Patent ID: 7698107

Claim:
A substrate processing apparatus management system comprising a substrate processing apparatus configured to be used in a substrate processing factory, a computer included in a support center in which operators for doing maintenance are posted and configured to manage operation of the substrate processing apparatus, and an order acceptance server included in a component center supplying components of the substrate processing apparatuses to said substrate processing factory and accepting an order for a component of said substrate processing apparatus, with the substrate processing apparatus, the computer, and the order acceptance server being connected to a communication network, the substrate processing apparatus comprising a consumption measuring element configured to measure the time of use of component of said substrate processing apparatus, said substrate processing apparatus management system comprising: a consumption information accumulation element configured to accumulate the time of use measured by the consumption measuring element; and a consumption information uploading element rendering the time of use accumulated in the consumption information accumulation element to be readable from the computer as transmitted through the communication network, said computer comprising an order signal transmission element configured to transmit an order signal to said order acceptance server to order and obtain a new component for replacement of the component, the order signal being transmitted when time of use of the component accumulated in said consumption information accumulation element reaches a prescribed value.