"Can't buy" digital transformation, each family's "LEGO" is different

The basic bricks of Lego blocks are countable , But the final products are endless . The same is true for digital transformation , Even if it's the same technology 、 Business 、 Data platform , Infinite possibilities can also be built in the hands of different users .

2013 year , Germany first proposed “ Industry 4.0” The concept of , In the years that followed ,“ Industry 4.0” as well as “ Number twin ” Technology has gradually been widely used in medical industry and academia 、 Agriculture 、 In many industries other than manufacturing, such as education . In the view of many scholars , Humans are entering “ Industry 4.0”—— The fourth industrial revolution era .

Following the steam age 、 The age of electricity 、 After the era of information technology , The all digital age is about to emerge . Mapping the real world to the digital world with a series of new information technologies , And use artificial intelligence and big data technology to deduce and simulate , Provide decision-making reference for enterprises , And effectively improve the accuracy of enterprise decision-making , So as to promote business growth . In most descriptions of digital transformation , We can all get a similar explanation .

In the first year of the Academy 《2021 Eight development trends of enterprise digital transformation 》 in , Made it clear “ Zhongtai will become a new generation of enterprises IT The main mode of Architecture .”IT Business , Reshaping the business model with digital technology 、 Change the profit model . In terms of business architecture design , The design of the middle desk is to delay the huge change of the front desk business , Leave enough room for background management control . The operation plan of the backstage can be reused through the middle stage , Continuously enable the expansion of front office business .

With ERP As the core of the tradition IT Architecture has obviously lagged behind the times . The original tightly coupled process needs to be decoupled , And recombine according to different application scenarios . The demand for microservice architecture is stronger , Let the original scattered and repeated function settings and management processes be reorganized and integrated , Continue to play an intensive role 、 Shared operational advantages . meanwhile , After a long period of operation, the enterprise management system has accumulated a large amount of data , Will be further excavated , Better play the role of data value .

The middle office architecture is the business requirement of the enterprise , It is also the realization of new IT Technical solution of architecture .“ Business Center + Data center ” The integration platform connects customers, suppliers and tax authorities , Internal communication ERP The system predicts in real time 、 A lot of calculations such as cost allocation , Generate more real-time for managers 、 More accurate management reporting , And can be associated with the original business process and data . Enterprises are no longer satisfied with the shackles and fetters of the original system , We need a new framework that fully meets the needs of the development of the times 、 New system 、 New products . China Taiwan architecture has become a new generation of enterprises IT The main mode of Architecture , Meet the needs of enterprises for business process reengineering and data value mining .

Amazon's “ accident ” success

In RAM . Charan's 《 Bezos' digital empire 》 There is such a description in a Book ： Bezos, the head of Amazon, never adopts opinions without data support . Amazon has therefore established a management model driven by data analysis .AWS As a business born from a retail e-commerce company , It has become the most well-known and rapidly growing business of Amazon in the past decade , Can we say it's a “ accident ” Well ？

In some descriptions , Digital transformation and digital economy seem to be a panacea for thousands of industries . It can not only accelerate the core business of the enterprise , Even looking for new business growth points like Amazon in the digital process . But in fact , This is only one possibility . In embracing the digital age , First of all, it should be clear “ Digitization ” It's the means ,“ The transformation of ” That's the purpose . The situation of enterprises varies , Adjusting measures to local conditions is the key for enterprises to implement digital transformation .

Digital transformation , It may be more difficult than thought

American database company Couchbase In recent years, a series of surveys related to the digital transformation of enterprises show that ：2017 year , Yes 90% Of respondents said they often talked about the great potential of digital projects , But in most cases, these projects have not brought real change . And in the next two years , The figures are 80% And 73%, This shows that more and more enterprises are beginning to enjoy digital dividends . Besides , Yes 58％ Of respondents agreed that digital projects optimize workflow ; Yes 50% Of respondents said that customer experience and employee productivity have been improved .

Here's the thing to watch , Yes 52% Of respondents said their digital transformation process was driven by IT Department led , Only 36％ Of respondents said the strategy was developed by executives .Couchbase Express , Even though IT The team played an important role in this process , But relevant leaders need to play a more active role , In order to completely change and benefit the whole enterprise .

stay Couchbase About “ Challenges of digital transformation ” Research shows , about 40％ Of respondents said that the implementation technology of digital transformation is complex ,32％ Indicates a lack of resource costs ,31％ Indicates a lack of skills ,30％ The representation of still relies on traditional technology . meanwhile , In the first year of science and technology's research on Chinese enterprises, similar results were obtained ： personnel 、 Resource cost 、 Data and technology are the four major challenges hindering digital transformation .

personnel ： Obvious digital talent gap , Talents who are familiar with business and can control digital application design are scarce resources in the whole industry . At the same time, throughout the cycle of digital transformation , Still need a lot of technicians .

Resource cost ： In the early stage of digital transformation project, it is usually necessary to reconstruct the existing system , The workload of connecting the old and new systems is large , It involves a lot of resource cost investment , At the same time, the transformation results are uncertain .

data ： The enterprise has insufficient capacity to develop and process relevant production data , Only the data can be simply collected , It is difficult to integrate relevant data into the whole production system to create greater value .

technology ： The vast majority of enterprises still rely on traditional ERP Such as system , For the new IT Not familiar with architecture and Technology .

More and more enterprises have come to realize that in order to get enough return from digital transformation , Enterprises must start these projects in an appropriate way . Transformation is ultimately achieved through the correct application of people and Technology , Therefore, enterprises must have the technical and business skills to make the transformation truly successful . It needs to be driven by the whole enterprise as a strategic task , Not just by IT Team to achieve .

The key to digital transformation is to build new functions quickly 、 Judge the effectiveness of the new feature , And make improvements based on feedback and using agile methods . Enterprises use new technologies to drive the transformation of modifying and improving their business , In order to better serve customers . Low code platform will make the enterprise become an agile 、 Digital Enterprise , So that enterprises have the competitiveness of the next generation of innovation , Whether to complete the digital transformation is the key factor for enterprises to obtain a leading position in the market competition , Quickly create business system based on rapidly changing market demand , Accelerating digital transformation is the key for enterprises IT The top priority of construction . As a service provider providing digital transformation support for large enterprises , The first year is based on many years in the enterprise IT Technical practice in construction , Combine cloud native 、 Microservice architecture 、 Metadata management and artificial intelligence , Created a new generation of intelligent low code platform in the first year .

Whether the enterprise is ready for digital transformation ？

For most businesses , When making up your mind to start digital transformation, you might as well consider the following aspects ：

1、 Changes in business value perception

The digital maturity of economic activities is increasing , The underlying logic of enterprise value creation has been transformed , Digital transformation should re judge the business value based on digitization . From a digital perspective , Re sort out the enterprise's end-to-end value chain .

2、 Whether the path of digital transformation in the enterprise is clear

Different departments , Different roles have different understanding of digital transformation , There are different interests . Digital transformation involves a wide range , It can not be achieved overnight , It's hard to be plain sailing , Need overall planning 、 Step by step implementation 、 To advance in an orderly way .

3 、 Whether the internal data governance of the enterprise is perfect

The existing data fusion effect of the enterprise , Whether to build a unified data model , Whether to collect the data of the physical world , perception , And conduct intelligent analysis .

Today, cloud computing has become the most important infrastructure in the process of digital transformation , and “ Cloud native ” As the hottest technology architecture in the field of cloud computing in recent years , Showing a growing trend , And promote the continuous innovation and development of enterprises in the digital wave . The real cloud is not just infrastructure and platforms , Applications also need to change , Abandon the traditional soil method , In architecture design 、 The development way 、 All phases and aspects such as deployment and maintenance are based on the characteristics of cloud , The redesign , So as to build a new cloud application .

To adapt to this change, it is necessary to innovate from the platform level , By microservices 、DevOps、 Continuous delivery 、 Containerization and other key features together constitute the primary cloud , So as to solve the problems in all aspects of software engineering . Cloud native is not the exclusive technology of a few large enterprises , More and more enterprises are embracing it , Enjoy the technological dividend it brings . With the gradual deepening of cloud in the whole industry , The transformation process of enterprise cloud will also be further accelerated .

First year ECS The platform has a cloud native distributed technology platform 、 Low code rapid development platform and intelligence AI Drive platform ; It can help enterprises effectively improve R & D efficiency , Integrate internal and external business systems , Build a data centric global business system . Combined with the first year 20 Years of management experience and great wisdom cloud technology , Comprehensively upgrade enterprise front-end applications , Help enterprises successfully implement digital transformation .

Digital transformation that can be achieved , Is a successful transformation

As the legendary chairman and CEO of General Electric CEO Jack Welch once talked about GE's success during a visit to China ：“ You know , But we did .” In his autobiography , It describes its own work as ：“ Those who have ideas are heroes . My main job is to find some great ideas from my subordinates , Expand them , And expand them to every corner of the enterprise with the speed of light . I firmly believe that my job is to hold a water tank in one hand , With fertilizer in one hand , Make all places lush .”

The reason why leading enterprises in the industry become leaders , Not because you know more , It's that they move faster . On the road of enterprise digital transformation , Low code platform is an important cornerstone for rapid chemical reaction between business and data .

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