Monitoring manufacturing flows across product lifecycle phases

A computing system, comprising:

• a logic machine operably coupled to a first device in a first product lifecycle phase and to a second device in a second product lifecycle phase;
• and
• a storage machine comprising instructions executable by the logic machine to
• obtain, by computer network from the first device, first object data related to a first process performed by the first device on a product,
• obtain, by the computer network from the second device, second object data related to a second process performed by the second device on the product,
• determine product lifecycle data for the product based on the first object data and the second object data,
• store the product lifecycle data for analyzing a manufacturing flow across a plurality of product lifecycle phases performed on the product,
• perform a computer-implemented simulation of the product based on the product lifecycle data,
• generate a digital twin of the product using the computer-implemented simulation, and
• perform an analysis of the product through the manufacturing flow using the digital twin.

A method of monitoring a product moving through a manufacturing flow, the method comprising:

• obtaining, by a computer network from a device in a product lifecycle phase, object data related to a process performed by the device on the product, the object data comprising a first identifier;
• obtaining an input of observational data collected from manual observation of the product, the observational data comprises a second identifier;
• determining product lifecycle data for the product based on the object data, the observational data, and a mapping indicating a relationship between the first identifier and the second identifier;
• storing the product lifecycle data for analyzing the manufacturing flow across a plurality of product lifecycle phases performed on the product;
• performing a computer-implemented simulation of the product based on the product lifecycle data;
• generating a digital twin of the product using the computer-implemented simulation;
• and
• performing an analysis of the product through the manufacturing flow using the digital twin.