OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT AT SIEMENS

Operations Management at Siemens

Table of Contents

Introduction3

Discussion4

Tangible culture and Intangible Culture4

Section 14

Section II5

Section III5

Online support for fast information5

Spare parts ensure plant availability6

Ensuring highest plant availability7

Expert advice during planning and efficient project support7

Maintenance and proactive asset management strategies for increased plant performance and productivity7

Success factor water8

Performance objectives and operations strategies (Quality, Speed, Dependability, Cost, Flexibility advantages)8

Operations Design9

Service Design9

Planning and Control9

Inventory and Material Management10

Quality10

Conclusions11

References12

Operations Management at Siemens

Introduction

The Company Siemens AG is a German origin multinational company whose headquarter is located in Munich Germany. It is listed as the largest European origin electronics and Electrical Engineering Company. The major activities of the company are in the areas of energy, transportation, industry and healthcare. It is divided into five core divisions which are Energy, Industry, Healthcare, infrastructure and cities and Siemens financial services. The company and its subsidiaries involve around 360,000 employees in around 190 different countries and add global revenue of around 73.5 billion Euros according to the reports published in 2011. The Company has been listed primarily in Frankfurt stock exchange and a secondary listing on the New York stock exchange. Products and services Siemens provides a huge range of electrical engineering and electronics related products and services. The productions of Siemens can be categorized as building related products, energy related products, drives, automation and industrial plant related products, medical products, lighting, transportation and logistics and medical products.

The building related products of Siemens consist of building automation systems and equipments, building operational systems and equipments, safety systems and equipments for buildings, building security and access control systems, low voltage switch gears which also includes which also include circuit protection systems and distribution products.

The drives, automation systems and plant related products of Siemens comprises of motors and drives for running conveyer belts, compressors and pumps, drives for heavy duty motors and motors themselves, rolling mills for metals and steel, compressors for gas and oil pipelines, different mechanical components including gears for wind turbines and cement factories, automation systems, equipments and their controls for the production machinery and tools for machines and industrial plants for the processing of raw material and water.

The energy related products of Siemens consists of steam and gas turbines, compressors, generators, on shore and offshore wind turbines, power transformers, high voltage transmission and distribution products, products which are used for power automation, high voltage switching products and systems, alternating and direct current transmission systems along with medium voltage systems and their components.

Siemens' OSRAM is a subsidiary of Siemens group which manufactures different lighting products which consists of halogen, fluorescent, compact fluorescent, incandescent, Xenon lamps and high intensity discharge. Besides this, the products also include Opto electronics semi conductors such as LEDs, organic LEDs, LED systems and luminaries, high power laser diodes, electronic equipments along with electronic blasters, lighting management and control in combination with similar precision products.

The medical products consists of clinical information technology systems, hearing systems, in vitro diagnostics machines, bio imaging machines such as angiography, computed tomography, fluoroscopy, magnetic resonance, ultra sound, mammography, ...