Digitization Challenge

November 18, 2016

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Choose a company that provides an interesting example of how digital transformation has created opportunities or challenges for business and operating models. A business model defines how a business differentiates itself by creating and capturing value. An operating model defines how that business delivers on that promise. Describe how the organization is using digital technology to develop its business model and operating model, and describe and justify what additional steps you think the organization should consider implementing. Your example can describe a positive (e.g., a success story or best practice) or negative experience (e.g., a business failure).

Note: The post for this assignment should be 600–800 words, and must conclude with a word count such as “(778 words).” Posts should not exceed 800 words.

Submitted (926)

Digital Disruption in the Mining Industry. Will innovation save declining productivity?
JakubF
Posted on November 18, 2016 at 2:52 pm
Mining productivity has been declining by 3.5% annually since 2010, reaching 30-year low. Will digitali solutions help change the industry future? Is the Polish biggest mining company a trendsetter or rather just a follower of global copetitors' strategy?
Auto makers manage to cram ever more technology into their cars, but dealers fall behind.
DK
Posted on November 18, 2016 at 12:38 pm
Car manufacturers have embraced digital technology, from navigation systems to night vision displays, but their dealerships are lagging far behind.
Coursera – Quality Education for All
Mary Li
Posted on November 18, 2016 at 3:53 pm
Enabled by digitization and technology, we are now able to offer quality education to a larger audience in an affordable way. Coursera is a pioneer player in the space, using innovative technology to disruptive the education space.
Tigo Energy: can Smarter Solar go Mainstream?
syu
Posted on November 18, 2016 at 5:31 pm
“Around the world, over a billion solar modules have been installed that cannot be individually monitored. [Tigo Energy] can, for the first time, give all solar modules intelligence — in both existing and new plants,” – Pierre-Pascal Urbon, SMA CEO[1] [...]
Automating Technical Hiring
style1991
Posted on November 18, 2016 at 7:25 pm
Automating the technical recruiting industry with a transparent two-way marketplace.
Making a Smarter Grid a Reality
TS
Last modified on November 18, 2016 at 2:51 pm
Schneider Electric's attempt to move its infrastructure business into the age of the industrial internet
Rivigo – Can Internet of Things disrupt the traditional trucking industry?
Koulick
Last modified on November 18, 2016 at 12:41 pm
How an Indian startup is using Big Data to go after the global trucking market, which is 20x the size of global cab revenues.
Spotting and Taking Advantage of the Digitization of Music, Why Spotify is Winning the Digital Music Delivery Battle
ybouks
Posted on November 17, 2016 at 4:36 pm
With 100+ million subscribers, Spotify has gotten out to a big lead in the digital music delivery space by understanding digital trends before others
Tencent’s Wechat: The end of small apps?
Derek Cheng
Last modified on November 15, 2016 at 3:07 pm
Summary Wechat, the Chinese version of Facebook develop “In-Wechat-Apps” that combine the third party Apps into the one platform that the consumers can use all functions in Wechat App without downloading the native 3rd-party App.
Hard hats, high vis and smartphones – the digital response to construction’s greatest problems
TOM 1
Posted on November 18, 2016 at 4:50 pm
A look into how a digital startup is improving productivity, on-time delivery and budget performance in the construction industry
TED – A Company Worth Spreading
M
Last modified on November 18, 2016 at 7:03 pm
How a conference company is democratizing the way we get access to knowledge?
The Digitization of Microfinance: bKash in Bangladesh
mkful
Posted on November 13, 2016 at 3:51 pm
Nearly half of the World's population lives on less than $2 a day with limited or no access to formal financial services. Microfinance is crucial to getting credit into the hands of those most in need. How are microfinance providers [...]
GE and the Industrial Internet of Things
mzirngibl
Last modified on November 17, 2016 at 9:56 pm
GE's investment in the industrial internet makes it a leading technology company
23andMe and You!
ckrueger
Last modified on November 17, 2016 at 2:52 pm
How one company is redefining the communication and use of healthcare information
Digital Innovation is Brewing at Starbucks
SHK
Last modified on November 18, 2016 at 6:01 pm
With the amount of digital innovation brewing at Starbucks, it's hard to tell whether the company is a technology company or food and beverage company.
The Digital Concert Pianist: How new digital norms challenge our traditional views of craftsmanship
Laura C
Last modified on November 20, 2016 at 4:23 pm
For almost two centuries, Steinway has been the hallmark of the acoustic piano industry. The craftsmanship required to produce one instrument at one of their two workshops in New York and Hamburg is globally renowned and is the genesis of every instrument’s incredible depth and variation in tone as [...]
Rise of The Drones – Skycatch’s Big Leap in Construction Planning Technology
J2G18
Last modified on November 18, 2016 at 6:20 am
Software companies such as Skycatch are using drone technology to disrupt the commercial real estate market, potentially replacing the jobs of onsite construction planners in the process.
Digitizing the Diabetes Prevention Program
tdubs
Last modified on November 17, 2016 at 8:20 am
Omada Health has successfully digitized a clinically proven lifestyle intervention program that could prevent 86M Americans from developing Type 2 diabetes.
The selfie: Canon’s biggest woe
RM
Posted on November 18, 2016 at 5:08 pm
Canon's attempt to remain relevant in the age of smartphones
Digitizing Dirt: Technology-Induced Excitement for Soil Borings
Cali_Wino
Posted on November 17, 2016 at 5:30 pm
Digital products allow geologists to significantly reduce the time and cost of logging soil borings, but with yet-to-be-resolved industry challenges.
The ZocDoc will see you now…
JBArev
Last modified on November 18, 2016 at 5:57 pm
In Boston, the average patient must wait 66 days to receive a simple physical exam. The growing demand for services in the setting of worsening physician shortages has created great difficulty in scheduling care. One man discovered this the hard [...]
What is Metered is Managed
Daniel Abrams
Posted on November 18, 2016 at 4:56 pm
Throughout the developed world, water and gas are delivered us by pipes and monitored by meters that track consumption over the course of a month. Before a bill is prepared, an engineer is supposed to manually check the meter to [...]
Blizzard Entertainment: Burning Legion™ Enters Digital Age
Rexxar
Last modified on November 18, 2016 at 7:59 pm
How has digitization changed the business and operating models of one of the most successful video game developers in the world? Augmented reality and virtual reality are the next frontier of digital transformation. Can Blizzard stay relevant?
Is too much Digital possible? Rise and decline of Gilt Groupe.
JC
Last modified on November 20, 2016 at 10:18 am
Gilt Groupe was once recognized as a darling amongst the VC community. But in just a short few years after reaching unicorn status, the company was sold at a loss to investors. What happened? Can too much digital be a [...]
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