2.2.1 Workflow

In order to be able to design a digital factory, you need to plan and have information about the following aspects beforehand:

• Factory layout
• Plant structure and resources
• Manufacturing processes and assembly order

If you want to design a digital factory in 3D environment, you will also need 3D CAD files, both of the products as well as of the facilities, machines, robots, workstations, and also of a human model.