The intralogistics industry is facing new challenges. The Covid 19 pandemic has changed markets and requirements and the industry must cope with a rapidly growing e-commerce.

Growing inventory turnover rates with evershorter storage periods, small order quantities with fast delivery times, increasing return rates, and increased delivery quantities on short notice all require flexible, scalable intralogistics processes.

The new demands can be met with the help of digitalization and automation. Siemens brings together the data generated in the process in a continuous loop between the real and digital worlds. This enables intralogistics companies to better understand and use data. Traditional silos between previously separate areas break down and new opportunities for sustainable and flexible processes are created. Accordingly, employees in intralogistics companies can make appropriate decisions based on data and react faster to changes.

With the Digital Enterprise Portfolio, Siemens supports machine builders and operators of logistics centers on the path to digital transformation. The end-to-end portfolio consists of software-based, seamlessly integrated automation and drive systems that can be used to equip central logistics center technologies such as automated guided vehicles (AGV), conveyor technology and automated storage systems. In addition, the concept of the digital twin provides a closed loop between the digital world of planning and the real world of operations and performance.

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