Journey towards a

Model-Based Enterprise
RE-defining the Industry’s vision &
progress towards true digital
transformation

BY:
19030241060- ASISH KUMAR BEHERA
19030241082- PRIYANKA MUMBARKAR
19030241077- NARENDER REDDY
19030241079- ANTARJYAMI PANDA
19030241091- ASHWINI SHRIRAME
DIGITAL THREAD – WEAVING A
CONNECTED SPHERE:
EMBRACING MODEL BASED
ENTERPRISE

Abstract

Related goods and services now offer a way to interrupt their business
strategies and functions for manufacturing operations. This disruption is
facilitated through a digital thread along with technologies such as big
data and the internet of things. These techniques enable producers
leverage the amount of data that is produced, consumed and
referenced in their organisations during the product life cycle.

Despite the advantages of the digital thread, full-scale implementation

needs very early investment. While companies can choose to
incorporate instead of the digital thread, this method only links
historically siloed business processes and does not always produce the
desired rewards.

The creation of an effective digital thread and the realisation of expected

benefits is problematic because of complex product environments,
inflexibility of technology piloting, standardized processes and
organisational complexities. It is therefore important for manufacturers
to recognize what their organisations mean by the digital thread.
The vision for a Model Based Enterprise & why is
it critical now
The market is rapidly evolving, and the share, and refuse involvement by incoming
pioneers are making the most progress. staff. Today, Companies must:
There are four main Cs of radical change:
connectivity, cooperation, compression and • Manufacture more, higher quality and
complexity. In the sense of the increased lower-cost goods
numerical thread, extensive set-up • More easily meet consumer
management, enhanced use of applied requirements and rising demands that
analytics and AI, and the rapid appearance are not an option but a necessity.
of an industrial Internet of Things, for • Adjust the method to engineering to
instance, we are discovering different levels create more complex ideas, but make
and requests for connectivity[1]. In order them consumable through production
for more players to interact and collaborate systems
than before, the need to have real time, • Streamline production partners'
multidisciplinary and daily collaboration has architecture, supply chain processes and
become more essential. Much of A&D face data
extreme multi-axis contraction with • Reap the benefits both in
tightening budgeting, forcing all to do more implementation and in the product itself
with less time, less money and few bugs. of emerging technologies
Finally, the increasing complexity of the • Design for the full life cycle of the
product tends to challenge the entire value product through retirement, including
chain, including the emergence of cross transformation to a new type of
products, the requirement for prolonged availability and revenue the
product life and highly complicated aftermarket/sustainable process
regulatory environments[2]. • Stay competitive, not fall back – even
lead
This provides an opportunity for an • Target an advanced workforce, where
evolving, technologically competent new, younger workers lacking social
workforce to have the resources and media or smartphones do not know a
information they need to develop smarter whole new world, expect a digital
designs, goods or models of service that workplace and process.
best satisfy consumer demand, and quicker,
with the most innovative features, higher These challenges and opportunities
quality, lower cost and greater benefit. This stimulate a new outlook, namely that of the
also has an imperative: turn or be in trouble model business.
as consumers switch to rivals, suffer market
 The Rise of the MBE (Model Based Enterprise)

The MBE is a computer-based company elements (e.g. The state-of-the-art

with the following applications: computer computerised 3D models manage the range
modelling and simulation, algorithm and of materials / Environmental/Physical
optimisation capability in all areas of the models, etc.).
value chain: e.g. final capacity planning,
demand and delivery optimisation for The MBE extends the whole value chain to
service parts, diagnostics, prescribing, these activities.
forecasting, autonomy, etc. They are used
to design, engineer, produce and service View the model-based organisation as
resources and goods in a fashion that links perhaps the most obvious focus of wider
and interoperables models and information market developments: digital
in the entire organisation. A dream that transformation across the entire company.
eliminates waste, increases lean This will cover data usage and product
production, hits Six Sigma and enhances integration, including costs, commodity
customer loyalty is a smooth end-to-end markets, production, finances, inventory,
process. Its goal is to build more tight production scheduling, management,
design cycles, to reducing time to the employees and the weather. It's about using
market, and to encourage more beneficial data in the entire organisation to know the
productive relationships. real facts, to get it correct, to analyse and
evaluate it and use the information to take
The MBE's core concept originated with optimal decisions and behave with great
model-based designs and the practise that consistency, precision and accuracy,
all of their relevant information elements sometimes in the deliberate 'sense and
e.g. Digital and Digital Thread environment) response' decision-making cycle.
were used with all their related data

A View of the MBE (Model Based Enterprise)

The following illustrates an elevated level mixtures of competences and capabilities.
view of the MBE and its associated We categorise design (or engineering),
practises. The understanding of the scale of manufacture and sustainability for
MBEs and the context of digital simplification but the whole process goes
transformation can be difficult, as they pretty deep.
cover a wide array of functions with various

Model Based Model Based Model Based

Designing Manufacturing Sustainment
Unlocking Business Value with Digital Thread

Digital threads can be used information from services effectively.

on another level and model technology to seamless The GO-TO Mantra:
while maintaining the main production for all potential • Knowledge of patterns
components preserved. situations, including and jobs
However, the digital thread product structure • Meet a competitive
is not necessary in the early synchronisation, progress benchmark
phases, as it entails a huge concomitant manufacturing • Strategy formulation
early capital expenditure, process design, • Build a strategy and a
for the whole value chain. manufacturing processes goal
With a value chain linked with visual mock ups • Set up the transition
approach manufacturer can and more. Industrial case
formulate the competitive production companies • Sprint for schedule.
policy to optimally disrupt integrate their PLMs with
and to maximise their value IoT for data management Business value through a
creation with digital thread. and the as-installed bases digital thread often
con resource. depends on the maturity of
For example, companies an enterprise. This can be
may use digital Threads to The digital thread also measured in conjunction
bring about corporate strengthens organisations with imagined business
change and to maintain especially during and after case and roadmap by
products throughout their disruptions like COVID-19. describing the existing and
enterprises by using PLM as Active cooperation objective status of digital
an integrated platform for between investors involved thread in terms of scale and
application cycle in product development model. Key elements and
management (ALM), and maintenance of the essential elements for the
product data management value chain can be effective transformation of
(PDM) and corporate accomplished during the an organisation including
resource planning. To product life cycle via a people, method, advanced
illustrate, airline companies digital thread. analytics are also crucial.
can use PLM as an
innovation platform to For any company to achieve A digitally advanced
implement a digital thread digital twin, efficient digital company has the potential
that can bidirectional thread deployment using to create an ecosystem
platform to fabricating the model-based approach with its partners that
operations management is crucial. Digital twins generates exponential
with all key designing and closely emulate the value for its end consumers
engineering applications. conduct of the actual while producing high
This platform enables product and give commercial value for itself.
continuity of part businesses the probability
to adapt new products and

In the A&D sector, businesses are progressing towards the

transformation of model-based engineering processes and
thereby providing innovative efficiencies, improving coordination
and enhancing their technical teams.
 COMPANY REPORTS
Weaving a Digital Thread maintenance and enhanced transactional processes and
from Engineering to operating efficiency for supplier information for
Manufacturing: Raytheon airline customers with advanced analytical
is also developing a digital rising fleets of aircraft in applications into a setting.
line for manufacturing Singapore, a big MRO
innovation. The (maintenance, repair and The Skywise platform, for
organisation has invested revision) market. In 2016, example, handles a large
extensively in various Airbus unveiled its "Hangar number of details from
disciplines to support its of the Future" to explore in- aircraft operated by Airbus.
model-based business service aviation The platform integrates
skills. It promotes digitalisation and servicing airline, supplier and OEM
development through automation. Innovative data and performs
traditional product data technology such as robots, comprehensive data
processing, mechanical drones, scanners, cameras analysis to create
CAD, reinvention of as well as non-destructive applications to predict and
processes and production sensors is included in this optimise maintenance and
systems. largest MRO hanger. The to improve fleet efficiency
MBSE offers a more exact automatic inspection and and operations.
and reliable digital Thread collection of data when
Production through planes reach the hanger is Airbus shall provide any
Raytheon's device design allowed. The hanger airline that submits its own
process and delivers provides automated job free access to anonymised
operable information over preparation and effective operational data. Involved
the product life cycle tracking of employees. airlines thus benefit from a
through up- and Simple maintenance valuable optimization tool,
downstream effect activities are driven by while Airbus is given the
analytics. And its digital increasing fact and knowledge it requires to
hardware thread is the maintenance schedule improve its paid service
basis for model-based which is supported by data product. Maintenance data
development and digital storage and sharing. can be archived, preserved
twin construction[3]. and returned to the
Skywise offers detailed data premises of the
Rebooting the MRO Sector collection from the open manufacturer. The platform
& creating a digital thread data platform of Airbus for has historic information
from in-service aircraft to forecasting repair work and and the organisation aims
aircraft- design: Airbus has improving maintenance to review the data so that
seen an opportunity to preparation and task aircraft models can be
support MRO providers use efficiency, to reduce aircraft changed and production
the digital technologies to downtime. It incorporates defects can be resolved[4].
fulfil demands for quick engineering data,
 ORGANIZATION WIDE ADOPTION OF DIGITAL
THREAD - ROADMAP

Early
Beginners Laggards Late Adopters Leaders
Adopters
• Information capability • Continuity of data and • Significant capacity for • Broad capabilities of
not leveraged across Coherence of data for flexibility deployed information deployed information implemented
functions one or two information •Numerous functions • Substantially controlled • Controlled digital
• Functions managed in capabilities handled linked by a digital thread digital thread through threads in the value chain
Value Chain silos features
• Integration of data
managed between at
least two functions

• A loosely related • Stretched to other • Model-based • System Engineering • Full device engineering
system-to-component tasks, model-based innovation Model-based model-based-RFLP
level practice • Engineering a device • Description of the modeling
Model Based • Hardware, • Definition of • The model-based RFL device level (hardware, • Complex system-level
Practice technology, and Machine Engineering model that has not yet electrical, software), definition system that is
electrical equipment in Adapted been implemented specified and controlled controlled and planned
silos through MBSE

• No established • No established • Strategy of enterprise • Cloud integration at • Multi-tier, cloud-based

enterprise architecture enterprise architecture architecture described certain stage design phase (major)
strategies approach • Framework aligns with • Integration platform to • Framework for handling
Integration • No norms of • Integration integrations of legacy manage significant part all flows of knowledge
Architecture incorporation standards/strategy, • Standards/strategy of of information seeps across enterprise
Platformization • No standard established and placed integration described for between numerous structures
integration for to use by the the business enterprise systems
platform/strategy community

• In silos, applications • In certain • Organization linked • Linked company • Linked company through
• Manually controlled systems/enterprises, inside functions (engine (engineering- features
reviews, data incorporation eering, output, manufacturing, (engineering,
Connected consistency • manufacturing, manufacturing-service) manufacturing, operation,
Enterprise Synchronize/triggerbas Service service, etc.) inside functions etc.)
ed transfer of • Compatible Runtime for • Allows bi-directional • Activate a reverse and
knowledge Data Exchanges loop feedback forward loop through the
value chain
• Smart visualization • Embraced analytics • Extension of analytics to • Predictive analytics and • Prescriptive analytics
and market in a system with synopsis diagnosis perceptions all over and feature perspectives,
by reporting • Some pattern of • Ingesting data in a functions business
Data Analytics
consumption of data massive pool, limited to a • Data Lake for digital • Data Lake for digital
few features thread handling thread handling

• Concept of data exists • Proposals on data • Installation of master • Incorporated master • Key information,
• Not Streamlined Data quality practiced data for core data model data for vital master data structured data model
• Accuracy of • Embraced data • Reforms for data • For most roles, data across functions and the
Data Management information is description and standardization and data standardization/governa value chain
compromised management governance nce • Completely effective
governance of data

• Current, but not • Deployed Central • Key business system • Platform-interoperable • All key business systems
completely capable, Business Framework with expanded resources central business with new-age capabilities
core business systems • Established method available framework are deployed
• There is no for managing purpose • Description of process • Maturity and • Best-in-class process for
Enterprise & harmonization of initiated to exploit the harmonization of Process the implementation of
System Process processes digital thread Description linked company
capabilities
 Purpose of the Study:
Defining model-based traceability to the left to easy. In order to keep data
activities in the supply the right, from idea to consistency across the
chain: The manner in which design, planning and value chain and improve
information is collected and development and servicing, data integration, the
shared through various by linking processes and Business Architecture
roles in a manufacturing data. In the phases of should be built using the
organisation would be development, warranty and heterogenous
ultimately modified by service life, for example, environments of the
digital thread. Most design may have a long- enterprise which can be
organisations still use term effect. A closed loop incorporated into the
papers as a way of sharing feedback system offers a platform. For example, PLM
information. This helps it to link right to left which can may serve as an innovation
reuse their information or provide input from and integration framework
data and track them. horizontal value chains to for the use of digital
Transforming your data into an upstream value chain. threads that run on many
a model-based organisation For example, in the new devices and technologies.
allows to gain information development cycle, input
from your own data. A from a product in the Providing qualitative
system engineering model- market can be filtered back insights into business via
based practise is important to help companies to analytics: As the digital
for traceability through the evolve and enhance their thread links functions and
dynamic multidisciplinary items / solutions. allows knowledge to be
environment[5]. translated throughout the
Deploying an insightful value chain, the genuine
Developed connection and related innovation advantage is analysis from
closed loop reviews: Digital platform: Companies information that is
thread does not function typically have many tools collected in different
unless it is designed in the and applications for the processes. For example, the
required business use management of their design engineer may gain
cases, based on end-to-end product operational and meaningful insights from
communication system, data information through assurance data received by
forward connection and the value chain. So, services[6].
closed loop feedback. creating a digital thread
Forward link allows from scratch technology is
not

Digital technology advances also generate downstream

benefits that bring manufacturing teams more together
and more efficient.
Companies are using model-based capabilities to
industrialise technology in scale while making
improvements in their production strategies more agile
and scalable.
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