Manufacturing method
First Claim
1. A method for automatically tracking compliance in a manufacturing process involving successive manufacturing operations comprising selecting an object;
- associating an identifier with said object, said identifier comprising a memory;
performing a first manufacturing operation relating to the object;
following the successful completion of said first manufacturing operation, writing an associated compliance data item to the memory;
performing one or more further manufacturing operations relating to the object; and
following the successful completion of each said further manufacturing operation or a package thereof, writing an associated compliance data item to the memory.
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Abstract
There is provided a method for automatically tracking compliance in a manufacturing process involving successive manufacturing operations comprising selecting an object; associating an identifier with said object, said identifier comprising a memory; performing a first manufacturing operation relating to the object; following the successful completion of said first manufacturing operation, writing an associated compliance data item to the memory; performing one or more further manufacturing operations relating to the object; and following the successful completion of each said further manufacturing operation or any package thereof, writing an associated compliance data item to the memory.
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59 Claims
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1. A method for automatically tracking compliance in a manufacturing process involving successive manufacturing operations comprising
selecting an object; -
associating an identifier with said object, said identifier comprising a memory;
performing a first manufacturing operation relating to the object;
following the successful completion of said first manufacturing operation, writing an associated compliance data item to the memory;
performing one or more further manufacturing operations relating to the object; and
following the successful completion of each said further manufacturing operation or a package thereof, writing an associated compliance data item to the memory. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58)
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59. A computer program product comprising a computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a computer program comprising code means for, when executed on a computer, instructing said computer to control the steps in a method for automatically tracking compliance in a manufacturing process involving successive manufacturing operations of
selecting an object; -
associating an identifier with said object, said identifer comprising a memory;
performing a first manufacturing operation relating to the object;
following the successful completion of said first manufacturing operation, automatically writing an associated compliance data item to the memory;
performing one or more further manufacturing operations relating to the object; and
following the successful completion of each said further manufacturing operation or any package thereof, writing an associated compliance data item to the memory.
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