Information sharing technologies technology based applications

Web-based systems offer several advantages over rich client easy to deploy and access, easy to scale (by adding more hardware resources to the application server), and shared computing resources (CPUs, memory, database connections). However, most of the information this book presents is not limited to Web-based applications. It promotes the loosely coupled Presentation Layer and Domain Layer so that business logic can be reused no matter what GUI technology is being used. 

This section describes the role and types of information in a SC and then reviews the information sharing mechanisms from two aspects information communication technology (ICT) and ICT-based application. 

Information sharing only became possible and practicable after the development of relevant technologies. This section reviews the major ICT and some relevant ICT-based applications. 

How do each of these functions help the salesmen to sell Prior to making the decision to produce a new product based on a company s proprietary technology or to produce a product currently on the market based on self-developed or licensed technology, management should have considerable detail on market size, end use industries and applications, prices, competition, possible market share under varying conditions, product mix requirements, and a list of prospective customers. Forecasts for each of these factors should be made for three, five, and possibly ten year time spans. Incidentally, this type of information is much more difficult to develop for new products than for established products. 

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