ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA 4 February 2022—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces the release of an eBook titled “Maximizing Business Performance with A Production Digital Twin” describing issues within production processes for consumer-packaged goods (CPG) and how Siemens leverages its Xcelerator portfolio to improve the processes through the creation and use of a production digital twin.
To survive, CPG companies must deliver safe products that delight customers in a low margin, highly competitive market. High-speed, flexible production lines must be designed, configured, commissioned, and operated as effectively as possible for companies to meet consumer expectations while achieving their ROI requirements. The growing complexity of products and required product lines is driving a digitalization trend within the CPG industry.
Digitalization, digital thread, and digital twin have become well-understood concepts to improve innovation processes across the product lifecycle. Modeling, simulation, and IoT capabilities have grown in sophistication to the point that they can represent equipment, lines, and even factories with enough fidelity so that design and operations staff can make reliable decisions before products and production facilities physically exist. Mr. Tom Gill, CIMdata Senior Consultant and PLM Enterprise Value and Integration Program Manager, noted, “The products within Siemens’ Xcelerator portfolio such as Simcenter, NX, Line Design, Factory Design, Teamcenter, and Mindsphere enable engineers and operations staff to create and execute digital twins to simulate operations helping ensure fast, effective product launches and equipment commissioning. By doing this work on models rather than physical lines, better outcomes are achieved at lower cost and shorter timespans.”
The CIMdata eBook on Siemens approach to Maximizing Business Performance with A Production Digital Twin is available at: www.CIMdata.com.
