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Continue with the current browserTo draw on all the benefits of digitalization, businesses must first achieve an end-to-end integration of their data. Completely digitally integrated business processes, and those of the suppliers, can help to generate a digital representation of the entire value chain. This requires an integration of industrial software and automation, expansion of communications networks, security in the area of automation and use of business-specific industrial services.
Process industries
To optimize especially long running processes, and to boost flexibility and efficiency, the digital twin can prove very useful for process industry. It's an integrated data model that covers the entire lifecycle of a plant - it can also be created for brownfield plants.
It is essential for plants to remain stable and operate without interruption for decades, while also maintaining maximum energy efficiency. Product quality must not fluctuate at all throughout the entire plant’s service life. Simulating, testing, and optimizing processes and plants before operation in the real world, can help to ensure this.
Gathering and evaluating data on the fly makes it possible to constantly monitor and refine processes. Feedback from the production process and the end customers can be incorporated for further improvement. Unnecessary maintenance work and plant downtime can also be avoided thanks to predictive maintenance.
Discrete industries
The Digital Enterprise Suite offers the manufacturing industry integrated software and hardware solutions that can be used to seamlessly integrate and digitalize the entire value-added chain, including suppliers. The result is a digital twin that uses a data model to depict the product, process, and manufacturing.
It is also essential to respond flexibly and efficiently to the individual requests of the customers. Products need to get to the market as quickly and simply as possible and at the lowest possible price. Focusing on automation alone is no longer sufficient.
For both manufacturing companies and mechanical engineers to fully benefit from digitalization, the comprehensive, shared database needs to extend from product design to production planning, engineering, production, and services. It also has to incorporate the suppliers and customers.
The experience acquired along the entire value chain then flows back into the design and development processes, creating a beneficial cycle.
Infographic
To help customers leverage the potentials of Industrie 4.0. Siemens already offers a portfolio of solutions that comprises the four core elements of the digital enterprise. With the scalable solutions, companies in the manufacturing and process industries can invest in Industrie 4.0 to become completely and comprehensively digitalized across the entire value chain.
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Big Data: By 2020, the amount of data worldwide will grow to 44 zettabytes with 10% attributed to the Internet of Things
According to 52% of the world’s CEOs, digitalization is expected to transform the industry
The lifecycle of products has decreased by 25%. New products must be developed and launched faster
Sources: Siemens AG, IDC, Statista, siemens.com/magazin | 01.2016
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Siemens offers both traditional and data-based services to unleash hidden potential and increase performance. For example Plant Data Services and MindSphere, the Siemens Cloud for Industry.
With industrial security, Siemens offers a broad portfolio of products and services to implement the “defense in depth” strategy and protect industrial plants from cyber attacks. This portfolio covers both plant and network security and system integrity.
Find out about the benefits
Edge to the market:
Time to market decreases by up to 50% with the help of Siemens software solutions for the Digital Enterprise.
Integrated Automation Solutions reduce complexity and save up to 30% of engineering costs.
The industry consumes 25% of global energy. Virtual planning and development help increase productivity to save energy.
Core elements
Discover how software, communications, security and services shape the Digital Enterprise.
Machinery and Plant Construction
As companies transform themselves into digital enterprises, digitalization is changing everything. This trend calls for new concepts for machines and plants, which in turn imposes new demands on machine building and plant engineering. What’s needed is digital planning and simulation, integration into industrial communications networks, access to top security functionalities and consistent, end-to-end data interfaces for new service strategies.
Find out how you can respond faster, more efficiently and more flexibly, and exploit the benefits of digitalization today.
News & videos
Read all the latest news about the Future of Manufacturing, watch current videos and inform yourself about newest industry developments!
References
Siemens’ solutions for the digital enterprise and for mastering the transformation of the energy systems are already available. They provide the industry to fully benefit from the future of manufacturing.
