Purpose

The application of digital twins to optimise operations and supply chain management functions is a bourgeoning practice. Scholars have attempted to keep pace with this development initiating a fast-evolving research agenda. The purpose of this paper is to take stock of the emerging research stream identifying trends and capture the value potential of digital twins to the field of operations and supply chain management.

Design/methodology/approach

In this work we employ a bibliometric literature review supported by bibliographic coupling and keyword co-occurrence network analysis to examine current trends in the research field regarding the value-added potential of digital twin in operations and supply chain management.

Findings

The main findings of this work are the identification of four value clusters and one enabler cluster. Value clusters are comprised of articles that describe how the application of digital twin can enhance supply chain activities at the level of business processes as well as the level of supply chain capabilities. Value clusters of production flow management and product development operate at the business processes level and are maturing communities. The supply chain resilience and risk management value cluster operates at the capability level, it is just emerging, and is positioned at the periphery of the main network.

Originality/value

This is the first study that attempts to conceptualise digital twin as a dynamic capability and employs bibliometric and network analysis on the research stream of digital twin in operations and supply chain management to capture evolutionary trends, literature communities and value-creation dynamics in a digital-twin-enabled supply chain.

中文翻译：

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数字孪生技术在运营和供应链管理中的应用：文献计量学评论

目的

应用数字孪生来优化运营和供应链管理功能是一种新兴实践。学者们试图跟上这一发展的步伐，启动了一项快速发展的研究议程。本文的目的是评估新兴的研究趋势，确定趋势并捕捉数字双胞胎在运营和供应链管理领域的价值潜力。

设计/方法/方法

在这项工作中，我们采用由书目耦合和关键字共现网络分析支持的文献计量文献综述来检查研究领域的当前趋势，即数字孪生在运营和供应链管理中的增值潜力。

发现

这项工作的主要发现是确定了四个价值集群和一个推动力集群。价值集群由描述数字孪生应用如何在业务流程层面以及供应链能力层面增强供应链活动的文章组成。生产流程管理和产品开发的价值集群在业务流程级别运行，并且正在成熟的社区。供应链弹性和风险管理价值集群在能力层面运行，它刚刚兴起，定位在主网的外围。

原创性/价值

这是第一项尝试将数字双胞胎概念化为动态能力的研究，并在运营和供应链管理中对数字双胞胎的研究流采用文献计量和网络分析，以捕捉数字双胞胎中的进化趋势、文献社区和价值创造动态。双供应链。