Schneider Electric: Software-centric Automation Transforms Consumer-Packaged Goods and Logistics Operations Smart Distribution Center increases throughput by 5.3% with new category of automation Engineering efforts reduced by over 50% with EcoStruxure Automation Expert and AVEVA combination Schneider Electric, the leader in digital transformation of energy management and automation, today released version 21.1 of EcoStruxure Automation Expert, its software-centric universal automation system. Adoption of the new technology is proving immediately beneficial for consumer-packaged goods, pharmaceutical and logistics enterprises. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210413005739/en/ EcoStruxure Automation Expert (Photo: Business Wire) Step-change advancements "EcoStruxure Automation Expert v21.1 is an important milestone in our journey to help manufacturers achieve the step-change advancements possible with a digital-first approach to industrial automation," said Fabrice Jadot, Senior Vice President, Next Generation Automation, Schneider Electric. "Today's operations need to react quickly to fluctuating market and environmental dynamics and rapidly mitigate potential risks. By separating the hardware and software lifecycles, EcoStruxure Automation Expert enables automation applications to be built using asset-centric, portable, proven-in-use software components, independent of the underlying hardware infrastructure. This software-centric approach delivers unprecedented cost and performance gains and frees engineers to innovate by automating low-value work and eliminating task duplication across tools."