Chapter 5: Transforming One Industry at a Time

In Part 1 of this book, we covered some of the fundamental building blocks and emerging technologies as pertaining to industrial digital transformation. We looked at some of the reasons for developing a transformation strategy. There are several reasons for promoting the implementation of digital technology in industry. It is worthwhile looking at some examples across different industrial segments, to understand some of the motivation behind how we can identify opportunities for digital transformation. It is expected that, by the end of this chapter, you will be able to relate to some of the transformation examples presented, as well as be able to identify opportunities for transformation in your own respective industry. Specifically, we will look at a variety of instances where digital transformation has been applied, and, in each case, there are different considerations and methodologies that have proven themselves in practice.

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