Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/310149 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Citation: 
[Journal:] Logistics [ISSN:] 2305-6290 [Volume:] 5 [Issue:] 2 [Article No.:] 25 [Year:] 2021 [Pages:] 1-12
Publisher: 
MDPI, Basel
Abstract: 
Both modern multi- and intermodal supply chains pose a significant challenge to control and maintain while offering numerous optimization potential. Digital Twins have been proposed to improve supply chains. However, as of today, they are only used for certain parts of the entire supply chain. This paper presents an initial framework for a holistic Digital Supply Chain Twin (DSCT) capable of including an entire multimodal supply chain. Such a DSCT promises to enable several improvements all across the supply chain while also be capable of simulating and evaluate several different scenarios for the supply chain. Therefore, the DSCT will not only be able to optimize multi- and intermodal supply chains but also makes them potentially more robust by identifying possible issues early on. This paper discusses the major requirements that such a DSCT must fulfil to be useful and how several information technologies that matured in recent years or are about the mature are the key enablers to fulfil these requirements. Finally, a suggested high-level architecture for such a DSCT is presented as a first step towards the realization of a DSCT, as presented in this work.
Subjects: 
digital twin
hinterland
intermodal
multimodal
supply chain
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