Improve Time to Market with Accelerated Equipment Design
Leveraging a Digital Twin for Innovation Efficiency
- Is product complexity taxing your current systems and processes?
- How do you avoid pitfalls resulting in penalties, increased scrap and warranty costs?
- How do you design machines that deliver zero harm, zero emissions, and zero downtime?
- How do you improve profitably in a globally competitive environment?
Heavy equipment manufacturers face increasing challenges, negatively impacting efficiency. As the industry moves towards machines that provide zero harm, zero downtime, and zero emissions, there is pressure from regulators to meet and exceed expectations. Product complexity makes it difficult to maintain quality and performance, especially given the pressure to reduce time-to-market. The need has never been greater to break down the traditional silos between electrical, mechanical, software and manufacturing teams – to solve issues earlier in the development process.
Simulation & Test Solutions, Siemens Digital Industries Software
Frank Poradek is a Mechanical Engineer with 15 years of experience in the Simulation and Test Engineering disciplines. As an engineer, he has applied his skills in the automotive, industrial machinery, and automation industries. Frank holds a Master of Mechanical Engineering from Michigan Technological University with a focus in Engineering Mechanics. During his career, he focused on solving mechanical issues, using a combination of simulation and testing techniques. This included solving engineering problems, using both test and simulation tools, in addition to correlating simulation models with test results.
Industry Strategy, Siemens Digital Industries Software
John Flood is a Solution Consultant for Strategic accounts in Heavy Equipment and Industrial Machinery for Siemens Digital Industries Software. He is responsible for supporting Digital Enterprise strategy, sales orchestration, and customer success across the vertical. John has in depth experience with the Siemens portfolio of products, most notably Teamcenter. This experience is the result of 23 years of employment with Siemens, 18 of which were with the Professional Services organization. While in services, John implemented Siemens PLM products across multiple industry verticals, including Automotive, Aerospace and Defense, Medical Devices, and Heavy Equipment. For the past five years, John has worked in the Pre Sales organization, promoting the value of the Digital Enterprise and supporting customers with technical expertise.
Portfolio Development Executive, Polarion ALM, Siemens Digital Industries Software
Gary has over 23 years of experience enabling companies to solve problems through the use of IT and software solutions. He has held various sales and leadership positions with company’s such as IBM, Champion Computer and Altia to name a few. He joined the Siemens Digital Industries team after Polarion was acquired by Siemens in 2016. In Gary’s current role, he works directly with customers in almost all industries but focuses mainly on larger manufactures. He shows them a way to reduce time and cost out of their software development process thru the effective use of Application Lifecycle Management tools.