Patent ID: 6889107

Claim:
A support system for selecting standard parts from plural candidate parts for parts standardization determination, which comprises: a first database storage for storing data representing attributes of the plural candidate parts, a second database storage for storing standardization parameter data representing criteria useable during analysis as to which candidate part of the plural candidate parts should be selected as a standard part, an accumulation range input device to set a predetermined accumulation parameter range to be used with respect to a subject parameter of interest, an accumulation unit to use data from the first database storage to accumulate, for each selected parameter value of a plurality of selected parameter values, an accumulation total corresponding to one of the plural candidate parts having actual parameters falling within the predetermined accumulation range as measured from the selected parameter value, so as to determine a plurality of accumulation totals corresponding respectively to the plurality of selected parameter values, and a standard parts judging unit to compare ones of the plurality of accumulation totals to each other, to select which candidate part is selected as the standard part.