Patent ID: 7043414

Claim:
A computer-based method for simulation, modeling and scheduling of a biopharmaceutical manufacturing facility, comprising the steps of: (i) identifying a high-level process step of a biopharmaceutical production process, said high-level process step including a plurality of unit operations, each said unit operation being associated with a unit operation identifier code; wherein scheduling cycle values are defined for each of said plurality of unit operations; (ii) referencing a process parameter master list for each of said unit operation identifier codes in said production process, said process parameter master list including information on individual tasks and task duration involved with each of said unit operations; (iii) determining the equipment turn-around-time (ETT) associated with solution storage equipment in the biopharmaceutical manufacturing facility; and (iv) simulating said process thereby generating a process time line based upon said scheduling cycle values and ETT that identifies (a) initiation and completion times for each of said individual tasks for each unit operation in said production process, and (b) the need of redundant solution storage equipment to service said tasks.