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IBM and Siemens PLM Software

Teaming to make product development smarter

IBM and Siemens PLM Software

Working together to enable a new kind ofinnovation

When IBM developed its vision of a smarter planet, it saw the potential of pervasive data and connectivity to transform the world in a positive way everything from cities to private enterprise and from devices to the way in which they are manufactured. That vision is becoming real in this era of big data and hyperconnectivity. People and organizations are leveraging information in fresh ways and collaborating more e ectively than ever before, using new tools. Businesses around the world rely heavily on the ability to bring people, processes and information together. Thats the key to getting innovative products and services to market faster while using fewer resources. For manufacturers and developers of complex technology-based products such as mechatronics systems with embedded software, a new generation of integrated product lifecycle management (PLM) solutions provides the means to achieve this new, more agile kind of innovation and thats where the team of IBM and Siemens PLM Software (Siemens) comes in. Today, leading PLM consultant rms1 place IBM as the leader in PLM services. With decades of experience in technology and business transformation, IBM has devoted extensive resources to research and thought leadership. The result is improved business outcomes for clients and something more IBM is helping to redene the way the world literally works. At the same time, Siemens has earned the top ranking in the fastest-growing product lifecycle management market segment

for 11 straight years.2 With IBM technology and supporting services, the Siemens Teamcenter PLM platform makes product innovation a strategic, enterprisewide collaborative e ort, fully integrating it into the business. The two companies have formed a mutually supportive global relationship with the goal of helping joint clients work smarter by breaking down technology, process and information silos. Its about helping information and ideas to ow freely and unlock the creativity of business professionals in all parts of theorganization.

The value of a strong team

The strength of the IBM and Siemens relationship is grounded in its complementary nature. IBM has proven excellence in systems, software and services a portfolio backed by realworld knowledge and experience in building technology- and information-based solutions that work. Siemens o ers focused expertise and class-leading PLM platforms, with a deep understanding of the entire product lifecycle and how it operates across the whole value chain. IBM and Siemens approach customers business challenges holistically, looking beyond the PLM platform and its supporting infrastructure. IBM and Siemens can address every aspect of the enterprise from strategic goals to operational details. Its an end-to-end solution that spans everything from fundamental strategy to business processes, workow management, enterprise systems integration, partner interaction and more.

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With IBM and Siemens, clients get a coordinated, collaborative team with the dedicated knowledge and experience needed to produce optimal business outcomes. By sharing knowledge and working closely together on product development and tuning, the two companies take advantage of one anothers strengths to provide tailored solutions faster and more e ectively. It may be Siemens and IBM Global Business Services professionals working together to deliver industry-specic expertise, products that are certied and optimized for one another, or value-added services such as IBM Global Financing.

Integrated PLM means smarter productdevelopment

To remain competitive today, businesses must nd new and more e cient ways to innovate. In a climate of ongoing economic challenge, productivity has become the prime focus. Its about much more than e ciency and cost cutting, however. Quality must improve as well. Any company that can optimize its operations to work more e ectively than its peers can gain a signicant competitive advantage. It will be able to bring new products and services to market faster, responding to its customers better without increasing costs. In most enterprises, complexity and collaboration challenges stand in the way of innovation. IT systems and business processes are complicated and not well integrated. Information is siloed and the intelligence locked inside data may go untapped. In a product management environment, there may be multiple development technologies and data models, inconsistent databases and user interfaces. The overall picture is one of inexibility and opaqueness.

Siemens solutions, in combination with complementary software, hardware and services from IBM, enable seamless integration of product development and management functions across the enterprise and with external partners. This helps create an environment in which individual systems and processes are combined into a unied ecosystem. Designers are connected to procurement managers directly, so they know if a proposed change in materials will fall within budget. Factory managers and engineers are able to collaborate to optimize a new product for both function and manufacturability. Corporate management has a window into the entire product lifecycle that helps executives make decisions about future direction faster and with greater condence. IBM and Siemens enable a smarter approach to product development built on: Information management and integrated analytics that tap large volumes of complex data to generate the real-time insight that users require to make accurate decisions. Proven, agile architectures that integrate with existing systems to protect investments, minimize the cost of ownership and help the business take advantage of change. Improved collaboration capabilites that break down organizational and technological barriers, helping to ensure everyone gets information in the form best suited to their job in the simplest, fastest way possible. Seamless enterprise integration that aligns PLM with business processes and strategies, and delivers capabilities e ciently through cloud-based infrastructures.

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Joint value from leaders in enterprise innovation

Siemens PLM Software products, industry solutions and expertise IBM Software Group Enterprise applications and industry competency

The total solution is built on a combination of Siemens PLM applications, and software, infrastructure and services from IBM. These components dovetail to create an innovation capability that is deeply integrated with the enterprise as a whole.

Siemens Teamcenter: The heart of our solutions

Part of a portfolio that includes powerful CAD-CAM-CAE and manufacturing solutions, the Siemens Teamcenter PLM platform is a modular, service-oriented suite that addresses all aspects of product development and lifecycle management. Its unied architecture and open connectivity enable it to integrate with a diverse range of data sources, external tools and enterprise systems. Teamcenter gives customers a reliable, centralized source of trusted design, product and process data a single, consistent version of the truth that serves a reference standard for all parts of the enterprise and value chain. This greatly increases e ciency while also eliminating many potential sources oferror. Due to its modular nature, it is possible for Teamcenter to be congured as needed to interact with the customers legacy systems, if needed. It is not necessary to rip and replace all existing solutions to get the benets of Teamcenter integration. However, a full Teamcenter implementation o ers optimized tools and resources for professionals across the enterprise. A full move to Teamcenter can reduce complexity, simplify management and lower costs.

IBM Global Business Services Process consulting, systems integration and industry insight

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For example, when creating a new product that encompasses both hardware and software, the two development e orts are normally separated, using di erent tool sets. With Teamcenter, software assets are managed as part of a single view of the product as a whole. Physical product changes that may require software rework are immediately shared and vice versa. Thats the beauty of a unied platform.

IBM infrastructure: The operational backbone of SiemensPLM

TM Siemens Teamcenter is fully certied for IBM PureSystems. This family of expert systems is integrated by design for faster deployment and reduced risk. With conventional hardware, extensive conguration, integration and management activity is required to get the optimal infrastructure in place. In contrast, all PureSystems are pre-congured and optimized, delivering a simplied experience for IT departments. This means much less e ort and expense, with no compromise on performance or capability.

Siemens Teamcenter: End-to-end PLM Every part of the innovation process is addressed by Teamcenter: Systems engineering and requirements management Portfolio, program and project management Engineering process management Bill-of-materials management Compliance management Content and document management Formula, package and brand management Supplier relationship management Mechatronics process management Manufacturing process management Simulation process management Maintenance, repair and overhaul Reporting and analytics Community collaboration Lifecycle visualization

IBM PureSystems is an excellent building block for clientmanaged private and hybrid public-private cloud deployments that simplify access to the PLM platform for employees wherever they may be. By combining PureSystems with IBM SmartCloud Foundation, clients enjoy a head start on creating their own clouds, through a packaged solution that incorporates key middleware and management tools. Teamcenter is also supported by IBM SmartCloudTM Enterprise+ managed cloud service o erings. This powerful delivery technology o ers the choice of a globally accessible, secure infrastructure as a service or a fully managed IT and middleware platform as a service. A managed cloud infrastructure using the latest technology helps protect investments and avoid obsolescence while, at the same time, retains full control over the application and database environment. IBM SmartCloud Enterprise+ simplies application and workload management, performance optimization, security and usage metering. IT administration becomes much more streamlined and productive, enabling the business to become more agile.

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Complementary IBM software components The IBM software portfolio spans collaboration, advanced analytics, enterprise management, supply chain and more offerings that help build a more robust, efcient and collaborative innovation capability. Examples include: IBM Connections social business software IBM SPSS predictive analytics and IBM Content Analytics IBM WebSphere Process Modeler and IBM Blueworks LiveTM collaborative business process management IBM Rational development suite IBM Maximo asset management IBM Sterling and IBM ILOG supply chain management

Core components include the award-winning IBM DB2 database and IBM WebSphere Application Server. DB2 is highly secure, storage-e cient and o ers outstanding performance to improve productivity while reducing cost and risk. It can also be leveraged as the database for the clients enterprise systems, providing better use of IT investments and further reducing complexity. WebSphere Application Server allows simple access to Teamcenter data and functionality via the enterprise network and through the web, with full support for clouddeployments. IBM Tivoli products make the PLM platform and its administration more e cient, reducing administrator workload and reducing the cost of operations. Tivoli Access Manager provides secure, automated, policy-based management of user accounts and passwords. It spans systems and platforms, enabling single-sign-in at the enterprise level to make the users interaction seamless. Tivoli Storage Manager transparently manages diverse storage resources, optimizing utilization for higher data availability. This keeps productivity high and costslow. IBM software also complements Teamcenter with enhanced functionality for product development and collaboration. Rational ClearCase, for example, o ers complete software conguration management. It provides sophisticated version control, workspace management and parallel development support to improve productivity. Developers around the world can work together in real-time, or take a snapshot view and

IBM software: Enriching the capabilities of SiemensPLMsolutions

The technology supporting and surrounding the PLM platform is vitally important. IBM provides all the necessary components, from infrastructure o erings to critical middleware and database software. Thats what provides the basis for PLM integration and extensibility across the enterprise. Siemens has partnered with IBM to o er Teamcenter precongured for and bundled with a customizable set of key IBM software and middleware o erings. This packaged approach, called the IBM Blue Stack, greatly speeds time-to-value for new deployments while reducing implementation risk.

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work independently. ClearCase allows developers to store software with the mechanical, electronic and electric design denition of the product in Teamcenter to ensure that all changes are carried forward without error or version issues.

Both are extremely customer-focused organizations that execute well on their vision...this alliance [could] accelerate the adoption of PLM as a product management strategy, giving organizations greater agility and delity in productwide analytic and decisionmaking.
IDC Manufacturing Insights Joe Barkai, IBM and Siemens PLM Software Join Forces in a Major PLM Alliance.

IBM services address the needs of Siemens PLM customers in a cohesive, integrated manner through: Strategy and transformation services that create clientspecic PLM strategies and roadmaps, design e cient operations and processes around those strategies, and manage organizational transformation and change. Development and implementation services that cover infrastructure selection, the design and implementation of PLM systems, and integration and testing, along with client skillsdevelopment. Run and maintain services that transition legacy data and IT operations to the new solution and provide ongoing, cost-e ective operational management and support on a globalbasis. IBM services are based on best practices and expertise developed through decades of successful engagements at thousands of clients, and delivered through a global network of client centers. More importantly, the service o erings leverage one of the greatest IBM assets: knowledge that comes from extensive research into technology, innovation and business enablement. The services side of joint IBM and Siemens solutions is where the value of the relationship shines through. Shared knowledge and skills help professionals from both companies provide better advice and guidance for the client as the team builds the PLM solution.

IBM Global Business Services: Deep expertise

Because of the close working relationship between IBM and Siemens, IBM Global Business Services is able to hit the ground running, providing high-value consulting and enablement for the complete PLM solution. The ability of IBM to address the big picture the solution itself and how it ts into the extended enterprise is an important di erentiator. IBM can start with a needs assessment, help develop business and technology strategies, design complete solutions, implement and integrate.

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When working with IBM and Siemens PLM, our clients get long-term PLM application and infrastructure innovation from two of the most respected rms in the industry. Its a team on an ongoing quest to improve how PLM is used and deployed across the enterprise, transforming the way products are created and manufactured. Contact your IBM or Siemens PLM representative to nd out more about how we can help to enhance your product innovation and lifecycle management capabilities. From powerful tools to the deep integration of PLM into the fabric of your enterprise, well work with you to make PLM the dening differentiator for your business. Visit us at
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