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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2023
The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US);
Matthew Lee Scott, Charleston, SC (US);
James William Fonda, Rolla, MO (US);
Geoffrey Nathaniel Greene, Chantilly, VA (US);
The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US);
Abstract
One example provides a method of monitoring a product moving through a manufacturing flow being performed across a plurality of product lifecycle phases. The method comprises obtaining, by computer network from a first device in a first product lifecycle phase, first object data related to a first process performed by a first device on the product, and obtaining, by the computer network from a second device in a second product lifecycle phase, second object data related to a second process performed by a second device on the product. The method further comprises determining product lifecycle data for the product based on the first object data and the second object data. The method further comprises storing the product lifecycle data for analyzing the manufacturing flow across the plurality of product lifecycle phases performed on the product.