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  Digital Continuity: Why the True Digital Twin Begins Long Before Construction Condensed English adaptation of the interview with Fabien Villareal. Interviewer: Most people associate Digital Twins with operating factories. Why do you believe they begin much earlier? Fabien Villareal: A Digital Twin is not created when production starts. It begins with the very first engineering drawing, CAD model, specification, project schedule and cost estimate. Every piece of information created during design becomes part of the factory's digital DNA. Digital continuity ensures this knowledge is preserved throughout the entire asset lifecycle instead of being recreated repeatedly. Interviewer: Why do you prefer the term 'digital continuity' to 'Digital Twin'? Fabien Villareal: Digital continuity is a philosophy rather than a technology. A pump defined during engineering should carry the same identity through BIM, project execution, commissioning, maintenance, SCADA...

  Component-Based MES: Why Monolithic Manufacturing Systems Must Evolve Interview with Fabien VILLAREAL For more than two decades, Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) have been considered the operational brain of the factory. Yet the industrial landscape has fundamentally changed. Today's smart factories integrate AI, Industrial IoT, Edge Computing, PLM, ERP, WMS, LIMS, SCADA and advanced analytics platforms. A single monolithic MES can no longer keep pace with this level of complexity. The future belongs to component-based MES architectures where business capabilities, rather than software functions, become the building blocks. Instead of purchasing one platform expected to solve every production challenge, manufacturers assemble interoperable services that can evolve independently while remaining connected through ISA-95, OPC UA, MQTT and Sparkplug B. This architectural vision naturally extends toward Manufacturing Operations Management (MOM), where MES orchestrates p...

          Component-Based MES: Why Monolithic Software Must Evolve A condensed English adaptation of the interview with Fabien Villareal. Julien Morel: For more than twenty years, Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) have been presented as the operational brain of the factory. Yet many projects exceed budgets or fail altogether. Has MES become too complex? Fabien Villareal: The real issue is that we are trying to solve today's industrial challenges with yesterday's thinking. Traditional MES platforms were designed as monolithic applications expected to cover every production need. Modern factories evolve continuously, integrating AI, Industrial IoT, collaborative robots, Edge Computing, ERP, PLM, LIMS, WMS and SCADA. A single application can no longer evolve fast enough. The future is a component-based MES built around interoperable business capabilities rather than one massive software suite. Julien Morel: Why do you prefer the word 'capability' in...