Define the Twin, Not the Dashboard
Distinguish a digital twin from dashboards, static models, and one-way simulations.
A twin earns the name by closing the gap between the asset and the decision. The physical anchor A digital twin starts with a named asset, process, or system boundary. "Plant twin" is too broad unless you can identify which pumps, lines, cells, or flows are represented and what is outside scope. The state link The representation must be refreshed by data that matters to the modeled behavior. Live temperature alone may be enough for a narrow thermal model, but not for a reliability twin that claims to predict bearing failure. The decision service The twin exists to support a…
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