Virtual Business Environments

A Virtual Business Environment gives you a connected view of a business, bringing together its people, places, products, operations and systems in the context where they actually work.
01 / HOW AN ENVIRONMENT IS CONNECTED

A consistent way to represent a business.

Each environment uses the same structure while representing a different business or operating domain. This makes it possible to see how the business, its operations and its supporting systems fit together.

BUSINESS

The organization and the way it is structured.

OPERATIONS

The people, places, products and activities involved in the work.

SYSTEM

The software, hardware and technology used to support the operation.

KNOWLEDGE

The industry, research and related work that provide context.

02 / BUSINESS ENVIRONMENTS

Business environments currently represented.

Each environment represents a particular business domain and shows how its people, places, products, operations and systems fit together.

Business environments in practice

Horizon Group is the first environment represented here. The same approach can be used to represent different businesses, operating domains and systems.

ENVIRONMENTInteractive environment

Horizon Group

A multi-location business environment used to examine how people, products, stock and activity operate across the enterprise.

INDUSTRYFMCG & Retail
SYSTEMIthoka Business Suite
RESEARCH6 connected units
TECHNOLOGYBusiness Automation
OPERATING SCOPE3 branches · 8 participants
EXPERIENCEInteractive environment
Explore Horizon Group
03 / VALUE TO THE BUSINESS

What an environment makes possible.

01

See the business as a connected operation rather than a set of disconnected requirements.

02

Understand how people, places, products and operations depend on one another.

03

Evaluate systems against the work they are meant to represent and support.

04

Give business, research and engineering teams a shared view of the operation.

04 / WORK WITH ITHOKA

Need to understand a business in context?

Bring a business, operating domain or system that needs to be understood in context. A connected environment can show how its people, places, products, operations and systems fit together.

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