Patent ID: 7881966
Filing Date: 2011-02-01
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method of tracking materials in a plant that produces liquid foods, the method being executed by a computer having a database that stores data associated with production units in the plant, and comprises the steps of: allocating, in the database, a unit identity to each production unit, the unit identity is registered and identifies the production unit as one of a source and a destination of material during production of the liquid food in the plant; receiving, in the computer, a material quantity of each material in the production of the liquid food; allocating, a first work identity to a material quantity of a respective material in the production of the liquid food, wherein the first work identity of a material quantity changes based on a registered event; registering the first work identity, in the database; registering, in the database, events in the plant with the first work identity of the material quantity of the material, wherein the event identifies a transport of at least a portion of the material quantity from a source production unit in the plant with reference to the unit identity allocated to the source production unit in the plant and/or to a destination production unit in the plant with reference to the unit identity allocated to the destination production unit in the plant; and displaying data associated with at least one event of a specific point in time based on the unit identity of a production unit and the first work identity of the material quantity.