PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MAKING ARRANGEMENTS FOR PARTS USED INPRODUCTS

A part arrangement processing device has apparatus for creating a design parts list indicating necessary parts for a product, in accordance with the results of design; apparatus for creating a production parts list indicating parts for arrangements for manufacture of the product, in accordance with the design parts list; apparatus for storing the design parts list and the production parts list; apparatus for recomposing a hierarchical relationship among parts in the production parts list; and apparatus for establishing a correspondence between part numbers in the design part list and part numbers in the production parts list subjected to recomposition, thereby facilitating part data exchange between the design section and the production section.