ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 10 September 2019—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces the publication of an eBook titled “Generative Engineering: Driving Business Innovation via Simulation-Driven and AI-Driven Systems Design.”
With the exponential increase in the use of software and electronics in providing new product features and functionality, the complexity of cyber-physical products and systems continues to increase dramatically. These “smart products” now function as “systems of systems” within the context of the Industrial IoT. As such, companies can no longer develop innovative new products with traditional stage-gate design processes working across disconnected silos of engineering knowledge and data (mechanical, electrical/electronics, embedded software, controls, manufacturing, etc.).
At the same time, rapidly emerging IT capabilities and functional performance simulation tools leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms to enable machine learning/deep learning hold great promise to revolutionize the way that complex systems engineering is done. This will help deliver the business value promised by enterprise digitalization initiatives.
To support systems complexity and achieve business value, Siemens has expanded upon the 3D geometry-centric Generative Design concept by enabling a requirements-driven and system-level digital engineering approach encompassing the functional, logical, and physical design dimensions of multi-domain systems engineering leveraging world-class systems modeling and simulation technologies augmented by state-of-the-art algorithmic and artificial intelligence-based technologies—what Siemens calls Generative Engineering.
The eBook introduces the key concepts of the generative engineering approach, the potential application domains, and the promised business benefits. It includes an outline of the foundational elements necessary to successfully implement a generative engineering strategy and highlights the integrated suite of PLM solutions provided by Siemens as illuminated by several real-world customer applications.
According to Mr. Peter Bilello, CIMdata President and CEO, “Given the rapid rise of smart, connected systems in our world and today’s rapidly advancing digital engineering technologies, companies must be able to create, manage, and leverage their digital assets more effectively across all engineering domains and throughout the entire product lifecycle.”
Mr. Don Tolle, CIMdata Executive Consultant, notes “The Siemens generative engineering approach supports enterprise digital transformation via integrated, cross-domain product development technologies that enable predictive insight for product performance and the ability to optimize system, subsystem, and component-level designs vs. lifecycle requirements including manufacturing and in-service operations (i.e., digital twins)."
To find out more and to download the eBook on “Generative Engineering: Driving Business Innovation via Simulation-Driven and AI-Driven Systems Design”, visit www.CIMdata.com.
