Interview with Siemens AG Member of the Managing Board, Chief Technology Officer, and Chief Strategy Officer Dr. Peter Koerte at Transform – Innovation Day 2024. A third visit to India is a luxury. I’m here to talk to our clients about advancing technology and how far we’ve gone in digitalising India and making them successful. New models and technology appear every week, so staying on top is crucial. What if this is the first question we must ask? The question ‘What if’ is powerful because it opens our eyes to new perspectives.
Add wonderful spices to black tea and a little milk for a warm, tasty chai. This Indian invention is fantastic. Who would have combined these ingredients? We can do this using tech. What if we combined house lighting, cooling, and security technology? We make smart homes.
Our planet faces complicated issues. Asking “What if” can help us solve these problems quickly, which is crucial in industry. Most businesses face various individual issues. These can be grouped into three categories: First, firms must compete and increase productivity. Second, they must fulfil rising sustainability goals. Third, they must become more robust to keep up with rapid changes.
Siemens’ business is based on merging the physical and digital worlds. We use your daily operations data to make the world brighter. Buildings, factories, and railroads provide this data. Siemens strongly believes we can assist all our clients in achieving this. Let me demonstrate data’s power: An average plant generates 2,200 terabytes monthly, which equals nearly 500,000 Netflix movies. This data is worthless, but we can make it work.
The number of IoT devices is estimated at 18 billion and rising at 15% annually. Imagine how that will affect future data. Most industry data needs to be more utilised. Here comes Siemens Xcelerator. It enables our customers to integrate their real-world intelligence with digital intelligence. You must look at the complete technological stack, from real-world devices like robot sensors to the industrial edge, cloud, and apps that consume real-world data.
Start with connectivity. Next, we acquire data from field devices and sensors, usually processed on-site at the edge. We can move the discussion to the cloud and provide the specific apps and tools to make it happen. Daily, we blend the real and digital worlds! Feeding an increasing global population is a significant concern. Food and beverage companies are pressured to deliver to customers amid growing expenses, quality standards, and environmental goals. My Siemens colleagues in India have created a solution for all these industrial issues, keeping firms competitive.
Milk powder manufacturing is a global issue for food and beverage firms. Spraying hot air dries liquid milk. This technique is energy-intensive and time-consuming, making it a good optimisation point. The spray dryer provides a lot of data, which we used to create a digital twin. The physics-based digital twin replicates the drying process under real-world circumstances, saving time and costs. The new approach lowered energy usage by 10% and boosted powder throughput by 10%. Industrial Operations X includes this solution. Due to its open design, users from many sectors can modify the technology to enhance other processes.
Siemens Building X is another outstanding example of a sustainable building. A popular North Indian public school found a simple, out-of-the-box solution to reduce maintenance and energy costs. This software-as-a-service (SS) solution quickly turns on and off and helps when an IT crew is needed to undertake significant projects. Over 50,000 buildings worldwide are connected to the platform. We’ve gradually implemented Sustainability Manager functionality and designed new interfaces, including Electrification X. Centrally managing energy loads is essential.
