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Being able to operate in today’s ever-changing climate is becoming more and more difficult for many businesses. Thankfully, they are being created to help organisations survive and prosper during these trying times.
Knowing the top technology trends for 2023 is possibly the most critical step you can take to ensure your firm is ready for short-term success. Admittedly, you’ll fall behind if you don’t prepare your business for the newest technological advancements as soon as the new year starts.
In light of this, let’s look at some of the major tech trends for 2023, as indicated by our experts in this week’s edition of Let’s Talk.
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PDF courtesy: KPMG
Being able to operate in today’s ever-changing climate is becoming more and more difficult for many businesses. Thankfully, they are being created to help organisations survive and prosper during these trying times.
Knowing the top technology trends for 2023 is possibly the most critical step you can take to ensure your firm is ready for short-term success. Admittedly, you’ll fall behind if you don’t prepare your business for the newest technological advancements as soon as the new year starts.
In light of this, let’s look at some of the major tech trends for 2023, as indicated by our experts in this week’s edition of Let’s Talk.
In this presentation, Jaimin introduces SMAC, talks about trends in the area and explains his passion about developing SMAC applications to positively affect customers' experience in retail.
How Artificial Intelligence Is Transforming RetailBernard Marr
Retail is at a turning point where we are seeing businesses that are in-line with the pace of technological progress thriving, while those that are struggling to keep up are dropping by the wayside.
SMACology i.e. SMAC Technology is the new buzzword reforming the IT industries as well as the skills of technical aspirants. Learn how.
PDF courtesy: KPMG
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2. Digital skills boost business
productivity - saving huge amount
of time and costs; sometimes
saving the environment by going
paperless!
Quality hike - automation frees up
workers to perform higher value
functions rather than tedious
repetitive tasks.
Provide a competitive advantage
WHY DIGITAL
SKILLS?
3. Manage and Grow Customer Relationships
Design and Develop your Sales Pipeline
Develop Loyalty and Retention
Gaining Competitive intelligence
Develop resourceful content using all
media types
Building your social and digital assets that
you can leverage later
Real time customer engagement and
listening
Develop your own specialised expert
network
Find new collaborations by building your
networks
Secure your business from any cyber
threats
Having Certain
Digital Skills
Can Help You
To...
4. “Business leaders also have
to be digitally proficient to
be able to identify the key
digital skills that new
employees should master,
together with critical
thinking, ingenuity and
flexibility for the benefit of
their business.”
- Marco Mongiello, Pro Vice Chancellor
at The University of Law Business School
5. Digital Skills For...
Using formal platforms
effectively for internal
communication eg. Email,
MS Teams, G-Suite, Skype
etc.
COMMUNICATION
Building a personal brand,
creating an image through
blogs and content creation
on platforms such as
LinkedIn, Facebook,
Instagram, Twitter etc
BRANDING
Managing transactions, knowing
basics of investing and
accounting and keeping records
of all finances using various
tools such as Wave Apps, You
Need A Budget or even MS
Excel
FINANCES
6. Digital Skills For...
Digital marketing disciplines
eg. e-mail marketing, search
engine optimization, pay-
per-click, social media
marketing, content
marketing etc.
MARKETING
Knowing the basics of
designing applications such
as Photoshop, using Canva
for creating graphics, Pixel
Buddha for professional
resources etc.
DESIGNING
Reaching out and connecting to
people through professional
networking platforms such as
LinkedIn, AngelList,
CoFoundersLab etc.
NETWORKING
7. Digital Skills For...
Making data-based decision
by analysing big data, using
tools such as Google
Analytics, Adobe analytics,
Mixpanel etc.
ANALYSIS
Using online learning
platforms such as Coursera,
Udemy, Scaler etc. to learn
and evaluate useful digital
skills such as Spreadsheet
software, Product
management etc.
SELF EDUCATION
BUILDING A DIGITAL SHOP
Registering your product on
e-commerce platforms
(Flipkart, Amazon, Alibaba),
building a website if you are
a service-provider, setting
up digital payment
platforms such as GPay, UPI
etc.
8. INDIA AFTER COVID-19:
ADOPTION OF TECHNOLOGY
ACROSS SMALL BUSINESSES
IN INDIA, 2020
SOURCE: STATISTA.COM
In India, MSMEs, Micro Small and
Medium Enterprises are rapidly trying to
adopt technology and digitize their
businesses.
They are being encouraged to market
their products on the e-commerce site,
especially through Government e-
Marketplace (GeM), owned and run by
the government.
As of March 24, 2022, the GeM portal
has served 9.63 million orders worth
Rs. 219,071 crore (US$ 28.70 billion)
from 4 million registered sellers and
service providers for 59,259 buyer
organisations.
MSMEs are adopting digital payments
over cash, with 72% payments done
through the digital mode compared
with 28% cash transactions.
9. SMEs in India
India would have 105 million SME
base in 2024 out of which 90 per
cent of the enterprises would be
‘digitally influenced’ from existing
70 per cent.
Having access to digital infrastructures
such as PC or smartphone and Internet.
The business may also be listed on an
aggregator portal such as Justdial or
have a website or listed on a social
platform or communicating through
WhatsApp, email etc.
GROWING SME SECTOR
DIGITAL INFLUENCE?
GOVERNMENT AID
Currently has around 18 technology
centres called Tool Rooms to help
MSMEs learn and adopt the technology.
10. ECOSYSTEM ENABLERS
Digitisation was tough for small and
medium businesses due to shortage of
resources, lack of awareness and inability
of owners to grasp the concept and its
implications.
BUT TODAY, BUILDING
TECHNOLOGY CAPABILITIES
IS NOT AS DIFFICULT,
THANKS TO A BOOMING
ECOSYSTEM OF ENABLERS.
Instamojo, for instance, is
helping small and medium
businesses leverage the
Internet to expand reach. It
sets up online storefronts and
organises product catalogues.
It also facilitates digital
payments, offers logistics
services, arranges short-term
capital and helps companies
develop digital marketing
tools.
11. SAAS (SOFTWARE-AS-A-SERVICE)
FIRM NOWFLOATS SERVICES A
NUMBER OF BUSINESSES IN RETAIL,
HOSPITALITY, MANUFACTURING
AND HEALTHCARE SECTORS.
It creates differentiated marketable content
for small and medium businesses and enables
them to share it on social media channels like
Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp. It also
solves the problem of discoverability by
mapping businesses on Google Maps and
WhatsApp.
The Public app, a location-based social
networking app where businesses can
market products, uses hyper-localisation
and geo-targeting to help businesses reach
their target consumers. “Digital marketing
enables brands to target the right set of
customers at a much lower cost. Brands
with low marketing budgets can opt for
online advertisement depending on funds
they would like to allocate. One can start
advertising digitally with even ₹100,” says
Tarun Arora, chief operating officer,
Inshorts Group, which owns the Public
app.
12. GLOBAL GIANTS
ARE NOT FAR
BEHIND.
Amazon Web Services (AWS) launched
Amazon Digital Suite last year to help
small and medium businesses take
functions such as accounting, customer
support and human resources online. It
covers a wide range from compliance
to solutions such as AI, machine
learning and internet of things.
Separately, Amazon established a
digital brick and mortar kendra in Surat
last year. It wants to use these centres
to bring tools, support and services
closer to small and medium businesses.
Amazon has also rolled out a
programme called Spotlight Northeast
to expand the benefits of e-commerce
to small and medium businesses in the
region.
13. CHALLENGES
Internal resistance to
change has been the
biggest barrier to
adoption of technology
in traditional
establishments. There is
also skepticism about the
potential of technology.
After all, businesses have
worked for years without
digital.
RESISTENCE &
SKEPTICISM
Much of the workforce in
small firms is not digitally
literate and there is a dearth
of technical talent as well.
Digital skills, though efficient
once learnt, need time and
the right resources for
adaptation.
LACK OF DIGITAL
LITERACY
Data protection and cybersecurity
issues will also take centre stage
once small and medium businesses
adopt digitisation at a larger
scale. Cyber attacks and
complying with laws and policies
will require companies to build
mechanisms which entail
considerable, if not hefty, costs.
DATA PROTECTION AND
CYBERSECURITY ISSUES
14. Success
Stories
Hitesh Kumar, 39, runs Shri Balaji
Online Store, which makes sofa
covers, chenille sofa fabrics and tissue
curtains, from Panipat in Haryana. The
former IT professional decided to
digitise the business in 2019, and after
looking at various options, took his
store online with Walmart Vriddhi, a
programme by the US-based retailer
to digitally empower small and
medium businesses. Now, he sells on
Flipkart. Earlier, he was restricted to
8-10 cities. Now, he can sell in the
entire country, with online accounting
for 45-50% sales. “Online opens new
markets,” says Kumar.
15. Success
Stories Batra pivoted online by signing up for the Local Shops on Amazon
programme after her business started struggling during the
pandemic. Her order book soared 40 times. “Going online meant
opening our store to the entire country. Now, we receive orders
from all over India. We are competing with top brands,” she says.
VANDANA
BATRA, WHO
RUNS FAIRY
TALES CREATION,
A GARMENT
STORE IN NOIDA
IN UTTAR
PRADESH,
FOUND HOPE ON
THE WEB.
16. Success
Stories
Pansari Group makes spices, oils and
other food items, has digitised all
processes right from production
monitoring to order dispatch. It has
equipped phones of employees with
technology that allows them to
remotely supervise production. It has
also made huge investments to replace
traditional servers with cloud storage.
For them, tech has enabled live
mapping of production, which reduces
errors and allows swift implementation
of corrective measures. “Due to
adoption of tech, our operational
costs have gone down. If per unit cost
of production falls, it leads to
savings,” says Agarwal, M.D.
SMALL AND MEDIUM
BUSINESSES TYPICALLY SPEND
ABOUT 1% REVENUES ON
TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS. THE
BULK OF THE INVESTMENT
GOES INTO CLOUD,
AUTOMATION AND MODERN
INFRASTRUCTURE, SAY
ANALYSTS.