COVID-19 – A Call For Digital Transformation

Are you fighting with tremendous pressure because of the disruption in a well established demand-supply chain?

COVID-19 has created turmoil across the globe and will have a long-lasting implication on the economy. Extended multiple city shutdowns and factory closures have impacted the businesses and would take months or maybe years to come back to normal. With this situation businesses need to brace themselves and get ready for a paradigm shift.

As they say necessity is the mother of invention and this pandemic has shown us that it’s time to go digital. It’s time for the organizations to accelerate the transition towards digital transformation to keep their daily business activities running smoothly now as well as in the long run. Organizations that already have shifted their operations to digital platforms are in a much better position to deal with the pandemic and keep the activities going without the need of employees as well as the customers to be present at the workplace. 

The corona virus outbreak is also leading the enforcement of industry 4.0, virtual connectivity and access to data have become important more than ever. Leading companies are implementing industry 4.0 technologies into their system. Most of the educational institutions shifted to virtual learning options using digital platforms. The events went virtual and have pushed the event organizers to be innovative and provide solutions to interact better virtually using technological tools.

Here are some steps that more and businesses should consider in order to survive the pandemic’s impact:

1. Using more IoT enabled devices: using sensor technologies and IoT enabled devices in the factories can help management to operate and monitor the operations remotely. These IoT enabled devices can also predict a failure before it happens.

2. Using more VR/AR tools: Following the social distancing norms businesses have to speed up the adoption of augmented reality and virtual reality.

3. Video Inspections: Industry 4.0 tools can also help in remote visual inspections. Specialists can easily review a process via video analytics while sitting at home and can help in guiding on-site repairs.  

Industry 4.0 has proven to provide tools of immense value to every kind of business. With the increase in digitization the number of digital marketing company, India has also been increasing at a large rate to provide various digital services to their clients.

Digital Esprit, digital marketing company India has also been providing number of solutions and productive tools to various industries to help them in transitioning towards digital transformation.