Digital Threads and Business Processes

As more manufacturing organizations look to make targeted improvements across the product and factory lifecycle, they see the value in pursuing digital transformation efforts. Such efforts can help enhance both product development and production activities from the very start of those lifecycles.

Yet, to find greater success in these initiatives, organizations should consciously plan out their digital thread and digital twin strategies, as a map for their digital transformation initiatives. The digital thread significantly enhances the comprehensive digital twin by providing integral data and context that can inform every phase of the product lifecycle or production timeline. And, as different industries and organizations are putting their own unique spin on the digital thread, small differences can quickly become competitive differentiators.

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