Throughout the ages in history, humans have relied on varying tools, not just to survive, but to stay dominant and ahead of others. More particularly, some of these tools were used for optimization purposes.
The Stone Age tools of the prehistoric era like the Handaxe (a multipurpose food gathering tool), fire controller (a technological evolution at that period), and Bone tool served as a huge advantage for those who wielded them. Think of them as the Elon Musk and Bill Gates of the prehistoric era.
Table of Content
- A Million and One Online Business Tools
- DT Assessment Tool
- The Future Becomes Your Oyster
- Less Money to Spend Based on Available Data
- Clearer Picture
- Find Your Solution
- Rinse and Repeat
- Conclusion
A Million and One Online Business Tools
Fast forward millions of years later into a much more digitized world, a million and one online tools have popped up for big and small companies to optimize regular work processes with.
Take, for example, a simple process like sending or exchanging documents internally can be done with collaborative tools like Microsoft teams and Google Workplace (You can read extensively about 21 digital tools to use for your business in 2021. )
These tools have greatly enhanced and reduced efficiency and overhead cost respectively, digitally transforming businesses that have adopted them and giving these businesses the edge to always stay ahead of their competition.
DT Assessment Tool
One tool that stands out in the 21st century is the Digital Assessment Tool, a tool that specifically helps organizations across all industries determine their level of readiness for embracing technology translation – a platform dedicated to positioning your business to be at the forefront of digital transformation. Call it the Houdini of tech solutions and you wouldn’t be firing blanks.
Since the release of the tool a month ago, over a thousand organizations have already used the tool to check their digital maturity, a very useful parameter to determine if your company is technologically driven. The higher your company is on the digital maturity scale the digitally transformed it is.
Below are five lasting effects the DT assessment tool will have on your business to stay ahead of the competition:
The Future Becomes Your Oyster
One of the most transformational effects on your business after making use of the DT Assessment tool is the realization of what it takes to get your business ready for future disruptions.
For example, a modern commercial transportation company with fleets of combustible engine cars will easily be disrupted and rammed into (all pun intended) by a commercial transportation company that has invested in a fleet of electric cars.
Taking the DT assessment will arm the former with the ample information needed to digitally transform its business model to survive the impending tsunami and favourably compete with and get ahead of the latter.
Less Money to Spend Based on Available Data
Here’s a telling stat: According to an Adobe study done six years ago, 82% of companies still very much invest billions in paper usage.
Even the pandemic and the advent of remote working hasn’t slowed down the use of paper as the paper market is expected to see positive growth for the next 3 years.
The good news; this is the biggest opportunity to get ahead of the curve by eliminating paper-based tasks in your business processes, saving huge amounts of money, and investing it elsewhere. An example of an industry that has eliminated paperwork is the Fintech industry.
This essentially is what the DT assessment tool is all about, identifying what your business needs to let go to position it for digital transformation based on data about your business.
Clearer Picture
It’s hard to keep up as a business owner or manager when so many business processes are executed in real-time which can easily lead to broken and dysfunctional processes. This is especially true for large and medium-scale businesses.
The DT Assessment tool can help fix these redundancies by assessing internal work processes and showing you a clearer picture of what your business needs with the right software.
Find Your Solution
As stated earlier at the beginning of this article, there are millions of technology solutions out there in the digital world. The upside is that we get to be spoilt for choice. And the downside? We get to be spoilt for choice.
As a result, many companies find it difficult to determine what solutions are most appropriate for them among the pool of existing solutions.
Do I need to adopt Microsoft Teams because my competitors adopt the same? Or should I use an alternative tool with a different offering in an attempt to outperform them? These are questions that many business owners have been troubled with over the years.
However, with the DT Assessment tool mirroring your business processes back to you in the clearest form, you will be able to determine what solutions are a perfect fit for broken workflows.
You’d also get some recommendations on suitable solutions to adopt in specific areas after completing the assessment.
Rinse and repeat
We live in an ever-evolving business landscape where you have to use your best paddles at all times to move along the current. Those paddles in the form of the DT Assessment tool is your guide to help your business consistently stay ahead in the race.
It is advised you take the assessment periodically. This is also to ensure the tool naturally adapts to your business needs and predicts the right changes for your business to grow.
Conclusion
There is no better time to assess the digital maturity of your business. The tragic Covid19 pandemic has forced quite a lot of companies to take the digital transformation journey, but some has unfortunately found that journey tedious.
The DT Assessment will make that journey less tedious and seamless.
