Patent ID: 7024262

Claim:
A process management system that manages a current location of a preset product in a process flow of multiple processes for manufacture or repair, said process management system comprising: a processing status input module that inputs a processing status of at least one process selected among the multiple processes (referred to as ‘management object process’) with regard to the preset product; an information storage module that is capable of storing various pieces of information; a storage control module that maps the preset product to the processing status and stores the mapping into said information storage module; a request input module that inputs an acquisition request to acquire the processing status with regard to the preset product; a response module that reads, in response to the acquisition request, the processing status mapped to the preset product from said information storage module and outputs the read-out processing status to a request source, which has output the acquisition request; a product code assignment module that assigns a product code to each product; wherein said storage control module maps the product code to the processing status and stores the mapping into said information storage module, said request input module inputs the acquisition request including the product code that identifies the product, and said response module reads, in response to the acquisition request, the processing status corresponding to the product code from said information storage module and outputs the read-out processing status to the request source; a recording module that records the product code, which is attached to the product that is being manufactured or has been completed and corresponds to the product; and a read-out module that reads the product code recorded in said recording module when the product enters each management object process; wherein said processing status input module, when the product code is read by said read-out module at each management object process, inputs a start of processing as the processing status of the management object process.