Functional Areas by Lynn Williams https://padlet.com/lwilliams71/xbltbqa1vwgf Made with panache en-us 2017-02-07 13:40:36 UTC 2017-02-15 10:20:31 UTC hello@padlet.com IT Department (LW) lwilliams71 https://padlet.com/lwilliams71/xbltbqa1vwgf/wish/153748957 Brief Description - The IT department is responsible for providing and maintaining the IT equipment and services the organisation needs to enable it to perform its functional operations.
Information Required - software and processing requirements e.g. number of users requiring access; network traffic reports; access levels/permissions for staff members.
Purpose of information:
  • Operational support - monitoring of network traffic to identify attempted security breaches, checking effectiveness of security in place and/or identify new security needs.  
  • Analysis - review levels of user access to identify periods of high/low usage for capacity planning.
]]> 2017-02-14 15:34:43 UTC https://padlet.com/lwilliams71/xbltbqa1vwgf/wish/153748957 Purchasing Department (ES and TC) https://padlet.com/lwilliams71/xbltbqa1vwgf/wish/153949158 Purpose:
> Managing raw materials and stock purchases
> Managing warehouse space
> Works closely with finance
> Prevents Under or Over Stocking of goods

Information:
> Stock quantities
> Manufacturer information
> Unit Costs
> Warehouse space
> Financial and Accounting information

Stock Quantities:
> Number of pre-existing stock units
> Quantity required
> Too much stock could cause waste
> too little stock could cause delays and shortages

Business Purpose:
Decision making and Operational support


 ]]> 2017-02-15 09:36:49 UTC https://padlet.com/lwilliams71/xbltbqa1vwgf/wish/153949158 https://padlet.com/lwilliams71/xbltbqa1vwgf/wish/153949195 Manufacturing or Production

Manufacturing and production is the process of creating a product for sale, raw materials are transformed into the final product through machines and energy. The manufacturing process begins with the design. The company needs to know the right amount of resources so that none will be wasted, this is important because if resources are wasted money is also wasted.

Manufacturing goods can bring a lot of profit to the company that produces them, and the design and right materials are needed because without them they wouldn’t be able to create a good product that customers will continue to buy.

J.B

]]> 2017-02-15 09:37:06 UTC https://padlet.com/lwilliams71/xbltbqa1vwgf/wish/153949195 Customer ServicesDescription:Give the customers a good experienceHelp customersAdviice on productsCustomer complaintsReaching out to customersGain customers trustInformation needed:Customer details (orders)Details on productsExplain how the information is used:Customer enquiries Customer orders Promotions https://padlet.com/lwilliams71/xbltbqa1vwgf/wish/153949286 BD/ AAA]]> 2017-02-15 09:37:40 UTC https://padlet.com/lwilliams71/xbltbqa1vwgf/wish/153949286 Manufacturing is the process of turning raw materials into an end product which could then be sold or stocked into warehouses ready to be sold.Information that is required when manufacturing is the raw products that will need to be acquired in order to make the products and also the quantity of the product that will need to be used. For example, if a toy car was to be made it would require four wheels and would also require a certain amount of metal and plastic to make them all the same.This information is needed because if you don’t have the information this could result in products not being similar to each other and also being imbalanced which could potentially put off customers and they may feel cheated as they have a product that has less material used. Also if the information was not provided then this could cause problems as the right material would not be accumulated. https://padlet.com/lwilliams71/xbltbqa1vwgf/wish/153949322 2017-02-15 09:37:52 UTC https://padlet.com/lwilliams71/xbltbqa1vwgf/wish/153949322 AW, TI, MA https://padlet.com/lwilliams71/xbltbqa1vwgf/wish/153949365
Research and development 

Research and development is useful for growing and improving your businesses. It involves researching your market and customers need so you can get a commercial advantage over competitors. Its work directed towards innovation, introduction and improvement of product and things within the company. 

An example would be surveys, interrogation and focus groups and then capitalising on the results. 

One purpose of the information used would include an improvement of a specific product. The information would be needed for this purpose as for example customers could request the business to improve the product such as a food by e.g. adding certain flavours or making it cheaper. 

Russian: исследование и разработка.

Romanian: cercetare și dezvoltare.

German: Forschung und Entwicklung.

 

]]> 2017-02-15 09:38:08 UTC https://padlet.com/lwilliams71/xbltbqa1vwgf/wish/153949365 Distribution https://padlet.com/lwilliams71/xbltbqa1vwgf/wish/153949392 Distribution

When an organisation or user shares its own supply among others. For example, this could be business related as companies which own more than 1 branches supply stock to other branches. Meat, money etc… 

This is essential to manage time for a company and supply the good required by customers on time. To ensure effective distribution it is important track the products before selling them to make sure they are protected and delivered to the right particular areas. 

 

 

]]> 2017-02-15 09:38:21 UTC https://padlet.com/lwilliams71/xbltbqa1vwgf/wish/153949392 Sales Department DT, CM https://padlet.com/lwilliams71/xbltbqa1vwgf/wish/153949695 Deparment: Sales

Provide Brief Description of functional areas:
encourage customers to purchase their products or to promote their products that they sell

Identify Info it needs:
Purchase/sales records, pricing and/of items, stock lists, delivery times, product information. 

Purpuose of information used within this functional area and explain how information is needed:

business purposes to improve sales as the better the sales, the more money the can bring in.]]> 2017-02-15 09:40:13 UTC https://padlet.com/lwilliams71/xbltbqa1vwgf/wish/153949695 Advertising https://padlet.com/lwilliams71/xbltbqa1vwgf/wish/153949836 CA & TD
A method a company may use to promote and sell a product or service. An example of advertising may be online direct advertisements, pop-ups, posters, TV advertisements, leaflets, e-mails (generally junk/spam) & telephone advertisements (possibly scams). This is used by businesses as it is the best method to market their product to an audience and potential customers. The information advertisements may need to carry out are details of the product & company such as contact information, product price and the target audience. The purpose of the information is to gain customers and to inform potential buyers about their product. 


]]> 2017-02-15 09:40:59 UTC https://padlet.com/lwilliams71/xbltbqa1vwgf/wish/153949836 Finance The part of the company that manages the money as well as the planning, accounting and organising.• Prices • Stock • Amount soldPrices allow the department to calculate the profits or the loss.JT & JM https://padlet.com/lwilliams71/xbltbqa1vwgf/wish/153949997 2017-02-15 09:41:37 UTC https://padlet.com/lwilliams71/xbltbqa1vwgf/wish/153949997