The spread of digital technologies dramatically changes production processes. The fourth

industrial revolution opens up new opportunities for the introduction of technologies, having

a significant impact on the production cycle, starting with highly automated production lines

and ending with the large-scale implementation of technological solutions designed to improve

productivity, optimize costs, quality and reliability. Defining digital transformations,

primarily in the manufacturing industry, as a strategic imperative for the entire economy

based on opinions and intentions of entrepreneurs (short and medium-term), key aspects of

the digitalization process in Russian medium, high-tech and low-tech manufacturing industries

are revealed. A set of tendencies in the development of digital technologies by their main

types is presented, the level of industry participation in digital transformation is shown, as

well as many other important digital transformation processes in enterprises that are not

measured by quantitative statistics.