SIMATIC IT R&D Suite

Overview

The Issue
The Solution
The Benefits

The Issue

In the current dynamic and competitive markets the increasing importance of growth and innovation has transformed industrial R&D into a key driver of a company’s success.

But long term success requires more than developing innovative products. It also takes production process improvements to optimize product and production costs and quality.

This can be realized by optimizing R&D processes and at the same time integrating them with other corporate functions.

Apart from a corporate R&D strategy, this involves a system platform that streamlines the R&D process and facilitates a consistent transfer of final product designs to the manufacturing plants around the globe.

top of page

The Solution

SIMATIC IT R&D Suite is a scalable software platform to cover typical R&D activities such as development of new products, product maintenance, product enhancement.

It provides functionality required for more efficient R&D processes and cross-disciplinary collaborative analysis.

This includes software components for project management, formula and packaging development, trial and experiment management, production process design, electronic notebooks, quality control, laboratory management, specification management, batch and inventory management, and pilot plant manufacturing.

SIMATIC IT R&D Suite is based on the same architectural platform as SIMATIC IT Production Suite and so facilitates the integration of R&D data and workflows with the manufacturing environment.

top of page

The Benefits

SIMATIC IT R&D Suite contributes to brand value through R&D efficiency and innovation.

The major role of specification management in the SIMATIC IT R&D Suites allows for built-in quality and regulatory compliance in formulae and product and production process designs.

SIMATIC IT R&D Suite lets scientists capture all R&D data in a structured yet flexible manner. These data are centralized for both intellectual property monitoring and protection, as well as re-use in current and future experiments.

The integrated R&D platform offers cross-component data structures and workflows so that all stake-holders in R&D related processes work together and follow the standard operating procedures (SOP).

top of page

06/30/2009 | Author: Name