Krone
One of Germany's leading agricultural machinery companies, Maschinenfabrik Bernard Krone GmbH & Co., has chosen the Siemens Digital Innovation Platform to aid in establishing its digitalisation strategy. Krone will use Siemens solutions such as the Teamcenter portfolio and NX software to launch a programme of digitalisation that will support processes over the entire product lifecycle as well as collaborative work between departments.
“Establishing a Product Data Management (PDM) / Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solution at Krone creates an important backbone for our overall digitisation strategy,” said Dr. Goy-Hinrich Korn, CIO at Krone. “We have a vision and plan to enable the digitisation of our company but without a solid base, these would not be sufficiently supported. We are confident that working with Siemens’ software will help solve both our existing issues as well as meet our new requirements.”
Krone's portfolio of products ranges from basic agricultural machines, such as small mowers, to hugely complex field choppers for interplant use. The ever-changing market requires increasing efficient machines with new sensor technology and more sophisticated software.
Along with the need to extend the product lifecycle for this equipment, manufacturers in this industry face many challenges, including global competition, multi-site manufacturing, compressed development cycles, total cost-of-ownership reductions, fuel economy, and regulatory emissions standards. Meeting these challenges is easier with an integrated set of design, simulation and manufacturing software tools that can be managed in a unified and integrated environment.
“A single-source data management system is an essential tool for heavy equipment manufacturers such as Krone, who need to manage the different forms and data created, while keeping focus on engineering, manufacturing and product lifecycle,” said Urban August, Senior Vice President and Managing Director for Siemens PLM Software, Germany. “Our solutions for the heavy equipment industry can help Krone excel in today’s challenging and dynamic environment and deliver innovative products while decreasing total cost of ownership.”
Krone has a multi-phase roll out planned to implement the software, beginning with a focus on data migration. Later phases of the implementation will shift the focus to PLM software. This initial base will form the foundation for the strategy and allow room to build upon in the future, including various areas of expansion and interest such as quality management systems, Internet of Things, simulation and computer-aided manufacturing solutions.
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