Digitalization doesn’t have to be expensive: Success strategies for SMEs

Digitization in SMEs is progressing slowly: more than one in three SMEs is having difficulties implementing a digitization strategy. The biggest obstacles include the cost and complexity of digitalization projects as well as data protection concerns. However, digital transformation in SMEs can also work with small and cost-effective measures. Peter Schäfer, Head of the Center of Competence “IT Project Management in Digitalization”, explains in CHEMIE TECHNIK magazine how this can be achieved – and what role IT consultants play in this.