2024.10.31：CIMdata Publishes eBook: “Servitization for Competitive Advantage in Heavy Equipment”
Today, CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, published a new eBook focused the application of service lifecycle management (SLM) in the heavy equipment industry and how Siemens Digital Industries Software (Siemens) SLM solutions enable companies in that industry to move to a servitization business model. This eBook describes how a robust SLM solution can enable companies in the heavy equipment industry to aggregate, contextualize, simulate, and analyze operational data captured from managed assets into actionable insight that can drive service planning, improve design for serviceability, and optimize heavy equipment in-service use and operations.
Built on Siemens Xcelerator portfolio, Siemens’ SLM solution is a comprehensive, integrated suite of software and services augmented by strategic relationships with third-party service application providers. The core of the SLM solution is Teamcenter SLM, which provides a comprehensive enterprise digital thread backbone that manages a complete digital thread of service-related information and enables a comprehensive performance digital twin. Key is Teamcenter’s ability to manage large, complex, multi-variant configurations that encompass all the mechanical, electrical/electronic, software, and documentation components of any serviceable asset. Siemens open approach fully supports the three key areas of SLM―Service Engineering, Service Operations, and Asset Performance Management.
According to Mr. Ken Amann, CIMdata Executive Consultant, “Siemens pragmatic approach to delivering open SLM solutions provides the breadth and depth that enterprises need to create comprehensive, actionable digital twins of heavy equipment and manage the complete service lifecycle across a heterogenous set of extended enterprise solutions. This enables companies transform to servitization business models, turning service into a competitive, customer loyalty building advantage.”
To learn more about how Teamcenter SLM and Siemens open SLM strategy can enable companies to deliver more effective service to their customers and create a service-driven competitive advantage, please download and read the complete eBook at https://www.cimdata.com/en/resources/complimentary-reports-research/white-papers.