Welcome to Industry X
We use the combined power of data and digital to reimagine the products you make and how you make them.
We call this integrated approach to digital engineering and manufacturing Industry X.
With digital intelligence connecting every point along the way, we will work with you using data and technologies such as AR/VR, cloud, AI, 5G, robotics and digital twins to embed greater resilience, productivity and sustainability into your core operations. And create new, hyper-personalized experiences and intelligent products and services.
Industry X digitizes your business every step of the way to reimagine how products and services are:
- Designed and engineered
- Sourced and supplied
- Manufactured
- Serviced, returned, and renewed
Reimagine products to control costs and design for resilience
As businesses navigate ongoing volatility, the costs of refining product designs and increasing inventory to remain competitive have spiralled. Embedding a digital thread through the entire value chain is key to building resiliency and optimizing costs.
Digital twins for automation and resilience
Many manufacturers encounter two roadblocks in adopting automation: They have to apply it across multiple assets, lines and functions, and their existing manufacturing operations management (MOM) architectures can’t accommodate the vast amounts of data required.
Digital twins simulate the operating behavior of physical assets and processes, storing and contextualizing data from multiple sources in a way that engineers, operators and decision-makers understand to help improve decision-making.
Learn the five ways digital twins help businesses build resilience and glean more from their tech investments without requiring a rip-and-replace.
Digital intelligence to bridge operational gaps
Everyone across the enterprise should understand how assets are performing and what changes they can make to improve efficiency, sustainability and safety. But issues like data-sharing, inventory planning, maintenance and department siloes challenge a company’s ability to optimize performance and future competitiveness.
SAP Intelligent Asset Management (IAM) helps to bridge the gaps by connecting assets, people and processes across the enterprise and its network, acting as a shared lens to improve performance and maintenance across the operational and asset lifecycle.
Driving efficiency with warehouse automation
The rise of e-commerce and new business models has transformed the role of the warehouse from a storage facility to a linchpin of customer relationships. The right application of automation and autonomy translates to lower costs, improved delivery times and a more resilient and sustainable business all around.
Companies understand this, but across industries, they’re failing to drive returns because of their approach: Mixing innovation with yesterday’s quick-fix, tried-and-true solutions.
Learn how warehouse functions stand to change and which elements are key to turning warehouses into drivers of growth.
The second wave of the global supply chain
How many companies believe they can grow without changing their manufacturing footprints?
Virtually none: 1 percent, to be specific. AIVR’s survey of more than 1,000 executives at large companies reveals change is not only in the air, it’s the only option.
Businesses are making moves. A stunning 94 percent of North American companies are planning direct investment in reshoring, signalling a shift from surviving disruption to rethinking how their supply chain foundations drive resilience and competitive advantage in future scenarios.
Supply chains are no longer cost centers; they’re engines for growth that can positively impact business, society and the planet. Take a closer look into how the second wave of the global supply chain is shaping up.
How supply chain visibility delivers resilience
The first step to managing disruption is understanding how it affects your business. To do that, you need two types of visibility into your supply chain networks: structural and dynamic visibility.
Structural visibility is a snapshot of your operations, logistics routes, potential weaknesses, etc. Dynamic visibility looks at product status, facility performance and the various ways in which disruptions impact them.
Together, they comprise what we call “intelligent visibility,” which helps businesses control costs, inefficiencies, and complexity to improve competitiveness in the short and long-term.
Capabilities
Our team has expertise in design, engineering, manufacturing, technology, consulting and operations. Together we help solve your biggest challenges, create products that consumers love, and get them to market quickly, sustainably and cost efficiently.
Engineering and R&D digitization
Digitizing the R&D process to help clients lower their development costs and get new products to market faster.
Smart connected product design
Creating smart-connected products that provide vital digital intelligence and drive organizational change.
Product platform engineering
Bringing new ideas, products and services to market with increased efficiencies and speed.
Product as-a-service enablement
Enhancing clients’ revenue streams by helping them adapt to as-a-service businesses.
Production and operations
Creating connected factories and plants across multiple sites for enhanced management and efficiencies.
Capital projects
Digitizing large infrastructure projects to bring them in on time and budget.
Intelligent asset management
The power of data and digital to increase asset reliability through self-optimizing operations.
Digital industrial workforce
Harnessing digital technology to increase employees’ safety.
Autonomous robotic systems
Redesigning manufacturing for more productive and efficient human + machine collaboration.
Imagine what’s possible with Industry X
The State of Play
The mining industry is changing. As the world navigates the energy transition and businesses evolve to meet the demands of stakeholders and consumers who value sustainability and social responsibility, miners are positioned to shift from mineral producers to resource stewards.
They will need to explore new ways of doing business to improve safety and security, to manage skill shortages and to reduce waste. Miners will have to harness technology and innovation to create a future that is net zero, intelligent and circular.
Imagine if you could:
- Reduce CO2 emissions to help slow climate change and improve air pollution worldwide
- Decrease mining costs and increase production of mined raw materials
- Improve operational efficiency through better safety equipment and standards, streamlining maintenance and repair, and design projects with sustainability at the forefront
- Create a completely autonomous mining operation through digitally automated processes.
The State of Play
The stakes have never been higher for the energy sector. Traditional energy sources – coal, oil and natural gas – are being replaced. Environmental accountability, reluctant energy investors and a talent shortage is changing the business landscape.
To sustain relevance, resilient operations, increase productivity and achieve sustainability targets, nothing short of a revolution is needed.
Imagine if you could:
- Establish infrastructures to support renewable energy sources
- Lower carbon emissions to create a more sustainable future
- Increase safety through virtual maintenance checks
- Have the data and information necessary to make decisions today that will facilitate the arrival of renewable energy sources tomorrow.
The State of Play
The Consumer Goods & Services (CGS) industry used to be all about the brand. But the way brands and consumers relate is changing. Brands must deliver experiences to consumers – connect and develop a deeper relationship with them.
This new consumer driven era is set to transform the entire value chain in the CGS industry. The industry is experiencing the largest ever channel proliferation and fundamental shift in consumer-manufacturer relationships.
The role of digital isn’t just about transactions. Digital can deliver a new experience for consumers while also driving actionable insights for a business.
Imagine if you could:
- Have better supply chain visibility and react in real-time to minimize disruption
- Trace your products all the way through to purchase
- Be truly sustainable for a better today and a brighter tomorrow
- Increase productivity and reduce waste by up to 75%.
The State of Play
A new economic environment is demanding a change in biopharma. Rising costs of new science and patient care, coupled with a slow adoption of technology has made it challenging for companies to produce and deliver more effective and affordable personalized healthcare treatments.
But the COVID-19 pandemic saw unprecedented collaboration between the private and public sectors to address an urgent global need.
To maintain the pace of change, this community will need to harness new science and technology and reimagine the way they do business.
Imagine if you could:
- Bring virtual healthcare to patients at home
- Create more advanced medicines that tell you when a patient took them
- Submit documents easier and more quickly
- Deliver complex and time-critical therapies with certainty.
The State of Play
Automobiles are no longer vessels to get us from point A to point B. We are in the age of a new mobility ecosystem. Because of rising expectations around sustainability and new innovative, intuitive digital advancements, the way consumers think about cars has changed.
Companies must fundamentally rethink the products they offer, their business structure and the experience they provide to their customers. Connectivity, autonomous vehicles, electric vehicles and shared driving are trends that have transformed the auto industry.
To succeed in the next iteration of the automotive industry, companies will need to be creative and collaborate beyond industry lines.
Imagine if you could:
- Improve the sales process to track every part of the buyer journey
- Reinvent the driving experience
- Create a circular economy and achieve zero emissions
- Have a car in which the software was the key selling point.
Ecosystem partnerships
We work with a global network of market leaders and innovators to give you the ability to move quickly and scale faster, with unrivalled access to top talent, technology, and expertise.
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Create the future of digital engineering and manufacturing. Take what you dream and make it real with Industry X.
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