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Seeing double with AI

AI has the potential to accelerate problem solving for industrial companies in a few key ways, find senior partners Alex Singla and Bill Wiseman and colleagues. For example, AI can create a “digital twin” of a component, as a way to more quickly evaluate the component’s design across different performance metrics. The technology could help companies reduce sourcing costs for parts and bring higher-performing products to market faster.

A digital twin visualization helps identify opportunities for part standardization or restructuring of bills of materials and volume buys.
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To read the article, see “The future is now: Unlocking the promise of AI in industrials,” December 6, 2022.