Analysis of Factors affecting the Digital Maturity of Manufacturing Industries: Evidence from the Metal Sector in Ethiopia

Given that there are many maturity models proposed, there is a limited focus on explaining the link between digital maturity model dimensions and their impact on digital maturity level. Thus, the purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between digital maturity model dimensions and their impact on digital maturity levels. 270 sample data were collected from metal industries in Addis Ababa. Results were analyzed using structural equation modeling. The paper analyzed the role of basic enablers in the digital maturity of metal industries through the mediation of organizational adaptability. It is found that “people and expertise” has a critical role in digital maturity. As it has a strong coorelation (0.077**) for digital operation and (0.165***) for digital product. The industries need to utiliz digital technologies to become digitally matured having a strong coorelation (0.433***). Moreover , they have to focus on their employee competency to positively influence their digital maturity level. The study in its uniqueness, hypothesize and test the relationshi]p between digital maturity model dimensions and their impact on the digital maturity level. Keywords: Digital Maturity, Industry 4.0, Maturity model, Metal industry, Manufacturing