About Siemens PLM Software

Siemens PLM Software, a business unit of the Siemens Industry Automation Division, is a leading global provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) software and services with 6.7 million licensed seats and 63,000 customers worldwide.

Through Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), manufacturers' capability to optimise their operations to emerge from the recession is greatly increased, enabling an improved path to innovation, industry leadership and top-line growth.

PLM enables the kind of convergence that Enterprise Resource Planning and Customer Relationship Management prompted in the past. In the early 90s, ERP unified finance, HR, manufacturing and warehouse systems. A decade later, CRM brought call centre and sales force automation together.  Now, Computer-Aided Design, Computer-Aided Manufacturing, Product Data Management and Manufacturing Process Management are converging through PLM.

Yet PLM is unique from other solutions because it focuses on driving top-line revenue from repeatable product design and manufacturing processes.

For more information on Siemens PLM Software products, services and customers, visit: www.siemens.com/plm

About Microsoft in Manufacturing

Microsoft, in conjunction with its team of industry leaders, delivers enterprise solutions to a range of manufacturers including those in vertical industries such as automotive, chemical, consumer packaged goods, high technology, and oil and gas.

These industry-specific solutions provide a flexible, scalable and reliable platform that helps enable businesses to be more agile and connected. As a result, manufacturers can shorten product development cycles, integrate operations with partners and suppliers, acquire and share intelligence in real time, and more easily communicate with customers. More information about Microsoft in manufacturing can be found online at www.microsoft.com/manufacturing