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Production system and production methodRelated Patent Categories: Data Processing: Financial, Business Practice, Management, Or Cost/price Determination, Automated Electrical Financial Or Business Practice Or Management ArrangementProduction system and production method description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20060089852, Production system and production method. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a development and manufacturing/sales system for a product produced through many procedures by multiple companies, and to a production method for the same. More particularly, the present invention relates to a production system and a production method for a product, such as a composite electronic equipment, which is assembled from element groups consisting of a plurality of members, and relates to a system in which technical cooperation, and product manufacturing and sales among multiple companies can be performed efficiently. [0003] 2. Description of the Related Art [0004] In personal computers, portable telephones and other information processing devices and information communications processing devices, technological innovation is fast, and the lifecycle of a product is becoming shorter. At the heart of the technological innovations are higher performance of semiconductor products represented by the microprocessor (MPU) which has been achieved by miniaturization processing technologies, and higher performance of the operating systems and other software, which has been enabled by the increased performance of the semiconductor products. However, in order to deal with everything from the technical development to the design, manufacture and sales of semiconductor products within one company, large investments are required in terms of development costs, human resources, manufacturing equipment and the like, and this accompanies a significant risk. [0005] Given these circumstances, the organization of manufacturers who manufacture and sell semiconductor products is changing toward specialization along the semiconductor manufacturing processes. Specifically, there are design houses which only do design, foundries which only do the pre-processes of the semiconductor manufacturing, and assembly houses which only do the post-processes, and the like. These companies supplement each other to thus shorten the product cycle, and thus occupy an important position in an environment of intensified competition in product development, manufacturing, marketing, and the like. [0006] With PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants) and other such portable information processing devices or information communications devices which are predicted to diffuse even further, there is a need for a higher performance display device to serve as an interface with humans. A typical mode for achieving this is represented by a concept referred to as a "System on panel", which involves integrating a display portion, an input/output portion, a computational processing portion, a memory portion and the like onto 1 panel (a substrate) to achieve integrated functions, thus attaining not only increased performance but also size and weight reduction of the above-mentioned information processing systems and the information communications systems, so that they can be harmoniously incorporated into people's lifestyles. [0007] In order to develop electronic equipment, which are increasingly large-scale, complex, and higher in performance, in a short amount of time, it is necessary to mutually link such things as: the system design by which the operations as a system are determined; the function and logic design that determines the logical circuitry functions; and the layout design by which the specific wiring patterns are determined, to thereby streamline the whole process. [0008] Approaches for differentiating a company versus other competing companies may include competitive pricing. However, in order to gain a more predominant market share, it is necessary to achieve superior product functionality and superior product performance, and constantly provide new products to the market. Therefore, there is a tendency for the lifecycle of one product to become shorter, and development time becomes shorter as well. In an environment in which the development time is limited, when an attempt is made to make a change to the design at the layout design stage or other downstream stage of the development process, it becomes necessary to start over from the system design and the logical design, which may lead to a failure to meet a designated deadline. Further, it also becomes urgently necessary to apply for and secure patent rights or other industrial property rights for cutting-edge technologies involving higher functionality, higher performance, new manufacturing technique, or the like. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0009] An object of the present invention is to provide a production system and a production method for use in the increasingly competitive electronic equipment market, which enables everything from product planning to design, manufacturing, and sales to be performed efficiently while incorporating newly developed techniques to thereby allow product development and manufacturing in which risks are minimized or avoided. [0010] The present invention provides a production system and production method for a product by multiple companies, which enable multiple corporations or companies cooperating to develop, manufacture and sell a product to mutual utilize techniques and sales networks belonging to the respective companies, to further increase competitiveness and develop business, in a new product field. [0011] A production system according to the present invention relates to a production system for a composite product assembled from a plurality of element groups, the system comprising: [0012] a first corporation or business entity which prepares product information for a first element group determining functions and operations of the product including its system layout, logical design, layout design, and manufacturing process design, and has an industrial property right of the product information; [0013] a second corporation or business entity which performs production of the first element group of the product based on the first product information and based on the industrial property right; and [0014] a third corporation or business entity which incorporates a second element group onto the first element group that is based on the industrial property right for the product, produces a module of the product, and sells the module or a product in which the module has been incorporated. [0015] A production method according to the present invention relates to a production method for a composite product assembled from a plurality of element groups, the method comprising: [0016] by a first corporation or business entity, storing into an information processing device product information that includes a system design, a logical design, a layout design and a manufacturing process design which determine functions and operations of the product, an identifier for identifying a type of the product, and corresponding manufacturing process and processing conditions; [0017] by a second corporation or business entity, manufacturing the first element group of the product based on the product information in the information processing device and according to production plan information corresponding to each type of the product; and [0018] by a third corporation or business entity, manufacturing a second element group provided so as to fit with the arrangement of the first element group; assembling the product; and inputting the production yield and the production plan information for each type of the product into the information processing device. [0019] The invention also relates to a production method for a composite product assembled from a plurality of element groups, the method comprising: [0020] by a first corporation or business entity, performing system design, logical design, layout design, and manufacturing process design of the product; and storing an identifier for identifying the type of the product and corresponding manufacturing process and processing conditions into a first attributes information storage area of an information processing device; [0021] by a second corporation or business entity, creating a manufacturing process program based on the information in the first attributes storage area in the information processing device; recording the identifier and production information including production volume, a production schedule, and a lot number for the corresponding product type, into a second attributes storage area in the information processing device; and manufacturing the first element group of the product according to the production information; and [0022] by a third corporation or business entity, manufacturing a second element group so as to fit with the arrangement of the first element group; and assembling the product; and recording the production yield and the production plan information for each type of the product into a third attributes storage area of the information processing device; [0023] wherein the first through the third information processing devices are connected via special lines or via public lines, Continue reading about Production system and production method... 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