Patent ID: 8032431

Claim:
A system for managing the development and manufacturing process of a pharmaceutical, the system comprising: a processor; and a memory coupled with and readable by the processor and having stored therein a sequence of executable instructions, said instructions comprising: a plurality of recording modules for recording information about the development and manufacturing process of the pharmaceutical over time; and a core module in communication with the recording modules, the core module being configured to receive the information from the plurality of recording modules and provide a platform for the tracking of the information across multiple data dimensions, each of the multiple data dimensions representing a category or activity for the development and manufacturing process, the core module comprising: a data modeling layer configured to assign the information to at least one of the multiple data dimensions, perform dimension modeling of the multiple data dimensions, the dimension modeling defining a hierarchy for the categories and activities of the development and manufacturing process and properties for each category or activity and perform correlation modeling of the multiple data dimensions and properties of the relationships, the correlation modeling defining relationships between the multiple data dimensions and properties of the relationship, and a transaction layer configured to determine a context of the information based on the dimension modeling and correlation modeling.