What is Digital Thread?

Digital Thread, or digital continuity, refers to the ability to link all product data throughout its lifecycle, from design to manufacturing, maintenance and recycling.

It is a single digital thread that ensures the traceability, consistency and accessibility of data between all the information systems (PLM, ERP, MES, CRM, etc.) and professions involved in the development and management of a product.

In an industrial environment, this continuity provides a unified vision of the product, facilitates decision-making and improves collaboration between teams.

Why is Digital Thread essential to digital transformation projects?

The digital transformation of industrial companies is increasingly based on an integrated, connected systems approach. However, business tools often remain compartmentalized, creating data silos and information gaps throughout the product lifecycle.

This is precisely what the digital thread solves:

• It links data between each stage of the life cycle (design, simulation, production, quality, maintenance, etc.).
• It provides better traceability of decisions and modifications.
• It facilitates exchanges between teams (engineering, production, support, management, etc.).
  
  

👉 By centralizing product information in a logical, structured flow, digital continuity becomes a key lever for productivity, quality and innovation.

What's the link between Digital Thread and digital adoption?

Digital continuity doesn't just benefit technical architecture: it has a direct impact on user experience and theadoption of digital tools.

In complex environments such as PLM, the multiplication of interfaces and workflows can quickly become an obstacle to use. By connecting tools, digital thread :

• Reduces perceived complexity,
• Facilitates fluid navigation between modules,
• And reinforces the coherence of the working environment for users.
  
  

👉 Combined with a digital adoption platform like K-Now, digital continuity helps guide users into a logical context, while providing training tailored to each stage of their journey.

The Knowmore point of view

At Knowmore, we see digital continuity as a fundamental pillar of successful large-scale transformation projects.

But to be effective, it must go beyond technology. It must be based on a human-centered strategy, where every user has :

• the right information,
• at the right time,
• in a fluid, coherent environment.
  
  

🎯 Our mission: to help companies take full advantage of their digital thread, combining digital continuity, contextual guidance and human support with ourdigital adoption solutions.

To remember

✔ The Digital Thread ensures the continuity of product data throughout its lifecycle ✔ It connects tools, processes... and people ✔ It strengthens collaboration, quality and industrial performance ✔ Combined with a Digital Adoption Platform, it becomes a usage and transformation gas pedal