Differentiate digital transformation and digitization? Digital transformation process in Vietnam

 The process of digital transformation in Vietnam has taken place strongly and has certain effects on Vietnamese businesses.

According to IDC's 2018 survey, digital transformation is currently one of the leading strategies in businesses and organizations. Almost 80% of businesses have started with digital transformation in some way. More than 30% of business owners surveyed see digital transformation as a matter of survival. During that rapid change, how has your business acted with digital transformation?

What is digital transformation?

There are many definitions of digital transformation. In the simplest terms, digital transformation is the application of technology to all aspects of a business to optimize efficiency and costs. This is the process that will create new values ​​for the business or can also create a decisive turning point for the business.

Digital transformation process in Vietnam Việt

Currently, digital transformation in enterprises has been applied in many aspects. From management, operations to sales, training and development. This change has more or less had positive effects on businesses.

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Differentiate between digital transformation and digitization

One of the most mentioned concepts in the digital transformation process in Vietnam is the term digitization. So what is the difference between digital transformation and digitization?

Digitization is explained as the conversion of real values ​​into digital form, a technology-specific data form. In other words, the results of the digitization process are the raw materials needed for businesses to carry out the digital transformation process.

From there, it can be seen that digitization in the digital transformation process also plays an important role. With good and standard digitized documents, businesses will have a solid basis to easily and effectively carry out digital transformation. Therefore, businesses that want to transform digitally also need to pay attention to the digitalization process.

Distinguish between digital transformation and digitization?

Digital transformation process in Vietnam Việt

In Vietnam, the digital transformation process has been initially implemented and achieved certain results. Transformation is applied in many fields: finance, transportation, tourism, training, etc.

However, Vietnamese enterprises, especially small and medium enterprises, have not really achieved optimal efficiency when implementing digital transformation. Part of that lies in the lack of a specific transition plan. In addition, many businesses have not yet chosen the most suitable and optimal conversion support tool.

In Vietnam, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) account for 90% of the total number of enterprises. In the process of digital transformation, businesses are facing barriers in many aspects: lack of digital skills and human resources, lack of technology foundation, no digital mindset,... Nowadays, businesses are also aware of the importance of this process. Digital transformation is also a vital and macro task. Therefore, now businesses are receiving more information and more optimal solutions. Therefore, the digital transformation process also tends to achieve higher efficiency.

Why should Vietnamese businesses do digital transformation?

Digital transformation in training

Digital transformation in training is one of the aspects that businesses really care about. Because this is considered the most optimal method in improving the quality of human resources.

The enterprise owns a team of highly specialized, skilled, flexible, and technology-sensitive human resources that have a competitive advantage over other enterprises in the industry. Switching training arguments is the solution to make the training program in your business achieve the most optimal effect. For this reason, training businesses to apply digital transformation is a top priority for business owners.

With its initial effects on businesses, digital transformation is becoming a trend that any business needs to follow if it does not want to be left behind. 2020 is predicted to be an explosive period of digital transformation in businesses. Businesses that carry out radical and successful digital transformation will reap unexpected successes.  

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