Business Drivers for Global e-Business
{"Image DocumentName": "Business Drivers for Global e-Business", "Image ImageDescription": "Chapter 1. Global Customers. Global Products. Global Operations. Global Resources. Global Collaboration. Business. Drivers. for Global. e-Business. Global business applications should not only be consistent with e-business IT strategies, they should also take into account business requirements caused by the nature of the industry, its competitive forces, and its environmental forces. These global business drivers include: Customer Attributes. Some industries serve customers who are global customers--customers who travel widely or have global operations. In such cases, global online transaction processing may become an e-business critical application. Global Production and Operations. When product development is assigned to subsidiaries around the world, the production process and quality control of that process can only be effectively managed by global IT. Global IT supports geographic flexibility, allowing production to be assigned to a subsidiary based on changing environmental conditions. It also can support worldwide marketing of products and services. Economies of Scale. A global company and its subsidiaries can share the use of common equipment, facilities, and people, making business processes more cost efficient. Global Collaboration. Likewise, when knowledge and expertise of a company is spread around the world, global IT is needed to support enterprise collaboration. Teaching Tips. This slide corresponds to Figure on pp. 437 and relates to the material on pp \u00a9 2002 McGraw-Hill Companies.", "Image XResolution": "37", "Image YResolution": "37", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Centimeter", "Image Software": "SlidePlayer", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered"}