The value of Digital Twins can only be realized if Digital Twins and their virtual environment contain the same data and resulting information as their corresponding Physical Twins and real-world environment. This means that the need for more extensive, faster, and richer sensing of the physical world will dramatically increase as valuable use cases proliferate. In addition, we will evolve from working in physical or virtual environments to integrating and working simultaneously in both environments. Dr. Grieves discusses his views on the opportunities and issues of this evolution.

A thorough review of production system digital twin literature and market with quantified results

This article looks at how intelligent digital twins will be able to improve manufacturing and bring about continuous improvement.

This article outlines how making use of advanced connectivity to optimize oil & gas drilling and production throughput and improve maintenance and field operations could add up to $250 billion of value to the industry’s upstream operations by 2030.

An article from 2019 that examined the maturing of digital twins in the North Sea focused on Total, Aker BP, and Shell who had each developed and deployed twins.

This article looks at how Intelligent Digital Twins can be used for the realization of the autonomous Cyber-Physical Production Systems.

This article outlines digital twin benefits with a case study of a company deploying warehouse automation software.

An fairly generic introduction to Siemens thinking around digital twins—focused on product, production, and performance.

A case study from Xylem with quantified ROI from the implementation of Xylem smart wastewater technology for the City of South Bend, Indiana.

This paper seeks to outline a business case for interoperability as an enabler of business transformation - providing transparency, agility, productivity, experience and scalability.