Turn complexity into dynamic, data-driven actions along the value chain with Software-Defined Everything (SDx). Accelerate development with rapid innovation, extend products anytime, adapt production in real time, evolve continuously, and win despite talent shortages with a software-defined mindset.
Just as smartphones evolve through software updates and support us, our software-defined approach enables this at an industrial scale – from product to production. Utilizing proven IT mechanisms for industry, like decoupling functions from specific hardware, systems can be extended via software and centrally managed as needed to continuously improve – key milestones for an AI-powered Digital Enterprise.
Manufacturing leaders identify smart factories as critical for competitiveness, yet many struggle with rigid processes. Software-defined manufacturing enables flexibility to handle product variations and rapid market changes.
Labor shortage is making it increasingly difficult to find skilled automation engineers and industrial specialists, with the technology sector particularly affected.
The automotive software and electronics market will see a significant increase through 2035. AI has the potential to improve software features that make up 70 percent of the total market size.
As the #1 provider of industrial automation and software, we integrate deep OT expertise with modern IT capabilities, enabling software-driven, end-to-end evolution from product to production. This uniquely combines the real and digital world to keep pace with an ever-changing world.
IT/OT convergence is fundamental to SDx. We achieve this by preserving OT reliability and safety while unleashing IT agility and innovation. This enables data-driven transformation and integrated workflows.
We seamlessly translate physical operations into Digital Twins and digital intelligence into real-world actions, providing tools and solutions for software-defined products and production.
Our software-defined approach connects product requirements, performance, and production. It is flexible, customizable, and mutually optimized, unlocking speed, agility, and the intelligence to evolve with market demands.
Our goal is to combine SDx, Digital Twins, and Industrial AI in a unique way to enable autonomous, self-optimizing systems. This forms the interoperable basis for an Industrial Metaverse with collaborative ecosystems.
Best-in-class edge platforms unify IT and OT at scale, virtualized runtimes combining top usability, interoperability and security, plus modern dev tools for automation – delivering proven innovation already today.
Siemens Xcelerator, our open digital business platform delivers SDx at scale through comprehensive portfolio with open interfaces, industry standards, and shared data models – accelerating deployment without building from scratch.
Accelerate innovation in software-defined products with our comprehensive, scalable framework addressing key challenges in development, integration, and validation. Connect product and application lifecycle management with openness for products like vehicles to be continuously and securely expanded with personalized features after sale, unrestricted by hardware or brands.
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NIO used Polarion ALM to unify R&D workflows, integrate toolchains, and meet ASPICE certification. Over 380 days, R&D productivity rose 16%, testing and traceability improved, cutting rework and supporting future growth.
Meet the challenges of industrial production by making operations smarter and more adaptable. Move from traditional automation to software-defined automation where hardware remains the stable execution backbone, while software carries flexibility, intelligence, and learning capability. Automate the automation and empower industrial systems to solve tasks autonomously.
