Systems for cyber-physical passports and related methods

A system comprising:

• a processor of a computing device;
• and
• a memory in communication with the processor, the memory storing program instructions, the processor operative with the program instructions to perform the operations of:
• configuring one or more monitoring devices or a manufacturing machine to supply manufacturing data for a particular physical part instance being manufactured by the manufacturing machine;
• tracking a progress of the manufactured part instance and collecting and store manufacturing data supplied by the one or more monitoring devices and/or the manufacturing machine in a data store as the part instance progresses during individual phases of a manufacturing process;
• generating one or more digital cyber-physical passports for each completed phase of manufacturing for the particular part instance, wherein the cyber-physical passport contains data associated with the physical part instance and one or more links to data objects that are directly involved in the manufacturing process at the completed phase, wherein the data objects are stored locally by the computing device;
• and
• recording individual cyber-physical passports on a cyber-physical passport-linked ledger on a distributed ledger technology platform during the manufacturing process of the part instance.

A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising machine readable instructions that, when executed by a processor of a computing device, cause the computing device to at least:

• configure one or more monitoring devices or a manufacturing machine to supply manufacturing data for a particular physical part instance being manufactured by the manufacturing machine;
• track a progress of the manufactured part instance and collect and store manufacturing data supplied by the one or more monitoring devices and/or the manufacturing machine in a data store as the part instance progresses during individual phases of a manufacturing process;
• generate one or more digital cyber-physical passports for each completed phase of manufacturing for the particular part instance, wherein the cyber-physical passport contains data associated with the physical part instance and one or more links to data objects that are directly involved in the manufacturing process at the completed phase, wherein the data objects are stored locally by the computing device;
• and
• record individual cyber-physical passports on a cyber-physical passport-linked ledger on a distributed ledger technology platform during the manufacturing process of the part instance.