Business Chief USA July 2019

“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
can automatically analyse performance,
warn of impending issues, identify
existing or potential errors and even
suggest part upgrades or changes to
procedures to make them more efficient.
This is the digital twin idea. As a concept,
it’s been around for a while (NASA
used it on early space missions) but the
emergence of IoT has made it a commercial
reality. Digital twin eliminates
guesswork from determining the best
course of action to service critical
physical assets, from engines to power
turbines. Easy access to this combination
of deep knowledge and intelligence
about your assets paves the road to
wider optimization and business
transformation.
Digital twin technology spans across
all industries where the value is in assets
and more generally complex systems.
Its ability to deliver early warnings,
predictions, and optimization is fairly
universal. In time, I think we’ll see the
concept of a digital twin to be applied
to human beings as well, playing a significant
role in healthcare.
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