The leading aspect that drives the competitive market of the manufacturing business is being first to launch a product to the market.

In order to have short launch time it is important that all phases of the manufacturing process, from the initial design to the physical installation of the plant.

The last step, in particular, can be greatly aided by using powerful tools such as Virtual Commissioning, as it allows a company to sort out any bugs in the PLC program before even connecting to any real equipment.