As plants and manufacturing facilities work to return to full capacity with the new challenges created by the pandemic, operation managers and health and safety officials must keep employees safe while also optimizing production. Contact tracing applications can help plant and operation managers optimize facility layouts and protect employee health reliably and efficiently. By monitoring customer defined unsafe interactions, such systems can help minimize virus transmission and provide vital contact tracing with a recorded history of employee interactions.

Episode Resources:

Guest Contact info - Nicole Lauther, nicole.lauther@siemens.com; Clayton French, clayton.french@siemens.com

Digital Enterprise Labs Contact info - digital.enterprise.us@siemens.com

Simatic RTLS - usa.siemens.com/rtls

Sietrace - usa.siemens.com/sietrace

Social distancing with RTLS - usa.siemens.com/socialdistancingwithrtls