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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2005
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2001
James William Godfrey, Ware, GB;
Stanley George Bonney, Ware, GB;
James William Godfrey, Ware, GB;
Stanley George Bonney, Ware, GB;
Smithkline Beecham Corporation, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Abstract
There is provided a method for automatically tracking compliance in a manufacturing process involving successive manufacturing operations comprising selecting an object; associating an identifier with said object, said identifier comprising a memory; performing a first manufacturing operation relating to the object; following the successful completion of said first manufacturing operation, writing an associated compliance data item to the memory; performing one or more further manufacturing operations relating to the object; and following the successful completion of each said further manufacturing operation or any package thereof, writing an associated compliance data item to the memory.