Interface for building and updating processing modules in a manufacturing environment

A computer system for a software code building interface comprising:

• one or more processors, and
• one or more computer-readable media having stored thereon executable instructions that when executed by the one or more processors configure the computer system to perform at least the following:
• analyze, with a manufacturing and production process analyzer, a manufacturing and production process and divide the manufacturing and production process into a plurality of physical, discrete steps;
• identify, with a dependency identifier module, dependencies between the discrete steps in the manufacturing and production process;
• generate, with a structure builder, one or more reusable, global software code elements that comprise library elements that provide features that are reusable in different interactive interfaces, that are implemented to dynamically create interactive forms that present and allow interaction with the discrete steps of the manufacturing and production process, wherein the interactive forms that have dependencies or parallel processes are marked in a specified manner;
• access, with an interactive form builder, the global software code elements and the identified dependencies to generate multiple interactive manufacturing and production process forms, the multiple interactive manufacturing and production process forms allowing users to provide information relating to the discrete steps, ensuring that the manufacturing and production process is performed in a specified manner, and the multiple interactive manufacturing and production process interfaces indicating, based upon average times for batch records, whether a given task is behind or ahead of schedule;
• determine, with a library element updater, that at least one of the library elements has been updated and mark the at least one updated library element with an identifying mark, such that other software code elements that use the library element with the identifying mark will use the updated library element;
• and
• receive, with a software code updating interface that includes a software code updating module, software code updates and identify the global software code elements that are affected by the received software code updates, wherein:
• the global software code elements comprise library elements that provide features that are reusable in different interactive interfaces,
• determining at least one of the library elements has been updated,
• identifying a mark that indicates that the at least one library has been updated, such that other software code elements that use the library element will use the at least one updated library element,
• the global software code elements are implemented within the multiple interactive manufacturing and production process interfaces, and
• after the global software code elements that need to be updated are identified, the identified global software code elements are automatically updated, such that the multiple interactive manufacturing and production process interfaces are also automatically updated.