Premises
KFC has premises that are all over the nation. These premises allow KFC to sell products. They also have headquarters which consist of tower blocks, offices all around the world. The building have people working that find the costumer need and fulfils the needs. KFC have lot of different premises which they can use to make the company make more successful.
Machinery
KFC have machinery which they used to make the product. If a company want to be successful they have to spend the money on the right machinery. An example can be if KFC does do have a fryer they cannot fry the chips. So they will not make money and be successful.
Security
To keep an organisation safe and looked after they premises need to have alarms and CCTV cameras fitted to protect the premises. KFC have alarm system fitted so the premises can be kept safe. Also CCTV is installed in the premises inside and outside to keep it safe.
Absence of machinery
The absence of machinery is that if a KFC is making lot of money selling chips and suddenly the fryer does not work then the company will make a lose and customers will not be able to buy the products. This can be affect of an absence of machinery
Absence of premises
Absence of premises can be that if an organisation does not have a physical store or premises they will not be able to sell the product physically. Also the costumer will not be able to buy the product physically form the store
Absence of security
If a KFC premises get burgled and there is no CCTV or alarms then the burglars can escape very easily. But if there is CCTV footage there is a chance of them getting caught and putting them behind bars. So if there is no security then there will be lot of burglary and no one getting caught for it.
Technological recourses
Technological resources are such things as software, designs, music or text. These
Resources are owned like physical resources and are known as 'intellectual property'. These software areas specifically made for the organisation. One of the main software is pointOS.
Software that KFC uses
KFC selected SCO Open Server software from The Santa Cruz Operation Inc., Santa Cruz, Calif., to upgrade its restaurant management systems at 800 company-owned restaurants. According to Kevin Scott, KFC's manager of international restaurant systems, KFC plans to eventually install SCO Unix in its 5,000 international and 4,000 domestic stores.
The upgrade includes the SCO Unix System and the SCO Merge Unix/MS-DOS integration product, which will run with both MS-DOS. The mangers said "We chose SCO because of the good pricing deal and because of the rich platform it supplies," said Scott. "We were looking for a stable DOS emulation environment. The DOS merge platform under SCO is very rich."
Intellectual property IP
Intellectual property is copyright, patent and trademark the law allows the owners certain exclusive rights.
Accumulate experience and skills
A accumulate experience is employees gain knowledge of the company over a years of working in a company. An example can be that in KFC some employees have the knowledge of fixing the machines if the machine has broken down.