Methodology for assessing impact of digitalization of lean production on economic efficiency of industrial enterprise

One of the main goals of a modern industrial enterprise is to improve the efficiency of its operation, which will increase the competitiveness of domestic products in the world market. In this regard, most manufacturing organizations have now implemented the principles and methods of lean production and use various digital technologies. However, as practice shows, in order to achieve greater positive economic result from the development of new areas of industrial activity, it is important to use a scientific approach to substantiating management decisions in this area, since under certain conditions the synergetic effect of the combined use of lean production and digitalization tools can be negative. The least developed in this area are the issues of methodological support for the process of developing measures aimed at improving the activities of an industrial enterprise in the digital economy. The purpose of this work is to create a methodology for assessing the impact of digitalization of lean production on the economic efficiency of an industrial enterprise. In the course of the research, methods of comparative analysis, grouping, generalization, systematization and expert assessments were used. The main stages of the process of developing a management decision on the implementation of digital lean production and their content are defined. The criteria for making intermediate decisions at the branching points are established. An algorithm has been developed to assess the impact of the combined use of lean production tools and digital technologies on the economic efficiency of the enterprise. The obtained research results have theoretical and practical significance, since the developed methodological provisions develop the scientific foundations of industrial economics and provide an opportunity to increase the competitiveness of domestic producers in the world market, subject to their application. The use of the proposed methodology will ensure the adoption of rational, economically sound decisions in the field of introducing new digital technologies and lean production tools at the enterprise in order to improve the efficiency of industrial organizations. In the future, it is advisable to conduct an empirical study of the practice of applying the proposed methodology in the activities of industrial enterprises with an evaluating the results obtained.