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Transforming to thrive
The path to becoming a model-based enterprise
Manufacturers are facing market pressure to dramatically reduce program development time and labor. What they need is a deeper understanding of what’s required to become a true model-based enterprise (MBE) and the tools that can help them accelerate transformation.
Elements of a model-based enterprise
Modeling in engineering is not new, but what’s emerging is the capacity to create models across the product life cycle that are connected upstream and downstream. The heart of a MBE is the digital thread—a single strand of data and computing that flows from a product’s conception and engineering through production and to its aftermarket maintenance. It exists in an environment functioning solely on models and it includes all the process and system capabilities that enable digital twins, of which there are three types.
Product digital twin
This is a virtual simulation of the product and each of its parts. Leaders who leverage this have seized a competitive advantage in product development and accelerated engineering.
Process digital twin
This model reflects the physical shop floor and relies on data from the product digital twin, helping build toward the product plan and predicting what will happen on the shop floor.
Service digital twin
After production, the service twin mirrors aftermarket maintenance and repair. It requires product and process twins to inform the aftermarket model that can be enhanced based on real-world data. Using this successfully requires the other aspects of the digital thread.
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Accelerating transformation with preconfigured solutions
Recognizing the complexity and enterprise need, Deloitte developed four preconfigured solutions using best-in-class software from Siemens Digital Industries that can help expedite and enhance transformation across digital engineering, industrial simulation, manufacturing execution, and real-time monitoring.
Design with DPLM
Accelerates product life cycle management transformations with a multiphased approach, including defining the vision, assessing the organization’s existing capabilities, identifying opportunities, and defining future state supported by a phased, multiyear PLM road map and business case.
Simulate with DSim
Permits the ability to test and refine processes in a virtual environment, rapidly revealing the most efficient and effective industrial processes more quickly than is possible in a real-world environment.
Execute with DMES
Integrates predefined processes in production planning, execution, tracking and tracing, quality management, closing production units, data collection, and visualization, with integrations with PLM and ERP.
Monitor DIoT
An integrated accelerator that helps deliver IoT capabilities faster, driving quicker returns for high-impact areas while cultivating digital adoption.
Get in touch today to get on the path to becoming a model-based enterprise!
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Vijay Santhanam
Product Strategy & Lifecycle Management Leader
