Abstract: A production evaluation managing system in a factory including facilities in a plurality of production processes from materials to products and a means for evaluating the products based on at least one of inspection and testing characterized by comprising a network connecting the facilities in respective production processes with the evaluating means, and a means for collecting through the network field data of the facility in a production process pertaining to the production of a product corresponding to the information of evaluation results, based on the information of evaluation results of the products outputted from the evaluating means.

Abstract: An FA information collecting method in an FA system for managing plural steps for manufacturing products by using a network connected to these respective steps, is described for quality management. In this method, when collecting working front information sent to a data transmission line in the network and generated in each of these steps, from an information collecting end provided to on the network, a desired information is automatically collected based on a given condition from among the working front information. Time changes in desired information are automatically collected based on a given condition from among the work front information. An FA information combining method and the desired information are automatically combined based on the given condition from among collected plural working front information.