Siemens Mendix

Siemens Mendix is a low-code application platform Siemens acquired in 2018 to give Xcelerator customers a way to extend Teamcenter, Opcenter, and Insights Hub with custom applications without standing up a separate dev team. Mendix is also used independently of Siemens products as a general-purpose enterprise low-code platform.

Context

Mendix provides a visual modeling environment, a runtime, and connectors to ERP/CRM/IoT data sources. Inside Xcelerator, it is the official extensibility tier — Active Workspace mashups, Teamcenter portal apps, and bespoke shop-floor apps are increasingly authored in Mendix instead of Java/Eclipse plug-ins.

What it implements

• Workflow Engine — process orchestration alongside the embedded Microflow engine.
• ERP-PDM Integration via the data-hub and connectors.

Relationships (see sidebar)

• Part of the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio (Siemens-extension tier).
• Competes with OutSystems, ServiceNow App Engine, and indirectly with PTC ThingWorx when used as the front-end of an industrial application.

Vendor

Siemens Digital Industries Software (acquired Mendix 2018).

Resources

• Mendix – Enterprise Low-Code — official homepage
• Mendix | An Introduction — official Siemens/Mendix overview
• A Tour of the Mendix Platform — official platform tour