Manufacturing Industry and Business
ICT in Manufacturing Industry and Business
ICT is used in manufacturing high quality products and reduce the cost of production by minimizing the use of human labour in many industries and businesses. Since high quality products are manufactured at low cost, people can buy good quality products at a relatively low price.
In the past decades a high level of human labour was needed in the manufacturing industry. Today most of the work performed by the human hands are performed by robots.
Benefits of using robots;
24 hour service
Never get tired
Accuracy
Efficiency
Example 1 - Video Conferencing
This technology has enabled
different business communities
who are geographically separated
to convene face to face meetings
while in at their own premises. The
advantages of this technology include
the following. Convening at a special
venue is unnecessary and saves time,
effort and cost spend on travelling.
Example 2 - Human Resource Management
The administration of employee
activities has become an easy task due
to finger print scanner (used to register
attendance) and Card Reader (Identity
Management). These devices help in
recording the time of employees moving
in and moving out of the office premises,
preparing salaries accordingly, keeping
records of leave taken etc. Today,
the above devices are used not only
in the private sector but also in the
public sector in Sri Lanka.
Example 3 - e-Banking System
e-Banking has helped both the business
community and all of us to do convenient banking.
They are:
• The ability to withdraw cash anytime anywhere at
ATM (Automatic Teller Machines) points.
• Since banks are connected via internet, inter
banking or transactional activities are made
possible even within Sri Lanka or abroad.
• When you are registered in a banking network,
it gives one the opportunity to pay utility bills,
inter-banking transactions, checking the account
balance, using mobile phones.
Online shopping known as electronic
commerce which allows foreign or local company
to sell its products or services and the ability for a
consumer to buy goods and services via internet.
A buyer can order goods or services of his/her
choice from a convenient place.
The advantages
of online shopping include:
• One can select any global commercial
organization which is on the internet.
• Open 24 hours.
• Ability to see things and order at one’s convenient place.
• The ability to pay using the electronic payment methods such as credit cards.
• Home delivery of goods or services, thus saving time, transport cost and
avoid unnecessary travel related exhaustion.
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