DIGITIZATION VS DIGITALIZATION: WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE?

Document management is one of the most important and critical aspects of a business. With the growing avenues of data within the digital age, managing documents is often complex. Many of our top priority enterprise clients are streamlining businesses through digitization and digitalization. Automation of business processes is the way to go. This is because managing physical documents and files is becoming cumbersome and challenging.?

?So, what is digitization and digitalization??

Disentangling digitization from digitalization may seem like a nit-picky exercise, but they are very different concepts with very different implications. Digitization is the conversion of text, pictures, or sounds into a digital format, while digitalization is the use of digital technologies and digitized data to impact how work gets done.?

In business, digitalization processes are initiatives such as legacy modernization or moving analogue systems online. Embracing the ability of digital technology to capture and access data creates efficient business models.?

Essentially, digitization is required for digitalization to occur. Let’s say you have a backlog of millions of records; digitization comes in as a solution for converting your physical records into digital formats such as JPEG, PDF, and PNG, amongst others. The digitalization initiative will include uploading these files to the cloud to transform collaboration and reporting processes. This will allow analytical tools to generate insights and actionable knowledge to mitigate risk and promote efficiency in future projects.?

The surge of cloud technology has helped enterprises migrate their documents into digital forms and manage the volume of data effortlessly.?

Essentially, both processes create value by cutting costs and laying the foundation for businesses to use cases that leverage data. It is therefore vital for every organization to embrace digitization and digitalization.?

At DISI, we provide an array of services and products to help companies digitize and digitalize their business processes.

Contact us via [email protected] for any inquiries or visit our offices located at Mombasa Road, Prime Carton Complex. For more information, check our website at www.disigroup.com. ?