Supply Chain-Driven IT Strategy

The Importance of Value Chain Analysis in IT Solution Portfolio Development

Companies that want to fully realize the benefits of digitalization are struggling with their existing IT systems. Today, it is essential to quickly and transparently transmit data throughout the entire value chain to customers and managers. However, companies often see digitalization as an IT issue and set their strategies based on the preferences of the IT department, rather than the needs of the business. When companies take this approach, IT departments that want to create a homogeneous structure by working with a single supplier tend to focus on completely ERP-oriented architectures. However, there are many startups that offer innovative solutions for the new generation that can be integrated with ERP systems. The important thing is to be able to build a hybrid IT architecture that matches the operational capabilities needed to achieve the company's goals. The most important question is to decide how much of the required capabilities will be provided by the modules offered by the existing ERP software, and how much of it will be provided by third-party software that has become the best in its field.

Dijitalis supports the determination of IT strategy with a process-based approach!

When making a decision on the IT strategy that will support supply chain management, it is necessary to identify the shortcomings of all processes in the current state (AS-IS), describe the ideal state (TO-BE), and compare the IT technologies that will build bridges in between. Among the benefits that dijitalis offers to its customers are the following:

• Identification of what business functions need to reach the best-practice level
• Identification of the shortcomings by making the existing IT systems match the vision
• Determination of company-specific, need-compliant and proven IT architecture concepts
• Designing the future state IT strategy and roadmap aligned with the company strategy
• Planning of deployment and transition processes without compromising operational capacity