US 6,983,229 B2
Method for scheduling solution preparation in biopharmaceutical batch process manufacturing
Peter G. Brown, 63 Clearwater Rd., Newton, Mass. 02162 (US)
Filed on Jun. 19, 1998, as Appl. No. 9/100,088.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/050294, filed on Jun. 20, 1997.
Prior Publication US 2001/0027385 A1, Oct. 04, 2001
Int. Cl. G06G 7/48 (2006.01); G06G 7/58 (2006.01); G05B 15/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 703—6 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-based method for scheduling the operation of a biopharmaceutical batch process manufacturing facility, comprising the steps of:
(i) identifying a high-level process step of a biopharmaceutical production process, said high-level process step including a plurality of unit operations, each said unit operation being associated with a unit operation identifier code; wherein a scheduling cycle value is defined for a scheduling cycle associated with each of said plurality of unit operations;
(ii) referencing a process parameter master list for each of said unit operation identifier codes in said production process, said process parameter master list including information on individual tasks and task duration involved with each of said unit operations; and
(iii) scheduling said process thereby generating a process time line, based upon said scheduling cycle values, that identifies initiation and completion times for each of said individual tasks for each unit operation in said production process.