The Digital Twin. It’s not just for breakfast anymore.

James Haw, Vice President of Automation and Digital Strategy at Operations Technology Specialists (OTS), with 35 years of industrial automation experience, is set to share his insights at the Oil & Gas Digital Twin Conference 2024. He is recognized for pioneering the first “born digital” plastics recycling facility, he received the 2023 Excellence in Technical Achievement award from ISA. In this blog, we’ll delve into his groundbreaking strategies on The Digital Twin. It’s not just for breakfast anymore.

In this insightful exploration, James Haw, will share his perspectives on the analogy of compressing a plant’s lifecycle into a single day and the metaphorical significance of breakfast in the early stages of engineering and construction. Drawing parallels between a poorly chosen breakfast influencing the entire day and the lasting effects of initial decisions during plant development, the analogy extends to digital transformations. Emphasizing that this process need not be extravagant but can leverage existing tools, the narrative underscores the importance of getting the digital twin right from the outset, positioning it as a pivotal element in today’s Operations Technology.

If the lifecycle of a plant could be compressed into a single day, engineering, and constructing that plant would occur over breakfast. And as they say, breakfast is the most important meal of the day. To take this analogy a step further, what is eaten for breakfast can potentially affect how lunch and dinner goes. In other words, a terrible breakfast could lead to a terrible day - lunch and dinner are had through bad choices.
This goes on, and eventually a transformation is needed. And like all digital transformations, they are painful and expensive. And this “breakfast” doesn’t have to be at The Four Seasons. It can be prepared in the average company’s own kitchen, using tools likely already owned and used.
Getting the digital twin right in the beginning and using it the way it is meant to be used - a key component in today’s Operations Technology - can prevent a costly digital transformation later. It has the capability to push the facility to first-quartile performance much faster than ever expected or envisioned.

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