A digital twin is a virtual representation of a physical object. The power of a digital twin comes from the fact that the model can be enhanced with outside data. The recent advances in AI allow significant new and innovative ways to populate digital twins with live data. If you don’t want to risk building an expensive and inefficient factory, make a digital twin of the factory first.
This could ultimately result in substantial savings of both time and money. BMW recently stated that they expect to reduce production planning time by 30% through the use of digital twins for factory planning.
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