Method and system for monitoring batch product manufacturing
First Claim
1. A product flow monitoring system comprising:
- a flow model, encoded on a computer-readable medium, that models food product flow in a physical plant and that comprises;
a plurality of representations of units of the physical plant that are configured to process a food product;
a plurality of associations that indicate potential food product flow from a source unit of the plant to a target unit of the plant; and
phase data associated with at least some of the units, wherein the phase data comprises phase changes during start and stop of food product flows;
a data collection system that collects phase information from at least some of the units of the physical plant, wherein at least a portion of the phase information gets stored as phase data of the flow model; and
a food product flow component that determines food product flow by using the flow model and the phase data.
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Abstract
A system and method for monitoring product through a batch manufacturing plant is provided. The system includes, a parallel flow mode when product flows concurrently from at least two units to a single unit; and a serial flow mode where product flows from one unit to another at a given time, wherein the batch manufacturing plant is modeled based on the parallel and serial flow modes. A lot association is built based on product flow and a parent/child record is created for lot association. The system also includes a data collection system that collects phase information for every unit and a procedure identifier is used to create a batch identifier, where a batch identifier is associated with each lot on each unit through which product is flowing to and/or from at a given time.
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1. A product flow monitoring system comprising:
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a flow model, encoded on a computer-readable medium, that models food product flow in a physical plant and that comprises; a plurality of representations of units of the physical plant that are configured to process a food product; a plurality of associations that indicate potential food product flow from a source unit of the plant to a target unit of the plant; and phase data associated with at least some of the units, wherein the phase data comprises phase changes during start and stop of food product flows; a data collection system that collects phase information from at least some of the units of the physical plant, wherein at least a portion of the phase information gets stored as phase data of the flow model; and a food product flow component that determines food product flow by using the flow model and the phase data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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