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In the high-tech industries, Process Development Execution Systems (PDES) are software systems used to guide the development of high-tech manufacturing technologies like [[semiconductor]] manufacturing, [[MEMS]] manufacturing, [[photovoltaics]] manufacturing, [[bio-medical]] devices or [[nano-particle]] manufacturing. Software systems of this kind have similarities to [[Product Lifecycle Management]] (PLM) systems in that they guide the development of new or improved technologies from its conception, through development and into manufacture. Furthermore they borrow on concepts of [[Manufacturing Execution Systems]] (MES) systems but tailor them for R&D rather than for production. PDES integrate people with different backgrounds from potentially different legal entities, data, information and knowledge and business processes.
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.▼
== Benefits ==
Documented benefits of Process Development Execution Systems include:
* Reduced [[time to market]]
* Reduced amounts of experimentation
* Improved quality / more robust manufacturing process
* Reduced [[prototyping]] costs
* Savings through the re-use of original data, information and knowledge
* A [[framework]] for product optimization
* Reduced waste
* Savings through the complete integration of engineering workflows
* Ability to provide collaboration partners with access to a centralized development record
== Relationships with other level 3 / level 4 systems ==
A '''Process Development Execution System (PDES)''' is a [[system]] which is used by companies to perform development activities for [[high-tech]] [[manufacturing]] processes.
Software systems of this kind leverage diverse concepts from other software categories like [[Product Lifecycle Management|PLM]], [[Manufacturing Execution Systems|Manufacturing Execution System (MES)]], [[Enterprise content management|ECM]] but focus tools speeding up the technology development rather than the production.
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In contrast to [[Product Lifecycle Management|PLM]] systems, PDES typically address the collaboration and innovation challenges with a bottom-up approach. They start-out with the details of manufacturing technologies (like [[Product and Process Lifecycle Management|PPLM]]), a single manufacturing step with all its physical aware parameterization and integrating steps into sequences, into devices, into systems, etc.
Other rather similar software categories are [[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).
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