Fill in the Blanks Digital TwinOnline version 12 buzzwords IT by Bia Aguiar 1 chain what increase sort improvements assembly run supply work if without current choices getting would get taken version Basically often already allowing then Imagine you had a digital version of yourself that you could tests on to see how your life turn out according to different you made . So , you want to see that move to Paris would have been like ? Or how that extra degree would have affected your state of affairs ? A digital twin is of like that , but for chains and industrial applications . , the technology works by " building " a virtual of a factory , or a wind turbine , or an element in a supply . This digital twin can be subjected to tests designed to efficiency without doing any physical . The digital twin also can data from sensors on the physical twin , monitoring of equipment safety and status physically checking the equipment as . This technology is already being used in CAD 3D models and manufacturing simulations , but in 2017 things are going to be further , and results are being seen . As GE reports , Black & Decker is using digital twins on one of their factory ? s lines , leading to a " labor utilization of 12% , and a 10% increase in throughput . "