Overcoming Barriers to Digital Transformation: A Strategic Vision for Industry 4.0 Success Over the

In the definition of the term IT infrastructure, one of the important characteristics is that it focuses on people, in particular on the fact that they are key part of the information system. Most of the existing technology management literature is limited to the manufacturing sector. The books on technology management are generally very applied and narrow in focus, emphasizing the research and development process, and the engineering process. This work is to fill the void by presenting an integrative, strategic, and innovative approach to digitalizing a production system for today and for the next twenty years.