Joshua Walker

Prof. Jensen

IST 1100

1/31/2015

Offshoring is the relocation by a company of a business process from one country to another-typically an operational process, such as manufacturing, or support processes, such as accounting. What makes offshoring different from outsourcing is that offshoring refers to getting work done in another country while outsourcing refers to an organization contracting work out to a 3rd party. Both things have their risks as well as benefits. Which ever one you choose to work with depends on your situation and what is beneficial for your company or place of business.

A supply chain is the sequence of processes involved in the production and distribution of a commodity. Supply chain involves many products that ship from place to place and end up at the final destination, normally a customer. Wal-Mart is a company that is really big with supply chains. They don’t just rely on their products. They have many other products that come in from other places and they end up on the shelf for people like you and I to buy. Wal-Mart has become one of the go to places for people to shop. The supply chain is a chain or process of how things get to the final destination. A chain of how and where the product finally ends up.

I feel that Google has affected businesses in a really great way. Everyone uses Google to search for things and it helps people find whatever they may be looking for. Sometimes people normally have their go-to companies or businesses but for the people who don’t all you do is do a quick search on Google for it. That’s how a business or company can gain business from a consumer or even other companies and that means they will be making money. Depending on the service and the quality you can almost guarantee they will come back for more business because of how well they were treated. Google has helped many businesses grow. Usually the first choice when you search is normally the best and gives you exactly what you are looking for. Google was one of the best things to happen to businesses and companies.

Joshua Walker

Prof. Jensen

IST 1100

1/23/2015

Workflow software provides a way for a computer to achieve its highest potential, to do work for the user so he or she can get on with other important tasks. This software comes in many functionalities, and some of the most familiar do some of the most common computer tasks. It also saves time and improves efficiency by automating routines such as data entry and e-mail filtering. It therefore eliminates many unnecessary steps and can avoid human errors which is especially important in business. An example of workflow software is microsoft word. Word we type up documents and it can do other things such that we don’t have to do for ourselves. When we need to look up words or how to spell something it does it for us. When we are struggling with something we can on Word to help us out and make the task at hand easier.

Open-source software is computer software with its source code made available with a license in which the copyright holder provides the rights to study, change and distribute the software to anyone and for any purpose. Open source software is important because it is free and can open doors for many other things in the world of software to occur. Sharing among many peers becomes easy with the addition of open source software. It is a big advantage over using proprietary software. It also makes things easier to gain knowledge and skills over a certain time period.

Outsourcing is a way of obtaining goods and services from an outside or foreign supplier, especially in place of an internal source. Outsourcing is important because it paves the way for trade with outside things. Trade when it comes to for example AMerica trading with maybe China for goods that America made need. Supplies that could be food or technology or even weapons. It is needed for trade to keep happening along with other people. Trade is a big thing and very important not only for countries but even for companies to prosper. One country may be good at one thing, and the other good at another and they can work together in order to prosper to trade for certain goods or supplies or even services whenever someone may be in need.