scholarly journals Digital transformation in the manufacturing industry under the optics of digital platforms and ecosystems

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 1139-1159
Author(s):  
Marcelo T. Okano ◽  
Samira N. Antunes ◽  
Marcelo Eloy Fernandes
Keyword(s):  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Collaborative Work ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
Digital Platform ◽  
Digital Ecosystem ◽  
Exploratory Approach ◽  
Platforms And Ecosystems

The new processes for using digital technologies, are requiring manufacturing companies to adapt to these new scenarios, causing a digital transformation. Although the theme Digital transformation is new and current in manufacturing, the way it is being implemented by manufacturing companies is in design and study. Each company adopts or plans its strategy in relation to the digital platform and digital ecosystem. Two digital technologies are widely cited when discussing digital transformation, they are the digital platform and the digital ecosystem. The purpose of this article is to analyze the digital transformation in manufacturing companies from the perspective of digital platforms and ecosystems. In order to answer the research questions, the strategy of this research project was the study of multiple cases with a longitudinal perspective and an exploratory approach. The interview was the main source of data collection. The five platforms studied presented different views of how digital transformation can occur in manufacturing companies, from the simple transaction of matching supplier and consumer to collaborative work with the different stakeholders of the companies.

Conceptual Model of a Digital Platform for Cyber-Physical Management of a Modern Enterprises. Part 2. Digital Services

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (7) ◽  
pp. 387-397 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. I. Gorodetsky ◽  
V. B. Laryukhin ◽  
P. O. Skobelev
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Complex Adaptive System ◽  
Multi Agent Systems ◽  
Smart Services ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
Digital Platform ◽  
Leading Role ◽  
Digital Ecosystem ◽  
Complex Adaptive ◽  
Platforms And Ecosystems

The paper proposes conceptual model of a digital platform for cyber-physical management of manufacturing enterprises in the upcoming era of Industry 5.0, characterized by the vision of any business, including industrial production or logistics, as a complex adaptive system built on fundamental principles of self-organization and evolution, as well as interaction of artificial intelligence systems and people. The first part discusses principles of building a digital platform that can support operation of an enterprise within Industry 5.0 as a digital ecosystem of smart services. This part of the paper proposes typing of vasic platform services, lists the minimum set of services of each type, and gives description of their functionality. It also substantiates the leading role of multi-agent systems as a basic software architecture and technology for developing applications of the digital eco-systems. The paper provides examples of digital platforms and ecosystems of smart services for management of cargo transportation of the Russian Railways on the principles of "uberisation", life cycle of complex technical products, as well as enterprises of the plant-growing industry. It is shown that results are applicable to modern industrial corporations and enterprises in industry and agriculture, logistics, design, consulting and service.

Digital platform of production systems

2021 ◽  
pp. 104-115
Author(s):  
O.I. Bochkarev ◽  
P.N. Bilenko ◽  
V.G. Beltsov ◽  
E.A. Asanova
Keyword(s):  
Production Systems ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Technological Breakthrough ◽  
Digital Platform ◽  
Digital Services ◽  
World Markets ◽  
Competitive Products

The Russian manufacturing companies are faced with the task of a technological breakthrough and bringing high-tech competitive products to world markets. The results of the study demonstrated the urgent need for enterprises to develop production systems using digital services combined into platforms. The article proposes an approach to the construction and development of production systems based on the use of both world experience and knowledge, and new digital services and systems of tools, developed at domestic enterprises. The sequence of targeted steps to implement digital transformation is highlighted.

scholarly journals DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION OF THE RUSSIAN ECONOMY AND ALIGNMENT OF ECONOMIC INTERESTS

2021 ◽  
Vol 230 (4) ◽  
pp. 410-416
Author(s):  
N.V. RASSKAZOVA ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Transaction Costs ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Digital Economy ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Production Costs ◽  
Economic Interests ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
Russian Economy ◽  
Reproduction Process

The problems of the digital economy development are central, since the introduction of digital technologies in the reproduction process provides for increased efficiency and reduced production costs. This fact encourages the development of digital platforms and mechanisms that allow to accelerate the process of interaction between different actors and reduce the transaction costs of coordinating economic interests at the micro and macro levels, which will eventually lead to economic growth. In this regard, the problem of digitalization of the Russian economy and its branches is relevant.

scholarly journals CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN THE CONDITIONS OF DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION OF ECONOMIC SYSTEMS

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (3(88)) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivan Voronchak ◽  
Yuriy Vovk
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Personal Data ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Digital Economy ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
Environmental Consequences ◽  
The Government ◽  
Corporate Social

The paper investigates the theoretical and practical aspects of providing the corporate social responsibility in a digital economy. The digital transformation of economic activity necessitates a business response to fundamental new challenges and threats related to cybersecurity, privacy, copyright protection, blockchain, misinformation, ethical algorithms for artificial intelligence etc. The quantity and complexity of digitalization problems determines the need for a consistent and comprehensive approach to ensuring digital responsibility in economy. Corporate digital responsibility can be defined as a responsible and ethical using of digital technologies; forecasting the social, economic and environmental consequences of decisions made in the digital economy. The analysis of social reports and web resources of Ukrainian companies indicates that their potential of digital responsibility is limited to the digital skills transfer and partial using in communications with stakeholders. At the same time, there are promising ways of manifesting social responsibility of domestic enterprises: investments in digital infrastructure and education; using digital technologies to monitor the responsibility and business ethics of suppliers and contractors; digitalization of environmental management processes; protection of digital rights and personal data of customers, employees, partners; dialogue with real and potential stakeholders through digital channels. Foreign experience shows that it is efficient to form public-private partnership platforms in the field of digital responsibility and sustainable development. It is also appropriate for the government to develop and implement a strategy for the digital transformation, programs of economic and advisory support for digital social entrepreneurship; to form standards for assessing and reporting about corporate digital responsibility; to eliminate the institutional and legislative barriers to the digital economy development; to overcome the digital divide in society; to create algorithms for personal data processing and suitable digital platforms.

scholarly journals Digital ecosystem as an instrument of digital transformation of the university

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Egor Neborsky
Keyword(s):  
Network Architecture ◽  
Organizational Transformation ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Digital Data ◽  
Digital Environment ◽  
Personal Attitude ◽  
Digital Ecosystem ◽  
The University

Digital transformation is inevitable, regardless of the personal attitude of people to this issue. Researchers distinguish between organizational transformation using digital technologies (identity enhancement) and digital transformation (creating a new identity). In other words, digital technologies can become a tool for non-systemic transformations of existing structures, but thanks to understanding their nature, one can find ourselves in a situation of evolution of the structures themselves and, accordingly, the daily life of a person and social practices. The article proposes the concept of the digital ecosystem of the university as an instrument of digital transformation, which contributes to the development of the digital transformation methodology and can be used as the basis for the digital maturity index of the university and the development of a calculation formula. The research findings may be of interest to policymakers in charge of digital transformation policy at universities. The article reveals that in scientific periodicals the term "ecosystem" is interpreted in three semantic clusters: business ecosystem; innovative ecosystems; digital ecosystems. In this study, the concept of an ecosystem is interpreted in the context of digital transformation in relation to the digital environment of the university. The digital ecosystem is an instrumental concept, i.e. a means of digital transformation that reconstructs the environment and identity of the university. The digital ecosystem as a means of digital transformation, formulated by the author of the article, structurally contains the following elements: digital environment, which includes information and technical infrastructure; interaction participants (stakeholders); system of connections between participants; involvement of participants; the functions of the university reflected in the figure; idea and values, including regarding digital technologies; digital productivity and adequacy (implementation of digital solutions used by participants to maintain the ecosystem). A digital university is not only about having a network architecture or a digitally packaged educational product. It is also about the participants, their engagement, values and digital productivity. It should be borne in mind that if digital data is a raw material for the digital economy, then digital productivity becomes an important element of human digital activity.

scholarly journals Цифрові платформи як рушійна сила цифрової трансформації економіки

2020 ◽  
pp. 127-132
Author(s):  
Кургузенкова Л.А. ◽  
Федоренко А.І.
Keyword(s):  
Business Models ◽  
Full Range ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
Digital Platform ◽  
Market Control ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
National Market ◽  
The One ◽  
Definition Of

The article deals with the theoretical aspects of structures such as digital platforms, the revelation of the contemporary importance of digital platforms for economic and social development. Digital platforms have been found to be a relatively new phenomenon that has evolved over the last ten years. Approaches of scientists and practitioners to define the definition of «digital platform», their composition, common and distinguishing features between existing types of digital platforms are analyzed. The study found that most scholars are unanimous in identifying the digital platform as a key digital transformation tool that provides information sharing and transactions between a large number of online users. Generalizing scientists’ claims, the author defines an online platform by which we understand bilateral or multilateral markets with an infrastructure that operates online and facilitates transactions between different parties in the process of buying and selling goods and services. It is established that the largest companies in the world by the index of market capitalization now use platform business models. The stages of digital transformation of the market using digital platforms are presented, each of the six stages is characterized. The advantages of enterprises as a result of application of platform business models are highlighted. The strategies of monetization of digital platforms are considered, the mechanism of realization of each of them is described. Thus, it can be argued that digital platforms are a breakthrough innovation that can radically change the structure of the national market. On the one hand, digital platforms help to avoid the intermediary chain, offering the ultimate consumer the full range of options. On the other hand, in the case of «digital monopoly», the owners of successful platforms receive effective market control levers (including information asymmetries) and can impose their pricing policies on service consumers. In these circumstances, the «traditional» business in strategic terms is threatened by the risk of loss of distribution channels and full dependence on platform owners.

scholarly journals Development of the Logistics 4.0 Concept in the Digital Economy

2020 ◽  
pp. 85-96
Author(s):  
N. Trushkina ◽  
◽  
H. Dzwigol ◽  
O. Serhieieva ◽  
Yu. Shkrygun ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Big Data ◽  
Customer Service ◽  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Digital Economy ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
Delivery Times ◽  
Sustainable Logistics

The transition to a digital economy is becoming a key driver of GDP growth. This is due not only to the effect obtained from the automation of existing processes, but also from the introduction of new, breakthrough business models and technologies, including digital platforms, digital ecosystems, in-depth analytics of big data, Industry 4.0, Logistics 4.0. At the same time, digital transformation is seen as a radical change in the complex of business processes, from product development to customer service, as well as the introduction of modern digital technologies in the organization of business processes in enterprises. The purpose of the article is to analysis the features and trends of organizing logistics activities in the context of digital transformation of business processes; research of the main prerequisites for the formation of the Logistics 4.0 concept; determination of priority directions for its further development in the context of Industry 4.0. Based on the generalization of scientific approaches, the definition of the concept of "Logistics 4.0" has been clarified, which means the modern paradigm of managing logistic (material, financial, information, transport) flows and organizing a complex of logistics activities (purchase and delivery of material resources, warehousing, production, stock formation, recycling of industrial waste, customer service, transportation and sale of finished products) using breakthrough digital technologies and information systems. The priority areas of organizing the logistics activities of enterprises using digital technologies include the following: multichannel logistics; logistics marketplaces; rethinking the use of packaging; mass personalization; Silver Economy (new services for older clients and new opportunities for older workers); sustainable logistics; sharing economy; multi-supply; customer experience; smart containerization; big data analytics; augmented and virtual reality; cloud service applications and APIs; Internet of Things; robotics and automation; new generation wireless communication; blockchain; Artificial Intelligence; unmanned aerial vehicles or "drones"; 3D printing; unmanned vehicles; quantum computing; supergrid logistics; space logistics; the use of digital platforms that unite customers and transport and logistics companies (the parties can enter into digital contracts, exchange transport booking requests and electronic documents, control the delivery of goods in real time). All this can help to reduce costs by optimizing procurement; decrease in personnel costs and decrease in labour costs as a result of automation; reduction of errors in logistics; optimization of the supply process; efficient warehouse management; forecasting shipments; creation of optimal routes; operational planning of loads and control of delivery times; ensuring product delivery on time, improving customer loyalty; optimal interaction with customers on the "last mile".

scholarly journals Digital organisational readiness: experiences from manufacturing companies

2021 ◽  
Vol 32 (9) ◽  
pp. 167-182
Author(s):  
Carla Gonçalves Machado ◽  
Mats Winroth ◽  
Peter Almström ◽  
Anna Ericson Öberg ◽  
Martin Kurdve ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Initial Phase ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Strategic Alignment ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Management Theory ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Practical Implications

PurposeThis research aims to identify and organise the conditions of organisational readiness for digital transformation.Design/methodology/approachThis qualitative study comprises three case studies within manufacturing companies from different sizes and industries located in Sweden. Plant visits and in-depth interviews bring to light companies' experiences with initial steps towards digital transformation. A set of conditions for digital organisational readiness was translated into a questionnaire and tested with one of the studied companies.FindingsThis paper organises and tests digital organisational readiness conditions to support companies' initial steps on digital transformation. The results are put in perspective of established change management theory and previous studies about digital transformation. The findings will conclude in a questionnaire to support dialogue and digital organisational readiness assessments.Research limitations/implicationsAdditional conditions for the initial phase of digital transformation could possibly be found if more cases had been included in the study.Practical implicationsThe article identifies a set of conditions translated into a questionnaire that should be used as a dialogue tool to create strategic alignment and support companies in their initial discussions. If this process can be faster and more efficient, the company can achieve a competitive advantage against competitors.Originality/valueThis research's relevance relies on the fact that companies are advancing in adopting digital technologies without being ready from an organisational perspective. This gap creates barriers for companies' digital maturing processes, stopping them from having full access to digital technologies' benefits.

scholarly journals How Technological Innovation Affect China’s Pharmaceutical Smart Manufacturing Industrial Upgrading

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Su Wang ◽  
Yuwen Chen
Keyword(s):  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Pharmaceutical Manufacturing ◽  
Smart Manufacturing ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Industrial Upgrading ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
Innovative Resources

In recent years, a new generation of information technology has provided sufficient technical support for the smart manufacturing industry. In order to promote the upgrading of China’s pharmaceutical smart manufacturing industry, the direction of industrial upgrading and transformation will be discussed from the perspective of technological innovation. According to the input and output data of technological innovation in China’s pharmaceutical manufacturing industry from 2007 to 2019, the DEA method is used to analyze the allocation of innovative resources in China’s pharmaceutical manufacturing industry in recent years. The study found that the efficiency of technological innovation in China’s pharmaceutical manufacturing industry fluctuated greatly from 2007 to 2019, with a low overall level and varying degrees of wasted resources. On this basis, an in-depth analysis of the system architecture of the pharmaceutical smart manufacturing industry under the Industry 4.0 environment was performed. Finally, four paths for the digital transformation of China’s pharmaceutical manufacturing industry are proposed. Chinese pharmaceutical manufacturing companies need to use new technologies to carry out comprehensive intelligent upgrading and digital transformation to improve innovation efficiency.

scholarly journals No longer at ease: How digital organizational followers in Kenya are challenging contemporary leadership

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-28
Author(s):  
Harry Kipkemoi Bett ◽  
Betty Wangui Ngala ◽  
Timothy Mwangi Kiruhi
Keyword(s):  
Social Impact ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Organizational Leaders ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
Impact Theory ◽  
Internet Penetration ◽  
Geographical Locations

AbstractThe high internet penetration as well as the increasing digital platforms in Kenya has led to the transformation of many organizations in Kenya. Further, organizational followers are adopting digital technologies, and leveraging on digital platforms while working within organizations. Due to digitization, organizational followers are now collaborating, working flexibly (i.e. from home and other contexts away from work) and sharing content with people in different geographical locations. Consequently, many followers are influencing their organizational leaders. The digital transformation in the country, and among workers, suggest that organizational leaders should develop effective workable strategies and ensure they have conducive cultures that are in tandem with the digital transformation in place. This paper, based on Social Impact Theory (SIT) focuses on digitized organizational followers and their effect on firm leaders within Kenya.

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