Essays Tagged: "Automation"

The Computer

usehold accounts. Computers have opened up a new world in manufacturing through the developments of automation, and they have made modern communication systems. They are great tools in almost everythi ...

(4 pages) 230 1 3.6 Dec/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

Corporate downsizing

ownsizing are presented in many forms. Some companies downsize due to technological changes such as automation, which brings about the need for a reduction in the production workforce. Others may feel ...

(10 pages) 399 0 2.1 Feb/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Marx's theory of class focuses on the relations of production, involving exploitation and domination, between a class of owners of the means of production and a class of non owner workers.

work process in advanced capitalist society is designed to control workers more effectively through automation, which narrows the skills of workers and reduces their autoomy, resulting in further prol ...

(1 pages) 124 0 4.3 Mar/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Ford achieved 75% reduction in head count in its accounts payable department by reengineering. What did Ford reengineer?

f this reengineering? Explain your answer.1. These remarkable results were achieved not by applying automation to the existing process but by using shared data and database technology as an enabling t ...

(4 pages) 158 0 3.1 Mar/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies > Automotive Companies

Critically evaluate the assertion that "auditing e-business is no different from auditing any other business"

lephone line, computer networks or any other means. It is the application of technology towards the automation of e-business transactions and work flows. E-business is also a tool that addresses the d ... a managers guide. USA: Addison Wesley LongmanManson, S., McCartney, S. and Sherer, M., 1997. Audit automation: the use of information technology in the planning, controlling and recording of audit wo ...

(7 pages) 285 0 4.3 Jan/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Women in Combat. Show the naked truth that women who is known as soft senstive human can be very dangerous if question comes for her country's security.

Targets are being destroyed by weapons from pilotless vehicles. The rapid shift away from people to automation certainly should not limit the training in this automation to men only. Many new devices ...

(2 pages) 66 1 3.4 Feb/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Women's Studies

Torsional vibration in marine propulsion

r those who sail on board the ship, but also because of the instrumentation necessary for the ships automation, such as computers, sensors and other sensitive equipment.The sources of torsional vibrat ...

(10 pages) 45 0 5.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Engineering > Mechanical Engineering

Corporate Downsizing

ownsizing are presented in many forms. Some companies downsize due to technological changes such as automation, which brings about the need for a reduction in the production workforce. Others may feel ...

(10 pages) 218 1 3.7 May/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Computer Technology: Increasing Automation in the Nations's Industries

hand, and the whole car was assembled by hand. The assembly line changed all that. This process of automation is evolving and being applied in many different ways and is changing the way we work and ... mote.The technological advances in the computer industry paved the way for a new type of industrial automation. Instead of having a mechanically controlled machine working repetitive tasks, (i.e. an a ...

(3 pages) 72 0 3.5 Jun/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

ERP implementation failure

he production of real-time data shared across the organization and consequently the integration and automation of business processes. This is particularly important in this new business environment wh ... reshaping corporate structures around business processes and implements change not by the complete automation of a business but rather by the redefinition of enterprise tasks in holistic or process-o ...

(19 pages) 642 0 4.6 Oct/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

EDI as a Supply Chain Technology

then decodes it and uses the data.EDI as a Business Process Redesign EnablerEDI can be used for the automation of existing paper transactions. Indeed, it can yield significant benefits when used in th ... ange the established business practice of payment upon invoice.EDI InvoicingEDI can be used for the automation of the invoicing of customers for goods and services provided. Support for invoicing is p ...

(9 pages) 134 0 4.6 Nov/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Organizational Behaviour Case Study

Organizational BehaviorOption ACases: Automation in the Book Store and The Night Owl Answering ServicePart 1)The field of Organizational B ... ses it is important to look at both the structure andenvironment of the company. In the case of the Automation in the Book Store, thecompany is a medium sized bookstore. Because this company is a book ... ineffective and poorly implemented. There was only onelady responsible for training. In the case of Automation in the Book Store and TheNight Owl Answering Service it is important to look at the organ ...

(8 pages) 250 1 5.0 Feb/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

The advantages and disadvantages of sales force automation.

Introduction.Sales Force Automation is a technique of using software to automate the business tasks of sales, including order ... e taking a lot of time to achieve the goal (The Importance of Good Communication, 2005).Sales force automation- SFA.Following by the rapid and continuous drop in the price of computing and the busines ... em to provide accurate and current information to customers during sales presentations. Sales force automation (SFA) implies that technology can be used to speed up previously inefficient operations o ...

(6 pages) 133 0 5.0 Aug/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Technology and Society

te. For the people that are not familiar with technology and its uses, it may be their downfall. If automation takes control of the farmlands and labor of people, how will they feed their families?Wit ... ork. Then again there is the fear of new discoveries that will end certain labor and trades through automation and specialized machines.Great, if you want to save the company, but what or who will sav ...

(1 pages) 72 0 5.0 Sep/2006

Subjects: Science Essays > Technology

The Trends, Which Will Impact On The Marketing Manager Over The Next 20 Years.

ing and futuristic. Major trends developed including the introduction of technological advances and automation of processors. The effect of the electronic media in years to come has its foundation in ...

(4 pages) 105 0 3.0 Jul/2007

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing

Electronic Medical Records (EMR)

processes. A new lifeline was obtained when the introduction of the computer paved the way for more automation in this field.The computer is considered a tool to promote communication. In the medical ...

(14 pages) 552 0 4.0 Sep/2007

Subjects: Science Essays > Technology

Poverty, An Unsolved Problem

which was the result not so much from an economic slump as from technological innovations, such as automation that displaces many workers, and leads to many unfilled jobs because workers with the pro ...

(2 pages) 107 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

Case of Rio Bravo and General Electric

TQM programs. However, they could enhance the efficiency of operations in several sectors, such as automation of human/machine work, involvement of third parties to work on quality, flexibility, and ...

(21 pages) 131 0 5.0 Jun/2008

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management > Management Planning & Decision Making

Analysis of Cheque Fraud

ft and increase security. By reducing the paperwork, it can reduce clerical work and errors through automation. Instead of the delay in sending the cheques, electronic funds transfer would provide ins ...

(2 pages) 9 0 0.0 Nov/2008

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Accounting

Reengineering

g.Reengineering eliminates work, not jobs.Reengineering is not "restructuring".Reengineering is not automation.Reengineering is not reengineering an organization or a department in an organization.The ...

(4 pages) 30 0 0.0 Mar/2009

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management > Management Planning & Decision Making