Week 1 Discussion

1/12/2021 South University

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E-Government and Information Architecture

E-Government refers to the use of the Internet and related technologies to digitally enable operations and relationships between government and public sector agencies and citizens, businesses, and other government agencies. The use of the Internet in government operations offers the following bene�ts:

Most states permit their residents to renew automobile registrations through the web.

You can calculate and �le tax returns over the Internet.

You can �le and renew state unemployment compensation over the Internet.

Soon with proper identity veri�cation, �le encryption, and Internet security to validate, guarantee, and secure transactions, you will be able to register to vote and vote virtually over the Internet without having to stand in long lines.

Information architecture refers to the design of the IT system in an organization to attain speci�c goals or perform speci�c functions. For organizational success it is essential that the Information Architecture meets current and future business requirements.

Digitally enabling core business processes can enhance an organization's economic value and enable it to adapt to changes more rapidly.

For example, eLoyalty Corporation is a virtual CRM management consulting company based in Lake Forest, Illinois in the northern suburbs of Chicago. The company conducts most of its international and regional meetings through Web seminars. The performance review process and weekly time sheet reporting is also done over the Web. Consultants are based out of their homes and travel to client work sites, and all expenses are paid by the client. The only overhead for eLoyalty is to provide laptops and the required software packages for all the consultants. Often consultants can upgrade software over the Web. Internal corporate portals are used to share consulting competencies, methodologies, and best practices which facilitate internal training, development, and communications. This virtual infrastructure enables the company to be scalable and the company has grown to thousands of employees globally within a few short months.

Now let us discuss how collaborative commerce is performed with collaborative planning, forecasting, and replenishment.