Work process managing system to manage progress of a job including multiple work processes, work process managing method, and work process managing apparatus

A method performed by an information processing apparatus for managing progress of a job including one or more work processes, the method comprising:

• managing the one or more work processes of the job based on one or more imagers that are associated with the one or more work processes of the job and configured to capture a form being transferred together with a work object of the job;
• recognizing a mark image indicating that the work object is transferable to a next work process by a mobile transport vehicle from image data of the form captured by the one or more imagers;
• and
• managing whether the work object is transferable to a next work process based on the mark image recognized from the image data obtained by capturing the form.

An information processing apparatus for managing progress of a job including one or more work processes, the information processing apparatus comprising:

• a processor programmed to execute a process including
• managing the one or more work processes of the job based on one or more imagers that are associated with the one or more work processes of the job and configured to capture a form being transferred together with a work object of the job,
• recognizing a mark image indicating that the work object is transferable to a next work process by a mobile transport vehicle from image data of the form captured by the one or more imagers, and
• managing whether the work object is transferable to a next work process based on the mark image recognized from the image data obtained by capturing the form.