Siemens 2013 Annual Report Download - page 44

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Enhancing industrial productivity
Creating efficient solutions Leveraging business opportunities
“ How can implants
be manufactured
faster and
at lower cost ? ”
Sabine Fietz – Engineer – Erlangen, Germany
As a Siemens engineer, I look for answers to technological challenges every
day. People like Gordon France show me how important it is to continuously
work on finding more efficient industrial processes and solutions rather
than simply being content with the status quo. The key here is to have a
comprehensive overview of all the steps in both product development and
the manufacturing process – from the initial implant design to production
planning and machine tool configuration (production engineering) to
actual manufacturing and services. By using software solutions to link all
these steps in an end-to-end process chain, we can enable implant manu-
facturers to further simplify, considerably accelerate and, last but not least,
cut the cost of designing implants. We’re also leveraging this approach to
make production processes more efficient in other industries.