What’s new in Siemens Opcenter Research Development and Laboratory version 2510
Extended smart copy function across specifications, roll-up any values from raw material to finished product and additional automatic calculations during formulation development
Summary
Opcenter RD&L 2510 embeds all key functionalities for Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS), Electronic Project Notebook, product development (formulation) and specification management. It provides lightweight client applications to the user, using web technology and HTML5. Opcenter is a part of the Siemens Xcelerator™ portfolio, a comprehensive and integrated portfolio of software, hardware and services from Siemens Digital Industries Software.
Benefits
- Smart copy functionality for specifications
- Additional automatic calculations for formulation development
- Rapidly exchange product data with partners
- Reduce administrative tasks and errors
- Maintain product quality and compliance
- Reduce costs in new product development and introduction
- Standardize intellectual property throughout the company
This release focuses on long list of features that enhance our Laboratory, Specification and Formulation modules.
Capabilities
Improvements in Opcenter RD&L 2510 include:
General
- Performance improvements in the Parameter Specification Grids (PPSGs)
Specification management
- Smart copy function across specifications
- Optimized navigation and editing controls in component lists
- Optimized navigation and editing controls in Bill of Materials (BoMs)
Formula Workbench
- Additional automatic calculations during formulation development
Learn more about the complete list of enhancements and features through the software release notes.
Smart copy function across specifications
With Opcenter RD&L version 2510 you can now copy any information between specifications in an easy and complete way. Easily transfer data from grids, cells, properties, component lists and info fields into another specification. The smart copy functionality not only allows you to easily copy information, but it also recognizes existing data (such as already present ingredients). Dependencies and associated information such as attributes are also copied over and, where applicable, calculations are automatically triggered.
Roll-up any values from raw material to finished product
Opcenter RD&L provides roll-up functionality allowing the software to calculate component ingredient lists and nutritional values reliably and accurately by using information stored in the material spec and calculating the result based on the quantity of this material in the BoM. You can roll-up to any intermediate or finished product level and always trust that the information is correct and reliable.
In Opcenter RD&L 2510, this functionality has been extended to support automatic roll-up of any value, from raw materials to finished product specifications. This includes non-declared data such as plastic content, trace substances, or internal control parameters, giving you broader insight without affecting your label declarations.
Now providing full support for label declaration in Arabic languages
Opcenter RD&L is a multi-plant, multi-language, multi-time zone application allowing global operators to manage and combine their data according to their business needs. While automatic label declaration in multiple languages has long been a staple of the solution, the full support for Arabic languages, such as number and sign replacement with the corresponding characters is now included, making your expansion in these markets even smoother.
Additional automatic calculations during formulation development
Opcenter RD&L offers a development playground for formulation development with the formula workbench functionality. In this playground you can calculate any value across multiple levels of your formula structure to see the impact any material change has on your overall product, whether it’s cost, cost, nutritional values, chemical parameters or other decision-making parameters.
Multiple automatic calculations have been added, such as defining a target parameter value such as a PH value and the formulation playground automatically calculates the quantity of the material that is needed to achieve this value. Additionally, you can now easily view the impact of different phases have on your control parameters: use the new functionality to see what adding additional quantities of a material has on the formulation and define the best sequence.
