The impact of the new crown pneumonia epidemic on the global economic industrial chain is beginning to emerge. The current situation of overseas epidemics is still severe. Affected by it, the trend of future changes in the global industrial chain is of concern.
On May 8, at the press conference of the "White Paper on Digitalization of Overseas Enterprises", SAP China’s chief digital transformation expert Sun Huimin said that the epidemic will shift the global industrial chain to the Chinese market, and China will accelerate its strategy by attracting capital to supplement the chain and expand the chain. The construction of sexual emerging industrial chain clusters. Digitization will become the core power to drive industrial transformation and global development in the future.
Coincidentally. On the same day, at the "Caixin Cloud Venue" with the theme of "Customs Clearance Code for Digital Enterprises under the Wave of New Infrastructure", Shan Zhiguang, director of the Information and Industrial Development Department of the National Information Center, believed that due to the impact of the epidemic, the industrial chain was disconnected and moved out. The risk still exists. This is not unfounded. In fact, on January 30, Honda's auto parts manufacturer F-TECH announced that brake pedals produced at the Wuhan plant in China will be replaced by a plant in the Philippines.
"The original model of the industry chain may be rewritten, especially in the pharmaceutical, automotive, electronics and other industries," Shan Zhiguang explained. "Some countries propose to manufacture reflux, and even the government bears the cost of reflux, which will benefit my country's traditional advantages. The industrial chain has an impact or even a shock."
In fact, from the perspective of regional industrial chain synergy, the proportion of China's industrial chain synergy is currently low. The data shows that the Pearl River Delta is 33.6%, the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei is 43.4%, and the Yangtze River Delta is 44.9%. “The industries most affected by the epidemic are auto parts, biopharmaceuticals, energy, and software information services. In the short term, we need to promote the resumption of work and production at present, and we must consolidate our industrial chain advantages in the long term.” Shan Zhiguang It is believed that in the future, government functional departments should formulate policies according to the industry chain classification, and protecting our advantages in the entire industry chain is an important policy focus.
In the layout and competition of the global industrial chain, digital transformation is the strategic choice of enterprises. However, the overall status quo of Chinese enterprises' digital transformation is not ideal. A previous survey by Accenture found that only 7% of Chinese enterprises have done a good job in digital transformation. IDC data shows that more than 80% of SMEs in China are in the digital exploration stage, and more than 60% of SMEs have insufficient IT expenditures.
Indeed, although the proportion of digital transformation of Chinese enterprises is increasing, they still face challenges. The "2019 Chinese Enterprise Digital Transformation and Data Application Research Report" released in September last year showed that the overall digital transformation of Chinese enterprises is still in its infancy. More than 80% of companies have unstructured data, more than 90% of companies have data islands, about 80% of companies do not recognize their own data mining capabilities, and only less than 40% of companies purchase third-party data , Most companies do not have the awareness of seeking high-quality and compliant third-party data providers.
"Only 25% of Chinese enterprises have digital transformation, which is lower than 46% in Europe and 54% in the United States. More than 55% of enterprises have not yet completed the digital transformation of basic equipment, and the digitization rate of manufacturing is less than 50%. The proportion of business integration is less than 20%. Therefore, in the face of the digital wave, enterprises are under great pressure.” Shan Zhiguang said bluntly, “Enterprises are waiting to die if they don’t transform. If they don’t transform well, they will die. This is a dilemma.”
When analyzing the challenges faced by the digital transformation of enterprises, he said: “Transformation has three challenges: one is the challenge of application scenarios. Whether it is a process or discrete enterprise, it is impossible to use a set of technical standards to solve the transformation of all enterprises; The application scenarios are extremely different, and data management and control are separated; the third is the systemic challenge. The existing architecture of the enterprise is not suitable for agile and intelligent production under digitalization, and process adjustments are required."
Since many companies will not, dare, cannot, or even do not want to do so, although the company’s digital transformation is necessary in the strategic direction, it has a long way to go in choosing a path and cannot be accomplished overnight. The National Development and Reform Commission and the Central Cyberspace Administration of China recently launched the "cloud use data to empower intelligence" action to solve the shortcomings of small and medium-sized enterprises, help them improve their technical capabilities, and realize the digital transformation of enterprises. Shan Zhiguang believes that the current heating up of new infrastructure not only has the same role as traditional infrastructure, but also has better potential for future development, especially for the future industrial transformation and upgrading. It will not only solve the current situation The "antidote" to the problem is also the only way for enterprise development and an important signal of enterprise digital transformation.
"The core of digital transformation is business-driven. Through the reengineering and reorganization of business processes and technological empowerment, the production efficiency of enterprises and their position in the global value chain are improved." Shan Zhiguang believes that new infrastructure is not a simple technology-driven change. The parameter is to change the structure to solve the function, efficiency and effect problems caused by the structure. The core is to drive the high-end industrial structure and the modernization of the industrial system.
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