Automation and Control Systems
The flexible solution for automating batch processes and batch manufacturing.
proCbatch is ProCtec’s powerful batch management system designed to automate and orchestrate batch processes.
Thanks to its integrated interface software, proCbatch seamlessly connects production systems, machines, and applications into a unified digital network.
This enables efficient communication between control systems, ERP, MES, and cloud platforms—forming the foundation for automated, transparent, and secure manufacturing operations.
What areas can I cover with automation technology?
Typical fields of application include the rubber and plastics industries, as well as the chemical, pharmaceutical, and food and beverage industries. These industries typically rely on batch production to maintain consistently high quality.
ProCbatch supports the entire manufacturing chain, from production through centralized recipe and order management to integrated warehouse management. Integrated batch traceability enables complete control over the entire production process.
- DCS-supported process optimization
- Production planning and optimization
- User-friendly recipe management
- Simulation and control of mixing and
dosing processes - Operational, production, and
quality data acquisition - Intuitive operation and visualization
- Tracking & tracing
- Maintenance support
Certified ERP Integration Interface
This enables plant operators to map and manage all production processes within their enterprise resource planning environment, supporting both production planning and operational controlling.
Function and Architecture of Software Interfaces
The interface architecture of proCbatch defines how applications communicate with one another. It is based on standardized protocols, data exchange formats, and APIs that enable real-time data transfer.
Key functions such as data validation, authentication, and error handling are integral components of the system, ensuring reliable performance and stable operation.
Batch Management System with Integrated Interface Software
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proCbatch is a flexible batch management system designed to automate batch processes. At the same time, its integrated interface software helps companies establish structured data flows between ERP systems and the production environment.
This enables orders, recipes, and production feedback data to be used consistently across system boundaries—from planning and execution through to documentation.
Especially in industries with stringent requirements for traceability and process reliability, seamless system integration is essential. proCbatch helps reduce information silos, eliminate duplicate manual data entry, and establish a single source of truth for production, quality management, and reporting.
Interface Software in Practice: Typical Data Flows and Integrations
The integrated interface software in proCbatch is designed to make process- and order-related information available across both IT systems and the automation layer. Typical use cases include:
- ERP Integration:Transfer of production orders and feedback of order-related information to improve planning accuracy, operational transparency, and process visibility.
- Recipe and Master Data Exchange: Recipes and related master data can be efficiently transferred, synchronized, and managed through import and export functions, ensuring consistency across connected systems.
- Quality and Laboratory Processes: Depending on the system architecture, proCbatch can be integrated into the existing IT landscape to enable the structured use of quality-related data, for example in conjunction with a Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS).
- Maintenance and Operations: In integrated environments, the interface software functionality can help provide operational and maintenance-related information in a structured and systematic manner, supporting efficient plant operation and maintenance processes.
Industry-Specific Requirements in Batch Manufacturing
Batch-oriented processes vary significantly across industries, but stable operations, reproducible recipes, and complete traceability are essential in every environment.
proCbatch helps companies standardize batch processes, improve transparency across orders and materials, and ensure the consistent use of data across system boundaries.
Especially in regulated or quality-critical industries, end-to-end process control helps identify deviations at an early stage and provides the documentation needed for compliance and quality assurance efficiently and reliably.
Typical requirements and focus areas in practice include:
- Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals: High requirements for documentation, process reliability, and traceability. Standardized recipe and batch data support audits and help reduce risks associated with manual interventions.
- Food & Beverage Industry: Fast product changeovers and a high level of product variety require clearly defined recipe and order processes. Batch-oriented data acquisition enhances transparency and quality control—from raw materials through to the finished product.
- Rubber and Plastics Industry: Process stability and reproducible mixing and dosing operations are critical to minimizing scrap. Consistent feedback and structured data flows improve production planning and cost calculation.
- Across Industries: When ERP systems are integrated with production, orders, recipes, and feedback data can be documented consistently—forming the foundation for reporting, quality assurance, and continuous optimization.
- Result: proCbatch enables the mapping of industry-specific requirements without losing the benefits of a standardized batch management approach.
Your Benefits at a Glance
This simplifies process standardization, supports recipe reproducibility, and creates a solid foundation for transparency, traceability, and meaningful reporting.
- Quality assurance from raw material to finished product
- Increased flexibility in order processing
- Stabilization of production processes through precise scheduling and balancing of all available resources
- Significant productivity gains through accurate planning of all process steps
- Rationalization through the avoidance of production scrap
- High level of integration both horizontally (downstream rolling mills, batch-off systems) and vertically (end-to-end data management / certified ERP interface)
- Protection against liability claims under product liability regulations
proCflex: S88-oriented batch management for maximum flexibility
This enables the structured creation of reusable modules that can be recombined depending on the product, plant, or order. Like proCbatch, proCflex provides functionalities such as recipe management, tracking & tracing, and a certified ERP interface to support seamless integration into existing enterprise systems.
Compared to proCbatch, proCflex offers greater configurability and is particularly suited for environments where processes are frequently adapted or production line concepts are regularly expanded.
How a proCbatch-project typically runs
PLANNING & CONCEPTUAL DESIGN:
Requirements analysis, assessment of the existing system landscape, and definition of the target architecture; development of a functional specification and system specification as a solid project foundation.
ENGINEERING & DEVELOPMENT:
Implementation of the system architecture, software engineering, and consideration of database and integration requirements; validation through Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT).
INSTALLATION & COMMISSIONING:
On-site installation support, including joint Site Acceptance Testing (SAT) to verify safety and functionality in the real production environment—fully documented.
OPERATION & MAINTENANCE:
Post–go-live support ensures high system availability and sustainable performance; optional 24/7 service for fast response times.
RESULT:
This results in a proCbatch solution that not only fits technically, but is also fully integrated into your production and IT processes from an organizational perspective.
Optimizing batch processes – with proCtec as your partner
Would you like to reliably automate batch processes, use data consistently across systems, and sustainably optimize your batch production?
With proCbatch, proCtec offers a flexible batch management system with a certified ERP interface and integrated interface software, ensuring a consistent connection between ERP systems and production.
This enables structured handling of orders, recipes, and feedback data, reduces information gaps between systems, and creates end-to-end transparency—from raw materials to the finished product.
pCtec supports you as an experienced partner in process automation—from planning and conceptual design through software engineering to commissioning, training, and service. Let’s discuss your requirements and jointly define how proCbatch can be integrated into your system landscape.
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FAQ
proCbatch is a batch management system designed for the automation and orchestration of batch processes. In addition, its integrated interface software functions support data exchange between the ERP level and production (PLC/automation level). This ensures that orders, recipes, and feedback data can be used and documented consistently across systems.
