{"id":4432,"date":"2021-05-28T13:11:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-28T17:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/tecnomatix\/?p=4432"},"modified":"2026-03-26T07:04:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T11:04:27","slug":"benefits-of-the-digital-thread-for-consumer-packaged-goods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/tecnomatix\/benefits-of-the-digital-thread-for-consumer-packaged-goods\/","title":{"rendered":"Benefits of the digital thread for consumer packaged goods"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>This is the third in a series of blogs where we discuss the requirement for detailed manufacturing engineering and operations orchestration in the industry today and the potential benefits that can be realized by utilizing digital manufacturing solutions.<\/em><br>&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Digital manufacturing is crucial for responding to customer demands and increasing consumer loyalty. Siemens Digital Industries Software helps consumer packaged goods (CPG) manufacturers react quickly to demanding market requirements with a new level of flexibility, scale and speed.<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>As discussed in the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/tecnomatix\/manufacturing-matters-digital-manufacturing-that-is\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">first blog<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;and <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/tecnomatix\/continuity-of-the-digital-thread-in-manufacturing\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">second blog<\/span><\/a> in the series, digital manufacturing underpins the union of manufacturing engineering and manufacturing operations and is the basis for digital continuity between innovative product designs and best-in-class performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/05\/CPG-blog-image-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Closed loop formulation\" class=\"wp-image-4584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/05\/CPG-blog-image-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/05\/CPG-blog-image-600x338.png 600w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/05\/CPG-blog-image-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/05\/CPG-blog-image-900x506.png 900w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/05\/CPG-blog-image.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This post by Filip Schiettecat focuses on the formulated product industries and how the digital thread helps CPG manufacturers deal with the challenges of today\u2019s industry environment.<br>&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/opcenter\/benefits-of-the-digital-thread-in-cpg-manufacturing\/\">Read the full blog here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212;&#8211;<br>Siemens, with its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sw.siemens.com\/en-US\/portfolio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Xcelerator<\/span><\/a>\u2122 portfolio of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.plm.automation.siemens.com\/global\/en\/our-story\/glossary\/digital-manufacturing\/13157\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">digital manufacturing<\/span><\/a> software, is helping manufacturers connect and enrich the digital thread from design to execution and beyond. This not only helps to relieve the pressures of today but also helps to establish the required foundation for tomorrow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212;&#8211;<em><br>Subsequent blogs in this series will focus on the key values of digital manufacturing and how they can be achieved, covering topics like model-based manufacturing and model-based quality, the holistic digital twin and the factory of tomorrow.<br><\/em>&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&gt;<\/strong>&nbsp;You might also like these blog posts by Zvi Feuer on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/opcenter\/manufacturing-2021-perspectives-on-the-year-ahead\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">manufacturing<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/opcenter\/emerging-manufacturing-technologies-to-watch-in-2021\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">emerging technologies<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;in 2021.<br><strong>&gt;<\/strong>&nbsp;Learn more about our Digital Manufacturing solutions for&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/siemens.com\/tecnomatix\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">engineering<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.plm.automation.siemens.com\/global\/en\/products\/manufacturing-operations-center\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">operations<\/span><\/a>.<br><strong>&gt;<\/strong>&nbsp;You can&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/trials.sw.siemens.com\/tecnomatix\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">try our Digital Manufacturing software for free<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the third in a series of blogs where we discuss the requirement for detailed manufacturing engineering and operations&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58139,"featured_media":4584,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spanish_translation":"","french_translation":"","german_translation":"","italian_translation":"","polish_translation":"","japanese_translation":"","chinese_translation":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[531,31,523],"industry":[119],"product":[423],"coauthors":[533],"class_list":["post-4432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-digital-manufacturing","tag-digital-twin","tag-opcenter","industry-consumer-products-retail","product-tecnomatix"],"featured_image_url":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/05\/CPG-blog-image.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/tecnomatix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/tecnomatix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/tecnomatix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/tecnomatix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/58139"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/tecnomatix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4432"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/tecnomatix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4432\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4589,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/tecnomatix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4432\/revisions\/4589"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/tecnomatix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/tecnomatix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/tecnomatix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/tecnomatix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4432"},{"taxonomy":"industry","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/tecnomatix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/industry?post=4432"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/tecnomatix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=4432"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/tecnomatix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=4432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}