Modern manufacturing’s triple play: digital twins, analytics and IoT
by
SAS Content team
for
SAS. Originally published in The Economist
Recommended by
Paul Shale
Chief Commercial Officer
This is an opinion piece by the SAS content team featuring quotes from Bryan Saunders, the principal industry consultant for SAS’s global IoT practice. It also quotes quantified results that are not reference-linked—for unplanned maintenance and Bosch production lines. Also benefits without quantification for GE turbines, and Bosch.
Why it’s relevant to Nextspace
Whilst the article does not reference back to source data, it’s still useful for Nextspace Partners to be able to take on board several concepts and attributed benefits in this article.
- The difference between data and actionable information. Digital twins should inherently focus on informing action that improves the real world.
- The use of real-time anomaly detection and machine health assessments to reduced unplanned maintenance by up to 80%.
- The use of micro-robots with cameras to find cracks in working engines, and drones to inspect for cracks and corrosion in oil & gas stacks (GE).
- Cars as twins that can be updated remotely and collect data for centralised analysis (Tesla).
Sensors comparing a real factory operation against a twin optimised for 100% efficiency, enabling a 25% improvement in output (Bosch).
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