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Digital Twins: Weaving the Golden Thread

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As Industry 4.0 revolutionizes how we interact with technology, machines, and the world around us, digital twins are set to make a huge impact.

This report examines the foundations required to build and implement a valuable digital twin – specifically, the golden thread.

 

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What is Digital Twin?

Digital twins provide an evolving profile of the historical and current behavior of a physical object or process.[1]

In simple terms, they monitor and model how people and objects interact with their environments to provide enhanced insights, improve performance, and optimize decision-making.

 

What is the Golden Thread?

The golden thread of information refers to an accurate and up-to-date record of data.

It introduces formal processes to maintain digital information, assure accuracy, and ensure accessibility and security.

In a nutshell, it should act as a live repository, linking all asset data.

Fact 1 Image-1Digital twins work best when there is a seamless flow of data from the beginning of the project throughout its lifecycle and beyond. 

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75% of companies from various industries across six countries have already implemented or plan to implement a digital twin within a year.

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Asite’s goal is to facilitate digital twins by enabling the flow of information between systems and creating a network of digital transformation partners.

 

With digital twins set to usher in a new, exciting, and almost prescient digital era, how can organizations create and maintain a successful digital twin?

 

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About Asite

Asite is the common data environment behind infrastructure, construction and asset programmes in more than forty countries. Owners, contractors and their supply chains use it to hold, govern and act on the information a built asset is delivered from, from planning through to operations. Asite is headquartered in London, with offices in New York, Ahmedabad and Sydney.

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