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ARC VIEW SEPTEMBER 1, 2011 SIMATIC IT Manufacturing Excellence Days for the Process Industry 2011 By Valentijn de Leeuw Summary Siemens and Microsoft recently held the SIMATIC IT Manufacturing Excel- lence Days in Genoa, Italy. The event targeted the process industries, with a focus on the food, beverage, tobacco, minerals, The SIMATIC IT Manufacturing Excellence mining, and fine chemicals. The event attracted Days for the Process Industries featured over 200 participants, including around 50 cus- demonstrations of new capabilities. tomers and 30 partners. The meeting included Recently announced developments and presentations by Siemens and Microsoft, plus in- acquisitions support the company’s stated commitment to continue making dustry round tables that provided users, investments in industrial software. integrators, and providers to ask questions and share experiences. Demonstrations showed recent developments in products, libraries, and project methodology. The developments provide value for users and the demonstrations, which ARC found convincing, helped spark lively ex- changes within the provider-integrator-user eco-system. A live connection to an installation at a Carlsberg brewery in Switzerland provided a look at real-world, real-time SIMATIC IT behavior in a plant. Siemens’ MES Strategy In his opening speech, Giorgio Cuttica, head of Siemens’ MES business unit, explained that the company formulated its strategy to be able to serve clients globally in all manufacturing IT domains, including PLM, SCM, and MES. Mr. Cuttica mentioned significant growth in workforce and technology. MES personnel have been increased from 800 to about 1000 in the past year, and several acquisitions are under way. The manufacturing IT strategy fits into the overall industry software strategy framework. The goal is to improve the overall value chain, from product or