The strategy, trust and commitment to succeed in digital transformation

Companies 15 years ago thought that configuration such as internal storage, firewalls and virtual area networks was going to be much more technical, and now those same companies have complete engineering equipment dedicated to the creation of applications and services.

Many companies have wanted to evolve and enter digital transformation , be it a footwear company that already uses applications to enhance electronic commerce, or large companies that create technology to boost their sales both in physical and online, or manufacturers of large equipment that create technological service and/or autonomous tractors.

Digital transformation requires a change that for many companies is very difficult to survive and compete. But many companies have failed to give importance to digital transformation and have created a disastrous result.

When a digital business transformation is carried out, the success percentages are very high and very difficult to fail in the attempt, but when the project stagnates it is a symptom that something will go wrong. Next, we will talk about some obstacles and how to overcome them.

To manage the digital transformation project well, it is necessary to structure it and go from the base to the top of the pyramid. The first thing about any company leaders are set before starting digital transformation and structuring is how they can help employees understand the process. If, for example, a group of clinical employees think that the project is only a fashion that must be followed, the sure thing is that for them it is a fashion and passenger without any success on the way and making wrong decisions can lead you to failure, an example of this is the post we write about “ Kodak, from success to ruin ”

It is important that entrepreneurs realize that the digital transformation project requires a cultural change together with a change of procedure. The keys begin to ask if your employees understand the change and evolution of the new role they play with the digital transformation that you are entering and if they really want to participate in it.

In order for digital transformation to have a good strategy to combat the problems is to ensure that each organization involved in the change has internal leaders, which are a point of union with other people. But these leaders must perform their duties, such as understanding why digital transformation is important for the company and having a motivation to be able to infect it. These two keys are important so that the digital transformation of the company is successful in its implementation process.

But what can the project motivate the people involved? Many companies make the launch of a project into a great production, but then some entrepreneurs try to bring together their employees and want to know how much this project will affect, some companies cancel the project and others will continue regardless of spending. How to encourage people who want to continue with digital transformation?

An example is a company that I do not want to say its name for legal issues. The company had several distributed environments and among all used 5 different operating systems. The department elected which operating system were going to use and therefore the large number of operating systems of the entire company. For company applications it did not affect him, since it was compatible with all operating systems, however, the computer department had n+1 ways of doing things. The audits, security controls and backups must adapt to each operating system. Over time the digital transformation project ended without success since it generated huge costs, both the amount of money and the wasted time, opening other problems.

The company took 9 years to move from 5 main operating systems to simply have 2. To solve what they decided was to standardize. Reducing variations will make the digital transformation of companies reduce change. For large companies, implementing a standardization is a great effort that requires processes and can have been for years. But in general, if companies renounce important things to focus on digital transformation over time, less technological aspects will have to be evolved and advance as changes occur.

Decisions are difficult and in the digital transformation of your company has no shortcuts. If you are dragging the variability, the project will have obstacles that will take you to disaster. Standards must be optimized globally acting as a tool to reduce variation, reducing adaptations.

There are many companies that want to be the best without being willing to change anything.

There is no budget for those things! We are not letting us buy those things! You are not willing to pay so much!

Many people do not like to invest, they are reluctant or look for other strategies and tools that will surely not lead to a digital transformation suitable for the company.

The change is constant and entrepreneurs must assume it sooner or later.

If you want to make a digital transformation of your company Gowtech is at your entire disposition, ask us and we will help you delighted. Trust the change, trust Gowtech.