Manufacturing Magazine October 2018 | Page 14

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compiling all data and hosting it in the right place and in a fast and secure way . It ’ s here that Hall is implementing 5 core pillars to overcome this challenge .
These core pillars define the digitization process , described as KEMET 2025 .
“ First , we have to organize ,” says Hall . “ We have to have a good strong change management process ; yet maintain agility , meaning that a simple change is a simple change .”
“ In order to be agile , you have to very organised . Trying to be agile is difficult because you have a lot of different types of projects , different mandates ,
and a lot of different requirements to meet all at the same time . Creating an agile environment takes a lot of organisation , but it ’ s paramount to support a digital enterprise ”
A consistent message throughout the digital transformation has been one surrounding data management and access to data , and Hall recognizes that in order to achieve this vision of accessible data , there must be infrastructure supporting it .
“ When talking about the infrastructure , security goes hand-in-hand with it in today ’ s world ,” he says . “ You need
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