A system of roles, relationships, responsibilities, power, authority, accountability and proper technology is what defines the structure of an organization. The power of an organization is rooted in its structure and its success is determined by its organizing ability. Information technology has made its mark to prove as a backbone to organizations organizing capabilities.
Every organization comes up with a product or a service. Its a common phenomenon that integrating products or services from various organizations gives an effective and useful device. Assembling, storing, pricing and managing information related to these activities in a storehouse posed problems since ages. With the advent of warehouse management systems, an improvement to the Data Warehouse. All information is maintained and managed with the WMS software.
Efficient algorithms are used for quick retrieval of space, pricing information, best fit calculations, randomizing and prioritizing tasks etc. This has provided organizations time to concentrate more on their supply chain rather than worrying about warehouse management.
Online business transactions have been going at good pace however the time gap between placing an order and receiving clearance is often an issue to worry about. This would consume a minimum of two business days. Marketing companies needed to organize much of their force to service these requests. With MS-speech server technology, orders are placed through voice and interfaces are provided to facilitate interactive sessions with the clients. The weight of servicing the client requests is reduced and organizations can devote much time for building their strategies.
Standards for communication and exchange of information are not defined for organizations. However there are many situations where information is to be shared and communication links have to be set up. Conversion into compatible formats was a tedious job which resulted in delay or information mismatch. With the interoperable specification software, companies can exchange information without concerning more about the problems of format conversion and network security.
With optical lines for communication added up with these IT developments the network systems are offering more bandwidths, which means more frequent flow of information and high data sharing capacities. Data warehouses can be used for predicting future demand, studying demand-supply analysis, competition among peers etc.
IT advancements have provided enough momentum for organizations to organize and devote time to develop their individual strategies, policies and mission Statements.
Culture and other moral values can be taught to employees to provide them peace at work. Management, bureaucracy, competition and environment are the four buzzwords that contribute for any organizations success. IT advancement provides a nice dynamic platform on which the organizations competitiveness can be assessed.
