Smarter Workstations, Stronger Operations: Siemens Mendix and Process Simulate in Action [VIDEO]
Manufacturers everywhere face the same pressure: deliver flawless quality, end-to-end traceability, and agility — while empowering the people who make it all happen. The question is simple, but the answer is not: how do you achieve operational excellence without overwhelming operators or creating barriers with complex technologies?
Operators are expected to manage machines, configure tools, record data, and double-check every step. These tasks are critical but often repetitive and time-consuming. Imagine if the system could take care of them automatically—guaranteeing right-first-time quality while freeing operators to focus on higher-value work. That’s exactly what Siemens is delivering with intelligent workstations powered by Siemens Mendix and Process Simulate.
Aerospace & Defense: Compliance Without Compromise
Take the aerospace and defense industry, the stakes are sky-high. A single fastener tightened outside of specification can lead to costly rework and safety risks. Operators must be vigilant about capturing torque values, managing tool calibration, and digitally signing off every step to meet strict regulations.
With Siemens, these critical but repetitive tasks are simplified. Mendix, Siemens’ leading low-code platform, empowers organizations to rapidly develop and deploy custom web and mobile business applications. This approach allows teams to co-create tailored solutions that precisely address unique operational challenges.
For instance, apps built with Mendix can be designed to push the exact parameters to connected tools, automatically record compliance data, and guide operators with digital instructions that include quality gates. Through an Agile development methodology and close collaboration with end-users, Mendix ensures that new apps are built to perfectly match specific use cases, fostering high adoption rates. Every action — who did it, when, and how — is captured for full traceability. Furthermore, Mendix supports the continuous improvement and lifecycle management of these applications, enabling new development sprints to adapt to evolving needs and maintain relevance.
Add Process Simulate for robotics into the equation, and complex assembly sequences can be tested virtually before hitting the line. Collaborative robots can be programmed to assist with heavy lifting or repetitive precision tasks, reducing physical strain and improving ergonomics. The result is a safer, more efficient environment where compliance is built in, not bolted on. Now, the collaborative robots can help to ease the burden on workers, with programs then deployed and orchestrated by the custom apps built with Mendix.
Electronics: Zero-Defect Quality at High Speed
Electronics manufacturing brings a different challenge: incredibly high product mix, precision assembly of miniaturized components, and the need for zero-defect quality at scale. Here, even the smallest defect or misstep can snowball into recalls and reputational damage.
Siemens addresses these demands by combining the agility of Mendix for custom application development and digital innovation with Process Simulate into operator-friendly solutions. Mendix is a leading low-code platform that empowers manufacturers to rapidly develop and deploy tailor-made business applications. Unlike generic, off-the-shelf solutions, Mendix embodies a paradigm, enabling teams to co-create highly specific apps that precisely meet unique operational needs.
Through an Agile development methodology, Mendix facilitates close collaboration with future users, translating their “user stories” into intuitive applications. This ensures that the functions of these custom-built apps perfectly address specific use cases and drive high user adoption. For instance, Mendix-powered apps can be developed to provide dynamic operator guidance for PCB assembly, enable real-time defect reporting, deliver rapid changeover instructions for new variants, and automate serialization and component-level tracking, ensuring every unit can be traced. Mendix’s strength lies in its ability to support continuous digital innovation and maintain apps throughout their lifecycle, allowing for ongoing improvement through new development sprints.
Meanwhile, Process Simulate validates robotic pick-and-place operations and optimizes line layouts for throughput and efficiency. Ergonomic checks safeguard operators working on high-precision manual tasks. The result: manufacturers keep up with fast-changing demand while protecting both product quality and the workforce.
The Digital Thread That Ties It All Together
The real power of these solutions comes from the Digital Twin of the process — a seamless thread connecting engineering to operations. Design intent, process simulations, and shop floor execution are tied together, ensuring every instruction, change, and compliance step flows smoothly from planning to production. This delivers maximum quality, agility, and traceability — even in the most complex, high-variant environments. These tools work together to create a highly ergonomic, user-friendly environment where technology serves the operator, bridging the gap between IT and OT to ensure precision, quality, and efficiency.
The best way to understand this isn’t to read about it — it’s to see it. Watch the video now 🎥 to experience how Siemens is transforming digital manufacturing on the shop floor, empowering operators, and proving that smart operations are about more than technology—they’re about people. Consider your own industrial objectives and challenges. How could intelligent workstations and digital continuity redefine your operations?
