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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2012
Fuji Machine Mfg. Co., Ltd., Chiryu, JP;
Yukitoshi Morita, Chiryu, JP;
FUJI MACHINE MFG. CO., LTD., Chiryu, JP;
Abstract
A production system acquires a program list on the basis of Kanban information and switches programs of production facilities and a program switching method used in the production system are disclosed. The production system includes: program list acquisition means for acquiring a product name from a Kanban information management table and acquiring a program list corresponding to a combination of the acquired product name and a production line name from a product information management table; and program switching means for searching for a corresponding program from a program storage unit on the basis of the program list acquired by the program list acquisition means, transmitting the searched program to each production facility of a plurality of production lines, and switching the program.