DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION
“ ONCE PROCESSES ARE ANALYSED AND IMPROVED WITH INTELLIGENCE AND DATA EXECUTION , IT BECOMES POSSIBLE TO PRIORITISE SUSTAINABILITY IN EVERY OPERATIONAL DECISION ”
JANINA NAKLADAL GLOBAL DIRECTOR OF SUSTAINABILITY , CELONIS
Research from IBM and Celonis The study , The resilient digital supply chain : How intelligent workflows balance efficiency and sustainability , conducted by the IBM Institute for Business Value ( IBV ) in cooperation with Celonis and Oxford Economics , surveyed almost 500 CSCOs across 10 industries , including banking , consumer products , manufacturing and automotive . The study findings indicate that organisations are searching for ways to modernise their supply chains by embracing data and hybrid cloud strategies , as well as prioritising sustainability . be available at the right time , but , as Woods explains : “ Data is only as meaningful as the positive change it can bring , and CIOs and CTOs must ensure digital sustainability becomes part of the entire business lifecycle .”
Echoing this , Jiang says : “ From the CIO ’ s perspective , they are absolutely the right person to look at their organisation ’ s data operations and strategies , enabling their business to not only collect the right data , but to action that data in a way that supports their sustainability targets . This is the role that will enable them to become a datapowered organisation , and for the right cause .”
Ultimately , this all impacts the bottom line in an incredibly positive way . Many of the world ’ s leading companies actually measure the impact of inefficiencies within their supply chain processes to minimise resource waste .
To help , data-generating technology can find and realise opportunities to significantly optimise fuel consumption , yielding material , financial and environmental benefits , for example .
Concluding , Nakladal says : “ Carbon commitments and sustainability goals are no longer seen as afterthoughts . Rather , they are fundamental aspects of a company ’ s overarching business strategy . As processes determine how businesses run , they enable operational – and even systemic – change . Once processes are analysed and improved with intelligence and data execution , it becomes possible to prioritise sustainability in every operational decision .”
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