Siemens and Accenture create 7,000-strong group to ‘re-invent’ manufacturing
1 April 2025 
Siemens and Accenture are forming a jointly-run business group that will employ 7,000 people helping industrial customers to develop software-defined products and factories, thus “re-inventing” engineering and manufacturing. The Accenture Siemens Business Group, which builds on a long-standing relationship between the partners, will co-develop and jointly market systems that combine automation, industrial AI and software from the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio, with Accenture’s data and AI capabilities.
The new group will work with clients in industries such as industrial machinery, aerospace, defence, automotive, consumer goods, electronics, semiconductors and transportation. It plans to introduce engineering services that will re-invent engineering and R&D models. It will also help clients to create global engineering capability centres, and to develop software-defined products. It will optimise their use of Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) and speed the adoption and use of Accenture’s and Siemens’ software-defined vehicle (SDV) framework for car-makers.
New manufacturing services will support clients in implementing, harmonising and migrating MESs (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. It will also help clients to mitigate and prevent cyberthreats to operational technology (OT) and critical engineering and manufacturing systems with a security platform and services that include Accenture’s Managed Extended Detection and Response (MxDR) platform.
Announcing the venture at the Hannover Messe, Roland Busch, Siemens’ president and CEO, predicted that the new venture will help customers to shorten their cycle times and to cut costs: “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. 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,” added Accenture’s chair and CEO, Julie Sweet. “The Accenture Siemens Business Group scales the power of automation, data and AI to help clients re-invent 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.”
The new business expects to build up its 7,000-strong workforce of the next few years. They will be drawn mostly from Accenture.
