An automatic manhour setting system has a standard manhour database designed
to
be readable, in which a number of pairs each constituted by a work standard described
by a standardized standard expression and a manhour corresponding to the work standard
are registered in advance. For each target work standard to which a manhour is
to be given, the system matches the expression of the target work standard with
the standard expressions of the work standards in the standard manhour database,
sets the standard manhour of the matching work standard in the database as the
manhour of the target work standard, and outputs the set manhour file.