Prioritization of Enabling Technologies Throughout Digital Transformation in Ship Management Companies

Abstract

Identification of enabling technologies is a critical stage to manage digital transformation process in different industries. This paper investigates the priorities enabling technologies throughout digital transformation in ship management companies. As a suitable technique to this case, Analytic Network Process is utilized to clustering of organizational functions (i.e. technical management, operation management, etc.) and enabling technologies (i.e. big data analytics, internet of things, etc.). The results highlight big data analytics as the most important enabling technologies. Besides improving the managerial skills, ship management companies might consider the priorities to decide on the investments on digital transformation.