Another external threat includes economic slowdown. The economy can play a direct role in the success of an organization, and should be monitored accordingly. Another external threat is currency changes which can affect business and sales in other countries, another area that should be monitored closely. With limitless external opportunities in markets online CanGo has room to expand in multiple markets outside of online gaming, books, and the music industries. With online market growth the opportunities for CanGo are endless, a very important factor to consider in the company’s future growth.
A disadvantage of having a 24/7 business is that you will have to pay more for staff to keep this e-commerce business operated at all times, people who would be operating the website are not on a normal wage like a shelf stacker it is far more. The negative impact of this is that it will set you back you profit margins you make in the business as you will need staff working 24/7. Customer information can be stored An advantage of running an e-commerce business is that customer information can be stored. The advantage of this is that a business can keep data on customer information the impact of this is that companies can easily get in touch with all their
Bargaining power of suppliers- This is a very important aspect of the business, customers want quality products at the best price possible. It is imperative that the manager or person in charge of inventory is knowledgeable in his/her field and has good communication with suppliers to insure better prices. 3. Threat of entry of new competitors- The threat of new competitors is medium. The cost to open new business is high and not everyone can afford it but it is also important to take into account that this is a commercial area near a college campus; therefore it attracts more business than other areas.
The mass market traditionally focused on generating “hit” products that occupy the head and neglect the low-revenue niches markets comprising the tail. The niche customers have different needs especailly for those hard-to-find product and they willing pay a premium to a firm that best satisfies them. Therefore, the overlooked niches provide a potential growth and profitable market for company and is unlikely to attract many other competitors. Furthermore, technology is dramatically changing the the way we live and we do business. As a result of consumer’s embrace of the internet as a shopping media and the internet has directly contributed to the shifting of demand of products from hits to niches comprising the long tail.
Circuits needed to support * Pros: works well for static or slowly evolving network * Cons: Expensive and time consuming * 3 forces: making the traditional design less appropriate * The underlying technology of the client and server computers, networking devices, and the circuit themselves is changing very rapidly * The growth in network traffic is immense * With such rapid growth, it is no longer possible to accurately predict network needs for most networks. * The balance of costs have changed * Staff members cost > Hardware cost. * The building-block network design process: network that use a few standard components throughout the network are cheaper in the long run than networks that use a variety of different components on different parts of the network * Goal: simpler design process and more easily to manage * 3 steps * Needs analysis * Baseline, geographic scope, app system, network user, needs categorization * Technology design * Clients and server, clients and devices * Cost assessment * Off the shelf, request for proposal * Needs Analysis * Goal: why the network is being built and what users and apps it will support * Goal: produce a logical network design; statement of the network elements needed to meet the needs of the org * Geographic scope: the first step in needs analysis is to break the network 1. Access
Globalization Globalization is one of the biggest trends in today’s business world. Through the advancement of technology the world has gotten much smaller and as a result it is easier to do business across enormous distances. This is a trend sure to continue to grow. Leadership within Verizon is a challenge because it employs people across the globe. It is true this becomes easier with technology but when demands of all the different markets of the world are measured this can led to a much more complex puzzle.
Technology Risk Presentation Tammy Radcliffe XACC/210 • Limitations of Technology for E-Business System Technology is crucial in the daily operations of any business. Production of services is related to the technology used and it encourages an increase in productivity. Upgrades in technology gives an organization advantage to the competition. This could be cost effective to the organization compared to hiring new employees and paying high salaries in the long run. Technology has had several downfalls as well.
The first red flag would be that they are competing with huge computer companies that can have anything a customer needs readily available to ship. While Keystone seems to be doing a great job keeping up with the demand of certain products, they are forced to charge the customers more money for those products. While this has not currently affected them, it could in the future and could eventually be a problem for them. Another thing is that although business is booming right now, computers businesses do very well when the economic conditions are good. There are reports that say the economy will grow over the next few years (2010), but there is a possibility that they could be wrong and that won’t happen.
Furthermore, the current strong growth is alleviating most of competition pressure which is going to be more intense once the market reaches high saturation levels. [3] Regarding barriers to entry, the internet backbone plays and important aspect. Most of the current large incumbents own their own network which was used primarily for pre-internet era telecommunications or TV cable networks. This heavily reduced market entry by taking advantage of economies of scope.
An excellent way to resolve their money issues, eBay highly encourage buyer and sellers to use PayPal as a way to handle these transactions. What are the contracting costs at eBay? EBay has been very successful having a lean costs driven structure (EBay Project, 2013). They operate with particularly no cost of goods sold since the listings are put up by customers. Transactions are paperless and listing fees are collected regardless of sale and therefore regardless of any completed sales cost (EBay Project, 2013).