Xcelerating’ Digital Transformation: Siemens leads the way Siemens has been providing a comprehensive digital twin and thread to the aerospace and defence industry to successfully execute the programmes that are transforming air travel, space exploration, and defence. How crucial is the digitalization of the industry in the present age and how to seam and support the process with its product and services? As companies seek to develop new products faster Dale Tutt and manage their costs Vice President, better, they also need to Aerospace and Defense Industry, manage their risks. And quite Siemens Digital Industries Software frankly, they need to develop high-performing products. Siemens, during the With all the innovation challenging times of Covid-19 going on, all the software development, and the amount pandemic, has been providing of electrification we’re seeing in solutions to its partners and new products, the benefits that customers to accommodate you get when you start using a changes and adapt quickly, comprehensive digital twin and the digital thread along with the helping them not just to solutions within our Xcelerator survive but to thrive in portfolio enables companies in this digital era. Dale Tutt, these industries to thrive in this age the Vice President of of digitalization. Our Xcelerator portfolio, brings all our products Aerospace and Defense and services together, and can scale Industry for Siemens to any size of the company. They Digital Industries Software, include CAD, PLM, manufacturing says his company will solutions, model-based systems engineering (MBSE), supply chain continue invest in already management and product support. powerful manufacturing It is also important to remember that solutions and foster Siemens, first of all, is a manufacturing digital transformation, company, and we have real-world experience in the digital transformation ‘which is critical for the of factories. We are able to leverage our A&D industry’. Excerpts own experience, as well as our Xcelerator from an interview: portfolio to help customers through their digital transformation. Before customers
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make any large investments in a new factory, they need to be able to simulate it and have the confidence that it’s going to work, whether it’s going to accelerate their process and increase their productivity. The power of that digital transformation is how much faster our customers can move when it’s time to start ramping up the production rate. If they are building aircraft, how can they move from getting the first airplane out the door to building 10, 20 or 50 a month? True digital transformation requires a strong understanding of your manufacturing processes. This is where what we call “virtual commissioning” becomes important. A customer can use simulation to validate whether their factory is going to meet their needs. Then, as they move from that initial factory setup to the production line, there is the continual opportunity to optimize production by leveraging data from the factory floor. Once the factory is up and running, the digital twin can be used to validate and optimize the production line and processes throughout the life of the factory. This is how companies become more flexible, better able to accommodate changes and accelerate all of their processes through the use of the digital twin. Digitalization is critical for these industries right now. Who are the major clients worldwide? Siemens serves almost every major A&D company in the world right now, as well as many medium and small-sized companies and start-ups. The list of major companies includes Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Rolls Royce, General Dynamics Land Systems Division and Raytheon Technologies. In Russia, Sukhoi and United Aircraft Corporation are our customers. We also have customers in China, Japan, and Korea – really all over the world. In India, we work with clients such as HAL and numerous major Indian defence labs. Additionally, major space players worldwide are using Siemens’ Xcelerator, including companies such as SpaceX, United Launch