FA information managing method

A factory automation managing method in which a network connected to each of a plurality of processes for manufacturing a product is used, information generated in the processes is made to flow to a data transmission network coupled to the network and collected, the collected information is processed into managing information, and the processes are managed on the basis of the managing information, comprising:

• collecting information, which is necessary for executing new information processing, from the information which was made to flow, on the basis of one or more predetermined conditions by an information collecting terminal provided on the data transmission network;
• and
• executing the new information processing, which is different from the processing in which the collected information is processed into the managing information, on the basis of the collected information.

A factory automation managing system which manages each of a plurality of processes for manufacturing a product using a network connected to each of the plurality of processes, comprising:

• a primary shared information space which is a dynamic information space formed by information generated in the processes and made to flow to a data transmission network coupled to the network;
• and
• a secondary information storage space which is a static information space formed by collecting, by an information collecting terminal provided on the data transmission network and from the information which was made to flow, information which is necessary for executing new information processing on the basis of a predetermined condition, and storing the collected information.