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A '''Process Development Execution System (PDES)''' is a [[system]] which is used by companies to perform development activities for [[high-tech]] [[manufacturing]] processes. A PDES is similar to a [[Manufacturing Execution Systems]] (MES) in several ways. The key distinguishing factor of a PDES is that it is tailored for steering the development of a manufacturing process, while MES is tailored for executing the volume production using the developed process. Therefore, the toolset and focus of a PDES is on lower volume but higher flexibility and experimentation freedom. The tools of an MES are more focused on less variance, higher volumes, tighter control and logistics. Both types of [[application software]] increase [[traceability]], [[productivity]], and [[Quality (business)|quality]] of the delivered result. For PDESs quality refers to the capability of the process to perform without failure under a wide range of conditions, i.e. the robustness of the developed manufacturing process. For MESs quality refers to the quality of the manufactured [[good (economics and accounting)]]/commodity. Additionally both software types share functions including [[equipment]] tracking, [[Product (business)|product]] genealogy, labour and item tracking, costing, [[electronic signature]] capture, [[defect]] and resolution monitoring, [[Executive Dashboard]]s, and other various reporting solutions. Other rather similar software categories are [[Production Information Management System]] (PIMS), [[LIMS|Laboratory Information Management Systems]] (LIMS) and [[Laboratory Information System]] (LIS). PDESs’ offer a wider set of functionalities e.g. virtual manufacturing techniques, while they are typically not integrated with the equipment in the laboratory.

PDESs have many parts and can be deployed on various scales - from simple [[Work in Progress]] tracking, to a complex solution integrated throughout an enterprise development infrastructure. The latter conncets with other enterprise systems like [[Enterprise resource planning|Enterprise Resource and Planning System]]s (ERPs), Manufacturing Execution Systems (MESs), [[Product Lifecycle Management]] (PLM), [[SCADA|Supervisory, Control and Data Acquisition]] (SCADA) solutions and [[Automated planning and scheduling|Scheduling and Planning System]]s (both long-term and short-term tactical).