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Digital twins drives industrial decarbonization

  For far too long manufacturing enterprises have focused on productivity centred around economics and commercial gains driven by KPIs such as speed to market, manufacturing cost, operational cost, overall profitability etc. It is time for everyone in industrial manufacturing and other process industries to focus on resource productivity, sustainability, carbon and energy footprint. In the past, very few industries and manufacturers gave any attention to these topics, and if they did,…

Peek under the hood of Digital Twin – A system integration challenge

Traditionally Digital Twin has been a playing ground of organizations engaged in design simulation, 3-D visualization to analyse performance of products. Over the last years, both the scope and objectives to realize Digital Twin has changed substantially, resulting in collation of data sources from various system. Moreover, enterprises have made substantial investments to build their backend IT systems, housing valuable company data…

Bad impersonations: How consumer brands can win in a virtual world

For decades, fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) companies have been the choice for investors looking for moderate but constant growth and high profitability. Since December 2000, the FMCG industry outperformed the market by an average of 2.4% per year, returned 0.6 points more dividend and delivered these returns with a significantly lower risk1. And now, despite (or because of?) the pandemic, FMCG online sales…

These (not so) new technologies fighting COVID-19

In the wake of coronavirus, a flood of ‘new technologies’ has swept through our daily lives. New? Not so much… Many are mostly pre-existing technologies pivoted toward new usages. Here is an overview of five of them, all designed for very specific reasons, then reoriented for the fight against the virus. After all, why reinvent the wheel? Digital twins, from factories to labs Until the beginning of 2020,…

Digital Workplace on the Shop Floor: Long Neglected, Now More Important Than Ever (part 1)

Advances in technology mean that most office workers can now access all relevant company applications from anywhere. We communicate and collaborate with colleagues through a range of channels using powerful mobile devices that are always connected. However, a similarly profound digital change to workplaces is happening right now and going relatively unnoticed: of the shop floors of…

Simulation and AI/ML riding the digital twin wave

Most organizations across industries have been on overdrive to push digital transformation targeting savings, increasing revenue, or improving quality and reliability. A few common industry challenges such as: • “Help me predict failure of my plant asset. How do we plan scheduled maintenance optimizing operation, logistics and inventory cost? (OPEX)” • “How can we maximize performance/throughput from our assets?” • “How can I send personalize insight and proactive…

The role of digital twins in producing a COVID-19 vaccine

In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, the world is waiting for an effective vaccine as the only sustainable way to prevent the disease. With between two and three million deaths prevented every year by vaccination, only clean drinking water rivals its ability to save lives.[1] Accelerating drug production Once a vaccine has been discovered and developed, there will be huge pressure on…

Industry 4.0: The future of the industry is today!

We all know that Industry 4.0 is the fourth industrial revolution, but what are the main technologies that are changing the manufacturing sector

How to achieve Swarm Intelligence

Eric Monchalin Vice-President, Head of Machine Intelligence at Atos and member of the Scientific CommunityPurshottam Purswani Chief Architect, Distinguished Expert and member of the Scientific CommunityDo van Rijn Bid Executive at Atos Posted on: 27 February 2020 In the previous blog article in our series on Swarm Intelligence, we illustrated why it’s high time for organizations to create man-made swarm intelligence based not on what we can extract from nature, but on…

Realizing “Blue Ocean Strategy” through Digital Twin

Sandeep Bhan Digital Twin Program Mgr. / Global B&PS CTO Industry 4.0Murli Mohan Srinivas Digital Twin Lead / Head Industry 4.0 - Germany and member of the Scientific CommunityPosted on: February 10, 2020 The fourth industry revolution (Industry 4.0) is set bring sweeping technological changes in the IT landscape in the manufacturing industry. However, most businesses do not recognize that these changes due to digitization are an effective instrument…

Swarm Intelligence, a driving force in our ultra-connected world

In the previous blog article in our series on Swarm Intelligence, we demonstrated how swarm algorithms can empower you to take the right decisions faster than competition

Trends in enterprise communication and collaboration (part 1): Five hot topics in user and meeting experience

Having entered a new decade 2020, it`s the perfect time to think about what the future may provide. Working for Unify, Atos` division and brand for enterprise communication & collaboration, the theme of my first blog in 2020 is about 5 hot topics in User & Meeting Experience.  Immersive meeting & conference experience The importance of team…