Patent ID: 8799113

Claim:
A method for validating materials in a manufacturing control system controlling at least one machine for manufacturing a product, the method comprising: obtaining, by the manufacturing control system, a bill of materials associated with the product, the bill of materials comprising a specification for manufacturing the product, the specification comprising one or more of the following: a machine setting and a material specification for a raw material to be used by the machine, wherein obtaining a bill of materials comprises obtaining a transitional bill of materials associated with a transition product to be manufactured by the machine during a grade change, and obtaining data comprises obtaining data associated with a raw material presently loaded in the machine; obtaining, by the manufacturing control system, data associated with the raw material to be used by the machine in manufacturing the product; comparing the obtained data with the obtained bill of materials; validating the raw material, in response to the comparing, to determine whether the raw material is valid for use in manufacturing the product, wherein obtaining data, comparing the obtained data, and validating the raw material occur during an initial manufacture of the product; and modifying a production operation in the manufacturing control system based on the validating.