Relationships With Other Level 3 / Level 4 Systems
A Process Development Execution System (PDES) is a system 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 PLM, Manufacturing Execution System (MES), ECM but focus on tools to speed up the technology development rather than the production.
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 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 genealogy, labour and item tracking, costing, electronic signature capture, defect and resolution monitoring, Executive Dashboards, and other various reporting solutions.
In contrast to 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 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 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 connects with other enterprise systems like Enterprise Resource and Planning Systems (ERPs), Manufacturing Execution Systems (MESs), Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), Supervisory, Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) solutions and Scheduling and Planning Systems (both long-term and short-term tactical).
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