Patent ID: 7826915

Claim:
A method for controlling a qualification intervention process in a manufacturing process that is performed by a plurality of components, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a work order from a manufacturing execution system, the work order associated with a tool malfunction; selecting one of the components for which it is desired to perform a qualification process in response to the work order, wherein the qualification process comprises at least one operation that must be performed after completion of a maintenance operation to return the selected component to an operational status after the selected component has been removed from operation in the manufacturing process; accessing an entry for the selected component in a component/qualification matrix in a database management system; identifying from the entry the qualification process to be performed for the selected component; providing to the manufacturing execution system the identification of the qualification process to be performed for the selected component; and after completion of the maintenance operation associated with the qualification process, confirming that each of the at least one operation associated with the qualification process has been performed.