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Digitalization

What is digitization and what does it mean in practice?

Digitalization, in most cases, is company-wide and refers to the shift towards digital business models with fundamentally changed processes and forms of organization. This transformation is being driven by technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning and process mining, which enable a more comprehensive understanding of complex processes and automate end-to-end tasks that were previously performed manually.

Digitalization presents a new dimension of dynamic change that is transforming numerous industries. The entrepreneurial objective should not be to resist change, but to proactively shape it. However, despite the dynamism, companies must strategically plan and implement digitalization with an agile methodology to avoid cost and organizational disasters. This is the only way for companies to successfully transform themselves digitally.

In our experience, the following aspects are essential for successful digitalization.

Digitalization is not a passing trend, and due to its broad scope, it must be established as a strategic core responsibility of top management to ensure the company's future success.

Digitization is not solely an IT initiative, but a collaborative effort involving practically all areas of the company - particularly sales.

The fundamental changes must not be left to chance. Despite the dynamic and agile nature of the process, the objectives of digitalization must be clearly defined. A coordinated and prioritized roadmap of digital initiatives is essential for long-term success.

Digitalization requires a different kind of leadership. Leading with target images, coaching autonomous teams and creating the technical ecosystem are the new challenges for top management.

Digital business models also require fundamentally different principles and structures than traditional business. For instance, to significantly increase process speed and automation, business and technical expertise will need to be closely interlinked within the company. These changes will be supported by new forms of organization.

Selected key questions from our clients.

What are the challenges, trends, and opportunities stemming from digitalization in our sector and what have others achieved?

In which areas of our business can we capitalize on new growth potential with digitalization, or how can digitalization help secure our current revenue streams?

How can we shape an attractive service portfolio for our company to optimally benefit from digital opportunities?

How can we organize Digital Units that are capable of rapidly delivering high-quality digital solutions?

How can we cope with the limits of our organization? What are typical show-stoppers? What level of efficiency is possible?

How can our work be influenced by external factors in this dynamic environment?

How can we move our large organization into the digital world and what is the best approach to motivate our teams for the change?

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Our proven methods for successful company digitalization.

Digital service portfolio

We work with our clients to develop a competitive portfolio of digital services that utilizes existing and new opportunities. The implementation of these digital solutions enables significant internal efficiency gains and more successful market penetration.

Digital roadmap

We evaluate current digital activities including a business value assessment, and build specific digital roadmaps – prioritized, focused initiatives with the greatest business impact for the realignment of your company.

Digital leadership models

With our digital leadership model, we implement flexible organizational structures and agile working principles. In this way, we promote a culture of continuous innovation and adaptability in a dynamically changing digital landscape.

Set-up for digital organizational units

For “digital units” with a combination of business and IT experts, we clarify new skills, make-or-buy, responsibilities, processes and the critical interfaces to the “classic” divisions and support the rapid ramp-up.

With the help of our experience and implementation expertise, your company will consistently tap into the digital world!

For over two decades, VP Strategy Advisors experts have supported companies in various industries in addressing strategic questions – including digital trends. Reach out to us!

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Thanks to our long standing history with IBM, in combination with classic strategic expertise, our clients have from very early on involved us in the creation of digital strategies and complementary organizational models. They greatly value that our experts understand business as well as IT and integrate both optimally to develop digital solutions and organizational structures.

Dr. Michael Veitinger

Senior Partner

michael.veitinger@vp-sa.com

+49 170 7862087

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