PepsiCo has announced an industry-first collaboration with Siemens and Nvidia to transform its plant and supply chain operations with artificial intelligence (AI).
It comes in response to rising demand for production and distribution capacity. The new digital and AI approach will “optimise” PepsiCo’s current physical footprint, the company said.
“The scale and complexity of PepsiCo’s business, from farm to shelf, is massive – and we are embedding AI throughout our operations better to meet the increasing demands of our consumers and customers,” said Ramon Laguarta, chairman and CEO of PepsiCo.
“Our work with Siemens and Nvidia will help accelerate our continued journey of becoming a future-fit company, operating with agility and foresight.”
Shifting to a digital-first planning strategy, PepsiCo is using Siemens’ digital twin composer, built on tools from Nvidia.
“Physical industries are entering the age of AI. For companies with real-world assets, digital twins are the foundation of their AI journey,” Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of Nvidia, added.
“Working with Nvidia and Siemens, PepsiCo is re-architecting its operations – using physically accurate digital twins and AI to reinvent how it designs, optimises, and runs its global operations.”
Siemens’ new software creates ‘industrial metaverse’ environments, helping companies make decisions virtually and at scale. PepsiCo can now recreate every machine, conveyor, pallet route, and operator path with physics-level accuracy, enabling AI agents to simulate, test, and refine system changes – identifying up to 90 per cent of potential issues before any physical modifications occur.
“We are proud to partner with PepsiCo and Nvidia to digitally transform their manufacturing facilities using physics-based digital twins and AI from design to engineering to operations. The digital twin composer is a cornerstone in enabling PepsiCo to transform manufacturing and warehousing,” said Roland Busch, CEO of Siemens AG.
