Business Requirements

Globalization and collaboration with suppliers present intense challenges and rich opportunities to Machinery and Industrial product manufacturers. Increasing competition from low cost countries requires companies to become more innovative and to partner closely with far flung suppliers. Most executives agree that innovation is the key to survival and prosperity in the global marketplace. Siemens PLM Software delivers integrated solutions to address these pressing market requirements in the most efficient way.

More Innovation

Accelerate top-line growth by increasing yield on product and process innovation. Are you dealing with any of the following items?

• Is your product better then the competition
• Do you capture your knowledge?
• How well are you in executing your ideas?
• How fast can you implement new production technologies?

Faster to Market

Reduce your time-to-market through lean processes, a higher yield on designs and faster cycle times. Are you dealing with any of the following items?

• How fast can you engineer to order?
• How fast can you deliver a RFQ?
• How fast can you handle engineering changes?
• How fast can you implement new production technologies?

Compliance

Ensure compliance by incorporating customer and regulatory requirements into your product lifecycle. Are you dealing with any of the following items?

• Does your product meet safety regulations?
• Does your product meet environmental regulations like WEEE and RoHS?

Resource Optimization

Optimize your resources through digital product and process validation. Are you dealing with any of the following items?

• Are you able to simulate and optimize your processes prior to implementation?

Globalization

Leverage globalization through real-time collaboration. Are you dealing with any of the following items?

• Do you see globalization as a threat or as an opportunity?
• How many suppliers do you have?
• In how many countries are your customers?

Solutions

Siemens PLM Software provides product lifecycle management (PLM) solutions to improve crucial processes in the Machinery and Industrial products industry, including today’s assemble-to-order, configure-to-order, engineer-to order and long-term support processes. Siemens solutions target key industry initiatives, including improving the development and re-use of modules and parts, incorporating engineering knowledge into automated processes, complying with customer specifications and reducing bid-to-order cycle time.

General Assembly Manufacturing

Machinery and industrial products companies need to manage complexity and increase throughput across global plants in order to compete in world markets. This requires a new approach to assembly manufacturing that maximizes efficiency, consistency and first-time quality through the use of digital manufacturing solutions. By pursuing continuous process improvements that bridge the gap between design and the factory floor, companies can increase production efficiency and quality while reducing costs and time-to-market.

Integrated Modular Machine Design

Machinery and industrial products companies need to quickly adapt to global price pressures and competition with increasingly competitive products that exceed customer expectations for flexibility and quality. This requires a modular approach to product development based on digital product platforms and proactive re-use of proven sub-systems, components and processes.

Modularization and Re-use

In order to effectively manage product and process complexity and to control costs, companies that provide machinery and industrial products must implement a modularized product development strategy based on common product architectures. This approach establishes common parts and processes among a family of products while defining functional modules (sub-systems) that can be easily modified to meet a customer’s specific requirements and their related changes.