A production process including a morphological modification process step in which step is employed a morphological modification device adapted to perform a morphological modification of a bio-material matrix based feedstock, the production process further characterized by the following steps: performing a plurality of production runs of the process; interacting probe radiation with the feedstock at one or more locations within the process for each of the plurality of production runs; obtaining digital input data for each of the plurality of production runs, which digital input data includes information from probe radiation having interacted with the feedstock at one or more locations within the process together with one or more of a process control parameter, a process control setting and production event data for the associated production run; performing one or other of a linear or non-linear multivariate analysis of the digital input data from the plurality of production runs to determine therefrom a degree of correlation between the information from probe radiation having interacted with the feedstock at one or more locations within the process each of one or more of a process parameter, a process control setting, and production event data to be predicted; generating one or more prediction models from the multivariate analysis of the digital input data, where a particular model links the interacted probe radiation information directly with a particular process control parameter, process control setting or production run event to be predicted; making the one or more prediction models available to a data processor; performing a new production run of the process; obtaining interacted probe radiation information for a feedstock during the new production run of the process; applying in the data processor one or more of the one or more prediction models to the interacted probe radiation information obtained during the new production run of the process to generate as an output one or more of a process control parameter, a process control setting and a predicted production run event for the new production run; and controlling the morphological modification in response to the output. performing a plurality of production runs of the process; interacting probe radiation with the feedstock at one or more locations within the process for each of the plurality of production runs; obtaining digital input data for each of the plurality of production runs, which digital input data includes information from probe radiation having interacted with the feedstock at one or more locations within the process together with one or more of a process control parameter, a process control setting and production event data for the associated production run; performing one or other of a linear or non-linear multivariate analysis of the digital input data from the plurality of production runs to determine therefrom a degree of correlation between the information from probe radiation having interacted with the feedstock at one or more locations within the process each of one or more of a process parameter, a process control setting, and production event data to be predicted; generating one or more prediction models from the multivariate analysis of the digital input data, where a particular model links the interacted probe radiation information directly with a particular process control parameter, process control setting or production run event to be predicted; making the one or more prediction models available to a data processor; performing a new production run of the process; obtaining interacted probe radiation information for a feedstock during the new production run of the process; applying in the data processor one or more of the one or more prediction models to the interacted probe radiation information obtained during the new production run of the process to generate as an output one or more of a process control parameter, a process control setting and a predicted production run event for the new production run; and controlling the morphological modification in response to the output.