A Generic Digital Twin Framework for Collaborative Supply Chain Development

Current Supply Chains (SCs) are complex and diverse along with fragile to SC disruptions. This leads urgently needs to develop an intelligent, transparent, collaborative and resilient SC system to cope with unexpected SC disruptions. Digital twin (DT) is one of the most promising solutions to develop smart SCs that has been extensively studied recent years. However, SCDT paradigm is still at an early stage. This paper presents a generic and modularized five layers DT framework to provide a flexible and collaborative solution, which can be compatible with different DT systems in various SCs. The feasibility of the proposed framework is validated through a practical implementation in a distributed eyewear industry.