Siemens PLM Software has been recognized by CIOReview Magazine as the recipient of “20 Most Promising PLM Solution Providers 2017,” based on our proprietary methodology, reflecting its position in the industry. This profile has been developed by the CIOReview research and editorial team based on insights from an interview with Tony Hemmelgarn, CEO and President.

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Design, Develop, Deploy—Digitalized

Tony Hemmelgarn, CEO and President

During the design and development phase of the Composite Crew Module (CCM)’s Pressure Vessel Pathfinder, NASA quickly realized the challenge of enhancing the veracity between the engineers’ projections and the wrinkles, ply angle, and flat patterns that resulted during the development stage. Juxtapose that with the involvement of nine out of the ten NASA sites across the U.S. and several other companies with expertise in design, manufacturing, tooling, and more in the aerospace industry, the complexity grew manifold. During the early development stages, Mike Kirsch, CCM Project Manager at NESC, NASA’s Langley Research Center, happened to see the presentation of “Fibersim”, a comprehensive composite material design and manufacturing workflow solution developed by Siemens PLM Software. Impressed by the presentation, NASA opted for Fibersim that offered benefits such as the ability to export to CNC systems, boundary projection on the tool and overall, the ability to collaborate over an integrated platform in a project involving a geographically dispersed team. Fibersim became an indispensible part of NASA’s CCM initiative, taking pride in closing the “fracture” between the virtual design and the prototype, as affirmed by Mike, “I don’t think it would be economical to construct something like the crew module without Fibersim.”

The quote from Mike is descriptive of solutions that comprehensively streamline and close the missing links of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM). Siemens PLM Software, with its recent acquisition of Mentor Graphics, plans to help companies “digitalize” (as opposed to just “digitize”) by stringing a virtual thread across each component of PLM, from the conception stage, all the way through prototyping, production, application, and usage analytics. “Sometimes I’m not sure that our customers truly understand what this really means,” says Tony Hemmelgarn, President and CEO, Siemens PLM Software, “It’s not about taking your existing processes and shoving them into the digital world. It’s not even about best practices; it’s about next practices.” The PLM software solutions provided are in-line with their vision of taking entire organizations along their journey to achieving an optimal Digital Enterprise Strategy.

It’s not about taking your existing processes and shoving them into the digital world. It’s not even about best practices; it’s about next practices

The journey itself begins with “Teamcenter”, the equivalent to the Master Production Schedule (MPS) of manufacturing, collating data from design frames, documents, Bill of Materials, and Material Requirements Planning, to create systematized workflows. The suite of design software solutions incorporates systems based development, that integrates mechanical, electrical, software, and electronics component designs. In addition, with Siemens PLM Software’s Manufacturing Execution System (MES), the user can leverage metrics monitoring, automation, 3D printing, and so on, enabled by a tight alignment of virtual and real world.

The simulation of the entire PLM cycle is based on creation of a “digital twin” of the product itself, and communication between the twins even beyond the shop floor, when the product is in use globally. Hemmelgarn says that this unique aspect allows design optimization on the fly, “Our software allows our customers to create a digital twin, an accurate virtual representation of the product and its manufacturing processes to predict and optimize performance in the physical world. We think we do this better than anyone in the industry.” In addition, the incorporation of data analytics, to provide insights on customer experience adds value back to the design stage, potentially creating space for the next idea— closing the loop of manufacturing and product development.

Siemens PLM Software concentrates primarily on the Industry 4.0 concept, and has honed its strategy around digitalizing enterprises and their product lifecycles. Hemmelgarn summarizes with enthusiasm, “This is a truly holistic, unique digitalization strategy for helping our customers transform their operations into a digital enterprise.”

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Siemens data platform helps Northumbrian Water to tackle household leaks

Saturday, September 30, 2023

• Northumbrian Water Group to connect more than one million smart water meters to Siemens data management system

• Cloud-based system will identify household leaks to help reduce water consumption and support Ofwat targets

• Siemens solution represents the company’s largest ever deployment of grid software

• EnergyIP® MDM X for Water software is part of the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio

Siemens Grid Software has secured a new contract with Northumbrian Water Group and deployed EnergyIP® MDM X, part of the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio. Northumbrian Water Group (NWG) is enhancing its ability to detect and reduce household water leaks by connecting more than one million smart water meters to a new Siemens data management platform by 2030.

The water utility is undergoing a major rollout of smart meters, which report data back to the cloud on an hourly basis. The Siemens Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution will allow NWG to analyse this data to identify household consumption anomalies and alert customers of potential leaks on their properties.

The system will ultimately help NWG to meet UK water regulator Ofwat’s targets for reducing leakages and per capita consumption. The utility services 4.5 million people in the North East of England, and in the South East as Essex & Suffolk Water.

Siemens collaborated with NWG’s team to design, develop, test and launch the meter data management SaaS, which is powered by the technology company’s EnergyIP® software. It represents the largest solution of its kind implemented by Siemens for the water industry in Europe, and its largest deployment of grid software to date.

EnergyIP® MDM X for Water is part of Siemens Xcelerator, the company’s digital business platform, enabling customers to accelerate their digital transformation easier, faster, and at scale.

Sabine Erlinghagen, CEO of Grid Software at Siemens Smart Infrastructure, said: “Water is a precious resource, and we need to deal with it in the most sustainable way possible. EnergyIP® MDM X will enable NWG to make the best use of their data to reduce leakage and water consumption across their network. We’re supporting the water industry by providing purposeful software technology for greater customer impact and sustainability.”

Gary Adams, Head of Smart Transformation at NWG, said: “The EnergyIP® MDM implementation is a critical cornerstone in our smart metering journey, allowing us to effectively manage the large volumes of metering data we will receive and to drive efficient operational activity for both our customers and our wider business providing access to granular smart data at the click of a button. Being able to rely on Siemens expertise in this area gives us confidence that we can achieve our smart metering ambitions now and, in the future.”

Siemens and NVIDIA expand collaboration on generative AI for immersive real-time visualization

Friday, March 22, 2024

● New product connects Siemens Xcelerator with NVIDIA Omniverse Cloud APIs to build collaborative, real-time, physically based visualization driven by generative AI

● At NVIDIA GTC, Siemens and NVIDIA will join with HD Hyundai to highlight how integrated visualization helps offer greater understanding and insights

MUNICH, -- Siemens announced that it will deepen its collaboration with NVIDIA to help build the industrial metaverse. Siemens is bringing immersive visualization powered by new NVIDIA Omniverse Cloud APIs to the Siemens Xcelerator platform, driving increased use of AI-driven digital twin technology. At the NVIDIA GTC, Siemens and NVIDIA demonstrated how generative AI can revolutionize the visualization of complex data, making photorealism possible, and showcased how sustainable shipbuilder HD Hyundai can use it to develop new products.

"We will revolutionize how products and experiences are designed, manufactured and serviced. On the path to the industrial metaverse, this next generation of industrial software enables customers to experience products as they would in the real world: in context, in stunning realism and – in the future – interact with them through natural language input," said Roland Busch, President and CEO of Siemens AG. "In collaboration with NVIDIA, we will bring accelerated computing, generative AI, and Omniverse integration across the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio."

"Omniverse and generative AI are driving massive transformation for industrial enterprises," said Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of NVIDIA. "Siemens is bringing NVIDIA platforms to their customers and opening new opportunities for industry leaders to build the next wave of AI-enabled digital twins at every scale."

In the next phase of this collaboration, Siemens will release a new product later this year for Teamcenter® X, Siemens' industry-leading cloud-based Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software, part of the Siemens Xcelerator platform. Powered by NVIDIA Omniverse technologies, it will provide engineering teams with the ability to create an ultra-intuitive, photorealistic, real-time, and physics-based digital twin that eliminates workflow waste and errors.

Setting up and adjusting details in photorealistic renderings – such as material definitions and lighting environments, along with other supporting scenery assets – will be accelerated dramatically using generative AI. Tasks that previously took days can be completed in hours, with engineering data contextualized as it would appear in the real world. In addition to engineering, other stakeholders – from sales and marketing teams to decision-makers and customers – will benefit from the deeper insight and understanding of real-world product appearance, enabling more informed and quicker decision-making.

In collaboration with NVIDIA, Siemens demonstrated the creation of real-time, photorealistic visualization for HD Hyundai, a market leader in sustainable ship manufacturing. HD Hyundai has been developing ammonia- and hydrogen-powered ships, a complex process requiring oversight of ships that can contain over seven million discrete parts. HD Hyundai can use the new product to unify and visualize these massive engineering datasets interactively.

"We have long trusted Siemens Teamcenter for product lifecycle management. Based on this trust and through this new collaboration, we will be able to visualize and interact with the digital twin of ships while utilizing generative AI to create objects and HDR backgrounds for better understanding of projects in context. This will be beneficial in many ways, as it will reduce errors, improve customer experience, and also save time and cost," said Taejin Lee, Chief Information Officer & Chief Digital Officer, HD Hyundai.

At NVIDIA GTC, Roland Busch, President and CEO of Siemens AG, showed how the new product will enable you to build collaborative, real-time, physically based visualization driven by generative AI: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGgccYDyGFk

20 Most Promising PLM Solution Providers 2017

Company
Siemens PLM Software

Management
Tony Hemmelgarn, CEO and President

Description
Provides a PLM software that automatically manages and optimizes the product lifecycle from concept ideation to configuration and retirement

Siemens PLM Software Design, Develop, Deploy—Digitalized