{"id":790,"date":"2017-06-19T13:17:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-19T20:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.plm.automation.siemens.com\/t5\/Tecnomatix-News\/Commissioning-Your-Plant-Material-Flow-Part-1-The-Digital-Twin\/ba-p\/416268"},"modified":"2026-03-26T06:56:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T10:56:12","slug":"commissioning-your-plant-material-flow-part-1-the-digital-twin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/tecnomatix\/commissioning-your-plant-material-flow-part-1-the-digital-twin\/","title":{"rendered":"Commissioning Your Plant Material Flow – Part 1 – The Digital Twin"},"content":{"rendered":"

Authored by Noam Ribon, Senior Consultant, Siemens PLM Software<\/P><\/p>\n

\"Noam<\/span>This blog will help you better understand our Tecnomatix Plant Simulation<\/A> application and why it is a foundational component of the broader Production Digital Twin architecture.<\/P>
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Becoming familiar with Plant Simulation will help you understand how and why it lends itself well to Commissioning Plant Material Flow and related scenarios.<\/P>
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In the second blog, we will dive into one of the hottest topics of the Production Digital Twin: Virtual Commissioning of your Plant Material Flow.<\/P>
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You will find our Plant Simulation on desktops of professionals in multiple industries. Automotive, solar cell production, electronics, airports\/transportation, battery production, glass production, and ship building. Its primary use is ensuring the correct investment levels for Production: CapEx (Capital Expenses \u2013 machines, space) and OpEX (Operational Expenses \u2013 mainly labor). While doing so, professionals run multiple Production scenarios to ensure optimized production with those investments. There is one reason for that: Maintain price competitiveness, and to ensure never falling on delivery commitments. In some industries, decisions will not be made without consulting Plant Simulation first.<\/P>
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To prove my point, here are testimonials from organizations using Plant Simulation:<\/P>
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Production throughput<\/STRONG> was increased by 40 percent<\/STRONG>.  Production costs<\/STRONG> could be reduced by 30 percent<\/STRONG>.<\/EM> (Heavy industry).<\/P>
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Plant Simulation helped us avoid significant capital investments and operational costs<\/STRONG>. (<\/EM>Energy Power Transmission)<\/P>
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We could halve our inventory<\/STRONG> in the warehouse.  <\/EM>(Industrial equipment).<\/P>
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More efficient production<\/STRONG> line with less waste<\/STRONG>.<\/EM> (Life Sciences).<\/P>
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Reduced<\/EM><\/STRONG> cycle times by up to 66 percent<\/STRONG>. <\/EM>(Automotive T1).<\/P>
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The reasons decisions based on Plant Simulation produce such results are attributed to the following:<\/P>
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First, the software enables maintaining of a Digital Twin, which means its Virtual models closely reflect your Production environment. Today we would say the Digital Twin closely reflects the Physical Twin.<\/P>
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