Leveraging Digital Twins for Efficient Facility Management

Facility management requires efficient asset use and space optimization. Organizations with multiple assets and large spaces can benefit from creating a digital twin of their facilities. A digital twin enables the organization to collect, transfer, analyze, and use data to improve facility management.

What is a digital twin?

A digital twin is a digital representation of an organization’s physical space, accessible through any computer device. It enables users to explore and interact with the assets and space from any location. A digital map has integration and communication features that add value to facilities management.

Additional features through IoT integration

Using IoT, the organization can tag its assets. The digital map will show their location and status. For example, you can view the location of printers, routes taken by a forklift, or the pressure gauges on a pipe.

Improves safety and security

It’s vital to know the location of any asset on a large facility, which can be difficult due to the number of assets onsite. Bad actors can take small, valuable items and disappear in crowds. Tagging an asset, regardless of size, enables security to monitor it. Security can also get an alert if it leaves a designated area.

A digital map also gives security more options with access control and restrictions. The team can restrict and locate personnel and assets on a single panel.

In an emergency or accident at the facility, the digital map can provide vital information to users. The map can highlight the location of extinguishers, defibrillators, and safe routes. Users can also have real-time information about evacuation or shelter-in-place points. 

Streamline communication

Communication is vital in both regular and extraordinary circumstances. Digital twin navigation software enables the organization to communicate with all users from a single panel. It can send a general update to all users or an instant message to a single user. This is useful for crowd management, maintenance, and emergency coordination.

Easier maintenance

A campus is a complex mix of people, assets, infrastructure, and buildings. Monitoring everything can be difficult. A digital map can simplify maintenance using tracking, IoT, and messaging features. 

IoT integration will inform the maintenance team if an asset fails. Individuals can send text, audio, or video of maintenance issues, such as a gas leak, an exposed hole in the floor, or even an overgrown bush. A digital twin can also show maintenance and facility schedules. This will enable the facility maintenance team to work efficiently while everyone else plans their trip accordingly.

Digital twin navigation software can significantly improve facility management and space optimization. Vicinia offers an obligation-free demo so you can see how it can benefit your organization. Contact us now to book a demo.