Process design and management system

A computer-implemented method of chemical, biological, or pharmaceutical process design and management comprising:

• in a digital computer:
• executing a General Design software object for manufacturing a chemical, biological, or pharmaceutical product, a General Master Design software object for manufacturing a chemical, biological, or pharmaceutical product, and a Master Design software object for manufacturing a chemical, biological, or pharmaceutical product whereby a user creates a manufacturing process design based on user input data and retrieved process library data using a graphical user interface to the digital computer;
• said process library data being stored in a digital data storage device, said process library data including material data, process data, and equipment data;
• said software objects defining operations sequences, and processing operation parameters including materials flows and balances, cycle time, constraints, equipment, generic equipment capability requirements, specific equipment capability requirements, and actual capacity analysis;
• said graphical user interface allowing multiple views of the manufacturing process design.

A chemical, biological, or pharmaceutical process design and management system, comprising:

• a General Design digital software object stored in a memory for manufacturing a chemical, biological, or pharmaceutical product allowing a user to assemble a process design based on the user's input data and retrieved process library data, said General Design software object defining operations sequences, and processing operation parameters including materials balances, cycle time, and constraints;
• said process library data being digital data, said process library data including material data, process data, and equipment data;
• a General Master Design digital software object stored in the memory for manufacturing a chemical, biological, or pharmaceutical product allowing a user to derive a generic equipment process, said General Master Design software object defining operations equipment sequences, and processing operation parameters including equipment, generic equipment capability requirements, materials balances, cycle time, and constraints;
• and
• a Master Design digital software object stored in the memory for manufacturing a chemical, biological, or pharmaceutical product allowing a user to derive a plant-specific equipment process, said Master Design software object defining operations equipment sequences, and processing operation parameters including specific equipment, specific equipment capability requirements.