Abstract:In the environment of new generation information technology, the research and development (R&D) of manufacturing enterprises involves more value subjects, requiring new technologies to promote system integration innovation and rapid iteration, so as to support collaborative R&D of the whole value chain. In order to deal with the problem of discrete R&D decision-making caused by the extension of the current smart manufacturing value chain, the notion of collaborative R&D of the smart manufacturing value chain on the basis of product digital twin is proposed from a global perspective. Starting from defining the connotation of product digital twin and smart manufacturing value chain, the logical mechanism of smart manufacturing value chain based on product digital twin is deduced, including the formation of a closed loop of R&D and the realization of functional remodeling. Secondly, integrating product digital twins with the smart manufacturing value chain, and leveraging the powerful integration capabilities of digital twins. Based on the system development R&D requirements of dynamic data gathering, model interoperability, and bidirectional perception in virtual and real space, a collaborative R&D framework of smart manufacturing value chain is constructed with the characteristics of interconnectivity, interoperability, and interception. Finally, a collaborative R&D application scenario of smart manufacturing value chain based on product digital twin is designed from three perspectives of parallel collaboration across time and space, rapid iteration and R&D ecology, making each value chain agent of smart manufacturing in different time and space development product by parallel collaboration, hoping to provide reference for collaborative R&D of the whole value chain of smart manufacturing enterprises.