A Survey on the Necessity for a Digital Twin of Production in the Automotive Industry

This paper highlights the necessity for a digital twin of production systems in the automotive industry. The survey on the use case of a digital twin of the production line is conducted with the production planning department of a major automobile manufacturer. The central part of the paper describes the current and future challenges for production planners in integration planning, which are determined by a survey. There are new trends in the automotive industry identified as a result of this survey. The study identifies exactly the information required by a digital twin of the production plant to improve the integration planning process. Furthermore, this survey provides answers to the benefits of integration planning by an automatically generated digital twin.