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(57) [Summary] [Problem] There are a wide variety of required specifications for products and systems that customers want to purchase, and there is a need for the construction of a make-to-order system that can quickly respond to the needs. In particular, when the number of parts is large, it is necessary to use a parts design database for comprehensive required specifications for products, and to have a responsive production system that is highly responsive from the viewpoint of convenience using a network. Have been. A customer receives input of required specification information on a product or a part constituting the product from a customer, and extracts a part satisfying the required specification from a database holding design information of parts constituting the product. A product plan composed of the parts is displayed and output to the customer side, and when receiving an order confirmation signal from the customer, an instruction to produce the product is issued. |