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Expedite the "Idea Box" to Encourage Innovation

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Sheela Foam, a $250 million USD group is the largest ISO 9001-2008 artisan of Flexible Polyurethane Foam in India, and ranked among the top five manufacturers of Slabstock P.U. Foam in South East Asia. Established in 1971 with headquarters in Delhi, the company consummates 40 percent share of the Polyurethane foam market.

Organizations face trials and tribulations with IT coming up with strategic solutions from time to time, yet the need for it to be delivered arises. Supply chain managements play a crucial role in order to dodge theft and unapproved movement of products. The admittance to the real time stock of the channel is paramount which is possible by checking any illegal sales movement by unauthorized dealers which is detrimental to the industry. Strict protocol initiatives need to be taken in the market which is related to the consumer. Along with it streamlining of the business process must also be enabled. With regards to the distributor, ERP is sent as an invoice to the dealer, while the dealer’s market sale data is captured. This allowed the organizations to keep a record of the products being depleted across the country. Adhering to this, IT has made the processes faster and reliable dispatching products fast expediting customer satisfaction.

The newborn technologies cater to the business requirements along with the venerable ones for smooth continuity of the business processes. The contemporary technologies aid the SMEs to administer organizational infrastructure as well as allocating time to host exterior infrastructures. The organizations need not stress over power, storage, cooling or the maintaining environment since it cannot provide any leverage. Complying with the progression of market together with enterprise mobility, transformation and consumerization, these technologies help in outsourcing. The enterprise mobility, transformation and consumerization of IT have brought about the huge change in the growth of any organization. Alternatively, server fronts and virtualization assists in the handling of the entire infrastructure, an integral part of technological advancements.

CIOs role in the organizations

The CIOs prove to be an inspiration for the young minds, handing out chances since there is a need for people in the industry. The line of thought of the CIOs focus not only on technological aspects but on inventories as it facilitates organizational growth. Prior to getting information on technology, it should also be supported by how to help the business become better through technology which is the CIOs job. How can technology bring value to the business may be the most important area where the IT heads needs to think, but slowly thinking is changing on the parallel lane. CIO is the only one knowing about all the processes running in the organization and is one such person who exactly knows the actual health of the company. Although the CIO cannot produce and fix anything the CIO is the watch guard of the company, having knowledge and expertise on customer interests and knowhow of suppliers and processes, deriving and initiating policies which lead to the betterment of the company. The key component of any technology is analyzing how it facilitates value added services that is the prime concern of any CIO.

Courage and an eagerness for the evolution of an organization concern a CIO’s role having an entrepreneurial thought and hence there is the need for an out of the box thinking in order to deliver effective results. This is the role of the CIO which aids in delivering a lot to the company. IT is not one persons thinking but IT constitutes an assemblage of people, thereby leading to smooth sailing of an organization. The user is the supplement providing feedbacks on particular products and depending on the consistency these are implemented and publicized. Encouraging the employees in the organization for the ideas and supporting them to make it possible also helps in the growth of technology. This expedites the “idea box” fostering further growth within the organization.

To review, IT functions on the product and market prices levied, aiding organizations to control and curb prices in the market. The world of IT thus shares a voluminous role in the present organizations but it is not only the IT which is important. By collaborating with the various departmental heads and the vision of the managing director, this co-relation is what is quintessential.

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