Blue Print of Digital Transformation for a Manufacturing Company

Digital transformation is not only about technical capabilities in the organization, this should involve in changing the organizational strategy and direction. Involvement of all the stakeholders of the organization is needed. Digital transformation journey of a manufacturing company can design as below.?

1)?????Define Leadership & Strategy

a.?????Leader should have a vision

b.?????Identify the new or modify rules

c.?????Dynamic & Situational Leadership style

d.?????Think Digital Transformation of complete Organization

2)?????Define Business Processes

a.?????Maintenance and Warehousing

b.?????Quality Management

c.?????Supply chain or Production Management

d.?????Customer Relationship Management

3)?????Enable Technology & Tools

Identify the technology suits based on your Operational units or departments.

a.?????Cloud Computing

b.?????IOT (Internet of Things)

c.?????ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning)

d.?????Big Data Analytics

e.?????AI (Artificial Intelligence)

f.??????Cybersecurity

4)?????Get the buy-in from the Team

a.?????Identify the team capabilities

b.?????Identify skill Gaps

c.?????Plan training programs

d.?????Build a powerful Digital Transformation Team

Team building and management are also important aspects for Digital transformation journey. Collaboration of all the departments is critical for a successful integration of the processes and information. Normal Digital Transformation team is having below roles.

1)?????Digital Transformation Leader

2)?????Change Agent

3)?????Business Specialist

4)?????Data Architect

5)?????Finance Analyst