Information Technology

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This paper explains that the business environment is experiencing rapid changes, which are forcing enterprises to change the way they operate and the products and services they provide; information technology enables these operational and product changes. The author uses Porter's Five Forces to evaluate the utilization of information technology to assist the company in becoming more competitive through implementation and achievement of organizational strategies. The paper states that any investment in the information system technologies is an investment, which raises the dollar amount needed by a competitor to enter the market, and therefore, is a barrier to entry.

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"A strategy that is demonstrated through the provision of customized products or services and do so in a timely manner. Creating value for the customer by providing something they want or need in products or services is what is referred to as the "value chain" or a series of activities that performance of creates value that the customers are glad to pay. If the organization is able to work in collaboration with customers and suppliers in reducing costs while increasing value the firm will greatly improve the competitive position that it holds."

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