MIS in your pocket
Andrew Parenti
Jeremy Wang
MIS 220
20 September 2011
MIS: In Your Pocket
1) Efficiency; that’s the name of the game in today’s business world. Why would a business want to waste time trying to uncover some buried information when it can just pull it up with the click of a button? Many companies have answered this question by adapting to a more technological and modernized world. One company, whose name has become synonymous with technological advancements, is Apple. Their newest products, the iPad and the iPhone, have revolutionized the way people approach everyday business. These Apple products are easy to use and have many features, such as calendars, E-mail, web browsing, and notepads that allow for a more organized and efficient workplace. Also, iPhone and iPad owners have an online market available to them that is constantly updating with helpful new applications. As stated earlier, many businesses are utilizing these technological advancements for the benefit of their company. For example, the article states that physicians at Doylestown Hospital, a health center outside of Philadelphia, all use iPhones in their daily workplace. Aside from the basic calendar and communication applications that all iPhone users are accustomed to, this hospital has customized the phones so that the doctors can view its MEDITECH database from anywhere in the world (Laudon, Laudon, 2011). By customizing the iPhone in such a way, doctors are able to answer questions about specific medical cases at all times. This greatly improves operational efficiency simply by making this information readily available at all times. Along he same lines, a California based company, D.W. Morgan, has developed an application for their iPhones known as Chainlinq mobile. This application allows the company to essentially track each one of its shipments from start to finish. Also, this program uploads its information directly from the phone to the company’s website, which makes it
Jeremy Wang
MIS 220
20 September 2011
MIS: In Your Pocket
1) Efficiency; that’s the name of the game in today’s business world. Why would a business want to waste time trying to uncover some buried information when it can just pull it up with the click of a button? Many companies have answered this question by adapting to a more technological and modernized world. One company, whose name has become synonymous with technological advancements, is Apple. Their newest products, the iPad and the iPhone, have revolutionized the way people approach everyday business. These Apple products are easy to use and have many features, such as calendars, E-mail, web browsing, and notepads that allow for a more organized and efficient workplace. Also, iPhone and iPad owners have an online market available to them that is constantly updating with helpful new applications. As stated earlier, many businesses are utilizing these technological advancements for the benefit of their company. For example, the article states that physicians at Doylestown Hospital, a health center outside of Philadelphia, all use iPhones in their daily workplace. Aside from the basic calendar and communication applications that all iPhone users are accustomed to, this hospital has customized the phones so that the doctors can view its MEDITECH database from anywhere in the world (Laudon, Laudon, 2011). By customizing the iPhone in such a way, doctors are able to answer questions about specific medical cases at all times. This greatly improves operational efficiency simply by making this information readily available at all times. Along he same lines, a California based company, D.W. Morgan, has developed an application for their iPhones known as Chainlinq mobile. This application allows the company to essentially track each one of its shipments from start to finish. Also, this program uploads its information directly from the phone to the company’s website, which makes it
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