Daimler Truck and Siemens are collaborating to develop an integrated digital engineering platform.

Daimler Truck will expand its use of the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio by deploying Teamcenter® software for Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and Bill of Materials (BOM) management as its future standard PLM solution on the new digital platform.

Siemens Digital Industries Software and Daimler Truck AG announced a new collaboration to develop a cutting-edge digital engineering platform based on the Siemens Xcelerator software and services portfolio. Daimler Truck's engineering efforts will benefit greatly from a unified IT ecosystem.

The new platform, which will be implemented internationally across Daimler Trucks' engineering hubs, brands, and business divisions, will allow Daimler Trucks to explore a future of commercial vehicle innovation, efficient product development, and truck and bus lifecycle management.

"Our decision to deepen our partnership with Siemens will enable us to use the most sophisticated technologies to develop the future of transportation and help our customers' businesses succeed," stated Dr Andreas Gorbach, Member of Daimler Truck Holding AG's Board of Management and responsible for Truck Technology.

The new digital platform will broaden Daimler Truck's use of the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio by implementing Teamcenter® software for Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and Bill of Materials (BOM) management as its future standard PLM solution.

This environment brings together and unifies the workflows, systems, and associated mechanical design, electrical design, and simulation data from the Daimler Truck teams. Daimler Truck already uses Siemens Xcelerator products, including NXTM software for product engineering.

Daimler Truck has undertaken a digitalization initiative to shift away from Daimler AG legacy systems since its creation as an independent business, with the strategic objective of leading sustainable transportation with intelligent IT advances.

Daimler Truck is pursuing a defined technical strategy to produce future trucks and buses that will be powered by both electric battery and hydrogen-based propulsion in a carbon-neutral future. As digitization advances, these trucks are likely to become more intelligent, enabling next-generation service offerings such as autonomous haulage.

"Trucks are the backbone of global supply chains, and Siemens will assist Daimler Truck in charting the future of carbon-neutral transportation," said Cedrik Neike, a Member of Siemens AG's Management Board and CEO of Digital Industries. "Daimler Truck will create a carbon-neutral future by leveraging our leading technology platform, as well as our leading product engineering, lifecycle management, and simulation capabilities."

Daimler Truck is implementing a global platform approach, which implies that the guiding philosophy of designing essential components and vehicle platforms once and then scaling them internationally across brands and markets is central to the company's strategy.

Daimler Truck chose Siemens as the technology and implementation provider to construct this next-generation engineering digital environment because it requires cloud-based worldwide cooperation and a unified digital engineering system platform.

About Daimler Truck

Daimler Truck AG is one of the world's largest truck and bus manufacturers, with industry-leading positions in Europe, North America, and Asia, as well as over 40 major locations worldwide. It employs over 100,000 people and represents seven brands: Freightliner, Western Star, Thomas Built Buses, Mercedes-Benz, Setra, BharatBenz, and FUSO.

About Siemens

Siemens Digital Industries Software enables enterprises of all sizes to digitally change by leveraging the Siemens Xcelerator business platform's software, hardware, and services. Siemens' software and comprehensive digital twin enable organizations to optimize their design, engineering, and manufacturing processes, translating today's ideas into products that are future-proof. Throughout all industries, from chips to complete systems, from product to process,