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Accenture to create Apps on Siemens MindSphere for Industrial Companies
Accenture is building a range of applications for MindSphere, a cloud-based platform from Siemens to enable industrial equipment makers to benefit from new services based on data insights. MindSphere is an industrial IoT ecosystem with easy connectivity for all types of industrial assets. It enables the development of applications from Siemens and third party suppliers. Accenture is aiming to support original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) by building a suite of applications for MindSphere to enable new digital services, such as predictive maintenance or remote condition monitoring.
Using these applications, manufacturers of machines and industrial equipment will be able to benefit from increased revenues and customer satisfaction while reducing claims and warranty costs. Their customers can reduce downtime, maintenance related costs and energy consumption, while increasing the lifetime of their machinery.
OEMs will have timely and continuous visibility into assets and equipment as a result of the convergence of Operational Technology (OT) with Information Technology (IT) and machines becoming increasingly connected with production management, manufacturing execution, logistics and enterprise planning systems. By applying advanced analytics from Accenture to the data their systems generate, they can identify and predict performance bottlenecks and make smart decisions about how to improve asset operations, manage workforce, optimize supply chain risks, and enhance the product design process.
Accenture research has shown that predictive asset maintenance can save up to 12 percent in scheduled repair costs, reduce overall maintenance costs by up to 30 percent, and result in up to 70 percent fewer breakdowns.
Accenture is starting to work with MindSphere customers to help define business opportunities by using production asset data and by defining new business services. Accenture is applying its broad range of digital consulting, analytics and system integration capabilities for these customers. Siemens has designated Accenture as one of the preferred systems integrator for MindSphere.
MindSphere has been designed as an open ecosystem to optimize plant performance by collecting and analyzing large datasets in industry. MindSphere also forms the basis for applications and data-based services from Siemens, such as for the predictive maintenance of machine tools (Machine Tool Analytics) or integrated drive systems (Drive Train Analytics).
Accenture is building a range of applications for MindSphere, a cloud based platform from Siemens to enable industrial equipment makers to benefit from new services based on data insights. Accenture is aiming to support original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) by building a suite of applications for MindSphere to enable new digital services, such as predictive maintenance or remote condition monitoring.
Atos delivers digital services for the Siemens Cloud Platform MindSphere
Siemens and Atos announced within the framework of their strategic digital alliance since 2011, their reinforced cooperation to offer digital innovations for manufacturing companies: Atos prepares to offer ready-made applications as well as all integration, infrastructure and security services necessary to build customer specific applications on the MindSphere platform. MindSphere has been designed as an open ecosystem to optimize plant performance by collecting and analyzing large datasets in industry. It forms the basis for applications and data-based services from Siemens and third parties, such as predictive maintenance, energy data management or resource optimization. For example, machine manufacturers can use MindSphere as a platform to monitor machine fleets for service purposes throughout the world, reduce their downtimes and consequently offer new business models.
Leveraging on the joint R&D investments with Siemens on Cloud and Data Analytics, Atos will be one of the first MindSphere partners delivering a broad set of IT and digital services. Atos offers MindSphere customers a structured approach; from quick-start services with first real results to production readiness of MindSphere applications, in order to accelerate the prototyping, validation and deployment of Mindsphere applications through automated and predefined use cases. The services in detail:
Use Case Evaluation Workshop: A methodology based on the identification and qualification of feasible, MindSphere-related use cases for further validation in the customer environment.
Use Case Prototype: A structured approach to verify the technical and economic feasibility of the MindSphere use case implementation for the customer.
Use Case Integration: Integration of the validated use cases in the customer environment, including the underlying applications and data analytics.
Application Development: Atos will provide the services to design and develop applications for MindSphere. Atos will start to deliver MindSphere services in the 4th quarter of 2016, providing these services and applications to global manufacturing customers of both Atos and Siemens. For 2017, Atos plans to expand MindSphere services and offer customers a hosting service for the MindSphere platform, either from the cloud or on premise.
Keywords: Cloud Based Platform, Industrial Equipment Makers, Industrial IoT Ecosystem, Predictive Maintenance, Remote Condition Monitoring, Operational Technology (OT), Information Technology (IT), ARC Advisory Group.