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REAL-WORLD APPLICATION

Streamlined data integration

Simplify, optimize and enhance your automotive manufacturing processes. Collect and structure shop floor data for seamless collaboration between OT and IT, enabling data-driven applications for analytics, configuration, optimization and control.

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Challenge

Automotive production data is everywhere: machines, sensors and operational systems. Yet integrating this data to create actionable insights is hindered by isolated sources, outdated systems and heterogeneous shop floors.

Solution

Siemens can help you build a data integration layer, which brings together OT, IT and IoT data. Our configurable connectivity suite and data harmonization connect your systems, then deliver a common data model for data-driven applications.

Work together from a single source of truth

Automotive data integration is key to building next-generation manufacturing processes. From prototyping to testing to production and beyond, it enables your team to:

Eliminate manual data handling
Simplify data access
Make intelligent, real-time decisions
Increase process agility
Optimize production yield
Enhance quality control
Avoid costly late-stage problems
Reduce waste and energy consumption

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Connected

Connectivity is the foundation of data integration. We facilitate seamless connections between products and systems, including cloud-based systems.

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Modular

Data integration doesn’t have to be complicated. Our cloud-based, modular solutions are quickly deployable and user-friendly.

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Efficient

Free up your IT and maintenance teams. Eliminate manual data handling, data routing issues and data losses.

Case study

ESTRA Automotive Systems

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Revolutionizing automotive cooling systems

Results: A trusted provider of vehicle thermal components turned to Siemens to bring together siloed data, optimize processes and enhance product quality, including:

Real-time data collection and analysis of every component
Consistent communication between business and production
Streamlined data management
Enhanced production process traceability