Virtual Twin Experience on the Cloud

A Virtual Twin Experience consists of four discrete components: collaboration, modeling, optimization and performance.

Collaboration is the process by which the different stakeholders in any organization gather to work out the needs, wants and goals of the overall project by leveraging lean principles.

Modeling is the starting point for digitalization. It is the rendering of physical systems (and often humans, too) to create an accurate representation of machines, processes and workflows. Accuracy here is essential, and it must be maintained throughout the life of the project.

Optimization is the payoff from the Virtual Twin Experience, the process where changes are tested, tried virtually and tested again to reduce production bottlenecks and improve efficiency. This is where planning changes become true “what if” experimentation, iterating many changes in real time, from equipment cycles to worker time and motion study.

Performance is the ultimate goal of the actual implementation of the new processes and procedures worked out in the virtual factory. With a successful Virtual Twin Experience, production changes are swift, trouble-free and downtime is minimized. Sensor-equipped equipment then feeds real-time data back to the twin to confirm outcomes and establish a new baseline for the next series of experiments and improvements.