Determining the system requirements

The system requirements for a Material Manager implementation are determined by the FactoryTalk Batch system configuration. A FactoryTalk Batch system is a group of networked computers on which one or more FactoryTalk Batch components run. Material Manager can be implemented in a number of different configurations: with FactoryTalk Batch, with

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, and with various combinations of each of these. Each of these configurations represents a FactoryTalk Batch system.

The system requirements will include the number and type of computers you need, operating systems required on each computer, and the security scheme to be implemented.