Siemens Recognizes Customers Exemplifying Digitalization at its 2016 Automation Summit
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Manufacturers recognized for demonstration of cutting-edge
innovations from building autos to brewing beer and distilling whiskey
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Siemens Automation Summit convenes manufacturing experts to discuss
opportunities for industrial enterprises using technology and software
At the 2016 Automation Summit in Las Vegas, Siemens announced winners of
its 11th annual Customer Excellence Awards (CEA). Since 2006,
the CEA’s have recognized the achievements of Siemens’ customers and
partners who have exemplified superior business practices using Siemens
technologies and solutions. Past award winners include small, mid and
large scale companies representing everything from a sugar refinery to a
fertilizer manufacturer to an oil and gas company. The awards provide an
opportunity to shine a spotlight on companies demonstrating their
leadership and innovation in leveraging software and hardware to
successfully automate and digitalize their manufacturing operations.
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Siemens Automation Summit Customer Excellence Awards
“Manufacturers are looking for new ways to get to market faster while
increasing quality, efficiency and flexibility,” says Raj Batra,
president of Digital Factory, U.S. “The answer can be found in
technologies that bring together the real and virtual worlds of product
design, production design and all phases of the manufacturing process.
Our annual user conference is a great venue for Siemens customers to
network and share experiences on their transformation to digitalization
and the Customer Excellence Awards allow Siemens to recognize the
accomplishments of our customers.”
Siemens 2016 Customer Excellence Award winners include:
Ford Motor Company, an American multinational auto manufacturer
headquartered in Dearborn, Mich. met with Siemens because the
company wanted to gain engineering efficiency with concentrated support
of a single automation platform. Ford was seeking a technology partner
to support a global engineering structure, especially with more
expertise in the powertrain environment. Ford’s goal was a complete IP65
Distributed Controls package to reduce its footprint of production lines
and ultimately provide better line of sight and reduction of traditional
control cabinets.
Working with Siemens, Ford drove IP65 hardware development and standard
architectures allowing seamless distributed control and easy
re-balancing of its production lines. Ford created global standards for
hardware and software in more than 30 of its manufacturing facilities
which allows for standardized training for both the engineering and
maintenance workforce. In addition, Ford Motor Company’s collaborative
and focused efforts have resulted in Ford Powertrain deploying a
successful customized global learning program complete with
performance-based objectives, customized curriculum, plant-matched
equipment simulators, and a better prepared maintenance staff.
Constellation Brands, an international maker and marketer of
wines, beer and spirits, headquartered in Victor, N.Y., sought to expand
the capacity at their brewery in Piedras Negras, Mexico to meet the
growing demand in the US market for their Corona, Modelo Especial and
other beers.
They partnered with Siemens to supply the automation platforms for all
areas of the state-of-the-art brewery through various OEMs and partner
channels realizing both engineering and operational efficiencies. The
project included a wide range of components from Totally Integrated
Automation, including Simatic PLCs, PCS7, HMI Panels, SCADA software,
industrial networks, LV VFDs, motor control centers and motors, process
instrumentation and associated industrial services. The first 2 phases
of the expansion were completed ahead of schedule with additional phases
in progress.
Jack Daniel Distillery, a producer of Tennessee Whiskey, located
in Lynchburg, Tenn. is the top selling American whiskey in the world.
Jack Daniel’s was experiencing an increase in demand for its offering,
so the company took steps to ensure it could efficiently increase
production to meet the rising demand at the Lynchburg facility. Jack
Daniel’s decided to first upgrade the computers and operator interface
on the existing distillery to Siemens PCS
7 APACS+ OS to improve the reliability, performance and
functionality. Jack Daniel’s then built a new distillery to provide
additional production capacity while also providing flexibility for the
future. The implementation of the PCS 7 Simatic
batch and Route
Control, by Siemens certified solution partner Cross Corp. of
Knoxville, Tenn, provides more transparency, simplifies changes and
increases production flexibility to develop new recipes and products.
The use of the Siemens preconfigured SiVaaS virtualized computer system
architecture reduces system maintenance while supporting future
expansion. The addition of wireless mobile clients empowers the
operators by providing the production information while in the field to
make real-time decisions. The production process in the new facility
supports repeatable and reliable production, providing a high quality
product with more throughput for the entire process. The system reports
help provide the critical information to the process, maintenance and
production teams which helps them further optimize the process.
The 2016 Automation Summit, with more than 60 breakout sessions led by
Siemens customers and partners and 14 hands-on training sessions, was a
user-based conference with more than 600 participants and focused on
“Community. Experiences. Productivity.” The event is led by two Siemens
divisions in the U.S. – Digital Factory and Process Industries and
Drives.
Siemens Digital Factory offers a comprehensive portfolio of
seamlessly integrated hardware, software and technology-based services
in order to support manufacturing companies worldwide in enhancing the
flexibility and efficiency of their manufacturing processes and reducing
the time to market of their products.
Siemens Process Industries and Drives helps its customers
increase productivity, safety, reliability, efficiency and
time-to-market for plants and processes with innovative, integrated
technology across the entire lifecycle.
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digitalization. One of the world’s largest producers of
energy-efficient, resource-saving technologies, Siemens is a leading
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medical diagnosis. With approximately 348,000 employees in more than 190
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