Siemens Provides Real-time Positioning Systems to Ensure the Safety of the Production Environment and the Optimization of Production Processes.

Based on its hardware and software portfolio, Siemens provides new solutions to meet the challenges posed by the new outbreak of pneumonia. The solution enables companies to quickly and effectively control the interaction between employees and production lines and production equipment. Integrated digital twins help enterprises simulate employee safety, test and optimize work area settings, and validate safety measures to design future-proof production lines.

For businesses, it is not only necessary to re-establish operating procedures based on the new standards, but also to ensure that each employee can maintain a safe social distance in the future. Simatic RTLS real-time positioning systems provide enterprises with an effective means to help measure, monitor, and maintain a safe social distance between employees. Through the wearable RTLS electronic tag interaction with factory devices, organizations can track the actions of employees in all clearly defined areas, subject to data protection regulations. Siemens SieTrace software can algorithmicly process the location data of electronic tags and determine the distance between employees. If the social distance is less than 1.5 meters, the system sends a warning signal to all involved personnel via the e-link display of the electronic tag, ensuring the continuous implementation of the safe social distance at the corporate premises. At the same time, in the event of a risk situation, the enterprise can quickly and reliably identify employees who may be affected by the risk. In the event of an employee contracting a new crown of pneumonia, Simatic RTLS provides real-time data that can also be combined with digital twins in the actual production environment to help companies identify possible contacts between employees and quickly and easily identify "high risk points" in specific risk areas. With an accurate grasp of the risk areas, security solutions can be rapidly optimized in those areas where there is real need to avoid large, costly health precautions throughout the site and focus instead on specific areas.

Mobile data from Simatic RTLS also significantly increases production transparency, enabling businesses to benefit significantly in other applications. Information based on digital twin location data provides a comprehensive overview of the entire enterprise material flow, order information, or potential problem areas. With precise location information, organizations can minimize time-consuming searches or avoid bottlenecks altogether, while increasing productivity and productivity. With Simatic RTLS real-time positioning systems, enterprises can not only successfully implement security solutions, but also tap the potential to optimize innovative production and logistics.