Create digital twins and asset administration shells from documents automatically

In today's digital era, companies are faced with the challenge of transforming their existing systems and documents into modern, networked structures. Setting up a digital infrastructure to manage digital product passports or assets in a standardized way or to determine CO₂ footprints poses challenges for most companies – large and small.

The automatic creation of digital twins from existing documents is an innovative approach to making this transition efficient and cost-saving. We have developed an approach for automated generation/data filling using AI. Our solution significantly simplifies and accelerates the digitization process. It automatically searches the documents for relevant information, collects it and assigns it to the corresponding elements of the submodels to be created. This is how the administration shell is generated. The process generally requires little manual effort, making it significantly more efficient and also suitable for creating larger quantities of administration shells with limited personnel.

Our approach uses a company's existing documents as a source of information in order to gain insights for the creation of digital twins. The required information is usually available in different forms (e.g. PDF files, Excel spreadsheets, database entries) and in different systems (e.g. ERP, MES, PLM). We make no demands on the structure of the documents. 

After recording the existing data and systems and defining the AAS submodels to be generated (1), a customer-specific solution is set up in the second step and adjusted using initial test data (2). Even if the generation of results is automated, human quality assurance is always advisable (3).

We have had good experience with open source large-language models and rely on local processing to ensure that customer data remains protected at all times. Our solution has a modular structure so that it can be flexibly expanded to include new formats or data sources in order to create digital twins precisely and efficiently. Thanks to the use of standard components and our experience, results and success can be achieved after just a few weeks.

We would be happy to design and implement a suitable solution for you! Get in touch with one of our experts and arrange a non-binding appointment to find out how you can efficiently implement even complex tasks with the help of AI!