Investment is the main ingredient that organizations take into account when making decisions to carry out any project. However, there are still some that have not used the power of digital transformation in the times of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4RI) as a vital visibility tool for donors and donors. Measuring the benefit of investing in technology is a serious matter and many directors of organizations wonder how to do it.
Before taking the big leap, you need to analyze your return on investment. Making the decision to invest in technology cannot depend on what the organization “feels” or “believes” it needs. It is not a drift bet either. Making an investment in technology can generate a great return or not. So a good way to calculate the value of investing in technology is to calculate the return on investment.
What is ROI?
It is the amount saved or realized less the investment cost. At MAKAIA, we have created a digital transformation tool that responds to this need where there are many factors to consider. It is not simply subtracting and adding. You have to take into account such subjective aspects as: the time of adoption of a new technology or the culture for the change of people in your organization.
In this way, before making the decision, we recommend the following steps
Step 1:
Analyze and ask yourself: Is the organization ready ?: A large part of the organizations, large and small, of the social sector in Latin America use local servers or, failing that, the hard drives of their computers for the storage of information, and now they ask themselves if they should move towards the cloud.
Step 2:
Make a comparative where you have to analyze the viability of the project and the return that this investment will have, in addition to the various options to carry out this transformation. You could do: an upgrade to your current servers, use Office 365 or Google Apps, move to Amazon or Azure, or do nothing, depending on your cost.
Step 3:
Make a comprehensive assessment of various factors to make the decision, as simple as: do I have enough internet for the implementation of the cloud? or as complex as: how long will it take and how much money will I invest in training for my employees?
Step 4:
Take stock of all costs, determine an execution time and anticipate the savings or expenses – not just monetary – that will be generated by the implementation of new technology within your organization.
Now, how do you save on technology and have a better return on investment?
We can do it for you and easy, through the Technology for the Social Sector program, with this you have different options: from donation licenses paying an administrative fee, to discounted licenses through the cloud options. These are:
Software Donations:
You have access to the basic licenses that your organization needs on a day-to-day basis, paying an administrative fee per product that ranges between 5 and 10% of its commercial value.
Microsoft Discount Programs:
All Professional licenses and specialized servers. There are almost 80 different options for you to plan your digital transformation with up to 50% discount compared to commercial value.
Cloud services: From donated versions of Office 365 like E1, to discounted versions like E5, you’ll also find Azure services with $ 3,500 in credit, as well as Google and Google Ads apps with $ 10,000 in credit.
Remember that you can mix licenses, use on-premises and in the cloud, purchase standard versions through donations and professional versions through the discount program.
How do I start planning my digital transformation for my organization?
We help you with this and the best thing is that you can do it yourself. You simply need to go to our Digital Transformation Model and make your diagnosis so you know: 1. Where you are currently, 2. Where you can move and how to do it.
The technological future allows our organizations to advance and facilitate management, provides security, order and improves productivity.