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Siemens is on the pulse of groundbreaking innovations. In step with that objective, the Thought Leadership Team at Siemens Digital Industry Software provides podcasts, blogs, articles and white papers based on the knowledge of engineers and experts in their field. We discuss what Siemens is doing in many industries while forecasting the landscape of innovative technologies.

Our team focuses on emerging technologies in the next two to five years that Siemens is investing in and for which we are developing solutions.

Featured posts

Understanding your whole factory with the comprehensive digital twin

December 26, 2024

Goals such as quality assurance, cost reduction, and waste mitigation have encouraged many manufacturers to begin their digital transformation journeys….

By Bianca Ward
3 MIN READ

Building your digital twin

December 19, 2024

Many manufacturers have begun their digital transformation journeys to achieve goals such as quality assurance, cost reduction, and waste mitigation….

By Bianca Ward
3 MIN READ

Staying competitive with IT/OT convergence

December 12, 2024

For decades, manufacturing has had to evolve to accommodate a myriad of challenges like labor shortages and supply chain disruptions….

By Bianca Ward
4 MIN READ

Latest posts

High-tech sports equipment: what do consumers want?

February 11, 2019

The sporting goods market is undergoing a major technological disruption: smart products are changing the way consumers and elite athletes interact with once seemingly simple products.

Tec…

By Suzanne Kopcha
3 MIN READ

A new digital transformation strategy can fuel innovation

February 6, 2019

While there’s a select group of companies that invent new products and introduce bold new ideas on a regular basis—these organizations are referred to as “first movers” or “fast innovators”—the reali…

By daniel-k
3 MIN READ

Condition-based maintenance: a boost against the competition

February 4, 2019

To compete in today’s global economy, businesses are searching for potential advantages that won’t cost them an arm and a leg, or even a new engine.
A growing number of industries—from marine com…

By senthil-kumar
3 MIN READ

How can companies use artificial intelligence technology?

January 31, 2019

Artificial intelligence technology is about collecting vast amounts of data from devices around the world and making sense out of it. Data is only useful, though, if you can do something with it. Art…

By Steve Hartman
< 1 MIN READ

Cars, mobility, chip-to-city design and the iPhone 4

January 31, 2019

 
What’s the big deal with cars and computer chips? There are regular rumblings about carmakers wanting to be more involved in the development of semiconductor chips for some of the high perfo…

By Andrew Macleod
6 MIN READ

How heavy equipment manufacturers can conquer cost challenges

January 28, 2019

Heavy equipment manufacturers are feeling the squeeze.

Tariffs on steel and aluminum are impacting their ability to meet new customer demands. One manufacturing expert described the situat…

By Rahul Garg
3 MIN READ

New technology in industry is creating a platform economy

January 23, 2019

Twenty years ago, product-centric companies dominated a list of the most valuable companies in the world. The list was a Who’s Who of automotive, manufacturing, oil and gas, and brick-and-mortar reta…

By Frank_Fang
4 MIN READ

Procurement’s role in lowering product development costs

January 21, 2019

Procurement professionals are constantly looking for ways to lower product development costs, reduce maverick spend and SKUs, increase contract compliance and inventory turns and lower working capita…

By Steven--H
4 MIN READ

Cloud-based simulation can simplify automation complexity

January 17, 2019

Today’s digital tools and technologies deliver incredible opportunities to manufacturers, but they also introduce enormous complexities into production processes.

Over the years, digital s…

By GilC
4 MIN READ