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IT-empowered automation

Adaptive manufacturing

Speed up your transformation from well-automated manufacturing to highly adaptive, flexible manufacturing. Accelerate IT and OT convergence to unlock valuable data across product and production, make smarter decisions and quickly adapt to changing customer demands and market dynamics.

Jumpstart your growth

Explore our adaptive manufacturing solutions and move from automated to fully flexible and smart manufacturing.

7.9 M

Unfilled manufacturing jobs

7.9 million manufacturing jobs may not be filled in 2030 due to a gap in workforce talent. (Korn/Ferry)

12%

Gain in labor productivity

Manufacturers anticipate the industrial metaverse could lead to a 12% gain in labor productivity. (Deloitte)

70%

Implementing IT/OT convergence

70% of surveyed manufacturers use data analytics and cloud computing, and nearly half use IoT sensors, devices and systems. These technologies are foundational to the industrial metaverse. (Deloitte)

Future-forward investments with real-time profitability

Leverage proven IT, software and AI on top of your OT. Achieve efficient software-defined automation and adaptive data-driven production that lays the foundation to deploying autonomous systems and the industrial metaverse.

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Flexible and scalable

Embrace flexible IT-like automation solutions that use the latest tech: edge, industrial IoT, low code and AI. Fully integrate IT abilities and software development into industrial automation to scale at the speed of relevancy.

Easy integration and interoperability

Benefit from open technologies and interoperable solutions that make IT/OT integration easy and flexible. Unlock the full potential of data across product and production lifecycles, including the supply chain and partner network.

Open ecosystem

Easily build on your TIA (Totally Integrated Automation) or your third-party automation systems. Discover an open ecosystem of vendors and solution offerings that cater to your manufacturing needs and extend Siemens' offerings.

Integrated solutions

Find your adaptive manufacturing use case

Explore our solutions to find the tools you need to achieve your objectives. Created to address the core use cases companies face when becoming more adaptive, you'll find a world of seamlessly integrated and interoperable products.

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Start fast — connect your machines quickly and easily

Discover how to connect your old, new, Siemens branded and third-party machines. Make smarter decisions with data.

Case studies

Creating high precision machines

Company: ficonTEC

Intro: As a special purpose machine manufacturer, ficonTEC needs to deliver maximum precision, efficiency and high-quality products: "In one of our use cases, we were actually able to improve quality and increase throughput by about 18 percent using AI and Industrial Edge," states Colin Dankwart, Domain Leader Machine Learning at ficonTEC Service GmbH.

Learn more about adaptive manufacturing

Our adaptive manufacturing solutions fall into Siemens' Industrial Operations X portfolio, which is focused on IT/OT convergence on the shop floor. It integrates IT capabilities and proven software development methods into automation, including machine learning and data analytics for adaptability.

Connecting the dots with Industrial Edge

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Connecting the dots with Industrial Edge

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One connectivity: Bridging OT and IT for seamless data exchange

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Transforming automation at the speed of software

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