Difference between revisions of "Growing Trend for Organizations' Efficiency"
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Revision as of 00:21, 6 March 2007
Breadcrumbs: The Future of Ubiquitous computing in 2025 --> Economical Driving Forces for the Future of ubicomputing --> Efficiency
Description
Corporations tend to continuously increase efficiency of both their internal and external processes. The objective is to increase productivity, save costs and improve customer related operations (such as responsiveness to customers' demands).
Technology has become the major way how to achieve these objectives. Several forms of ubiquitous computing are already being used by various organizations, e.g. RFID in logistics.
Enablers
- Trend to decrease costs (and increase profit)
- Trend to improve the quality of service
- Trend to increase productivity
Inhibitors
- Technology can substitute human workforce - labour unions and governments might protest
- Expensive consulting services related with the setup