How technology is changing the corporate culture

Technology and airport management

The facts are as follows: the airport administsration is based on a DOS system, maintenance and purchasing orders are usually on paper and there is that hassle of an ever increasing volume of paper work and the problem that comes with finding documents. In addition there is a large number of employees that are not familiar with the computer and with all these questions, you will ask me, “how do you use technology to change the corporate culture in this situation.”

The first step of the management of Tuscon Airport, was to retain the services of a consulting firm, that opted for a train the trainer strategy, ran communication workshops, backed with the selection of the following products: oracle payrolls, financials, purchasing and human resource for the group integrated airport management system.

That come with the benefit of making double or multiple entries a thing of the past, proper, efficient and real-time monitoring of purchasing and maintenance by all departments to make the not for profit group(www.tusconairport.org ) a modern and high tech company.

Sourc : Profit -The business of technology, november 2006.

 A software for online book retailers

We all know how book retailers stack materials in bookshops to enbale customers review and browse each item before the final decision. In the online world, one of the software that makes this to happen is mpstechnologies. As it enables not only online users to browse the table of contents, the chapters and the front and back covers of a book. And at the same time, offers publishers an online repository and a wealth of information of what prospective purchasers are doing online.

www.mpstechnologies.com

Geographical barrier eliminated between users and labor exchange

Emblavez, is a sleepy village locked in the heart of the Haute Loire, in France and this is where the professional services section of France Telecom and a labor exchange have chosen to test technology in delivering public service by:

-installng computer terminals in the office of the labor exchange and in some public places.
-on these computers are installed video-conferencing software, with options to scan, fax and store files.
-with the aid of a contact officer, appointments are arranged between the labor exchange official and a user, in any of the two places with computer terminals.
-so that once both sides log on, they could be able to hold a meeting, exchange files and do other cross exchange of information.

The project is financed by the local authority of Emblavez and each of the computer terminals installed in different places costs 39 000 euros, the local labor exchange underwrite the cost of the installation as part of its IT infrastructure. To the residents of Emblavez, the advantage is that they no longer waste hours in transportation to the labor exchange.

Source: Micro Hebo, January 4 2007