Industrial Metaverse

Digital Supply Chain Twin: The Pathway to Success

Digital Supply Chain Twin: The Pathway to Success

A catalyst for increasing competitiveness
Gökhan Cenk ORCID Icon, Jonas Andersson, Tobias Engel ORCID Icon
Companies face a variety of challenges when optimizing global supply chains. Economic interests must be balanced with legal requirements, such as the German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act (SCDDA) and the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS). A digital supply chain twin (DSCT) enables the visualization of value creation networks and supports key business functions, such as purchasing, supply chain management, distribution, service, and sales. By leveraging immersive technologies, the DSCT helps generate sustainable competitive advantages across the entire supply network.
Industry 4.0 Science | Volume 41 | 2025 | Edition 3 | Pages 52-60 | DOI 10.30844/I4SE.25.3.52
Training in the Industrial Metaverse

Training in the Industrial Metaverse

Buzzword or opportunity?
Leon Schellhammer ORCID Icon, Lucas Waag, Mert Cumert, Dieter Uckelmann ORCID Icon
Metaverse-based training programs offer a realistic and risk-free learning environment that is particularly valuable in industrial contexts, e.g. in immersive training and the simulation of workflows. Challenges remain in the areas of data protection, technological acceptance and integration into existing systems. Using a carefully crafted questionnaire, four expert interviews were conducted to investigate whether the metaverse can innovate training programs effectively and lastingly. Its standardized format yields comparable, reliable data while allowing for an accurate evaluation of the results.
Industry 4.0 Science | Volume 41 | 2025 | Edition 2 | Pages 102-108
Potentials and Application of the Industrial Metaverse

Potentials and Application of the Industrial Metaverse

Convergence from simulation to reality
Oliver Petrovic, Yannick Dassen, Christian Brecher
This paper deals with the concept of the Industrial Metaverse and its potential impact on the manufacturing industry. First, the possibilities of the Industrial Metaverse are explained in general and then possible resulting functionalities for production technology along the life cycle are presented. For the two topics "Synthetic Data Generation" and "Virtual Qualification" the implications of the Industrial Metaverse are considered more concretely.
Industrie 4.0 Management | Volume 39 | 2023 | Edition 5 | Pages 27-32 | DOI 10.30844/IM_23-5_27-32