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)

Lytx /lɪtɪks/ n. 1. a company saving lives on the road, digitally
Driver Safety!
Posted on November 18, 2016 at 4:43 pm
Trucking is one of the largest occupations in the United States. And it is becoming less safe. Lytx is working to fix this. Why wait for autonomous trucks when you can save hundreds or thousands of lives today?
Under Armour: Not Just Clothes Anymore
AF
Posted on November 18, 2016 at 2:39 am
What used to be a performance athletic-wear company is now a data and analytics powerhouse.
CostCo: Creating Membership Value in a Digital World
Kent Hoffman
Last modified on November 18, 2016 at 4:46 pm
Can CostCo, the cheapest, happiest company in the world, succeed in a digital future?
Digitizing the Grocery Store
Joanna
Last modified on November 18, 2016 at 5:21 pm
How brick-and-mortar grocery stores are up-ing their game to compete with online grocery options
Blue Bird flies high as an omnichannel taxi company
Jolynn
Posted on November 17, 2016 at 7:26 pm
Most stories we hear in the transportation sector pit traditional incumbents (taxi companies) against digital newcomers (e.g. Uber). But can you imagine a world where the two parties collaborate and taxi companies embrace innovation? Welcome to Indonesia.
Digitizing Daycare: How the Learning Care Group has used technology to get ahead
JFW
Posted on November 18, 2016 at 5:55 pm
In this post, we look at how the Learning Care Group has created value for itself and parents through the use of education documentation applications.
Venmo – Should Banks be Worried?
Gabrielle
Posted on November 18, 2016 at 12:24 pm
The peer-to-peer money transfer app has changed the way we think about cash and how to spend it.
Last Book Standing: Can Barnes and Noble fend off the digital attack?
MdelCastillo
Posted on November 16, 2016 at 8:38 pm
Book stores are fighting fire with fire when it comes to digital competition. Is this the right move?
Machine Learning for Student Learners: Pearson attacks digitization in education
alandon
Posted on November 18, 2016 at 5:27 pm
“Students today depend on paper too much. They don’t know how to write on a slate without getting chalk dust all over themselves. They can’t clean a slate properly. What will they do when they run out of paper?” From [...]
Outsourcing Chores: Groceries On Demand
MHS
Last modified on November 16, 2016 at 3:33 pm
Exploring how digital delivery has made the grocery channel accessible to busy consumers who need to eat, and are willing to pay a premium for fresh food.
Here’s How to Buy Anything from Anywhere (Without Shipping Costs!)
Amelia Lee
Last modified on November 18, 2016 at 3:48 pm
Airfrov, a Singapore-based tech startup, has developed a platform that enables shoppers to buy anything from anywhere by connecting them to Airfrov-registered travellers.
The New York Times in the digitalization era
Bernardita
Last modified on November 17, 2016 at 12:46 am
Digitalization have change how we interact with the world. These have put a lot of pressure in the news and media industry, whose product offer was totally misaligned with what people was asking for.
Fujifilm: Transformation from a photographic film maker
Kei Nishizaki
Last modified on November 18, 2016 at 5:54 pm
The photographic film industry faced a crisis in the early 2000s. Fujifilm successfully overcame the crisis by flexibly corresponding to the change in market condition.
Daryl Morey and The Houston Rockets: Building and Deploying Human Capital Through Digital Analysis
RobD
Posted on November 18, 2016 at 5:59 pm
Information with real power comes in a variety of forms: both in the stereotypical form of databases and spreadsheets and analysts and predictive models, but also in the form of expertise and experience acquired only via a lifetime of playing [...]
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