Data Resources to Create Digital Twins

Data resources are crucial to develop and maintain digital twins, which are seen as one of the key technologies within the paradigm shift called servitization in which organizations move from producing goods to offering services. Our hypothesis is that a large part of this data resources are already generated during the beginning of life (BOL) phases of the product lifecycle, but are not used in the middle of life (MOL) phases. This paper describes a framework and outlines a methodology to research the use of data resources from BOL phases in MOL phases. Projected results are an ontology of product data resources and an enhanced understanding of their usage in creating and maintaining digital twins.