IT Architecture Research Articles

Methodology to screen vendors for predictive maintenance in the chemical industry

AbstractAs an industry leader in digitalization and implementation of value‐added data‐driven methodologies, Dow is executing a structured evaluation of predictive maintenance (PdM) vendor offerings. PdM offers a tailored alternative to scheduled maintenance or run‐to‐failure operations, but the identification of suitable solutions offered by third parties is not trivial given the large number of offerings. This paper describes a methodology developed by Dow to deal with the challenge of efficiently screening many vendors with relevant PdM offerings. Prior to the evaluation process, scoring criteria for vendor performance must be identified. For Dow, these included the requirements (1) models can be created and deployed easily, (2) modeled asset health provides information for root causes, (3) the software operates in our preferred IT architecture, (4) confidential data cannot leave the premises, and (5) models have some transparency. The process involves four steps beginning with vendor identification, which explored existing relationships and landscape surveys. Following was the completion of a questionnaire by vendors about the offering. Upon positive completion, a dataset for two reflux pumps was provided for a first demonstration of the tool. The model performance was compared to internal modeling efforts, of which key results are shared in this paper. The last step involved an in‐depth evaluation including on‐site installation and online deployment of the PdM models, allowing scoring of all categories. What is presented herein is a framework that can be utilized for screening predictive maintenance modeling tools as well as many analytics applications arising in the age of Industry 4.0.

The Influence of Demographic Variables on Empirical Studies Concerning Cio Gender

Companies are more and more dependent on information technology (IT) and the buzzword digitization is present everywhere. Some companies are inventing new business models based on disruptive innovation supported by information technology. Others adapt these business models as followers. All these new business processes and underlying information technology need to be managed, serviced, and supported by IT organizations to ensure business continuity. Traditionally heads of the IT department have been fully responsible for all aspects of IT usage in the company – including IT cost, IT governance, IT & process planning and implementation and IT operation. This results in the fact that there is a need of more intensive business-IT alignment to ensure the adequacy of the overall IT architecture in a company and ensure the economic value contribution of IT as a whole. In the last two decades researchers have investigated the area of CIO effectiveness by doing empirical research looking at IT roles/tasks, interaction and strategic importance of IT, personal background of CIOs. As a side effect some researchers have constructed and used demographic variables both as control and causal variables. This article looks on the comparability and the source of such demographic data especially on the case of Gender information and highest academic title. It also discusses the question if survey results could be compared with representative datasets to evaluate validity of the sample and responses of empirical studies.

The Analysis and Optimization of Business Processes for Students in Higher Education Based on Togaf 9.2

Purpose: The IT Blueprint is used as a guideline in achieving organizational goals, such as the built and development of information technology (IT) infrastructure. STMIK Amik Riau is one of the universities vision to become an excellent university in Sumatra by 2030. To achieve this vision, it is necessary to develop various units, one of which is the built and development of IT in student services. To build IT for student services, an enterprise architecture is needed so that the development is more focused. Study design: In this study, TOGAF became the framework used to design, plan, implement, and manage the company's organizational architecture. TOGAF has 8 phases, but this research takes 6 phases: Architecture Vision, Business Architecture, Information System Architectures, Technology Architecture, Opportunities and Solutions, and Migration Planning. Result: The results obtained in this study are the creation of IT blueprints for student business processes. There are several updates in each process, especially in the information system architecture, then in business processes and technology. There are also updates that need to be done. This study also provides several reasons for updating the Opportunity and Solutions. Other than that, this research guides to apply the updates based on priorities that must be applied to migration planning. Novelty: In the information system architecture, 18 applications become service systems for students. After analyzing it into 31 applications, they will later be used to support good services for students.

Improving Unadjusted and Adjusted Mortality With an Early Warning Sepsis System in the Emergency Department and Inpatient Wards

Mortality reduction has been a major focus of improvement for health care systems. Although several studies have noted improved sepsis-related mortality with the use of electronic health record (EHR) systems, there are no known published early warning sepsis systems using the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) EHR system. The Malcom Randall Veterans Affairs Medical Center (MRVAMC), a large academic 1a VHA facility within the North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System (NF/SGVHS), was identified as having opportunities for improvement related to inpatient mortality outcomes. Sepsis was discovered as the primary contributor to inpatient mortality for MRVAMC's acute level of care (LOC). Education along with implementation of an early warning sepsis system (EWSS) was subsequently integrated in the VHA EHR known as the Veterans Information Systems and Technology Architecture/ Computerized Patient Record System (VistA/CPRS) at NF/SGVHS, which applied a combination of informatics solutions within a Lean Six Sigma quality improvement framework. At MRVAMC, there was an observed decrease in the number of inpatient deaths for the acute LOC from a high of 48 in fiscal year (FY) 2017, quarter 3 to a low of 27 in FY 2019, quarter 4. This resulted in as large of an improvement as a 44% reduction in unadjusted mortality with education and implementation of an EWSS from FYs 2017 to 2019. Additionally, the MRVAMC acute LOC risk-adjusted mortality (standardized mortality ratio) improved from > 1.0 to < 1.0, demonstrating fewer inpatient mortalities than predicted from FYs 2017 to 2019. Education along with the possible implementation of an EWSS within the VHA EHR was associated with improvement in unadjusted and adjusted inpatient mortality at MRVAMC. This may be an effective approach for patients with sepsis.

Veterans Health Administration Scheduling System: The Path to High Reliability Realization.

Timely access to services is the gateway to patient safety and quality, and scheduling is foundational to providing access to highly reliable care. An effective and efficient scheduling strategy is dependent on an evidence-based approach that focuses on critical drivers of the scheduling system related to patient safety and quality as well as access. As part of a continuing effort to improve access, the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) completed a direct causation analysis (2015-2020) using an evidence-based framework and comprehensive measurement plan. The analysis, described here, validates access benefits realized specialty by specialty and facility by facility, identifies opportunities for improvement, and acknowledges limitations of the change from the Veterans Information Systems and Technology Architecture scheduling system to the Medical Appointment Scheduling System.This analysis of the assessments illustrates business validation structures, drivers, processes, and outcomes that can support leadership decision-making related to access. We drew our assessments of people, processes, policies, and technology from on-site interviews, over-the-shoulder observations, large-group discussions, and data from the VHA Support Service Center and facility data systems; we also mapped process steps, keystrokes, and workflow. Our assessments provided support for the VHA's decision to implement the stand-alone Cerner scheduling system at one site while continuing to implement the Cerner Millennium electronic health record platform that includes the Cerner scheduling system at other VHA sites. The VHA experience provides lessons learned for healthcare leaders who seek highly reliable efforts to improve access to care.

ОНТОЛОГИЧЕСКАЯ МОДЕЛЬ ПРОЦЕССА ВЗАИМОДЕЙСТВИЯ ОБРАЗОВАТЕЛЬНОГО КОНТЕНТА И ОБУЧАЕМОГО В АРХИТЕКТУРЕ ИНТЕЛЛЕКТУАЛЬНЫХ ОБУЧАЮЩИХ СИСТЕМ

The article discusses using the educational content in the context of the changed requirements for the educational process. Organization of the modern educational process is analyzed from the point of view of the ecosystem concept, which allows the interaction of biotic (actors) and abiotic components (information technology architecture, standards, and specifications). To describe the use of educational content in the educational information system the university presents an “as-is” model in EPC notation. There have been determined the main promising functions of using educational content for implementation in information technology architecture. Based on a detailed analysis of literary sources, the concept of implementing the intellectual support for using educational content in the context of the architecture of information technologies of the university has been determined. From the perspective of creating a Personal Learning Environment and introducing intelligent means of supporting the educational process, it is proposed to implement two models in the format of ontologies: an educational content model and a learner's model. The educational content model is presented in the form of the Protégé ontology. The classes of ontology, the connections between them, and the data available in the university's information system are briefly characterized. A general approach to integrating such &#x0D; a model into the typical architecture of the university information systems is described for the subsequent development of means of intellectual support for the actors of the educational process (namely, content developers). The UML case model is used to display the approach. When con-sidering integration issues, the experience of using such specifications and standards as LOM IEEE, SCORM, TinCanApi, and the principles of modern learning and content management sys-tems was taken into account. There are described the prospects for further work, general meth-odology of further research, the first stage of which is the presented work

Role of Hospital Digital Services in Improvement of Clinical Regime of Patients

Context: Healthcare supply chain management is the regulation of the flow of medical goods and services from manufacturers to patients. Supply chain management encompasses the planning and managing of all activities involved in sourcing and procurement, conversion, and all logistics management activities. Therefore, it greatly helps material managers to manage through continuous improvement efforts while maintaining the quality of care. Moreover, reinforcing healthcare logistics information technology (IT) architecture immediately leads to more patient satisfaction.&#x0D; Objectives: This study aimed to develop an architecture for designing efficient software aiding with the management of the healthcare supply chain.&#x0D; Methods: This study showed the role of digital services in the improvement of the clinical regime of patients by presenting different approaches with distinguishing the main types of hospital logistics, such as physical flow management, food safety, and cold chain management approaches (e.g., “moving forward”), and modeling these components using the solution architecture principles of ITs, such as Business Process Model and Notation.&#x0D; Results: This study proposed a hospital enterprise architecture by modeling a system to have a base for building a digital catering service that improves the clinical regime of patients.

Tackling Data Quality Challenges in the Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility (FinBIF)

The Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility (FinBIF) Research Infrastructure (Schulman et al. 2021) is a national service with a broad coverage of the components of biodiversity informatics (Bingham et al. 2017). Data flows are managed under a single information technology (IT) architecture. Services are available in a single, branded on-line portal. Data are collated from all relevant sources e.g., research institutes, scientific collections, public authorities and citizen science projects, whose data represent a major contribution. The challenge is to analyse, classify and share good quality data in a way that the user understands its utility. Need for quality data The philosophy of FinBIF is that all observation records are important, and that all data are assessed for quality and able to be annotated. The challenge is that, in practice, many users desire data with 100% reliability. In our experience, most user concerns about data quality are related to citizen science data. Researchers are usually able to manage raw data to serve their purposes. However, decision-making authorities often have less capacity to analyse the data and thus require data that can be used instantly. Therefore, we need tools to provide users the data that are the most relevant and reliable for their specific use. For all users, standardized metadata (information about datasets) are key, when the user has doubts about the fitness-for-use of a particular dataset. There is also a need to provide data in different formats to serve various users. Finally, the service has to be machine-actionable (using an application programming interface (API) and R-package) as well as human-accessible for viewing and downloading data. Quality assignment FinBIF data accuracy varies significantly within and between datasets, and observers. Two quality-based classifications suitable for filtering are therefore applied. The dataset origin filter is based on the quality of a whole dataset (e.g. citizen science project) and includes three broad classes assigned with an appropriate quality label: Datasets by Professionals, by Specialists and by Citizen Scientists. The observation reliability filter is based on a single observation and on annotations by FinBIF users. This classification includes Expert verified, Community verified, Unassessed (default for all records), Uncertain, and Erroneous. The dataset origin does not necessarily determine the quality of the individual records in it. Observations made by citizen scientists are often accurate, while there may be errors in the professionally collected data. Records are frequently subject to annotation, which raises their quality over time (e.g., iNaturalist). Naturally, evidence (e.g., media, detailed descriptions, specimens) is needed for reliable identification. Annotating data When observations are compiled at FinBIF’s portal (Laji.fi), they are initially “Unassessed” (unless they have otherwise been assessed at the original source). When annotating occurrences, volunteers can make various entries using the tools provided. The aim of the commentary is to improve the quality of the observation data. Annotators are divided into two categories with two different roles: As a basic user, anyone who has logged in at Laji.fi can make comments or tag observations for review by experts. Users defined as experts have wider rights than basic users and their comments carry more weight. The most desired actions of expert users are to classify observations into confidence levels or to give them new or refined identifications. As a basic user, anyone who has logged in at Laji.fi can make comments or tag observations for review by experts. Users defined as experts have wider rights than basic users and their comments carry more weight. The most desired actions of expert users are to classify observations into confidence levels or to give them new or refined identifications. Information about new comments passes to the observer if the observation is recorded by using the FinBIF Observation Management System “Notebook”. However, comments cannot yet be automatically forwarded e.g., to the primary data management systems at the original source. Annotations add extra indications of quality. They do not replace or delete the original information. Nevertheless, annotations can change a record’s taxonomic identification, and by default, a record will be handled based on its latest identification. R-package for researchers and Public Authority Portal (PAP) for decision makers FinBIF has produced an R programming language interface to its API, which makes the publicly available data in FinBIF accessible from within R. For authorities, the PAP offers direct access to all available species information to authorised users, including sensitive and restricted-use data.

IT-Architecture Study Literature Research Collaboration: Malay Architecture Context

Talking about architecture culture means talking about buildings and architecture. Architecture is a field of research that is always related to space and form. One of the exciting research topics on architecture is research on Malay architecture. Preserving Malay architecture is an important thing that must be done physically and meaningfully, positively impacting the community's development. The rapid development of information technology (IT) should be part of conservation efforts. IT supports various activities that significantly help conservation efforts. The role of IT in architecture is a significant research opportunity because of still little research on this topic. Thus, we conduct a study and analysis using a systematic literature review methodology to review IT-Architecture research, especially Malay architecture. The systematic literature review methodology consists of six stages, namely: (1) research question definition; (2) literature searching by keywords on literature sources; (3) literature assessment; (4) literature quality measurement; (5) data extraction and synthesis; and (6) research recommendation and suggestion. After going through the quality assessment process, only 37 papers were obtained that were relevant to the topic of IT-Architecture. The most discussed research themes in this literature review search were: (1) building information modeling (BIM) and augmented reality (AR) / virtual reality (VR); (2) BIM and geographic information system (GIS); and (3) BIM application and technology. However, based on literature searches, IT, and Malay architecture are still insufficient. Therefore, the topic of IT and Malay architecture still needs to be studied further in the future.

Connecting West and Central African Herbaria Data: A new Living Atlases regional data platform

The label transcription and imaging of specimens in key African herbaria has been ongoing since the early 2000s. Many collections in Benin, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Gabon, Guinea Conakry, and Togo are now fully transcribed and partially digitized. More than 200 000 transcribed specimens are available with the following distribution: Benin: 45 000 Cameroon: 70 000 Côte d’Ivoire: 18 000 Gabon: 70 000 Guinea Conakry: 5 000 Togo: 15 000 Benin: 45 000 Cameroon: 70 000 Côte d’Ivoire: 18 000 Gabon: 70 000 Guinea Conakry: 5 000 Togo: 15 000 In April 2021, a BID project was started to deliver a regional data platform of West and Central African herbaria. Biodiversity Information for Development (BID) is a multi-year programme funded by the European Union and led by GBIF with the aim of enhancing capacity for effective mobilization and use of biodiversity data in research and policy in the 'ACP' nations of sub-Saharan Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific. Our project's funding runs from April 2021 to April 2023. At this stage of the project, we are working on defining the information technology (IT) architecture (Fig. 1) and selecting the tools that we will be using to achieve our goals. In the talk, we will present our conclusions through architecture schemas and tools demonstrations. Each of the 6 countries will have its own PostgreSQL database, storing its data. They will also have access to the RIHA data management platform (Réseau Informatique des Herbiers d'Afrique / Digital Network of African Herbaria). This is a web application, developed in PHP, allowing full management of the data by herbarium administrators (Fig. 2). An Integrated Publishing Toolkit (IPT) will fetch these herbaria data from the databases, create the Darwin Core archives, and connect these data automatically to gbif.org on a periodic basis (Fig. 3). On the databases, we will use a PostgreSQL view to ease conversion from the RIHA data model to the Darwin Core model. On the IPT, we will create one dataset per country, linked to each PostgreSQL view. The SQL query will be configured to only fetch validated data, depending on the herbarium administrator's validation in the RIHA platform. The automatic and periodic data transmission to gbif.org is a feature available in the IPT, and recently improved by the GBIF France team, which contributes to the IPT development. Another part of the automatic data workflow will be to feed a Living Atlases portal for the West and Central African herbaria. This web application will allow public users to search, display and download herbaria data from West and Central Africa (Fig. 4). Internally, this Living Atlases application will reuse open source modules developed by the Atlas of Living Australia (ALA). The application is mainly written in Java, uses JQuery/Bootstrap for the interface and relies on SolR and Spark in the backend. It has been developed to be easily reusable, by only modifying configuration and doing web customization (HTML / CSS), hiding most of the backend technological complexity. The automatic data workflow will transfer datasets generated by the IPT, in Darwin Core Archive format, to the Living Atlases portal backend. A technical task orchestrator, yet to be selected, will implement this feature. Living Atlases subportals, limited to data of one participating country, could be easily set up, leveraging the existing backend resources (Fig. 5). One of the benefits of the Living Atlases portal is that we can easily deploy additional front end applications with limited data, configured by a filter (here, a filter on the data owner country). Only configuration and web customization (HTML / CSS) are required. All the backend modules, especially the ones storing data, are shared by the multiple front-ends, limiting the hardware consumption and data administration. The full automation of the workflow will allow this platform to run at a very low maintenance cost for IT administrators. Moreover, adding a new herbarium member from West and Central Africa will be quite easy thanks to the architecture of the Integrated Publishing Toolkit and Living Atlases tools (Fig. 6).

Per una Digital History delle pandemie. Prospettive d’interconnessione e multidisciplinarità

In an increasingly interconnected reality, the areas of research look - necessarily - at a remodelling of the IT architectures of archival portals, with the aim of an interdisciplinary vision capable of connecting the Present with the Past, in order to identify historical narratives and patterns able to enrich the epidemiological pictures, explain the modern pandemics, to be able to modify and record policies suitable to contain and face those of contemporaneity. A reformulation that is based on the application, in historical research, of tools that can reformulate the concept of digitized source, in order to derive, from it, all the information that scholars refer to. Today, information technologies, such as Data mining and the application of HTR (Handwriting Text Recognition) systems - such as the Transkribus platform - would allow us to increase and implement the information available, pushing historians towards research areas and sectors that are still unexplored.

PEMBUATAN FILE SYSTEM GLUSTERFS DISTRIBUTED- REPLICATED VOLUME DI SEKOLAH VOKASI IPB UNIVERSITY

College of Vocational IPB University (SV-IPB) uses a client-server system as an information technology architecture. The server provides several services that are used to assist the teaching and learning process at the IPB Vocational School. The application used to provide services is the Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment (MOODLE) which is used for e-learning. SV-IPB provides two Virtual Machines which are used as a web server and a database server. The use of a single web server to replace the request is certainly less stable because there is no web server to back it up so that the service will stop. This situation states that the use of a single web server does not have high information (high available). To overcome this problem, the cluster technology can be used to group several web servers in SV-IPB. The web server clustering technology used is the Gluster File System (GlusterFS) with the volume type used, namely Distributed-replicated volume. Based on the tests that have been carried out, this project can solve the problem that has been described earlier that "one web server is down, there is still another web server that can so that the client request process does not stop. In addition, the clustering technology used is required for the use of load balancing web servers so that it can reduce the load on each server because the request process will be sent alternately between web servers.

DETERMINATION OF ENGINEERING DIGITALIZATION MATURITY

AbstractEngineering Digitalization enables development of new high intelligent products containing mechanical, electrical, software and communication components. As these complex products are result of multidisciplinary engineering processes, digitalization also enforces companies to raise, adapt and revise their engineering competencies and process capabilities to increase agility and maintain competitiveness. Also, the growing amount of data related to product and processes requires a well-structured management concept. In order to encounter all these changes and new requirements companies should identify their specific strengths and weaknesses and derive needs for action. This paper presents a novel maturity model for evaluation of capabilities of Engineering Digitalization in areas of processes, products, services, data, human and organization. The maturity model enables the detection of enhancement potentials and conception of individual digitalization plans for production companies. It has been composed based on a proven multidisciplinary engineering methodology along the product lifecycle process, which includes Model Based Systems Engineering Methods, and a multilevel IT architecture integration concept.

Architecture Design of E-Information System Marketplace with Method Enterprise Architecture Planning

Utilization of a technology indispensable information on SMEs because they develop information technology will be more complete and would affect ongoing business developments. At this time, not a few developments and development of information system technology have failed, this is because it is not following the goals and needs of these business people. One technique that can be used to build/develop information system technology is the existence of Enterprise Architecture Planning, where this technique is a technique used to approach data quality planning by looking at the needs of the SME business in Enterprise Architecture Planning will be explained about applications, data architecture, technology and a roadmap for the implementation plan of the architecture. SMEs cannot be separated from the need that can define business needs and even information architecture so that the direction of business development policy strategies can be well planned. Information technology architecture modeling in SMEs, including application definition, data architecture, technology, and implementation plan mapping. The process when defining information technology architecture is reviewed and refers to processes that are common in the business of implementing E-Marketplace applications, especially in SMEs. The results of the research will produce a mapping of implementation plans that can be used as a reference in the development of an application to support the business functions of SMEs.

Perancangan Enterprise Architecture Pada PT Vitapharm Menggunakan Framework TOGAF

PT Vitapharm is a leading cosmetic company in Indonesia that produces cosmeticproducts. In its operational activities, PT Vitapharm still has several obstacles in its business processes, one of the main problems is that some processes still use manual systems and have not yet integrated one process with another because there is no adequate information technology support. Thus, the business processes within the company have not been able to support the company to achieve organizational goals. Therefore, PT Vitapharm requires an Enterprise Architecture design so that the company's business goals can be achieved with the help of information technology. To solve the problems faced by PT Vitapharm can be completed by designing an Enterprise Architecture with the TOGAF framework. TOGAF framework was chosen because it can design and solve problems faced by PT Vitapharm. The stages of designing an Enterprise Architecture with the TOGAF framework start from the preliminary phase, requirements management, architecture vision, business architecture, information system architecture, technology architecture, opportunities and solutions, and migration planning. This study does not use the implementation governance and architecture change management stages. Research using the TOGAF framework produces an enterprise architecture design that can answer the needs of PT Vitapharm in order to adapt to the Information System/Information Technology strategic planning. The results of this study are designs that can be used by PT Vitapharm and become PT Vitapharm's reference in compiling business process improvements so that they can improve the company's internal business processes and can improve operational activities, and can achieve company goals.

Трансформация системы цифровизации бизнес-процессов в Банке ВТБ (ПАО)

The article is focused on the increasing role of modern information technologies in banking sector. Today, the informatization process includes not only developing a safe and modern infrastructure, networks, data processing centers, but also creating the so-called digital economy on the basis of this infrastructure, which will bring new sources of income to the state and the people. The banking sector of the Russian Federation is most actively involved in the process of solving this problem. The development of automated business processes in VTB Bank (PJSC) is considered in detail. There is presented an overview of the bank's information technologies in such key areas as artificial intelligence, big data analysis, machine learning, virtual and augmented reality, optical recognition, robotics, robotization of process, blockchain, and chat bots. The dynamics of the main indicators of a financial institution activity is analyzed, an assessment of indicators characterizing the dynamics of changes in capital, net profit and profitability of the bank is presented. It has been stated that the strategic directions for the development of business processes in VTB Bank (PJSC) are constructing an advanced operational and technological platform, increasing the level of digitalization of the banking business, leadership in the financial services market in a number of ecosystems, developing a highly productive organization and culture, as well as growing the customer-centricity of business models. The block diagram of the VTB Bank transformation for 2020–2022 and the target version of the IT architecture of the bank have been illustrated. Changes in the IT architecture are one of the stages of the bank's digital transformation strategy. According to the objectives of the strategy of VTB Bank (PJSC), 100% of financial services should become available to customers online.

UPDATING THE TOOLS FOR ECONOMIC AND MANAGEMENT RECONFIGURATION OF BUSINESS PROCESSES OF CONSTRUCTION ENTERPRISES IN THE CONTEXT OF THE MODERN PARADIGM OF DIGITALIZATION OF THE ECONOMY

Current trends of globalization, digitalization of the economy, the introduction of information technology objectively gradually weaken the material component (traditional factors of labor - land, capital, labor) and, conversely, highlight the importance of the intangible component of competitive positions of economic entities. The study of the evolutionary development of competition theory and establishing the impact of modern technological changes on the content and nature of competition was the basis for substantiating the key provisions of modern theory of network intellectual information information, the content of which is to form hyperconnected intellectual information business systems. introduction of digital technologies, resources, competencies and business platforms provide intensification of intersectoral innovation and production cooperation, increase the speed and volume of information and knowledge, reduce the life cycle of innovation and generally contribute to the generation of dynamic competitiveness. Achieving strategic priorities for development and ensuring the competitiveness of enterprises, taking into account the digitalization of the market of construction works and services requires taking into account the specifics of innovation. The essential and substantive characteristics of the concept of "innovative convergence" are revealed, innovative incentives, motives, interests and tools of its implementation are established, which will create conditions for production at the enterprises of the branch with the use of BIM-technologies. Theoretical and methodological approaches to modeling the information technology architecture of the organization are proposed. Theoretical and methodological approaches to determining the formal features of an innovative organization in the context of the digital economy have been developed. The influence of intellectual potential and innovation culture on the innovative development of the organization in the digital economy is determined. The factors that generate in management information and identify the conditions that promote (hinder) the implementation of innovations are systematized.

DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES AS INNOVATIVE TRENDS OF STRUCTURAL AND TRANSFORMATIONAL SHIFTS IN THE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM OF CONSTRUCTION STAKEHOLDERS

The article is devoted to the development of methodological basis, methodological support and applied tools of digital administration of operational activities, development and transformations of management systems of construction companies. The results of the work together provide a modern methodological system for managing the transformation processes of construction companies in terms of digitalization of the economy. The methodology is implemented in scientific and applied tools for decision-making on the content, tools, diagnostic indicators and the expected result of the transformation of the operating system and organizational structure of the construction company, which carries out and adjusts its activities in a complex multi-project operating field. The conceptual principles of business process renewal, management systems for a construction company based on digitalization (digital administration), which are positioned as a means of achieving competitive advantages in the multi-project field of construction development, are substantiated. The paper identifies the impact of the transformation of modern global socio-economic processes on the methodology of managing innovative business development in a digital economy. The significance of innovations for increasing business efficiency is revealed and the concept of innovation is developed. The content of the main terminological definitions in the form of a terminological thesaurus "transformation of the operating system of a construction company" has been clarified. The influence of the institutional and organizational environment on the innovative development of business in Ukraine is determined. The author 's methodological approach to the formation of the conceptual foundations of the digital economy is substantiated. Principles and roadmap for digital business transformation have been developed. Theoretical and methodological approaches to modeling the information technology architecture of the organization are proposed. The methodology of digital administration of construction stakeholder enterprises introduced in the work combines modern principles of strategic and operational management of enterprises with "cloud" and BIM-technologies, applied embodiments of functional-economic diagnostics, cost-oriented management, object-functional and functional-functional and functional management. with the purpose of their integrated use for the implementation of qualitative transformations of enterprise management systems and the microenvironment of development projects.

Problems and Challenges Related to Advanced Data Analysis in Multi-Site Enterprises

The new generation of industry, i.e. Industry 4.0, pertains to the processing of immense amounts of data, resulting, among other things, from the large-scale use of microcontrollers to control machines, an increase in the scale of automation, the use of the Internet of Things technology — e.g. in sensors installed at different stages of the production process, the implementation of the digital twin concept, and many other technologies designed to collect data (e.g. GPS or RFID). These data are collected in the enterprise’s variety of resources and databases. These data can be a valuable source of information and knowledge if the right approach to advanced data analysis is adopted, which depends, among other things, on the enterprise’s existing IT infrastructure. This paper sets out to present conclusions formulated on the basis of research consisting in the analysis of multinational manufacturing companies’ existing IT infrastructures. Three basic model solutions of IT architecture occurring in multi-site enterprises were identified, which made it possible to identify the main problems stemming from the IT architecture in place and concerning the analysis of data for the needs of company management. Additionally, this paper discusses the challenges faced by multi-site manufacturing companies. One such activity is the modification and expansion of the company’s IT infrastructure, including the implementation of Big Data and Master Data Management (MDM) solutions. The contribution provided by this paper consists in the analysis of the IT infrastructure in large, multi-site enterprises, which enabled the identification of problems and challenges related to advanced data analysis in this type of companies.

Development of managerial and Information Technology skills in Learning Factories in the context of Industry 4.0: a case study

Purpose – This paper aims to analyze the most relevant and present technologies in Learning Factories, to analyze how these technologies can be integrated and how to analyze how this environment operates given the shortage of a specialist workforce.Theoretical framework - The new technological landscape, also known as Industry 4.0, requires trained personnel to operate, interpret, and make decisions given the new tools. This means that training the professionals who will work in the industries need to come into contact with all this existing Information Technology (IT) architecture and skills need to be encouraged to be developed to allow these professionals to work effectively. One way to act on these fronts is through Learning Factories, which are integrated environments for Industry 4.0 training and the development of technology, applications, and transfer them to industry. Despite recognizing this strategy, there is no explicit discussion on how IT architecture is built, how these technologies are integrated, and which teaching strategies are effective in Learning Factories.Design/methodology/approach - A case study was carried out at a Learning Factory in a Brazilian state university, called ‘Fábrica do Futuro’, describing the present IT systems, their relevance in student education and the teaching strategies adopted, compared with the theoretical sample presented.Findings – A need was identified to explore the integration between all technologies, involving tools, such as 3D printing, radio frequency identification (RFID), Computer Vision and systems such as ERP, MES and PLM. The development of communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills needs to be encouraged for effective learning and adequate operation of these technologies.Originality/Value - This study aims to contribute to universities and research institutions that wish to implant and/or operationalize a Learning Factory, presenting and discussing a possible IT structure and the skills developed with it.Keywords - Learning Factory. Industry 4.0. Information Technologies. ERP. 3D printing.