the world is flat
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The World Is Flat. Table of contents. Fall of the Berlin wall 2. Windows 3.1 Fiber optic cable Netscape Outsourcing Opensourcing Offshoring Supply chaining Insourcing Steroids. Fall of the Berlin wall. Brought North America to interact with Europe more - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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TABLE OF CONTENTS1. Fall of the Berlin wall2. Windows 3.13. Fiber optic cable4. Netscape5. Outsourcing6. Opensourcing7. Offshoring8. Supply chaining9. Insourcing10.Steroids
FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL• Brought North America to interact with Europe more• More business with people, and the ability to sell them
newer technology
WINDOWS 3.1• Giving people other than Computer Scientists to be able to
use computers• People allowed to go on the computer easily
FIBER OPTIC CABLE• Letting people the ability to connect to the internet and
taking out the old giant copper cables• Takes less space and is cheaper than the copper cables
NETSCAPE• Allowing people to connect to each other • Keep track of everything that is happening in other areas of
the world• Gathering information from a variety of sources
OUTSOURCING• Giving jobs to people who could do it better and cheaper• The jobs could also be done faster for the company
OPEN SOURCING• Allowing other people to use what you create for free• Can be modified into better versions• For example Linux
OFFSHORING• Giving jobs to people in different areas of the world• The places where the labour is cheapest usually gets the job
SUPPLY CHAINING• Producing nothing but buying from other companies and sell
it• Everything can be bought from places where labour is cheap• For example Wal-Mart
IN-SOURCING• Where a company performs other tasks than what it is
meant to do• More profit can be made because the company does it
better• For example UPS doing things for other companies
STEROIDS• Where things can be performed from anywhere that require
the internet• For example accessing Facebook via IPhone
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