Versatile production system and method of operating same

A versatile production system for assembling parts into a product and testing the product, the versatile production system providing test result reports and work orders, where test result reports indicate test data for a product that has been tested and work orders indicate work assignments which are assigned so as to reduce the inefficient use of time, system data relates to at least one of work order control, progress control, schedule arrangement and product history and line host controller data is data stored in the line host controller and relates to at least one of work contents, operators, time changes, standard parts feeding sequence, components of a product and maintenance tools, the versatile production system comprising:

• an assembling site at which parts are assembled into a product;
• a testing site to which an assembled product is transferred after being assembled at the assembling site, the assembled product being tested at the testing site to determine if the product is non-defective and then transferred to a remote site;
• at least two line terminals, one line terminal corresponding to and located at the assembling site and one line terminal corresponding to and located at the testing site;
• a communication-memory unit which corresponds to a respective product and is transferred with the corresponding product, the communication-memory unit storing data relating to the corresponding product and communicating with a respective line terminal when the product is at an assembling site or testing site corresponding to the respective line terminal;
• a line host controller which is electrically connected to the line terminals, stores line host controller data and communicates with the communication-memory unit via the line terminals to read data stored in the communication-memory unit and write data to the communication-memory unit;
• a line host control terminal which is electrically connected to the line host controller, inputs system data to the line host controller and reads data from the line host controller;
• wherein the line host controller electronically outputs data, work orders and test result reports to the line terminals, the work orders based on the system data, line host controller data and data stored in the communication-memory unit, and the test result reports are provided for products determined to be non-defective at the testing site.