Abstract: Disclosed herein are a data processing system implemented method, a data processing system and an article of manufacture for managing a plurality of data processing system executable tasks each having a script associated therewith. The data processing system includes a task selector for selecting, from the plurality of computer executable tasks, a selection of tasks, a script selector for selecting scripts, the selected scripts associated with the selected selection of tasks, and a script editor for editing the selected scripts, the edited selected scripts being executable by the data processing system.

Abstract: A process control and data collection system which analyzes the data collected to provide information regarding the quality of the raw material supplied by specific vendors, the quality of production for a particular job, the efficiency and quality of the employee's work and the effective yield from raw material to final product on a batch basis. Each of a plurality of remote stations include input devices for providing a measurement of the raw material being processed whether it be weight, count or quality as well as identifying data which may include workstation identification, employee identification, work product identification and processing time. This allows correlation and tracking of the material from the beginning to the end of the process through various steps and comingling of raw materials.