Effects of Technology in achieving organizational objectives

For an organization to survive in 21st century, use of technology holds significant substance. While implementing technology organizations need to align it with the business objectives in order to achieve maximum benefits. Alignment comes in three steps whereby at the initial stage organization becomes aware of the need for organization resources, then it implements the information technology with the business operations and finally it integrates it with broader business objectives. However, little empirical data to date occurs on how alignment of technology can be done over a longer time period to business objectives. Changing environmental conditions in which businesses operate and increasing globalization has mainly impacted the adoption and implementation of technology by certain organizations. Companies have to do business process reengineering through adopting adequate technology in order to survive in the wave of globalization. Technology has helped the organization to formulate SMART objectives and thus make future competitive strategies. The stated report studied that how computerized maintenance systems actually helps the organization in reducing their operational and maintenance costs. Orange country container group actually adopted computerized maintenance systems which improve their productivity many folds as it removed in efficiencies in their inventory management processes. Similarly, another company Silver Bay benefited from Computer maintenance systems as it resulted in automatically recording the purchase orders and then shifting them to accounting records. Computer maintenance systems are found to be dynamic tools which have revolutionized the way businesses are done earlier as it integrates well and give efficient solutions for all other functional areas such as finance, accounting, payroll and human resources. Greater accessibility is also provided by Computer maintenance systems as employees can access any required data at any time and thus remotely do the required work. Heinz Frozen food company was able to reap of unusual profits after implementing Computer maintenance systems as it enable the organization to attain their Smart goals.

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Computerized maintenance system helped in tracking the location of tools in an organization and hence orders are taken accordingly and any lean occurring in the transportation of tools was removed. A detailed equipment module in computerized maintenance system helped the organization to do a detailed analysis of when the equipment was used, by whom it was used, when its maintenance was carried out and what are the safety tips regarding use of equipment. Human capital related information is stored in the human resource module of computer maintenance system which helps it in tracking the skill set, experience and qualification of the companys staff. Moreover, safety rules are suggested, contingency plans are developed and proper use of equipment is made easier by the safety rules and planning module. Inventory management and control module helped the organization in recording each transactional movement of the inventory, number of units available and required of each inventory and its respective location. Similarly other modules such as tracking work activity, work order, utility consumption and trend monitoring and purchasing module helped the organization to increase its efficiency. Moreover a special module in Computer maintenance systems termed as Key Performance indicators helped the organization in calculating the overall success by measuring it with the established goals. Thus the multiple uses of computer maintenance systems make t a standalone system without whom organizations couldnt dream to survive in such era of globalization and cut throat competition. Companies can save immense operational cost as all the data become centralized and lean and redundancies in business processes can be minimized. However, when organization decide to start the transformation process from manually maintained systems to computer maintained systems then it should rightly opt for the system, efficiently carry the data transfer process from manual to computerized systems and the whole process should be done under the supervision of technical support teams.

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