At present, the downward pressure on the economy is relatively large, and problems such as insufficient market demand still need to be further solved. In this situation, for many small and medium-sized enterprises, in order to “live” and “live better”, digital transformation is a must.

IMCIS02 However, to promote digital transformation, smes generally face challenges in various aspects such as capital, talent and technology.

Think is difficult, do is the way.

In the recent survey, the reporter found that in the face of the dilemma of insufficient funds, some small and medium-sized enterprises explore “small steps”, focus on the difficult points in production and operation, have the courage to take the “first step” of digital transformation, and effectively harvest the new dividends brought by digital transformation.

The picture shows the digital production scene of an automobile company in Chongqing. (Photo by Gao Zhang)

In Chongqing, a company that produces special components for textile equipment, the reporter felt the momentum of small and medium-sized enterprises to pragmatically promote digital transformation. The company’s annual revenue is less than 100 million yuan, the production and operation of digital degree is low, the product category is up to thousands of kinds, busy business is difficult to quickly and accurately find the required goods and raw materials, personnel tired, often make mistakes.

IMCIS02 Faced with difficulties, enterprises are determined to implement digital transformation. However, the comprehensive promotion of digital transformation requires investment of millions of yuan, which is far beyond the financial limit of the company. Under consideration, the company abandoned the big and complete transformation idea, decided to focus on the biggest pain point of warehousing management first, by investing more than 100,000 yuan to deploy the application of warehousing management information system, thoroughly solve the warehousing management problem.

Now the warehouse management of this enterprise is standardized and convenient, the efficiency is greatly improved, and the errors are significantly reduced. Once relied on notes to copy by hand, now just a click on the computer can access the data, accurately find the location of the goods and information.

The person in charge of the company told reporters that in the next step, the production process and customer relationship management will be digitally upgraded one by one. Subject to financial factors, they hope to sort according to specific scenarios, gradually promote digital transformation from small to large, and promote cost reduction, efficiency and quality improvement.