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Mind Map by Poppy Venables, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Poppy Venables
almost 11 years ago
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Electronic Communications
- Email
- Information and Communication
Technology has improved reach an
range of electronic communication (EC)
- Reach: Level of communication
across a network
- Range: Types of data transfer available
- Reach: Level of communication
across a network
- The simplest form of EC and has a comparatively low level of reach and range when it is used for
messaging or transferring documents. However, it has proved invaluable to designers, manufacturers,
retailers and consumers, due to ease of use and widespread access through internet connections.
- There are issues of security and privacy when using e-mail and
limitations on the size of attachments, restricting its use.
- Advanatges
- Quick
- Easy
- Widespread usage
- E-mails can be saved as a data record
- Documents can be easily attached
- Quick
- Disadvantages
- Impersonal
- Messages misinterpreted
- Spam
- Privacy and security
- Influx of messages = increased time reading & responding
- Limitations of attachment sizes
- Impersonal
- Information and Communication
Technology has improved reach an
range of electronic communication (EC)
- Electronic Data
Interchange (EDI)
- EDI isa new way for companies to do 'paperless' business
using a process that transfers business documents through
a computer network, rather than via postal systems.
- Fast
- Inexpensive
- Secure system for sending purchase orders,
invoices, design and manufacturing data.
- The transfer of files requires that the sender and receiver agree on a standard
document format for the document to be sent by, e.g. PDF, Word or CAD
- Advantages
- Saves
money
- Saves
time
- Improves customer
service => documents
transferred quickly w/
fewer errors
- Expands customer
base due to
improved customer
service through
efficient EDI
process
- Saves
money
- Disadvantages
- Incompatibility w/ some
companies due to range of
standard document format
- Standards updated regularly,
which causes problems with
different versions in use
- Expensive initial set-up
- Limits trading
to companies
who have EDI
- Incompatibility w/ some
companies due to range of
standard document format
- EDI isa new way for companies to do 'paperless' business
using a process that transfers business documents through
a computer network, rather than via postal systems.
- Integrated Services Digital Networks and Broadband
- Huge amounts of information can be transferred across
computer networks at far greater speeds than ever before
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- Huge amounts of information can be transferred across
computer networks at far greater speeds than ever before
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