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Digital Economy
The world of business and services has changed rapidly the last ten years. And there is no argument against that. Our physical economy has gained its counterpart, the digital economy. Ten years ago people used to call it “the second economy“. Well nowadays we can be sure in calling it the first.
There has been a separation between the physical and digital product. We search for, look at and buy nowadays the digital product while the physical product will be delivered some other time. And services are handled completely in the digital world nowadays. And in both cases it is expected that it will grow even more because of the progress made with the learning computer.
Take for exemple a diagnosis in the medical world, it has become almost completely visual with photo’s, scans etc. The computer now starts to make better judgments than humans, resulting in better and more accurate diagnosis. And also the financial world has become almost completely digital. Look at your own interactions with your bank. And in the stockexchange there are computers dealing completely autonomous. The average stockposition nowadays is three minutes!
The information now crosses the borders of the organisation without the need for a product or a human to interfere. Specifications of products are now delivered digitally from suppliers. For one of our customers we collect this at night from suppliers based in Germany and Sweden. They provide their data by putting this data online. And every night we “ask” these computers if they have got something that is new.
This is done by the use op APIs. You have probably heard this term before. We have the opinion that every should know what these are, because they are becoming an essential part of this new economy.
Every morning our client looks whether there is interesting new data that is fit to add to his own existing article database. And if that is the case and added, then it goes to his clients via his own API.
“It is not the strongest of the species that survives,
nor the most intelligent that survives.
It is the one that is the most adaptable to change”
– Charles Darwin –
Digital Strategy
The ideal situation is when an organisation only has to monitor the whole process. And that directly has to do with the added value. Is this added value than still the same? The value chain has become a data or information chain (the content chain)
Two elements are at the base of this digital change and the shift in relationships that arise when you add value.
Transactional costs become lower and lower and the marginal costs go to zero.
Next to this you see a short video by McKinsey which explains “digital strategy” in simple terms. However it has a high information density. Looking at it more than once can help.
The original you will find here: Digital strategy
Added value
As told above we have the huge reduction of marginal costs and this means that for a lot of companies nowadays it is absolute necessary to think about (their) added value. Market ratios and market structures are changing rapidly. For rethinking we advise to use the Business Model Canvas. With this method you are forced to view all parts individually and in relation to one another. Mind that in order to use this tool properly it is necessary to go through it approximately 30 times. And this must be done with several people. For everyone individually and than together. A most effective method for a ‘brainstorm’. Indvidually everyone can be free to express his or her ideas. And by joining together you have all the points of view in order to quickly judge all ideas and have them elaborated. The most important concepts in the Canvas are “Value Propositions” (the value that can be created) and the “Customers” (all kinds of buyers). And you especially look at the relationships among them. Because when there is none, than there is no Business Model. And so there is no viable company, product, service or plan. We do such sessions also for our clients. Just to give them new and different points of view and to force let them think out of the box. We can also put up such a session for you or your organization.
Decision Journey
Customer relations and the channels and contacts you need are very well explained by a new and important model by McKinsey. “The consumer decision journey”
In this time when business-to-business trade with the internet becomes more and more the same like consumer trade, this model is the one that everyone should use. It is clear that the whole purchasingprocess is now completely different. And with it comes a complete new sort of marketing, namely digital marketing. This new way of thinking means that you actually have to completely transform the company.
Digital Innovation
The most important thing is that you have to be present at the decisionmaking process of your client. More and more this means that you must be present on his or her smartphone. For example for one of our clients it meant that we had to make the complete webshop in responsive design. The webshop is then visible and functional on every device from desktop, tablet to smartphone. And this webshop is then used for retaining all data and the client keeps up all his products and offers.
And there is also an App which adds more functions. For example a consumer can scan the product and immediately can place the right order. And there is no necessity to have a connection with the internet. Further in time we synchronise with the webshop when there again is a connection. The webshop stays at the focalpoint, but now we are always present for the consumer.
Management Sessions
Strategic Advice
For management at companies we have have developed special knowledge transfer sessions. In two sessions you and your staff get this new reality in view. And with it comes our rich experiences and the possibilty to look inside other trades and industries. Just to give you different points of view which can be enlightening. These are new ideas and thoughts which provide a mental journey for you. And in time they will certainly fall in place.
This new digital reality takes time for everyone to get acquainted with. To put this reality next to your own company and situation we can make a strategies plan if you wish. Someone from outside your company is then best suited to put your situation into this perspective. And with it comes that a pair of fresh eyes can make it easier for you to make the necessary changes within the company. The businessadvisor can look at and tell things which you inside the organization don’t want to do. Mainly in order not to overthrow existing structures and relationships at once.
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