...Internet Tools and Dirt Bikes By: Anthony Williams Based upon the information given to us, Dirt Bikes first order of business should be to sit down and draw up a plan regarding how they will proceed and what they will need to achieve that goal followed by an Internet and Information and tools usage policy. First thing to determine is how many of Dirt Bikes employees actually need computers or mobile devices and of those that need a PC or mobile device, who needs access to the internet in order to do their job. Like everything else, without a plan as in many other business aspects, implementation of an Intranet is doomed to fail without being properly planned. After determining their needs we need to look at the benefits of intranets for Sales and Marketing, Human Resources and Manufacturing and Production. An intranet is inexpensive to implement and easy to use. Because a majority of people surf the web/internet already, implementation and learning how to use the company intranet should be fairly easy. Intranets are also scalable and flexible which means as the company increases production and or size so can its intranet. Intranets can integrate data from diverse sources, such as manufacturing and production along with sales and marketing, external competitor research, etcetera. Company intranets with different focuses can offer Dirt Bikes many benefits such as improved decision making, empowering users to be part of the process and have input by building a...
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...APA Alan Jankewicz 205 12152012 Dorch APA After evaluating the Dirt Bikes organization, I recommend the following solutions: Since the Dirt Bikes organization already provides Internet access to all employees who use desktop computers, it would be beneficial to create a private network by using the existing network infrastructure paired up with Internet connectivity standards and software developed for the World Wide Web (WWW). According to Laudon and Laudon (2009), Internet networking standards and Web technology used to create private networks are called intranets. An intranet is private and secure and is protected by a firewall which prevents unauthorized individuals from entering the network. Intranet software technology and that of the WWW is the same. Having quick access to accurate information can be vital to a sales and marketing department. The sales and marketing department could benefit from using an intranet by being able to look up sales reports, product information, marketing analysis, and researching competitors are just one click away. The human resources department could benefit from having an intranet because they could eliminate using large amounts of paper. The human resources department could upload employee handbooks, benefits information, job listings and applications, newsletters, and new employee interactive training, as well as other information that would save paper costs. The manufacturing and production departments could benefit from...
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...Dirt Bikes USA Running Case Study Bryan Gaine Melissa Kelly Brad Michels Erica Riley Table of Contents Management Analysis of a Business .....................................................................................4 Analyzing Financial Performance..........................................................................................5 Competitive Analysis .............................................................................................................7 Analyzing the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of Desktop Software Assets .......................8 New Customer Database Design ...........................................................................................9 Using Internet Tools to Increase Efficiency and Productivity ...............................................10 -2- Table of Charts Table 1: Dirt Bikes USA Sales History from 2001 to 2005 .................................................. 5 Table 2: Domestic vs. International Sales from 2001 to 2005 ...............................................6 Table 3: Statement of Income ................................................................................................6 Table 4: Software Suites ........................................................................................................8 Table 5: Customer Database ..................................................................................................9 Table 6: Internet Tools Matrix .............
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...Dirt Bike’s Internet Tools Ann Isaacs IT205 – Management of Information Systems November 10, 2013 Karen Cann Communication is a key element in the success of any business and an intranet is just the way to help your business accomplish this task. The use of intranets within an organization such as Dirt Bikes will prove to be beneficial in increasing sales, communication between employees, vendors, suppliers and provide up-to-date information to all types of customers. Human Resources, Sales and Marketing, Manufacturing and Production are all teams that can benefit from this service. The Intranet enables the company to incorporate information from customers and vendors in an effort to find their own business process, resulting in finding the best solution for each. Employees can access company information from anywhere, not just at the office. The ease of use is very promising and unlike older systems everyone can be on the same system. Sales and Marketing departments can benefit from intranets, providing accurate and quick access of reports, marketing initiatives, product information, and competitor’s offers or sales. Very different from the internet, an intranet is an internal system within a company that all employees can access. The intranet will serve the purpose of provoking organization, communication and process simplification. The intranet will provide a company and its employees first hand access to advertising and marketing, company...
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...Dirt Bikes' Management Dirt Bikes’ management is concerned about how much money they have been spending on communicating with people inside and outside the organization. I have designed a strategy on how to use internet tools and technology to help Dirt Bikes’ employees communicate and obtain information more efficiently, earning revenue and creating marketing opportunities. Everything about a company must be broken down and looked at so that a person can see where the problems are coming from and how to solve them. Sometimes it is not the company, but the fact the company has not upgraded to the use of updated technology. The key is to integrate their current technology and business structure through the intranet and internet. The intranet is highly beneficial to Dirt Bikes’ business because it allows all of the employee’s instant access to job tools and services that help to increase productivity. The intranet is a collection of private computer networks within an organization, this will help them to be more productive, safer and protected. It uses network technologies as a tool to facilitate communication between people and it is also designed to improve data sharing capabilities. The Human Resources Department as well as sales and marketing can benefit thru the Intranet structure. The section of the Intranet for these departments will include links for employees to access information for their wages, company benefits, online W-2 access and more. It would also be designed...
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...Dirt Bikes Dirt Bikes USA is a small company headquartered in Carbondale Colorado that manufactures and sells its own brand of off-road motorcycles. It was founded in 1993 to product dirt bikes that could be customized for racing and off-road recreational riding using the best quality components and parts from all over the world. The company has continued to grow and now faces a new set of challenges and opportunities. You have been asked to serve as a consultant to apply your information systems knowledge to help Dirt Bikes solve some of the problems it is encountering. Dirt Bikes USA was founded in 1993 by Carl Schmidt and Steven McFadden, two young but experienced bikers with engineering backgrounds who saw that dirt bikes were becoming very popular in the United States as both sporting and racing motorcycles. They developed frames for dirt bikes that were more suited to off-road handling and started using these frames to build their own dirt bike models using motorcycle engines manufactured by other companies, such as Honda and Rotax Motors of Austria. Riding on one of their customized dirt bikes, Steven finished first in the famous Barstow to Las Vegas race. There was so much interest in Carl and Steve’s bikes that they decided to open a production facility that could manufacture large numbers of their dirt bikes for the retail market. They opened a small production facility in Carbondale which has since expanded to house 120 workers involved in production, design...
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...Dirt Bikes IT/205 February 12, 2012 Dirt Bikes In reviewing the information available regarding Dirt Bikes’ operating system, there are a few recommendations that will help the organization improve their communication and costs. Starting with incorporating a local area network (LAN) would allow a better line of communication between each employee, as well as able to obtain information more efficiently. Building an intranet system will support the organization in allowing employees to access information stored from a central depository such as a database server. Dirt Bikes’ can also implement a Voice over IP system. The first recommendation is for Dirt Bikes’ to introduce a local area network to allow all the computers to communicate with one another all with in the same network. Creating a local area network in a star topology format will let all the computers flow through one hub, so that if one computer loses connection it does not affect the rest of the systems. The company should use a copper medium, such as a twisted wire cable to allow transmission between different network elements within the local area network. Building a local-area network and connecting it to the Internet will provide access to remote locations and wide area networks (WAN) to reach a global area. Introducing a server that is available on the intranet would benefit all the departments by introducing a central depository of information easily accessible and will help with the sharing of...
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...Sharon Reid Management of Information Systems Professor Adkins Week 4 Internet Tools at Dirt Bikes December 4, 2013 Since the Dirt Bikes organization already provides Internet access to all employees who use desktop computers, it would be beneficial to create a private network by using the existing network infrastructure paired up with Internet connectivity standards and software developed for the World Wide Web (WWW). According to Laudon and Laudon (2009), Internet networking standards and Web technology used to create private networks are called intranets. An intranet is private and secure and is protected by a firewall which prevents unauthorized individuals from entering the network. Intranet software technology and that of the WWW is the same. Intranet benefits having quick access to accurate information can be vital to a sales and marketing department. The sales and marketing department could benefit from using an intranet by being able to look up sales reports, product information, marketing analysis, and researching competitors are just one click away. The human resources department could benefit from having an intranet because they could eliminate using large amounts of paper. The human resources department could upload employee handbooks, benefits information, job listings and applications, newsletters, and new employee interactive training, as well as other information that would save paper costs. The manufacturing and production departments...
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...financial statements of Dirt Bikes Company and the results are given as follows. The sales figures are represented in both aspects i.e. domestic and international. Sales trend Note: The increase and decrease in sales criteria is represented by following graphs. Result * The above graph shows the overall sales has increased up to year 2006 and has decreased in 2007. * The sales pattern of the individual products have been shown in a separate graph as domestic and international sales trends. * The sales trends of the Enduro series follow the overall sales trend but the Motos have maintained their sales more or less. * Motos have not shown the increase in sales as in early 2000’s. The following graph shows the trends of sales in all products. * * As the trend is same as 2005 for years before 2005,we we restrict ourselves to last three years * Observing this we find Enduro 250’s sales has shown more elastic changes than others. * Following table will show the trend in changes in sales as percentages. Year | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | Enduro 250 | 38% | 38% | 1% | -5% | Enduro 550 | 16% | 14% | 8% | -11% | Moto 300 | 10% | 27% | 7% | 0% | Moto 450 | 29% | 11% | 17% | 6% | SALES(% change) | 20% | 22% | 7% | -5% | * Both the Enduro bikes sales figures show elasticity. Enduro 250’s percentage change shows 37 percentage points decrease. * Enduro 550’s percentage decrease in sales in 11. * These bikes’ sales performance is worse...
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...The Uncommon Reader The novella “The Uncommon Reader” by Alan Bennett is based on the story of a queen. It focuses on her transformation to be from a queen responsible for the everyday ‘noble’ chores to a vivid reader. It traces a journey of how it all began and eventually led to the queen accepting the thoughts of the author and then after a period of addiction, how she becomes a writer. Towards the beginning of the novella, the queen was not that fond of reading. Reading was just a commonplace task that some people did for the sake of it. It didn’t fascinate her at all. As expected from a queen of such high stature, her job was to make sure that the state was functioning in a smooth fashion. She didn’t take reading as a very noble task, as according to novella, she was a doer ‘reading wasn’t doing-she was a doer’. Hence owing to this very fact, the Queen had a very low and derogatory opinion about reading. The Queen had this psyche which made her finish a book once she started it, regardless of the fact that she liked it or not. She didn’t read it with an impulse to learn and build on her knowledge. The novella also states that Queen didn’t like being contradicted, and if she came across any reading that wasn’t in line with her thoughts and actions, she used to lose her patience at it. Her lack of interest in reading can be judged by the incident when Norman, a servant sarcastically remarked about her reading sense by stating that the book ‘My dog Tulip’, must be comprehended...
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...1st answer: The goal of the company is customization of dirt bike models for optimized racing and off-road recreational use. The culture employed by the dirt bike company is friendly family atmosphere, encourage teamwork, attention to detail and quality, continual learning and innovation, encourage ideas for improvement of products and services. 2nd answer: Dirt bikes USA is a dirt bikes(for racing) production automobile company. They produce huge number of automobile parts or products such as engines for Dirt Bikes are Rotax engines from Austria and tires are from Dunlop, but many of their parts, such as shock absorbers, front wheel forks, exhaust pipes, and headlights, are from the United States. Dirt Bikes makes its own frames, shaping them to give them the unique spirited style for which the company is noted. The companys parts and service business accounts for about 15% of its total revenue 3rd answer: . Dirt Bikes USA is still privately owned with Carl serving as CEO and Steven as President and Chief Operating Officer. About 120 employees work in design, engineering and production, including 3 full-time product designers and 3 engineers. In addition to a 4-person parts department, Dirt Bikes maintains a ten-person service department to service warranties and customer problems with parts and motorcycle performance. Five employees work in Dirt shipping and receiving department. Dirt Bikes sales staff consists of a marketing manager and 5 sales representatives, two for...
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...Dirt Bike Internet Accessibility XACC/291 Principles of Accounting II Natascha Bertrand February 9th, 2014 Internet Accessibility The motorcycle industry is one that customers expects for it to continuously grow and always utilize the most recent high quality performance products, materials, dirt bikes, and motorcycles. In order to consistently provide their customers with the best service and most impressive dirt bikes and motorcycles they need to implement an extensive database. This database needs to be cost effective but proficient enough to be beneficial to the profit of the organization. Employees need to have access to the many features the internet and intranet has to offer accompanied with a lot of extra features. The company could increase their sales and productivity just by implementing the right customized software to guarantee improvements across the board. The management of Dirt Bikes, a local motorcycle and dirt bike company wants to implement a way to communicate with customers and staff inside and outside the business organization. The managements also wants to obtain and share information effectively about developments in the motorcycle industry, and throughout the global economy. Also wanting the capabilities to track sales and pricing. A program that allows them to keep track of employees, actively do payroll, and accurately produce financial statements. The internet is not a costly investment, actually it is even easier to use than other forms...
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...Operating Officer FROM: Raizy Fridman, Management Consultant DATE: November 15, 2015 SUBJECT: Dirt Bikes Knowledge Management CONTEXT Dirt Bikes was founded in 1991 and since then have grown tremendously. They employ over 120 workers, and continue to expand their product line and services offered. They rely on their network of distributors to sell to their retail customers across the globe. Their products are produced with parts from various sellers, and they continually improve upon their services. With all their success, they can definitely use the help of an information system and information technology to improve their organization. Market research has shown that while Dirt Bikes’ management has allowed it to run successfully up until now, they need to update their management information systems if they want to continue their smooth sailing for the remainder of their time. The information world is constantly changing, and Dirt Bikes needs to change with it. While they have many knowledge assets available to them, they need some knowledge assets that are not currently available to them which would provide more business opportunities in the future. PROBLEMS One issue facing the company is the line of communication between employees. The company has a lot of knowledge assets in the fact that their various teams work with each other to design and manufacture the best dirt bikes. They have been doing this successfully for many years. However, the company currently employs...
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...Monitoring Employees on Networks: Unethical or Good Business IT/205 July 19, 2013 Beverly Scott Monitoring Employees on Networks: Unethical or Good Business Since email first emerged as a business tool, companies have increased productivity, decreased costs and found new marketing venues. From collaborated group work to encouraging management messages, the advantages of email in business can be seen in small and large organizations. Rapid Communication Email communications blaze through the Internet with amazing speed. This speed allows businesses to work at a faster pace and communicate more effectively, even in large organizations. Executives are able to receive almost real-time status updates and can therefore make well-informed decisions. Email can also be used to rapidly disseminate information to multiple employees at the same time. Decreased Cost One of the biggest business advantages of using email in business is the cost savings. The overhead to maintain an email system is relatively low. Small businesses can utilize free online email services for no cost beyond their computer and Internet connection expenses. The decreased costs for businesses can be seen in their postage usage, telephony expenses and even travel expenses. Decreased Layers of Management Email effectively decreases the layers of management because everyone in a company can email the company president with ideas, suggestions or comments. Management can obtain opinions from the front lines...
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...Dirt Bikes USA was founded in the 1990’s by Carl Schmidt and Steven McFadden. Both experienced dirt bike riders, with engineering backgrounds, they saw a market for modern American made dirt bikes that were competitive with the foreign made cycles by capitalizing on their proximity to the racing circuit in the US. The company has been developing and manufacturing the best off-road, racing motorcycles possible. Noted for their own uniquely designed frames, more suited for off-road handling, they build their own bikes with genuine, quality custom parts & motors from around the world. Currently producing four models, appealing to serious trail and Enduro riders, they are working into the motocross market. Dirt Bikes USA has a very friendly, family atmosphere encouraging teamwork, attention to detail and quality, and continuous learning and innovation. This allows great communication within the company, and with suppliers and customers. Many of its employees are dirt bike racing enthusiasts, which creates a more personal sense of accomplishment to employees that will ultimately also use their products. Presently Dirt Bikes USA manufactures and sells four models of dirt bikes: the Enduro 250 (retail price $3250), the Enduro 550 (retail price $7600), the Moto 300 (retail price $4295), and the Moto 450 (retail price $8995). Product sales are made through a network of 40 distributors concentrated in the Western and Midwestern United States, with a small percentage sold in Europe...
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