Redefining the Intelligent Digital Twin

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The intelligent digital twin continues to transform the way that business is done in today's digital landscape.</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">On this episode of the Digital Enterprise Society Podcast Thom Singer and Craig Brown welcome back one of the show’s earliest guests, Dr. Michael Grieves, Executive Director and Chief Scientist at Digital Twin Institute.  His life’s work is dedicated to moving from the physical to the digital world, and he has returned to the podcast to share insights on exactly why and how the usage and effectiveness of the digital twin has exploded so dramatically over the past few years. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On today’s podcast, you will learn:</span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Defining the Digital Twin</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">There are over 400,000 definitions of the digital twin, and which one you’re accessing will determine what it means to you. </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">There are three key types of digital twin instances that provide instances of how a product is going to perform- the prototypical digital twin, digital twin instance, and the digital twin aggregate. </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Products that are created virtually can be designed to perform exactly the way the user expects. </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Industry 4.0 aims to decrease the time between having a problem and being able to remediate it, and the digital twin can help with this. </span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><strong>Overcoming roadblocks to effectively using the digital twin</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Overhyping the digital twin is not helping the cause. It needs to be driven by use cases.</span></li> <li style="