Dx Journey of Manufacturing

Digital transformation (DX) is a broad business strategy, applicable across all industries, to solve traditional business challenges and create new opportunities through the use of technology. It requires acceptance of entirely new ways of working and delivering value to customers.

The process of creating a digital transformation roadmap in manufacturing can look very different for each organization. It very much depends on where exactly the company stands in its digital journey — is it starting from scratch or is it looking to further leverage emerging technology advancements? Regardless, in order to successfully create your digital transformation roadmap in manufacturing you need to go through the following steps:

Before undertaking any type of transformation, organizations should have a very clear vision of what they are trying to achieve with it. Being able to communicate the company’s goal with partners, employees, and clients is crucially important for the leadership team. Only then they can ensure their vision is understood and supported by everyone within the organization. Ideas that resonate with your team members, are feasible and have the potential to achieve sustainable change, which will drive your organization’s success.

An essential moment when creating your digital transformation roadmap is taking the time to properly and realistically plan your budget. Sometimes brainstorming and coming up with ambitious ideas about the digital future of your organization can come easily. However, once you add up everything, those ideas may not be feasible due to budget restrictions. You should be very clear about what is possible and what should be included in the scope based on your resources.

Implementing Agile methodologies into the digital transformation in manufacturing companies as well as in the end-to-end internal processes can have great benefits on flexibility, efficiency, and productivity. Agility allows enterprises to create products and services at a much faster pace, dividing the process into smaller iterations.

Moving into this new chapter of digitalization, you need to assess your organization’s talent and technology capabilities. A key factor in this transition of processes and business models is the technical and operational expertise within the company. The superheroes of your digital transformation are indeed cloud computing, data analytics, connected devices, Internet of Things (IoT), robotics, etc.

Once you have completed your in-house talent assessment, you might have realized that it simply wouldn’t be able to suffice and manage such an ambitious change as digital transformation. Therefore, you might find yourself and your organization in need of a trusted collaborator who will be there along the way and will support you through the digital transformation journey.