Parts design change supporting system, program, and recording medium

A design change supporting system, comprising:

• a changing parts information input device for receiving information relating to a part subject to a design change;
• a product specifying device in electronic communication with the changing parts information input device, the product specifying device having a parts composition information database in electronic communication therewith for storing parts compositions for at least one product, the product specifying device configured to retrieve and specify one or more products employing a design change part from the parts composition information database in accordance with a changing parts information input;
• an assessment destination selection device for receiving input from the product specifying device, having a related section information database for storing information relating to design change assessment;
• a transmitting device for electronically transmitting a request for assessment of a design change to at least one section and/or persons selected by the assessment destination selection device;
• and
• a reception device for receiving a capability assessment from the section and/or persons selected by the assessment destination selection device, wherein said assessment destination selection device inhibits a designer from arbitrarily changing the section and/or persons retrieved from the related section information database in accordance with a specified product, and
• wherein said related section information database stores one or more sections and/or parsons who totally assess inconsistent design change inspection resultants in connection with the product, and said transmitting device selects and transmits inconsistent inspection resultants to the one or more sections and/or parsons when the assessment resultants received by the reception device are inconsistent with each other.

A computer readable medium having computer software stored thereon, comprising:

• changing parts information input means for receiving information relating to a part subject to a design change;
• product specifying means in electronic communication with the changing parts information input means, wherein the product specifying means includes a parts composition information database in electronic communication therewith for storing parts compositions for at least one product, the product specifying means configured to retrieve and specify one or more products employing a design change part from the parts composition information database in accordance with a changing parts information input;
• assessment destination selection means for receiving input from the product specifying means and having a related section information database for storing information relating to design change assessment;
• transmitting means for electronically transmitting a request for assessment of a design change to at least one section and/or persons selected by the assessment destination selection means;
• and
• reception device means for receiving a capability assessment from the section and/or persons selected by the assessment destination selection means, wherein said assessment destination selection means inhibits a designer from arbitrarily changing the section and/or persons retrieved from the related section information database in accordance with a specified product, and
• wherein said related section information database stores one or more sections and/or parsons who totally assess inconsistent design change inspection resultants in connection with the product, and said transmitting means selects and transmits inconsistent inspection resultants to the one or more sections and/or parsons when the assessment resultants received by the reception device means are inconsistent with each other.

A method for implementing a product design change, comprising:

• inputting a proposed design change into a changing parts information input device;
• querying a parts composition information database;
• performing an assessment to determine a feasibility of the design change;
• approving a design change instruction;
• inputting the design change instruction into a design change database;
• selecting a design change destination;
• automatically forwarding the design change instruction to a production facility for implementation;
• retrieving and specifying one or more products employing a design change part from the parts composition information database in accordance with input parts information,
• providing a related section information database configured to store various sections and/or persons in charge of assessing capability of design change in connection with a product;
• and
• providing an assessment destination selecting device configured to retrieve and/or select the one or more sections and persons from the related section information database in accordance with a specified product,
• wherein said assessment destination selecting device inhibits a designer from arbitrarily changing the sections and/or persons retrieved from the related section information database in accordance with the specified product, and
• wherein said related section information database stores one or more sections and/or parsons who totally assess inconsistent design change inspection resultants in connection with the product, and a transmitting device selects and transmits inconsistent inspection resultants to the one or more sections and/or parsons when the assessment resultants received by a reception device are inconsistent with each other.