IN this week,
I will write a little more on the use of ICT should become the core of
internet-based business. Small business is same as a big business.
The only difference would be that suing ICT will enable the small businesses to
streamline and become more efficient in order to compete with bigger
businesses. First and foremost, It is very easy to store data, and
important things can be saved in many places other than just your computer, for
example; external hard drives, pendrive, hard disk and many more .Using
ICT also means there is unlimited amount of space available to you. For
that reason, many organisations become much more easier and better when
using a PC. As we all know, most companies already use the software, the
computer and the Internet to expand their business from local market to global
and national markets. With the advent of e-commerce (or so-called e-commerce),
a company or individual can conduct transactions anywhere in the world. E-commerce is
now widely used, especially in the western countries even recognised by
international companies and market experts as a business and marketing sector
that can not be ignored. Among the advantages of e-commerce and the Internet
are:
1. The sale and purchase can be carried out more
easily and quickly while saving costs. It helps the company to expand its
market to all corners of the world economy in the world by making it into a
system that is interdependent with each other.
2. Technological advances in the last few decades
has greatly increased the competitiveness of businesses and economies
worldwide. It helps integrate all the internal parts of a company with business
transactions to improve service quality and productivity.
3. The use of ICT in business can also help to
deliver business information to interested parties such as customers quickly in
a short time traders can make promotion to advertise their products through the
Internet, SMS, email and various other medium to disseminate information more
quickly , efficient and accurate.
Here are some of the advantages of information technology to small enterprise include:
- Globalisation - IT has not only brought the world closer together, but it has allowed the world's economy to become a single interdependent system. This means that we can not only share information quickly and efficiently, but we can also bring down barriers of linguistic and geographic boundaries. Moreover, the world has developed into a global village due to the help of information technology allowing countries, just like Chile and Japan who are not only separated by distance but also by language to shares ideas and information with each other.
- Communication - With the help of information technology, communication has also become cheaper, quicker, and more efficient.So, company can now communicate with their customers around the globe by simply text messaging them or sending them an email for an almost instantaneous response. The internet has also opened up face to face direct communication from different parts of the world thanks to the helps of video conferencing.
- Cost effectiveness - Information technology has helped to computerised the business process thus streamlining businesses to make them extremely cost effective money making machines. This in turn increases productivity which ultimately gives rise to profits that means better pay and less strenuous working conditions.The sale and purchase can be carried out more easily and quickly while saving costs. It helps the company to expand its market to all corners of the world economy in the world by making it into a system that is interdependent with each other .
- More time - IT has made it possible for businesses to be open 24 x7 all over the globe. This means that a business can be open anytime anywhere, making purchases from different countries easier and more convenient. It also means that you can have your goods delivered right to your doorstep with having to move a single muscle.
