System and method for robust real-time control of regular automated production

A system comprising:

• a first controller comprising at least one memory and at least one processing unit, the at least one processing unit configured to:
• initialize at least one process step of a control recipe from a master recipe associated with a batch process in response to detection of an event associated with the batch process;
• execute the at least one process step of the control recipe;
• and
• initialize at least one second process step of the control recipe while executing the at least one process step of the control recipe.

A non-transitory computer readable medium embodying a computer program, the computer program comprising computer readable program code for:

• initializing, at a first controller, at least one process step of a control recipe from a master recipe associated with a batch process in response to detection of an event associated with the batch process;
• executing, at the first controller, the at least one process step of the control recipe;
• and
• initializing, at the first controller, at least one second process step of the control recipe while executing the at least one process step of the control recipe.