Chapter $6$ of Pearlson describes how Mohawk adopted cloud computing platforms and a Service$-$Oriented Architecture to achieve its business transformation. The chapter emphasizes the importance of Mohawk leadership setting a business strategy and developing an IT architecture and infrastructure to realize it$.$

Business benefits to Mohawk

Shaking the precloud annual earnings decreases by $2\%5\%$ per year to tripling its earnings in two years

Automating its transaction processes, saving $$1$ million to $$2$ million annually in staff costs

Increasing its product variety fivefold

Increasing its customer base from $1015$ distributors to $100$ business partners and many thousands of direct customers

Thinking about the list of specific business benefits to Mohawk, what non$-$IT changes do you expect were required to realize the transformation? As a part of Mohawk leadership, how would you align these to the IT changes to achieve digital transformation?