Are You Ready?

Companies agree that digital twins are the future. But what about the present?

With the Digital Twin Readiness Assessment, we have developed an innovative approach for the structured determination and evaluation of companies’ maturity on their path toward implementing digital twins. This helps companies to find out, where they stand while at the same time supporting the development, introduction, and operation of digital twins. In a cooperative study by Fraunhofer IPK and msg, the maturity model has been applied to 26 companies in the manufacturing industry in the DACH region (Germany, Austria, and Switzerland). We were able to gain exciting insights into the challenges digital twins present to companies, their advantages and their impact on business models and necessary skills from the job market in the near future. This spread is a preview of the study, provided by some of its respondents, editors, and authors.