In response to Greg Mathew's Post: IT Systems

In which other ways can information systems benefit an organization?

Companies benefit a great amount to information systems in the organization. This is technology that is creating easy travel of work that can be sent around the company through the computer system. This helps organize all the data into a small small space unlike on pieces of paper in filing cabinets. I am in a taking a information system class and it shows us how much more beneficial a good IT system is. This systems have taking some of daily activities with just buttons to our fingers tasks can be done. These systems are saving so much time with the task that can be completed  on them and just the overall productivity creates a more economical company. 

What companies do you think have big IT systems?

LOGOS

Picking a companies logo is a very important task. It must take a good amount of time and a ton of people to create a good logo that best fits the company. Logos are the symbols that stand for companies. Having a well known logo is good for the companies because most people know what it is and what the company is. A couple popular company logos that come to mind are the nike, polo, target, and all the car companies logos. I feel we see the most logos on cars. Every car comes with there companies logo on it stating what brand the car is. There is an app called logo quiz that is a game that gives you a bunch of logos and you have to put what company it is. It is pretty amazing actually how many logos we really know.


What logos stand out to you?

In response to Colin Raaberg's Post: Motivation

Do you think that this will help improve creativity and innovation for workers? Is there a better way to inspire and motivate employees to come up with new ideas?


I don't feel that hiring dancers to preform in front of the employees will help them think of new ideas. It seems like it would be more of a distraction then improve creativity. I mean maybe if the product you need to invent has to be artsy then make it would help by the way the dancers move but for the most part I don't see how it can help. Their are better way to inspire and motivate employees to come up with new ideas like giving them some sort of money compensation for coming up with the winning idea or have them do thinking activities.

What other ways can you think of to get employees to think of new ideas?

Customer Service

Customer service is a huge deal to customers. Companies have to put a lot of time into this area of the business. It is crucial that the company has good customer service. If you can achieve good customer service then your customers that you have will always want to stay if they feel that the company is always trying to help them out if they have any problems. Companies need to retain all their customers. Always with having great customer service can lead to new customers by word of mouth with your current customers.


What companies have good customer service and what is a bad company that you felt had bad customer service?

In response to Colin Raaberg's Post: Clothing Industry

Do you believe that the initial price of clothing is established with the belief that the clothing will not be sold at that price so that the store may offer discounts to make the customer believe they are getting a better value? Do you believe, as a customer, that you would be getting as good a value or as good a quality product if they started at the lowest discount price? 

I do think that clothing company's do mark up the price a little bit. Then that company should have sales on some items offend. I do agree with Colin in saying that the customer believes that they are getting a better value. People feel great when they know they are getting a sale on something. If the item was priced a little cheaper and never on sale I feel that the customers won't feel like they are getting as good of a deal. The industry is all a strategy game with how to make the customer feel like they are getting a good deal to keep them coming back.

What company do you feel that increases the price a little bit but puts their cloths on sale a lot?

Promoting

Promotion is a key part of introducing something new. There are a couple different strategies that you can do to promote something. You can have a sale on that product, you can give away samples, and you can advertise that product on tv or radio. The important part of this is pumping up the people and get them to want to try it before it actually is all set to be sold. The first and important step of a products life cycle is the promotion.

What other companies do a good job with promoting?

In response to Sarah Allen's post: Pricing

Pricing is an important part of a companies future. You have to have a good price that makes money and people don't mind spending a certain amount on it. There are many of steps to making a price for a product. You have to see how much it will cost to make the product. Then a company can make surveys to see how many people would purchase the product. This will help them to predict a good price to the specific product. 

What else can a company do to make a price?