New Accenture Siemens Business Group to Reinvent Engineering and Manufacturing for Clients
Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and Siemens have announced a major expansion of their alliance through the formation of the Accenture Siemens Business Group, unveiled at Hannover Messe 2025. The dedicated business practice will comprise 7,000 professionals globally, combining Siemens' automation, industrial AI, and Xcelerator portfolio with Accenture's data and AI capabilities.
The group will focus on developing software-defined products and factories across multiple industries, including aerospace, automotive, consumer goods, and semiconductors. Key services will include engineering R&D models, manufacturing execution systems, and cybersecurity services. The partnership has already demonstrated success with clients like KION Group and Navantia, where they achieved a 20% reduction in design and manufacturing costs through digital twin implementation.
Accenture (NYSE: ACN) e Siemens hanno annunciato una significativa espansione della loro alleanza attraverso la creazione del Accenture Siemens Business Group, presentato all'Hannover Messe 2025. Questa pratica commerciale dedicata comprenderà 7.000 professionisti a livello globale, combinando l'automazione di Siemens, l'IA industriale e il portafoglio Xcelerator con le capacità di dati e IA di Accenture.
Il gruppo si concentrerà sullo sviluppo di prodotti e fabbriche definiti dal software in diversi settori, tra cui aerospaziale, automobilistico, beni di consumo e semiconduttori. I principali servizi includeranno modelli di R&D ingegneristici, sistemi di esecuzione della produzione e servizi di cybersecurity. La partnership ha già dimostrato successo con clienti come KION Group e Navantia, dove hanno ottenuto una riduzione del 20% nei costi di progettazione e produzione attraverso l'implementazione di gemelli digitali.
Accenture (NYSE: ACN) y Siemens han anunciado una importante expansión de su alianza a través de la formación del Accenture Siemens Business Group, presentado en Hannover Messe 2025. Esta práctica comercial dedicada contará con 7,000 profesionales a nivel mundial, combinando la automatización de Siemens, la IA industrial y el portafolio Xcelerator con las capacidades de datos e IA de Accenture.
El grupo se centrará en desarrollar productos y fábricas definidos por software en múltiples industrias, incluyendo aeroespacial, automotriz, bienes de consumo y semiconductores. Los servicios clave incluirán modelos de I+D de ingeniería, sistemas de ejecución de manufactura y servicios de ciberseguridad. La asociación ya ha demostrado su éxito con clientes como KION Group y Navantia, donde lograron una reducción del 20% en los costos de diseño y fabricación a través de la implementación de gemelos digitales.
액센츄어 (NYSE: ACN)와 지멘스는 액센츄어 지멘스 비즈니스 그룹의 설립을 통해 그들의 동맹 관계를 크게 확장한다고 발표했습니다. 이 그룹은 2025 하노버 메세에서 공개되었습니다. 이 전담 비즈니스 실무는 전 세계적으로 7,000명의 전문가로 구성되며, 지멘스의 자동화, 산업 AI 및 Xcelerator 포트폴리오와 액센츄어의 데이터 및 AI 역량을 결합합니다.
그룹은 항공우주, 자동차, 소비재 및 반도체를 포함한 여러 산업에서 소프트웨어 정의 제품 및 공장을 개발하는 데 집중할 것입니다. 주요 서비스에는 엔지니어링 연구 개발 모델, 제조 실행 시스템 및 사이버 보안 서비스가 포함됩니다. 이 파트너십은 이미 KION Group 및 Navantia와 같은 고객과 함께 20%의 설계 및 제조 비용 절감을 달성한 디지털 트윈 구현으로 성공을 입증했습니다.
Accenture (NYSE: ACN) et Siemens ont annoncé une importante expansion de leur alliance par la création du Accenture Siemens Business Group, dévoilé lors de la Hannover Messe 2025. Cette pratique commerciale dédiée comptera 7 000 professionnels dans le monde entier, combinant l'automatisation de Siemens, l'IA industrielle et le portefeuille Xcelerator avec les capacités en données et en IA d'Accenture.
Le groupe se concentrera sur le développement de produits et d'usines définis par logiciel dans plusieurs secteurs, y compris l'aérospatial, l'automobile, les biens de consommation et les semi-conducteurs. Les services clés comprendront des modèles de R&D en ingénierie, des systèmes d'exécution de fabrication et des services de cybersécurité. Le partenariat a déjà fait ses preuves avec des clients tels que KION Group et Navantia, où ils ont réalisé une réduction de 20 % des coûts de conception et de fabrication grâce à la mise en œuvre de jumeaux numériques.
Accenture (NYSE: ACN) und Siemens haben eine bedeutende Erweiterung ihrer Allianz durch die Gründung der Accenture Siemens Business Group angekündigt, die auf der Hannover Messe 2025 vorgestellt wurde. Diese spezielle Geschäftseinheit wird aus 7.000 Fachleuten weltweit bestehen und kombiniert die Automatisierung, industrielle KI und das Xcelerator-Portfolio von Siemens mit den Daten- und KI-Fähigkeiten von Accenture.
Die Gruppe wird sich auf die Entwicklung von softwaredefinierten Produkten und Fabriken in verschiedenen Branchen konzentrieren, darunter Luft- und Raumfahrt, Automobilindustrie, Konsumgüter und Halbleiter. Zu den wichtigsten Dienstleistungen gehören Ingenieurforschungs- und -entwicklungsmodelle, Fertigungsexecution-Systeme und Cybersicherheitsdienste. Die Partnerschaft hat bereits Erfolge mit Kunden wie KION Group und Navantia gezeigt, wo sie durch die Implementierung digitaler Zwillinge eine Kostenreduzierung von 20 % bei Design und Fertigung erreicht haben.
- Formation of large-scale business group with 7,000 professionals indicates significant market opportunity
- Proven success with existing clients showing tangible cost reductions (20% for Navantia)
- Integration of advanced technologies (AI, automation, digital twins) strengthens competitive position
- Expansion into multiple high-growth industrial sectors
- Significant resource investment required to scale to 7,000 professionals
- Complex integration of different technology systems may pose implementation challenges
Insights
Accenture's expanded strategic alliance with Siemens represents a significant business opportunity in the industrial digital transformation space. The formation of a dedicated business group with 7,000 professionals demonstrates substantial commitment to capturing market share in what they're calling "the next digital frontier" - engineering and manufacturing digitalization.
This partnership strategically positions Accenture at the intersection of industrial expertise and advanced AI capabilities. The combined offering leverages Siemens' Xcelerator portfolio and domain knowledge with Accenture's data and AI capabilities to create differentiated solutions for software-defined products and factories across multiple industries including automotive, aerospace, and semiconductor manufacturing.
The alliance has already demonstrated success with clients like KION Group and Navantia, where they've achieved tangible results including a
Most compelling is the focus on agentic AI for industrial applications - an emerging high-value segment. By embedding AI agents into engineering software and manufacturing processes, Accenture is targeting efficiency gains in product development cycles, a critical pain point for industrial clients.
For Accenture, this represents a strategic expansion of its Industry X practice into higher-margin services that combine consulting with technology implementation, potentially creating a sustainable competitive advantage in the industrial transformation market.
- Dedicated business practice expands long-standing alliance to drive development of software-defined products and factories at scale across industry
- Companies plan to scale new group to 7,000 professionals to combine leading industrial technology with AI-powered engineering and manufacturing capabilities
- Partners have driven digital transformation for clients including KION Group and Navantia
Accenture and Siemens have announced the formation of the Accenture Siemens Business Group to reinvent engineering and manufacturing for clients.
At Hannover Messe 2025, the two companies announced the formation of the Accenture Siemens Business Group, a dedicated business practice to comprise 7,000 professionals with proven manufacturing and IT experience globally. Through the business group, the companies will co-develop and jointly market solutions to clients that combine automation, industrial AI and software from the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio with Accenture’s data and AI capabilities.
“By strengthening our partnership, we combine the unique capabilities of two market leaders: Siemens’ technology, access to data and deep domain knowledge in software, automation and industrial AI with Accenture’s power to apply data and AI in engineering and manufacturing,” said Roland Busch, President and CEO of Siemens. “With the new business group, we will empower customers in all industries to supercharge their entire value chain by embedding AI at the core of their businesses.”
“Engineering and manufacturing are the next digital frontier,” said Julie Sweet, chair and CEO, Accenture. “The Accenture Siemens Business Group scales the power of automation, data and AI to help clients reinvent their products and how they make them. Together with our long-standing partner Siemens, we will increase speed and efficiency, reduce cost and strengthen the digital core, which is essential for continuous reinvention and the creation of new value.”
Proven track record
Accenture and Siemens have a long history of jointly creating value for clients. For KION Group, a leading supply chain solution company, Accenture and Siemens are unifying and optimizing core engineering processes with Siemens Teamcenter as the client’s common product lifecycle management (PLM) platform. The initiative rethinks and enhances KION’s engineering processes with simulation capabilities, generative AI and Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE).
At Navantia, a Spanish state-owned shipbuilding, technology and defense company, Accenture and Siemens developed and implemented a new product development platform using Siemens Teamcenter and Capital Logic Designer. The platform enables digital twins of Navantia's vessels, increasing the quality of the product design and reducing the company’s total design and manufacturing cost by
Scalable engineering, manufacturing and services solutions for industry
The Accenture Siemens Business Group will create solutions for software-defined products and factories for clients in industries including aerospace and defense, automotive, consumer products and goods, electronics, heavy equipment, industrial machinery, semiconductors and transportation.
The group plans to introduce new engineering services that will focus on reinventing engineering and R&D models. It will help clients create global engineering capability centers and develop software-defined products. It will also optimize clients’ use of Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) and speed the adoption and use of Accenture’s and Siemens’ software-defined vehicle (SDV) framework for automakers.
New manufacturing services will support clients in implementing, harmonizing and migrating manufacturing execution systems to track and control manufacturing in real-time. By applying IT principles, the group will advance clients’ AI-powered shopfloor operations and automation. Additionally, it will help clients mitigate and prevent cyber threats to operational technology (OT) devices and critical engineering and manufacturing systems with managed security services including Accenture’s Managed Extended Detection and Response (MxDR) platform. (A demo of Accenture’s and Siemens’ joint cybersecurity approach for IT/OT environments is available at Siemens’ Hannover Messe booth in Hall 9, booth 53.)
New industrial assets services will include after-sales service, maintenance, repairs and overhaul.
Agentic AI-powered industrial process reinvention
The Accenture Siemens Business Group will enable its solutions for clients with Accenture’s suite of Industry X digital engineering and manufacturing assets. These support clients in building AI agents, customizing pre-built agents and foundation models—for example, for simulation and robotics—and ensuring governance across all their AI components. (A demo of embedded generative AI agents in engineering using Siemens NX and engineering software from its recent acquisition Altair is available at Accenture’s Hannover Messe booth in Hall 17, booth E32).
Agentic AI can dramatically increase the efficiency and productivity of product development by, for example, automatically validating the impact on feasibility, cost and performance of engineering changes and new designs. Other areas benefitting from agentic AI are PLM, asset management and servicing of industrial equipment, and remote operations.
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