The new additions to Siemens Xcelerator-as-a-Service deliver solutions for product development and lifecycle management, cloud-based high-performance simulation and manufacturing management can make a huge difference. As Joe Bohman said, with the cloud as the technical platform this from a digital tool access point of view makes it easier than ever to deal with the long standing desire to break down the barriers between people, departments and external partners. Everything needed to work together anywhere, at the same time, with the tools and data needed is directly accessible in one place.
From Siemens CAD flagship NX to the new shop floor browser-based Zel X
So, what are the new X-capabilities about? Included are–besides Teamcenter X, which will be the first service solution in place–the following solutions:
CAD: NX X thus becomes Siemens’ new cloud-based solution for product design. The software is a cornerstone of the Siemens Xcelerator-as-a-Service cloud-based portfolio. With Bohman’s announcement in Las Vegas, NX X will provide access to product development and design capabilities as a service, which he says, ”allows customers to free up resources so they can scale and focus on innovation.” Through centralized cloud license management, configuration, and capacity provisioning, NX X can simplify IT requirements. Organizations can install NX X on the computer desktop or stream via AWS cloud services where needed, providing great flexibility for distributed teams.
MOM/MES: Opcenter X. This software is a well known entity in the on-premise world, but new as a more accessible SaaS X-solution for manufacturing control, Manufacturing Operations Management (MOM) that is now part of the Siemens cloud SaaS Xcelerator portfolio. It also delivers the Siemens Manufacturing Execution System (MES) solution, including things like scheduling, quality and analytics capabilities in a modular, easy-to-deploy and inherently collaborative cloud environment.
Digital Manufacturing: Zel X. Speaking of MOM, MES and shop floor-related solutions, the new app ZEL X is an exciting introduction. ZEL X is described by Siemens as “a next-generation browser-based engineering app to streamline manufacturing and operations on the shop floor. Zel X consolidates software for manufacturing, operations, collaboration, design and simulation (the image above provides an example of this) into a comprehensive, yet lightweight browser-based solution, that delivers value instantly.”
The company’s senior VP of mainstream engineering, John Miller, says in a comment that:
“The manufacturing industry demands open, flexible toolsets that are not only laser-focused on their needs, but are immediate and accessible wherever they need them. Zel X combines Siemens’ expertise and technology-heavy position in the manufacturing, operations, design, simulation and collaboration domains to deliver the next-generation capabilities through the browser that our customers demand. Zel X supports their rapidly changing business with direct toolsets that offer them the full process coverage they need to innovate and gain competitive advantage.”
In short, this is an easy-to-use browser-based solution that delivers value instantly.
Simulation & Analysis: Simcenter X is also a novelty as a SaaS option. Here you get access to the functions of the company’s CAE platform, Simcenter, which is one of the market’s strongest cohesive portfolios of simulation and test solutions, in the cloud. The first of the Simcenter software will be STAR-CCM+, also part of the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio. Bohman says Simcenter X, “enables engineers in companies of all sizes to access a cloud-based virtual engineering desktop environment for modeling and post-processing combined with a highly scalable high-performance computing (HPC) environment.”
cPDm/PLM Teamcenter X Essentials: With this cPDm (collaborative Product Definition management) software in Siemens SaaS format, Joe Bohman claims that Teamcenter X Essentials becomes the most affordable way to access Teamcenter X, for PLM management. ”The solution enables companies, from start-ups to global enterprises, to quickly start digital transformation and adopt PLM and, when ready, rapidly grow innovation capabilities,” said the Siemens Teamcenter manager.
