Pareekh JainHow are enterprises leveraging EIIR providers for Industry 4.0? (Deals/Contracts/ Partnerships)
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LTTS is setting up a greenfield food manufacturing plant for a global consumer goods firm. The project is expected to be completed over a period of two years.
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For an industrial automation company, LTTS won a deal to develop IoT firmware for next generation motor drives and controllers.
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TCS is selected by a leading American multinational confectionery, food, and beverage company, to improve the security infrastructure across its plants. TCS will standardize the current security landscape and provide IoT-based remediation services to minimize vulnerabilities and reduce plant down time.
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TCS is selected by a leading American chemical conglomerate, for improving their plant safety by leveraging IoT-based TCS Digifleet solution that enables real-time tracking of vehicle movement and safety compliance within their facilities.
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TCS is chosen by a leading Industrial Air Filtration (IAF) company, as its strategic partner of choice to design, build and deploy their IoT Platform-based Connected Solutions program for Condition Monitoring, Predictive Maintenance and Automated Service Ordering & Predictive Analytics to facilitate better services to their end customers based on real-time data & business insights, and improve their product capabilities and designs.
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Dassault Systemes becomes Groupe PSA‘s digital partner. Dassault Systemes and Groupe PSA’s strategic partnership focuses on deploying the 3DEXPERIENCE platform that will be used as a key innovation enabler across the automaker’s activities.
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Lonza selects Rockwell Automation for digital transformation of pharmaceutical operations. Lonza to use PharmaSuite MES software, along with FactoryTalk InnovationSuite to accelerate paperless, 24/7 production of cutting-edge capsules.
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AF received a new assignment from Arla Foods in Denmark for project planning of a new production facility.
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AF is awarded a bioproduct mill pre-engineering project for Metsä Fibre, part of Metsä Group, in Kemi. It is the biggest planned investment in Nordic’s pulp & paper industry.
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Wipro gets a 5 year deal from Montreal International airport operator ADM. IoT is also part of the deal.
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Trinsic strikes a 5 year IoT deal with Vodafone IoT to connect Volvo Cars in UK.
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Infosys is selected by Toyota Material Handling North America (TMHNA) for providing cloud-based IoT and telematics product. As the development partner for TMHNA Global Telematics Solution (GTS), Infosys will enable remote monitoring and diagnostic capabilities including vehicle access control, system maintenance, condition sensing and location tracking. Infosys will help TMHNA draw insights from collected data to provide better service and improve after sales experience for consumers in the forklift industry.
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Cognizant helped MG Motor in connected car and implementation of SAP enterprise applications ( ERP, MES among others).
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Tieto will help Glaston increasing digitalization and automation in its production, down to fully automated production lines.
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Pankaboard Oy chooses Tieto for MES solution.
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Capgemini’s Industrial IoT solution connects machines, manufacturing operations and people across BHGE’s Italian sites. Transformed shop floor processes and manufacturing execution system have enabled the BHGE TPS business to achieve productivity gains and prevent valuable machine downtime.
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CENIT implemented the 3DEXPERIENCE platform by Dassault Systèmes- including cenitSPIN Product Suite for easy-to-use, customer-specific adapt at Tajco, a premium tailpipes manufacturer for the global automotive industry with a staff of more than 1,200 employees.
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V-ZUG, Swiss maker of premium household appliances, has partnered with CENIT AG to pursue its plans for bidirectional integration of the 3DEXPERIENCE platform by Dassault Systèmes and SAP S/4HANA platform.
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CraneTagz, emerged from collaboration between Accenture and Chevron, increases workers’ awareness of heavy equipment, including crane and forklift operations, providing visual and audio alerts to operators and workers who get too close to these hazards. Using ultra-wideband tracking (UWB) technology, CraneTagz determines the position of a worker wearing a special badge with an accuracy of six inches. Telemetry sensors also determine the position of crane loads to ensure safe work distances.
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SATS, Asia’s leading food solutions and gateway services provider, and Dassault Systèmes have successfully implemented the world’s first digital twin experience of a central kitchen to enhance SATS’ in-flight kitchen operations. As the growth in commercial airline passenger travel continues to soar, SATS selected Dassault Systèmes as a technology partner to help identify new ways to boost efficiency and minimize food waste, for a more sustainable approach to its operations.
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PTC Vuforia enables GlobalFoundries to use AR experiences to capture expert knowledge and reduce onboarding times by up to 50%. GF has implemented Vuforia to digitize standard operating procedures (SOPs) for training manuals and maintenance processes, improve remote expert assistance, and construct digital twins for powering AI engines.
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BID Group, a global leader in the forest products industry, will leverage PTC’s ThingWorx® Industrial Internet of Things platform to develop BID Group’s next generation predictive analytics product. The digitally connected offering, “OPER8”, is being designed to enable lumber mills to maximize productivity, increase throughput, and improve overall reliability of the manufacturing process via real-time data analytics and a rich array of production reporting.
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Penumbra has selected Siemens Opcenter Execution Medical Device and Diagnostics (formerly known as Camstar Medical Device Suite). The solution, which enables paperless manufacturing in an FDA-regulated environment, will be the foundation for an operational excellence platform designed to establish a more predictable manufacturing process and supply chain.
How are enterprises organizing their Industry 4.0 activities? (GICs/ R&D Best Practices/Solutions)
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A.P. Moller – Maersk got success in transporting mangoes in containers leveraging Remote Container Management (RCM) and Controlled Atmosphere (CA) containers. It will help improve export of perishable fruits and vegetables which currently needs to airlift which makes them costly. A good example how IoT, smart logistics can help farm produce.
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IKEA is doubling down on smart home tech with new business unit. Earlier there was a news of Tata Croma, electronic retailer in India getting into smart home. Can retailers become significant players in smartphone segment?
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Savio Macchine Tessili textile machine manufacturer as part of its Industry 4.0 solution, sends alarm signals to smart watch on operators wrist. Will smart watch find use on shop floor in Industry 4.0?
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KUKA develops mobile manipulator robot for cleanroom chip handling. This is world’s first solution from a single source for wafer handling and blends seamlessly into the manufacturing execution system (MES) of semiconductor manufacturers.
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OnRobot, manufacturer of end-of-arm tooling for collaborative robot applications, has opened its first dedicated R&D center in Culver City.
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Palo Alto Networks buys IoT security startup Zingbox for $75 million.
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Industrial OEMs’ interest in IoT platform continues. Mitsubishi invests in Industrial edge computing platform Litmus Automation.
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ANSYS acquires Livermore Software, makers of LS Dyna for $775 million. Simulation and Analysis market is on fire.
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A disappointing news for augmented reality market. A high profile and well funded AR startup DAQRI might shut down.
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GE Additive inaugurates its new additive manufacturing campus in Lichtenfels, Germany a new 40,000 square-metre site which is set to be the new home for GE Additive Concept Laser teams. Last month, GE Additive opened its new 15,000-square-metre Arcam electron beam melting (EBM) centre of excellence in Gothenburg, Sweden.
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Indian Railways is implementing Industry 4.0.
How are Industry 4.0 providers building their solutions and capabilities?
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One more IT service provider gets into engineering and Industry 4.0 with an acquisition and 360 degree partnership with an OEM. GFT Group acquires TRUMPF subsidiary AXOOM GmbH which focuses on smart factory solution implementation. In the process GFT also enters long term partnership with TRUMPF. I see this trend of 360 degree partnership with OEMs picking up with more engineering service providers.
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Aspen Technology acquires Mnubo and Sabisu to boost its AI, visualization and AI capabilities. This will empower Aspen Technology to help its customers in getting more value out of their existing assets in process industry.
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Accenture, Wipro, Deloitte and Storm Reply are first set of consulting partners for Industrial software for AWS. AWS starts program for recognizing consulting partners for Industrial software competency. These consulting partners will have competency in product design, production design, and production & operations.
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Formel D acquires CPS Quality, the international quality service provider, headquartered in France. With around 2,000 employees, CPS Quality specializes in quality control activities enabling paperless processes for Industry 4.0. The company is present in France, Belgium, Hungary, Romania, Turkey and Morocco.
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Semcon is partnering with EDRMedeso, which develops and sells software for design, development and simulation, for digital twin solutions.
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TECHNIA partners with ERP expert, Implema to provide end-to-end integrations services between Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE and ERP systems. TECHNIA and Implema most recently implemented an integration between 3DEXPERIENCE and SAP for a German crane manufacturer.
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Wipro announced its strategic partnership with i4.0MC – Industrie 4.0 Maturity Center GmbH, Germany, to drive digital transformation in manufacturing companies.
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Manhattan Associates, a leading SCM ISV, opens a new facility in India for 1500 people. Started with eight people in 2002, now its 2/3rd R&D is done out of India and its growing every year. It hire about 150 people every year in India.
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Rockwell Automation acquires MESTECH . Interesting point is that Rockwell is augmenting its own MES implementation expertise in India instead of relying on partners.
Industry 4.0 news
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Cinven gets software firm Jaggaer stake in $1.5 billion deal. Jaggaer specializes in providing cloud-based procurement solutions to businesses, including invoice and supplier management.
Industry 4.0 resources: consultant/ analyst updates
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Roland Berger: German mechanical engineering sector: Between economic crisis and disruption. (Link)
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Record $16.5 billion investments in 420K robots globally in 2018. China is highest with 154K robots. India is among lower ranking countries with only 4.8K robots. (Link)
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