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Role and Impact of the Application of Computing Technology to the Function of Operations Management

Role and Impact of the Application of Computing Technology to the Function of Operations Management

Introduction

Trade operations are more and more influenced as well as affected as a result of development of technology. In the past trade paper filing system was used in the business operations but now these are not being used. Servers and personal computers are changing the old typewriters which were an important part of the business in the past as new printers are famous now. Networks systems are replacing conventional interaction way that was face to face. The new technology plays an essential role in the entire changes (Ross, 2011, pp. 1-79).

The management of supply chain is concerned with the information as well as the flow of products between the members of supply chain within the organizations. Latest expansion in technologies facilitates the organization to get information without difficulty in their premise. All these new technologies are much more supportive to organize the actions to run supply chain. The price of information is reduced due to the growing rate of new technologies. Manager desires to recognize that uses of information technology as these are beneficent to the business. With the exception of computer data appreciation apparatus, communication technologies, industrial unit automation in addition to the other services and hardware are included (Waters, 2007, pp. 4-49).

With the appearance of the age of information technology it is practically not possible to discover a business with no any digital component. The old system of paper filing is being shifted to the new electronic databases competent of recovering the information on consumers within a few moments. Accounting is at the present traced on computer the software platforms intended to facilitate businesses in both analyses as well as to track the records. The entire of this has restored the old paper and pen used in trade of the history.

Discussion

Infrastructure of the new technology gives a viable positioning of the trade initiatives as cycle time decrease, execution, implementing redesigned processes that are cross-functional. More than a few well known firms concerned in the supply chain association via information technology. There are three factors that have powerfully impacted this alteration in the significance of information. 1st, pleasing in fact satisfying customer has turned out to be somewhat of a business fascination. Serving the consumer in the best, mainly efficient and helpful way has become serious. 2nd the information is a critical factor in the supervisor's abilities to decrease the inventory as well as human resource requisite to a spirited level. Flow of information plays a vital role in the strategic planning (Ross, 2011, pp. 1-79).

SCM usually involves getting the raw resources from the retailers, developing the products, fleeting of finished goods to the merchant, then to seller and at last to the consumer. Information technology passes on to the applications of computer programs to manipulate as well as store information. The information technology applications have a great impact on the ...