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Product Lifecycle Management. Leveraging Digital Twins, Circular Economy, and Knowledge Management for Sustainable Innovation (PLM 2023)

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Fast-paced technological advancements and ever-growing demand for customized products trigger the need for a transition from traditional manufacturing to intelligent manufacturing. This review paper focuses on identifying the benefits of Digital Twin applications for the theme of product development processes. Benefits are analyzed according to the 10 knowledge areas defined by the Project Management Institute’s project management body of knowledge (PMBOK). Classification by knowledge area helps to understand where benefits can best be found according to desirable product characteristics and corporate goals. This paper analyzes which PMBOK knowledge area has proven, practical applications and sound theoretical underpinning, thus indicating the likelihood of a successful implementation of Digital Twin.

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This research was funded by the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council for the Canadian authors and by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 52275277) for the Chinese authors.

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    Milad Attari Shendi & Vincent Thomson

  2. Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, Zhongyuan District, 450001, Henan, China

    Haoqi Wang & Gaopeng Lou

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Shendi, M.A., Thomson, V., Wang, H., Lou, G. (2024). Benefits of Digital Twin Applications Used to Study Product Design and Development Processes. In: Danjou, C., Harik, R., Nyffenegger, F., Rivest, L., Bouras, A. (eds) Product Lifecycle Management. Leveraging Digital Twins, Circular Economy, and Knowledge Management for Sustainable Innovation. PLM 2023. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, vol 701. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-62578-7_1

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