Abstract: A system is provided. The system comprises a first computer located in a first plant, a first memory, and a first object based process management application stored in the first memory. The system further comprises a second computer located in a location separate from the first plant, a second memory, and a second object based process management application stored in the second memory. When executed on the first computer, the first application invokes scripts in response to events and the scripts launch tasks. When executed on the second computer, the second computer invokes scripts in response to events and the scripts launch tasks, one of the events acted on by the second application is a message received from the first application.

Abstract: A system is provided comprising a first and second computer system, a first and second memory, and a first and second application. The first application executes a first workflow that receives a first input from an HMI in a first plant, in response generates a first event that assigns a first task associated to a role performed at the first plant, receives a second input associated with the first task, in response to the second input generates a second event, and transmits the second event. The second application executes a second workflow that receives the second event and assigns a second task associated to a role performed at the office separate from the first plant, receives a third input associated with the second task, and in response to the third input transmits information to the HMI that changes the process mediated by the HMI in the first plant.

Abstract: A system is provided. The system comprises a computer system, an at least one memory; and a first application stored in the at least one memory. When executed by the computer system, the first application automatically executes a workflow that receives a first input from a human machine interface (HMI) in a first plant, in response to the first input generates a first event that assigns a first task associated to a first functional role performed at the first plant, receives a second input associated with the first task, in response to the second input generates a second event that assigns a second task associated to a second functional role, receives a third input associated with the second task, in response to the third input transmits information to the human machine interface that changes the process mediated by the human machine interface in the first plant.