| Digital Design | Application & Values of DTs |
| Digital R & D phase | Reduce experimentation time & cost Optimize process & product design Streamline formulation-to-manufacturing Accelerate innovation |
| Digital engineering phase | Optimize CAPEX and time to market Optimal unit operation design Optimal process design & Debottleneck Virtual commissioning & Operator training |
| Digital operation phase | Exploit plant data, leverage high fidelity process models online Optimize OPEX by mirroring, soft-sense, forecast & optimize Digital twin tools for operation excellence, decision support & prescriptive maintenance |