Digital Transformation of Technological Support of Production in Small Enterprises

Abstract

Technological transformation involves the integration of medium and small machine-building enterprises into a single field of virtual factories. The integration is based on the strategy of transition to digital production within the framework of national projects and the National Technology Initiative. Divergent thinking is regarded as a driving factor in production and management, which significantly affects all aspects of socio-economic activity. The convergent application of CAD / CAM / CAPP / CAE / CAO ideologies is at the initial stage of use, while individual process components are widely used at all levels of enterprises. The paper considers the development of a group of competencies that ensure the combination of advanced production technologies, as well as their distribution in the field of small and medium-sized machine-building enterprises. The production for markets of new qualities and the development of high-tech directions in the industry lead to the production of globally competitive products. To respond to these trends, deep automation, digitalization, and intellectualization of production processes are required, which implies the combination of material and digital virtual production. A dynamic environment and the challenges it entails need quick and effective decisions to remain competitive in the long term and the ability to accelerate adaptation processes. These total changes are accompanied by the development of fundamentally new business processes at all levels.