Global Study Reveals Only One Third of Large Companies Are Succeeding in Reshaping Their Business Through Digital Technologies
New Research from Capgemini Consulting and the MIT Center for Digital Business Examines how Companies Around the World are Managing and Benefiting from Digital Transformation
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Capgemini Consulting, the global strategy and transformation consulting brand of the Capgemini Group, in partnership with the MIT Center for Digital Business, today announced the findings of its in-depth research into 'digital transformation' - the use of technologies to improve performance or reach of business. The study, 'Digital Transformation: A Roadmap for Billion-Dollar Organizations,' examines how digital technologies are changing the business of some of the world's leading firms but reveals that only one third of companies globally have an effective digital transformation program in place. Despite the pervasive influence of digital technology in everything from delivering enhanced productivity and efficiency to improving customer experience and the way people interact and collaborate within an organization, the majority are still not taking advantage of its transformative potential and, therefore, risk falling behind more forward-thinking organizations.
Interviewing over 157 senior executive-level respondents from across 15 countries at global companies with more than $1bn in annual sales, the study highlights the fluctuating pace at which digital transformation is taking place and the varying levels of success experienced. The research assesses the maturity of organizations in terms of their digital transformation, with maturity made up of two dimensions characterised as the 'what' and the 'how'. The what is the specific digital transformation elements being implemented by the organization, made up of their specific investments in customer experience, operational processes and worker enablement. The how is the way organizations are driving the transformation, made up of aspects such as project governance, workforce engagement, and measurement mechanisms.
For MIT's George Westerman, Research Scientist and a co-contributor to the report: "These two elements are at the heart of the alchemy of digital transformation. Firms that are mature on both these dimensions can drive powerful digital transformation that yields significant business value. These mature few have mastered not only the style of digital transformation but also the substance."
Very mature exponents of digital transformation have a sophisticated grasp of both the what and the how, but overall the study characterises 4 levels of maturity:
For MIT's Andrew McAfee, report co-contributor: "Despite the hype around innovative new technologies such as social media or mobile, most companies still have a long way to go on their digital transformation journeys. Whether using new or traditional technology, the key to digital transformation is changing how the company operates and that is a management and people challenge, as much as a technology one."
The study highlights the external factors that are driving digital transformation. Pressure from competitors (72%) and customers (70%) were the biggest drivers of change, as companies strive to find new ways of ensuring competitive advantage and meet changing customer expectations. It also highlights the main internal barriers to achieving digital transformation: missing skills (77%), culture issues (55%), ineffective IT (50%).
For Capgemini Consulting's Didier Bonnet, a co-contributor to the report: "Digital technology has the potential to improve corporate performance and reach radically, but this transformation will be as much about organizational change as it is about implementing new technologies. What this research has shown us is that while many are convinced of the power of digitally-enabled business practices, success will only come with strategic vision and leadership of a cohesive program of transformation."
About the study
In a three-year joint research collaboration with the MIT Center for Digital Business, Capgemini Consulting is conducting a joint research study into digital transformation through interviews with senior executives from leading companies around the world. The findings outlined here are from the first phase of this research, involving 157 senior executive-level interviews in 50 companies in 15 countries. These companies are large firms, each having more than $1bn in annual sales. Approximately half of the interviewees were business leaders such as CEOs, business managers and COOs and the other half were with IT and technology leaders. The interviews covered a broad range of geographies and industries with participants from Europe, the USA and Canada and Asia Pacific and across industries including public sector, pharmaceutical, transport, manufacturing, retail, energy and utilities, financial services and telecoms, media and entertainment. This study is the culmination of the first year of the collaboration and further analyses will follow in 2012 and 2013.
Capgemini Consulting is the Global Strategy and Transformation Consulting brand of the Capgemini Group, specializing in advising and supporting organizations in transforming their business, from the development of innovative strategy through to execution, with a consistent focus on sustainable results. Capgemini Consulting proposes to leading companies and governments a fresh approach which uses innovative methods, technology and the talents of over 3600 consultants worldwide.
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With more than 115,000 people in 40 countries, Capgemini is one of the world's foremost providers of consulting, technology and outsourcing services. The Group reported 2010 global revenues of EUR 8.7 billion. Together with its clients, Capgemini creates and delivers business and technology solutions that fit their needs and drive the results they want. A deeply multicultural organization, Capgemini has developed its own way of working, the Collaborative Business ExperienceTM, and draws on Rightshore ®, its worldwide delivery model.
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The MIT Center for Digital Business
Founded in 1999, the MIT Center for Digital Business () joins leading companies, visionary educators, and some of the best students in the world together in inventing and understanding the business value made possible by digital technologies. We are supported entirely by corporate sponsors with whom we work in a dynamic interchange of ideas, analysis, and reflection intended to solve real problems. The Center has funded more than 50 faculty and performed more than 75 research projects focused on understanding the impact of technology on business value, and developing tools and frameworks our sponsors can use for competitive advantage.
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