Patent ID: 7712654

Claim:
A goods supply system that retrieves parts for making up a product from goods storage locations in a supply area and supplies them to an assembly line, comprising: a storage means that registers key information on the product and parts information including information on types and storage locations of the parts in advance; a first in-process card issuing machine that writes the key information on the product into a first in-process card; a second in-process card issuing machine that writes the key information and assembly line information on the product into a second in-process card; a retrieving unit having a means that reads out the key information written in the first in-process card, collates the key information with the key information and the parts information registered in the storage means, and retrieves the parts corresponding to the key information from the goods storage locations; a carrier that carries the parts retrieved from the goods storage locations to the assembly line; and a carrier control means that reads out the key information and assembly line information written in the second in-process card, and when the key information written in the first in-process card conforms to the key information written in the second in-process card, moves the carrier to the assembly line corresponding to the assembly line information.