The contribution of digital transformation to the economic activities of companies

The main purpose of the digitalization of companies, which will be realized with Industry 4.0, is to increase the competitiveness of companies as a result of providing resource efficiency, increasing productivity and product diversity, organizing product and service production with lower cost and higher quality with digital optimization and smart production techniques. Within the scope of the thesis, definitions of industry 4.0, the importance of this concept, each industry 4.0 technologies which have different importance in digitalization, their definitions and examples of their use in companies are provided. Because of the variation of digitalization strategies and priorities of different sectors, instead of focusing on a single sector, the general overview was provided for sectors with different applications and different needs such as manufacturing, automotive, logistics, food and agriculture, education, retail, finance and banking, telecommunications and media, advertising. Digital transformation activities were discussed and some initiatives on a global scale were mentioned. In addition, in this dissertation study, some opportunities in economic, environmental and social processes with the digitalization of companies were discussed, and an evaluation was made by interpreting the effects of this digital transformation on exports and some strategies.