Adobe Stock Kalypso offers a glimpse into the process that is necessary for a company to accomplish the move to digital systems. A company’s digital transformation can’t be done without interoperability between systems across the supply chain. If manufacturers had to rip out and replace core systems like PLM, ERP, or MES then a total digital transformation would be harder and adoption would slower. For many manufacturers, integration between systems is a necessary part of digital transformation. We caught up with George Young, global managing director of Kalypso, a professional services firm that helps companies make the transition to digital systems. We asked his view on the process of making the digital transformation. Young noted that supply chains work best when they’re connected by a digital thread. The need for this was particularly pronounced during the pandemic.