One thing is certain: no piecework can tolerate digital transformation. Despite rapid changes, the building blocks of connectivity, infrastructure and security must not neglect one. Find out what a holistic digitalization approach looks like.
Transformation is a permanent topic in companies of all industries today. Among 300 decision-makers worldwide, 74 percent of them consider the current pace of change to be "unprecedented. Nearly one in two expects their respective industries to change more by 2023 than ever before. In the automotive, engineering and aerospace industries, as many as 85 percents believe that artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things and data-based business models will completely reform their businesses.
Thomas van Zütphen explains what this means in concrete terms for those affected in his top story "Four Stones to Marvel at" in issue 02/2019 of the T-Systems magazine "Best Practice". He compares the strategic task of the IT manager with the computer game Tetris. In the IT context, this involves the components of infrastructure, connectivity, and security. Digitalization as a whole forms the cement that holds these building blocks together. Only when everything fits together perfectly digital transformation can have a good chance of success. If one of the blocks proves to be unstable, the entire construction is at risk.
Structured approach
It is essential to take a holistic view of the digital transformation process. Isolated solutions do not bring the hoped-for success.
Unfortunately, this principle is all too often neglected. According to a worldwide Digital Performance Index, which is based on a survey of 343 leading companies from eight industries, in 2018 only six percent of companies succeeded in improving their financial performance or even generating new growth with their digital investments. The vast majority, on the other hand, achieved no visible added value on the balance sheet.
Cooperation with partners increasingly important
Internal value creation processes, redesigning customer interaction, expanding product and service offerings through data-based applications, and developing new business models are essential components of any digitization strategy. A proof of concept can be found below.
The example of Krones, the beverage line manufacturer, also shows how digital transformation can look concretely in everyday life. The traditional Upper Palatinate company is one of the market leaders in beverage bottling. Worldwide, every fourth beverage bottle is filled on a Krones line - in Europe even every second. However, the company from Neutraubling near Regensburg is not resting on its laurels, but it is currently developing into a global player for industry 4.0 security.
With its Syskron brand, the provider has specialized in the digitization of production and communication processes and, in cooperation with partners such as T-Systems, offers security workshops for customers, securely integrates existing customer systems into industry 4.0 concepts and also takes care of internal IT security in offices and factory buildings.
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