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Mitsubishi Electric Asia Pte Ltd (MEAP)
National University of Singapore Business School puts digital transformation top of the class
The National University of Singapore (NUS) Business School stands today among the world’s leading business schools. It is distinctive for offering the best of global business knowledge with deep Asian insights, preparing students to lead Asian businesses to international success and to help global businesses succeed in Asia. The School attracts a diversity of smart and talented students from all over the world to its broad portfolio of academic programs. Professor Siew Heng Quah teaches the MBA programs at the School and has been providing top quality learning experiences in his core module “Corporate Strategy”. In his “Leading with Strategy in Digital Firms” module, he focuses on reviewing current technological changes that affect today's business environment, demonstrating the strategic role of leaders in the digital age, and introducing frameworks and tools to identify strategic drivers for the digital economy to prepare the participants for the coming transformation of their firms. Siew Heng invited Mitsubishi Electric’s Factory Automation Digital Manufacturing Architect Hajime Sugiyama to share the company's 20+ years’ experience with “e-F@ctory” Digital Manufacturing, in an online session with more than 30 students representing eight nationalities.
More than 30 students, representing eight nationalities, joined Mitsubishi Electric’s Hajime Sugiyama in his online “e-F@ctory” Digital Manufacturing session.
Mitsubishi Electric's Hajime Sugiyama shared key considerations and value creating tips when considering how to embark on a strategic Digital Transformation.
It was a lively session, with Hajime sharing Mitsubishi Electric's experiences on their strategic journey in the digital age, with tips to create value, and offering key considerations when embarking on Digital Transformation, and also providing answers to the many questions the next generation leaders were seeking advice for.
Siew Heng commented, “It was enlightening for the students as Hajime shared his rich practical experience which over-shadowed conventional theories of digital transformation. Digital transformation is an imperative for all companies today. This message must be reinforced as digital transformation is a journey, not a project, and all leaders have a direct role to lead their organizations on this journey in order to be successful. Hajime's experience showed this clearly.”
Kavin Mahtani, a student, added, “Hajime shared valuable nuggets on digital transformation based on real life practices, especially issues on culture and educating the organization. I enjoyed his session very much.”
Siew Heng commented, “It was enlightening for the students as Hajime shared his rich practical experience which over-shadowed conventional theories of digital transformation. Digital transformation is an imperative for all companies today. This message must be reinforced as digital transformation is a journey, not a project, and all leaders have a direct role to lead their organizations on this journey in order to be successful. Hajime's experience showed this clearly.”
Kavin Mahtani, a student, added, “Hajime shared valuable nuggets on digital transformation based on real life practices, especially issues on culture and educating the organization. I enjoyed his session very much.”
National University of Singapore (NUS) Business School Professor Siew Heng Quah commented, “It was enlightening for the students as Hajime shared his rich practical experience which over-shadowed conventional theories of digital transformation.”
