Yingde Gases was Listed on the “Dingge Award” Digital Transformation Pioneer List

On October 26, 2023, Yingde Gases was awarded the "Dingge Award" Enterprise of the Year for Total Data Intelligence by virtue of its digitalization "A1 project" on the sixth "Dingge Award" Digital Transformation Pioneer List released at the Harvard Business Review China Annual Conference. In the meantime, Fang Shiwen, Chief Executive Officer of Yingde Gases, was selected as one of the Annual Business Leaders of 2023 "Dingge Award".

In recent years, many companies have focused on digital transformation in response to the nation’s call to improve the high-end features, intelligent functions, and green standards of enterprises. Being at the forefront of the industry, Yingde Gases has accelerated its digital transformation efforts based on the “Leap" strategy. In February 2022, the company kicked off the ”The A1 Project”, a digital transformation project which marks a new chapter for the company in upgrading its management system as it adopts the concept of “all-in-one integration, innovation and change”.

For this year’s “Dingge Award”, Yingde Gases was selected as a model for the digital transformation of enterprises due to its ability to leverage its deep expertise and innovative capabilities to quickly perform information system integration, replacement, coverage and standardized management of all business types, all regions, and all business domains. This project, which were performed using a program group featuring SAP as its core system and other systems such as CRM, SRM, MDM and TMS, demonstrates leading digital applications, integration and innovation.

As a leading provider of industrial gas solutions, Yingde Gases draws reference from excellent case studies of international industry giants to precisely position the core and foundational elements of its digital construction efforts. While building a stable back-end platform, the company also expands and optimizes its middle and front-end platforms in terms of execution, design, implementation results, and multiple application scenarios, so as to attain or even exceed the highest standards of industry case studies.

Yingde Gases’ CEO Fang Shiwen has spoken about the digital transformation journey of enterprises in an exclusive interview with “Harvard Business Review” and interviews with media portals such as “China Industry News”, “Business Partner” and 51CTO. Meanwhile, in panel discussion focused on popular trends such as cloud-based management, AI, overseas expansion and sustainable development, Fang Shiwen has shared the company’s history and practical experience while discussing at length the new direction of digital transformation for “new Chinese enterprises"

Fang Shiwen also expressed, “Comprehensively promoting digital transformation and the construction of an informatized system is an important part of Yingde Gases’ sustainable development strategy. Besides effectively supporting global efforts and supply chain coordination while improving operational efficiency, the digitalization process also comprehensively supports the rapid expansion and high-quality development of local and overseas businesses. In the future, Yingde Gases will continue to move in the direction of ‘using digital tools to build a digital ecosystem’ as it builds digital capabilities such as overseas business, dual-carbon management, and smart factories. We hope to empower enterprises to improve operational and management efficiency while promoting the rapid growth of various businesses in order to provide greater value to customers. "

About the “Dingge Award”

The “Digital Transformation Pioneer List” of the “Dingge Award” is initiated by ”Harvard Business Review” (Chinese version), Tsinghua University’s Global Industry Research Institute and SAP. It aims to explore excellent case studies in digital transformation in order to illuminate the path of innovation for digital transformation among Chinese enterprises. Over the six years of its development, the “Dingge Award” have been recognized by the industry as a credible award body for digital transformation. In the 2023 “Dingge Award” selection stage which involved the participation of 248 enterprises, the judge panel of experts carried out on-site and online visits and research and conducted full-scenario interviews with various companies over six months. Upon discussion and research by the judges, the award winners for the “Digital Transformation Pioneer List” of the “Dingge Award” were finally selected through systematic voting.