Digital Twin Consor­tium Teams Up with Open Industry 4.0 Alliance

Further advancing the use of digital twins in Industry 4.0 via open stan­dards 

BOSTON, MA – DECEMBER 12, 2023 – The Digital Twin Consor­tium® (DTC) today announced a liaison agree­ment with the Open Industry 4.0 Alliance.  The Open Industry 4.0 Alliance joined the DTC to not just exchange infor­ma­tion but also to bring digi­tal­iza­tion and collab­o­ra­tion to the next level. 

The Open Industry 4.0 Alliance func­tions as a collab­o­ra­tive consor­tium comprising of promi­nent indus­trial compa­nies actively involved in deploying cross-vendor Industry 4.0 solu­tions and services for manu­fac­turing facil­i­ties and auto­mated ware­houses. Within industry and tech­nology working groups, subject matter experts conceive prac­tical scenarios and put them into prac­tice using the Open Industry 4.0 Alliance refer­ence archi­tec­ture. These solu­tions, along­side detailed imple­men­ta­tion instruc­tions, are dissem­i­nated within the commu­nity and made acces­sible to parties beyond the Alliance. 

“We are excited about working with the Open Industry 4.0 Alliance,” said Dan Isaacs, GM & CTO of DTC. “We look forward to helping manu­fac­turers and solu­tions providers further the use of digital twins in smart facto­ries, oil & gas, pharma, and others based on Industry 4.0 and key open industry stan­dards.” 

“The collab­o­ra­tion between the DTC and the Open Industry 4.0 Alliance aims to drive the align­ment of tech­nology compo­nents and other elements to ensure inter­op­er­ability,” says Ricardo Dunkel, Tech­nical Director at the Open Industry 4.0 Alliance. “Together we are working on the stan­dard­iza­tion and inte­gra­tion of tech­nolo­gies in vertical use cases, proof-of-concepts and Value Inno­va­tion Plat­forms (VIP). This collab­o­ra­tive part­ner­ship will be strength­ened through the exchange of infor­ma­tion, regular consul­ta­tions and joint events to drive digi­tal­iza­tion and promote collab­o­ra­tion.” 

The two groups have agreed to the following: 

• Real­izing inter­op­er­ability by harmo­nizing tech­nology compo­nents and other elements 
• Aligning work in Digital Twin Consor­tium Capa­bil­i­ties and Tech­nology for adop­tion within vertical domains through proof of value projects and use cases, including:    
  • Compos­able and Archi­tec­tural Frame­works
  • Advanced Capa­bil­i­ties and Tech­nology show­cases 
  • Secu­rity and Trust­wor­thi­ness appli­ca­tions 
  • Concep­tual, infor­ma­tional, struc­tural, and behav­ioral models 
  • Enabling tech­nolo­gies such as AR, VR, AI, and other advance­ments 
  • Case study devel­op­ment from initial concept through oper­a­tional analysis 

The DTC and Open Industry 4.0 Alliance will exchange infor­ma­tion through regular consul­ta­tions, semi­nars, and training devel­op­ment vehi­cles. 

About Open Industry 4.0 Alliance

By joining our alliance, manu­fac­turers and providers of Industry 4.0 solu­tions and services world­wide can collec­tively help their customers to success­fully tran­si­tion to the indus­trial internet of things. Thanks to new syner­gies, Open Industry 4.0 Alliance members master Industry 4.0 – and enable oper­a­tors to take busi­ness to the next level. For more infor­ma­tion, visit openindustry4.com.

About Digital Twin Consor­tium

About Digital Twin Consor­tium is The Authority in Digital Twin. It coalesces industry, govern­ment, and acad­emia to drive consis­tency in vocab­u­lary, archi­tec­ture, secu­rity, and inter­op­er­ability of digital twin tech­nology. It advances digital twin tech­nology in many indus­tries, from Health­care and Life­sciences, Aero­space to Natural Resources, Infra­struc­ture and Health. Digital Twin Consor­tium is a program of Object Manage­ment Group. For more infor­ma­tion, visit https://www.digitaltwinconsortium.org. 

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