This nano course provides a general understanding of Digital Twins, offering a high-level introduction to the topic suitable for participating in discussions, panels, and strategic decision-making. It is designed to give learners the foundational knowledge needed to grasp the key concepts, applications, and business implications of digital twins.
Mastering Digital Twins
Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
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What you'll learn
Understand the fundamentals of the Digital twins concept and its value pafor the business
Gain a high-level view of Digital Twins to contribute to discussions, panels, and support strategic decision-making in real projects.
Learn how digital twins create value in multiple real-world scenarios — from engineering and manufacturing to logistics, marketing, and sales.
Practical use cases and sectors where digital twins are already being integrated — and there are more than you might think.
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Assessments
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Taught in English
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There is 1 module in this course
Mastering Digital Twins gives you a concise yet comprehensive introduction to how digital twins work, why they matter, and how they transform modern industry. You’ll explore the evolution of the concept - from early lifecycle models to NASA’s adoption - while learning the three key layers: the digital master, digital shadow, and full digital twin. Through practical use cases in engineering, production, operations, service, and marketing, you’ll see how digital twins enable faster development, predictive maintenance, real‑time optimisation, and new data‑driven business models. The module also highlights success stories across sectors such as energy, aerospace, automotive, healthcare, and smart cities, and explains the enabling technologies and lifecycle phases needed to build and implement digital twins effectively.
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5 videos1 assignment1 discussion prompt
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VJ
Reviewed on Jan 26, 2024
This Course could have gone a little deeper into digital twins and how they are used. But Overall the course is very good.
AS
Reviewed on Oct 8, 2022
Helpful if you are new to digital twin, all the basics termnology covered.
LP
Reviewed on Apr 18, 2020
The covers good fundamentals nicely. The course should provide some real-time example how Digital Twin helps.
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