There have been some disagreements in the organisation as to whether the company should build or buy a new mobile application which would allow the customers to securely view the product stock, place orders and track their orders through the supply process to order fulfilment and delivery to the premises. This report aims to determine what the advantages and disadvantages of each approach would be and therefore help the organisation to make a well-informed decision as to what route to take when it comes to the Information Technology acquisition. A thorough analysis will be made and then a recommendation will be offered up for the top executives to review in order to make their final decision.
The following criteria will be looked at when analysing the build and buy options: usability and functionality, cost-benefit analysis, upgrade policy and cost, vendor reputation, system flexibility and scalability, manageability, required training, system security, maintenance and operational requirements, user easiness to learn, performance measurements, interoperability and data handling, quality of documentation, hardware and networking resources, upgradeability, ease of integration, reliability measurement and compatibility with other applications (Daneshgar, Low & Worasinchai, 2013).
Buy a mobile application
The company can choose between two options when deciding to ‘buy’ a mobile application, they can either buy the product outright or they can lease the product. These two options share similar pros and cons which are discussed below:
Advantages
Since the product can be bought off the shelf from an IT store, implementation time is shortened because it is simply about installing the software and making it available to the public and ...
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...bugs would have to be worked out of the system before it can be made available to the public. There is no way to determine exactly how long this process will take. There may be problems with the usability of the system in the sense that the application that will be developed will be one that people will have to familiarise themselves with (Rahardjo, 2006). It would be difficult to update to newer technology because the IT department would have to keep up to date and create upgrades for the application constantly so that it always meets the needs and expectations of the customers by using the latest technology advancements (Rahardjo, 2006). This would require more funding in order to allow the IT department the resources it would need in order to generate these updates on a regular or need to do basis.
Outsourcing the building of a mobile application
Advantages
Technological developments and improvements have allowed for businesses to communicate information faster and better by the use of email, live chats, and video teleconferencing. These enhancements allow for a faster flow of information in which a business can easily distribute and receive responses in real-time from its customers. It helps employees to function more efficiently by using software programs such as word processing, spreadsheet tools, statistical analysis software and computer aided design programs. With the growth of the internet and social media, businesses expose its products to a larger customer base. Others advances such as inventory management software are able to track and fill orders, and replace stock when the volume fails a pre-determined quantity at much faster rates. Digital storage of documents and information on servers and multi-media storage
Some software systems have a relatively short lifetime (many web-based systems), others have a lifetime of tens of years (large command and control systems). Some systems have to be delivered quickly if they are to be useful. The techniques used to develop short-lifetime, rapid delivery systems (e.g. use of scripting languages, prototyping, etc.) are inappropriate for long-lifetime systems which require techniques that allow for long-term support such as design modelling.
A second barrier to entry is switching costs. When IBM and Apple were the only computer systems to choose from people had to make a choice. When you went to buy one system then you had to buy all the software that went along with that system. Ultimately, IBM became the mor...
Based on the project timeline these deliverables are to be completed and submitted within substantial amount of time which is twelve weeks or three months. Once the deliverables are in place, the next milestone is the procurement of the system and it will take more or less two months from order to installation and testing. This is the longest activity of the project where we focus on training and orientation to ensure that the user of the program is well equipped and trained to align with our objectives which are to efficiently process and get reimbursement within 15 days. I believe this is the strongest marketing strategy we can convince our
Some challenges are business related. Many software suppliers use non-standard software to "lock in” vendors - i.e. make it difficult to migrate their data to a competitor. Business models that are predicated on historical service delivery models, such as face-to-face, fee-for-service consultations often penalize remote service delivery.
Hardware, software, support and maintenance costs grow each year with multiple systems in each local region running different types of software and hardware. The application and hardware support teams are larger than could be possible with one integrated solution.
Telecommunications gained mainstream attention in the early 90’s; however the initial key market was business men and women, who used their phones whilst being on the move and so allowing them to communicate with their companies with ease. Though in the modern era, telecommunication went through segmentation in the market trends, and now in this day and age it would be difficult to find someone who does not own some form of mobile technology. Many phone providers battle to provide the best service for their customers (Figure 1).
Mobile is the first order priority device for access because people are connecting with others, finding entertainment, and doing business—all with smart phones. The prices of mobile phones are never over $1,000 in today’s world. They are affordable and accessible. As the result of the changes the worldwide and national business environment has undergone, people own 1-2 cell phones on average. However, the mobile markets in US seems to have been saturated.
Carr eliminates the possibility of advantages due to proprietary software using the example of American Hospital Supply’s ASAP ordering tool. He highlights how specialized software can turn from a boon to bane, when more generic and updated solutions come into the picture. Many companies such as Dell and Wal-Mart have used the opportune time frame of the IT boom to set up their brand name and goodwill. That window seems to have closed now, because the possibility of a competitive advantage using IT is minimal, if not zilch.
Effectively integrating information technology (IT) into an organization’s business processes is critical if the organization wants to increase productivity and remain profitable. IT includes items such as the systems software, application software, computer hardware, and the networks and databases that help manage the organization’s information. When implementing quality standards and processes that are forever changing in the IT world, organizations must balance these changes while continuing to rapidly implement new systems technologies in order to stay competitive.
As discussed, this project and its requirements highlight areas where future work/improvements can be made to increase the project and the outcome. The timeframe put on this project is something which can be changed to deliver a full implementation rather than “vanilla functionality” which would later need to be modified. Another factor to consider delivering a full implementation would be the capital investment which is used for this project as this needs to be topped
Along with different brands, as you can imagine, there are an abundance of models too. So whatever you may desire in a phone, there are many different options to choose from when selecting an Android phone. As I stated earlier, the Google Play Store does not have many limitations on apps. This allows companies and individuals to upload and create their own apps, causing there to be more apps available to Android users. Not only are there more apps, the selection is much more broad and a desirable type of application may come in different forms over the Google Play Store.
In addition, the substantial savings in the cost have been completed by a common strategy of purchase and amount a common provider base. Common platforms have been developed to reduce the time for the new product introduction.
Have you ever asked yourself, what the world would be like if there weren’t any mobile applications. Society is impacted by the new development in technology daily. Someone is always claiming that their inventions will revolutionize the world, but no invention has had more success over the years, in the cellular world than mobile applications. People all around the world use millions to billions of applications daily for personal and business uses. For example, social networking which is use by all generations of people. It has an influence the way we purchase cell phones, in order to have the capability. With the creation of different smartphones and tablets, comes the demand for more mobile applications. This causes competition among application builders. Mobile applications are designed to its user making their experience less complicated. Mobile applications have their advantages and disadvantages, depending on its design and designer. They can be created to be very simple or complex, depending on its intended function. Has society benefited from the usages of mobile applications or is it just a distraction. What impact do mobile applications have on society.
For this paper, I will explore the vast field of mobile technologies and how they have changed not only how businesspeople work, but how customers often use mobile technology to interact with businesses. As someone who is personally very passionate about mobile technology and its continuing growth and development, this topic is a natural fit for me to write about. Mobile technology has proven itself as a valuable asset to businesses of all sizes because of its constant availability and the wide array of functions these modern mobile platforms are capable of handling. There are many types of mobile technologies on the market, and in this paper I will cover a relatively small number of them relative to the other large, diverse set of devices that exist on the marketplace.