PALO ALTO, CA β HP Inc. and Deloitte Consulting LLP have announced a first-of-its-kind alliance to help accelerate the digital transformation of the global manufacturing industry. The two companies will collaborate on the implementation of HPβs 3D printing systems in large-scale manufacturing environments, applying their leading digital operations experience to help enterprises accelerate product design and production, create more flexible manufacturing and supply chains, and enhance efficiency across the manufacturing lifecycle. This can help increase innovation, accelerate time-to-market, reduce costs and waste, and help large enterprises compete more effectively in todayβs dynamic global economy.
The alliance will combine HPβs award-winning Jet Fusion 3D Printing solutions and tools, industry-leading partner ecosystem, and heritage of driving digital industrial transformations together with Deloitteβs global client reach and deep manufacturing relationships, extensive digital operations experience, and proven success in supply chain transformation for some of the worldβs largest companies.
βThe Fourth Industrial Revolution is upon us. No sector of the global economy is undergoing more radical transformation than the U.S. $12 trillion manufacturing market,β said Dion Weisler, President and CEO, HP Inc. βCompanies investing in digital reinvention are poised to outpace their peers. Building on our disruptive 3D printing technology, together with Deloitte, we are focused on helping customers transform and win in this new era.β
βThe digitalization of global manufacturing operations and practices will impact companies and consumers around the world, and 3D printing will play an important role in fundamentally changing manufacturing as we know it,β added Punit Renjen, Global CEO at Deloitte. βThis alliance comprises two exceptional brands and brings together HPβs leading 3D printing platform with Deloitteβs digital manufacturing experience and global client reach.β
The speed, economics, quality, and reliability of HPβs 3D printing solutions are enhancing business operations with a growing list of leading global companies including BMW Group, Jabil, Johnson & Johnson, Nike, and many more, as well as a wide array of manufacturing service bureaus in North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific.
β3D printing empowers design freedom and product personalization while delivering a digital thread to transform supply chains and open the door for distributed manufacturing,β said John Dulchinos, vice president of digital manufacturing at Jabil. βAs part of this powerful ecosystem, Jabil works with leaders such as HP and Deloitte to help customers across different industries benefit from HPβs groundbreaking Multi Jet Fusion technology to make production-grade parts in volume and ramp additive manufacturing innovations.β
HPβs end-to-end manufacturing ecosystem includes engineering, software, enterprise, and manufacturing workflow leaders such as SAP, Siemens, Autodesk, and Materialise as well as members of its unique open 3D materials platform including Arkema, BASF, Evonik, Henkel, Lehman & Voss, and Sinopec Yanshan Petrochemical Co.
Deloitteβs Supply Chain and Manufacturing Operations practice is a global leader in helping companies apply digital business strategy to manufacturing initiatives to drive operational excellence. Deloitte has formed an ecosystem of digital collaborators, including Amazon Web Services (AWS), Cloudera, Dassault SystΓ¨mes, Google Cloud, SAP, and Siemens, to help clients accelerate their digital transformations. Deloitte will play an important role in helping organizations make use of 3D printing technology in their supply chain networks β a move that has the potential to fundamentally impact the way manufacturing organizations function.
βThis new alliance reinforces the longstanding relationships Siemens has built with HP and Deloitte, and creates greater opportunities to digitally transform the global manufacturing industry,β said Tony Hemmelgarn, President and CEO, Siemens PLM Software. βWe see enormous potential in the next generation of integrated product design, engineering, manufacturing and business innovations that elevate the voxel control and production-ready capabilities of HPβs Multi Jet Fusion 3D printing technology.β
With the potential to lower costs, increase production speed and flexibility, minimize distribution borders, and create entirely new markets worldwide, 3D printing is helping to unlock the promise of a new global industrial revolution.
βAs a long-standing partner of both Deloitte and HP, we are pleased to see the synergy of their unique strengths combined to drive worldwide adoption of 3D printing across industries,β said Dr. Tanja Rueckert, President IoT & Digital Supply Chain, SAP SE. βSAP continues to accelerate efforts to drive a global, scalable, and open manufacturing business network for industrial 3D printing with SAP Distributed Manufacturing. HPβs disruptive Multi Jet Fusion 3D printing technology, Deloitteβs manufacturing domain expertise, and SAPβs global, cloud-based manufacturing business network help to deliver the power, speed, and quality of the distributed manufacturing digital transformation today."
This alliance, which will begin in the U.S. and expand to other geographies, is part of HP and Deloitteβs ongoing collaboration designed to accelerate digital transformation for the enterprise. Deloitte and HP will offer solutions that combine Deloitteβs extensive business transformation capabilities with HPβs managed print, device-as-a-service (DaaS), commercial mobility, and cyber-security offerings.