A Semantic Model for Enterprise Digital Transformation Analysis

ABSTRACT

Enterprises are continuously undertaking digital transformation by implementing, maintaining, and integrating digital technologies for their information systems. However, the enterprise systems industry does not have a formal model or tool to coordinate the enterprise digital transformation process. This paper proposes a semantic model for enterprise digital transformation analysis. The proposed semantic model links all critical aspects of enterprise digital transformation and provides a multifaceted view of digital transformation for the organization. The study develops a prototype of computerized semantic model and demonstrates the usefulness of the proposed semantic model for enterprise digital transformation analysis.

KEYWORDS:

• Enterprise digital transformation
• systems analysis and design
• semantic network
• ontology
• design research

Acknowledgments

The comments of the two anonymous reviewers have contributed significantly to the revision of the paper. The first author is supported in part by the NSERC Discovery Grant RGPIN-2019-05787.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

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Funding

This work was supported by the Canadian Network for Research and Innovation in Machining Technology, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada [RGPIN-2019-05787].