Гришина (Щелокова) Светлана Юрьевна

In the era of the rapid development of Industry 4.0 and widespread introduction of information and communication technologies, industrial enterprises are forced to fundamentally rethink their management approaches. Classical models focused on material flows optimization and costs minimization no longer guarantee market leadership. Successful adaptation to modern economic challenges requires not a point upgrade, but complex transformation of the entire management system, covering organizational structure, internal business processes and mechanisms of interaction with external environment. Today, competitiveness is determined not only by resource efficiency, but also by the ability to work with information, implement innovative digital tools, and form flexible, proactive management culture. The authors reveal the basic principles on which the digital transformation of modern business is based in their study. Strategic leadership, decisionmaking based on big data analysis, the ability to respond quickly to changes, customer orientation, business ecosystem development, and investments in personnel development are among them, as well as ensuring information security and compliance with ethical standards in digital environment. The article pays special attention to the life cycle of building digital management system, which begins with deep audit of the current state and formation of long-term strategy and ends with step-by-step implementation of technological solutions. Assessment of digital maturity level and comparative analysis of common global assessment methods developed by such competent centers as Gartner, Deloitte, MIT CISR are the key elements of this process. The analysis of the investments dynamics in the processes of digital transformation of management system of Russian industrial enterprises revealed significant transformation of production management methods through introduction activation of digital solutions and significant increase of financial flows in all key areas of investment activity. The observed growth rates of investment costs are explained by a complex of interrelated factors, such as general trend towards digital transformation of industry, active processes of replacing foreign IT products with domestic alternatives, massive introduction of cloud services and high demand for innovative business tools such as ERP and CRM. Thus, digital transformation is not just automation or introduction of individual technologies, but deep rethinking of corporate culture and management practices aimed at creating effective digital ecosystem of the industrial enterprise. Only formation of integrated digital ecosystem, continuous development of human capital and systematic approach to digital solutions integration can ensure sustainable development and long-term success of industrial enterprise under conditions of Industry 4.0.