{"id":3196,"date":"2026-06-24T16:13:03","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T14:13:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.technical-center.de\/wiki\/process-development\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T16:13:03","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T14:13:03","slug":"process-development","status":"publish","type":"encyclopedia","link":"https:\/\/www.technical-center.de\/en\/glossary\/process-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Process Development"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"glossar-eintrag\">\n<p><strong>Definition:<\/strong> Process development is the structured process of designing, testing and optimising technical manufacturing or testing methods. The aim is to achieve defined quality, performance and economic efficiency requirements. It comprises experimental investigations, parameter studies and validation steps.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Practical relevance:<\/strong> Typical steps are laboratory trials, pilot applications, scaling up to series production conditions and process validation. Process stability, reproducibility, characteristic values (e.g. strength, hardness, dimensional accuracy) and economic efficiency are assessed. Methods such as Design of Experiments (DoE) or statistical experimental design support the optimisation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Decision-making perspectives:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Technical decision-makers:<\/strong> Development of robust processes with defined tolerance and quality windows.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Purchasing\/project management:<\/strong> Assessment of investment requirements, time-to-market and scalability.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Science:<\/strong> Investigation of cause-and-effect relationships between process parameters and material properties.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Insurance\/law:<\/strong> Documentation of validated processes as evidence of technical due diligence.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Typical testing or verification methods:<\/strong> Pilot trials, process capability analysis, mechanical <a class=\"tc-inlink\" href=\"\/en\/materials-testing-analysis\/\">materials testing<\/a>, statistical experimental design (DoE).<\/p>\n<p><strong>FAQ:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>When is structured process development necessary?<\/li>\n<li>For new products, materials or changed requirements that existing processes do not meet.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"template":"","encyclopedia-tag":[],"class_list":["post-3196","encyclopedia","type-encyclopedia","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.technical-center.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/encyclopedia\/3196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.technical-center.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/encyclopedia"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.technical-center.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/encyclopedia"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.technical-center.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"encyclopedia-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.technical-center.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/encyclopedia-tag?post=3196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}