System and server for performing product tracing and complex interlocking in a process control system

A system for modelling an industrial process using segmental analysis comprising:

• one or more computers comprising one or more processors and one or more computer readable media, the one or more computer readable media comprising instructions stored thereon that when executed cause the one or more computers to:
• create, by the one or more processors, a graphical user interface (GUI) comprising a simulation canvas;
• display, by the one or more processors, a model library comprising one or more model objects comprising one or more elements and/or one or more segments selectable by a user via the GUI;
• import, by the one or more processors, a selection of the one or more elements and/or the one or more segments from the model library to the simulation canvas;
• and
• enable, by the one or more processors, a connection of the one or more segments to the one or more elements on the simulation canvas;
• wherein each of the one or more elements are configured to send one or more parameter inputs to one or more other elements connected by the one or more segments.