SBLC4001: Report on Managing Information and Technology at Smartville

This report examines the information and technology management of Smartville, a manufacturing plant formerly owned by Mercedes-Benz. Task 1 identifies three key information systems essential to Smartville's operations, summarizing their general purposes. Task 2 delves into Michael Porter's cost leadership and differentiation strategies, evaluating their suitability for Smartville. The report argues which strategy is more appropriate, supporting the choice with reasons. Task 3 addresses data protection, discussing the implications of data breaches under the Data Protection Act, and outlining three core aspects of the relevant legislation. The report concludes by summarizing the key findings and includes references to support the analysis.

Managing Information and Technology

Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
THREE (3) relevant information systems (IS) that, in your opinion, form the core of
Smartville business. Provide a brief summary of the general purpose of each of these IS.........1
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................1
Michael Porter suggests that two generally accepted strategies organisations often adopt are:
cost leadership and differentiation. Discuss what these strategies are and make a judgement as
to which of these would be more appropriate for Smartville - explain reasons for your choice. 1
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................1
It is important that data kept within an organisation remains accurate, private and confidential.
If any data within Smartville gets stolen or compromised, discuss whether the situation would
fall under the Data Protection Act. Mention THREE (3) core aspects of the relevant Act.........1
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................1
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................2

INTRODUCTION
Information system is undertaken as an incorporated set of additives for collecting, storing, and
processing data and for providing records, knowledge, and virtual merchandise. commercial
enterprise firms and other groups rely upon facts systems to perform and manage their
operations, engage with their clients and suppliers, and compete within the marketplace. the
undertaken firm for this report is Mercedes-Benz which is both German automotive marquee as
well as it is also known for manufacturing luxury vehicles as well as commercial vehicles. Its
headquarters is in Stuttgart, Baden Wurttemberg.
TASK 1
THREE (3) relevant information systems (IS) that, in your opinion, form the core of Smartville
business. Provide a brief summary of the general purpose of each of these IS.
Information system is undertaken as an incorporated set of additives for collecting, storing, and
processing data and for providing records, knowledge, and virtual merchandise. commercial
enterprise firms and other groups rely upon facts systems to perform and manage their
operations, engage with their clients and suppliers, and compete within the marketplace. facts
structures are used to run interorganizational supply chains and electronic markets. for instance,
companies use records structures to technique financial bills, to manipulate their human assets,
and to attain their ability clients with online promotions. Many important organizations are
constructed absolutely round records systems. those include eBay, a in large part auction market;
Amazon, an increasing electronic mall and issuer of cloud computing offerings; Alibaba, a
enterprise-to-business e-market; and Google, a search engine corporation that derives maximum
of its revenue from keyword advertising on net searches. Governments deploy records structures
to offer services value-efficaciously to residents. virtual goods—such as electronic books, video
products, and software—and online offerings, such as gaming and social networking, are
delivered with statistics systems. individuals rely on statistics systems, commonly net-based
totally, for carrying out much in their non-public lives: for socializing, examine, purchasing,
banking, and enjoyment.
Mercedes-Benz has announced plans to shut its manufacturing unit in Hambach, France, wherein
vehicles for the clever emblem are presently produced, as part of measures to cut charges and
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streamline its manufacturing community - and in a circulate that represents a first-rate shift in its
electric powered manufacturing approach.
The plant within the Moselle province of France, in the beginning known as ‘Smartville’, opened
in 1997 to build motors for the Mercedes metropolis vehicle emblem. It currently produces the
electric clever EQ Fortwo and EQ Fortwo Cabriolet. around 1600 workforce presently paintings
at the website.
In 2018, Mercedes introduced a €500 million (£445m) funding into the power to improve it for
electric powered automobile manufacturing, with plans to construct a compact Mercedes EQ
model alongside the clever line. but last yr, Mercedes-Benz offered 50% of the clever emblem to
chinese language company Geely, with production of its destiny models switching to China as a
part of the settlement - and developing questions over the future of the Hambach web page.
The German firm stated the want to spend money on electrification and digitalisation of vehicles
and cut CO2 emissions from production, together with the economic effect of Covid-19,
supposed that it needed to take measures to “sustainably improve its fee shape and come to be
drastically more green”.
Board member Markus Schäfer said: "An important intention for us is to comfy the future of the
area. every other circumstance: the cutting-edge clever models will stay produced in Hambach.”
It is not clean if Mercedes intends to perform the plant till the manufacturing run of the present
day clever fashions ends, or if that will be part of the agreement for any new customer.
Mercedes has formerly announced plans to build electric automobiles at its German plants in
Bremen, Rastatt and Sindelfingen, and the production of the unnamed compact EQ version due
to be built at Hambach will in all likelihood shift to one of these web sites.
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TASK 2
Michael Porter suggests that two generally accepted strategies organisations often adopt are: cost
leadership and differentiation. Discuss what these strategies are and make a judgement as
to which of these would be more appropriate for Smartville - explain reasons for your
choice.
TASK 3
It is important that data kept within an organisation remains accurate, private and confidential. If
any data within Smartville gets stolen or compromised, discuss whether the situation
would fall under the Data Protection Act. Mention THREE (3) core aspects of the relevant
Act.
CONCLUSION
As per the above report, it has been conclude that it is vital for all firm to manage their
information and technology as this is a set of additives for collecting, storing, and processing
data and for providing records, knowledge, and virtual merchandise
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REFERENCES
Books and Journal
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