Alex Warham I.T
Report Task 6
The Benefits of ICT to the System
Section 1 – Life without ICT
Implementing the sub-systems on to the company’s website without the use of ICT would have been very difficult, time consuming and extremely inefficient. Without the use of a spreadsheet all the calculations would have to be done separately, by calculator, this would require extensive man power and would be very time consuming. Without the use of Microsoft Word, all letters would have to be typed on a typewriter, this would have made inserting clipart or any other pictures impossible. Pictures would have had to be manually cut and stuck onto a space on the page left by the typewriter, this page would then have to be photocopied before distribution. Also, without Word, mail merge would be impossible, letters to separate people, even if they had the same contents would have to be typed out individually, this would also be extremely inefficient and time consuming. Without the use of ICT, creating a company logo would also have been very difficult, the logo itself would have to be manually drawn and then photocopied, this may even require an artist to be hired and therefore make creating the logo very expensive. Also, without ICT if the company wanted paper headed with there logo, that would have to sent away especially for it, this would be very expensive and waste a lot of time. Without the use of a database program, such as Microsoft Access, all customer records would have to be kept manually in filing cabinets. This would be very expensive to buy these filing cabinets and hire people to organise and maintain them, not to mention the space they would take up in an office.
