Seemingly everyone is talking about how a digital twin will improve business as part of an overall Industrial AI strategy. But what does the phrase really mean, and how can a digital twin help manufacturers, shippers, and industrial companies? Simply put, a digital twin is a virtual representation of an object or system that spans its entire lifecycle; this mirror image is updated from real-time data and uses simulation, machine learning, and AI-enabled reasoning to glean insights into the operation of the real system being modeled.
