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The digital thread for system lifecycle management with a native graph database in a polyglot architecture

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 May 2024

Nico Kasper ,
Michael Pfenning  and
Martin Eigner
Nico Kasper*
Affiliation:
SAP SE, IBU Industrial Manufacturing and Aerospace & Defense, Germany
Michael Pfenning
Affiliation:
SAP SE, Product Management SAP PLM, Germany
Martin Eigner
Affiliation:
EIGNER Engineering Consult, Germany
*
nico.kasper@web4k.de

Abstract

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The Digital Thread is a system that connects different phases of the product lifecycle and the related data across one or more companies in the supply chain. This work aims to develop a graph data model of the Digital Thread, in the context of the vision of polyglot persistence, that interconnects the different phases of the lifecycle and their corresponding data models, processes, and IT systems. This work proposes a Digital Thread Graph that integrates a Digital Model and a derived Digital Twin, using object and relation attributes for view creation and filtering while minimizing redundancy.

Keywords

digital threaddigital twinproduct lifecycle management (PLM)change managementgraph

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Type
Artificial Intelligence and Data-Driven Design
Information
Proceedings of the Design Society , Volume 4: DESIGN 2024 , May 2024 , pp. 2079 - 2088
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