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IT can be described as having three waves: automate individual functions, integrate value chains, incorporate IT into product and service offerings. Give an example of each (automate, integrate, incorporate) for specific businesses and cite your sources.
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WAVES OF IT(INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY)
At the port of Mombasa, automated cargo haulers have effortlessly hoisted very heavy container boxes loaded with goods from decks of newly arrived container ships and depositing them dockside. From here, automated stacking cranes arrange them in order after which they load them into waiting tracks. In all these no human operator is necessary.
Online shopping business. Traditional channels are being transformed by effective use of information technology. Business-to-customer organization like Amazon.com, Microsoft and Dell have maintained a cost leadership position by providing timely products ordered through well-based systems.
In Kenya, use of IT by service providers such as Safaricom, has enabled quick money transfer from one point to another. IT has also enabled the linking of bank services with the service providers in that one can carry out banking transactions via the mobile phone with no need of walking physically to the bank.
Reference: http://www.atsautomation.com/en/Technology/Technology%20Integration.aspx
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