Open AccessDigitalisation in the Food Industry – Case Studies on the Effects of IT and Technological Development on Companies
Author(s) -
Judit Nagy,
Zsófia Jámbor,
Anna Freund
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
agris on-line papers in economics and informatics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.245
H-Index - 16
ISSN - 1804-1930
DOI - 10.7160/aol.2020.120406
Subject(s) - exploit , information and communications technology , adaptation (eye) , business , economic shortage , service (business) , the internet , industrial organization , knowledge management , marketing , computer science , government (linguistics) , linguistics , philosophy , physics , computer security , world wide web , optics
In recent decades as a result of the development of information and communication technologies (ICT) and the Internet, we have witnessed major changes in companies. The ICT support of the processes is becoming more and more extensive and comprehensive, which enables the realization of digitalisation. The interconnection of processes, machines, people in a single network makes another level of optimisation available. The changes turned up by digitalisation are not only technological, but they also have an impact on the company's organisation and strategy. Our study aims to create an analytical framework and map the opportunities that digitalisation promises in the food industry and the organisational changes that ICT and technological development bring, with special emphasis on the impact on strategy, employees, and corporate culture. Our results show that companies are not consciously engaged in digitalisation yet, but they exploit their opportunities and make improvements in this sense. Adaptation of digital solutions is often forced by the labour shortage, the pressure to achieve higher efficiency and thus to remain competitive and to service the growth strategy.