Digital Maturity for Sustainable Livestock Process Management

Oksana MakovozSergii Lysenko

DOI 10.7160/aol.2026.180303
No 3/2026, September
pp. 31-40

Makovoz, O. and Lysenko, S. (2026) "Digital Maturity for Sustainable Livestock Process Management", AGRIS on-line Papers in Economics and Informatics, Vol. 18, No. 3, pp. 31-40. ISSN 1804-1930 DOI 10.7160/aol.2026.180303.

Abstract

Digital transformation in livestock enterprises creates managerial value only when digital tools are embedded in business processes and translated into measurable sustainability effects. The paper develops a digital maturity and portfolio prioritization approach for sustainable livestock process management. The research uses a structurally balanced pilot sample of 20 Ukrainian livestock en-terprises, documentary evidence, expert-documentary scoring, KPI baseline comparison and multi-criteria normalization. The results show uneven maturity across strategy, process automation, data analytics, digital architecture and cyber-resilience. The highest priority is assigned to BI and data warehouse initiatives, followed by ERP-based feed logistics integration and operational control solutions.

Keywords

Business process management, digital maturity, digital transformation, key performance indicators, livestock enterprises, sustainability

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