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Again this year, 50% of respondents have a
redesign or change project for their IS
management tool
The majority of respondents who have no project for a change work in small companies (71% have fewer than 1,000
employees, 83% are not listed, 47% show a revenue under 50 million). Proportions are the same for companies that
have no project for redesigning their management system (respectively: 74%, 86%, and 51%).
The trend shows that system redesign is preferred in the longer term, whereas simple system adaptations or
expansions are preferred in the short term.
We observed that North-American companies are more prone to redesigning their system within the next 6 months
than French companies who prefer expanding their system. This cultural difference may show more ambition within IT
departments in the US, and perhaps more realism and pragmatism too.
The profile of our US respondents provides an explanation: a majority of the US companies are small but listed, with
fewer than 1,000 employees, a small revenue figure, but they are probably expecting a significant growth.
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We are currently working on a redesign project of our
country-wide management system, in order to cover our cost analysis and reporting capabilities at both national
and regional level
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Eric Masegosa,
Controlling Director / Chief Officer, Etablissement français du Sang Ile de France (French Blood
Institute)
Fig. 27 Time frame to expand or redesign information system tool
The reason for not starting an IT project for changing the management system is the lack of budget or human
resources (42%) and the lack of methodology or organizational instability (22%).
The choice of the information system is a prerogative of the Group
Companies look for standardization of their information system. This is the main tendency, independently of the
geographic localization and the listing (or not) of the company. However, the rate is higher in the industry sector (70%)
than in the banking-distribution sector. It is possible that, in the banking-distribution sector, the number of customers
and their geographic proximity lead companies to prioritizing adaptability and agility regarding the process of
standardization.
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France
USA
Other
countries
Change within 6 month
by country
Redesign within 6 month
by country
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