SIG EXPANDS ITS DIGITAL SERVICES TO MEET CUSTOMER DEMANDS

As part of its expanding Digital Service portfolio for customers, SIG has launched Remote Services, offering food and beverage manufacturers a smarter way to service their filling machines and to generate more filling line uptime.

Remote Services from SIG is a new digital service that can instantly connect a customer or service engineer to an SIG service expert from anywhere in the world. By using video-enabled smart glasses, SIG can provide a secure live-feed to an SIG expert who can guide users through solving any fault or issue.

SIG developed Remote Services in response to new customer challenges and demands. With the food and beverage industry facing higher competitive pressures, operational complexity and shorter production cycles, manufacturers can no longer afford long waiting times for support and the risk of downtime.

Remote Services ensures SIG's customers receive fast response times, an improved first-time fix rate, more data insights and analysis, and ultimately more filling line uptime. In addition, Remote Services can help reduce costly travel times, expenses and CO2 emissions.

"Many companies develop digital solutions just to have them in their portfolio," said Dr. Christian Grefrath, SIG's Global Service Product Manager and Project Lead for Remote Services. "But we listened to our customers and matched their needs with new possibilities arising from digitalisation. Now we have a new solution that fosters our customers' success by bringing our expertise much faster to the place where it's needed. We will continuously build up our Digital Service portfolio while always having our customers' demands in mind."

Remote Services is part of SIG's value-adding Smart Factory platform - a commitment to deliver smarter filling line solutions and technical services that help transform customer filling plants into intelligent and connected factories.

As part of the Remote Services solution, SIG smart glasses provide a live-feed from the customer plant to an SIG Remote Services expert. This remote service creates a secure data connection and enables the SIG expert to see exactly what the onsite customer or service engineer sees. The Remote Services expert can then send detailed instructions or technical drawings and guide them through resolving the issue. At the same time, the Remote Services expert can identify any parts that need replacing and order them for fast delivery and repair.

"We tested Remote Services together with one of our customers and could instantly help them more quickly and effectively when they had a technical issue," said Ferdinand Schneller, Head of Technical Service for SIG in North America. "We are very confident that Remote Services by SIG is a solution our customers are looking for."