Create a digital twin warehouse - How to digitalise your supply chain

Global leading logistics companies such as DHL are racing in creating digital twins of warehouse and fleet management after seeing new values created, improved performance and efficiency of logistics process. Digital twins help companies to design, visualise, monitor, manage and maintain their assets and processes more effectively. In the logistics industry, a digital twin is supplied with real-time data continuously from the physical warehouse that provides timely decisions to improve warehousing and transport activities enabling an agile, cost-effective supply chain operation.

SICK has created a virtual representation of your supply chain with its sensor and data network, tracking critical assets such as ventilators during the pandemic or providing a responsive supply chain to seasonal sales. Empowered IoT and cloud technologies, SICK is providing a foundation that opens up new opportunities for optimising plant availability and process efficiency. As an example, the SICK Asset Hub is a digital twin, web-based enterprise asset management (EAM) system providing functional and interactive view of an entire plant, creating more transparency in the value adding chain.

Throughout their lifecycles, virtual images and digital twins enable greater plant availability and process efficiency. Asset Hub and LiveConnect are both components of the SICK IntegrationSpace. The SICK IntegrationSpace provides all the basic services and features required to offer digital services. The SICK 3D safety concept can also provide a digital twin of your machinery to help design protective safety measures tailored to your facility. The SICK Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) offering also provides end-to-end supply chain visibility by serialising every item in your value chain.

Three Key Takeaways:

Logistics companies today are applying machine learning and advanced analytics techniques to optimise their supply chains and draw insights from operational data collected by smart, connected sensors
SICK AssetHub is a digital, web-based enterprise asset management (EAM) system that provides a feature-rich and interactive view of your assets, creating transparency
SICK Services can provide a digital twin of your machinery to help design safety protective measures tailored to your facility

Speakers
Gary Milburn , Market Product Manager - SICK Sensor Intelligence
Praveen Kannan, National Product Manager - SICK Sensor Intelligence