An essential characteristic of the new product development process is to develop a new marketable product in the shortest possible time with the lowest reasonable costs. Therefore, the key factor of the process is efficiency. The paints and coatings industry development process contain numerous laboratory tests to determine the appropriateness of new formulation. It is proven that digital transformation can reduce the number of laboratory tests and consequently shorten the throughput time of the development process. This raised the question of whether the faster development process also reduces the process’ cost, or they even increase due to information and communication technology implementation. Therefore, the research’s purpose was to determine whether reducing the number of laboratory tests, based on the implementation of information and communication technology (ICT), affects reducing costs in the paints and coatings development process. The conventional process and the redesigned process of paints and coatings development were used as the basis of the research. The comparative analysis of the costs incurred during the development process was made. The analysis compares the types and amount of incurred costs. The article proves that digital transformation has a significant impact on up to 48% on reducing costs of the paints and coatings development process.

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数字化转型降低了油漆和涂料开发过程的成本

新产品开发过程的基本特征是在最短的时间内以最低的合理成本开发出新的适销对路产品。因此，该过程的关键因素是效率。油漆和涂料行业的发展过程包含许多实验室测试，以确定新配方的适用性。事实证明，数字转换可以减少实验室测试的次数，从而缩短开发过程的吞吐时间。这就提出了一个问题，即更快的开发流程是否还会降低流程的成本，还是由于信息和通信技术的实施而使成本甚至增加。因此，该研究的目的是确定是否减少实验室测试的数量，基于信息和通信技术（ICT）的实施，会影响油漆和涂料开发过程中成本的降低。研究的常规方法和重新设计的油漆和涂料开发方法被用作研究的基础。对开发过程中产生的成本进行了比较分析。该分析比较了已发生成本的类型和金额。该文章证明，数字转换对降低48％的油漆和涂料开发过程的成本具有重大影响。对开发过程中产生的成本进行了比较分析。该分析比较了已发生成本的类型和金额。该文章证明，数字转换对降低48％的油漆和涂料开发过程的成本具有重大影响。对开发过程中产生的成本进行了比较分析。该分析比较了已发生成本的类型和金额。该文章证明，数字转换对降低48％的油漆和涂料开发过程的成本具有重大影响。