ACCELERATING DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION OF SMES

Digital transformation is happening across all industries worldwide, including in Singapore. This book seeks to provide insights on how small and medium enterprises (SMEs) can embark on their own journeys of digital transformation, while at the same time remaining agile in responding to industry and consumer needs. It will outline how firms can foster a culture of business transformation to improve efficiency and productivity; elaborate on how the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the digital transformation process, and how it has provided new opportunities; present a roadmap on how SMEs can navigate through the artificial and data analytics revolution; and provide recommendations on how SMEs can partner with institutes of higher learning. It concludes by elaborating on the skillsets and capabilities needed to drive digitalisation.

Contents:

• Accelerating Business Transformation in the Digital Age
• Opportunities for Digital Transformation Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic
• Enhancing SMEs' Digital Transformation Capabilities through Partnership with Universities
• SMEs Roadmap to Navigate through the Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics Revolution
• How Accounting Organisations Can Approach Digital Transformation
• Digital Transformation in Healthcare SMEs
• Digital Transformation in Logistics SMEs
• Digital Transformation in Microfinance SMEs
• Developing Skillsets and Capabilities to Drive Digitalisation in SMEs Acquisition of Digital Skillsets — Optimisation and Simulation
• Developing Skillsets for Future Accountants

Readership: Owners and managers of SMEs, accounting firms, and university students interested in digital transformations.