DIGITALISATION STRATEGIES
DIGITISATION VS DIGITALISATION : WHAT ’ S THE DIFFERENCE ?
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To put it simply , digitisation is a process ; digitalisation is a way of doing things .
Digitisation takes things from the analogue world and converts them into a digital format . So entering fuel receipts into a spreadsheet in the back office is digitisation . A film shot in full or in part on analogue cameras must be digitised to be shown on Netflix .
Digitalisation , on the other hand , is the handing over of an entire process to the digital realm . In business , that might mean using Slack or Zoom instead of visiting someone in their office or calling a meeting . In a supermarket , it might mean scanning your own shopping and paying via a self-service terminal .
For businesses , digitalisation represents both an opportunity and a challenge . Done at scale , it creates huge efficiencies in costs and time . But managing the transformation is difficult and it is costly to implement and integrate systems . IT leaders must also weigh the benefits of early adoption against the double whammy cost of migrating to newer technologies later .
DECEMBER 2020