The road to a future-proof and sustainable facility
What system support and solutions are required to create future-proof facilities, properties and products? And how do we meet the increasing sustainability requirements? Join our webinar series that goes both in depth and breadth throughout the journey.
It is undoubtedly a challenge to plan, operate, and develop a production facility or property so that it can cope with changes, increased availability, scalability, repeatability, and optimal use of materials, raw materials and data.
We know that an increased degree of automation and digitalization is the key to success, as it leads us to use and provide feedback insights from plant data that would otherwise be lost.
Based on several successful customer cases, we have identified six areas where we see huge potential, and where you can already make rapid progress today. We have gathered these experiences in a block-divided webinar series, where you take part in suitable episodes based on which phase you and your business are in. Feel free to tell colleagues about the sections that are more relevant to their professional roles.
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Block 1
Managing the life cycle of a facility is critical to ensuring its long-term efficiency and sustainability.
- Financing: A stable and well-thought-out financing plan is fundamental to ensuring that the facility can be built, maintained, and upgraded. This includes budgeting for initial costs, ongoing operations, and future investments.
- Simulation: Simulations can predict and optimize the performance of the plant under different conditions. This allows potential problems to be identified before they occur.
- Engineering: By using well-chosen techniques and materials, it is possible to create a robust and efficient facility that meets all requirements and standards.
- Cybersecurity: Security is essential for protecting the facility's systems and data from cyberattacks. It includes implementing security measures, monitoring systems for suspicious activity, and a plan for dealing with security incidents.
- Availability: For the plant to be able to deliver continuous service, it is important to ensure high availability. That means minimizing downtime through regular maintenance, quick repair of faults, and redundant systems that can take over when needed.
Integrating these aspects into the management of the plant's life cycle can maximize its performance, safety, and cost-effectiveness over time.
In the series' opening episode, we go through how the entire webinar series is designed. Where you get a good insight into which blocks are right for you, and which ones you can recommend to colleagues instead.
As someone responsible for developing a new production facility or property, you face many requirements and choices along the journey. It can be environment-related requirements, but also that the investment cost must be met with the shortest possible lead time. With the right choice of system, you can create space to get your plant up and running faster. Here, repeatability is very important, so that you, as a user, should be able to reuse information from one system to another and thus become more robust to changes.
Finding financiers who understand the role of technology in making the world a better place is important. Siemens Financial Services shares its experiences and shows how the right financing solution can increase your chances of success with your plan.
Speakers:
Fanny Lindgren | Email | LinkedIn
Christoffer Granlund | Email | LinkedIn
How a complete digital twin facilitates the creation and maintenance of industrial plants.
With the right conditions, digital representation can become the key to a structured way of working. The challenge lies in keeping the digital twin in sync with its physical counterpart.
Companies are facing challenges such as technological advancements, global competition, increased costs, new regulatory requirements, supply chain traceability requirements and reduced emissions. At the same time, the demand for sustainable products is increasing. An effective way to meet these challenges is through a data-driven methodology that facilitates the management of complex processes. The webinar will demonstrate how simulations and digital twins can reduce this complexity by collecting, analyzing, and leveraging data to optimize processes in real-time and quickly adapt to changing customer needs and market trends.
Do you want to know how you can best take on the projects of the future and what benefits simulations can bring? Gain insights into how different simulation tools can work together to create a complete digital twin – a key to the success of the Industrial Metaverse. You'll also learn how a useful digital twin can help you test drive your facility before it's even built.
Speakers:
Magnus Cullberg | Email | LinkedIn
Stefan Liss | Email | LinkedIn
This is how the digital twin is being built in the process plant. We look at how data can flow throughout the entire process of your facility, from early planning and design to operation.
A common problem is that data from different phases and disciplines are stored in separate databases that do not communicate with each other. This often leads to the same data having to be entered multiple times, resulting in time-consuming duplication of work and an increased risk of errors or missed information. During the webinar, we will show how an integrated facility can be created to solve these challenges.
Speakers:
Robert Wallin | Email | LinkedIn
Magnus Cullberg | Email | LinkedIn
In this webinar, you will join Siemens, together with an experienced panel, where we tackle one of the biggest challenges within IT and OT in critical infrastructure: the importance of bridging the gap between IT & OT within critical infrastructure within Cybersecurity.
Before jumping into the panel discussion, we will discuss the current state of the union when it comes to OT and IT and lay the foundations for today's discussion. Hereby, some of the foundational differences between IT and OT, convergence, and setting the scene for a common ground for the discussion.
Some of the key questions we will be discussing is:
- What does Cybersecurity in OT vs. IT mean to you?
- How does the interplay between OT & IT in your organization today?
- What are some of the challenges you have experienced when the world of IT and OT meet in the Cybersecurity space?
And finally, we will try to answer how we can succeed in making these two worlds meet and thus bridge the gap between OT & IT to secure our society's most critical functions of tomorrow. Language: English
Speakers:
Christoffer Karlsson | Email | LinkedIn
Amalie Lønning| Email | LinkedIn
How can you, as a plant owner, secure your industrial facility and get ready for the NIS2 directive? The webinar provides an introduction to the Siemens Partner Program, where we show how our partners can help you implement both technical and organizational measures to reach the right level of cybersecurity for your facility. We have also invited Defensify, who will describe their approach to achieving this.
The industry is currently facing increased cyber threats that affect the entire society, and facility owners are also covered by the new NIS2 directive. There is a great deal of uncertainty about how to meet these requirements in practice and create a secure OT environment. Many lack the right skills and experience to handle security issues on their own. It can also be difficult to know where to start and how to spend the budget in the best way for the greatest possible effect. During the webinar, we will show how these challenges can be met with the help of Siemens and our partners.
Understand how you can secure your facility and achieve NIS2 compliance. Learn how Siemens, together with our partners, can offer a holistic solution to improve your cybersecurity. You will also get an insight into our technical solutions and experiences, as well as how we can support you together with our partners.
Speakers:
Wally Hariz | Email | LinkedIn
Urban Haglund | Email | LinkedIn
Gain insight into Siemens virtualization solutions for PC-based automation systems, with a focus on HMI, SCADA, and DCS, which comply with IEC 62443. We show how virtualization can optimize, future-proof production processes, and increase availability and support. You will also get information about which virtualization platforms our systems support and why many companies have already chosen to virtualize. OT systems must be constantly available and protected against external attacks. Virtualization improves operational reliability and allows for a quick return to full operation in the event of a problem. It also facilitates patching and antivirus testing without disrupting production. In addition, virtualization facilitates the requirements of the NIS2 directive.
- Explore Siemens' range of virtualization solutions.
- Learn how virtualization reduces costs through less hardware and lower energy consumption.
- Gain increased flexibility to quickly adapt your production processes to new market needs.
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Block 2
How do we ensure that the plant has a reliable and secure electric power supply and distribution?
How can building automation be set up to make a property as sustainable as possible and become part of the energy system, from consumer to prosumer? We want to keep track of power tariffs and not pay for more energy than we need. We also want a safe and selective plant where downtime does not disconnect and affect a larger part of the plant than necessary. With today's solutions, we can simulate and analyze the electricity grid, build transparency, and visualize the plant's energy use and operating status, all to make good, data-driven decisions that are both sustainable and economically beneficial.
Learn more about how Siemens software can streamline power distribution design and planning processes, from concept to safe and energy-efficient operation. You will see how PSS®Sincal and SIMARIS optimize system design, component selection and energy efficiency, as well as how charging solutions can be integrated into the power grid and how the prosumer role affects the power system of the future.
If you are facing challenges with complex electrical systems, ensuring selectivity or avoiding physical collisions in design, the webinar will show how advanced tools can reduce sources of error, improve energy efficiency and facilitate technical solutions.
You'll learn how to optimize power distribution systems with PSS®Sincal and SIMARIS, minimize design errors with BIM integration, improve energy efficiency through smart design choices, and verify selectivity to ensure proper protection and operation. In addition, you will get concrete examples from real projects and learn how we can support you throughout the process.
Speakers:
Martin Larsson | Email | LinkedIn
Klas Lindgren | Email | LinkedIn
Discover the challenges and solutions of the future in the real estate industry – and how you can meet them.
In this webinar, we want to give you insights into the upcoming challenges in the real estate industry and how you can set the right requirements to meet them in the best way. We also show smart solutions that can help you effectively address these challenges.
The real estate sector is facing increasing complexity. The regulations for energy efficiency and sustainability are becoming increasingly strict, while high operating costs and skills supply create new requirements. The challenges are amplified by siloed thinking and the need for both transparency and high security.
The webinar is particularly relevant for property owners, clients, and end customers who want to understand how to set the right requirements for the properties of the future. It is also aimed at consultants who develop specifications to meet the new requirements, as well as operating personnel, integrators, and installers who want to deepen their understanding of systems and coordination in a smart building.
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Block 3
How do we create an optimal product with a focus on sustainability throughout the life cycle?
We go through:
- The digital twin of the product
- Product fibre
- Simulation
- Sustainable materials/recycling
Maintain control over the entire lifecycle of your facility, from product development to production. With Teamcenter as your central PLM platform, everyone in the development process has access to the right information, ensuring that correct decisions are made throughout the chain. Integrate product and factory data for a continuous feedback loop that optimizes both the product and production. Simulate and validate digitally to ensure a smooth transition to the physical world. Collaborate between mechanical, software, and electronics development early in the development process to ensure the highest efficiency and quality. Keep track of projects and subcontractors with a common platform. Result? Faster development, higher quality, and better market adaptation.
Speakers:
Henrik Dahlström | Email | LinkedIn
Andreas Rosengren | Email | LinkedIn
Get to know Simcenter, Siemens' simulation and testing portfolio. Being able to verify a product's performance at an early stage in the development cycle, using simulation of the product's digital twin, is a recipe for success. Turn product complexity into a competitive advantage with Simcenter solutions that empower your engineering teams to push the boundaries, solve the toughest problems, and bring innovations to market faster. A typical question that the Simcenter portfolio deals with is: How can we make a product both more powerful and more environmentally friendly? We start with an overview of the portfolio and then do a deep dive into system simulation. Systems simulation involves creating and experimenting with computerized models of complex systems to understand and predict their behavior under different conditions. This method can be used in several fields, including mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, and thermal systems. We end with a practical example of system simulation, "Virtual Commissioning", where you get to see how you can verify that your control system works before a finished product even exists.
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Block 4
What does the future of working look like? How do we create digitalized automation services with innovative simulation tools? And how do you take the step to TIA Portal Cloud? We show you how you can get help choosing the right products and solutions, and how you can work with a digital workflow where manual steps with the risk of errors and duplication of work are avoided by:
- Standards
- Structure
- Safety
- Simulation
Streamline your workflow with digital tools
Discover how digital tools can help you ensure the quality of your work and avoid manual steps that lead to extra work and the risk of errors. With the help of the TIA Selection Tool (TST), a free tool, you can easily design solutions and seamlessly transfer the work digitally to the TIA Portal, where the programming begins, or to the ECAD system for further electrical design. You'll also gain insight into how projects can be reused in a digital way, minimizing start-up time and maximizing efficiency. We'll show you how to reuse projects while also being able to make specific project customizations.
In the rapid pace of technological development, it can be difficult to know what skills are needed or which tools make the work easier. By using the right digital aids, it becomes easier to stay updated and work in a way that both saves time and avoids mistakes.
Bring with you concrete tips to avoid costly errors and ideas on how you can standardize the work to achieve both efficiency and quality assurance in your projects and solutions.
Speakers:
Joakim Hagernäs Email | LinkedIn
Christian Gustafsson Email | LinkedIn
Simulation and virtual commissioning is a current topic that affects machine builders, consultants, and even end users.
A clear trend is that the manufacturing industry requires machine suppliers to be able to carry out a virtual FAT (Factory Acceptance Test) to ensure that the function complies with the specification and to demonstrate that commissioning can be carried out without major negative surprises.
We describe how a digital twin can enable the machine builder to secure its delivery. But also how it can be used by the end user, in e.g., operator training, rebuilding, and ensuring the expected production quality.
During the webinar, you will learn about Siemens' range of software for simulation and virtual commissioning, but also some smart tips that can be useful when creating your digital twin.
Speakers: Stefan Käck Email | LinkedIn
Jörgen Kastebo Email | LinkedIn
Virtual Training Solutions – 3D-immersive, interactive, and gamified learning for NextGen workforce skill management in manufacturing
Labor shortage, skill gaps and the VUCA-world call for a new dimension of learning to manage today's needs and to grow future-ready. To accelerate and succeed in manufacturing, a sustainable boost in people and operational excellence across the product, machine, and plant lifecycle is needed. Virtual Training Solutions empowers you and your employees to do just that with a 3D-immersive, interactive, and gamified learning approach – whether it be in assembly, operation, maintenance, EHS, retrofit, etc.! Make training easy, effective, convenient, and fast by leveraging 3D CAD data or digital twins of products, processes, machines, and lines. NextGen can train anytime, 24/7, and anywhere via multiple platforms such as VR Googles, classic desktops, and mobile devices. Reduce training time by up to 50% and manual mistakes by up to 40% - with ZERO hardware or prototypes, ZERO downtime, ZERO waste, ZERO harm, ZERO classrooms, ZERO language barrier, ZERO expert trainers, and ZERO travel, but with 100% confidence!
Language: English
Speaker: Srinivasan Krishnamoorthi (or) Srini Email | LinkedIn
How can an integrated automation platform, which handles all your needs, help you as a user and programmer? We will show the benefits of having a development environment that includes everything from higher-level control systems, operator interfaces, and drive systems, all the way to a time-saving simulation of functions.
This gives the user the opportunity to work efficiently, both together and multi-user, with common databases and the same look-and-feel regardless of which automation product they are working with. Easy to reuse code and not have to reinvent the wheel every time. Simple diagnostics, integrated secure functions, security, and energy-saving functions will also be covered in the webinar.
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Are you ready to take your project to the next level? With Cloud Engineering, you no longer need to rely on an on-premises engineering platform. Now you can work with both TIA Portal and PCS neo directly in the cloud. This means you can collaborate seamlessly and manage projects anywhere, anytime – all through a powerful cloud-based platform.
MTP stands for Module Type Package and is an open, brand-independent standard for integrating sequences and objects – both with code and visualization – in a very simple way. Different brands can be easily combined into a common operator interface. MTP, for example, makes it easy to integrate a PLC-based agitator into a process plant.
Does it sound too good to be true? Don't miss the chance to gain valuable insights from our experts and ask your questions in real-time. Sign up today and take the first step towards a more efficient and innovative work environment.
Speakers:
Robert Wallin Email | LinkedIn
How do we create safe and efficient machines by working with digital workflows, also for machine safety issues?
In this webinar, you will get insights into how we see the future of working when it comes to the development of security features.
- This allows you to structure your workflow for maximum security and efficiency.
- Gain insights into how to ensure your machines are safe throughout their lifecycle.
- Explore innovative simulation tools that can help you anticipate and avoid potential security risks.
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Block 5
How do we ensure the management of data in an efficient way?
We go through how we can connect, measure, create transparency, and how digital threads can create great value. How can we use modern IT tools to better support our important processes in production? We go through:
- Data management
- Collect, clean, and analyze data
- Transparency
- Value
You may have seen movies where humanity has become part of a giant biological data center and where instances of human consciousness interact in a virtual environment. That's pretty much what we're seeing happening in the automation industry right now. In a world where the pace of change is increasing and adaptability is becoming a survival strategy, we are now seeing our control systems move into data centers where they are instantiated to create a virtual automation environment. Software-defined Automation is a concept that, among other things, deals with how different software interacts in a virtual environment to create a more efficient way of working.
In this webinar, we will present what a virtual control system can look like, how we streamline our engineering in a text-based development environment based on Visual Studio Code, and how we can implement AI in our engineering work. We will also touch on how new technology opens opportunities for completely new business models.
Follow the white rabbit and see what we mean by Software-defined Automation and IT-like engineering!
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Modern tools make it possible to create a digital representation of lines and machines, where data is seamlessly shared with cloud services such as Insights Hub. This provides flexibility to manage what is analyzed locally and what is processed in the cloud, allowing for scalability in three dimensions: more machines, more use cases, and more users.
When data is stored in cloud services, it can be contextualized – information from machines is combined with data from other systems, such as MES, to provide insights that support data-driven decisions. In addition, we show how modern architecture seamlessly integrates data between applications such as MES and ERP, and how apps can be shared between Insights Hub and Edge for different needs.
The traditional point-to-point connection for data traffic has been replaced by solutions where data is synchronized between necessary applications, both horizontally in edge environments and vertically to cloud services. The Siemens environment also enables applications to be shared between the Insights Hub and Edge, making it easier to scale solutions to more lines and use cases.
With increased opportunities also come greater demands on safety. Siemens solutions have security built in from the ground up, with encrypted communication, certificate-based authentication, and remotely updateable software that robustly protects the system.
Speakers:
Mikael Andersson Email | LinkedIn
Data-driven decisions are key to improving energy use, operational availability, and predictive maintenance in both buildings and industry. Connected systems such as automation solutions and sensors enable a clear visualization of data, creating the transparency needed to analyze and make informed decisions.
Creating the right data transparency and building solutions that meet both internal and external requirements can be a complex process. We will talk about how you can handle challenges for energy management in buildings and the integration of different systems in industrial facilities, where machines from different suppliers have varying control systems and communication interfaces.
The webinar provides concrete examples of how data and new technologies, such as AI, can be used to drive improvements in areas such as accessibility, maintenance, power distribution, and energy optimization. Through cyber-secure solutions, the conditions needed for a more sustainable and efficient business are created.
Gain valuable insights into how you can use data as a strategic resource to meet the demands and opportunities of the future.
Speakers:
Joakim Hagernäs Email | LinkedIn
Block 6
What does optimized maintenance and service mean? We go through:
- Help for self-help
- What training Siemens offers
Digitalization is rapidly changing the way we work with the maintenance and service of buildings, industries and power distribution systems, and is placing increasing demands on efficient and sustainable ways of working. Ensuring high reliability, energy efficiency and cost-effective operations requires smart strategies and a data-driven way of working.
In this webinar, you'll gain insights on how to optimize your maintenance strategy and strengthen plant performance, and we'll walk you through solutions for:
- Building system maintenance:
efficient maintenance to ensure high operational reliability and energy efficiency
- Service and optimization of power distribution systems:
stable and secure power supply through smart maintenance strategies.
- Predictive maintenance with Senseye:
how AI and data analytics can identify anomalies and prevent failures before they occur.
Get actionable insights and guidance to streamline your maintenance efforts and ensure stable and sustainable operations.
Speakers:
Rebecca Persson Email | LinkedIn
Nadjon Murrizi Email | LinkedIn
In a world where the need for fast information and knowledge is increasing, we want to help you find the right ways for exactly what you need. Siemens offers many solutions to easily find information yourself, around the clock.
During this webinar, we'll share our top tips on smart tools, support, and training, including:
- How to contact Siemens for different areas
- How to find and book training via the website or Sitrain app
- How to register complaints, returns and warranties and find spare parts in SiePortal via Industry Mall and ServiceMall
- How to find product information, manuals, software and application examples in SiePortal
- How to find the right product from the start in HIT in building automation
- What our technical support can help you with and how to register a support ticket
- How to use the "Industry Online Support" app to scan the product QR code and get product information to create support or service tickets
Speakers:
Joakim Hagernäs Email | LinkedIn
Susanne Bonde Email | LinkedIn
Panel discussion on insights and challenges. Meet Metacon, a young, innovative company in hydrogen production
Welcome to the final webinar in the series. Look forward to a very interesting conversation with Metacon, an innovative energy technology company specializing in tailor-made solutions in hydrogen, electricity, and heat production. They share their experiences both as a customer and as a supplier. They will convey insights on how to make themselves competitive and meet the challenges of the market, as well as the importance of value-creating partnerships.
Agenda:
- Summary of the webinar series "The road to a future-proof and sustainable facility": We go through key
takeaways and insights.
- Panel discussion:
Look forward to an inspiring conversation with the electrolyzer manufacturer
Metacon
. Take part in their vision and challenges with a focus on the sustainable facilities of the future, as well as the importance of working together with experienced partners.
- Future challenges and opportunities
: We look ahead and discuss how we meet the increasing sustainability requirements and create future-proof solutions.
- As always, you are welcome to ask questions during the webinar. And we will do our best to answer these at the end.
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