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June 07, 2023

Traditional manufacturing companies, do you know truth about digital transformation?

With normalization of policies such as local and state support for digital transformation of enterprises, China's manufacturing industry, especially small and medium-sized manufacturing industries, has found itself at a crossroads of development, and enterprises are increasingly interested in digital transformation. However, in process of implementing digital transformation, we will face problem of complexity of implementing digitalization in practice. At this time, many business leaders and relevant decision makers will think about it. It is obvious that company has invested a lot of effort, material resources and financial resources, and has chosen software product with highest degree of compliance when choosing products, but why can't it be implemented? Let's see what digital transformation is:

Traditional manufacturing companies, do you know truth about digital transformation?
1. Transformation is driven by people, not businesses

In general, a system designed for digital transformation is just a management tool, do not expect it to solve all problems. It is based on a shift in mindset and needs to use data-driven thinking to address problems and run business. Especially data-driven leadership mindset and creation of digital leadership capabilities. Data driven thinking, ability to find opportunities and challenges based on data.

2. Everything starts with reality

Digital transformation is not something that can be done overnight, it is an ongoing process. In some enterprises, informatization base is weak, and enterprise data is completely recorded in form of manual records or tables. If you want to break through barriers of informatization, then process of digital transformation will take at least 3-5 years, and maybe longer. Digital transformation is a process of constantly discovering and solving problems, so enterprises must take transformation step by step, formulate reasonable goals, implement small steps and run fast.

3. Ability or ability

In addition to changing mode of thinking. Businesses must also have digital capabilities. For example, ability to detect opportunities or problems through data, ability to analyze data, and ability to use digital systems are key to comprehensive capabilities of a professional team.

4. Transformation Requires Full Participation

The goal of digital transformation leadership is to prevent enterprise from being eliminated in current background and losing its original core competitiveness. In process of continuous development, enterprise must continue to self-innovate and replace blood, and cannot be stopped at forefront. It must be raised to level of corporate strategy. This should be thought and implemented by entire enterprise. Only by integrating digital thinking mode into business, digitalization of enterprise can achieve results.

Traditional manufacturing companies, do you know truth about digital transformation?
5. File management is non-trivial

Standardized document management is an issue that most manufacturing companies need to address. Transformation doesn't happen overnight. It often starts with little things like attendance and document management. Documents such as work instructions, external documents, and production reports are key to enterprise quality management. In ISO Wisdom IoT document management system, entire life cycle of documents, such as uploading, process approval, issuing, borrowing, and archiving controlled documents, requires very important to product output and enterprise value to manage it with systematic tools. Transformation starts with small things, starting with document management.