Patent attributes
A method includes generating a graphical user interface (GUI) depicting an industrial automation system, including objects, each object corresponding to an industrial automation component of the system, identifying a first industrial automation component, represented by a first object, based on a stage of a product life cycle associated with the first component, applying machine learning to identify a second component for replacing the first component based on one or more other components within the industrial automation system, and specifications of each of the additional components, generating and presenting a notification indicative of a suggestion to replace the first industrial automation component with the second industrial automation component, receiving an input authorizing replacement of the first industrial automation component with the second industrial automation component via the notification, and replacing the first object with a second object.