WARNING: Digital twins can create a second version of capacity if planning systems are not synchronized

Digital twins can improve production and capacity decisions, but they also create a governance risk when simulated availability, maintenance windows and asset constraints do not match the active APS or ERP plan.

Decisions exposed

• production sequencing;
• capacity commitments;
• maintenance timing;
• inventory positioning;
• customer promise dates.

What leaders should monitor

• which capacity model is authoritative;
• effective dates for simulated constraints;
• integration latency with APS and ERP;
• manual overrides and scenario approval;
• differences between modeled and demonstrated capacity.

Source: Unilever and Accenture digital-twin program.