Siemens Selected by Boeing for Enhanced Automation Standardization and Safety for Global Manufacturing Operations
Summary
As part of a multi-year agreement, Siemens was selected to develop and implement advanced manufacturing best practices companywide as the next step in the evolution of the Boeing production system.The initiative is designed to help Boeing realize operational efficiencies across a broad range of equipment by standardizing advanced manufacturing structural components and related technologies.“We are excited about expanding our long-standing relationship with Boeing as they harness the full power of advanced automation,” said Raj Batra, President, Siemens Digital Factory Division, U.S. “Boeing is a visionary and understands that sophisticated automation, combined with human manufacturing know-how, will ensure high levels of safety, quality, efficiency and flexibility to get the right product to market faster in response to rising global demand.”Siemens began integrating its hardware and software more than a decade ago, now allowing industry to digitize every aspect of manufacturing,” says Batra.One of the worlds largest producers of energy-efficient, resource-saving technologies, Siemens is a leading supplier of systems for power generation and transmission as well as medical diagnosis.