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The digital twin in the age of AI: progress or illusion of progress?

Historically, the term "digital twin" refers to the idea of building a digital representation of a system, feeding it with data, developing it, and using it to understand, predict, and optimize (Digital twins: what are we really talking about?). In industry, the concept is valued but comes at a price, as it requires modeling, tools, data flows, and, above all, a decision-making discipline. Since then, generative AI has arrived, and with it the temptation to add a layer of language and automation, then rename the whole thing twin. The result is...

How can you avoid becoming a bottleneck in the workplace?

In the world before bottlenecks were machines that could not keep up with the pace of other machines and completely blocked the production process. The result:...

The importance of soft skills in operational excellence

In a working world increasingly focused on cognitive skills and collaboration, soft skills are proving to be essential pillars for achieving operational excellence. The problem...

Formalized operations need not be complicated

Some time ago, I had a sharp disagreement with someone about the advantages and disadvantages of formal organization and, beyond that, formalized operating procedures. My interlocutor argued...