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US 12,205,064 · App. 17/682,703 · Granted Jan 21, 2025

Pharma innovator and manufacturing process data conversion with batch process performance data feedback

Inventors: Francisco P. Maturana (Lyndhurst, OH); Sachin Misra (Lakeway, TX); Brian Taylor (Oshkosh, WI); Dennis J Luo (Germantown, WI); Jay W Schiele (Union Grove, WI)
Assignee: ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
G06Q10/067G05B19/18G06Q50/04G05B2219/31372
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Patent No.
US 12,205,064
App. No.
17/682,703
Granted
Jan 21, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A digital technology transfer system transforms technology transfer documents to a set of digitized manufacturing procedures and operations documentation. The system can transform a technology transfer document to a hierarchical structured model representing a package, or product to be manufactured, and the process for manufacturing the product. The resulting package model can be integrated into a larger model representing an ecosystem of manufacturing entities and plant facilities by assigning steps of the manufacturing process to one or more selected production lines. The system allows participants in the ecosystem to browse the hierarchical model to view information about the manufacturing entities, their plant facilities, and the packages assigned to the respective facilities. The system offers filtered role-specific views of the technology transfer documents, their approval statuses, and their plant assignments.

Claims (65)

1. A system, comprising:

a processor, operatively coupled to a memory, that executes executable components stored on the memory, the executable components comprising:

a user interface component configured to import a technology transfer document containing information about a product to be manufactured and describing a manufacturing process for manufacturing the product;

a conversion component configured to translate the technology transfer document to a package model, the package model comprising a hierarchically structured organization of nodes representing content sections of the technology transfer document;

a package management component configured to receive, via interaction with a dashboard interface rendered by the user interface component, editing data that edits a portion of the package model; and

an export component configured to:

translate information about the manufacturing process contained in the package model to control configuration data, and

export the control configuration data to an industrial device or system, wherein exportation of the control configuration data to the industrial device or system configures the industrial device or system to perform the manufacturing process,

wherein the conversion component is further configured to update a conversion algorithm used to translate the technology transfer document to the package model based on the editing data.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the user interface component is configured to

render a browsable visualization of the package model on the dashboard interface as a navigation tree, and

in response to selection of a node of the navigation tree corresponding to an object of the package model, render a content section, of the content sections, represented by the object.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the editing data at least one of alters text of the content section, modifies a process control parameter defined in the content section, re-orders steps of a stage of the manufacturing process, or re-organizes a hierarchical structure of the nodes of the package model.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein

the package manage component is further configured to receive review status data from reviewers assigned to review the package model, and

the user interface component is configured to render, on the dashboard interface, an aggregate review status of the package model based on the review status data.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the conversion component is configured to

identify sections of the technology transfer document and determine types of content contained in the sections,

translate the technology transfer document to a raw object model comprising nodes representing the sections and the content contained in the sections, and

translate the raw object model to a structured object model that organizes the nodes or objects of the raw object model into a hierarchical structure based on learned relationships between the content.

6. The system of claim 5 , wherein

the conversion component is further configured to apply standardization processing to the structured document model to yield the package model, and

the standardization processing organizes nodes of the standardized model according to an industrial standard.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the technology transfer document is imported as at least one of a portable document format file, a word processing file, or an image file.

8. The system of claim 2 , wherein the user interface component is configured to

receive, via interaction with the navigation tree, assignment data that assigns a manufacturing step defined by the package model to a production line defined in the system, and

in response to receipt of the assignment data, render information contained in the package model relating to the manufacturing step accessible to one or more users affiliated with a manufacturing entity that owns the production line.

9. The system of claim 8 , further comprising a model builder component configured to integrate the package model into an innovator model based on the assignment data,

wherein

the innovator model defines an ecosystem of plant facilities, and

nodes of the innovator model are organized according to a hierarchy of levels comprising one or more of a technology owner level, a manufacturer level, a plant level, and a packages level.

10. A method, comprising:

importing, by a system comprising a processor, a technology transfer document containing information about a product to be manufactured and describing a manufacturing process for manufacturing the product;

translating, by the system, the technology transfer document to a package model, the package model comprising a hierarchically structured organization of nodes representing content sections of the technology transfer document;

translating, by the system, information about the manufacturing process contained in the package model to control configuration data;

exporting, by the system, the control configuration data to an industrial device or system, wherein the exporting configures the industrial device or system to perform the manufacturing process;

receiving, by the system via interaction with a dashboard interface that visualizes the package model, editing data that edits a portion of the package model; and

updating, by the system based on the editing data, a conversion algorithm used to perform the translating.

11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:

rendering, by the system, a visualization of the package model on the dashboard interface as a navigation tree, and

in response to selection of a node of the navigation tree corresponding to an object of the package model, rendering, by the system, a content section, of the content sections, represented by the object.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the editing data at least one of alters text of the content section, modifies a process control parameter defined in the content section, re-orders steps of a stage of the manufacturing process, or re-organizes a hierarchical structure of the nodes of the package model.

13. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:

receiving, by the system, review status data from reviewers assigned to review the package model, and

rendering, by the system on the dashboard interface, an aggregate review status of the package model based on the review status data.

14. The method of claim 10 , wherein the translating comprises:

identifying sections of the technology transfer document and determine types of content contained in the sections,

translating the technology transfer document to a raw object model comprising nodes representing the sections and the content contained in the sections, and

translating the raw object model to a structured object model that organizes the nodes or objects of the raw object model into a hierarchical structure based on learned relationships between the content.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the translating further comprises applying standardization processing to the structured object model to yield the package model, wherein the standardization processing organizes nodes of the structured object model according to an industrial standard.

16. The method of claim 10 , wherein the importing comprises importing the technology transfer document as at least one of a portable document format file, a word processing file, or an image file.

17. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

receiving, by the system via interaction with the navigation tree, assignment data that assigns a manufacturing step defined by the package model to a production line defined in the system, and

in response to receipt of the assignment data, rendering, by the system, information contained in the package model relating to the manufacturing step accessible to one or more users affiliated with a manufacturing entity that owns the production line.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions that, in response to execution, cause a technology transfer system comprising a processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

importing a technology transfer document comprising information describing a product to be manufactured and a manufacturing process for manufacturing the product;

translating the technology transfer document to a package model, the package model comprising a hierarchically structured organization of nodes representing content sections of the technology transfer document;

translating information about the manufacturing process contained in the package model to control configuration data;

exporting the control configuration data to an industrial device or system, wherein the exporting configures the industrial device or system to perform the manufacturing process;

receiving, via interaction with a dashboard interface that visualizes the package model, editing data that edits a portion of the package model; and

updating, based on the editing data, a conversion algorithm used to perform the translating.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18 , further comprising:

rendering, by the system, a visualization of the package model on the dashboard interface as a navigation tree, and

in response to selection of a node of the navigation tree corresponding to an object of the package model, rendering, by the system, a content section, of the content sections, represented by the object.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19 , wherein the editing data at least one of alters text of the content section, modifies a process control parameter defined in the content section, re-orders steps of a stage of the manufacturing process, or re-organizes a hierarchical structure of the nodes of the package model.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 28, 2022
From: MATURANA, FRANCISCO P.; MISRA, SACHIN; TAYLOR, BRIAN; LUO, DENNIS J; SCHIELE, JAY W
To: ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 059120/0847 →
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