- Siemens Xcelerator portfolio enables Daimler Truck to advance
development of innovative technologies for its trucks and
buses
- Next generation product development and lifecycle management
platform to replace wide range of legacy systems as part of
digitalization initiative
PLANO,
Texas, March 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Siemens
Digital Industries Software and Daimler Truck AG today announced a
new collaboration to implement a state-of-the-art digital
engineering platform built using the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio
of software and services. The new platform will enable Daimler
Truck to explore a future of commercial vehicle innovation and the
efficient product development and lifecycle management of trucks
and buses and will be rolled out globally across Daimler Trucks'
engineering hubs, brands and business segments.
"Our decision to expand our relationship with Siemens is driven
by the ambition to create a globally integrated IT and engineering
environment for Daimler Truck. This will help us to leverage the
most advanced technologies to build the future of transportation
and make the business of our customers more successful," said Dr.
Andreas Gorbach, Member of the Board
of Management of Daimler Truck Holding AG, responsible for Truck
Technology. "A unified IT landscape will bring our engineering
activities at Daimler Truck a huge step forward. With a transparent
and efficient end-to-end engineering process enabled by the new
development platform, we are becoming more agile and can improve
our time to market."
The new digital platform will expand Daimler Truck's adoption of
the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio through the implementation of
Teamcenter® software for Product Lifecycle Management (PLM),
extended with Bill of Materials (BOM) management as its future
standard PLM solution. This environment brings together and
integrates the Daimler Truck teams' workflows, systems and their
associated mechanical design, electrical design and simulation
data. This expands upon Daimler Truck's use of solutions from
across the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio, including NX™ software for
product engineering.
Since its establishment as an independent entity, Daimler Truck
has begun a digitalization initiative to migrate away from Daimler
AG legacy systems with the strategic intent to lead sustainable
transportation with intelligent IT innovations. To develop trucks
and buses of the future, Daimler Truck is pursuing a clear
technology strategy where, in a carbon-neutral future, vehicles
will be powered by both electric battery and hydrogen-based drives.
These vehicles are also likely to become more intelligent through
increased digitalization enabling next-level service offerings,
such as autonomous trucking.
"Trucks are the backbone of global supply chains and Siemens
will help Daimler Truck to chart the future of carbon-neutral
transportation," said Cedrik Neike,
Member of the Managing Board of Siemens AG and CEO Digital
Industries. "Daimler Truck will build its carbon-neutral future
using our leading technology platform, using our leading product
engineering, lifecycle management and simulation tools."
Daimler Truck is taking a global platform approach, which means
that the guiding principle of developing key components and vehicle
platforms once and then scaling them globally across brands and
markets is fundamental. To enable this, a cloud-based global
collaboration and common digital engineering system platform is
essential, so Daimler Truck chose Siemens as the technology and
implementation provider to build this next-generation engineering
digital environment.
Daimler Truck AG is one of the world's largest Truck and
Bus manufacturers, with industry leading positions in Europe, North
America and Asia, and with
more than 40 main locations around the globe. With more than
100,000 employees, it unites seven brands under one roof:
Freightliner, Western Star, Thomas Built Buses, Mercedes-Benz,
Setra, BharatBenz and FUSO.
Siemens Digital Industries Software helps organizations
of all sizes digitally transform using software, hardware and
services from the Siemens Xcelerator business platform. Siemens'
software and the comprehensive digital twin enable companies to
optimize their design, engineering and manufacturing processes to
turn today's ideas into the sustainable products of the future.
From chips to entire systems, from product to process, across all
industries, Siemens Digital Industries Software is where today
meets tomorrow.
Note: A list of relevant Siemens trademarks can be found here.
Other trademarks belong to their respective owners
Siemens Digital Industries (DI) is an innovation leader
in automation and digitalization. Closely collaborating with
partners and customers, DI drives the digital transformation in the
process and discrete industries. With its Digital Enterprise
portfolio, DI provides companies of all sizes with an end-to-end
set of products, solutions and services to integrate and digitalize
the entire value chain. Optimized for the specific needs of each
industry, DI's unique portfolio supports customers to achieve
greater productivity and flexibility. DI is constantly adding
innovations to its portfolio to integrate cutting-edge future
technologies. Siemens Digital Industries has its global
headquarters in Nuremberg, Germany, and has around 76,000 employees
internationally.
Siemens AG (Berlin and Munich) is a technology company focused on
industry, infrastructure, transport, and healthcare. From more
resource-efficient factories, resilient supply chains, and smarter
buildings and grids, to cleaner and more comfortable transportation
as well as advanced healthcare, the company creates technology with
purpose adding real value for customers. By combining the real and
the digital worlds, Siemens empowers its customers to transform
their industries and markets, helping them to transform the
everyday for billions of people. Siemens also owns a majority stake
in the publicly listed company Siemens Healthineers, a globally
leading medical technology provider shaping the future of
healthcare. In addition, Siemens holds a minority stake in Siemens
Energy, a global leader in the transmission and generation of
electrical power.
In fiscal 2022, which ended on September
30, 2022, the Siemens Group generated revenue of €72.0
billion and net income of €4.4 billion. As of September 30, 2022, the company had around
311,000 employees worldwide. Further information is available on
the Internet at www.siemens.com.
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