Join the Open University Business School on Friday 16th June for this FREE exploration into the challenges and solutions around the adoption of digital technologies in sustainable design and manufacture.

Digitalisation is an essential aspect of sustainable design and manufacturing. Effective use of digital technologies such as “digital twins”, “digital thread”, and “digital testing” can increase productivity and reduce waste across manufacturing sectors, primarily by reducing the need for physical prototypes in design and testing and establishing more connected manufacturing processes within industry and supply chains. For example, increased digital testing reduces the need for physical testing, which currently accounts for 30-50% of development costs in the automotive or aerospace industries.

Although “digital thread”, “digital twins”, and “digital testing” are becoming common terms, there is often a lack of a shared understanding about how these are defined in different industries, especially in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and also in academia. 

This workshop aims to work towards a shared understanding of “digital thread” and “digital twins” and how these technologies can support digital testing processes. This will be achieved by bringing together academic and technical experts and people with a general interest to discuss and co-create solutions collaboratively.

If you work within the broad range of industries who use or seek to use digital technologies to collaborate and co-create sustainable design and manufacturing processes, you’ll likely have a vested interest in getting involved.

We welcome individuals from industry, academia, industrial and research clusters that may already be working together to support the digitalisation of sustainable manufacturing, as well as those who are considering their use in future projects.

To find out more about this exciting collaboration, or to book your place, click here.