A major problem in the manufacturing world today is product recall. Some examples are food, automotive industries, and drugs, they risking the lives of many Americans and hurting companies greatly. Recently Samsung Electronics Co. has made a global recall of 2.5 million of their Galaxy Note 7 smartphones after many of their phones exploded while charging. This caused the company close to $1 billion. How do we stop this from happening? The answer is the Digital Twin. The Digital Twin is defined as a computerized companion of physical assets that can be used for various purposes. It uses data from the sensors installed on physical objects to show their near real-time status, working condition or position. With the information given it then can predict future behavior and performance of the physical product. Every manufacturing company should have this program to prevent recalls, save money, and speed up their production time. In the early 2000’s a man named Michael Grieves coined the term “Digital Twin”. As explained before, it basically creates a digital form of the actual product and uses multiple sensors to show their near real-time status, working condition, position, and other key metrics that help understand the health and functioning of these assets at the granular levels. There are two types of Digital Twins, Digital Twin Prototype (DTP) and Digital Twin Instance (DTI). The DTP describes the prototype of the physical artifact. It has the information that describes and
Target Corporation enhance its information warehouses with latest big data that is technologically sophisticated to crunch large data using complex algorithms and provide vital output data for a daily operation as well as strengthen its capabilities over its rival which is a competitive advantage and speed up worker productivity. A quality tracking tool provided by information system tracks each package, parts ensuring the goods meet the quality standard.
Write an essay evaluating the benefits and dilemmas in the use of human twin studies to investigate the causes of variation.
Being a fraternal twin my brother and I grew up mostly in the same environment. The environment our parents provided were very similar. As we grew older and began to grasp things on our own, we evoked responses from our environment differently and our social and physical elements began to change. Gene wise, I am very outgoing and social and usually find myself conversing with people where ever I may be. I could have possibly inherited this from my father as he is the same way. My brother is more of an introvert such as my mother which I find myself the complete opposite. I do tend to see I can be more quite at times in different places such as work, or classes. In regarding niche-picking I find working under pressure in fast pace, critical
The author also mentions how it is almost impossible to manually check every single product as they are being produced. They believe that the problem will be able to solve itself due to the advancing
Meryl was correct about her first born twin. Molly was the gentler of the girls. Even back when Megan would pull her pranks, Molly would take the punishments handed down, never once ratting out her sister. It gave Megan an odd sense of power over Molly, which continued into their teenage years.
Data transformation was a key focus area and a fundamental cornerstone for success. One of the challenges the company faced, was streamlining inventory for thousands of parts without an existing Bill of Materials (BOM). The company needed to quickly and accurately build a list of parts to ensure optimal inventory, as it was impacting both finances and production. ThoughtFocus created a solution that enabled workers to scan a part before putting it on a bus, which automatically created a part number and entered the information into the BOM. After producing a few vehicles using this process, the company now has a complete BOM that was developed cost-effectively and without disrupting
A number of twin studies have attempted to compare the relative importance of genetics and environment in the determination of sexual orientation. In a 1991 study, Bailey and Pillard conducted a study of twins recruited from "homophile publications", and found that 52% of monozygotic (MZ) brothers (of whom 59 were questioned) and 22% of the dizygotic (DZ) twins were concordant for homosexuality.[4] 'MZ' indicates identical twins with the same sets of genes and 'DZ' indicates fraternal twins where genes are mixed to an extent similar to that of non-twin siblings. In 2000 Bailey, Dunne and Martin studied a larger sample of 4,901 Australian twins but reported less than half the level of concordance.[5] They found 20% concordance in the male identical or MZ twins and 24% concordance for the female identical or MZ twins. Self reported zygosity, sexual attraction, fantasy and behaviours were assessed by questionnaire and zygosity was serologically checked when in doubt. A meta-study by Hershberger (2001)[6] compares the results of eight different twin studies: among those, all but two showed MZ twins having much higher concordance of sexual orientation than DZ twins, suggesting a non-negligible genetic component.
One of the main quality control processes used is the Statistical Process Control (SPC), which is a quality method that helps with engineering details in manufacturing plants. From start to finish, the SPC’s main job is to build efficient design into each of the manufacturing processes that goes on in the plant. Man-Machine Interfaces (MMIs) also allow manufacturing plants to correct problems as they occur. This allows a machine to tell a person if a product is defective (so that the product can be removed immediately), or whether or not a machine is malfunctioning. This allows workers to keep the manufacturing plant running by stopping problems early on. Another way manufacturers can ensure quality in products is to stay up to date with technology. Advanced technology creates better machines, and a better machine yields better efficiency when making
The Australian Communications and Media Authority data (ACMA,2015) shows the differences between income level and technology clearly and confirm that whilst technology is more affordable and internet access is increasingly universal, a “digital divide” between rich and poor continues to grow.
Western civilization has already witnessed three industrial revolutions, which have led to disruptive changes in industrial processes, resulting in a significant increase in productivity. The first introduced steam and water power to mechanize production. The second used electric power to create mass production (assembly lines) and the third used electronics and IT to automate production. The fourth industrial revolution is already in progress. This time, the Internet is combining with intelligent machines, systems and processes to form a sophisticated network that integrates the cyber and the physical worlds (Dujin, Geissler, & Horstkötter, 2014).
Use of GPS and PDA in industry to track distribution: our company is already using technology, which we are getting high risk of increase cost/ inability to complete or perform and raise market share.
Deeper, more textured and widespread data exists in automotive today than ever before. We know our customer’s purchase habits, their equity position, what cars they are interested in, how often they view inventory - where they travel digitally. Data is important, but not the end game. The end game is what we can do with the data. Walking the exhibitor’s hall, I saw some fresh, innovative and sometimes disruptive solutions. I saw a few others that may not make it but out of the group, many will. More encouraging, solutions providers view data as a tool to solve problems plaguing our industry. This is a change in direction from an industry that saw the data itself as a product.
2001; Henriques and Sardosky, 1999). For companies to survive in the ever-evolving industrial environment, machine/equipment ought to be ideally maintained in an operating condition and should perform its intended functions effectively (Ben-Daya & Duffuaa,
Wearable technology is a broad term that encompasses many forms, these forms can include glasses, bracelets, watches, clothing or many other smart items. The potential for growth in this market is limitless. This technology allows individuals to re-shape how their tasks are completed by giving them a hands-free to heads-up option. The “Internet of things” refers to an explosion of devices with connectivity and potentially artificial intelligence. This could show in motors, clothes, thermostats or other appliances. The IOT is rapidly adding to the context that will amplify the impact wearable technology has on the world. No longer will laptops or smartphones be a required hindrance. Both consumers and businesses have a need for “wearables” and I’ll highlight some of the advantages of such technology [1].
Many people are so quick to say and also think being a twin must be so “cool” or “fun” and often ask me “how does it feel?” Well to be honest they’re pros and cons for being a twin. Growing up for the most part has been frustrating and stressful because no matter what we got and did we’d always have to share it instead of getting it for ourselves. Jevin and I were great athletes we both played basketball together starting at the age of 5 we were so good they would call us the “twin towers” because whenever we stepped onto the court we would dominate and 80% of the time we were the taller kids. Athletic,hardworking,motivated would define us because not only did we do basketball but also football and few more sports and as we got older we