| US 7,526,441 B2 | ||
| Parts list system used for part number management and method for preparing the same | ||
| Mamoru Nakajima, Saitama (Japan); Masataka Yamamoto, Saitama (Japan); Naoki Saitou, Saitama (Japan); and Katsunori Taguchi, Saitama (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Mar. 21, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/394,567. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2002-084504 (JP), filed on Mar. 25, 2002. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2003/0182311 A1, Sep. 25, 2003 | ||
| Int. Cl. A01K 5/02 (2006.01); G06Q 10/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06F 7/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 705—29 [705/28; 707/104.1; 707/102; 700/97] | 12 Claims |
| 1. A system for assigning and managing part numbers of a parts list in part planning and design of a product including multiple
parts, the system comprising:
a parts table database including
a single parts list which stores state data regarding parts of a product during stages of a parts planning and development
process and part number data,
said state data indicates a progress state of each said part during a planning stage, a design stage, and a figure release
stage thereof, and
said part number data includes a part number of each said part as an identifier, each said part number including one of a
normal part number data uniquely assigned to said part and a tentative part number data assigned to said part;
a parts list controller which selectively permits and inhibits change of said part number data based on said state data, said
parts list controller assigning a tentative part number data when said state data indicates permission of the change of the
part number data of the part and inhibiting change of said part number data when said state data indicates prohibition of
the change of said part number data;
when a tentative part number data has been assigned to the part, said parts list controller checks whether the tentative part
number data is valid, and if the tentative part number data is validated the controller changes the tentative part number
data to a normal part number for the part; and
said parts list system unitarily manages said part number data continuously during said planning, design and figure release
stages.
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