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News Release from: Siemens Automation and Drives
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 26 May 2005
Partnership focuses on manufacturing IT
solutions
Siemens Automation and Drives has signed a partnership agreement with Tata Consultancy Services to develop and deploy cutting edge manufacturing IT solutions.
Siemens Automation and Drives has signed a partnership agreement with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Asia's largest information technology services and solutions provider, to develop and deploy cutting edge manufacturing IT solutions Under this agreement Siemens and TCS will deploy fully developed manufacturing solutions based on Siemens' manufacturing execution systems (MES) Simatic IT in worldwide key markets
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 6 Mar 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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The partnership will leverage TCS' software development, automation engineering and global delivery capabilities, and Siemens' global automation solutions provider position for leading-edge software products for MES.
As a Simatic IT Certified Partner, TCS will provide MES solutions in multiple vertical industries within the discrete, process and batch manufacturing segments.
TCS and Siemens plan to target the USA, Germany, and India as the initial markets for this partnership.
With solutions based on Simatic IT, TCS would help customers optimise their production processes and achieve seamless information integration between shop-floor and enterprise systems.
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