1. a) Assuming that Fastfit goes ahead with its plans to have an e-commerce site, identify two physical locations, from where customers can enter their orders to the ecommerce site and b) For each of the locations that you mentioned, identify the technologies (cover the areas of software, hardware and networks) that a customer would need (at the location) to accomplish this activity? (use a table); Physical Location | Technologies Required | | Hardware | Software | Network | Home | * Personal Computer (Desktop) * Laptop * Modem | Operating Software such as Windows, Web Browsing Capability Security software such as (McAfee, Ad-Aware) | Access to the internet | Office | * Office Computer (Desktop) * Laptop * Modem | Operating Software such as Windows, Web Browsing Capability Security software such as (McAfee, Ad-Aware) | Access to the internet(Wi-Fi) | Customers do not need any additional software and hardware to order online. Customers can pay the product cost by entering their credit card number. So there is no need of any hardware and software in order to make payment online. 2. a) What technology components (cover the categories of software, hardware and networks) do we need at FastFit to interact with our customers on the web?
Ben Nihart MGMT351-07 SWOT Analysis Best Buy SWOT Analysis Best Buy Vision Statement: To be at the intersection of technology and life. Strengths: * They have a physical location, which some people prefer over the online route. * They have a very knowledgeable tech staff, Geek Squad. * Have a diverse group of tech products from computers to cameras, to washers and dryers to cd’s and dvd’s. Weaknesses * Customer Service, in a poll conducted in 2010 1/3 of Best Buy customers left unsatisfied.
Your account framework can be: Choose the 2 that apply. Category: B. The login account has domain administrator privileges A. The intended GP user has been set up in SQL prior to the installation C. The ODBC connection to the SQL server is set up D. You have logged onto the workstation with local administrator privileges Answer: D Question No: 19 What should you confirm before beginning the Microsoft Dynamic GP installation on a workstation? Category: Page 6 of 17 Copyrights © 2007 Selftest Engine, all rights Reserved.
ERP system is designed to simplify all the processes of the firm or the enterprise by storing all the information at one common database as well as automatically updating the information at every stage of the production process. Company chose SAP a software provider as a new ERP package. SAP is a server based system where a common server holds all the companies information. 3. What are some of the benefits of an ERP system?
IT/205 Week 1 Checkpoint Instructor: Celesta Blake by Joshua Foultz Difference between IT and IS Information of technology is all the devices, hardware, software, and programs that helps a company in order to achieve their business goals and objects. The Internet has become one of the most useful types of technology that has help business today. It allows them to market, communicate, and ship their products around the world more efficiently and quickly. “Information systems is an integrated set of components for collecting, storing, and processing data and delivering information, knowledge, and digital products”(Encyclopaedic Britannica, Inc, 2012). The difference between the two is information of technology is limited to technology, as information systems is more complex.
Online news has low sunk costs, and it is very easy to set up. Many newspapers have been able to offer online services, such as the New York Times, Daily Telegraph and FT.com. This has made the market more contestable because new firms have been able to enter an industry with traditionally high barriers to entry. On the other hand, hard copy newspaper has higher costs of set up, as it needs high levels of equipment. Figure 2 shows hard copy newspaper market is dominated by 4 biggest newspaper firms, including The Financial Times, The Telegraph, The Times and The Sun.
Its headquarters are in Seattle, Wash. In Amazon's mission statement, the company says it's working towards becoming "Earth's most customer-centric company where people can find and discover anything they want to buy online." Millions of new and used items are sold on Amazon.com, Zappos.com, Endless.com, and Shopbop.com and on its international web properties. Items available for purchase include books, movies, music, games, sportswear, automotive parts and more. Founder Jeff Bezos started selling only books on Amazon.com in 1995.
Amazon focuses on convenience, selection range, and price. “We seek to offer the Earth's Biggest Selection and to be the Earth's most customer-centric company, where customers can find and discover anything they may want to buy online”. In addition to the direct retailing services, Amazon allows other small and medium sized businesses to sell their products through the company’s websites. The customers and business are able to complete their orders and transactions in Amazon’s websites. Other individuals such as authors, musicians, and filmmakers are also able to sell their products using the same platform.
a) E-commerce and the Internet Customers can make the orders online at any point and any time through E-Commerce and the internet. After the inception of E –Commerce the customer’s shopping model changed a lot. most of the internet applications today are so effective that they can actually be integrated with the existing databases to provide sales and customer demand information at different stages of the supply chain. This advancement in technology definitely helps in alleviating the bullwhip effect since the upstream stages of the supply chain can plan and have an idea of the changes in customer demand for a product. All the stages in the supply chain can make effective and efficient decisions, to involve in similar inventory polices and planning activities so that the whole supply chain can be optimized rather than any sequence.
The recent increase is due to low delivery cost to customers. Customer relation management and information technologies- one reason Amazon has grown is due to their ability to keep customer satisfaction database. With this in mind, this helps Amazon to offer customers specific items or bundles bases on their previous customer preference. which is a win, win deal. Amazon is global, it was an original .com within the last ten years it has devolved a consumer data base it has been one of the first online retailers.