BUSI 3700 IS Journal #2 Da Huo 201007572
Part A 1. Information system
Amazon: http://www.amazon.ca/gp/homepage.html?tag=lpo%5Fixgwamuscaen-21 2. Description (Where you used it, etc.)
Amazon provides an online trading platform for vendors and customers. At the beginning of the last semester, I bought a second-hand organizational behavior text book (the 7th edition but can be the substitution) on Amazon using my laptop in the dormitory. It totally took me 32 CAD including shipping expense and taxes while the book store’s price was more than 110 CAD (the newest edition). 3. How did it benefit you? * It saved my time of going to bookstore and lining up at the registers. It allowed me to complete the whole transaction process at home. * It broke the business hours’ and places’ limitation. I can buy what I want anywhere has internet access at anytime. * It helped me to easily find many used books which often belong to rarities in MUN’s book store. * It provided me some substitutions such as the prior edition text book that I cannot find in the book store. * Based on my searching, browsing and buying habits, Amazon customized my special user page, provided me many related business courses’ books. * I can choose the seller after comparisons. 4. How did it benefit the organization that implemented it? * It helped the organization to expand their marketplace to global proportions. * Cheaper electronic transactions. Organizations saved sale staff and simplified the physical transaction processes so that reducing cost and involvement. * Sellers can directly send the electronic products to customers through internet which can cut physical shipping process. * It helped organizations to expand the niche marketing opportunities. * It let organizations directly communicate customers through website which