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Jessica's Blog: September 2008
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Tuesday, September 30, 2008. Business Value of Enterprise Systems. The goals of supply chain management (SCM) are to reduce risks and uncertainty along the supply chain, which will decrease inventory levels and cycle time while improving business processes and customer service. These benefits provided by SCM will lead to increased profitability and competitiveness. In order to maximize the efficiency of SCM, there must be a large IT integration effort to manage SCM operations. Labels: Section 8.4. Http:/...
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Jessica's Blog: Decision Support Systems
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Tuesday, November 11, 2008. The following is a link to an article on decision support systems ( DSS. And how it helps business achieve objectives:. Http:/ www.informationbuilders.com/decision-support-systems-dss.html. Decision Support Systems are a specific. Class of computerized information system that supports business and organizational decision-making activities. A properly designed DSS. The following are examples of useful information that a decision support application might gather and present:.
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Jessica's Blog: Buisness Strategies for Competitive Advantage
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Tuesday, November 11, 2008. Buisness Strategies for Competitive Advantage. The following link is to an article that is relevant for firm's. Strategies to achieve competitive advantage:. Http:/ www.csustan.edu/manage/harris/MBA4.html. The article points out the following sources for competitive advantage:. Achieving Lower Costs than Rivals. More Convenient Geographic Location. Better Value Product (Quality, Service, Price. In order to achieve a cost leadership strategy, firms must do the following:. Five ...
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Jessica's Blog: Information Management: The Value of an Enterprise Data Model
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Wednesday, October 1, 2008. Information Management: The Value of an Enterprise Data Model. The following link is to the article by Mehdi Hatami,. Information Management: The Value of an Enterprise Data Model. That outlines the steps a company should take to develop an enterprise data model. Http:/ esj.com/Business Intelligence/article.aspx? This article presents steps that a company can take to manage its data in the most efficient way. October 21, 2008 at 2:28 PM. This is very interesting! Data Visualiz...
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Jessica's Blog: Five Levels of Decision Making
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Tuesday, November 4, 2008. Five Levels of Decision Making. The following is a link to an article by J.T Taylor,. Five Levels of Decision Making,. That is relevant to decision making in business:. Http:/ www.teambuildingusa.com/article-making-effective-decisions.asp. The author presents five levels of involvement that leaders use when deciding who should be part of the decision making process. Level 1: Leader makes the decision alone. Level 2: Leader makes the decision with input from stakeholders. To a g...
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Jessica's Blog: July 2009
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Thursday, July 23, 2009. Upcoming Blowing Rock Events Update. Blowing Rock Charity Horse Show. The Hunter/Jumper portion of the show will be held July 22nd-26th and July 29-August 2nd. Gates open at 8:00am. Blowing Rock Arts and History Museum Arts (BRAHM) and Antiques Weekend Event. Tickets for the three days of the sale are $10. Hours are 10:00 am to 6:00 pm on Friday and Saturday and 11:00 am to 5:00 pm on Sunday. Hayes Performing Arts Center. Art in the Park. Tweetsie Railroad Fan Weekend. IT Outsour...
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Jessica's Blog: Mobile Applications in Financial Services
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Thursday, September 25, 2008. Mobile Applications in Financial Services. Recently, mobile financial applications have come to include banking, wireless payments/micro payments, wireless wallets, bill payment services, brokerage services and money transfers. These new technologies have opened the potential to turn the mobile device into a business tool, possibly replacing our traditional intermediaries such as banks and credit cards. Is a piece of software that stores an online shopper's credit card infor...
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Jessica's Blog: October 2008
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Tuesday, October 21, 2008. Data Visualization, Geographical Information Systems, and Virtual Reality. Data visualization is becoming more and more popular for decision support. Visualization software packages offer users self-guided exploration and visual analysis of large amounts of data. GIS software used to be very expensive, but since the '90s, the cost has decreased dramatically. GIS data are available from multiple sources such as government sources. Labels: Section 11.4. Tuesday, October 14, 2008.
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Jessica's Blog: Artificial Intelligence
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Tuesday, November 11, 2008. The following is a link to an article that defines and illustrates the use of Artificial Intelligence:. Http:/ library.thinkquest.org/2705/. Labels: Quiz on Chapter 12- Question 3. They were talking a lot about AI when I first studied computers. IN 1978! It didn't amount to much more than a curiosity then and 30 years later, I am still skeptical. November 14, 2008 at 5:48 AM. December 9, 2008 at 12:13 PM. March 28, 2009 at 6:54 AM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Buisness ...
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Jessica's Blog: Mobile Banking Set to Boom
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Thursday, September 25, 2008. Mobile Banking Set to Boom. The following is a link to an interesting article by Natasha Lomas from. Showing the predicted impact and growth of mobile banking over the next few years. Http:/ www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/jun2008/gb20080618 147746.htm. This is very interesting! I recently traveled to Europe, and couldn't believe the advancements in mobile technology that they had! October 1, 2008 at 2:45 PM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile.
