Siemens and Capgemini announced that they are teaming up to develop technologies for designing, manufacturing and operating products that will artificial intelligence (AI) from the very beginning.
The goal of the products, which have been infused with artificial intelligence from the start, is to connect industrial machines with digital technologies for what they collectively call “intelligent manufacturing.”
The two companies, which already work with 100 shared customers in 20 countries, said they are focused on 16 high-impact areas that can deliver results in manufacturing efficiency, time to market, quality and sustainability.
They said they will combine Siemens' industrial software, automation, electrification and sustainability products with Capgemini's engineering, industry knowledge and experience in business transformation projects.
The joint collaboration targets the aerospace, automotive and life sciences industries, as well as emerging markets such as hydrogen and wastewater treatment.
In the UK this year It was announced that the two firms would collaborate on a river quality monitoring service. with a non-profit organization Additive catchments. The latter's watershed monitoring as a service uses sensors in rivers that feed AI-powered data and information into a cloud-based software platform used by water companies, environmental regulators and even the public.
Under the 10-year agreement, Capgemini creates the service and Siemens provides the digital infrastructure.
Regarding the so-called deepening AI technology partnership between Siemens and Capgemini, Cedric Nake, CEO of Siemens' Digital Industries division, said: “For our customers, Capgemini is like a compass, deeply familiar with our customers' challenges and ambitions. Siemens provides the engine: technologies such as industrial artificial intelligence, digital twins and automation.”
In a joint statement, they named Airbus, pharmaceutical firm Sanofi and French metals company GravitHy as clients benefiting from their collaboration.
As for Airbus, the company said it is working to decarbonize four industrial sites in the UK and US. Siemens technologies will reportedly help Airbus achieve its goals of reducing energy consumption by 20% and reducing stationary Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 85% by 2030 using the energy system. digital twins.
Capgemini is supporting this initiative by providing consulting and project management. How recently reported in Computer WeeklySiemens is exploring the benefits of digital twins for integrators and users of robots and industrial equipment.
For Sanofi, Siemens and Capgemini are involved in the pharmaceutical firm's implementation of manufacturing execution systems, a program that uses generative artificial intelligence to replace paper batch records with digital ones, reportedly reducing inspection time by 70%.
As for GravitHy, the French metals company, Capgemini and Siemens said they are digitizing industrial processes, in part to better address the complex challenges of the energy transition, aiming to reduce hydrogen production costs by 10%.
Ayman Ezzat, CEO of Capgemini Group, added: “As a leader in bridging the gap between the physical and digital worlds, we are enabling clients to rapidly transform their engineering and manufacturing operations. This strengthened partnership underscores our shared commitment to building industrial artificial intelligence and smart manufacturing that is future-ready.”
