METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING RESULTS OF AN ANALYSIS PROCESS ON OBJECTS HANDLED ALONG A TECHNICAL PROCESS LINE
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1. A method for managing results of an analysis process on objects handled along a technical process line, including a laboratory and a production line;
- which comprises the steps of;
defining workflow steps of the technical process line and respective workflow executing software;
generating for each object an object record containing results of the workflow steps and a respective status;
defining an event manager for managing a transition from an actual status to a new status according to the results of the workflow steps, the event manager being individually programmable apart from the respective workflow executing software;
defining for the event manager a customized number of statuses linked to the workflow steps and for each transition a customizable set of rules delivering check results; and
executing in parallel the analysis process, the respective workflow execution software and the event manager, thereby assigning the respective status to the object record depending on the check results derived from an execution of the customizable set of rules.
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Abstract
A system manages results of an analysis process on objects handled along a technical process line. The system contains measures for defining workflow steps of the technical process line and workflow execution software, and measures for generating for each object an object record containing the results of the workflow steps and a status. The system further has measures for defining an event manager for managing a transition from an actual status to a new status according to results of the workflow steps. The event manager contains a customized number of statuses linked to the workflow steps and contains for each transition a customizable set of rules for delivering check results. Finally, measures are provided for executing in parallel the analysis process, the workflow execution software and the event manager, thereby assigning a status to the object record depending on the check results derived from the execution of the set of rules.
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1. A method for managing results of an analysis process on objects handled along a technical process line, including a laboratory and a production line;
- which comprises the steps of;
defining workflow steps of the technical process line and respective workflow executing software; generating for each object an object record containing results of the workflow steps and a respective status; defining an event manager for managing a transition from an actual status to a new status according to the results of the workflow steps, the event manager being individually programmable apart from the respective workflow executing software; defining for the event manager a customized number of statuses linked to the workflow steps and for each transition a customizable set of rules delivering check results; and executing in parallel the analysis process, the respective workflow execution software and the event manager, thereby assigning the respective status to the object record depending on the check results derived from an execution of the customizable set of rules. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system for managing results of an analysis process on objects handled along a technical process line, including a laboratory and a production line, the system comprising:
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means for defining workflow steps of the technical process line and a respective workflow execution software; means for generating for each object an object record containing results of the workflow steps and a respective status; means for defining an event manager for managing a transition from an actual status to a new status according to the results of the workflow steps, said event manager being individually programmable apart from said respective workflow executing software; said event manager containing a customized number of statuses linked to the workflow steps and containing for each said transition a customizable set of rules delivering check results; and means for executing in parallel the analysis process, the respective workflow execution software and the event manager, thereby assigning the respective status to the object record depending on the check results derived from an execution of the customizable set of rules. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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