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Using roadmapping for digital transformation
Digital transformation in competitive global industry is a race to the future, with success demanding the alignment of various system and functional perspectives. Firms need to ensure that both commercial and technical aspects are considered together, often involving strategic alignment with supplier developments.This does not just involve alignment of purpose, but also alignment in time – i.e. synchronisation.
Digital transformation is particularly challenging in this regard, given the very different clock speeds of digital vs production technology. Roadmapping is a widely used visual management technique that is ideally suited to tackling these challenges, as the structure of roadmaps incorporates both systems thinking, with time as an explicit dimension.
In this webinar Dr Rob Phaal:
- Explores the concept and practice of strategic roadmapping
- Looks at how roadmapping can be applied to support digital transformation
- Provides examples of how roadmapping has been used in different contexts to support long-term strategic planning
Find out more about roadmapping and how it could benefit your organisation.
This webinar was the first in a three-part series in association with The Manufacturer in the lead up to Digital Manufacturing Week in 2019.
Watch the rest of the series:
- Digital manufacturing, on a shoestring budget by Professor Duncan McFarlane
- Ecosystems thinking for strategic planning by Dr Florian Urmetzer
You can also read our write up from Digital Manufacturing Week, including updates on all of our activities in Liverpool.