Uses of ICT in Varndean

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The Uses of I.C.T in Varndean

Varndean use ICT in all areas of the company such as finance, sales and operations. Here is what they all need, what hardware is needed, what software is needed to help the company to do what it does, quickly and easily.

Sales

What information is needed?

The information that is needed for sales at Varndean is the prices of the products and the customer’s needs. They need to know the prices of the products because then you can check with other suppliers, whether or not you are over charging people. You also need to know what the customer wants, because if you sell them the totally wrong type of software, then you won’t make much money because people who have had the wrong products delivered will not be very happy and will just find a different company to get them.

 

What hardware is used?

The hardware that is used in sales at Varndean are mice, keyboards, 17” flat panel monitors, computers with Pentium 4 processors, Windows 2003 server, digital still camera, an old dot matrix printer and a projector. The computers are used to send out information to potential buyers so that they can see what you have to sell. The digital still camera (via USB 2.0 card) is needed to take pictures of the products, so that you can add pictures to the website, flyers and posters. The old dot matrix printer is used to print out documents and the projector is attached to the computer, which will allow you to show presentations to people. They also need to use a hardware firewall and router for Internet connection. They also use CD copiers, which they use to copy data onto discs, like some of the software that they are selling. Sometimes their work is backed up on an external USB Jazz drive that holds 500mb disks.

 What software is used?

The software that is used in sales at Varndean is Microsoft Office 2000, which includes Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, Internet Explorer and Outlook. They can use Microsoft Word to write letters and reports. Microsoft Excel and Access are used to make databases. They also use Microsoft Outlook to send and receive e-mails because they get 10–15 messages from potential buyers a day and for advertising your company through e-mail. Windows messenger is used for sending instant messages to each other. Another piece of software that is used is Macromedia Dreamweaver, which is a web authoring tool, which they use to make the website.

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How do they help?

They all help the sales in Varndean because without all of the hardware, they wouldn’t have a computer. Without a computer, they wouldn’t be able to send out information to potential buyers so that the buyers can see what you have in stock. Varndean wouldn’t be able to receive e-mails from potential buyers and be able to send e-mails for advertising your company. Also you wouldn’t be able to print out documents if you didn’t have a printer. Also you wouldn’t be able to back up documents onto CDs without a CD copier, which is ...

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