Effects of Technology in achieving organizational objectives

For an organization to survive in 21 st 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. lignment 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. !owever, little empirical data to date occurs on how alignment of technology can be done over a longer time period to business objectives. "hanging environmental conditions in which businesses operate and increasing globalization has mainly impacted the adoption and implementation of technology by certain organizations. "ompanies have to do business process reengineering through adopting ade#uate technology in order to survive in the wave of globalization. $echnology has helped the organization to formulate %& '$ objectives and thus ma(e future competitive strategies. $he stated report studied that how computerized maintenance systems actually helps the organization in reducing their operational and maintenance costs. )range country container group actually adopted computerized maintenance systems which improve their productivity many folds as it removed in efficiencies in their inventory management processes. %imilarly, another company %ilver *ay benefited from "omputer maintenance systems as it resulted in automatically recording the purchase orders and then shifting them to accounting records. "omputer 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. +reater accessibility is also provided by "omputer maintenance systems as employees can access any re#uired data at any time and thus remotely do the re#uired wor(. !einz Frozen food company was able to reap of unusual profits after implementing "omputer maintenance systems as it enable the organization to attain their %mart goals.

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"omputerized maintenance system helped in trac(ing the location of tools in an organization and hence orders are ta(en accordingly and any lean occurring in the transportation of tools was removed. detailed e#uipment module in computerized maintenance system helped the organization to do a detailed analysis of when the e#uipment was used, by whom it was used, when its maintenance was carried out and what are the safety tips regarding use of e#uipment. !uman capital related information is stored in the human resource module of computer maintenance system which helps it in trac(ing the s(ill set, experience and #ualification of the company,s staff. &oreover, safety rules are suggested, contingency plans are developed and proper use of e#uipment is made easier by the safety rules and planning module. -nventory management and control module helped the organization in recording each transactional movement of the inventory, number of units available and re#uired of each inventory and its respective location. %imilarly other modules such as trac(ing wor( activity, wor( order, utility consumption and trend monitoring and purchasing module helped the organization to increase its efficiency. &oreover a special module in "omputer maintenance systems termed as .ey /erformance indicators helped the organization in calculating the overall success by measuring it with the established goals. $hus the multiple uses of computer maintenance systems ma(e t a standalone system without whom organizations couldn,t dream to survive in such era of globalization and cut throat competition. "ompanies can save immense operational cost as all the data become centralized and lean and redundancies in business processes can be minimized. !owever, 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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