“Digital and automation solutions proved themselves during this crisis. Companies that had already invested in digitalization were better equipped to handle the new requirements, such as quickly scaling back production, for example in the automotive industry, or ramping up production, such as in the pharmaceutical sector. In future, these technologies will also ensure that companies can react particularly effectively to crisis situations and changing market requirements because they can adjust their production quickly and flexibly,” explains Klaus Helmrich, Member of the Board of Siemens AG and CEO Digital Industries. “This flexibility is also the next step toward autonomous production processes.”
Siemens is therefore integrating future technologies such as artificial intelligence, edge computing and cloud technologies, additive manufacturing or industrial 5G into its Digital Enterprise portfolio and helping industrial companies to work under these new conditions and to meet the requirements of today and tomorrow. Klaus Helmrich: “No company can meet the current challenges on their own. It's all the more important that industrial companies act in ecosystems. All stakeholders - developers, users, partners and integrators - can bring their own strengths and thus increase the value of these ecosystems.”