Information Systems
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Information Systems
Information Technology
Information technology offers a platform to coalesce business processes into a competitive strategy against other firms. Usually, several transactions take place within a firm daily. As such, it is usually difficult to record such deals manually. Thus, to record daily transactions systemically without wasting valuable resources such as time, information technology will ensure that the transaction process from the supplier to the client will actually take place without hindrance or complexity. Through information technology, business judgments occur based on the information offered to decision makers. Within an aggressive business surrounding, it is exceedingly vital that the decisions reached upon convey the respective scenario and favor the firm in consideration of the rivals within the firm’s environment. As such, by utilizing information technology, every sector within the organization will receive the collected data based on its importance. Afterwards, the department charged with decision-making will utilize this information in order to assess the firm’s performance and ensure that all the structuring of plans and policies coincides with the collected data. As such, if the department mandated with decision-making receives accurate data, then the department will take the appropriate procedures and plans with respect to the current situation. After reaching to the decisions via the utilization of information technology, such decisions will undergo effective implementation. Examples of information technology systems include the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Systems. The ERP systems were vital within my organization since they provided the firm with the opportunity to utilize a structure of incorporated applications in order to oversee the organizations. Furthermore, the ERP system integrated all features of operation such as product development, production operations, marketing and promotions and sales.
Use of Information Technology
While utilizing information technology, a business can develop switching costs from a group of disparate points of view. As such, a business can ensure that it benefits from such a strategy by using information technology to attract clients and create a long-term relationship with them. Subsequently, the firm can also use this strategy to preserve long-term suppliers. Accordingly, a switching cost comprises the cost in resources that a client will acquire in the event of switching from the organization to its respective competitors. Firms such as Sears Roebuck and Co. utilize their definite cost-match strategy in order to retain consumers and thus restrain from accessing other retailers in the purchase of merchandise. Nonetheless, one of the ways in which Sears verifies pricing by other competitors, while integrating information technology, is through the Internet. As such, other organizations could benefit from such a strategy with respect to cost matching in order to ensure client retention. Organizations such as Wal-Mart retain their suppliers, which in turn, enables the firm to receive reductions in inventory costs and amounts. Such success within Wal-Mart depicts the advantages of the Internet. It is because of the Internet that Wal-Mart is able to provide lesser costs for their superior standard merchandise. As such, maintaining suppliers with respect to the merchandise flowing from the retail stores preserves the merchandise flowing from the supplier docks. As such, the consistent flow of merchandise typically creates a sturdy relationship between the supplier and the firm. Nonetheless, in amalgamating flexible and rigid solutions, the firm can integrate different computer applications such as database applications that will enable the firm to apply flexibility to the database.