{"id":13856,"date":"2019-09-11T17:58:31","date_gmt":"2019-09-11T12:28:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.technologyforyou.org\/?p=13856"},"modified":"2019-09-11T17:58:31","modified_gmt":"2019-09-11T12:28:31","slug":"chinese-companies-are-unlocking-new-growth-by-digitizing-their-businesses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.technologyforyou.org\/chinese-companies-are-unlocking-new-growth-by-digitizing-their-businesses\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Companies Are Unlocking New Growth by Digitizing Their Businesses"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<div><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u2022 Accenture Report Highlights How Small Number of Chinese Companies Are Unlocking New Growth by Digitizing Their Businesses<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u2022 Transforming the core, growing the core and scaling \u201cthe New\u201d are key to driving growth<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">New research from Accenture has found that a small percentage of Chinese companies are outperforming peers by digitizing their businesses. These companies, which Accenture refers to as \u201cRotation Champions,\u201d are generating more than half of their revenues from new business areas.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The Accenture China Digital Transformation Index report was developed to gauge where companies stand in terms of what Accenture refers to as their rotation to \u201cthe New\u201d \u2014 digital, cloud and security services. The research studied 221 Chinese companies across nine industry sectors, in collaboration with China\u2019s Zhongguancun Alliance for Integration of Information Technology and Real Economy, a national society focusing on enterprise digital agendas.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>According to the research, a majority of Chinese companies are actively advancing their digital capabilities:<\/strong> Two-thirds (67%) of the surveyed businesses said new innovations driven by technology is their top priority in the next two years and expect to increase investment in strengthening their core business, and 54% said they are exploring new business opportunities.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">At the same time, however, only 9% of surveyed businesses meet the criteria to be considered a Rotation Champion \u2014 generating more than half of their revenues from new areas of business started in the last three years. This is a slight improvement from last year\u2019s 7%.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u201cChinese Companies have demonstrated great determination to digitize their organizations against the current complex business environment,\u201d <strong>said Wei Zhu, chairman of Accenture Greater China.<\/strong> \u201cBut to stay ahead of the competition, business leaders need to achieve disruptive growth and reinvent businesses and ecosystems.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The research found the Rotation Champions succeeded in making their operations and core businesses smarter while venturing into new business models in bolder steps. These leading companies regard \u201cscaling the new\u201d as the top priority in their five-year plan, while other companies only focus on the improvements of their current operations.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The report also revealed that when measuring their digital investments, Rotation Champions attach the greatest importance to the potential to create disruptive growth (cited by 57% of Rotation Champions), while other companies most value immediate financial returns (cited by 60% of these other companies).<\/span><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/newsroom.accenture.com\/\/content\/1101\/images\/ENchart.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u201cThe Rotation Champions are well ahead of the rest and building new competitive advantages,\u201d said Wei Zhu. \u201cTo close the gap, CEOs should drive organization-wide digital transformation and advance across all three levers \u2014 transforming the core, growing the core and scaling the new \u2014 to enable themselves to achieve sustainable growth and rotate to the future.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The report also recommends actions for CXOs who lead functions driving and supporting their businesses\u2019 digital transformation journey:<\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Make a future-ready digital strategy to capture growth opportunities at new industrial frontiers.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Build and leverage a digital ecosystem to accelerate synergy between core and new businesses to upgrade cross-enterprise capabilities.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Integrate R&amp;D, production, supply chain and customer services and reimagine processes and operating models to unlock trapped value in smart manufacturing.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Make every product and every service smart to create completely new and differentiated experiences throughout the entire customer life cycle.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Build a highly resilient, liquid and agile organization to enable rapid business expansion and changes.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2022 Accenture Report Highlights How Small Number of Chinese Companies Are Unlocking New Growth by Digitizing Their Businesses \u2022 Transforming the core, growing the core and scaling \u201cthe New\u201d are key to driving growth New research from Accenture has found that a small percentage of Chinese companies are outperforming peers by digitizing their businesses. 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