Digital Transformation of Operational Processes.

NTN公司总部位于安大略省密西沙加，年销售额2亿加元，拥有300多名加拿大员工，生产和销售各种滚珠和滚子轴承，服务于汽车，工业和娱乐市场。现有的操作流程不再有效，因此公司面临的技术挑战是缺乏使用数字转换建模从传统操作转移到数字操作的知识和资源。研究成果将在制造、工程和供应链等业务的各个方面实施和测试数字化转型模型，这将有助于企业在疫情期间乃至以后的生存。该研究项目将确定最佳的数字化转型模式，将制造、工程和供应链这三个部门的运营数字化地联系起来。Engage赠款将资助研究数字化转型模型，以应对大流行造成的破坏性变化。

NTN Corporation, based in Mississauga, Ontario, with annual sales of CDN$200M and employing more than 300 Canadians, manufactures and distributes a wide range of ball and roller bearings, serving the automotive, industrial and recreational markets. Existing operational processes are no longer effective, and so the technical challenge experienced in the company is around the lack of knowledge and resources of moving from legacy operations into digital operations using digital transformation modelling. The research outcomes would be implementing and testing digital transformation models in all aspects of operations, including manufacturing, engineering, and supply chain, which could contribute to the enterprise's survival within the pandemic and beyond. This research project will identify the best digital transformation model, digitally linking the operations of all three sectors, manufacturing, engineering and supply chain. The Engage grant will fund researching the digital transformation models to respond to disruptive changes caused by the pandemic.