Yes computer and IT has really improved a lot in productivity of business, computers can significantly increase our overall productivity, allowing us to produce more work more efficiently and with higher quality.
New information technologies provide tremendous leverage to research, especially as practiced in a traditional teaching university seeking to become a research institution. The paper reports several applications of fax machines, teleconferencing combined with taping and transcription databases, and the Internet as powerful and inexpensive tools for achieving greater research output with minimal increases in resources. A survey on ISO 9000 implementation conducted via fax machine generated a 74% response rate and required only a $300 budget.
The three main results of this study highlight how the adoption of new IT-enhanced machinery involves much more than just the installation of new equipment on the factory floor. We find that adoption of new IT-enhanced equipment (1) Alters business strategies, moving valve manufacturers away from commodity production based on long production runs to customized production in smaller batches; (2) Improves the efficiency of all stages of the production process with reductions in setup times supporting the change in business strategy and (3) Increases the skill requirements of workers while promoting the adoption of new human resource practices.
In an "ideal" world, a company would not need to test a product as it evolves from research to design and through production. However, the fact is that measurement systems are an integral part of the product development process. Companies require, and even demand, measurement systems that are a strategic asset in meeting goals for improved quality, faster time to market, greater engineering and manufacturing efficiency, and, of course, lower costs.
In the past 20 years, to meet customer demands, measurement systems have gone through a fundamental change -- a Measurement Revolution. This revolution has been driven by a new system architecture in which the computer is at the heart of measurement systems.
The Measurement Revolution transformed test, measurement, and automation applications from loosely coupled, and often incompatible, stand-alone instruments and devices to tightly integrated, high-performance measurement and automation systems. At the core of this revolution lies a component that has become increasingly more important -- software.
New information technologies provide tremendous leverage to research, especially as practiced in a traditional teaching university seeking to become a research institution. The paper reports several applications of fax machines, teleconferencing combined with taping and transcription databases, and the Internet as powerful and inexpensive tools for achieving greater research output with minimal increases in resources. A survey on ISO 9000 implementation conducted via fax machine generated a 74% response rate and required only a $300 budget.
The three main results of this study highlight how the adoption of new IT-enhanced machinery involves much more than just the installation of new equipment on the factory floor. We find that adoption of new IT-enhanced equipment (1) Alters business strategies, moving valve manufacturers away from commodity production based on long production runs to customized production in smaller batches; (2) Improves the efficiency of all stages of the production process with reductions in setup times supporting the change in business strategy and (3) Increases the skill requirements of workers while promoting the adoption of new human resource practices.
In an "ideal" world, a company would not need to test a product as it evolves from research to design and through production. However, the fact is that measurement systems are an integral part of the product development process. Companies require, and even demand, measurement systems that are a strategic asset in meeting goals for improved quality, faster time to market, greater engineering and manufacturing efficiency, and, of course, lower costs.
In the past 20 years, to meet customer demands, measurement systems have gone through a fundamental change -- a Measurement Revolution. This revolution has been driven by a new system architecture in which the computer is at the heart of measurement systems.
The Measurement Revolution transformed test, measurement, and automation applications from loosely coupled, and often incompatible, stand-alone instruments and devices to tightly integrated, high-performance measurement and automation systems. At the core of this revolution lies a component that has become increasingly more important -- software.