Advanced Manufacturing

Manufacturing the Future

The digital twin: making sense of mountains of manufacturing data

SOLIDWORKS Manufacturing Expert Michael Buchli on how and why to use virtual models too optimize complex manufacturing processes.

This episode of Manufacturing the Future is brought to you by Dassault Systèmes.

Production as we know it today has been around for just over a century, and in that time, the one universal truth and constant has been complexity. Managing complexity, and doing so in a way that maintains profitability, has frequently been the difference between ideas that succeed and those that fail.

Until about 1980, only firms with the resource is to afford expensive mainframe and minicomputers could enjoy the benefits of software tools to help make sense of an avalanche of data, but that’s different today. From multinationals to startups, software tools are now available to integrate multiple tasks through the design and production process, and make sense of the vast volume of data generated by manufacturing processes. And it all begins with a virtual, digital model of the manufacturing process.

Engineering.com’s Jim Anderton was joined by SOLIDWORKS Manufacturing Expert Michael Buchli to discuss this important issue. 

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Written by

James Anderton

Jim Anderton is the Director of Content for ENGINEERING.com. Mr. Anderton was formerly editor of Canadian Metalworking Magazine and has contributed to a wide range of print and on-line publications, including Design Engineering, Canadian Plastics, Service Station and Garage Management, Autovision, and the National Post. He also brings prior industry experience in quality and part design for a Tier One automotive supplier.