1. A computer-implemented method for managing a process, comprising the steps of: (a) receiving the process by receiving input of visual operation information in a graphical visual procedure interface format, and receiving a free form text description; (b) converting said visual operation information from said graphical visual procedure interface format and said free form text description to a data container language format; and (c) converting data in said data container language format to a computer function language format, sending data in said computer function language format to interpreters for multiple real-time feedback control units, and allowing the interpreters to automatically execute the process represented by the data, and including an alarm response routine with visual operation information, wherein said alarm response routine in the computer function language format is capable of causing interactive display of a step or steps of a procedure in the process in response to an alarm condition; wherein the multiple real-time feedback control units use information of the physical state of a chemical or material which the process transforms (d) displaying information from data in said data container language format in a procedure overview display; (e) allowing an operator to update said data in said data container language format, generating an image document in a secure format from said updated data in said data container language format, and electronically filing said image document in a secure format with a regulatory organization.