The future has come, and the factors are intelligent. With the rapid development of information technology, digital transformation has become the core engine for the development of all walks of life, which is changing the direction of industry development and giving birth to a new era dominated by informatization, digitalization and intelligent applications.
In this regard, how should entrepreneurs grasp the opportunities and respond to the challenges?As the backbone of digital transformation, what are the "minds" of enterprise CIOs?
As a leading enterprise in the field of enterprise digital transformation, SIE has been committed to promoting the exploration and practice of digital transformation and upgrading of the industry and technological innovation. In order to share the new opportunities of the digital and information era with entrepreneurs and friends, create value and win-win development, SIE has specially launched the "Star CIO Lounge" ** interview column, inviting CIOs from different industries and enterprises to come to the program to share the practice in digital transformation, work together to learn industry experience, and release the lighthouse effect.
The first issue of "Star CIO Lounge".Interview Topics:
This interview focuses on the original intention and practice of enterprise digital transformation, what bottlenecks enterprises encounter in the development process and what are the "antidotes" of digitalization, and what obstacles will they encounter in the practice of transformationHow can these puzzles be solved?
The first issue of "Star CIO Lounge" was created by SIE and Panorama Network, and joined hands with the leading enterprises in two major industries, namely BATF in the chemical industry and Sunrise East in the new energy home appliance industry, to answer and explore the way of efficient growth of enterprises in the era of digital transformation.
Interviewees
Liu Guohua, Vice President of SIE Information and President of China Market Center
He is an expert in enterprise informatization construction and a distinguished lecturer of Sun Yat-sen University. He has served as the chairman, president and chief financial officer of a number of listed companiesHe is the author of "100 Episodes of In-depth Interpretation of Huawei's Management Model" and "In-depth Interpretation of Midea's Management Model".
Deng Yunwen, IT Director of BATF
He has participated in the overall planning of BATF's informatization and digitalization, and promoted the construction of five major operating systems, four major management platforms and two major technology platforms to support the capabilities of each link of BATF's core value chain.
Xu Guangyao, Director of Sunrise Oriental Digital Intelligence
With 21 years of relevant work experience in informatization and digital intelligence, he has promoted the construction and operation of dozens of digital systems such as SAP ERP and PDMHe has rich experience in digital intelligence strategic management, process optimization, data operation, and intelligent manufacturing.
Interview moments
Topic 1: The Philosophy of Enterprise Digital TransformationLiu Guohua:Digital transformation requires a change of thinking. There are two aspects of changing thinking, one is called historical thinking, the other is called philosophical thinking, and the vast majority of enterprises adopt historical thinking. Historical thinking is a zero-sum game, standing on opposite sides of each other, while philosophical thinking is symbiotic and win-win.
Topic 2: What bottlenecks do enterprises encounter and decide to do digital transformation?Deng Yunwen:Whether it is business change or digital transformation, the entire chain pull through process must be continuously iterated, optimized, and executed, and then reviewed, and the process is relatively long.
Xu Guangyao:In the process of benchmarking, you will find that the requirements of products for research and development, quality, delivery time, efficiency, etc., are actually very dynamic changes with our competitors.
Topic 3: Why choose SIE as a partner?Deng Yunwen:SIE's capabilities in the field of manufacturing systems are among the top in China. Whether it is a case or the precipitation of industry experience, I think it is very good. SIE is also a local enterprise, and its understanding of the customization of our domestic enterprises is also in place.
Xu Guangyao:In the past two years, we have focused on the entire intelligent manufacturing system to improve quality, reduce costs and increase efficiency, which is why we chose to cooperate with SIE. We hope to choose a more mature, reliable, leading partner in the industry, and at the same time can accompany us to grow together to make up for our previous shortcomings.
Topic 4: As a service provider of the enterprise, has SIE encountered any problems in the process of service implementation?Liu Guohua:The ability of a business to convert is a challenge. There is a gap between the solutions and methods we make and the company's own understanding, and it depends on whether the company can translate the methods provided by consulting companies and information companies into its own language. In addition, many enterprises elevate information transformation to the IT department, and the business department is a bystander. I hope everyone realizes that digital transformation is not about technology first, but business first. In the process of enterprise digital transformation, it must be the business to assume the first-level responsibility, and IT to cooperate with the business department to achieve the final technology implementation, only in this way can the information transformation be truly used in the enterprise.
Topic 5: What kind of difficulties or stuck points have enterprises had in the process of digital transformation?Deng Yunwen:For example, data combing, all kinds of master data, customer data, business data, material data, product data, information, etc., is a very difficult piece.
Xu Guangyao:In the process of continuous operation of digital systems, there is a significant increase in entropy. For example, if a system has been in operation for more than ten years since it was launched, it will slowly turn from the original order at the beginning of the launch to partial disorder, and it needs to continue to reduce entropy.
Topic 6: What are the digital achievements of your enterprise?Xu Guangyao:Effectiveness is divided into direct and indirect. First of all, digital thinking and ability, our enterprise from the high-level, middle-level to grass-roots, has a certain foundation of digital thinking, and recognizes the investment and return of digitalization. The second is the level of capability, which is a huge improvement over the organizational structure, the ability to allocate personnel, and the efficiency of operation.
Deng Yunwen:It has realized the centralized control of the group, such as facilitating the circulation of our reports, and the efficiency has been greatly improved. The second is to unify the standards, such as unifying all the accounting subjects of the subsidiaries and all kinds of master data, so as to facilitate our management in all regions of the country.
About BATF
Founded in 2000, BATF has become Asia's largest integrated enterprise group of water-based emulsion research, production and sales, with an annual revenue of more than 10 billion yuan, providing water-based coating solutions for downstream coating brands such as Nippon Paint, Aksu Taikoo, 3Trees, Bards, and Carberry.
About Sunrise in the East
Sunrise East is a listed technology enterprise group founded in 1999, with the mission of "Clean World, Better Life", and its main business includes: solar thermal, air energy heat pumps, energy storage batteries, optical storage system integration, kitchen appliances, water purifiers, etc. The group has industry brands or enterprises such as "Sun Rain", "Four Seasons Muge" and "Shuaikang".