PepsiCo has announced a groundbreaking collaboration with Siemens and NVIDIA to revolutionize its plant and supply chain operations using advanced digital twin technology and artificial intelligence (AI). This partnership marks a first-of-its-kind initiative for a global consumer packaged goods (CPG) company, applying digital twins to transform how plant and warehousing facilities are digitally simulated and tested.
With increasing demand for production and distribution capacity, PepsiCo is leveraging AI and new digital approaches to optimize its existing physical footprint. The company is shifting to a digital-first planning strategy, using physics-based digital twins and AI agents to simulate, validate, and optimize facility layouts before any physical build. This approach will enable PepsiCo to retool and optimize its facilities more efficiently, reducing the need for costly and time-consuming traditional expansion methods.
The collaboration will utilize Siemens’ Digital Twin Composer, built on NVIDIA’s Omniverse libraries, to simulate upgrades to PepsiCo’s facilities in the US, with plans to scale globally. NVIDIA’s founder and CEO, Jensen Huang, emphasized that physical industries are entering the age of AI, and digital twins are the foundation of this journey. Siemens’ CEO, Roland Busch, highlighted that the company is powering the industrial AI revolution with its unmatched industrial AI technology stack and world-class partners.
The partnership aims to transform PepsiCo’s manufacturing and warehousing operations, enabling the company to make decisions virtually, at speed and at scale. Siemens’ new software solution, Digital Twin Composer, builds Industrial Metaverse environments at scale, empowering organizations to apply industrial AI, simulation, and real-time physical data to drive innovation and efficiency.
PepsiCo’s Chairman and CEO, Ramon Laguarta, emphasized that the company is embedding AI throughout its operations to meet the increasing demands of consumers and customers. The collaboration with Siemens and NVIDIA will help accelerate PepsiCo’s journey to become a future-fit company, operating with agility and foresight. The partnership sets a new standard for the industry, enabling companies to turn ideas into real-world impact with greater speed, quality, and efficiency.