Simon Keogh
SMART MANUFACTURING schedules , and supply and demand . While manufacturers can develop their own digital twins , there are solutions partners and system integrators that can come in an organisation and create digital twins ,” says Keogh .
The Next Five Years … To some degree , digital twins are already in use today . As the industry goes forward , Keogh expects to see the use of the technology expand so that organisations have a much wider coverage of their
Simon Keogh
TITLE : GENERAL MANAGER , FACTORY AUTOMATION
COMPANY : SIEMENS DIGITAL INDUSTRIES
My name ' s Simon Keogh , and I head up the factory automation business within our digital industries division at Siemens Digital Industries , which is primarily focused on process and discrete manufacturing sectors .
To try and summarise a little bit about what we do . We provide automation and software solutions that are focused on delivering productivity improvements by reducing costs and usage , enabling quicker business decisions , optimising production lines , and creating agile and flexible environments in the manufacturing space .
Siemens is one of the few organisations that can provide an end-to-end digital twin experience . What I mean by that is a complete representation , virtual representation in the software of the entire value chain . We can then integrate the product with how it ' s actually manufactured and how you can improve the product design and also the manufacturing processes through the use of a digital twin .
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