| | SEPTEMBER 20238CIOReviewIN MY OPINIONBy Angela Morris, Global IT Director, Digital Manufacturing, The Kraft Heinz CompanyDIGITAL TRANSFORMATION BEGINS WITH A STATE OF MIND AND CULTUREDoes digital transformation evoke thoughts of delight and visions of sugarplums dancing in your head, or alternatively,anotherwise visceral reaction? Digital Transformation should be a change agent for continuous improvement driven with technological advances. There are some fundamental components that will simplify the journey, whether a company is large or small, in the early stages of automation, or very mature. And it all begins with a state of mind and culture.Industries such as Oil and Gas and Chemical began their journey over 30 years ago when their manufacturing engineers developed process automation solutions for their operations technology (OT) on the shop floor, enabled through innovative and empowered people. The result was that plants were then able to review historical trends and diagnostics at a factory or plant level.This required process expertise and a continuous improvement mindset, often supported by Six Sigma, Kaizen or similar programs which have been around for years.At the time, this shop floor automation was state of the art, leading-edge technology. This technology developed from shop floor bits and bytes into information such as KPIs collected and tracked in Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES). Later, as MES evolved, these systems became horizontally integrated across domains (quality, production, maintenance, supply chain inventory) and vertically integrated from shop floor (OT) to top floor (ERP). Vendors began building capabilities into their process control and automation products. Standards such as ISA-95(www.isa.org) helped to bridge knowledge and understanding and even language across industries and between vendors and customers and connected manufacturing, OT, and IT. Although OT and IT worked in separate worlds for many years, convergence of IT and OT bolsters digital transformation. This simply means working together todeliver business value.Transformation, however, must now happen at a quicker pace and with collaboration across corporate functions to achieve a competitive advantage.The following chart compares the required foundational elements and their modern counterparts.THENNOWCables, Communications protocols, HardwareInfrastructure, Architecture, CybersecurityManufacturing Process and Control ExpertiseProcess, Domain and IT Integration ExpertiseBits & Bytes to provide informationContextualized Datadriving knowledge/ action Angela Morris
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