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Value unchained: Linking into the network effect of digital platforms By Miguel Custodio

Value unchained: linking into the network effect of digital platforms

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Value unchained: Linking into the network effect of digital platformsBy Miguel Custodio

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Digital Platforms definedServe as an intersection point, bringing products and services together into a richer, more personalized experienceDigital Platforms are:

Value chains evolving into powerful ecosystems Copyright © 2015 Accenture All rights reserved.

1 Accenture Technology Vision 2015; Digital Business Era: Stretch Your Boundaries. techtrends.accenture.com

Forging countless connections amongst consumers, suppliers, retailers, manufacturers, & product developers

Re-thinking business models to reap full benefits

81% of executives believe that platforms will reshape industries into interconnected ecosystems¹

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Digital Platforms in actionExecutives have a choice: either connect to an existing platform or create one of their own. The correct choice may be both.

Acquisition enabled launch of digital platform

Released payments device linked with current application development platform

Launched new approach to provide business-to-business platform services

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Preparing for platform operationsExploration starts with examination of some fundamental business imperatives

1 Accenture Technology Vision 2015; Digital Business Era: Stretch Your Boundaries. techtrends.accenture.com

Executive thinking is rapidly shifting toward businesses as platforms.

Another 35% of executives are experimenting with industry platforms.¹

35%

39%

Of executives Accenture surveyed, 39% were using industry platforms to collaborate and integrate data and applications with digital business partners.

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Shifting from a chain of events to a network of valueThink about creating new eco-systems

Establish operating models that can best deliver value to highly sophisticated,

digitally savvy customers.

Reap the full benefits of digital ecosystem demands by focusing attention from all business areas

Involve stakeholders from every key business unit in discussions that define the strategy, architecture and operating model.

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Leveraging platforms to elevate performance Shift from one-to-one transactions to composite experiences

1 Constellation’s 2014 Outlook on Dominating Digital Business Disruption,” Constellation Research, February 10, 2014. https://www.constellationr.com/research/constellations-2014-outlook-dominating-digital-business-disruption

Platforms open up new way of bringing any number of businesses together to meet consumer demands

Building a digital platform that combines hosting and participating offers agility, control and pacing

A new platform for high performance. In 2013, platform-oriented companies composed 14 of

the top 30 global brands (by market capitalization). 1

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Learn more at www.accenture.com/digitalplatforms

Contact us to discuss how to drive technology [email protected]

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