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I. what is digitalization

If we want to have a more in-depth understanding of what digitization is, we must first understand the predecessor of digitalization-informatization.

Informatization is a relatively early concept. The concept of informatization originated in Japan in the 1960s. It was first put forward by the Japanese scholar Tadao Umesao, and then was translated into English and spread to the West. The concept of "information society" and "informatization" was widely used in the western society in the late 1970s.

In the entry of "informatization" in Baidu Encyclopedia, informatization is defined as:

It represents an ideal state in which information technology is highly applied and information resources are highly shared, so that the potential of human intelligence and social material resources can be brought into full play, and individual behavior, organizational decision-making and social operation tend to be rationalized. At the same time, informatization is also a continuous process of using IT to transform the traditional economic and social structure on the basis of the development of IT industry and the diffusion of IT in various departments of social economy.

Since information technology is productive forces, productive forces will determine the relations of production, and the development of productive forces will inevitably promote the progress of relations of production. And this definition is very close to the current core understanding of digitization: reshaping organizational relations and mode of production through digital technology.

In his book "Digital Survival" (Being Digital) published in 1996, American scholar Negroponte mentioned the vision of the future: human beings live in a virtual and digital living activity space, in which people use digital and information technology to engage in information dissemination, communication, study, work and other activities.

Although the book was full of science fiction at that time, Negroponte was also called a futurist, but today, many of the descriptions in the book have become a reality, and the digital transformation of enterprises that we talk about today is only part of this "prophecy"-the work of people in a digital environment.

In a broad sense, digitalization emphasizes the reshaping of business by digital technology. Information technology capability (the more advanced and popular term should be called digital technology capability) is no longer just to solve the problem of reducing cost and increasing efficiency of enterprises. but should become the core force of business model innovation and breakthrough.

Through the synthesis of the above understanding, it is not difficult to see that, from the implementation level, the understanding of "digitization" is still the continuation of "informatization", not a new concept. Digitization is to enhance the data processing ability of enterprises on the basis of the integration of information, so as to further increase the efficiency of enterprises.

Second, what is the digital transformation?

Digital transformation is the use of digital technology (such as big data, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, etc.) to promote enterprise organizations to change business model, organizational structure, corporate culture and other reform measures, such as the derived concepts of intelligent manufacturing, smart city and so on.

Digital transformation is the same as big data, is a bit big and a little virtual concept, mapped to the direct landing, relatively approachable concept is data management, but also many enterprises are implementing measures.

Such as corporate finance, sales, marketing and other business itself has a strong demand for data analysis, leaders are also tired of looking at a stack of reports, but also want to see concluding data. If the application of personal or a problem is called data analysis, then put into the business level of the enterprise to assist management to produce benefits can be called data management.

Looking back a few years ago, enterprises to do information summed up is the implementation of ERP system, financial system, human resources system, customer relationship management (CRM) system and so on. These information projects have a common feature, that is, the organizational structure, business processes, and operation models of the enterprise are solidified in the form of software systems, so that the relevant employees, materials, equipment, funds and other elements of the enterprise revolve around the solidified software system.

If enterprise managers find that the existing software system is not suitable for the current business, they will implement process changes and other measures to optimize the existing software system, so informatization is more to support the business.

After the implementation of information technology, the relevant elements of the enterprise, such as people, materials, equipment, funds and so on, operate around the solidified software system, but the actual operation of these elements in the daily operation of the enterprise is not very clear.

The enterprise does not have a system that can capture and visualize the panorama of the daily operation of the enterprise in real time, such as the use of the products and services purchased by customers, the changes in the market, the operation of the factory assembly line, the operation of the supply chain and so on. If these data are needed, most of them need to be counted by manpower and make various reports, which is time-consuming and laborious, and may not necessarily guarantee the accuracy of the data.

The digital transformation is to form a panorama of the daily operation of the enterprise by collecting the data of the daily operation of the enterprise, the data of the customer's use of products and services, the market industry, the trend, and so on. reflect the improvement of product research and development, service process improvement, precision marketing, sales model upgrade, inventory optimization and other business improvements.

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