A Digital Twin is a linked digital representation of a real world product, process or system. Intended to improve operational efficiency, optimise processes and provide data driven insights for decision making, Digital Twins have the potential to revolutionise the way organisations develop and optimise their products, services and processes. 

The challenges

Despite the capability enhancements they offer, the implementation of Digital Twins can prove challenging. Scope creep, cost overruns, interface complexity and security concerns all contribute to many organisations failing to realise their potential.

And many organisations find implementing Digital Twins capability challenging simply because it’s a relatively new discipline and therefore unfamiliar territory. Often, they simply don't know where to start. Synoptix can help. 

The Systems Engineering approach

Our Systems Engineering approach to Digital Twins ensures that the 'problem statement' is understood and addressed in the most efficient way possible, and that risk is also addressed and reduced. Our in-house Information Security capability means that a Secure by Design approach is employed from project inception - an approach which reduces time to development and contributes to improved cost effectiveness.

We also use our capability in Safety and Security Engineering to address the issues of traditional 'blockers' to Digital Twin realisation from the outset of a project.

How collaborations strengthen our offering

Our collaborations with universities working in Digital Twin R&D mean we can offer our customers the latest methods and technologies along with cross-sector best practice.

For example UWE, which has expertise in digital twins for the oil and gas industry, and in civil engineering. Similarly we are in a knowledge transfer partnership (KTP) with the University of Bristol, a key centre of excellence for developing digital twins for cybersecurity.