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Driving Digital Transformation
Krishnakumar Ramanathan, Head of Key Accounts and Vertical Markets and Chief Customer Officer, Siemens India, introduced the audience to
Siemens and all that it represents. Ashish Bhat, CEO – Digital Factory, Siemens India, and the main speaker for the evening, made a brilliant
presentation of what Digitalization is and how it is being driven by the Digital Factory and Process Industries & Drives Divisions.
Customers not just in major
metros but also in so-called tier
II cities like Coimbatore and
Ahmedabad are consciously
making the shift toward digital
transformation. Siemens India
has taken the lead in partnering
customers in their digitalization
journey.
Recently, during an interactive
session on “Driving Digital
Transformation”, experts from
Siemens shared insights on
Industry 4.0, digitalization
technologies and their impact
across the entire value chain,
from production planning,
design and manufacturing. The
location was Coimbatore, one
of the fastest-growing tier II
cities in India and the hub of
automotive ancillary, textile
and poultry industries. In
attendance were key
representatives from over 130
top corporates in Coimbatore,
such as Lakshmi Machine
Works, Elgi Equipments, Elgi
Rubber, Hirotec, LGB, Malabar Cements,
Pricol, Ponni Sugars, ITC, TVS Srichakra
and Gedee Weiler.
The participants got insights into the
global trends and how digitalization can
help overcome the challenges. In the field
of energy, for instance, the conventional
energy paradigms are shifting. The
upheaval that the energy systems are
undergoing is referred to as the “3D Model
of Energy” because it can be traced to
three trends: decarbonization,
decentralization, and digitalization
While decentralization refers to small,
secure grids "everywhere", decentral
generation (PV, storage) and distributed
energy management, decarbonization is
all about renewables, energy efficiency
and electrification of heat & transport.
Digitalization is brought into the equation
though intelligent connectivity, new
energy services and self-learning &
healing (AI).
In manufacturing, the Siemens low
voltage switchgear factory at Kalwa
Works is a perfect example of how digital
transformation can deliver tangible
benefits, specially for the small and
medium enterprises.
The globally-benchmarked factory is
capable of producing more than 180
variants at the rate of one product every
nine seconds. The plant can manufacture
over five million devices annually.
Products at the plant communicate with
machines and all processes are optimized
for IT control, resulting in a minimal
failure rate. The production methods
deployed at the plant are expected to be
a standard for small and medium-sized
manufacturing units in India, achieving
a visionary model for the future of
manufacturing: end-to-end digitalization
where the real and virtual worlds merge
in “Digital Factory”.
According to Ashish Bhat, CEO – Digital
Factory, Siemens India, “Digitalization will
help us engage with our customers and
industry suppliers across the complete
value chain. A key element in this
evolution is an improved technological
prowess and a world-class product
manufacturing plant.”
For more information,
write to insight.in@siemens.com
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