Siemens PLM Software Hosts 2016 Partner Forum
Published2016.03.16 14:29
Channel Partner Selection: Korea's Youngchang CAD Wins for Asia-Pacific Region
Siemens PLM Software announced that it held its annual partner event, the Converge AP Executive Partner Forum, in Hainan Province, China. The event was organized to celebrate the achievements of channel partners in the Asia-Pacific region and to foster mutual strategic cooperation.
The event also included an awards ceremony to recognize the best Siemens PLM Software channel partners in the Asia-Pacific region. Notably, Korea's Youngchang CAD garnered attention by winning the award for Best Partner in the Asia-Pacific region within the Mainstream Engineering category. Additionally, C-Tech Systems received the award for Best Partner in the Korea region.
As products become more complex, manufacturing companies in the Asia-Pacific region are facing various challenges in securing a competitive advantage. Consequently, the adoption of digital technologies is expanding as a fundamental strategy to realize product innovation. Against this backdrop, this Partner Forum covered hot issues and topics in the manufacturing sector that are driving industrial innovation.
In the general and breakout sessions of this event, discussions were held on ways for partners to support customer innovation through digital transformation, focusing on the challenges and opportunities in the Asia-Pacific region in 2016.
Photo: Korea's 'Youngchang CAD' selected as the best partner in the Asia-Pacific region
Pete Carrier, Senior Vice President and Managing Director of Siemens PLM Software Asia Pacific, highlighted Siemens' unique differentiators in helping customers achieve smart innovation. In particular, he introduced how Siemens' Smart Innovation Portfolio provides the tools necessary for customers to transition into a digital enterprise.
In his keynote, Lothar Herrmann, CEO of Siemens China, presented Siemens' vision for Industry 4.0 and explained advancements in establishing a vision for manufacturing operations in the digital world. This was followed by a presentation from Haier, a Chinese home appliance manufacturer and Siemens client. The presentation introduced case studies of Haier's successful implementation of digital strategies in the global home appliance market.
Peter Carrier, Vice President of Siemens PLM Software, said, “Siemens supports partners in acquiring the highest quality PLM products, solutions, and services, and is continuously strengthening cooperation with partners on industry and business strategies to maximize the return on customers’ PLM investments.” He added, “As customer demand diversifies and grows across various industries, the importance of PLM is also increasing. Furthermore, the need to adopt digital technologies to gain a competitive advantage is rising. In this context, Siemens is helping manufacturing companies transition into digital enterprises and achieve innovation.”
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