Abstract
Establishing production environments requires joint decision-making by stakeholders from many disciplines at different levels of aggregation, because of the significant, unpredictable, and risky investments involved. Pilot plants offer a platform to develop, test, improve, and upscale (parts of) a production environment. They consist of physical and virtual components that are integrated, based on the digital twin concept. This concept synthesises sensoring/measurement (in situ and ex situ) with the modelling and simulation of existing and evolving resources/processes at operational, tactical, and strategic levels. Virtual dashboards supplement the pilot plant to provide an insightful basis for decision-making for all the perspectives and stakeholders involved.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 40-53 |
| Journal | South African journal of industrial engineering |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| Early online date | 9 Nov 2018 |
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| Publication status | Published - 9 Nov 2018 |
| Event | 29th Annual Conference of the Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering: Steering the 4th Industrial Revolution - Spier, Stellenbosch, South Africa Duration: 24 Oct 2018 → 26 Oct 2018 Conference number: 29 |