Application of digital twins in specific manufacturing processes

Abstract

Following the requirements of the modern economic environment is a challenge for entrepreneurs. The more, that there is an increasing need to manufacture product for individual customers, the so-called customization approach. As a result, the production is individualized, so that the repeatability of products and stocks is low. This forces companies to apply specific organizational development strategies such as Lean and Agile. It also forces an increase in flexibility of the implementation of individual production tasks of enterprises. Increased production flexibility, at the same time, influences a greater number of decisions made, data generation and the use of enterprise resources. For this purpose, entrepreneurs use various simulations approaches, including applications for simulation of complex production processes, but nowadays they are increasingly leaning towards the so-called digital twins. The article presents the possibility of using a digital twin and the necessary data required to make such a twin in order to reflect the actual activities carried out in production.