There is tremendous automation opportunity in the underlying aspects of running an HR function, but the real opportunity this creates is elevating the people in the HR team to spend more time with people in the company, driving talent development, and creating a better employee experience. (Mandy Sebel, SVP, Head of People - America, UiPath)

'마더 팩토리'라는 키워드는 1980년대 후반에 주요언론에서 등장하였고, 이제까지 다양한 곳에서 이용되었다. 하지만 마더 팩토리라는 단어 자체를 통일하여 정의하는 것이 아닌 일본 제조업을 둘러싼 환경변화 속에서 마더 팩토리라는 거점이 가지는 역할과 기능이 크게 변화될 것으로 예상되기에 전체를 철저하게 연구조사하는 동시에 사례를 통해서도 마더 팩토리의 실태파악을 하는 것에 의의가 있을 것이다.

또 최근 마더 팩토리와 자역과의 관계가 주목되기 시작했다. 지역이라는 한 마디로 단순하게 말할 수 있는 것은 아니지만 마더 팩토리를 통해 기업이 지역과 어떤 관계를 구축하려고 하는가, 지역에서 바라 본 마더 팩토리는 어떤 위치에 있는가 등 먼저 현상분석을 진행한 후에 쌍방의 win-win관계 구축을 위한 시작점을 찾는 것은 지방상생을 진행하는데 있어 중요한 논점 중 하나가 될 것으로 사료된다.

In an era of increasing technological transformation, industries, competitors, and companies are combining platforms to create unique methods for engagement. Survival and growth in a rapidly changing marketplace require companies to embrace internal innovation that adds value for both channel members and customers. The fourth industrial revolution has already begun to take shape, on the road to an end-to-end value chain, by using Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and decentralized intelligence in manufacturing, production and logistics. The world is heading toward a digitized future. Already, an entire generation has grown up immersed in the digital world. This paper focus on the following fields: General Strategy and Procedural Aspects of Digital Transformation, Digital Transformation and Lean, Lean Digital Management, Applying Lean Digital Transformation and Transformation of Enterprise Resource Planning Systems to Smart Engaged Systems. Finally, this research study the challenges of Digital Transformation in Energy Industry of Utilities. 

Digital transformation sits atop the strategic agenda for enterprises, according to a Forbes Insights and Hitachi survey of 573 top executives worldwide. The next two years are critical in this regard, as half of them believe that their organizations will be vastly digitally transformed in that time.

It won't be an easy undertaking. Technology is at the core of every digital transformation, with the digital transformation imperative ushering in an era of unprecedented change. However, digital transformation is not about technology. Rather, it uses technology as a means to an end and goes beyond business. digital transformation (DX) is as much about the transformation of how individuals work and the cultures of organizations as it is about technology. Its most difficult task is to change the way we think.

Digital transformation concerns every business, not just the likes of Uber or Airbnb. Large, long-time industry leaders also need to be innovative if they don't want to be replaced by the next hot startup.

How ready are companies for this complex and difficult undertaking? Survey results and one-on-one conversations with top executives reveal that a transition toward digital maturity involves five major steps, some of which will be easier to take than others.

It the age of Digital Darwinism. Organizations that continue to ignore the inefficiencies in their legacy systems and procrastinate the decision to switch to digital risk losing their hard-earned customer base to more digital-savvy competitors.

It’s not that companies are totally ignorant of this digital wave that is overtaking their business landscape. The year 2017 saw a huge rise in digital transformation (DX) adoption. However, while most business executives have been positive about the change, they have not been necessarily right about its implementation. As a result, as much as 70% DX initiatives failed in 2017 (some studies suggest that failure rate is up to 90%).​