Of all of the technologies that I looked into the one that would best address the needs of UNICEF is the BRCK. BRCK was designed by a group of engineers, technologist and software developers from Kenya. Built to be extremely versatile and be able to work in harsher environments, given a rugged design to be able to withstand dust, drops, weather, and dirty voltage charging. The BRCK works much like a cellphone, switching back and forth between Ethernet, 3G, 4G, and Wi-Fi networks The four stages of the technology life cycle are Innovation Stage, Syndication Stage, Diffusion Stage, and Substitution Stage.
Innovation:
Represents the development of a new product as a result of the Research and Development team spending large amounts of
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This stage is characterized by rapid and sustained growth. BRCK has transitioned from the development and manufacturing stages into the acceptance of the technology by potential users all over the world. BRCK has grown to sell the product in 54 countries on 5 continents and has started to impact the Kenyan primary education system with the launch of BRCK education. They are fulfilling their mission to keep Africans connected. Today they are trying to provide reliable internet to schools in areas that are remote and therefore would not otherwise have access. If they can have these work in schools in the remote areas, then they should also be able to work for UNICEF when they are in these and other remote areas providing relief from …show more content…
The company is now well into the growth phase for this product. BRCK keeps mobility in mind, all users have to do is put in a 3G data SIM card into the BRCK it will broadcast a Wi-Fi signal that can be shared with up to 20 other devices. There is also an antenna included just in case people are ever on the edge of the signals range, they can just attach and get a stronger signal to get them through. This device packs a lot of power. It can work for 8 hours in full power mode if the power. The BRCK was designed to be solar charged, charged from a computer, car battery, or from a wall outlet and never burning the battery out. BRCK was designed to allow you to build on top of your own hardware and/or software. It was made to be managed via the Cloud, which means all of your devices connected to the BRCK can be accessed from any one place, anywhere in the world. The 4Gb of broadband storage that comes with it can be
In this paper, a scenario of the Brice family from the book “The Family Crucible” will be described in detail. The Family Development Theory and the Family System Theory will be analyzed to understand the Brice’s family scenario. Also, the two theories will be compared to discover which theory is more productive when analyzing this family’s scenario. Finally, the importance of culture in family issues will be discuss as well as how it helps the development of the family and how it broader its perspective in global issues.
A line extension or a new product line will require additional investment for product development and marketing activities.
Poor countries do not always have resources to fit the bill of education services for technology. “For children in poor countries, future connectivity promises new access to educational tools…” (Schmidt 227). “Physical classrooms will remain dilapidated; teachers will continue to take paychecks and not show up for class; and books and supplies will still be scarce” (Schmidt 227). A survey was done in 2012 about Ethiopia give out tablets fully loaded with educational information to poor country; it irresistibly gave poor students a wealth of knowledge where students could write and speak English (Schmidt 227-228). Inversely, the education of poor countries has hit all time low. The countries that do not have the finance to buy or create technology for classes is detrimental to the country growth. Technology must be available for everyone. The world is hindered from becoming a better place without technology being present in education. “Just imagine the implications of these burgeoning mobile or tablet-based learning platforms for a country like Afghanistan,
...y to create prototypes to accelerate creativity, with a focused team approach to develop solutions for specific challenges.
In 2007 and after the huge success of apple’s iPhone, Blackberry decided to diversify from the Enterprise market into a new market segment(consumer market) using its existing product(the business phones).
UNICEF, United Nations Children’s Fund, is a nonprofit organization, founded by the United Nations General Assembly in 1946 in New York. Initially, UNICEF was created to provide temporary emergency help like medications, nutrition and clothes to children in the destroyed after World War 2 countries. In 1953 UNICEF became a permanent organization which has been supported by voluntary contributions and donations. Today UNICEF operates in 190 countries all over the world, saving and improving children’s lives and protecting their rights. It also provides healthcare, immunizations, food, education and emergency relief. “The number of children dying every day from all preventable causes has declined to about 19,000, down from 33,000 in 1991. At the U.S. Fund for UNICEF we won’t stop at “fewe...
...product. But they did not have any other project or plan in hand. So, they lost their acceptability and incurred loss over the clock.
Grantham, Lisa Michelle. "The Validity of the Product Life Cycle in the High-tech Industry." Marketing Intelligence and Planning. June 1997.
UNICEF is the driving force that helps build a world where the rights of every child are realised. With the global authority to influence decision makers and the variety of partners at grassroots level to turn the most innovative ideas into reality. This makes UNICEF unique among world organisations, and unique among those working with the young.
The Product Lifecycle is a part of the portfolio analysis, in which a firm can analyse the stages in a products life. It is a model used to aid with decision making in a firm, and part of the marketing planning process. The shape and length of the lifecycle varies with the different products, as each one is unique. The different stages are launch, growth, maturity, saturation and decline.
UNICEF through its partnerships advocate the promotion of rights and well being of a child. This partnerships have enabled UNICEF to reach children that are mostly vulnerable and excluded in terms of their needs that is their basic needs and most of all education. This will help in transforming of the children lives worldwide as this organization is based
Setting goals for Process, Cooperation of the Process, Combination of the ideas, Evaluation, Testing ideas of Innovation Process, Execution of Implementing Innovation Process ,Estimation of lifecycle.
According to Business Dictionary (BD) defines new product development “as the process of developing a new product or service for the market. This type of development is considered the preliminary step in product or service development and involves a number of steps that must be completed before the product can be introduced to the market. New product development may be done to develop an item to complete with a particular product / service or may be done to improve an already established product. New product development is essential to any
About:- Product life cycle have four stages: a) Introduction stage b) Growth stage c) Maturity stage d) Decline stage