SIEMENS AND CAPGEMINI COLLABORATE FOR SUPPLIER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT

Siemens PLM Software and Capgemini have announced the availability of an integrated supplier relationship management (SRM) solution to help customers enhance supplier integration and collaboration to deliver costsavings.

The end-to-end solution, based on Siemens’ Teamcenter software for SRM and Capgemini’s knowledge of process synchronization, systems integration and rapid implementation methodologies, aims to help customers identify and optimize their source of supply, exchange data with suppliers, negotiate agreements using best-in-class sourcing technology, and monitor on-going supplier performance.

“Siemens PLM Software and Capgemini have combined forces to provide a solution that provides optimization across the engineering and procurement disciplines,” said Dick Slansky, PLM research director, ARC Advisory Group. This partnership also highlights the expanded domains of the product lifecycle and how PLM providers like Siemens PLM Software are now providing solutions well beyond the traditional engineering design/build domains.”

For Siemens, Paul Vogel, executive vice president, Global Sales and Services, Siemens PLM Software, said: “Siemens PLM Software is committed to providing an open enterprise PLM backbone which can be leveraged to enhance integration and collaboration in all aspects of the business, including sourcing and supplier management, to help our customers efficiently and cost effectively turn more ideas into successful products”.