One of the IS module requires the participants to write seven Executive Case Summaries during the semester, which seems quite helpful for practising writing skills and beneficial to future development.

The Executive Case Summary is due every Saturday midnight, so I will just publish mine here on Sunday, every week.

I think it will also be helpful to you, by knowing more of the current trends of the innovative application of Information Technologies in Business. At least I myself have found the abilities of combining our IT knowledge and business skills enormously important for nowadays success.

 

 

Information Technologies (IT) have become extremely important for the performances and profits of those firms who have far-flung and complex supply chains. However, many executives would simply consider the process as just plug large amount of data into management and analysis software. In fact, minimally, IS could help to facilitate collaboration in the supply chain, as well as an integration of the whole chain.

 

How could Information Systems (IS) contribute to “the perfect order” for organizations? Externally, the IS which is built to connect companies in real-time to both suppliers and customers, could help to enable the development of tighter relationships with both parties. P&G aggregates point-of-sale (POS) data from its customers through its replenishment system, enabling it to send products to retailers as soon as there are not enough products on shelves. It also transmits production requirements to its suppliers, which allows the suppliers to better plan producing and delivering raw materials on a just-in-time base. The result of such end-to-end connections is much lower average out-of-order rates.

 

Further more, IS can be applied to produce longer-term demand forecasts by facilitating integration of the whole company and its supply chain. With the help of data collected from customers and analysis produced by its IS, Qualcomm’s top management with finance, sales, marketing and supply chain, are able to discuss and analyze overall demand forecasts monthly, which helps it achieve a high on-time delivery rate of 96%.

 

Recommendations

 

Organizations could first revamp their business processes and identify what makes imperfect orders under current situation in the short term, and then choose the technologies that support those new processes and help integrate the whole supply chain in the long run.

搬回学校来住竟然有了生活突然从六个人合住的社会主义大家庭突然变为资本主义单身生活的感觉

 

虽然生活未必能够达到称之为 “传统观念(党的教育)中资本主义式的个人主义”的程度，但长期这样的生活必能够催生这种主义

 

但是，这种生活，显然是舒适的，自由的，符合很多人也许大多数人天性的

 

 

 

似乎在说说做饭之前写这么多全是废话，但是以上这些想法是在做饭过程中催发的，所以先写出来^

 

早上很早就醒来，想想一天除了去KE找他们吃饭、继续想想项目的事情之外没有什么别的事情

回来以后对生活的安排常常局限于大家一起今天明天去哪里吃饭，而且经常吃了上顿想不到下顿吃什么

于是还没开学我们就已经吃过了science，SRC,PGP,甚至是原来住的地方的food court，而且于同学甚至对偶然情况下吃过一次的原来住地的炸鸡从此念念不忘，再也不能忘怀...

 

又说了一堆废话

 

突然间关于“做饭”倒不想多说了

因为这次只是很简单的一次“独立”打开电磁炉烧热水煮方便面加了三个鱼丸还打了个蛋（虽然鸡蛋皮也搭了进锅里去）的早饭

实在是引发了很多有趣的联想