Digital transformation is no longer an option – it’s a necessity. If businesses want to remain relevant and competitive, they must go digital. And it’s up to their leaders to get them there. CEOs play a critical role in driving digital transformation initiatives within their organizations. But creating a culture open to transformation can be…
What are the Key Factors Driving the Need for Digital Transformation in Today’s Businesses? Several factors are driving today’s digital transformation efforts. Many are familiar. For example, keeping up with customer expectations has been a strategic mainstay since Amazon’s customer obsession became known to the public. And then, of course, remote collaboration tools and big…
If you’re looking for a shortcut, you won’t find one. But, that doesn’t mean there aren’t ways to avoid the slowdowns, detours, and budget overruns that cause projects to stall out. Below, we’ll outline five strategies that will set you up for a smooth and speedy transformation.
Digital transformation (DX) is about leveraging technologies to “transform” processes, culture, and customer experiences so that orgs can meet new challenges and market requirements. “Foundational” ERP elements like unified data, cloud infrastructure, and composable design remain essential building blocks for DX. Those benefits might sound like old news. But the reality is, a lot has…
Over the last, maybe, decade and a half, we’ve watched incumbent retailers, media empires, and entire sectors fall to digital disruptors. Now, many of those “tech-native upstarts” face their own reckonings, as algorithms perpetuate misinformation, stable jobs continue to morph into app-based gigs, and “freemium” subscriptions struggle to make good on ‘billion-dollar valuations.” Despite the…
Digital transformation is no one-size-fits-all affair. DX use cases, strategies, and processes vary dramatically between verticals — and these differences have major implications. In this blog post, we’ll look at digital transformation from the perspective of the different industries we serve.
The CFO sits in the sweet spot where finance meets strategic planning. They’re perfectly positioned to fuel growth and meaningful, sustained change through digital investments. In this guide, we’ll discuss six ways digital transformation has changed the CFO role, and what that means for companies moving forward.
There’s no denying that distributors face an awful lot of pressure. But – the flip side of this is, the industry has been slow to embrace digitalization – which means, distributors that can manage to nail their DX strategies ASAP will be poised to win for years to come.
Here, we outline some of the key ways distributors are using technology to achieve their most critical objectives.
The Microsoft Power Platform allows non-technical users to build apps and websites, automate processes, and analyze and work with data in new ways. These tools democratize data and enable users to activate the data they’re already sitting on. In this article, we’ll look at some of the ways you might use self-serve tools like the Power Platform to ramp up DX efforts and bring the entire team up to speed.
Digital technologies like AI, machine learning, and the IoT are transforming agriculture in profound ways. They’re enabling orgs to take on the challenges that farmers have faced from the very beginning. And – they’re helping growers tackle new ones like climate change, hunger, and an unforgiving regulatory landscape. Under the “agribusiness umbrella” there’s a lot…