NDT businesses are currently investigating NDE 4.0 but confused about how to incorporate complex emerging technologies into their own businesses, which are often a combination of various siloed software programs, manual processes, and paper-based or Excel forms. The first step in moving toward NDE 4.0 is to create a digital foundation for your business that cleans up your operations with two components: Creating a successful digital foundation requires a good understanding of what types of data elements are important for your individual business, and requires a disciplined, step-by-step approach to analyzing and changing processes. Although digitalization work takes some time, benefits are great and continue to build upon themselves over time.