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Digital transformation is a strategic challenge, and where to turn and how to turn must be considered from two dimensions.
One dimension is the depth of change, and the other is the breadth of change, and from these two dimensions, four digital transformation strategies can be determined, including lean transformation, enhanced transformation, innovative transformation, and leapfrog transformation.
Here we focus on the lean transformation strategy, which is the model that most enterprises will adopt, and there are three main points to grasp:
The first is scenario prioritization planning to find important, much-needed, short-term visible effects as a starting point for transformation.
The second is to give full play to the power of the bottom up, the backbone of each department has the deepest understanding of the scenario, and knows how to succeed, of course, they need to work closely with their colleagues at the data technology level.
The third is "effect visualization", when the digital activity of each scene is successful, even if it is a phased success, its effect and value must be disseminated through visualization, which can prove the value of digitalization and improve the recognition and support of change.
The strength that enterprises should have in digital transformation
There are two important factors to consider when choosing a transformation method: one is its own strength, and the other is the stability of the external industry, and enterprises must consider internal and external conditions to choose the strategy and path of transformation, as shown in the figure below.
The evaluation of industry stability is to observe whether the enterprise has enough time to deal with the problem of transformation, and if the industry is stable, it can be slowly transformed, and the company's own ability status mainly considers the current profitability of the enterprise and whether there is enough money to invest in digital transformation.
If an enterprise has both money and leisure, it can choose a larger range and breadth of transformation, by building a data platform, integrating data resources, and generally carrying out digital applications in various business ends of the enterprise, completely widening the distance from competitors.
If a company has no money and is in an industry of drastic change, then survival is the first priority of the enterprise, making money first is the first choice, in order to make more money first, it is necessary to use data technology to open up the market, such as through more accurate marketing methods and sales expenses, to improve profit margins.
It should be said that digital transformation is not a life-saving medicine, but a medicine for health care, fitness or evolution, so a company on the verge of bankruptcy can not consider using digital transformation to achieve a resurrection, digital transformation is a systematic long-term investment, is a more far-sighted strategic choice of enterprises, when the business is very good and developing rapidly, it is often a good opportunity for digital transformation, if the company has no funds, often human, material, financial resources are under pressure, and more importantly, lack of confidence.
Ten years ago, we had OA and ERP, but with the continuous improvement of enterprise management quality and requirements, a single ERP system may not be able to meet the management needs of some large enterprises, and it is difficult to support modern enterprise data operations.
In this context, an enterprise-level low-code development platform has become the only way for enterprises to digitally transform.
Why go to an enterprise-grade low-code platform?
The purpose of the enterprise-level low-code platform is to ensure that every decision can be implemented reliably and based on evidence, so that enterprises can develop steadily and healthily.
When it comes to low-code development, many people may think of drag-and-drop development, visualization, modularization, automation, etc., but in fact, the enterprise-level low-code platform is a complete set of enterprise-level digital system solutions, the main purpose of which is to improve the efficiency of enterprises to build digital systems, accelerate the innovation and implementation of enterprise digitalization, and integrate the internal system data of the enterprise, integrate the main business system data, so as to strengthen information sharing, business analysis, and assist management decision-making.
In order to improve efficiency, reduce risks, and optimize management, enterprises often want to use the value of data and empower business, but many enterprises have more and more data, but there are few that can be used for decision-making support.
In addition, even if the IT department of the enterprise has built a data management application center, these multi-dimensional data generally come from multiple sets of business systems such as sales, CRM, ERP, OA, etc., which are scattered in different IT systems, and it is difficult for traditional systems to solve this kind of data island, let alone tap the potential data value. This requires an enterprise-level low-code platform to build a digital system to integrate this data and solve the problem caused by "data silos", that is, to become a connector between the various systems of the enterprise.
In general, through the enterprise-level low-code development platform to build a digital system, enterprises can continuously collect and analyze internal and external data, combined with the support of big data analysis systems or data warehouse platforms, to achieve preliminary data mining capabilities, and finally provide data decision-making through visualization and multi-angle interactive analysis capabilities to achieve business empowerment and enterprise growth.
What kind of enterprise is suitable for low-code development platforms?
The enterprise-level low-code platform is by no means available to everyone, before recognizing the specific situation, of course, you can't go to the enterprise-level low-code without saying a word, and the business management system built by domestic enterprises can be basically divided into three situations:
- Enterprises know their own data problems and choose the enterprise management system according to the right medicine, so as to make the digital transformation of the enterprise more complete.
- Enterprises feel that everyone else is on a low-code platform, and they have a set of their own, and they don't know what the problems of the enterprise are, and such a low-code platform can only solve part of the problem;
- Enterprises are still struggling with the rapid improvement of efficiency after others use low-code platforms, and this situation must be carried out on low-code platforms to carry out a comprehensive upgrade of enterprise digitalization.
For the second and third types of enterprises, in fact, the actual situation of each enterprise is different, and each company has its own difficulties or confusions. For example, the company has a lot of business systems, the cost of manual work in parallel is high and error-prone, and the data of each business is not unified, which needs to be unified and standardized.
Some enterprises have deployed heavy-duty traditional ERP systems, which are generally common in traditional enterprises, and leaders still rely on patting their heads to make decisions, so they can choose a self-service enterprise-level low-code development platform such as Zhixin Informat.
For example, some manufacturing factories and enterprises that use manual bookkeeping, the cost of transformation is very high, and the more they do not transform in time, the more backward they will be, and they will fall into a vicious circle.
Sharing at the end of the article: Core Flow Chart of Enterprise Digital Transformation (Recommended Collection)
In the process of digital transformation, traditional enterprises are mainly divided into three levels:
- Digitization of basic people, events, and process mechanisms, including HR, finance, etc.;
- Digitization of core business processes, including R&D, production, supply chain, warehousing, etc.;
- Customer-centric touchpoint digitalization, sales, after-sales, operations, service, etc.
These three levels will progresse with the depth and breadth of enterprise digital transformation, starting with basic processes and gradually penetrating into core business and user touchpoints.
- Informatization in depth first - abolish offline processes;
- Then there is digitalization - the ability of data to form basic analysis;
- Intelligent – Data-driven business decisions.
Process combing is the core of B-end products, if even the process is not objective and credible, how can we require the product to be usable and easy to use?
Therefore, the so-called business analysis, understanding the core players, the main business activities, and the key processes is the first step.
With the development of enterprise business and the difference in the digital process, there will be many differences in the process mechanism, and the process here is only for illustration, and the real implementation needs to be accurately designed according to the actual situation of the enterprise.
ERP is the first stop of digitalization, and today I will interpret several core processes of mainstream ERP to help you understand the thinking logic of digital products.
OK, let's start with basic digital capabilities, starting with personnel, finance, marketing, product development, production, procurement, and warehousing, and understand some basic processes.
1. Personnel management process
The main contents of modern enterprise personnel management include human resource planning, employee recruitment and appointment, employee training, salary and welfare, performance appraisal and rewards and punishments, attendance and leave, personnel files, labor contract management and other aspects. In each aspect, the enterprise should establish a corresponding process, process and standardize some routine procedures in personnel work, ensure that the personnel work is implemented in place, and ensure that the work of the enterprise can be carried out smoothly.
(1) General flow chart of personnel management
(2) Employee recruitment and hiring management process
(3) Employee training management process
(4) Employee attendance management process
(5) Employee performance management process
(6) Employee compensation management process
(7) Employee file management process
(8) Employee labor contract management process
2. Financial management process
The finance department is one of the core departments of the enterprise, and the implementation effect of the work of the finance department directly affects whether the managers can make correct decisions, and also affects the work process of other departments of the enterprise. In order to make the work of the finance department faster and more efficient, the finance department should use a process-oriented perspective for financial management.
(1) Financial budget workflow
(2) Expense reimbursement management process
(3) Accounts payable management process
(4) Accounts receivable management process
(5) Fund-raising business management process
(6) Accounting process of accounting vouchers
(7) Internal financial audit workflow
(8) Daily tax management process
3. Market research management process
Market research and forecasting is an important part of modern marketing activities, as the starting point of marketing activities, it is beneficial for enterprises to make scientific decisions. Therefore, as a business manager, we should pay attention to and establish an effective market research process.
(1) Market research workflow
(2) Market forecast management process
(3) Market research program design process
(4) Market research questionnaire design process
4. Product R&D management process
Excellent product development process can shorten the product development cycle, improve product development productivity, increase product life cycle revenue, reduce development waste, enhance market competitiveness, and can improve the utilization rate of R&D resources and reduce R&D costs.
(1) The basic process of product development
(2) Product R&D project establishment and planning process
(3) Product R&D evaluation process
5. Procurement management process
Procurement management includes the procurement plan, the issuance of the purchase requisition, the implementation, the receipt of goods, the inspection and warehousing to the whole process of procurement settlement, the procurement department needs to closely track and supervise the status of each link of the logistics movement in the procurement process, so as to achieve the scientific management of the implementation of the enterprise procurement activities.
(1) The overall process of procurement management
(2) Purchase requisition management process
(3) Procurement inquiry management process
(4) Procurement contract management process
(5) Procurement return management process
(6) Bidding and procurement flow chart
6. Production management process
Establishing and improving the production management process can effectively solve these problems, reduce unnecessary links in production management, provide production efficiency, and then enhance the competitiveness of enterprises.
(1) Production order management process
(2) Production plan management process
(3) Production material requisition process
(4) Production operation progress control process
(5) Product inspection workflow
(6) Nonconforming product management workflow
(7) Production equipment use management process
(8) Safety production management process
7. Warehouse management process
In fact, warehousing has an immeasurable role in the process of business operation, it can regulate the changes in procurement, production, sales and other links due to the inconsistency of supply and demand varieties and quantities, so that production, marketing and purchase can be smoothly and effectively connected, which is a solid backing for the overall benefit of the enterprise.
(1) The material warehousing management process of production-oriented enterprises
(2) The warehousing management process of non-production enterprises
(3) Material storage location management process
(4) The management process of "finished products" of goods
(5) Warehouse inventory management process
(6) Warehouse safety management process
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