An injection molding system comprising: a first injection molding machine including a mold; a model database configured to store models for (i) the first injection molding machine, (ii) a second injection molding machine, and (iii) the mold, wherein the model of the mold includes data associated with historic mold cycles executed by the second injection molding machine using the mold; a proportional-integral-derivative (PID) controller configured to control an injection pressure of the first injection molding machine based upon a mold cycle, the PID controller having (i) a first gain associated with a proportional component; (ii) a second gain associated with an integral component; and (iii) a third gain associated with a derivative component; and a tuning controller operatively connected to the model database and to the PID controller, the tuning controller configured to: obtain, from the model database, the model for the first and second injection molding machines and the model for the mold; analyze the model of the mold and the model of the second molding machine to determine a correlation between injection molding machine parameters and mold cycle performance for the mold; apply the correlation to parameters within the model of the first injection molding machine; based on the application of the correlation, determine an initial gain value for a least one of the first, second, and third gains of the PID controller; and set, using the determined initial gain value, at least one of the first, second, and third gains of the PID controller. a first injection molding machine including a mold; a model database configured to store models for (i) the first injection molding machine, (ii) a second injection molding machine, and (iii) the mold, wherein the model of the mold includes data associated with historic mold cycles executed by the second injection molding machine using the mold; a proportional-integral-derivative (PID) controller configured to control an injection pressure of the first injection molding machine based upon a mold cycle, the PID controller having (i) a first gain associated with a proportional component; (ii) a second gain associated with an integral component; and (iii) a third gain associated with a derivative component; and a tuning controller operatively connected to the model database and to the PID controller, the tuning controller configured to: obtain, from the model database, the model for the first and second injection molding machines and the model for the mold; analyze the model of the mold and the model of the second molding machine to determine a correlation between injection molding machine parameters and mold cycle performance for the mold; apply the correlation to parameters within the model of the first injection molding machine; based on the application of the correlation, determine an initial gain value for a least one of the first, second, and third gains of the PID controller; and set, using the determined initial gain value, at least one of the first, second, and third gains of the PID controller. obtain, from the model database, the model for the first and second injection molding machines and the model for the mold; analyze the model of the mold and the model of the second molding machine to determine a correlation between injection molding machine parameters and mold cycle performance for the mold; apply the correlation to parameters within the model of the first injection molding machine; based on the application of the correlation, determine an initial gain value for a least one of the first, second, and third gains of the PID controller; and set, using the determined initial gain value, at least one of the first, second, and third gains of the PID controller. <EOS>