Patent Document ID: 20150081241
Application ID: 14203822
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A production support system, comprising: a production information storage unit configured to store data relating to a production volume; a manufacturing apparatus information storage unit configured to store data relating to a manufacturing apparatus; an inspection/measurement apparatus information storage unit configured to store data relating to an inspection apparatus or measurement apparatus; a planned lot number calculation unit configured to calculate a planned production volume per manufacturing apparatus from the data relating to the production volume and the data relating to the manufacturing apparatus, calculate an inspection and/or measurement rate from the data relating to the production volume and the data relating to the inspection apparatus or measurement apparatus, and calculate a number of products to be subjected to control of the final quality from the planned production volume per manufacturing apparatus and the inspection and/or measurement rate; and a first control mode calculation unit configured to calculate an appropriate control mode from the number of products to be subjected to the control of the final quality, a relationship between fluctuation of the final quality and a number of products when performing a predetermined feedback type/feedforward type combined APC, fluctuation of the final quality when performing a feedforward type APC, and fluctuation of the final quality when not performing the feedback type/feedforward type combined APC.