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, November 3, 2020

Siemens and Celonis agree on global

strategic partnership

• Siemens Global Business Services’ expertise in business processes to

be combined with the Celonis Execution Management System

• Optimization of key business processes in multiple areas such as

procurement, sales, accounting and HR in operations of customers

• Focus on digitalization and operational process automation –

enhanced by artificial intelligence

Siemens Global Business Services (GBS), the provider of business processes and

services within Siemens AG, and Celonis, the market leader in Execution

Management Systems (EMS), have today signed a letter of intent to enter a

strategic partnership. Through this collaboration, the partners aim to help customers

by enabling them to optimize their internal processes even faster across all parts of

their companies. By combining the best solutions from their two worlds, Siemens

GBS and Celonis aim to accelerate growth for the customers.

In the future, the two partners’ portfolio will offer customers end-to-end optimization

of their core processes in areas such as procurement, sales, accounting and HR. By

enabling companies to better handle payroll accounting and payment transactions,

for example, the joint offerings will deliver concrete and measurable added value.

These benefits will be realized by seamlessly integrating Siemens GBS’ business

services and modern applications for business process management with Celonis’

EMS technology.

The process optimization capabilities are based on artificial intelligence (AI), which

determines the best-possible solution for taking action in individual situations and

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recommends ways to optimize processes without manual intervention. At the same

time, the software continuously learns how to help organizations maximize their

business outcomes.

“With the signing of this new agreement, we are developing an offer for customers

that sets standards on the market. The combination of our expertise in business

services with Celonis’ know-how in the area of process mining and execution

management will result in application solutions perfectly tailored to the respective

business need. This is a new milestone on the path to even greater customer

satisfaction. I’m looking forward to taking the next steps in our successful

partnership,” said Hannes Apitzsch, CEO of Siemens GBS.

Alexander Rinke, Celonis Co-CEO and Co-Founder, added: “Siemens is an iconic

company and has been one of our leading customers for years. Now, with the

launch of our Celonis Execution Management System, we are also taking our

collaboration with Siemens to an entirely new level by forming a strategic

partnership. Together, we will not just enable Siemens GBS and its customers to

adopt the Celonis EMS at scale and benefit from digitization but will also develop

joint solutions, combining both of our unique areas of expertise and technology.”

The two partners have agreed to combine their expertise, complementary products,

and services. The goal of the collaboration is to remove execution gaps caused by

complex and heterogenous IT landscapes and thus generate measurable added

value for customers. In addition, business-relevant key performance indicators in

areas such as compliance, pooling, cash flow, working capital, and productivity will

be optimized systematically.

This strategic partnership marks a new chapter in an established history of joint

success: Siemens GBS was an early adopter of Celonis’ process mining technology.

By connecting 600 legal entities worldwide and more than 50 ERP systems to

Celonis, GBS was able to achieve efficient, fact-based and performance-oriented

improvements for its customers. Siemens GBS has defined 28 globally standardized

performance indicators that ensure the highest levels of transparency across the

entire service portfolio.

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