Versatile production system

A versatile production system for assembling, testing, inspecting, and transporting multiple kinds of products assembled individually on a single production line, comprising:

• a plurality of assembling sites each for assembling a respective one of a plurality of parts into an assembled product, said parts being distributed to said assembling sites in the order in which said parts are assembled and said parts making up a single product;
• a plurality of testing sites for testing and inspecting at least one of performance and quality of the assembled product to determine whether said assembled product is defective, and if said assembled product is determined to be defective, for transporting said defective assembled product to a retiring site and if said assembled product is determined not to be defective, for transporting said non-defective assembled product to a packing site;
• at least one line terminal installed in each of said assembling sites and each of said testing sites;
• an ID card attached to each of a plurality of products to be assembled to match the production flow of said products and information therewith, and to read and write at said assembling sites and said testing sites manufacturing data including a type and a parts number for each of said products while being transported;
• a line host controller to read said manufacturing data from said ID card via said line terminals installed in workplaces of said assembling sites and said testing sites, to use said read data to supply order sheets for operators working at said assembling sites and said testing sites via said line terminals, to supply a test result report including test-inspection record data for said assembled product assembled by said assembling sites and tested, inspected and finally determined as non-defective by said testing sites via a line terminal installed in a final one of said testing sites, to output a delivery order sheet relating to a product to be delivered, and to assist in making preparations for packing via a control terminal of a packing site host controller, said line host controller being connected to said packing site host controller installed in a packing site for packing said product over a Local Area Network;
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• a line host control terminal to directly input and output data, said data relating to production management and quality control including master file maintenance, work order control, progress control, schedule arrangement, and product history control, to and from, respectively, said line host controller.