In today’s episode of the Industry Forward podcast, host John Nixon, Global Vice President of Process Industries at Siemens Digital Industry Software (Siemens) will speak with William (Bill) Hahn, Director of Solutions Consulting at Siemens. In this discussion, they highlight five key takeaways about FAIR data for engineers modernizing industrial applications.

In this podcast you will learn:

• 01:04 – The concept of FAIR data
• 03:15 – How FAIR data links to platforms, digital twins and simulations
• 05:44 – The role of FAIR data to produce AI tools for the process industry

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In this episode of The Industry Forward Podcast, Eryn Devola, Head of Sustainability for Siemens Digital Industries, is joined by Neil D’Souza, CEO of Makersite. Together, they explore how the partnership between their companies demonstrates how digital tools such as AI can help companies shift left and fully harness lifecycle data to design products more likely to succeed while bringing about a more sustainable future.

In this episode, you will learn:

• How the Siemens-Makersite partnership illustrates AI’s role in measuring sustainability impact
• The benefits of digitalized lifecycle analysis in engineers’ workflows
• How companies can use data from such analyses to shift left in their processes and inform sustainable design
• Real world examples of how digital tools and strategies enable sustainability and success in the market

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In today’s episode of the Industry Forward podcast, host John Nixon, Global Vice President of Process Industries at Siemens Digital Industry Software (Siemens) will speak with William (Bill) Hahn, Director of Solutions Consulting at Siemens. These experts will discuss strategies to mine the insights from data lakes, how data can be as valuable as oil and the future of multidisciplinary AI for engineering applications.

In this podcast you will learn:

• 00:56 – Why we say “data is the new oil”
• 05:16 – How data density is like energy density
• 09:16 – How, with context, the insights you gleam from data are as precious as oil
• 10:31 – How ontologies build a multi-persona, authoritative source of truth

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In this episode, you’ll learn:

•  What technologies are enabling the fast evolution of humanoids

• Where to use the digital thread, digital twin, and AI to wrangle these technologies

• Why the humanoid form factor matters

In this episode of The Industry Forward Podcast, Eryn Devola, Head of Sustainability for Siemens Digital Industries, and Neil D’Souza, CEO of Makersite, discuss why designing with sustainability in mind should be done as soon as possible and why investing in AI can help make that happen. By informing design decisions today, companies can make better products that enable a greener tomorrow.

In this episode, you will learn:

• The challenges of designing a sustainable product
• Why early decisions are crucial for product sustainability
• How shifting left can better inform early decisions
• Where the digital twin and AI play a role in shifting left

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In today’s episode of the Industry Forward podcast, host John Nixon, Global Vice President of Process Industries at Siemens Digital Industry Software (Siemens) will speak with William (Bill) Hahn, Director of Solutions Consulting at Siemens. Their discussion shows industry leaders the digital transformations workflows they need to not only collect data but also make sense of it using artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and visual communications via ontologies, simulations and digital twins.

In this podcast you will learn:

• 2:20 - Why industries must make sense of their exploding data
• 4:18 - Where various industries are with their data maturity levels
• 6:02 - What are ontologies
• 12:19 - How to extract value and revenue from real-world and synthetic data

 John Nixon - Global Vice President of Process Industries at Siemens Digital Industry Software

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Humanoid robots are mobile, software-defined robot designed with a human-like body structure. Their key purpose is to operate in environments built for humans and they may be coming to a factory near you.

In today’s  Industry Forward podcast episode host Dale Tutt, Dale Tutt, Global Vice President of Industry Strategy at Siemens Digital Industries Software, is joined by with Rahul Garg, Vice President of Industrial Machinery Software Strategy at Siemens Digital Industries Software.

The discussion focuses on what humanoid robots are, how they differ from other industrial robots and their role in modern factories—especially brownfield environments. During this conversation, you’ll learn:    

• The definition of a humanoid robot     
• What sets the humanoid apart from other advanced robots    
• The advantages of the humanoid form   
• How to side step challenges to designing and integrating humanoids

This is the second of a three part series with Richard Barnett, Chief Marketing Officer and SaaS Sales Leader at Supplyframe! Richard brings over 30 years of experience driving growth across enterprise SaaS, supply chain software, and digital platforms. He has led marketing strategy and execution, positioning brands, creating demand engines, and accelerating global expansion.

At Supplyframe, Richard led the transformation in brand and go-to-market strategy after its acquisition by Siemens. Before joining Supplyframe, Richard’s background includes marketing leadership roles at LevaData, GT Nexus, E2open, and i2 Technologies, with a track record of translating vision into measurable outcomes.

In the final part of our discussion, Richard, Dale and I examine the progress of digitalization in industry, structural challenges to greater supply chain collaboration, and how digitalization can help address these challenges before wrapping up with final thoughts.

Listen to the podcast to hear about:

• How secure supply chain collaboration is developing in industry
• Challenges for OEMs and suppliers as they navigate digital transformation
• The importance of a Digital Twin to strategic alignment and dynamic decision making in supply chains
• And more!

This is the second of a three part series with Richard Barnett, Chief Marketing Officer and SaaS Sales Leader at Supplyframe! Richard brings over 30 years of experience driving growth across enterprise SaaS, supply chain software, and digital platforms. He has led marketing strategy and execution, positioning brands, creating demand engines, and accelerating global expansion.

At Supplyframe, Richard led the transformation in brand and go-to-market strategy after its acquisition by Siemens. Before joining Supplyframe, Richard’s background includes marketing leadership roles at LevaData, GT Nexus, E2open, and i2 Technologies, with a track record of translating vision into measurable outcomes.

As the conversation continues, Richard, Dale and I talk about how data can enable earlier supply chain planning and decisions, why spreadsheets persist as a tool of choice in supply chain management, and how digitalization may change supply chain management in the future.

Listen to the podcast to hear about:

• Why supply chain decisions should be considered from the beginning of product development
• How the Digital Twin can help companies overcome supply chain challenges and capitalize on opportunities in the market
• The importance of supply chain transparency and collaboration
• And more!

Listen to the podcast to hear about:

·        The effects of volatility on complex supply chains

·        Why resiliency and transparency will be critical in the future

·        Benefits and challenges posed by shift-left methodologies

And more!

Today we conclude our discussion with Stuart McCutcheon who is the Global Vice President of Sales and Customer Success responsible for the Digital Twin & New Product Introduction at Siemens Digital Industries Software. Stuart has more than 30 years of experience in industry in which he has developed deep domain expertise in product lifecycle management across multiple industries. Now, Stuart is focused on leading activities and strategy around the Industrial Metaverse, Digital Twin, strategic partnerships, and more for Siemens Digital Industries Software.

In the final part of our conversation, we dive into why the Industrial Metaverse is much bigger than virtual reality and highly realistic visualizations, why small and large companies should seek to use the technology, and wrap up with some final thoughts. Thanks for joining and please enjoy the show!

Today we are talking again with Stuart McCutcheon who is the Global Vice President of Sales and Customer Success responsible for the Digital Twin & New Product Introduction at Siemens Digital Industries Software. Stuart has more than 30 years of experience in industry in which he has developed deep domain expertise in product lifecycle management across multiple industries. Now, Stuart is focused on leading activities and strategy around the Industrial Metaverse, Digital Twin, strategic partnerships, and more for Siemens Digital Industries Software.

In part two of our conversation, Dale asks Stuart how open ecosystems and close collaboration with partners helps with the development of the Industrial Metaverse. We also begin to examine the role of artificial intelligence in enabling the Industrial Metaverse.

Tune in to hear about:

• Why open ecosystems are critical for the Industrial Metaverse
• How the executable Digital Twin (xDT) unites the physical and virtual worlds in real-time
• How cloud computing will enable large scale Industrial Metaverse deployments
• And more!

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In part one of our conversation with Stuart, Dale and I ask how the Industrial Metaverse differs from consumer metaverse applications, how the Industrial Metaverse concept evolved, and how the technology continues to evolve.

In the final part of our discussion with Jim, we talk about the industrial metaverse as a culmination of the Digital Twin, AI, and digitalization; we ask about the state of industrial data and challenges companies may be having with organizing and integrating various data streams; and we wrap up the conversation with some final thoughts from Dale and Jim.

Dale and I are once again excited to welcome Jim Brown, President of Digital Transformation Research for Tech-Clarity! Jim founded Tech-Clarity in 2002 and has over 30 years of industry experience in the manufacturing and software industries.

In part two of our discussion with Jim, we ask Jim how companies are managing their vast resources of data, how much success they are having with that task, how artificial intelligence can help with data contextualization, and why this all matters.

In this episode, you will hear:

• Why data analysis, rather than abundance, is most critical for companies
• How the Digital Twin can help contextualize data and guide its collection
• How the combination of AI and the Digital Twin will accelerate the transformation of data into insight
• And more!

Thanks for listening!

In this final part of the discussion, we'll talk about how organizations are expanding AI to turn institutional experience into active assistance for developers, engineers, and other users. Why companies are rethinking legacy business models in the face of complexity and rapid change, and how a hybrid approach to shift left testing paired with cross, disciplined collaboration can accelerate validation and drive customer- focused transformations.

Today, we are bringing you the second part of our conversation with Mike Crist, Industry Strategist for Aerospace, Defense, and Transportation at Siemens Digital Industries Software, and, returning, Scot Morrison, Vice President of Shift-Left Software Product Management in the Hardware Assisted Verification Group at Siemens EDA.

Today, Dale and I will be talking with Mike Crist, Industry Strategist for Aerospace, Defense, and Transportation at Siemens Digital Industries Software, and, returning, Scot Morrison, Vice President of Shift-Left Software Product Management in the Hardware Assisted Verification Group at Siemens EDA. With Scot returning, the next three episodes are something of a companion to our previous conversation with Doug Burcicki and Scot. We will be getting a new perspective from Mike on some of the same topics as in that previous discussion, and covering some new topics around shifting left with the CDT.

In part one, we will revisit the major trends of the software-defined product revolution, talk about how shifting-left can help, and discuss the role of systems engineering practices.

In the third installment, Dale shifts the conversation to focus on how companies are approaching software maintenance – especially in products of varying ages, how new business models are contributing to the shift, and some key takeaways from the entire conversation. Thanks very much for listening and please enjoy the discussion!

Continuing our look into shifting-left, we bring you part two of a discussion with Doug Burcicki, Senior Director of Automotive and Heavy Equipment Industries for the Lifecycle Collaboration Software Product Team at Siemens Digital Industries Software and Scot Morrison, Vice President of Shift Left Software Product Management in the Hardware Assisted Verification group at Siemens EDA. We invited Doug and Scot on to give us each of their unique perspectives on their transition towards software defined products, promoting new collaboration among engineering and product teams, virtual testing and verification methods, and much more.

Continuing our look into shifting-left, Dale and I kick off a discussion with Doug Burcicki, Senior Director of Automotive and Heavy Equipment Industries for the Lifecycle Collaboration Software Product Team at Siemens Digital Industries Software and Scot Morrison, Vice President of Shift Left Software Product Management in the Hardware Assisted Verification group at Siemens EDA. We invited Doug and Scot on to give us each of their unique perspectives on their transition towards software defined products, promoting new collaboration among engineering and product teams, virtual testing and verification methods, and much more.

Dale and I are very excited to welcome Mike Ellow, CEO of Siemens EDA, to the show! Mike brings 30 years of executive sales and technical management experience in EDA. We invited Mike on to gain his insights on the transition to software-defined products and systems, the shift-left of engineering processes, and especially the increasing need for the integration of EDA and semiconductor development into the creation of complex systems like airplanes, cars, and more.

Dale and I are very excited to welcome Mike Ellow, CEO of Siemens EDA, to the show! Mike brings 30 years of executive sales and technical management experience in EDA. We invited Mike on to gain his insights on the transition to software-defined products and systems, the shift-left of engineering processes, and especially the increasing need for the integration of EDA and semiconductor development into the creation of complex systems like airplanes, cars, and more.

experts with decades of combined experience in automotive, aerospace, semiconductors, software, and more.

Today, Dale and I are very excited to welcome Mike Ellow, CEO of Siemens EDA, to the show! Mike brings 30 years of executive sales and technical management experience in EDA. We invited Mike on to gain his insights on the transition to software-defined products and systems, the shift-left of engineering processes, and especially the increasing need for the integration

of EDA and semiconductor development into the creation of complex systems like airplanes, cars, and more.

Now, as we dive into part two, the pair interrogate the modular defense aircraft concept more thoroughly before shifting the conversation towards digitalization and its role in enabling modular aircraft development, delivery, and support. Please enjoy!

This episode features something a bit special. Some listeners may know that, previous to being our VP of Industry Strategy, Dale enjoyed a long career in the Aerospace Industry. It was during that time that Dale connected with another aerospace engineer named Tristan Crawford who had a bright idea that could revolutionize how defense aircraft are designed and used. Fast forward to today and Tristan has turned that idea into a company called Aeralis. In this episode you will hear the first part of a discussion between Dale and Tristan on the origins of Aeralis, why breaking the cost curve is critical in modern aircraft development, and how modularity may be the key to the future of military aviation. Please enjoy!

In episode 6, Dale and Conor conclude their conversation with Hendrik Lange, Director of the Heavy Equipment Industry at Siemens Digital Industries Software. Hendrik, Dale, and Conor carry on with their discussion of autonomous driving and operation in agricultural

settings, then cover the power of digitalization and the digital twin to the

development, manufacturing, and service of all new products in the agricultural space. Finally they explore these same technologies across other markets within the heavy equipment and off highway space.

In episode 5, Dale and Conor continue chatting with Hendrik Lange, Director of the Heavy Equipment Industry at Siemens Digital Industries Software. The trio compare and contrast the evolution of electrification and autonomy in heavy equipment and off-highway vehicles to that of the automotive industry, including unique challenges that come from engineering for the crop field instead of a downtown street.

In episode 4, Dale and Conor are joined by Hendrik Lange, Director of the Heavy Equipment Industry at Siemens Digital Industries Software to chat about the challenges facing manufacturers of tractors, construction equipment, and more. They also discuss some of the ways the digitalization is making its way into the design, manufacturing, and maintenance of modern equipment.

In part 3, Dale, Jim, and Conor continue chatting about the growing role of software, electronics, and advanced technologies like machine learning and AI in the future of medical devices and pharmaceuticals. The trio also dive into how the Digital Twin applies to the medical world, and how medical companies are approaching digital transformation more generally. Dale and Jim also provide some final thoughts to wrap up the discussion.

In episode 2 Dale and Conor continue their conversation with Jim Thompson on the current challenges and dynamics of the medical device and pharmaceutical industries. The trio discuss the specific considerations involved in medical device software and updates, the line between medical devices and wellness devices, and how medical device and pharmaceutical makers are employing the digital twin.

In our first episode, you will hear from Jim Thompson, Sr. Director of Digital Strategy for Medical Devices and the Pharmaceutical Industries with Siemens Digital Industries Software. Jim, Dale, and Conor talk about the latest currents in the medical device and pharmaceutical industry, and dive into how software and electronics are driving changes in how care gets delivered.