Enhancing Supply Chain Operations Using IoT and Digital Twin
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5-2 : Project George high-level IT – OT application integration .
Figure 5-2 shows the high-level application landscape and how the device and sensor data is incorporated into the IoT Platform using the Ignition Platform . This in turn feeds the data into the digital twin and business applications in the business applications tier . The SCM process digital twin resides in this layer and provides the key intelligence , insights and advisory to the business users and the stakeholders in the Decision Support Layer via dashboards , KPIs , reports and graphs as well as acts like the IoT Command Center to deliver alarms and advisories . Root cause analysis can also be performed by human experts using the system insights and recommendations .
This system facilitates predictive maintenance using the IoT capabilities , to reduce the down time of the manufacturing equipment as well as help to improve the asset optimization and overall throughput . In case of unavoidable downtime , it reroutes the orders to different assembly lines and alerts the operators about the potential impact on the customer sales order and delivery dates . This helps to minimize the customer facing impacts to the order execution . Noble Plastics has implemented a similar solution for its manufacturing facilities using the Oracle stack .
The key to successful adoption and delivery of value in enterprises is the IT-OT integration , as part of the SCM solution design . That allows the existing IT teams that are often under the CIO organization to take over and support such solutions and ensure easy accessibility to the supply chain professionals and related stakeholders . Access to the external supply chain and logistics partners can be enabled in some cases to give higher and near-real time visibility to the operations .
12 August 2023