On June 21, 2022, in the House of Investors in Pavlodar, "KCIE "QazIndustry" JSC, with the support of the Office of the Akim of the Pavlodar region, held training workshops for representatives of industrial enterprises of the Pavlodar region in the direction of "Digital transformation and measures of state stimulation of industry". The purpose of the event is to improve the skills of representatives of industrial enterprises in the direction of digital transformation of production processes and the introduction of elements of Industry 4.0.

The first speaker at the event was a consultant of the international consulting company International Data Corporation (IDC) Oleg Sec, speaking about the advantages of digital transformation for industry, the benefits of implementing digital projects, the stages of digital maturity of enterprises on the example of successful international cases. Then, Chairman of the Committee of Information and Communication Technologies, Education and Innovation of NCE RK "Atameken" Bolat Basheev spoke about the advantages of introducing digital technologies on the example of the experience of domestic industrial entities, presented a pragmatic approach to digitalization of enterprises for senior and middle managers.

Also at the presentation, the advantages of digitalization of equipment maintenance and repair management processes (EMR) were considered, the necessary stages for the successful implementation of EMR systems were considered, and the proposed roadmap for the implementation of such a project was presented. Then there was a speech by the head of the IT company "JK and Partners" LLP Evgeny Shutilin, dedicated to the importance of compliance with the rules and norms of information security at enterprises. It was told about the current types of threats, information security tools, methods of combating hacker attacks.

Arstanbek Sagiyev, Head of the Business Promotion Directorate of "KCIE "QazIndustry" JSC, in his speech, spoke about government incentive measures aimed at increasing labor productivity and frequent mistakes in the formation of applications for reimbursement of costs. In conclusion, the head of the Digital Transformation Center of "KCIE "QazIndustry" JSC Laura Zhumanalieva spoke about the work being done in the framework of the development of digital strategies for industrial enterprises, as well as training events planned for the current year on the topic of digital transformation and Industry 4.0

For reference: This year, the Center for Digital Transformation of "KCIE "QazIndustry" JSC, with the support of the Ministry of Industrial and Innovational Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan, conducts methodological work on the development of digital strategies for industrial enterprises. The main purpose of the work is to attract the attention of subjects of domestic industry to understanding the stages of digital development and further use of digital transformation tools. Based on the results of the work, enterprises will be offered: step-by-step digital roadmaps, a pool of existing digital domestic solutions and existing measures of state instruments (grants, loans, compensation and co-financing instruments, etc.). assistance is provided in supporting the implementation of roadmaps of developed digital strategies.

Earlier, by the end of 2021, digital strategies were developed for 21 manufacturing enterprises, 126 digital projects were proposed for a total of 2.9 billion tenge. At the end of the event, industrial enterprises were invited to cooperate to participate in ongoing events on the development of digital strategies, as well as representatives of IT companies to work together to develop recommendations on implementation of digital solutions for enterprises. In total, representatives of more than 35 industrial enterprises of Pavlodar and Pavlodar region, including top managers of enterprises, as well as representatives of IT companies and startups, took part in the training event.