--- title: Digital Twins, new to the Supply Chain description: Some important considerations to build a Digital Twin... image: https://blog.prophetic-technology.com/hubfs/pang-yuhao-QdwHQawC71E-unsplash.jpg --- [hello@psdtohubspot.com](mailTo:hello@psdtohubspot.com) [+91 8874569874](tel:+91%208874569874) Hours : Opens 10:00 AM To 07:00 PM [![logoHD](https://blog.prophetic-technology.com/hs-fs/hubfs/logoHD.jpg?width=2500&name=logoHD.jpg "logoHD")](https://www.prophetic-technology.com/) - [Home](https://www.prophetic-technology.com/home) - [Subscribe](https://www.prophetic-technology.com/pt-blog-subscribe-opt-in-consent?hsCtaTracking=174cc371-9cdc-4b94-a32e-9007f0ac4dea%7C0776642c-2604-4695-8e3f-f7a74f10031a) - [Contact Us](https://www.prophetic-technology.com/contact-us-old) - [supply chain](https://blog.prophetic-technology.com/topic/supply-chain) - [digital](https://blog.prophetic-technology.com/topic/digital) # [Digital Twins, new to the Supply Chain](https://blog.prophetic-technology.com/digital-twins-new-to-the-supply-chain) The world is changing fasts and for the best! The use of Digital Twin on past years included circuit... [Read More →](https://blog.prophetic-technology.com/digital-twins-new-to-the-supply-chain) - [supply chain (286)](https://blog.prophetic-technology.com/topic/supply-chain) - [technology (138)](https://blog.prophetic-technology.com/topic/technology) - [logistics (81)](https://blog.prophetic-technology.com/topic/logistics) - [procurement (69)](https://blog.prophetic-technology.com/topic/procurement) - [optimisation (65)](https://blog.prophetic-technology.com/topic/optimisation) Posted by [Dave Food](https://blog.prophetic-technology.com/author/dave-food) on Apr 20, 2020 6:10:57 PM ![Dave Food](https://app.hubspot.com/settings/avatar/9fa060d35f0f962fafafe972c24035ae) Find me on: [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/davefood) [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/davefood) [Twitter](https://www.twitter.com/davefood) The world is changing fasts and for the best! The use of **Digital Twin** on past years included circuits, as it was in construction, plumbing, distribution centres, simulations, dental treatments, pilots on flights simulations, transport of passengers, and much more. Supply Chain (**SC**) world is just discovering this concept, developing those old technologies to the level of the detailed-advance line-of-attack.  The **SC**, considered to be a complex-dynamic-*human machine methodology* is where hard and software blend. Contemporary technology with powerful-virtual *integration to the cloud,* take us to more excellent representations of the **SC**, creating an operational **Digital Twin** useful for decision- making. **Important considerations to build a Digital Twin** - To represent the **SC** at the highest decision and the ability to keep the representation up-dated as the world keeps changing. - There is a requirement for a *digital platform* encompassing comprehensive internally- consistent data model for the entire value chain, including suppliers and customers. - This platform should allow the *sharing of* such data with *numerous operation procedures*, both in-house and out, to maintain the **Digital Twin** *active* and *robust*. - If you are a manufacturer, your **Digital Twin** needs *to agree* with the *reality* of the company framework and the *shifting business drivers*. - It allows future “what-if scenarios.” The **Digital Twin** should not just stand for the current state of the **SC**, *but also for its future*.  It should facilitate the complete *assessment of strategies* and *the evaluation* of *strategic alternatives* of a **SC**, e.g. strategic sourcing, network outlines, transportation purchasing, seasonal previously-built options, pre-built seasonal and assortment choices, etc. - It facilitates *a portrayal* of operational-processes. The **Digital Twin** should make possible the *preservation of the enterprise regulations* and the constraints for operational decisions, e.g. service levels, fulfilment priorities, forecast accuracy, replenishment/build frequencies, etc. - A feasible **Digital Twin** should facilitate a horizontal-alignment decision all through the supply, the procurement, manufacturing operation, the inventory, demand fulfilment, production, and transportation as well, tied to a financial value originated in the group, e.g. Total Cost to Serve, Total Profit, etc. - *While assessing* the effect of a *demand variation* on the *material conditions* for your industry the following week, or the *transportation volume* you will require. - Backing *vertical alignment* crosswise several *time-settings*. A **Digital Twin** should *promote* strategic and tactical options *to impact the operational decision-making* in a corporation, sustaining the *vertical alignment* all through numerous *timeframes*. **Digital Twin** should reveal an *infrastructure adjustment* both *instantly* or *premeditated*, relating the approaches to *go over* your strategies and *to carry on* your plans.    **Common uses of Digital Twins** An extraordinary **Digital Twin** should make it possible the design of a *global-distribution network* by using *multiple scenarios, downsising your logistic expenses once a year, improving your flow-pathways* seasonally from your sellers to your point-of-sale, assessing your inventory financing- goals *regularly*, and *re-charging* the network *daily*, whilst maintaining *orchestrated* all the **SC** decisions, tactics, strategy, and operational proportions. **Further comments:**  **Digital Twin** is still a *flourishing-strong technology*, with its *backing linked* to the *source data* coming from *numerous systems*.  The *horizontal alignment* of decisions around a total Cost to Serve (**CTS**) approach is *worth the effort*, representing constant and important *savings* each and in the coming years. **Dave Food** [Prophetic Technology](https://www.prophetic-technology.com/) **Subscribe to our emails & exclusive free content.** **[I want to subscribe](https://blog.prophetic-technology.com/cs/c/?cta_guid=0776642c-2604-4695-8e3f-f7a74f10031a&placement_guid=174cc371-9cdc-4b94-a32e-9007f0ac4dea&portal_id=2979069&canon=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.prophetic-technology.com%2Fovercoming-manufacturing-sc-challenges-with-digital-planning&redirect_url=APefjpG0H4rXbuG34OjbgL6WWSoQYNEv8WTOcMvbTHtTmH4icGB0LRRfRR_7JJSy1sXPwJK3NB-fqKy4RwzslIFWRhuUToDFOG74HfHFd4Tp0ZRap8g89dzjcIlyzktScQ92Qdf1OY8wZTGP2hL1F6f3Z_Qnq34s5uHQ2nKFygSVqHJIkeUhCtXj3HgUdGza7l8Y6ZKfRRoFHlAYmK0Tr2fvV-iYVIF4qzQjVAbW2SilUen31w8E8W2Rn10bWCEeV8sfrkwzyg16EdTBrgi2r0qs6N8KQXal48dyILI74gn7bsk_yXqtAFWvTauIxtqAcKRTskSA87kQ&click=3ab219ae-3007-433b-87a3-84db21ddcf9c&hsutk=9724d4a2324e477c9e07bd5bc116a679&signature=AAH58kGRjKqamR84cKUGy_FHQb_ArQRBRg&utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.prophetic-technology.com%2F&pageId=25956085641&__hstc=108876957.9724d4a2324e477c9e07bd5bc116a679.1556898525657.1584979062263.1585332510651.100&__hssc=108876957.2.1585332510651&__hsfp=2088064629&contentType=blog-post)**   - [supply chain](https://blog.prophetic-technology.com/topic/supply-chain) - [digital](https://blog.prophetic-technology.com/topic/digital) - - - ## Post Your Comments Here #### About Us Prophetic Technology is a team of dedicated people that combine their expertise in business domains with a passion to release potential.s every page it appears on. 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