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Software Requirements for PAS-X Architecture
The following main requirements determine the software architecture of PAS-X:
  • Support for the development of product software, i.e. software that
    • is provided out-of-the-box as a complete standard system
    • is implemented at numerous customer sites
    • is continually expanded and improved
    • needs to be updateable at low cost so that the customers are able to benefit from improvements to the standard system, even under GMP conditions
  • Support for the development of product variations in order to satisfy specific requirements of industry and/or customers, while simultaneously
    • maximizing the shared standard software portions and
    • minimizing the industry-specific or customer-specific software portions
    in order to maintain a cost-effective updateability.
  • Support for start-up solutions, which can be upgraded to full-scope solutions
All of these requirements are important, especially for those customers that intend a global roll-out of a standard MES product at all of their production sites.
Component Model as the Basis for the PAS-X Architecture
In order to meet all these requirements, we have developed and consistently implemented a component model for PAS-X.

The software architecture of PAS-X is based on a huge number of components that communicate with each other via specific services and cover up all of the implementation details.

The following components exist:
  • Basic Components providing the basic services that are generally needed (Audit Trail, Electronic Signature, User Management, Workflow Management, etc.)
  • Standard Components providing standard MES services for the pharmaceutical industry (Weighing & Dispensing, Electronic Batch Recording, Material Tracking, etc.)
  • Industry-specific Components providing special services for pharmaceutical and biotech industry, API, etc. (Packaging, Fill & Finish, etc.)

The following graphic depicts the configuration of Full Scope and Start-up Packages based on the above-mentioned components:

PAS-X packages implemented based on PAS-X components     
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