a product identifier identifying said product from an IC tag attached to said product; a storage unit for storing therein an assembling table containing an association of product identifiers with vessel identifiers identifying said plurality of storage vessels; a first processing unit for extracting, out of said vessel identifiers within said assembly table, a vessel identifier associated with said product identifier identifying said product; and a transmitting unit for transmitting said associated vessel identifier to said storage vessel identifying apparatuses; and wherein each of said storage vessel identifying apparatuses includes: a receiving unit receiving said associated vessel identifier from said transmitting unit; a storage unit storing therein a specific vessel identifier identifying an associated one of said storage vessels; a second processing unit performing comparison between said associated vessel identifier received by said receiving unit and said specific vessel identifier; and an output unit for outputting a result of said comparison.