Kickstart digital transformation
Kickstart digital transformation and online strategy
Top-of-mind issues for small and medium businesses are a lack of an online and digital strategy and presence, in an economic situation where business survival takes precedence. When investments are delayed and there are cash constraints, it is important to ‘get more bang for the buck’ and look more closely at the value of every dollar invested.
We will work with you to drive actionable steps to kickstart your digital transformation roadmap - by developing a digital strategy, understanding the key market differentiators and accelerating your digital, technology and innovation strategies, to move from offline to online. These will enable your business to strengthen core competencies, optimise internal processes and become more customer-centric.
Adopt and integrate new technologies
Adopt and integrate new technologies
Adopting new digital technologies can open up a world of opportunities, but also be challenging due to legacy models and insufficient upskilling. The cost of revamping digital infrastructure and lack of resources for addressing cybersecurity risks can prove to be a hurdle due to insufficient cash reserves and funding.
We will empower you to leverage modern technologies such as big data, cloud, AI, data analytics and blockchain to automate their business processes and drive efficiencies. This will help to reduce operational costs, optimise their manufacturing process, provide better customer services and unlock their maximum potential to fast-track their digital transformation.
Strengthen operation and supply chain resilience
Strengthen operation and supply chain resilience
Global competition has placed considerable pressure on SMEs to improve on cost and efficiency, to provide value-added services to meet market demand. There are upstream supply chain challenges, import and export delays and offline business disruptions.
In order to minimise disruption, SMEs must relook at their supply chain management to ensure that they are sufficiently flexible and resilient to cushion the shock. PwC Singapore can support the implementation of online collaboration tools for efficient operations, digitise management of suppliers to reduce reliance on paper-based systems and improve existing business controls to reduce business risks by monitoring real-time transactions.
Tighten digital risk and security
Tighten digital risk and security
According to the Digital Trust Insights Survey 2021: Singapore findings, nearly half the Singapore companies surveyed are prioritising accelerated digitalisation (e.g. e-commerce models, direct to consumer, new business models, virtual workforce) in the next year. But of course, one of the biggest impacts of such accelerated digitalisation is the potential surge in digital attacks and cyber threats. Remote work set-ups, accomplished hastily to enable business continuity, have brought increased exposure to threats.
In 2020, the Singapore government announced that SMEs could receive funding support under the Productivity Solutions Grant (PSG) to cover part of the cost of pre-approved cybersecurity products and services. PwC Singapore can help build your cyber resilience to create greater business value.