Савин Денис Алексеевич

Under conditions of new technological paradigm of modern society, traditional approaches to process management implementation do not provide adequate level of predictivity, adaptability, competitiveness and scalability of enterprises business models. Objective socio-economic, technological and operational challenges determine the necessity to review approaches both to current activities and to long-term development strategies based on deep integration of innovative technologies into them. According to the study, artificial intelligence (AI) technologies have the greatest potential in digital transformation of process management. At the same time, currently used simulation of digital transformation of business models through locally fragmented implementation of AI solutions in the format of superstructure over the current business processes can lead to short-term operational effects, but does not allow companies to demonstrate long-term sustainable business results. To ensure real increase of operational efficiency and formation of strategic foundation of sustainable development, a systemic transformation of process management is necessary, that is, formation of fundamentally new business model based on large-scale reengineering and AI-enhanced business processes. On the basis of the analysis of global trends in the development of artificial intelligence technology and the results of published research, the key areas were identified, options and potential effects of using AI solutions in process management were systematized. It is revealed that methodological basis for integrating AI into process management system has not been sufficiently studied. This determines the relevance of the developed conceptual model of AI transformation of process management, which includes the key principles, detailed implementation algorithm and risk classification. The proposed methodology can be used as a guideline for developing a strategy of business models transformation and practical implementation of sustainable AI-enhanced business processes. This will minimize the risks of integrating artificial intelligence technology into process management and allows implementing AI transformation strategy not in the format of an experiment, but in the format of sound, manageable and effective business project.

The necessity of multilateral comprehensive research in formation and implementation of digital transformation strategy of agricultural industry under conditions of global trends in resource conservation and environmental safety is determined by a number of reasons. They are industry specifics, high dependence on natural and climatic conditions, features of production, technological and organizational and economic processes of agricultural production, low level of technological infrastructure development, high dependence on import of IT solutions, low level of digital competence and trust in innovation on the part of users. The analysis of published researches allowed identifying the most popular and preferred digital technologies for introduction into agricultural production. Modeling the process of transformation of strategic directions of agriculture digitalization into competitive advantages made it possible to identify the key participants, without whom it is impossible to achieve the set goals. The shortcomings of methodological approaches to strategic initiatives formation at macro, meso and micro levels revealed in the course of the study have led to the urgency of searching for new approaches that make it possible to increase the validity of decision-making on the formulation of key provisions of the strategy. SWOT analysis of the introduction of digital technologies into the production, technological, organizational and economic processes of agricultural production was carried out as a part of the study, the results of which can be used as the information field for strategic alternatives development.

Under modern conditions, successful business functioning and development are determined not only by effective management of internal business processes and creating harmonious relationships with competitive external environment, but also by re-interpreting the value of the key corporate asset, that is, human capital. For quite a long time, the HR management contour in the system of interaction between employer and employee has been considered only from the point of view of accounting and settlement operations. They were the ones that were automated in traditional HR accounting and payroll information systems. However, at the present stage, the number and content direction of HR processes have significantly expanded and talent management, training, development and motivation of personnel have become a priority. In this regard, automated accounting of only quantitative indicators is insufficient for effective human capital management. HR automation systems are gradually replaced by comprehensive HR-tex solutions that automate all HR processes and refer to all sections of the HR cycle. The purpose of the study is to consider the evolution of HRM systems and their compliance with modern HR processes, and to analyze the state of domestic software market for their automation. The analysis showed that Russian market is currently experiencing an urgent need for integrated automation tools that provide functional coverage of all human capital management processes. It is fragmented and characterized by a fairly high level of maturity of accounting and settlement contour software products along with the patchwork nature of IT solutions that automate the quality indicators of HR processes. In this regard, the conducted research on the development of HRM systems, taking into account technological trends and business needs for integrated solutions, allowed systematizing information in the form of a model of a complex, integrated system, and formulating requirements for it. It was established that integrated HRM system has a modular character and it is advisable to form a set of customized functions to manage the development of human capital potential based on the needs of a particular business. The highlighted areas of HRM systems development can be used in elaborating of import-independent software products of this class, as well as by enterprises when choosing tools for automating HR processes.

Introduction of the systems of electronic engineering and technical and organisational workflow is currently considered as one of the effective tools to digitalize management of business process of construction industry enterprises to increase their efficiency and competitiveness in a dynamically developing business environment. The necessity to build digital infrastructure to manage the flows of structured digital information about the capital construction object at the stages of its life cycle is primarily due to the transition trend to use information modeling technology implemented at the state level. The purpose of the study is to analyze the specifics of the workflow of enterprises in the field of architectural and construction design and to study the possibilities of implementing the processes of its digital transformation based on introduction of import-independent specialized software products of domestic production. The analysis of current state of the enterprises corporate management systems of project products circulation, internal coordination logistics and external interaction of the participants of investment and construction projects revealed inefficiency and significant shortcomings of traditional format of document management. This allowed making conclusion about the necessity to use specialized software for managing engineering and technical data, since traditional electronic document management systems and ECM systems do not allow taking into account the highlighted features. Business and functional requirements formulated in the course of the study for the systems of this class and functionality analysis of Russian TDMS Farvater (Fairway) system for compliance with these requirements allowed to conclude that digitization of engineering and technical data management processes within the framework of the general trend of digital transformation will optimize the economic activity of construction industry enterprise by reducing the costs of document management and deadlines of investment and construction projects. The highlighted requirements for technical data management information system can be used in the development of import-independent software products of this class. The description of the TDMS Farvater (Fairway) functionality and its integration mechanisms in creating of unified information technology environment of shared data can become a methodological basis to form corporate digital ecosystem for managing digitized information flows and configuring interaction routes and synchronization of internal and external document flow in a single interface.

For a long time information-technological landscape of Russian enterprises has been focused on the applied software products of western developers. In particular, project-oriented organizations for automated support of the life cycle stages of both a separate project, and a portfolio of projects management used, as a rule, an individual tool or Microsoft consolidated information systems. At the same time, the complex of measures on the support of domestic software developers accepted within the limits of implementation of the state import substitution strategy promoted occurrence of applied decisions in the IT market, being not worse than foreign analogues on functional and the general set of parametres, but also having competitive advantages. Thus the enterprises are inert enough in the implementation questions of domestic software products. The fears are connected with the absence of sufficient positive experience of their use, mistrust to reliability of domestic products and possibility of loss of corporate data as a result of failures, resistance of employees due to the necessity to learn new unusual technologies of work. They lead to certain problems of Russian developers in advancement of the products in the national market. In the research the results of integrated estimation of the functional of the most popular in the Russian market ISPM “Advanta and MS Project Server are presented. Competitive advantages and the problems connected with introduction of domestic product are singled out.

Effective realisation of the state import substitution policy in the sphere of information-communication technologies demands optimisation of the accepted before strategy by harmonisation of import substitution requirements and use of global achievements of technological progress. It is important for Russian IT companies to be built in the global chains of cost creation, to introduce their products on the international markets and to provide competitiveness of the developed hi-tech products globally.

Blockchain technology promptly gets now into various spheres of social and economic relations of the society life, acting as the basis for creation of new business models of digital interaction of the participants. The analysis of the principles of distributed registers technology and estimation of potential possibilities of its use in banking sphere, insurance, public health services, transport logistics, in the sphere of the government and a number of other areas allows making a conclusion on blockchain technology exit outside the frameworks of credit and financial sector. However, despite ten years' way of transformational development, the technology remains experimental: There is no legislative basis for its appropriate application, available blockchain-projects are characterized by instability and high price, there is a problem of their integration with the existing systems Besides, the users do not fully trust the technology, in particular, because of the synominy of this concept with cryptocurrency in people's consciousness. Thereupon institutionalization of blockchain technology implementation in social and economic relations demands solution of some essential problems: formation of corresponding standard-legal base, standardization of architecture and ontology and regulation of application spheres of distributed register technology.

Specificity of standard-legal regulation of trading activity, business features and organization of trading-technological operations in retail trade define functionality and stipulate specific features of information systems and technologies intended for automation of management problems and organization of business processes of the enterprises of the branch. At the present stage of digital transformation of retail trade introduction of digital innovations is considered not only technological changes. Introduction of new hi-tech hardware-software decisions refers to all fields of activity of mercantile business and assumes reengineering of its traditional business models. Shift of the emphasis of automation towards development of new formats of provided services and ways of digital interaction with consumers becomes one of the basic strategic directions of development of mercantile business. Thereupon it is possible to single out cloud services development and use of mobile sector of information technologies for organization of the system of retailers and consumer interaction as the nearest and most accessible prospects of digitalization in the sphere of retail trade. Changes of technological environment of the buyers (omnichannel, development of IT mobile sector, and etc.) cause the necessity of digital transformation of management activity of mercantile business and optimum strategy of interaction with target client audience on the basis of possibilities of digital technologies.