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Parker Earth Moving Company
Executive Summary
Session Four
Prepared February 8, 2010 by:
A-Team Consultants
Session Four Consultation
Today’s business world is ever-changing, and to remain competitive businesses must have the systems in place to change along with it. Parker Earth Moving Company understands this, and has agreed to purchase the most advanced systems available on the market today, based-on the recommendations stated below. These new system design helps Parker compete in today’s market, and future markets ones as well.
How Technologies are currently used in OM
With the use of technology operations management will have control for the operation, have control of the product and services, and also improve the strategy of the organization and management functions. Technology has a role to the decision making of management to have solutions, alternatives, and then make the best decisions from the information gathered. Technology involves software, telecommunication, data base, and hardware. With all this technology management can have information and facts to look into before making a decision that can affect the organization
The evolution of IT in operations management
With the evolution of information technology (IT) came new roles, new relationships, and new processes that have changed the way information is used to create, consume, learn, and interact in business operations to an information management structure that essentially supports the foundation of business survival.
A company like PEMC that wants to join the information age, or upgrade, should first implement an information evolution model to help identify current and future operational needs, and how this implementation may change the structure of the company.
What technology resources used to be available and what is available today
At one-time most large companies would have a mail system within the company, the evolution of technology then moved to...