The Development of Open Applications

Open applications have been evolving over many years indeed, the trend is probably as old as the IT sector itself. Early progress was limited and often provided no real benefit. Modem initiatives in the IT sector are overcoming these problems, and tme open applications are starting to appear. 

A typical pharmaceutical manufacturer will operate a range of computer systems, including the following  

Intelligent instrumentation Barcode printers/readers Labeling systems Recipe Management Systems 

Management Information Systems Warehouse Management Systems Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) 

SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) systems Batch record systems Building Management Systems (BMSs) 

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