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How we work · 2026-08-07 · 6 min read

From whiteboard to digital twin: the first 30 days

A practical month-one path: pick the board that hurts, model it, ship a phone view, then grow the twin — without a multi-year WMS.

Week 1 — Name the board

Kit board, pit sheet, dispatch wall, attendance clipboard. Photograph it. List who updates it and what breaks when they are out.

Week 2 — Model, don’t boil the ocean

Entities, statuses, and the happy path only. Refuse thirty edge cases. The twin must match today’s board before it gets smarter.

Week 3 — Phone view in production use

One role uses the phone screen as system of record for one shift pattern. Measure shorts, missed handoffs, or recon time.

Week 4 — Prove and decide

If errors drop, expand. If not, fix the model — don’t add modules. Then talk full value. IP was yours from day one either way.

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