The Corona Virus (COVID-19) has taught us many hard lessons, not the least of which is the importance of being prepared, the importance of anticipating what may be just around the corner, and the importance of being able to theorize, hypothesize and predict. All of these skills are amply supplied by data scientists and analysts. But, in today’s world, it is crucial to prepare and educate the average business team member to improve data literacy and engage in digital transformation (Dx). As the idea of data popularity becomes more mainstream, and team members and industries embrace data sharing and fact-based decision making, our understanding of looming issues, collaborative possibilities and possible solutions to address these issues will improve and so will our response time and efficacy.
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These days it is hard to pick up an industry journey or business publication without seeing the term ‘Digital Transformation’ (AKA Dx). The basic premise of Digital Transformation is the adoption of digital technology by businesses to transform, streamline and improve services, workflow and business processes. These initiatives involve a systematic review of non-digital or manual processes to replace these inefficiencies with digital processes and might include replacing out-of-date technologies with new, more effective digital technologies.
When a business considers the wisdom and benefit of Digital Transformation, it often thinks first of the cost and the chaos it anticipates and may think that the investment and disruption is not worth the effort. But, the benefits of Digital Transformation cannot be ignored. There are many reasons to consider this type of initiative, and we look at some of those in this article.
The Client is based in Australia and is a leader in building and construction materials with an extensive production and logistics network. The business is known for its extensive range of high-quality concrete produced and distributed across a broad network across Australia. The Client also supplies stone and rock aggregate and a wide range of standard and speciality sand products.
The Elegant MicroWeb team collaborated with the Client team to define detailed requirements and develop a plan to build the architecture in line with their SAP PI ERP solution to successfully deliver the solution in compliance with Client expectations. During the User Acceptance Testing phase, the application was tested by over fifty (50) users working from different parts of the country. The Elegant MicroWeb team was able to receive and address user requests to further enhance and improve this comprehensive solution. The solution was deployed throughout Australia to simplify the Client business and ensure compliance with regulations and legal requirements and provide an easy-to-use, one-stop product to monitor, manage, and maintain information, improve productivity and assure scalability for future upgrades.
The world-renowned technology research firm, Gartner, has predicted a strategic focus on Digital Transformation in the coming years and that focus is appropriate. If businesses are to improve productivity and the quality and timeliness of decisions; if business leaders are to ensure a sustained competitive position and retain customers and employees, it is imperative that these businesses focus on improving data literacy and initiate a comprehensive Digital Transformation (Dx) strategy.
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If your business wishes to enable Digital Transformation, it must create a roadmap to achieve results using new or modified technologies, streamlined workflow and processes that will leverage these technologies to enhance information sharing and ensure a consistent, uniform approach to business objectives and goals. It must also encourage and advance Data Literacy within the ranks of its teams. Why is data literacy important?
Support for Digital Transformation Requires Full Service IT Consulting!
Digital Transformation is all the rage but support for digital transformation may be in short supply. When a business begins to look at this type of initiative, they may not understand the depth and breadth of the required changes. The business will have to look at existing technology and determine the need for upgrades and changes. Organizations will also have to look at data literacy of business users and try to find ways to streamline, automate and apply technology to workflow and processes and tasks. If the business is to succeed in the digital transformation arena, it must take a step-by-step approach to build the technology and the foundation and to change the business culture to support data-driven decisions and collaboration.
Whether a business addresses or ignores the Digital Transformation movement, it is here to stay and Dx will change markets and competition. If a business truly wants to embrace Dx, it must be willing to take the necessary steps and engage in a review that touches all corners of the organization. To plan and execute a comprehensive, effective Digital Transformation (Dx) project, the business must consider five points of integration including Technology including Infrastructure, Software, Hardware, Network, Mobility, Enterprise Culture including Process and Analytics, Team Members, Suppliers, Partners, Vendors and Stakeholders, Customers.
Smarten is pleased to announce the introduction of its eLearning Workshop, ‘Be a Citizen Data Scientist – Aspire, Inspire, Become‘. This online course is designed to provide a solid foundation for one’s business and, more importantly, for those members of the team who may be considering as early adopters or champions of the Citizen Data Scientist transformation within their organization.
Whether a business addresses or ignores the Digital Transformation movement, it is here to stay and Dx will change markets and competition. If a business truly wants to embrace Dx, it must be willing to take the necessary steps and engage in a review that touches all corners of the organization. To plan and execute a comprehensive, effective Digital Transformation (Dx) project, the business must consider five points of integration including Technology including Infrastructure, Software, Hardware, Network, Mobility, Enterprise Culture including Process and Analytics, Team Members, Suppliers, Partners, Vendors and Stakeholders, Customers.
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