DESC:TECHNICAL FIELD
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a Cyber Physical system (CPS) for manufacturing and more particularly to a cloud-based system and method for cyber physical manufacturing solutions.
BACKGROUND
Traditional manufacturing system set-ups are rigid, meaning once a production line is set-up for a specific Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)/manufacturing instructions or product line, an owner of the manufacturing system requires to re-invest in order to change the scale or throughput of operations within the same product line conforming to the same Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) /manufacturing instructions. Moreover, the owner of the manufacturing system requires to re-invest in order to erect new production line to address different Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)/manufacturing instruction (i.e., product lines) to manufacture different product formats.
Furthermore, some of the more common problems associated with traditional manufacturing systems includes inflexibility of the system to address diverse manufacturing instructions and thereby product formats, high setup times, high initial capital investment, high maintenance cost, high down-time and batch change over times, long lead times, high waste generation, high energy consumption, and extremely limited product customization options. The conventional manufacturing systems are often designed for specific tasks and products, making them less adaptable to changes in product design or production requirements. This lack of flexibility can lead to inefficiencies when trying to accommodate variations in demand or product specifications/formats. Furthermore, switching between different products or production runs in conventional manufacturing often requires significant setup times. This can result in downtime and increased costs, especially when dealing with small batch sizes or frequent product changes. Furthermore, the traditional manufacturing systems are prone to produce significantly high waste due to inefficient processes.
Furthermore, the current manufacturing system set-ups undergo high volume mass manufacturing due to inherent limitations of equipment, plant, and process levels. The high volume and mass manufacturing causes brands to be forced to produce finished goods manufactured in high-volumes and then store finished goods in an inventory. The storage of finished goods in the inventory results in risks. The risks include unsold finished goods and loss of working capital and the like.
A conventional manufacturing system set-up can sometimes execute an on-demand, small batch manufacturing of process products (pharmaceuticals, specialty chemicals, cosmetics and the like) using different devices. However, the conventional manufacturing system set-up is not universal, which implies the devices cannot be reconfigured to address multiple Standard Operating Procedure (SOPs)/manufacturing instructions or product lines. Additionally, the conventional manufacturing system set-up is limited in scope of executable product formats and cannot be applied to various kinds of product manufacturing set-ups.
Hence, there is a need for an advanced, cloud-connected and instructed system and method to realize a universal cyber physical manufacturing solution, in order to address the aforementioned issues.
SUMMARY
This summary is provided to introduce a selection of concepts, in a simple manner, which is further described in the detailed description of the disclosure. This summary is neither intended to identify key or essential inventive concepts of the subject matter nor to determine the scope of the disclosure.
The aim of the present invention is to provide a cloud based universal cyber physical manufacturing system for manufacturing a product that is configured to produce multiple products, without any significant changes in the existing equipment and infrastructure.
Yet another aim of the present invention is to provide the system for manufacturing the product which is configured to perform the production of multiple products on an on-demand basis.
Yet another aim of the present invention is to provide the system for manufacturing the at least one product which is configured to reduce the production cost, reduce the waste generation during production, and increase the production throughput.
In accordance with an embodiment, a cloud-based system and method for cyber physical manufacturing solutions is disclosed.
In one aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a system for manufacturing at least one product, wherein the system comprises:
- a physical manufacturing system (PMS);
- one or more computing devices;
- a cyber physical manufacturing (CPM) system,
wherein the cyber physical manufacturing (CPM) system is operatively coupled, via a cloud network, to the physical manufacturing system (PMS) and the one or more computing devices, wherein the cyber physical manufacturing (CPM) system comprises a plurality of sub-systems, and wherein the plurality of sub-systems comprises:
- a manufacturing instruction receiver sub-system configured to receive, from the one or more computing devices, at least one manufacturing instruction and at least one product formulation related to the at least one product;
- an encryption sub-system configured to encrypt the received manufacturing instruction and the product formulation;
- a recommendation sub-system configured to provide at least one recommendation to the physical manufacturing system (PMS) based on the encrypted manufacturing instruction and the product formulation; and
- a processing sub-system configured to provide production and packaging instructions to the physical manufacturing system (PMS) based on the at least one recommendation, wherein the physical manufacturing system (PMS) is configured to perform last mile processing operations to manufacture the at least one product based on the production and packaging instructions.
A cyber-physical system (CPS) or intelligent system is a computer system in which a mechanism can be controlled or monitored by computer-based algorithms.
In another aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for manufacturing at least one product, wherein the method comprises:
operatively coupling a cyber physical manufacturing (CPM) system, via a cloud network to a physical manufacturing system (PMS), and one or more computing devices, wherein the cyber physical manufacturing (CPM) system comprises a plurality of sub-systems, and wherein the cyber physical manufacturing (CPM) system is configured to:
- receive, from the one or more computing devices at least one manufacturing instruction, and at least one product formulation related to the at least one product, using a manufacturing instruction receiver sub-system;
- encrypt the received manufacturing instruction and the product formulation, using an encryption sub-system;
- provide at least one recommendation to the physical manufacturing system (PMS) based on the encrypted manufacturing instruction and the product formulation, using a recommendation sub-system, and
- provide at least one production and packaging instructions to the physical manufacturing system (PMS), using a processing sub-system, based on the at least one recommendation, and performing last mile processing operations to manufacture the at least one product based on the production and packaging instructions.
In the present invention the Cyber Physical System (CPS)manufacturing solution, also referred to as a Cyber Physical Manufacturing (CPM) System is connected to a Physical Manufacturing System (PMS). The physical manufacturing system (PMS) comprises a fleet of cloud-controlled production stations referred to as a configurable, nano-scale manufacturing system. The configurable, nano-scale manufacturing system enables the physical manufacturing system (PMS) to perform downstream processing operations which may include, but is not limited to, dispensing, bulk fluidproduct preparationeaning-in place or cleaning out of place (COP/CIP), heating, granulation, powder product preparation, tablet product preparation, homogenized liquid product preparation, liquid product preparation and admixture preparation, in order to convert raw-material or ingredients into finished products.
The configurable, nano-scale manufacturing system is configured to be a plug-and-play manufacturing system of re-configurable, connected process modules that can create plurality of distinct production lines to produce the plurality of products using distinct manufacturing instructions is disclosed in the present disclosure.
The configurable, nano-scale manufacturing system can be configured to be adaptable for a large-scale manufacturing, or medium-scale manufacturing, or small-scale manufacturing or a combination thereof.
Additionally, the cyber physical manufacturing system renders instructions to the configurable, nano-scale manufacturing system based on the product line or the SOP/manufacturing instructions requirement received by the one or more operators. The cyber physical manufacturing system corresponds to an application or platform that creates a digital inventory also referred to as digital library for the configurable, nano-scale manufacturing system. Additionally, the cyber physical manufacturing system, stores all the relevant information related to the one or more products, including, but not limited to the quantity, composition, and ingredients of each of the one or more products.
Additionally, the configurable, nano-scale manufacturing system can be further configured by the one or more operators. The configuring is done by attaching various re-configurable process modules including, but not limited to, module for agitation, module for dispensing or bulk solid flow, module for powder processing, and module for liquid dispensing, based on the product line / SOP / manufacturing instructions requirement received by the one or more operators via a one or more computing devices.
Further, the cyber physical manufacturing system can encrypt the product formulation in the form of QR code or any other storage mechanism that can enable electronic communication (i.e., a Machine-to-Machine communication, a device-to-device communication, and the like) thereby maintaining confidentiality. The encrypted product formulations can be created and then stored on the cloud. The product formulation comprises of information including, but not limited to ingredients, volumes, manufacturing process, and process parameters.
Furthermore, the cyber physical manufacturing system segregates the ingredients and renders the ingredients to the configurable, nano-scale manufacturing system comprising of the production stations. The ingredients can include, but is not limited to functional ingredients, excipients, taste agents, bulk ingredients, and the like, based on the SOP/manufacturing instruction or the product line.
The configurable, nano-scale manufacturing system comprising of production stations can then enable last mile processing based on the production and packaging instructions. The production stations can perform last-moment processing operations including, but not limited to, dosing, volumetric dispensing, powder processing, liquid processing and agitation, in order to prepare the one or more products.
The cyber physical manufacturing system comprises of an IoT layer thereby enabling complete digitization of workflow and downstream efficiency.
To further clarify the advantages and features of the present disclosure, a more particular description of the disclosure will follow by reference to specific embodiments thereof, which are illustrated in the appended figures. It is to be appreciated that these figures depict only typical embodiments of the disclosure and are therefore not to be considered limiting in scope. The disclosure will be described and explained with additional specificity and detail with the appended figures.
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The disclosure will be described and explained with additional specificity and detail with the accompanying figures in which:
FIG. 1A is a block diagram illustrating an exemplary production environment depicting the cloud-based system for universal cyber physical manufacturing solution, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure;
FIG. 1B is a block diagram illustrating the system for manufacturing the at least one product in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure;
FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an exemplary cyber physical manufacturing system, such as those shown in FIG. 1A, within the cloud-based system and method for universal cyber physical manufacturing solution, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure;
FIG. 3 is an exemplary Graphical User Interface (GUI) image of the cyber physical manufacturing system illustrating a digital inventory of one or more products, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure;
FIG. 4 is an exemplary GUI image of the cyber physical manufacturing system illustrating product details, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure;
FIG. 5 is an exemplary GUI image of the cyber physical manufacturing system illustrating encrypted SOP/manufacturing instruction in the form of QR code, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure;
FIG. 6A is a schematic representation illustrating an exemplary configurable, nano-scale manufacturing system, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure;
FIG. 6B is a pictorial representation of a material manipulator in combination with the plurality of reconfigurable process modules, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure;
FIG. 7 is a schematic representation illustrating an exemplary configuration-1 of the configurable, nano-scale manufacturing system, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure;
FIG. 8 is a schematic representation illustrating an exemplary configuration-2 of the configurable, nano-scale manufacturing system, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure;
FIG. 9 is an exemplary GUI image of the cyber physical manufacturing system illustrating downstream digitization and visibility of entire manufacturing operation, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure;
FIG. 10 is an exemplary GUI image of the cyber physical manufacturing system, illustrating creation of a New Product Development (NPD) Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)/ /manufacturing instruction and storing the SOP/manufacturing instruction on cloud, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure;
FIG. 11 is a pictorial representation illustrating a prototype of the configurable, nano-scale manufacturing system in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure;
FIG. 12 is an exemplary GUI image of an IoT digitization layer within an IoT module of the cyber physical manufacturing system, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.
FIGs. 13A-E are a pictorial representation of the system for producing the at least one product in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. Wherein the at least one product is a powder product.
FIGs. 14A-F are a pictorial representation of the system for producing the at least one product in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. Wherein the at least one product is a tablet product.
Further, those skilled in the art will appreciate that elements in the figures are illustrated for simplicity and may not have necessarily been drawn to scale. Furthermore, in terms of the construction of the device, one or more components of the device may have been represented in the figures by conventional symbols, and the figures may show only those specific details that are pertinent to understanding the embodiments of the present disclosure so as not to obscure the figures with details that will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art having the benefit of the description herein.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DISCLOSURE
For the purpose of promoting an understanding of the principles of the disclosure, reference will now be made to the embodiment illustrated in the figures and specific language will be used to describe them. It will nevertheless be understood that no limitation of the scope of the disclosure is thereby intended. Such alterations and further modifications in the illustrated system, and such further applications of the principles of the disclosure as would normally occur to those skilled in the art are to be construed as being within the scope of the present disclosure. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory of the disclosure and are not intended to be restrictive thereof.
In the present document, the word “exemplary” is used herein to mean “serving as an example, instance, or illustration.” Any embodiment or implementation of the present subject matter described herein as “exemplary” is not necessarily to be construed as preferred or advantageous over other embodiments.
The terms “comprise”, “comprising”, or any other variations thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that one or more devices or sub-systems or elements or structures or components preceded by “comprises… a” does not, without more constraints, preclude the existence of other devices, sub-systems, additional sub-modules. Appearances of the phrase “in an embodiment”, “in another embodiment” and similar language throughout this specification may, but not necessarily do, all refer to the same embodiment.
Unless otherwise defined, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by those skilled in the art to which this disclosure belongs. The system, methods, and examples provided herein are only illustrative and not intended to be limiting.
In accordance with an embodiment, a cloud-based system and method for universal cyber physical manufacturing solution is disclosed.
A cyber-physical system (CPS) or intelligent system is a computer system in which a mechanism is controlled or monitored by computer-based algorithms.
In the present invention the Cyber Physical System (CPS) manufacturing solution, also referred to as a Cyber Physical Manufacturing (CPM) System can be connected to a Physical Manufacturing System (PMS). The physical manufacturing system (PMS) comprises a fleet of cloud-controlled, production stations referred to as a configurable, nano-scale manufacturing system. The configurable, nano-scale manufacturing system enables the physical manufacturing system (PMS) to perform downstream processing operations including but not limited to, dispensing, bulk fluid flow, agitation, Cleaning-in place or cleaning out of place (COP/CIP), heating, granulation, powder product preparation, tablet product preparation, homogenized liquid product preparation, liquid product preparation, and admixture preparation, in order to convert raw-material or ingredients into finished products.
Referring now to the drawings, and more particularly to FIG. 1A through FIG. 14F, where similar reference characters denote corresponding features consistently throughout the figures, there are shown preferred embodiments and these embodiments are described in the context of the following exemplary system and/or method.
FIG. 1A is a block diagram illustrating an exemplary production environment 100 depicting the cloud-based system and method for manufacturing at least one product using a cyber physical manufacturing solution, also referred to as cyber physical manufacturing (CPM) system, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure, wherein the cyber physical manufacturing (CPM) system is a universal system. The system for manufacturing the at least one product using the cyber physical manufacturing (CPM) system could be an autonomous system, or a cobotic system. FIG. 1A depicting the exemplary production environment 100 comprises of a cyber physical manufacturing system 102, a configurable, nano-scale manufacturing system 106, a cloud network 108, and one or more computing devices 110. The cyber physical manufacturing system 102 can further include a plurality of subsystems 104. The cyber physical manufacturing system 102 correspond to a platform or an application configured to create a digital inventory, also referred to as a digital library for the configurable, nano-scale manufacturing system 106. In an embodiment, the cyber physical manufacturing system 102, encrypts and stores all the Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)/manufacturing instructions, also referred to as manufacturing instructions and relevant information about the one or more products, including but not limited to, the quantity, composition, and ingredients of each of the one or more products. The Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)/manufacturing instructions is a set of written instructions that describes the step-by-step process that must be taken to properly perform a manufacturing activity. In the present invention the SOP/manufacturing instructions relates to the instructions to be followed in order to produce and package each of the one or more products. The Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)/manufacturing instructions are configured to provide a continuous production operation for at least one product by engaging the cyber physical manufacturing (CPM) system and the physical manufacturing system (PMS) based on its availability.
FIG. 1B is a block diagram illustrating the system 1000 for manufacturing the at least one product in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 1B depicts in more detail, the cloud-based system and method for manufacturing the at least one product using a cyber physical manufacturing solution. The system comprises a physical manufacturing system (PMS) 106; one or more computing devices 110; and a cyber physical manufacturing (CPM) system 102. The cyber physical manufacturing (CPM) system 102 is operatively coupled to the physical manufacturing system (PMS) 106, and the one or more computing devices 110, via the cloud network 108, wherein the cyber physical manufacturing (CPM) system 102 comprises a plurality of sub-systems 104. Furthermore, the plurality of sub-systems 104 of the cyber physical manufacturing (CPM) system 102 further comprises: the manufacturing instruction receiver sub-system 112 that is configured to receive, from the one or more computing devices, the at least one manufacturing instruction and the at least one product formulation related to the at least one product; the encryption sub-system 114 that is configured to encrypt the received manufacturing instruction and the product formulation; the recommendation sub-system 116 that is configured to provide at least one recommendation to the physical manufacturing system (PMS) 106 based on the encrypted manufacturing instruction and the product formulation, and the processing sub-system 118 configured to provide production and packaging instructions to the physical manufacturing system (PMS) 106 based on the at least one recommendation, wherein the physical manufacturing system (PMS) 106 , also referred to as configurable, nano-scale manufacturing system, is also configured to perform last mile processing operations to manufacture the at least one product based on the production and packaging instruction.
Additionally, the cyber physical manufacturing (CPM) system 102 comprises at least one ingredient slotting sub-system, and wherein the ingredient slotting sub-system is configured to provide the at least one input regarding proportion of at least one raw material to be utilized by the physical manufacturing system (PMS) 106 based on the encrypted manufacturing instruction and the product formulation.
The one or more products may further comprise of nutraceutical products, pharmaceutical products, beauty products and the like. The one or more products may further comprise of solids, liquids, granular substances, powders, emulsions, gels, sols, semi-solids, and the like. The encrypted SOP/manufacturing instructions can later be fetched by the configurable, nano-scale manufacturing system 106 during manufacturing the one or more products. The cyber physical manufacturing system 102, further comprises of a plurality of subsystem 104 explained with additional specificity in FIG.2.
The configurable, nano-scale manufacturing system 106, which is also referred to as the physical manufacturing system (PMS) is a type of Cyber Physical System (CPS) manufacturing solution. Wherein the Cyber Physical System (CPS) manufacturing solution is also referred to as the cyber physical manufacturing (CPM) system in the present disclosure. The cyber physical manufacturing (CPM) system is connected to a fleet of cloud-controlled, production stations referred to as a configurable, nano-scale manufacturing system. The configurable, nano-scale manufacturing system is also configured to be a plug-and-play manufacturing system of re-configurable, connected process modules that can create plurality of distinct production lines to produce the plurality of products using distinct manufacturing instructions. The configurable, nano-scale manufacturing system can be configured to be adaptable for a large-scale manufacturing, or medium-scale manufacturing, or small-scale manufacturing or a combination thereof.
The physical manufacturing system (PMS) can be a close loop system. The close loop system is configured to perform the production of the at least one product without any human intervention. The configurable, nano-scale manufacturing system 106 can perform downstream processing operations including, but not limited to, dispensing, bulk fluid flow, agitation, Cleaning-in place or cleaning out of place (COP/CIP), heating, granulation, powder product preparation, tablet product preparation, homogenized liquid product preparation, liquid product preparation and admixture preparation, in order to convert raw-material or ingredients into finished products. The plug-and-play, configurable, nano-scale manufacturing system 106 comprises of a set-up of reconfigurable, connected process modules that can perform last-moment processing of ingredients to create multiple product lines and is disclosed in the present disclosure.
In accordance with an embodiment, a cloud storage can enable the storage of the SOP/manufacturing instructions procedure of the one or more products, the digital inventory information, the composition details, and the like.
The one or more computing devices 110 may be operated by one or more users. The one or more computing devices 110 include, but is not limited to smart phones, laptops, desktops, tablets, smart watches and the like. The one or more computing devices 110 can further include, but is not limited to a local browser, a mobile application, or a combination thereof. The one or more users can include operators of the configurable, nano-scale manufacturing system 106. Furthermore, the one or more users may use a web application via the local browser, the mobile application, or a combination thereof to communicate with the cyber physical manufacturing system 102. Further, the cloud network 108 may be a Wireless-Fidelity (Wi-Fi) connection, a hotspot connection, a Bluetooth connection, a local area network, a wide area network or any other wireless network.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an exemplary cyber physical manufacturing system 102, such as those shown in FIG. 1A, within the cloud-based system and method for universal cyber physical manufacturing solution, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. Further, the cyber physical manufacturing system 102 can include one or more hardware processors 202, a memory 204 and a storage unit 206. The one or more hardware processors 202, the memory 204 and the storage unit 206 are communicatively coupled through a system bus 208 or any similar mechanism. The memory 204 comprises the plurality of subsystems 104 in the form of programmable instructions executable by the one or more hardware processors 202. Further, the plurality of subsystems 104 can include, but is not limited to, a SOP/ manufacturing instructions receiver module 210, a recommendation module 212, a product formulation creation module 214, an ingredient slotting module 216, a processing module 218 and an IoT enabled digitization layer 220.
The one or more hardware processors 202, as used herein, means any type of computational circuit, including, but not limited to, a microprocessor unit, microcontroller, complex instruction set computing microprocessor unit, reduced instruction set computing microprocessor unit, very long instruction word microprocessor unit, explicitly parallel instruction computing microprocessor unit, graphics processing unit, digital signal processing unit, or any other type of processing circuit. The one or more hardware processors 202 may also include embedded controllers, including, but not limited to generic or programmable logic devices or arrays, application specific integrated circuits, single-chip computers, and the like.
The memory 204 may be non-transitory volatile memory and non-volatile memory. The memory 204 may be coupled for communication with the one or more hardware processors 202 (i.e., a computer-readable storage medium). The one or more hardware processors 202 may execute machine-readable instructions and/or source code stored in the memory 204. A variety of machine-readable instructions may be stored in and accessed from the memory 204. The memory 204 may include any suitable elements for storing data and machine-readable instructions, including, but not limited to, read only memory, random access memory, erasable programmable read only memory, electrically erasable programmable read only memory, a hard drive, a removable media drive for handling compact disks, digital video disks, diskettes, magnetic tape cartridges, and memory cards. In the present embodiment, the memory 204 can include the plurality of subsystems 104 stored in the form of machine-readable instructions on any of the above-mentioned storage media and may be in communication with and executed by the one or more hardware processors 202.
The storage unit 206 can be any data management system, including but not limited to, a cloud storage, a Structured Query Language (SQL) data store or a location on a file system directly accessible by the plurality of subsystems 104. The storage unit 206 may store information including, but not limited to, the standard operating procedures, product formulation or recipes, product ingredients, product volumes, and process sequence.
The SOP/manufacturing instructions receiver module 210, also referred to as a manufacturing instruction receiver sub-system is configured to receive the Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)/ manufacturing instructions, product formulation from the one or more operators. The standard operating procedure (SOP)/manufacturing instructions is a set of written instructions that describes the step-by-step process that is executed in order to properly perform an activity. In the present invention the SOP/manufacturing instructions relates to the instructions to be followed in order to produce and package each of the one or more products. The one or more products can further include, but is not limited to nutraceutical products, pharmaceutical products, beauty products, and the like. The one or more products can further include, but is not limited to, solids, liquids, granular substances, powders, emulsions, gels, sols, semi-solids, and the like.
The encryption module 212, also referred to encryption sub-system, is configured to encrypt and store the received Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)/manufacturing instructions, product formulation and the like. Encrypting comprises a QR code generation of the received Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)/manufacturing instructions, product formulation and the like. Encryption may also include any such Machine-to-Machine data transfer mechanism, thereby enabling confidentiality.
The recommendation module 214, also referred to as recommendation sub-system, is configured to provide recommendation in the form of instructions to the configurable, nano-scale manufacturing system 106. The instructions are provided based on the encrypted SOP/manufacturing instructions and product formulations. The configurable, nano-scale manufacturing system 106, also referred to as physical manufacturing system (PMS) is re-configurable by attaching at least one re-configurable process module based on the at least one recommendation, wherein the configurable, nano-scale manufacturing system 106 is configured to be the plug-and-play manufacturing system of re-configurable, connected process modules that can create plurality of distinct production lines to produce the plurality of products using distinct manufacturing instructions. The re-configurable process module, includes, but not limited to dispensing module, material manipulator module, powder processing module, control module, bottling module, vial tray, fluid processing module, agitation module, and module for liquid dispensing.
The ingredient slotting module 216, also referred to as ingredient slotting sub-system, is configured to provide instructions regarding the proportions of raw materials to be utilized by the configurable, nano-scale manufacturing system 106 based on the encrypted and stored SOP/manufacturing instructions and the product formulations.
The processing module 218, also referred to as processing sub-system, is configured to provide production and packaging instructions to the configurable, nano-scale manufacturing system 106 based on the at least one recommendation. Based on the production and packaging instructions, the processing module 220 can instruct the production stations to perform last mile processing operations, including, but not limited to, dosing, volumetric dispensing, and agitation, to produce the one or more products.
The IoT module 220, is configured to enable complete digitization of workflow and downstream efficiency to other manufacturing operations including, but not limited to market-testing, and steady state production. Additionally, each of the configurable, nano-scale manufacturing system 106 are cloud controlled. The cloud-controlled set-up streamlines various manufacturing workflows and use-cases. For example, for a specific use-case of New Product Development (NPD), the brands can introduce structure and speed to the whole NPD process by directing the NPD on the cloud storage. The one or more operators may upload hundreds of trial recipes on the cloud network 108 and the production stations can manufacture the trial samples, thereby enabling rapid iterations and centralized command over the NPD process. Likewise, digitization incorporates downstream efficiencies to other manufacturing operations, including, but not limited to, market-testing, and steady state production.
FIG. 3 is an exemplary GUI image of the cyber physical manufacturing system 102 illustrating a digital inventory 300 of a one or more products, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. The conventional systems require storing the one or more products in the physical inventory. The cyber physical manufacturing system 102 can store the products virtually in a digital inventory thereby performing last-moment processing in case the demand for the one or more products arises. FIG. 3 illustrates the GUI interface of the digital inventory comprising of product code, quantity, product formulations, approval details, and the like.
FIG. 4 is an exemplary GUI image of the cyber physical manufacturing system 102 illustrating product details 400, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. The cyber physical manufacturing system 102 corresponds to a platform or an application which stores the encrypted SOP/manufacturing instructions and all the product related information, thereby acting as a digital inventory. The technical effect of the aforementioned feature is that it enables the present invention to seamlessly perform the production of the product even in case of network loss between cyber physical manufacturing (CPM) system, and the computing device. Furthermore, it significantly increases the reliability and robustness of the present invention.
FIG. 4 illustrates the GUI image depicting the product details 400 comprising of product description data, product ingredients, product volume of each of the one or more products. The aforementioned product details 400 comprising of volume, can enable the one or more operators to add or subtract products accordingly as per the requirement.
FIG. 5 is an exemplary GUI image of the cyber physical manufacturing system 102 illustrating encrypted SOP/manufacturing instructions in the form of QR code 500, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. The SOP/manufacturing instructions along with other product information can be encrypted by the cyber physical manufacturing system 102 in order to facilitate electronic communication (i.e., a Machine-to-Machine communication, a device-to-device communication, and the like), thereby enabling confidentiality. The cyber physical manufacturing system 102 encrypts data including, but not limited to, SOP/manufacturing instructions, product formulations comprising of ingredients, volumes, composition, process sequence, and parameters. FIG. 5 illustrates the on-demand production intent comprising of details including, but not limited to, product type or job type, SKU name or product code, amount, quantity, QR code, and package design details, corresponding to each of the one or more products. The stock-keeping unit (SKU) is a unique code that a seller assigns to each of the one or more products it sells. The SKUs are an important part of a merchandising structure, enabling merchants to arrange inventory in their stores or warehouses according to product SKUs. The SKU units further can enable sellers to fulfil orders and manage inventory quickly.
FIG. 6A is a schematic representation illustrating an exemplary configurable, nano-scale manufacturing system 106, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. The configurable, nano-scale manufacturing system 106 comprises of various process modules, wherein the process modules are designed to be reconfigurable and can reconfigurably attach to the physical manufacturing system (PMS) (also referred to as configurable, nano-scale manufacturing system 106) to enable the last mile processing of the raw material for the production of the at least one finished product, or processing of at least one in-process material. The reconfigurable process module including, but not limited to, a Cleaning-In-Place (CIP) module 602, at least one dispensing module, at least one tablet compaction module (not shown in FIG. 6A), a sealing module 606, a material manipulator (not shown in FIG. 6A), a powder processing module (not shown in FIG. 6A), a low viscosity fluid agitation module 610, a bottling module, a fluid processing module, and a control module which is operatively coupled with at least one dispensing module, the material manipulator module, and the powder processing module. Furthermore, the at least one dispensing module comprises a volumetric fluid dispensing module 604, and a solid flow volumetric dispensing module 608.
The configurable, nano-scale manufacturing system 106 can include a plug-and-play set-up which can enable the one or more operators to plug into the required reconfigurable processing module as per the SOP/manufacturing instructions requirement of each of the one or more products. The Cleaning-In-Place (CIP) module 602 is a mechanical system configured to enable cleaning of process equipment without disassembling the equipment. The Cleaning-In-Place (CIP) module 602 can include the utilization of a network of pipes conveying liquids driven by one or more pumps to spray nozzles, therefore, cleaning the process equipment by spraying the liquids over the process equipment. Additionally, the collection of the sprayed liquid can be included in the Cleaning-In-Place (CIP) module 602. The volumetric fluid dispensing module 604 is another mechanical system configured to dispense specific volume of liquids or other fluids. The volumetric fluid dispensing module 604 comprises of a motor, driving a pump with the specific amounts of liquid being dispensed and controlled by the action of the motor. The bulk solid flow volumetric dispense module 608 is another mechanical system configured to dispense a specific volume of powdered solids. The bulk solid flow volumetric dispense module 608, comprises of a conveying and metering structure for the powdered solids accompanied with an agitation element to ensure breakup of the powdered solid mass, thereby ensuring free flow of the powder within the storage container. The conveying and metering structure can be driven by a motor. The low viscosity fluid agitation module 610 is a device configured to mix or agitate, liquids or fluids with low viscosities. The low viscosity fluid agitation module 610 can include the utilization of a motor driving the rotation of an impeller within a container storing the fluids to be mixed at a low shear rate, thereby enabling optimal mixing of the low viscosity fluids. The sealing module 606, is a mechanical system configured to create a seal around a package or a container. The sealing module 606, forms a seal on the containers or packages, post-filling, to prevent contamination or adulteration of the packages or containers corresponding to the one or more containers.
FIG. 6B is a pictorial representation of a production environment 1600 in which a material manipulator module 612 is shown in combination with the plurality of reconfigurable process modules, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. The reconfigurable process module further comprises at least one material manipulator module 612. The at least one material manipulator module 612 could be a robotic manipulator. The material manipulator module 612 is configured to transfer and/or manipulate the raw materials or in-process material or a finished product ,also referred to as admixture. Furthermore, the material manipulator module 612 is also configured to transfer and receive the at least one raw material and/or the at least one in-process material and/or are at least one admixture from the at least one dispensing module or at least one reconfigurable processing module. Furthermore, the material manipulator module 612 is also reconfigurable to perform a plurality of tasks during the production of the product. For example, the material manipulator module 612 can be used for the monitoring of the production process. Particularly, material manipulator module 612 is configured to communicably coupled with an optical sensor (not shown in FIG. 6B) to perform the visual monitoring of the production process. The optical sensor includes but is not limited to a camera. In another example, the material manipulator module 612 can also be reconfigured to replace one or more components from the physical manufacturing system (PMS) 106, such as but not limited to, replacing the pneumatic input lines with the hydraulic input lines. The material manipulator module 612 can be reconfigured based on the plurality of manufacturing instructions and the plurality of product formulations to achieve the production of a variety of products form the same production line (production set-up) without any substantial alterations into the physical manufacturing system (PMS) 106 or in the cyber physical manufacturing (CPM) system 102. The technical effect of the aforementioned reconfigurable material manipulator is that it allows for the production of a variety of goods (products) from one single production line, without requiring substantial changes for each product. Additionally, it also enables for a cost-effective production of multiple products.
Additionally, in an exemplary embodiment the material manipulator module 612 and the plurality of the reconfigurable processing modules work in sync with each other, to achieve the production of at least one product. The material manipulator module 612 is configured to select at least one ingredient in a pre-determined quantity provided by the manufacturing instructions, from the at least one dispensing module 614, 616 and charge the powder processing module with the ingredients. Upon charging the powder processing module is configured to perform at least a blending operation at a pre-determined speed for a pre-determined time provided by the manufacturing instructions. In the meantime, the material manipulator module 612 is also configured to collect at least one selected liquid ingredient in a pre-determined volume provided by the manufacturing instructions from the dispensing module 616 (a liquid dispensing module), and charge the powder processing module with the selected liquid ingredient received from the dispensing module 616. The powder processing module is configured to perform the blending of selected powder and the selected liquid (ingredients) and perform fluidized drying of the blended powder and the liquid to form an admixture. The material manipulator module 612 is further configured to transfer the finished admixture back into the at least one dispensing module 618 (an admixture dispensing module). Dispensing module then selectively dispenses the final admixtures into at least one bottles and/or vials and/or sachets, or in any suitable container.
Additionally, in another exemplary embodiment the material manipulator module 612 is further configured to transfer the admixture into the input feed hopper of the at least one tablet compaction module, and collect the finish tablet from the tablet compaction module, and transfer the finished tablets into the bottling module.
Furthermore, the at least one volumetric fluid dispensing module is configured to volumetrically dispense at least one fluid based on the production and packaging instructions, and wherein the at least one solid flow volumetric dispensing module is configured to volumetrically dispense at least one solid based on the production and packaging instructions. Furthermore, wherein the at least one solid flow volumetric dispensing module is a bulk solid flow volumetric dispensing module.
The dispensing module 614, 616, 618 is configured to dispense the at least one raw material, and/or at least one in-process material, and/or at least one admixture.
The material manipulator module 612 is configured to receive the at least one raw material, and/or the at least one in-process material, and/or the at least one admixture from the at least one dispensing module, or at least one reconfigurable processing module.
The powder processing module (also referred to as powder blending and granulation module) configured to perform at least one of blending operation and/or homogenization and/or bulk powder preparation and/or granulation and/or fluidized drying of the received raw materials and/or the in-process materials in at least one blending orientation, at a pre-determined speed, and for a pre-determined time to form an admixture (also referred to as finished product), wherein the least one blending orientation, the pre-determined speed, and the pre-determined time is provided by the manufacturing instructions.
The fluid processing module is configured to receive at least one fluid, wherein the fluid processing module is configured to process the received fluid by homogenization and/or mixing/or heating, and/or gelatinisation and/or a combination thereof.
The reconfigurable process module further includes, but not limited to, at least one vial tray, and at least one of bottling module, wherein the vial tray is configured to accommodate at least one bottle and/or vial, and/or sachets, and wherein the bottling module is configured to accommodate at least one vial tray and maneuver the vial tray to a desired location wherein the bottling model is further configured to rotate the vial tray about an axis of the vial tray, and the at least one bottle and/or vial and/or sachet are loaded with the admixture from the at least one dispensing module.
FIG. 7 is a schematic representation illustrating an exemplary configuration-1 700 of the configurable, nano-scale manufacturing system 106, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. The exemplary configuration-1 700 comprises of a vial manipulator 702, a vial tray 704, the volumetric fluid dispensing module 604, the bulk solid flow volumetric dispense module 608, an electronic control unit 706, also referred to as control module, the sealing module 606, and the like. The prime feature of configuration-1 700 is the presence of the vial manipulator 702. The manipulator holds the vial tray 704 which may be reconfigured to hold several types of vials or sachets. The vial manipulator 702 has the ability to maneuver the vial tray 704 to any location within the workspace of the vial manipulator 702 as well as allow the vial manipulator 702 to rotate about an axis. In operation, the vial manipulator 702 moves the vial tray 704 in space so that the vial tray 704 may be loaded with powders from the bulk solid flow volumetric dispensing modules 608 and/or fluids from the volumetric fluid dispensing modules 604. The sequence of loading and the amounts to be loaded are based on a recipe fed over the cloud to the electronic control unit 706 of the configuration. Additionally, the vials or sachets are sealed to prevent contamination or adulteration in the sealing module 606.
FIG. 8 is a schematic representation illustrating an exemplary configuration-2 800 of the configurable, nano-scale manufacturing system 106, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. The configuration-2 800 comprises of a mixing container 802, a linear actuator 804, the low viscosity fluid agitation module 610, the Cleaning-In-Place (CIP) module 602 and the like. In configuration-2 800, the machine mixes together low viscosity liquids by first dispensing the low viscosity liquids into the mixing container 802. The linear actuator 804 provides motion to the mixing container 802 so that, the mixing container 802 may move to the low viscosity fluid agitation module 610. The low viscosity fluid agitation module 610 can be configured to mix the dispensed liquids. Post-mixing the agitator can be cleaned using the Clean in Place (CIP) module 602. The volumetric fluid dispensing module 604 and the electronic control unit 706 are included in the assembly and can perform the same functions as in configuration-1 700 of FIG. 7.
FIG. 9 is an exemplary GUI image of the cyber physical manufacturing system 102 illustrating downstream digitization and visibility of entire manufacturing operation 900, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.
FIG. 10 is an exemplary GUI image of the cyber physical manufacturing system 102, illustrating creation of a New Product Development (NPD) 1000 Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)/ manufacturing instructions and storing the new product SOP/manufacturing instruction on the cloud storage, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.
FIG. 11 is a pictorial representation illustrating a prototype 1100 of the configurable, nano-scale manufacturing system 106, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. The Configurable, nano-scale manufacturing system 106 is an on demand and universal manufacturing set-up 1102 comprising of miniature modules for the production and packaging of various products based on the SOP/manufacturing instructions and product formulations. Use-case 1104 illustrates the one or more operators scanning the encrypted QR code thereby providing instructions to the cyber physical manufacturing system 102 regarding the product formulations, SOP/manufacturing instructions product quantity and the like.
FIG. 12 is an exemplary GUI image of an IoT digitization layer 1200 within an IoT module 220 of the cyber physical manufacturing system 102, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. The IoT digitization layer rests on cloud and can enable the procedures including but not limited to, creation of product recipes or formulations, manage orders and raw/WIP inventory status, remotely monitor fulfilment across production fleet, direct the production stations to compound formulations as per instructions. In an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure as depicted in FIG. 11, the IoT digitization layer on top of the configurable, nano-scale manufacturing system 106 facilitates complete digital footprint to digitize the New Product Development (NPD) process.
Additionally, the physical manufacturing system (PMS) of the present invention is reconfigurable where a plurality of process modules can be selectively attached or detached to the same embodiment to set up any one of the plurality of factory configurations, meeting SOP/manufacturing instructions needs for a particular product line. The production stations may also be conveniently multiplied to increase throughput. For example, the production stations, which are configured to perform the last mile processing of the raw materials, can be doubled to increase the throughput of the product manufacturing. Furthermore, the production stations can also be re-configured for a different product line depending on the manufacturing instruction, and/or the product formulation.
FIGs. 13A-E are a pictorial representation of the system for producing the at least one product in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. Wherein the at least one product is a powder product. FIG. 13A depicts the front view of the aforementioned system. The material manipulator module 612 is configured to receive selected ingredients or raw materials from the dispensing modules 1302 (in this case raw material dispensers). FIG. 13B depicts the transferring of the selected ingredients or raw materials from the dispensing modules 1302 to powder processing module 1304 by the material manipulator module 612. In an exemplary embodiment, the powder processing module 1304 is a cone blender with ability to homogenize and granulate a plurality of powders. FIG. 13C depicts the material manipulator module 612 collecting finished powder product (admixture) from the at least one dispensing module, wherein the at least one dispensing module uses at least one hopper, which is different from raw material hopper, to dispense the admixture.
FIG. 13D depicts the feeding of the collected admixture to yet another hopper 1306 of the at least one dispensing module 1302 (not shown in FIG. 13D), by the material manipulator module 612. FIG. 13E depicts the material manipulator module 612 is further downstream the at least one dispenser module, wherein the at least one dispensing module 1302 comprises at least one admixture dispensing module 1308. The admixture dispensing module 1308 dispenses final admixture into the material manipulator module 612 which transfers weighed amounts of admixture (powder) into the at least one bottles, and/or at least one vials, and/or at least one sachet in the bottling module based on the production and packaging instruction. Wherein, the weighing of admixture is done using a load cell.
FIGs. 14A-F are a pictorial representation of the system for producing the at least one product in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. Wherein the at least one product is a tablet product. FIG. 14A depicts the front view of the aforementioned system. The material manipulator module 612 is configured to receive selected ingredients or raw materials from the dispensing modules (in this case raw material dispensers). FIG. 14B depicts the transferring of the selected ingredients or raw materials from the dispensing modules to powder processing module 1304 by the material manipulator module 612. In an exemplary embodiment, the powder processing module 1304 is a cone blender with ability to homogenize and granulate a plurality of powders. FIG. 14C depicts the material manipulator module 612 collecting finished powder product (admixture) from the at least one dispensing module, wherein the at least one dispensing module uses at least one hopper, which is different from raw material hopper, to dispense the admixture.
FIG. 14D depicts the feeding of the collected admixture to yet another hopper of the at least one dispensing module, by the material manipulator module 612. The downstream of the aforementioned dispensing module is a feed chute for at least one tablet compaction module 1402. The tableting compaction module 1402 uses at least one of pneumatic compaction or hydraulic compaction to compact the admixture (processed powder) into plurality of tablets. FIG. 14E depicts the material manipulator module 612 is further downstream the at least one dispenser module, wherein the material manipulator module 612 collects plurality of compacted tablets. FIG. 14F depicts the material manipulator feeding the plurality of compacted tablets into the bottling module 1404, wherein the bottling module 1404 is further configured to count the received plurality of compacted tablets, wherein the bottling module 1404 is further configured to dispense the counted tablets into at least one bottle, and/or at least one container based on the production and packaging instruction.
In an exemplary embodiment, the cyber physical manufacturing (CPM) system of the present invention is communicably coupled to at least one manufacturing resource planning (MRP) system, via a communication network. The cyber physical manufacturing (CPM) system is configured to fetch at least one production demand for the at least one product in real-time from the manufacturing resource planning (MRP) system. Furthermore, the cyber physical manufacturing (CPM) system is also configured to devise at least one manufacturing schedule based on the availability and occupancy of the physical manufacturing system (PMS), and the cyber physical manufacturing (CPM) system is also configured to create at least one digital log of production of at least one batch of the at least one product.
It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory of the disclosure and are not intended to be restrictive thereof.
While specific language has been used to describe the disclosure, any limitations arising on account of the same are not intended. As would be apparent to a person skilled in the art, various working modifications may be made to the method in order to implement the inventive concept as taught herein.
The present disclosure also relates to the method as described above. Various embodiments and variants disclosed above apply mutatis mutandis to the method.
The figures and the foregoing description give examples of embodiments. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that one or more of the described elements may well be combined into a single functional element. Alternatively, certain elements may be split into multiple functional elements. Elements from one embodiment may be added to another embodiment. For example, the order of processes described herein may be changed and are not limited to the manner described herein. Moreover, the actions of any flow diagram need not be implemented in the order shown; nor do all of the acts need to be necessarily performed. Also, those acts that are not dependent on other acts may be performed in parallel with the other acts. The scope of embodiments is by no means limited by these specific examples. ,CLAIMS:A system for manufacturing at least one product, wherein the system comprises:
- a physical manufacturing system (PMS);
- one or more computing devices; and
- a cyber physical manufacturing (CPM) system,
wherein the cyber physical manufacturing (CPM) system is operatively coupled, via a cloud network, to the physical manufacturing system (PMS) and the one or more computing devices, wherein the cyber physical manufacturing (CPM) system comprises a plurality of sub-systems, and wherein the plurality of sub-systems comprises:
- a manufacturing instruction receiver sub-system configured to receive, from the one or more computing devices, at least one manufacturing instruction and at least one product formulation related to the at least one product;
- an encryption sub-system configured to encrypt the received manufacturing instruction and the product formulation;
- a recommendation sub-system configured to provide at least one recommendation to the physical manufacturing system (PMS) based on the encrypted manufacturing instruction and the product formulation; and
- a processing sub-system configured to provide production and packaging instructions to the physical manufacturing system (PMS) based on the at least one recommendation, wherein the physical manufacturing system (PMS) is configured to perform last mile processing operations to manufacture the at least one product based on the production and packaging instructions.
2. The system according to the claim 1, wherein the plurality of sub-systems further comprises at least one ingredient slotting sub-system, and wherein the ingredient slotting sub-system is configured to provide the at least one input regarding proportion of at least one raw material to be utilized by the physical manufacturing system (PMS) based on the encrypted manufacturing instruction and the product formulation.

3. The system according to the claims 1 and 2, wherein the physical manufacturing system (PMS) is re-configurable, wherein the physical manufacturing system (PMS) is reconfigured by selectively attaching or detaching at least one process module to set up a plurality of factory configurations to meet the at least one SOP/manufacturing instructions required for at least one product line, based on the received SOP/ manufacturing instruction and the product formulation.
4. The system according to the claim 3, wherein the at least one re-configurable process module of the physical manufacturing system (PMS) comprises:
- at least one dispensing module configured to dispense the at least one raw material, and/or at least one in-process material, and/or at least one admixture;
- a material manipulator module configured to receive the at least one raw material, and/or the at least one in-process material, and/or the at least one admixture from the at least one dispensing module, or at least one processing module;
- a powder processing module configured to perform at least one of blending operation and/or homogenization and/or bulk powder preparation and/or granulation and/or fluidized drying of the received raw materials and/or the in-process materials in at least one blending orientation, at a pre-determined speed, and for a pre-determined time to form an admixture, wherein the least one blending orientation, the pre-determined speed, and the pre-determined time is provided by the manufacturing instruction; and
- a control module operatively coupled to the at least one dispensing module, the material manipulator module, and the powder processing module,
wherein the material manipulator module is further configured to transfer the at least one raw material, and/or the at least one in-process material, and/or the at least one admixture to the at least one dispensing module.
5. The system according to the claim 4, wherein the at least one re-configurable process module of the physical manufacturing system (PMS) further comprises:
- at least one vial tray configured to accommodate at least one bottle and/or vial and/or sachet; and
- a bottling module configured to accommodate the at least one vial tray,
wherein the bottling module is further configured to maneuver the vial tray to a desired location, wherein the bottling module is further configured to rotate the vial tray about an axis of the vial tray, and
wherein the at least one bottle and/or vial and/or sachet are loaded with the admixture from the at least one dispensing module.
6. The system according to the claim 4, wherein the at least one re-configurable process module of the physical manufacturing system (PMS) further comprises:
- a fluid processing module configured to receive at least one fluid, wherein the fluid processing module is configured to process the received fluid by the homogenization and/or mixing and/or heating, and/or gelatinisation and/or a combination thereof.
7. The system according to the claim 1, wherein the physical manufacturing system (PMS) is configured to be a closed loop system.
8. The system according to the claim 1, wherein at least one digital library is created by the cyber physical manufacturing (CPM) system for the at least one physical manufacturing system (PMS) by storing the manufacturing instruction and the product formulation for the at least one product.
9. The system according to the claim 1, wherein the cyber physical manufacturing (CPM) system further comprises:
- one or more hardware processors;
- a memory comprising the plurality of sub-systems executable by the one or more hardware processors;
- a storage unit; and
- a system bus,
wherein the one or more hardware processors, the memory, and the storage unit are communicably coupled via the system bus.
10. The system according to the claim 4, wherein the at least one dispensing module comprises:
- at least one volumetric fluid dispensing module configured to volumetrically dispense at least one fluid based on the production and packaging instructions; and
- at least one solid flow volumetric dispensing module configured to volumetrically dispense at least one solid based on the production and packaging instructions.
11. The system according to the claim 1, wherein the cyber physical manufacturing (CPM) system is communicably coupled to at least one manufacturing resource planning (MRP) system,
wherein the cyber physical manufacturing (CPM) system is configured to fetch at least one production demand for the at least one product in real-time from the manufacturing resource planning (MRP) system,
wherein the cyber physical manufacturing (CPM) system is configured to devise at least one manufacturing schedule based on availability of the physical manufacturing system (PMS), and
wherein the cyber physical manufacturing (CPM) system is configured to create at least one digital log of production of at least one batch of the at least one product.
12. The system according to the claim 1, wherein the at least one manufacturing instruction is configured to provide a continuous production operation for the at least one product, by engaging the cyber physical manufacturing (CPM) system and the physical manufacturing system (PMS) based on its availability.
13. A method for manufacturing at least one product, wherein the method comprises:
operatively coupling a cyber physical manufacturing (CPM) system, via a cloud network to a physical manufacturing system (PMS), and one or more computing devices, wherein the cyber physical manufacturing (CPM) system comprises a plurality of sub-systems, and wherein the cyber physical manufacturing (CPM) system is configured to:
- receive, from the one or more computing devices at least one manufacturing instruction, and at least one product formulation related to the at least one product, using a manufacturing instruction receiver sub-system;
- encrypt the received manufacturing instruction and the product formulation, using an encryption sub-system;
- provide at least one recommendation to the physical manufacturing system (PMS) based on the encrypted manufacturing instruction and the product formulation, using a recommendation sub-system, and
- provide at least one production and packaging instructions to the physical manufacturing system (PMS), using a processing sub-system, based on the at least one recommendation, and performing last mile processing operations to manufacture the at least one product based on the production and packaging instructions.
14. The method according to the claim 13, wherein the method further comprises creating at least one digital library using the cyber physical manufacturing (CPM) system for the at least one physical manufacturing system (PMS) by storing the manufacturing instruction and the product formulation for the at least one product.
15. The method according to the claim 14, wherein the method further comprises communicably coupling the cyber physical manufacturing (CPM) system to at least one manufacturing resource planning (MRP) system, and fetching, at least one production demand for the at least one product in real-time from the manufacturing resource planning (MRP) system, using the cyber physical manufacturing (CPM) system;
devising, at least one manufacturing schedule based on availability of the physical manufacturing system (PMS) using the cyber physical manufacturing (CPM) system, and
creating, at least one digital log of production of at least one batch of the at least one product, using the cyber physical manufacturing (CPM) system.