NT1330 Unit 1 Assignment

Part 1: It would effect everything on the planet, plants would be less able to produce the suns energy and living organisms would be in big trouble. A short term effect would be decreasing plant populations and a long term effect would be a decreasing population of every organism on the planet. i. Much like the first one, if the sun was completely blocked producers could not produce, thus consumers could not eat them and get energy and the decompress could not break down the organisms if they're not alive. It would result in the overall extinction of living organisms on earth. ii.

We can describe IoT as connect things like smartphones, personal computer and any other electronic devices and connected together as a new way in communicating between things and people and between things themselves [1]. IoT rapidly growing from industrial machine to consumer goods for sharing information and completing tasks [2]. According to [1], the number of devices connected to the Internet is expected to be increased from 100.4 million in 2011 to 2.1 billion by the year 2021 growing at a rate of 36% a year. Figure 1 shows that statistics from Cisco. Cisco Systems, Inc. is an American multinational technology company that designs, manufactures and sells networking equipment.

Task 1 Outcome 1: 1.1) a. The problem of using the manual system is high cost. And the manual system is not convenient at all for both staff and customers. Staff must record the data of all the things manually on the log book. The number of customers is increasing, so staff must to do more works or the library need to hire more staff.

Salesforce.com is number one CRM Product in the market. Salesforce is cloud computing technology, and runs on cloud. We do not need to install the software, it is available in cloud. CRM is a model used to manage organization interactions like phone calls, Emails, Meetings and Social media with customers and prospects penetrating to Sales, Marketing and Support. There are different types of editions available in salesforce depending upon the user/company requirement.

Knowing that ERP is one of the most expensive information systems initiatives, a firm can undertake, Burleson (2001) proposes that the human costs, i.e., the expenses for people to install the software, implement the changes in the process, move the data, and train the users, usually cost three to four times the cost of the software itself

The strategies and operations that Midas uses have both positive and negative impacts upon its operating efficiencies. Offering limited services have the advantage in the fact that the company requires limited inventory which allows it to store the tools and spare parts needed to perform operations close to where they are needed. Having limited inventory of course helps the company in reducing costs considerably. Cost of both the storage facility needed for the equipment and the cost of labor needed to handle them will be considerably lower. Fewer inventories also saves time because they are easier to locate from anywhere within the store.

Solution Considerations (Points to be covered): Dynatrix needs to build a centralized computer operating system that requires employees to receive computer skills training, because most of the company's employees do not know how to use the

Management should inform employees for every upcoming changes. When there is a lack of communication, it may cause employee to be more resistant to change. Being more proactive on communication will minimize risk and resistance among employees making them cooperative. A timeline should be made to address the implementations and employees who manage the process. An effective timeline will allow Rock Solid to provide the necessary equipment and training before implementing NetSuite.

This may be due to the fact that the business owner may not be seeing the full benefits that the technology can have. New technology can have high percentages of benefits than losses if and when used correctly. Business owners struggle with change. When certain procedures have been done the same way for a good amount of time,

Streamline Business with new technology Implementing tools to assists in modernization of your business and keeping up with the technology will make harvesting your profits rather easily and with lesser efforts. Your business can’t afford to compromise on company’s levels of profitability, productivity and security. By implementing new technological elements and efficient office management tools you are making your business much more streamlined accompanied with adequate protection. With effective technological renovations you can enhance workplace profitability and

There have been many challenges faced by companies when implementing enterprise-wide information management system

Obstacles to communication in business are problematic as they make it difficult for a message to be received in the manner of which it was intended, or indeed not received at all. In a working environment, communications may generally be classed as vertical or horizontal. Vertical communications are those that move up or down the various levels in the company, such as a message from the director, down to manager, to supervisor, and then subordinate.

They wanted an increase their increase efficiency, so FoxMeyer Drugs purchased an SAP system and a warehouse automation system as well as hiring Andersen Consulting to integrate and implement the two systems, it was told to be a 36 million dollar project but by the time it was 1996 the company was bankrupt and then had to sell the company to a competitor for 85 million dollars. There are reasons for failure, FoxMeyer Drugs had set up an unrealistic goal and wanted the entire system to be implemented and working in a year and a half. Another reason is that the employees whose jobs were affected by this new system were not happy with the project. After the warehouses were closed, the first warehouse that was going to have the new system implemented was affected badly with stock being damaged by workers and orders not being done. The new system turned out to be less productive than the previous one.

This case study talks about AtekPC, mid-sized PC building company founded in 1984. The company had a rapid growth during 1990's with a highest achievable sale of $1.9 billion in 2006, but after that year things were not going that well and company has found itself struggling against the competition. Organization had a 2100 full time employees and 200 part time employees at different positions in the company, all of them were part of a big family that has had one mission and that is a production of full-pledged PC's. In the past, IT projects were usually handled by the current team members, which were responsible for the execution of all project management responsibilities, this means that there was no PMO office present back then.

Did they consider other solutions? Give examples. Ans. The objectives were not laid down well and the project was not planned properly. They planned to meet the project requirements as they arise, and did not plan for them in advance.