Essays on Cataloguing

Business to Consumer (B2C) E-Commerce

Business to Consumer (B2C) E-Commerce One of the types of e-commerce is the B2C e-commerce. It is the most developed form in the e-commerce. It refers to the applications that offer an interface from businesses to the consumers directly. The example of the application of B2C is the retail website presenting the business’s products and services that can be sold to consumers or purchase by consumers directly like www.amazom.com (Sun & Finnie, 2003).

B2C involves various elements like cataloguing, planning of orders and generation, estimation of costs and pricing, fulfillment of order and delivery, maintenance of products, category management ...

There is a wide range of things that could affect the normal working environment in a public or government workplace. Disability and its underlying personal & interpersonal, and physical & emotional issues serve as some of the best examples. The local or state government has provided public and government workers the necessary protections so that their rights may not be compromised should they receive maltreatments and encounter issues of prejudice in their workplace because of their disability.

This is a case of David Milligan, the acting chief of human resources of a state university-owned library. David Milligan currently faces a problematic situation wherein he ...

The production director of Wilmslow Ltd wants to schedule production for quarter 3 (the twelve weeks ending 17 September) and asks you to use the revised information to prepare the following: - The revised production budget for Alphas and Betas;

Closing stock is 5 days and 10 days of sales for Q4, for alpha and beta respectively, which is 20% more than the new estimated demand, so the Q4 estimated demand is 120% of 2000 and 2400 respectively =120/100*2000=2400 2400/12=200 units (12 weeks because each week is 5 days)..For Alpha

For beta;

=120/100*2400=2880 2880/6=480 ...

Introduction

The recent intention by the Roderick Holston to expand new markets in extra sixteen locations will be an imminent cause for a larger client base which cannot be effectively served by the existing 23 employees. Currently the company is also experiencing serious challenges in matching the client demand to the staff supply. This has largely been associated with lack of devoted staff. Resumes are often forwarded from Career Services at OU or from online postings on job search sites such as Monster. The resumes for all aspiring candidates are received online postings on job search sites or from careers services ...

Executive summary

With the introduction of information systems, there has been easy management of information and automation of business processes. Research has shown that the users of Margaret Thatcher library have been experiencing massive difficulties due to lack of computers and e-learning materials in the library. A lot of time is wasted by students trying to look for books in the shelf. The key contributing factor is the fact that it is cumbersome and tedious to arrange the books. The management of Margaret Thatcher library is proposing an integrated library management information system that will assist students in both locating the ...

Technology

Executive Summary This evaluation of the user experience online has a special twist because old media and new media are meeting in this report. Old media is the old fashioned journey one needed to take to learn information in order to prepare for a family vacation like a trip to Disneyland. Bookstores were a great place to find many travel books and maps to study before heading out the door. The new media is the Internet and the World Wide Web (www). Planning a trip to Disneyland using two sites to find a helpful book was the problem that needed to be solved. The ...

The areas of description that exist in ISBD are ten in number and are inclusive of the following areas: ISBD (A): International Standard Bibliographic Description for Older Monographic Publications (Antiquarian), ISBD (CF) : International Standard Bibliographic Description for Computer Files, ISBD (CM) : International Standard Bibliographic Description for Cartographic Materials. There is also the ISBD (CR): International Standard Bibliographic Description for Serials and Other Continuing Resources. Others include: ISBD (ER): International Standard Bibliographic Description for Electronic Resources, the ISBD (M): International Standard Bibliographic Description for Monographic Publications, the ISBD (G): General International Standard ...

Strengths 4

Supporting business with technology 4 Shipping costs 4 Customer’s knowledge 4 Website infrastructure 5 Inventory turnover 5 Wider Product range 5 Geographical Presence in Key markets 6 Weaknesses 6 Delivery delays 6 Excessive Product Launch 6 Free Shipping 6 Resource Based View 7 Financial Analysis 8 Value Chain 8 External Environment analysis 8 Substitute threat 9 New entry threat 9 Competitive ...

Introduction

When it comes to saving time for business, several strategies and systems are applied by the management so that they can both entice the client to buy to them and get their loyalty for fast and excellent service. In Atlanta, a need for a system to document stocks and supplies was an issue especially for furniture shops. One of the major problems when it comes to documentation of stocks is the fact that it takes a lot of time to detect and locate as some use tattered records, which are often lost due to often use and mishandled storage. Clients often ...

Abstract

The Human Variome Project (HVP) is a global initiative to collect, curate and make accessible data on genetic variations that affect human health. The HVP was launched in 2006 following the recommendations of a meeting co-sponsored by the World Health Organization (WHO) in Melbourne, Australia. The meeting came up with at least 96 recommendations that were grouped in 12 categories. The idea of the HVP was prompted by the fact there was a lot of ongoing work on curation of the genetic variation data across the globe but the efforts lacked coordination often resulting in incomplete or inaccurate data. HVP is therefore a ...