2 . The Digital Transformation Journey in the Enterprise and its Leadership
The article discusses the terms digitization , digitalization , and digital transformation , and how they relate , when the focus of the transformation is a particular process and when the focus is the whole enterprise . The article also describes the Digital Transformation journey and its various stakeholders ( including executive officers , department managers , plant managers , operational staff , IT staff , security staff , and possibly other groups ). The article also discusses the diverse views of stakeholders and how these views can be harmonized and integrated within the context of a unified DX Program . The article provides a description of the structure , mission and mandate DX Program , its stakeholder composition , and the type of leadership ( the DX Tsar ) that is needed to drive the transformation strategy and guide its execution towards achieving the set objectives , with examples .
Author : Bassam Zarkout
3 . A Continuous Improvement ( Kaizen ) Driven Approach for Realistic Digital Transformation in Smart Manufacturing
Digital transformation is fostering the evolution of the manufacturing industry entering a new era of smart manufacturing . Manufacturers face challenges in organizing the integration of systems across manufacturing hierarchy , domain boundaries and lifecycle phases . To benefit from the full potential of smart manufacturing , it is vital to take a realistic and stepped approach for manufacturing improvements . It is equally important to improve the ROI and make smart manufacturing happen with an applicable implementation roadmap . The article illustrates the interconnecting process in smart manufacturing and introducing the Smart Manufacturing Kaizen Level ( SMKL ) to build up the capability at various stages of implementation of DX . The article also provides actual lessons learned case studies , example empowering workers productivity and integrating OT and IT , to show the effectiveness of utilizing maturity performance management and capture the values in smart manufacturing .
Authors : Nicole Shonan Otoki , Ph . D ., Hajime Sugiyama , Mitsushiro Fujishima 4 . Digital Transformation in Practice : Learning from IIC Deployments
IIC testbed and test drive results include observations and learnings about DX . IIC testbeds are projects and platforms for experimentation that represent real-world deployments . IIC test drives are solutions deployed as pilots in real-world environments . This article represents valuable learnings about digital transformation in practice from select IIC deployments ; testbeds and test drives .
Authors : Jennifer Bortchen , Dr . Xinxin Fan , Florian Frick , Dirar Hakeem , Dr . James J . Hunt , Hail Jung , Chaisung Lim , Jung-Ywn Park , Dr . Kym Watson
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