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Press Release18 April 2023Digital IndustriesPlano
Siemens and IBM collaborate to accelerate sustainable product development and operations
Siemens and IBM collaborate to accelerate sustainable product development and operations
Increasing competitive pressures, tight labor
markets and growing environmental compliance objectives require organizations
to adopt a more holistic management approach that spans the product and asset
lifecycle. The
companies will develop
a combined software solution to help organizations
optimize product lifecycles, and make it easier to improve traceability across processes,
prototype and test concepts much earlier in development, and adopt more sustainable
product designs. The goal is to help organizations speed innovation and time to
market which can lead to improved quality and lowered costs.
The new combined SysML v1 standards-based
suite of integrated engineering software is expected to support traceability
and sustainable product development using a digital thread that links mechanical,
electronics, electrical engineering and software design and implementation. It is
intended to span the product lifecycle, from early design and manufacturing to
operations, maintenance, update and end of life management. Initially, the
companies are working to connect
IBM Engineering System Design Rhapsody for systems engineering with solutions from
the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio of software and services including
Siemens’ Teamcenter® software for Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and
Capital™ software for electrical/electronic (E/E) systems
development and software implementation. The companies have also connected the
IBM Maximo Application Suite for asset management with Siemens’ Teamcenter
software to support an integrated digital thread between service engineering,
asset management and services execution.
These integrations will focus on the effective
reuse of processes and materials to allow traceability for sustainable product
development. This can help companies to make informed decisions earlier in the
design and engineering process to help drive improvements in cost, performance and
sustainability. For example, companies
can more quickly identify under-performing components or design elements that consume
excessive amounts of power, or require maintenance or early replacement, and
product innovation can be driven through an integrated digital thread that
connects the physical and software assets back into product development.
“A significant portion of product innovation
and differentiation contains electrical, electronics and software components.
Yet, manufacturing companies are struggling to bring new products to market on
time, as the current tools, processes, and information to manage these
components are siloed and disconnected,” said Kareem Yusuf Ph.D, Senior Vice
President, Product Management and Growth, IBM Software. “To address this gap,
IBM and Siemens are collaborating on a digital thread environment to integrate
sustainability practices throughout the lifecycle of a product, from design,
production, operation, maintenance and beyond. This connectivity will help enable
quicker time to innovation and compliance preparedness, and overall improved
product quality.”
Siemens and IBM are also
collaborating to create a SysML v2 based solution with a migration path to help
customers transition to next generation systems engineering. SysML supports the specification, analysis, design, verification and
validation of a broad range of systems and systems-of-systems. Service lifecycle management can assist in maximizing business value for
product servitization by connecting service engineering to service maintenance
to facilitate new collaborative processes between OEM and operators.
“Together, Siemens and IBM will deliver a simulation-driven
systems and software engineering solution that is designed to cover the full
operational lifecycle. This can empower our customers to innovate by helping to
reduce product development costs, drive continuous improvement and create
operational efficiencies across the extended enterprise throughout the
product’s operation lifecycle,” said Tony Hemmelgarn, President and Chief
Executive Officer, Siemens Digital Industries Software. “We are
developing this to help companies truly shift left by improving extensibility
and reuse of systems models and associated data with standards-based solutions
in an open ecosystem and to enable our customers to develop better products.”
Kamil Mrva, Chief Information Officer at ŠKODA Group and early adopter of the service lifecycle
and asset management solution, said: “We are working very closely together with
Siemens and IBM to help us to reach our sustainability goals, reduce total cost
of ownership (TCO) of products for our customers and support our business
transformation with an increased focus on services.”
Siemens will be supported by benefits
through IBM's newly launched Partner Plus program and will offer the solution
as part of the Siemens Xcelerator ecosystem.
Siemens Digital Industries Software helps organizations of all sizes digitally transform using
software, hardware and services from the Siemens Xcelerator business platform.
Siemens' software and the comprehensive digital twin enable companies to
optimize their design, engineering and manufacturing processes to turn today's
ideas into the sustainable products of the future. From chips to entire
systems, from product to process, across all industries,
Siemens Digital Industries Software
is where today meets tomorrow.
IBM is a leading provider of global hybrid cloud and AI, and
consulting expertise. It helps clients in more than 175 countries capitalize on
insights from their data, streamline business processes, reduce costs and gain
the competitive edge in their industries. For more
information about IBM, please visit
www.ibm.com. For more information about IBM
Sustainability, please visit
www.ibm.com/sustainability.
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Siemens Digital Industries (DI) is an innovation leader in automation and digitalization. Closely collaborating with partners and customers, DI drives the digital transformation in the process and discrete industries. With its Digital Enterprise portfolio, DI provides companies of all sizes with an end-to-end set of products, solutions and services to integrate and digitalize the entire value chain. Optimized for the specific needs of each industry, DI’s unique portfolio supports customers to achieve greater productivity and flexibility. DI is constantly adding innovations to its portfolio to integrate cutting-edge future technologies. Siemens Digital Industries has its global headquarters in Nuremberg, Germany, and has around 76,000 employees internationally
Siemens AG (Berlin and Munich) is a technology company focused on industry, infrastructure, transport, and healthcare. From more resource-efficient factories, resilient supply chains, and smarter buildings and grids, to cleaner and more comfortable transportation as well as advanced healthcare, the company creates technology with purpose adding real value for customers. By combining the real and the digital worlds, Siemens empowers its customers to transform their industries and markets, helping them to transform the everyday for billions of people. Siemens also owns a majority stake in the publicly listed company Siemens Healthineers, a globally leading medical technology provider shaping the future of healthcare. In addition, Siemens holds a minority stake in Siemens Energy, a global leader in the transmission and generation of electrical power.
In fiscal 2022, which ended on September 30, 2022, the Siemens Group generated revenue of €72.0 billion and net income of €4.4 billion. As of September 30, 2022, the company had around 311,000 employees worldwide. Further information is available on the Internet at www.siemens.com.
In fiscal 2022, which ended on September 30, 2022, the Siemens Group generated revenue of €72.0 billion and net income of €4.4 billion. As of September 30, 2022, the company had around 311,000 employees worldwide. Further information is available on the Internet at www.siemens.com.