Internetworking For Business Functions

Internetworking for Business Functions Kudang B. Seminar

What Are Business Functions? Accounting  Finance  HRM (Human Resource Management)  Production & Operations Management  Marketing  Resource (buildings, equipment, tools) Planning & Management 

What Are Operational Business Functions? Operating & Executing Tasks  Reporting  Scheduling  Observing 

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Covering short-term period Involving short & quick analysis Observing current information Requiring fast, secure, & easy data access from internal sources Covering regular & structured actions Involving a small group of specialized people

What Are Managerial Business Functions?      

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Monitoring & Analyzing Directing & Controlling Validating & Securing Generating & Selecting Alternatives Planning & Forecasting Maintaining, Retrieving, & Distributing Crucial Information Brainstorming

Characteristics of Managerial Business Functions 

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Covering short-, medium-, & long-term period Involving comprehensive analysis Observing past, current, & future information Requiring fast, secure, & easy data access from internal & external sources Covering regular & irregular (ad-hoc) actions Involving group of inter- discipline, department, division, background & interest, culture, role, & expertise

Accounting Order Processing  Inventory Control  Accounts Receivable  Accounts Payable  Payroll  General Ledger 

Finance Cash Management  Credit Management  Investment Management  Capital Budgeting  Financial Forecasting 

HRM Compensation Analysis  Employ Skills Inventory  Personnel Requirement Forecasting  Merit Systems  Recruitment  Education, training, and upgrading 

Production Operations     

Manufacturing Resource Planning Manufacturing Execution Systems Process Control Operation Scheduling Quality Control

Marketing Marketing Info. Systems

Interactive Marketing

Market Research & Forecasting

Sales Force Automation

Mass Marketing

Advertising & Promotion

Direct Marketing

Sales Management

Product Management

Customer Service & Support

Modes of Marketing Mass Marketing

Direct Marketing

Interactive Marketing

Distribution Channels

Broadcast & print media

Postal service

Internet, Extranet, Intranet

Market Strategy

High volume

Targeted goods

Targeted audience

Enabling Technology

Story boards & desktop publishing

Databases & statistical tools

Web servers & browsers, netcasting, discussion forums

Author of Marketing Materials

Ad agencies

Ad agencies & companies

Companies & consumers

Expected Outcome

Volume sales

Profitable sales, data for analysis

Data for analysis, relationships, new product ideas, profitable volume sales

Channels for Improving Business Functions Collaboration & participation  Distribution & coordination  Communication  Concurrency/Parallelism  Resource Sharing  Re-engineering 

Examples of Internetworking that Supports Reengineering of Business Process 

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Prospect tracking and management systems using corporate intranets Portable sales force automation systems using the Internet & Extranets Portable networking for field and customer site communication via Internet or Extranet Web-based Expert systems for configuration, shipping, and pricing Predictive modeling for continuous product replenishment based on broad market needs Customer, supplier, product & production databases …