{"id":3459,"date":"2020-04-06T15:27:54","date_gmt":"2020-04-06T19:27:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/thought-leadership\/?p=3459"},"modified":"2026-03-26T12:03:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T16:03:19","slug":"the-time-for-innovation-is-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/thought-leadership\/the-time-for-innovation-is-now\/","title":{"rendered":"The time for innovation is now"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Your manufacturing business can do more than just survive the economic consequences of the corona virus. It can come out stronger.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the Coronavirus pandemic brings\nextreme changes to our daily lives and an unknown impact going forward, we have\na unique opportunity to see past the despair to a better future. If we let it,\nthis crisis can provide each country with an opportunity to rethink how and\nwhere they manufacture essential products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 As early as February\nof this year, automakers were warning of production slowdowns at factories in\nthe US, Japan, Britain, and Europe resulting from part shortages caused by\nfactory closures in China\u2019s Hubei province. Pharmaceutical and high-tech\ncompanies were next to sound the alarm. Similar\nproduction disruptions will affect nearly all industry sectors, if they aren\u2019t\nalready. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

These disruptions can be seen as a call to manufacturers to\ntake control of their destiny. At this time, we must:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maintain critical production. <\/strong>Even in states in the\nUS with \u201cStay at Home\u201d orders, much manufacturing is considered critical,\nincluding materials and products needed for medical supply chains,\ntransportation, energy, communications, food and agriculture, chemical\nmanufacturing, and so on. We at Siemens are online and operational and ready to\nhelp you in these efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Refocus on the opportunity. <\/strong>The pandemic and the\nresultant supply chain disruptions strengthen the rationale for bringing\nmanufacturing jobs back from low-costs regions of the globe. Known as\n\u201creshoring,\u201d these efforts originated to return high-paying jobs to countries\nthat off-shored them. I believe the current supply chain disruptions caused by\nthe months-long closures of Chinese factories further strengthen the rationale\nfor reshoring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Be alert to opportunities, possibly some you never expected,\nto help address the pandemic. Siemens, for example, is making our Additive\nManufacturing (AM) Network<\/a> and 3D printers available to the global medical\ncommunity to speed design and production of medical components. Doctors,\nhospitals and organizations in need of medical devices as well as designers and\nservice providers with medically certified printing capacities can register for\nfree access to the Network, where Siemens designers and engineers will answer\ndesign requests and help convert designs into printable files. What\ncompetencies and production capabilities can your company offer at this\ncritical time?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Come out stronger. <\/strong>Digitization technology is a game\nchanger for re-industrializing the west. A digitalized manufacturing process\ndramatically improves production efficiency to the point that cost advantages\nof off-shore production diminish so that off-shoring is no longer the norm.\nBeyond that, digitalization enables revolutionary manufacturing technologies\nsuch as advanced robotics and additive manufacturing that strengthen a\ncompany\u2019s competitive position. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our priority at this time is the wellbeing of our employees, customers and communities\u2014but we also are thinking ahead about moving beyond this current crisis and are optimistic that we can use what we\u2019re learning to drive change in manufacturing and into a future where we\u2019re not only surviving but also thriving.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

About the author:<\/strong>
Zvi Feuer <\/em>is the Senior VP, Manufacturing Solutions, Siemens Digital Industries Software in Israel. Experienced Manufacturing Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the computer software industry. Strong engineering professional skilled in Business Process, Product Lifecycle Management, Sales, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), and Go-to-market Strategy. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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