Siemens and IFS today announced a strategic partnership to help manufacturers connect engineering intelligence with operational reality - increasing the value of their products and optimizing their production assets across the entire product lifecycle with industrial AI. The collaboration brings together Siemens' leadership in industrial AI, engineering, automation and manufacturing execution and IFS's strengths in industrial AI, enterprise asset management and field service domains. Together, the two companies aim to help manufacturers close a persistent gap: the disconnect between how factory operations are designed and how they run in reality ...