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Understanding Stakeholder Requirements for Digital Twins In Manufacturing Maintenance
Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference · 2023
Abstract
Original English abstract
Digital twin has emerged as a key technology in the era of smart manufacturing and holds significant potential for maintenance. However, gaps remain in understanding stakeholders’ requirements and how this technology support maintenance-related decisions. This paper aims to identify stakeholders’ requirements for digital twin implementation and examine the role of digital twin in supporting maintenance actions and decision-making process. Semi-structured interviews and a workshop involving manufacturing practitioners and researchers were conducted to attain these goals. Furthermore, an in-depth qualitative analysis of the interview data was carried out. The results shed light on the current state of digital twin adoption, implementation challenges, requirements, supported decisions and actions, and future demand characteristics. By integrating the findings from the literature review and interview analysis, this study outlines the requirements for the digital twins as expressed by industry stakeholders that will be used and tested in the drone factory digital twin model.
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In brief
Interviews and a workshop identify what industrial stakeholders need from a maintenance digital twin. The study maps implementation requirements, decision-support needs and barriers to adoption.
Key points
- Uses semi-structured interviews and a workshop with practitioners and researchers.
- Analyzes adoption barriers alongside the decisions and maintenance actions a digital twin should support.
- Turns stakeholder findings into requirements for a drone-factory digital twin demonstrator.
Cite this work
Siyuan Chen, Juan Pablo González Sánchez, Ebru Turanoglu Bekar, Jon Bokrantz, Anders Skoogh, Paulo Victor Lopes (2023). Understanding Stakeholder Requirements for Digital Twins In Manufacturing Maintenance. Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference, pp. 2008–2019. https://doi.org/10.1109/WSC60868.2023.10408657
@inproceedings{Chen2023StakeholderRequirementsDigital,
title = {{Understanding Stakeholder Requirements for Digital Twins In Manufacturing Maintenance}},
author = {Chen, Siyuan and González Sánchez, Juan Pablo and Turanoglu Bekar, Ebru and Bokrantz, Jon and Skoogh, Anders and Lopes, Paulo Victor},
year = {2023},
booktitle = {2023 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC)},
pages = {2008--2019},
doi = {10.1109/WSC60868.2023.10408657},
url = {https://research.chalmers.se/en/publication/540143}
}
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