Patent ID: 8332063

Claim:
A method, comprising: receiving one or more process control data elements defining a location associated with a person within a processing environment, the location based on an Ultra Wide Band (UWB) Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag associated with the person, the processing environment comprising industrial equipment configured to manipulate one or more materials to implement an industrial process; and managing a change to the industrial process based on the one or more process control data elements, wherein managing the change to the industrial process comprises: identifying a request to initiate the change to the industrial process; determining whether a personnel requirement is associated with the change to the industrial process, the personnel requirement comprising one or more specified personnel or types of personnel; initiating the change to the industrial process when the one or more process control data elements satisfy the personnel requirement; and controlling at least some of the industrial equipment in the processing environment to implement the change to the industrial process.