“ Digital transformations do not automatically improve control and visibility” — Mark Homer, VP Global Customer Transformation, ServiceMax
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create environments in which machines
turbines. Easy access to this combination
can automatically analyse performance,
of deep knowledge and intelligence
warn of impending issues, identify
about your assets paves the road to
existing or potential errors and even
wider optimisation and business
suggest part upgrades or changes to
transformation.
procedures to make them more efficient.
Digital twin technology spans across
This is the digital twin idea. As a con-
all industries where the value is in assets
cept, it’s been around for a while (NASA
and more generally complex systems.
used it on early space missions) but the
Its ability to deliver early warnings,
emergence of IoT has made it a com-
predictions, and optimisation is fairly
mercial reality. Digital twin eliminates
universal. In time, I think we’ll see the
guesswork from determining the best
concept of a digital twin to be applied
course of action to service critical
to human beings as well, playing a sign-
physical assets, from engines to power
ificant role in healthcare. a s ia . b u s in e s s c hie f. c o m