scholarly journals Digital Transformation Challenges in the Manufacturing Industry

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasser Omar Abdallah ◽  
Essam Shehab ◽  
Ahmed Al-Ashaab
Keyword(s):  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
Transformation Process ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Manufacturing Processes ◽  
Digital Era ◽  
Fierce Competition ◽  
Transformation Processes

Digital Transformation becomes an essential strategy for organisations in this new digital arena, specifically after the COVID-19 pandemic and its unprecedented effects on the whole world and the manufacturing sector. In this new digital era, consumers became more expert and more engaging in the products using new technologies. At the same time, companies began to adopt digital transformation strategies in their manufacturing processes to become more agile and give the most value to their customers in fierce competition. This paper aims to identify and model the main challenges that face the digital transformation process in the manufacturing industry.. The main challenges were categorized to four main areas: skills, adoption of new technologies, change management practices, and innovation initiatives. By identifying these challenges, in a new and incremental way, manufacturing organisations will be able to adopt digital transformation processes efficiently and effectively in a proper manner.

Digital Transformation and Disruptive Management

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 78-78
Author(s):  
Danai Danai ◽  
Suppanunta Suppanunta ◽  
Sukontharos Sukontharos ◽  
Thitita Thitita ◽  
Anyapha Anyapha
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
Music Industry ◽  
Transformation Process ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Disruptive Technology ◽  
Korean Music ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Digital Era ◽  
Key Press

The digital transformation disruptive on music industry in South Korea expresses objectives are to study risk and disruptive technology on an impact in the music businesses; also, how Korean music industry manages during in the digital era. Besides, using risk theory, demand and supply theory, including disruptive information to support. Methods are used mostly via qualitative data. The result finds from risk that has affected both consumers and producers. Companies and labels in music industry may lose incomes and powers to control the market. Consumers may pay much costs to consume products. On the other hands, consumers have varieties of channels to access in music. Moreover, South Korea adopts and creates the developed technological products to survive in digital age. Technology and digital transformation in music industry have both advantages and disadvantages to the role of people who play in this field. To cope with the changes, industry needs to develop and adapt itself on surviving and handling the competition from more competitors and technology. They should find an approach to adapt, continue and develop an efficiency in the manufacturing sector such as seeking strategies to grasp market, generate another source of revenues by viewing both competitors and partners. Opening minds to challenges for deploying, launching, digitizing, and modernizing the new digital capabilities deeply on how distribution network be integrated into the music industry transformation process to interact with the customers. Because the digital transformation has appeared as a key press in society rather than an option from now on. Keywords: Digital, Disruptive, Music, South Korea, Transformation

scholarly journals Digital Transformation and Knowledge Management in the Public Sector

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (14) ◽  
pp. 5824 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Alvarenga ◽  
Florinda Matos ◽  
Radu Godina ◽  
João C. O. Matias
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Transformation Process ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Digital Government ◽  
The Public

Digitizing public services is, at the moment, an essential necessity for numerous governments around the world. An improved government through digitization will not only have a growing effect on businesses, but it will also be able to intensify citizen engagement and push for economic growth. During the last 10 years more countries have progressively begun to provide digital services to their citizens. Therefore, in order to address this development, the purpose of this paper is to analyze the evolution of the digital government literature in order to describe the aspects of digital transformation in the public sector and how it is related to knowledge management. In this study the methodology is quantitative and it is based on a review and a survey made with the main goal being the estimation from several collected data on how the digital transformation process in the Public Administration takes place and what its relationship is with knowledge management. The review study is based on articles found on Scopus database and it addresses the role that digital government research plays in the theory and practice of knowledge management. In the survey study, 54 employees working for the services of the two governmental areas of the Portuguese Ministry of the Environment were surveyed. The results show that the research on the theme is still at an exploratory stage due to the lack of studies relating digital government to knowledge management effectiveness in the public sector. The results also show that the success of digital government seems to be related with the quality of the organizations’ knowledge management, complementing each other for significant improvements in the public sector. In terms of originality, this study aims to contribute and stimulate data-driven discussions regarding the impacts of the digital transformation in the public sector and their relation with the implementation of knowledge management practices. The results offer insights into future research needs.

scholarly journals Use of the Blue Ocean Strategy to obtain ports 4.0

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. e9466
Author(s):  
Noemí Ortiz-Rey ◽  
Nicoleta González-Cancelas ◽  
Beatriz Molina Serrano ◽  
Francisco Soler-Flores ◽  
Alberto Camarero-Orive
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Quality ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Management Model ◽  
Fourth Industrial Revolution ◽  
Port System ◽  
Fierce Competition ◽  
High Level ◽  
Smart Ports

The fourth industrial revolution is characterized by a high level of digitalization of systems and processes. This revolution has reached the Spanish ports. They have been investing for years in the implementation of new technologies, aimed at promoting sustainability and environmental quality, as well as seeking a more efficient and orderly logistics. Ports are moving towards their digital transformation, which is materialized in the well-known Ports 4.0. These intelligent ports, or Smart Ports, cover a multitude of aspects and variables. Automation, digitalization, technologies that allow interoperability, transparency, decentralization, and customer experience define the context of the application of the concept 'Ports 4.0' to the Spanish logistics-port sector. How to achieve a satisfactory digitization process that allows progress towards Port 4.0 in the Spanish port system is one of the questions being raised recently. The Spanish port world could be represented by a red ocean, since in a very generalist way it can be said that it is a marked described by a fierce competition lacking in differentiation. Therefore, with this proposal, the aim is to take the Spanish port system to a blue ocean, where a suitable strategy and innovation generate leaps in value that make competitors irrelevant because customers compare different products and services. To be able to respond to this, the Blue Ocean Strategy is planted, leaving aside the competition between ports and generating new demand. From the study carried out, it is concluded that Spanish ports still have a long way to go in terms of sustainability. It also concludes that a new management model would mean the innovation in value that is necessary for the process towards ports 4.0.

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.

Enabling Digital Transformation in Education and Training

2021 ◽  
pp. 228-243
Author(s):  
Tarkan Gürbüz
Keyword(s):  
New Technologies ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Transformation Process ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Learning Needs ◽  
Digital Learning ◽  
Left Behind ◽  
Digital Learning Environments ◽  
And Training

The rapid rise of innovation and digital transformation trends have already begun to cause disruptions to the way we live, work, and learn. Education and training are placed at the forefront of this transformation process because of the learning needs to develop the required competencies for enabling a successful transformation. As educators and training experts become more aware of the potential of open and distance learning, it is essential for their educational planning that the opportunities offered by new technologies like disruptive technologies or digital transformation enabling technologies to be realistically examined. It is evident that educational institutions that fail to embrace digital transformation will be left behind in the upcoming years. Therefore, this chapter aims to discuss the digital transformation process in the field of education and training through the innovative solutions for the development of next generation digital learning environments and spaces.

Digital transformation success under Industry 4.0: a strategic guideline for manufacturing SMEs

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Morteza Ghobakhloo ◽  
Mohammad Iranmanesh
Keyword(s):  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
Transformation Process ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
External Support ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Interpretive Structural Modeling ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Exciting Opportunity ◽  
Base Matrix

PurposeThe digital transformation under Industry 4.0 is complex and resource-intensive, making a strategic digitalization guideline vital to small and medium-sized enterprises' success in the Industry 4.0 transition. The present study aims to provide manufacturing small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with a guideline for digital transformation success under Industry 4.0.Design/methodology/approachThe study first performed a content-centric literature review to identify digital transformation success determinants. The study further implemented interpretive structural modeling to extract the order at which the success determinants should be present to facilitate the SMEs’ digital transformation success optimally. The interpretive model and interpretive logic knowledge base matrix were also used for developing the digital transformation guideline.FindingsEleven success determinants are vital to SMEs’ digital transformation efforts. For example, results revealed that external support for digitalization is the first step in ensuring digital transformation success among SMEs, while operations technology readiness is the most inaccessible success determinant.Research limitations/implicationsThe study highlights the degree of importance of the 11 success determinants identified, which magnifies each determinant's strategic priority based on its driving power and dependence power. Theorizing the dependent variable of “digital transformation success” and quantitatively measuring the extent to which each success determinant contributes to explaining “digital transformation success” offers an exciting opportunity for future research.Practical implicationsDigital transformation success phenomenon within the Industry 4.0 context is significantly different from the digitalization success concept within the traditional literature. The digital transformation under Industry 4.0 is immensely resource-intensive and complex. Smaller manufacturers must have specific capabilities such as change management and digitalization strategic planning capability to reach a certain degree of information, digital, operations and cyber maturity.Originality/valueThe digital transformation success guide developed in the study describes each success determinants' functionality in relation to other determinants and explains how they might contribute to the digital transformation success within the manufacturing sector. This guide enables smaller manufacturers to better understand the concept of manufacturing digital transformation under Industry 4.0 and devise robust strategies to steer their digital transformation process effectively.

scholarly journals FASTEN IIoT: An Open Real-Time Platform for Vertical, Horizontal and End-To-End Integration

Sensors ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (19) ◽  
pp. 5499
Author(s):  
Felipe S. Costa ◽  
Silvia M. Nassar ◽  
Sergio Gusmeroli ◽  
Ralph Schultz ◽  
André G. S. Conceição ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Real Time ◽  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Production Systems ◽  
Transformation Process ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Shop Floor ◽  
Decentralized Decision Making ◽  
End To End

The Industry 4.0 paradigm, since its initial conception in Germany in 2011, has extended its scope and adoption to a broader set of technologies. It is being considered as the most vital mechanism in the production systems lifecycle. It is the key element in the digital transformation of manufacturing industry all over the world. This scenario imposes a set of major unprecedented challenges which require to be overcome. In order to enable integration in horizontal, vertical, and end-to-end formats, one of the most critical aspects of this digital transformation process consists of effectively coupling digital integrated service/products business models with additive manufacturing processes. This integration is based upon advanced AI-based tools for decentralized decision-making and for secure and trusted data sharing in the global value. This paper presents the FASTEN IIoT Platform, which targets to provide a flexible, configurable, and open solution. The platform acts as an interface between the shop floor and the industry 4.0 advanced applications and solutions. Examples of these efforts comprise management, forecasting, optimization, and simulation, by harmonizing the heterogeneous characteristics of the data sources involved while meeting real-time requirements.

scholarly journals A Conceptual Framework to Support Digital Transformation in Manufacturing Using an Integrated Business Process Management Approach

Designs ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 17
Author(s):  
Javaid Butt
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Business Process ◽  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Business Process Management ◽  
Process Management ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Management Approach ◽  
The Impact

Digital transformation is no longer a future trend, as it has become a necessity for businesses to grow and remain competitive in the market. The fourth industrial revolution, called Industry 4.0, is at the heart of this transformation, and is supporting organizations in achieving benefits that were unthinkable a few years ago. The impact of Industry 4.0 enabling technologies in the manufacturing sector is undeniable, and their correct use offers benefits such as improved productivity and asset performance, reduced inefficiencies, lower production and maintenance costs, while enhancing system agility and flexibility. However, organizations have found the move towards digital transformation extremely challenging for several reasons, including a lack of standardized implementation protocols, emphasis on the introduction of new technologies without assessing their role within the business, the compartmentalization of digital initiatives from the rest of the business, and the large-scale implementation of digitalization without a realistic view of return on investment. To instill confidence and reduce the anxiety surrounding Industry 4.0 implementation in the manufacturing sector, this paper presents a conceptual framework based on business process management (BPM). The framework is informed by a content-centric literature review of Industry 4.0 technologies, its design principles, and BPM method. This integrated framework incorporates the factors that are often overlooked during digital transformation and presents a structured methodology that can be employed by manufacturing organizations to facilitate their transition towards Industry 4.0.

i4.0, 3D printing, deglobalisation and new manufacturing clusters: The view from Australia

2020 ◽  
pp. 103530462098142
Author(s):  
Al Rainnie
Keyword(s):  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Three Dimensional Printing ◽  
Jel Code ◽  
The One ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Dimensional Printing ◽  
Work And Employment

Before the COVID-19 pandemic erupted onto the world stage, a new narrative was apparently beginning to emerge about the impact of i4.0 and new technologies in general, and three-dimensional printing in particular, on the future of work and employment. This was to have particular geographical implications for the manufacturing sector in particular. Proponents of i4.0 also suggested that this process, particularly in manufacturing, would promote the re-emergence of patterns of clustering. Developments in advanced manufacturing, particularly three-dimensional printing, would accelerate and reinforce these tendencies. This article looks at the role that three-dimensional printing is supposed to play in the new world, and in particular, critically evaluates its role in reinforcing the trend towards deglobalisation on the one hand, and, on the other, new clusters of manufacturing industry. JEL code: O33

scholarly journals Digital manufacturing, industry 4.0, clould computing and thing internet: Brazilian contextualization and reality

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 459
Author(s):  
Wagner Cardoso ◽  
Walther Azzolini Junior ◽  
Jéssica Fernanda Bertosse ◽  
Edson Bassi ◽  
Emanuel Soares Ponciano
Keyword(s):  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Business Models ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Digital Manufacturing ◽  
Professional Qualification ◽  
Digital Era ◽  
Production And Distribution ◽  
New Business ◽  
The Creation

The digital era represents significant changes in the design of IT projects with an emphasis on digital infrastructure, especially in terms of investment and professional qualification, which requires, in Brazil, the creation of specific lines of financing by government development agencies. The creation of demonstration platforms could be an effective initiative to stimulate the dissemination of the concept and the establishment of partnerships between customers and suppliers of new technologies. On the other hand, and particularly for the consumer market, corporations can create new business models and modify their relationships with their consumers, users and even competitors. In fact, today, "Thing Internet" has come to significantly modify the paradigms of perception, production and distribution of the capitalist world. This article discusses, covering and understanding the main reasons for the existence of this gap between theory and practice regarding digital manufacturing and adjacencies, the perspectives of technological innovations in the digital era specifically in Brazil. Its content is the result of a bibliographical review carried out from April to June 2016.

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