Method for creating master recipes

A method for automatically creating a set of master recipes from a general recipe using site information, each master recipe comprising a plurality of recipe segments, the recipe segments organized into at least one segment path, the at least one segment path interconnected in a production path to form the master recipe, the general recipe comprising a plurality of process actions, the process actions organized into at least one process branch, the at least one process branch interconnected in a dependency path to form the general recipe, each master recipe for manufacturing at least one product from at least one input material by performing the process actions on the at least one input material, each master recipe for use with a specific set of equipment in a process cell, each process action implemented on the set of equipment by at least one recipe segment, each process branch having one or more segment paths which perform the process branch on the set of equipment, the general recipe for describing how to manufacture the at least one product from the at least one input material by performing the process actions on the at least one input material, the general recipe being independent of equipment, the site information including recipe segment information, material flow information, and equipment information, the method including the steps of:

• a) creating a list of recipe segments from the general recipe and the site information, the list of recipe segments including each process action in the general recipe and for each process action a listers of corresponding recipe segments capable of performing that process action in the process cell;
• b) dividing the general recipe into the dependency path and a collection of the at least one process branches;
• c) using the list of recipe segments to analyze each process branch in the collection of the at least one process branches and create a segment path series for the process branch, the segment path series including all the segment paths corresponding to the process branch, the analysis resulting in a collection of segment path series corresponding to the collection of the at least one process branch;
• d) using the collection of segment path series, the dependency path, and the site information to create a set of production paths;
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• e) using the set of production paths, the collection of segment path series, and the site information to create a set of master recipes.

A method for automatically creating a set of master recipes from a general recipe using site information, each master recipe comprising a plurality of recipe segments, the recipe segments organized into at least one segment path, the at least one segment path interconnected in a production path to form the master recipe, the general recipe comprising a plurality of process actions, the process actions organized into at least one process branch, the at least one process branch interconnected in a dependency path to form the general recipe, each master recipe for manufacturing at least one product from at least one input material by performing the process actions on the at least one input material, each master recipe for use with a specific set of equipment in a process cell, each process action implemented on the set of equipment by at least one recipe segment, each process branch having one or more segment paths which perform the process branch on the set of equipment, the general recipe for describing how to manufacture the at least one product from the at least one input material by performing the process actions on the at least one input material, the general recipe being independent of equipment, the site information including recipe segment information, material flow information and equipment information, the method including the steps of

• a) creating a list of recipe segments from the general recipe and the recipe segment information, the list of recipe segments including each process action in the general recipe and for each process action a listing of corresponding recipe segments capable of performing that process action in the process cell;
• b) dividing the general recipe into the dependency path and a collection of the at least one process branches;
• c) using the list of recipe segments and the material flow information to analyze each process branch in the collection of the at least one process branches and create a segment path series for the process branch, the segment pat series including all the segment paths corresponding to the process branch, the analysis resulting in a collection of segment path series corresponding to the collection of the at least one process branch;
• d) using the collection of segment path series, the dependency path, and the material flow information to create a set of production paths;
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• e) using the set of production paths, the collection of segment path series, and the site information to create a set of master recipes.

A method for automatically seating a set of master recipes from a general recipe using site information, each master recipe comprising a plurality of recipe phases, the general recipe comprising a plurality of process actions, each master recipe for manufacturing at least one product from at least one input material by performing the process actions on the at least one input material by using recipe segments, the recipe segments comprising at least one recipe phase, each process action being performed by one recipe segment, each master recipe for use with a specific set of equipment in a process cell, each process action having one or more corresponding recipe segments that implement the process action on the set of equipment, the general recipe for describing how to manufacture the at least one product from the at least one input material by performing the process actions on the at least one input material, the general recipe being independent of equipment, the method comprising:

• a first step of creating a list of recipe segments from the general recipe and the site information, the list of recipe segments including each process action in the general recipe and for each process action a listing of corresponding recipe segments capable of performing that process action in the process cell;
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• a second step of creating the set of master recipes from the list of recipe segments, the general recipe, and the site information.