Throughout my lifetime, I’ve wondered on many occasions how my life would have changed had I made a different decision at a critical point — picked a different college, taken a different job or moved to another town. I’ve often wished that I could watch a movie of the different outcomes before making a decision, like in the movie “Sliding Doors”.
While technology can likely give us a simplified version of that concept, I was very intrigued when I learned about how organizations can use digital twin technology to improve business decision-making — especially when it comes to cybersecurity.
What Is Digital Twin Technology?
Digital twin technology allows you to see multiple digital representations of something. It could be a physical asset, such as a wind turbine, or a process or procedure that could have different outcomes depending on the input. The technology collects data and demonstrates the outcomes.
There are several types of digital twins. Component twins are the basic unit of digital twins. Meanwhile, asset twins are when two or more components work together to study their interaction. With system/unit twins, you create an entire system with asset twins to spot areas to improve performance. Organizations can use multiple system twins to create process twins to, in turn, create an entire production facility to judge the overall effectiveness of the process.
The technology collects extensive data about performance and outcomes. So, digital twins are very useful during the product research and design process. Organizations can also use it during manufacturing for a variety of uses. It could monitor the production systems and decide when a product reaches its end-of-life phase. Peopl ..
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