PILOT PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENTS DRIVEN BY DIGITAL TWINS

Authors

  • Eric Lutters Department of Design, Production and Management Faculty of Engineering Technology, University of Twente Enschede, The Netherlands Extra-ordinary Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering, Stellenbosch University South Africa

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7166/29-3-2047

Abstract

Establishing production environments requires joint decision-making by stakeholders from many disciplines at different levels of aggregation, because of the significant, unpredictable, and risky investments involved. Pilot plants offer a platform to develop, test, improve, and upscale (parts of) a production environment. They consist of physical and virtual components that are integrated, based on the digital twin concept. This concept synthesises sensoring/measurement (in situ and ex situ) with the modelling and simulation of existing and evolving resources/processes at operational, tactical, and strategic levels. Virtual dashboards supplement the pilot plant to provide an insightful basis for decision-making for all the perspectives and stakeholders involved.

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Published

2018-11-09

How to Cite

Lutters, E. (2018). PILOT PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENTS DRIVEN BY DIGITAL TWINS. The South African Journal of Industrial Engineering, 29(3), 40–53. https://doi.org/10.7166/29-3-2047

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