What if the future was now? What if we could watch, understand, and transform industry without ever touching it? 

Virtual twins let you design the future, test drive it and take control starting today. This new white paper dives into real-world use cases and offers insights into the industrial, human, and strategic issues around virtual twins. Readers will see how industry is entering a new era, where you can experiment with tomorrow before it arrives. 

 

Why publish a white paper on virtual twins? 

Because the line between imagination and reality is blurring fast. 

Because these living virtual replicas of an object, a process or an entire real world system  based on mathematical models and scientific laws, let organizations step into new scenarios as if they were experiencing them firsthand. 

Because a virtual twin gets smarter as it draws on data from across the business, plus the IoT and the cloud. 

And… because CENIT Group  specialists in process virtualization and a longtime partner of Dassault Systèmes exists to help clients build sustainable value by combining innovation with performance. 

The expert insights we’ve gathered in this white paper reveal a world of unprecedented possibilities for meeting 21st-century challenges in three strategic fields:mobility, energy, and healthcare. 

 

One unified platform to anticipate, simulate, optimize, and validate 

Acting as a virtual mirror, the virtual twin turns innovation into an immersive, predictive experience helping lift performance across the entire enterprise. Every step in design, production, and logistics is optimized before anything is physically built or moved. 

Where data, simulation, and AI converge, the virtual twin is reshaping how teams design, run, and optimize complex systems. Powered by the 3DEXPERIENCE collaborative platform, data gives every team on a project the ability to experiment, measure the impact of different scenarios, and continuously expand shared expertise. Connect an ERP like SAP to the platform and the virtual twin becomes a full-fledged strategic decision tool for the organization. 

The benefits are significant: faster production cycles, tighter control of operating costs, better products, and a smaller carbon footprint. 

Industry is entering a new dimension, where imagination becomes actionable, AI supercharges the virtual twin by automating analysis, and richly contextualized data enables smarter decisions. 

 

Acknowledgments 

This white paper is the product of a truly collaborative effort. Our sincere thanks to every customer and expert who contributed through thoughtful dialogue and the time they so generously gave us. 

  • Peter Bilello, President & CEO, CIMdata
  • Laurent Finck, Vice President EMEA, CIMdata
  • Philippe Laufer, EVP 3DS Global Brands at Dassault Systèmes
  • Sébastien Drapier, Head of Manufacturing System Design, Daher
  • Fabien Girault, Research Project Manager , Daher
  • David Briggs,  Chuef Operating Officer, Naaera
  • Claire Biot, Vice President Life Sciences & Healthcare Industry, Dassault Systèmes
  • Pierre Jaïs, Professor of cardiology, Bordeaux University Hospital and the American Hospital of Paris

To learn more, download our new white paper:The virtual twin : Simulating Tomorrow Transforming Today