Virtual Business Environments

An Environment that represents a business as a connected operating context. It brings together the business, its people, places, products, operations and systems, while connecting them to the industry, research and technology around them.
01 / HOW AN ENVIRONMENT IS CONNECTED

A consistent structure for each business environment.

Each environment follows the same basic structure while representing a different business or operating domain. The environment connects what the business does with the people, places, products and systems involved.

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 connected work that provide context..

02 / BUSINESS ENVIRONMENTS

Business environments currently represented.

Each environment represents a particular business domain and provides a connected view of its people, places, products, operations and systems.

A growing set of business environments

Horizon Group is the first business environment represented in this system. Various environments can apply the same structure to different operating domains, businesses and systems.

ENVIRONMENTInteractive environment

Horizon Group

A multi-branch FMCG and retail business environment connecting its people, locations, products, stock and operations.

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 in context, rather than as 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 research, engineering and business teams a shared operating reference.

04 / WORK WITH ITHOKA

Have a business worth representing?

Bring us a business, operating domain or system that needs to be understood in context. Ithoka can develop a connected environment around its people, places, products, operations and systems.

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