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Dassault Systèmes announced that Renault Group is leveraging the data science capabilities of Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE platform to understand the increase of raw material prices and model the most relevant optimization scenarios to reduce the impact on vehicle production costs.  The deployment of a cost intelligence solution extends Renault Group’s use of the 3DEXPERIENCE platform on the cloud from design and engineering to the strategic business functions of costing and purchasing, enabling these new users to contribute to the car manufacturer’s technological and digital transformation. Access to data-driven, actionable insights that are projected on the virtual twin of a vehicle offers them innovative ways to balance vehicle design with business. Competitive automotive manufacturers must balance sustainability with regulatory requirements as well as inflation. Highly volatile raw material prices due to armed conflicts, health crises, climate change, consumer demands and other global factors make it difficult to ensure a return on investment when aligning the price of

Ericsson and Ooredoo Qatar are providing Artificial Intelligence (AI) solutions on top of trusted Microsoft cloud in the country. The deployment of Ericsson Cognitive Software optimizes 5G user experiences for seamless connectivity. Ericsson’s new optimization solution uses digital twin technology and advanced AI techniques like deep reinforcement learning to analyze the Radio Access Network (RAN) to proactively provide mobile network optimization recommendations and resolve specific network performance issues, enabling a superior subscriber experience, while reducing operating costs. Thani Al Malki, Chief Business Officer at Ooredoo Qatar, says: “The substantial efforts deployed by Qatar’s telecommunications industry over the years have culminated in this major milestone where, together with Ericsson, we are working to provide the best next-generation 5G connectivity experience possible to millions of people. This will enable our customers to enjoy remarkably high network speeds, low latency, and large data capacity.” Ericsson technologies and solutions will enable Ooredoo Qatar to offer and facilitate a multitude

DXC Technology will support ContiTech, one of Continental Group’s three sectors, to digitally transform its global IT applications. Through the recently signed six-year deal, DXC will deliver transformational SAP S/4HANA services to build the digital backbone for ContiTech’s mission-critical business systems covering 172 locations in 40 countries across the globe. ContiTech develops, manufactures and markets environmentally friendly, multi-material, smart industrial and service solutions that make mining, railway engineering, automotive and other important industries safer and more convenient. ContiTech today runs its operations on more than a dozen different legacy SAP systems. Through the agreement, DXC will draw on its global SAP expertise and industry knowhow, to enable ContiTech to implement a single, integrated SAP S/4HANA platform for its global business. As a result, ContiTech will transform processes across manufacturing, supply chain, logistics, finance and procurement, while generating companywide data insight. ContiTech will benefit from new levels of process standardization and optimization, helping

Plex by Rockwell Automation, a leader in cloud-delivered smart manufacturing solutions, announced that automotive supplier Futaba North America Group (FNA) has selected the Plex Smart Manufacturing Platform as a state-of-the-art, complete and integrated manufacturing and business solution to run their North American operations. The multiyear contract will see the full suite of Plex cloud-based solutions rolled out in locations across the US, with Plex Professional Services to support the multi-site implementation. FNA sought the expertise of a single provider with automotive experience, where Plex has a deep history and domain expertise. The Plex solutions will help improve FNA’s real time inventory management, complex planning and reporting, and data visibility and connectivity across its production, supply chain, and business operations. FNA’s plan to standardize on Plex SaaS-based solutions to optimize their enterprise is targeted to improve scrap rates, labor productivity, and lower overhead costs. FNA also noted Plex’s outstanding security rating and uptime as key

LTIMindtree, a global technology consulting and digital solutions company, today announced a multi-year engagement that enables Criteo, the commerce media company, to enhance its business agility, IT service quality, and scalability. As part of the engagement, LTIMindtree provides end-to-end IT services to support Criteo’s global operations across all functions. This includes supporting Criteo’s Microsoft Azure Cloud environment, developing a unified data platform, and providing end-user services for its service desk, field, device engineering and Enterprise Service Management. “Enabling Criteo with modern IT systems and capabilities remains a key priority in this fast-moving business environment,” said Beatrice Mabille, VP Internal IT, Criteo. “We look forward to our continued strategic partnership with LTIMindtree.” “We are excited to be a part of Criteo’s business journey as its first-ever strategic IT outsourcing partner,” said Sudhir Chaturvedi, President and Executive Board Member, LTIMindtree. “A successful first year of our engagement has further validated the power of our industry-leading domain and

Infor®, the industry cloud company, announced that nVent, a global leader in electrical connection and protection solutions, has completed the first phase of its Infor M3 CloudSuite deployment in Europe, led by Infor and its partner Columbus, a global IT cloud consultancy. This project is part of a multi-year digital transformation of capabilities, business processes and technology solutions all focused on enhancing digital end-to-end customer journey, making it frictionless and easy for customers to do business with nVent. nVent is focusing on four strategic pillars in its digital transformation: digitizing go-to-market, digitizing operations, data platform and analytics capabilities, and innovating through connected solutions and software-enabled products. nVent’s partnership with Infor and Columbus is a key piece of the digitize operations pillar. Becoming a 100% cloud company and modernizing its ERP are critical pieces of making sure the operations side of the company is ready to support a seamless customer journey. nVent rolled

The University of Augsburg and CADENAS are working together on an assistance system for engineering which is supported by Artificial Intelligence The University of Ausgburg and CADENAS are part of the research project KOGNIA in order to develop an assistance system for Computer Aided Design (CAD), supported by Artificial Intelligence (AI). The researchers are taking advantage of the resemblence of CAD to the human language. The research project KOGNIA was founded to support designing processes by AI and machine learning. Sponsored by the Bavarian State Ministry of Economic Affairs, Regional Development and Energy, researchers of the Institute for Software & Systems Engineering (ISSE) at the University of Augsburg and employees of CADENAS are working on an AI-supported assistance system for CAD. Theory and practice The project’s aim is to reuse knowledge and solutions from earlier constructions for new use cases. “When a company designs a product, for instance a smartphone, for the first time, the construction plan is

Infor®, the industry cloud company, announced that Scandi Standard has chosen Infor CloudSuite Food & Beverage to consolidate and standardize its core processes such as purchasing, processing, logistics and finance. The suite will be delivered as a multi-tenant cloud solution powered by Amazon Web Services (AWS). Scandi Standard is a leading producer of chilled, frozen, and ready-made chicken products in the Nordics and Ireland, as well as selling eggs in Norway. In its production, Scandi Standard cares about the highest standards for quality, innovation, and sustainability. Scandi Standard has operations in five countries and sales in over 40 through subsidiaries such as Danpo, Den Stolte Hane, Kronfågel, Manor Farm and Naapurin Maalaiskana. Scandi Standard's existing business systems lacked the industry adaptation needed to ensure that the ERP (enterprise resource planning) solution could support all core processes in a harmonized way within the group and contribute to further increasing the ability and pace of change

Hewlett Packard Enterprise announced that TOPPAN FORMS CO., LTD., a leading global provider of data print services and business process outsourcing headquartered in Japan, has selected the HPE GreenLake edge-to-cloud platform to create a scalable, secure, and agile services infrastructure that will grow with its business. Headquartered in Japan and established in 1965, TOPPAN FORMS is a leader in the business forms industry. It offers a range of secure print services to businesses from traditional offerings such as financial statement printing to more complex digital options, including electronic statements and payment services. Its Data Print Service (DPS) offering has grown to nearly 50% of its information processing business, and as demands from clients become more sophisticated, the company needed a scalable infrastructure that could respond quickly in a secure and agile manner while avoiding overprovisioning. HPE GreenLake gives TOPPAN FORMS the flexibility to offer on-demand resources that scale up and down instantly according to need.

Sandvik has acquired 95% of the shares in the Irish based company PMT Premier Machine Tools Limited (“PMT”), a well-established solutions provider to medical customers in Ireland, with full coverage of machines, tools and services. The company will be reported within Seco, a division within Sandvik Manufacturing and Machining Solutions.  “The acquisition of PMT fits well with our strategy to strengthen our position in the fast-growing area of medical. Together with PMT, Sandvik will be able to offer complete machining solutions to the medical segment”, says Stefan Widing, CEO and President of Sandvik.  PMT has through its strong partnerships the ability to deliver tailored machining solutions and services to its customers. The broad portfolio of services and know-how encompass the full machining process in medical, from design to verification, expanding Seco’s offer from products to full solutions and services. “PMT provides additional capabilities for Sandvik to grow within the medical segment, bringing strong relationships with key