4.1 IFS H/W Infastructure

The computer screen is the output technology. The CPU is the system unit which is processing technology using the ALU to convert "HELLO" into ASCII. ASCII is the 8 bit binary code that represents a byte which represents the letters. The CPU inside has 3 parts the ALU which does the math, the control unit that schedules activities that will be executed, and the register which is the internal memory.

3.3 Cost Benefit

Total Cost is all cost associated with use and maintenance.
Nonrecurring cost is one time cost.
Recurring cost is continued cost.

3.2 Building A Business Case

Fact- Based on the data, the new information system shows increase customer and employee moral by 20%. After training the employees will be able to quickly access opportunity's that the individual client may be interested in.

Fear- If we don't use a new information system we are in danger of rivals gaining competitive advantage because our system will be out of date.

Faith- I believe this information system will improve the company, because the current one is much outdated. This would make everything more efficient and faster

3.1 Value Chain Analysis

We can add value to the company using sales and marketing information systems to determine the trends in what the customer buys. This is in the Customer Pays slot and this would show top selling items.

Clobalization in Automobile Industry 2.2

Ford could be the last of the "big three" car companies based in the US. Industry Experts said for years that globalization would result in the consolidation of automakers. Manufacturers worked toward developing a "world car" but models did not sell well. Americans and Europeans vastly prefer different kinds of cars.  Globalization has changed the automobile industry by allowing automakers to build global networks.

1. Americans are becoming more aware of fuel consumption.
2.Cultural differences create different needs and wants in a car.

Globalization Enablers 2.1

Services Flickr Offers:
-Simple Editing Tools
-Sharing Tools
-Space to Upload Pictures

3 Enablers Used by Flickr:
-Uploading
-Steroids
-Informing

Organizational Chart. 1.3

3 Things I Want To Track 1.2

Product Sales

I would assign each menu item a number represented as Data. It would then be formatted into Information by adding dashes to the numbers. It would then be grouped into a relationship of which customers bought it, turning it into Knowledge. The customer information then would bring up all the information such as age and sex and would be able to show trends, thus turning it into Wisdom.

Customers

Each customer would be represent by a number that would be unformatted Data.It would then be formatted into Information by adding dashes to the numbers. It would then be grouped into relationships by sex which would be Knowledge. Then through Wisdom all the information from different domains could be pulled up such as e-mail and telephone numbers .

EmployeesFor employees would be represented by a number that would be unformatted Data. It would then be formatted into Information by adding dashes to the numbers. It would then be grouped into relationships by age which would be Knowledge. Then through Wisdom all the information from different domains could be pulled up.