MIS Report: Technology Impact on Smartville Factory Operations

This report examines the Management Information System (MIS) implemented at Smartville, a Mercedes-Benz factory in Hambach, France. It explores how technology influences various aspects of the organization. The report begins with an introduction to the rapid advancements in technology and the necessity for organizations to adopt new technologies to maintain their market position. The work practices section discusses changes in communication patterns, the evolution towards a fully organized structure, enhanced business security, and improved cost management through the adoption of software and technological tools. The report also addresses the adverse impacts of technology, including distractions, lack of interaction among employees, and security issues related to data privacy. The conclusion emphasizes the need for organizations to adapt to technological advancements to gain a competitive advantage. The report references several scholarly articles to support its findings.

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Table of Content
 Introduction
 Work Practices
 Adverse impacts of technology on the organizational structures
 Conclusion
 References

Introduction
In today's era technology is a factor that is changing speedily. Technology is growing so faster that
the organizations are required to adopt the latest technology in their working procedures as well as
operations to maintain their position in the market and also to retain their customers as well. The
present report is about the Smartville a factory planted by the Mercedes Benz at Hambach,
France. The Smartville is the 21st century organization that is highly adopting and appreciating
latest technologies emerging in the business environment and the automobile sector.

Work practices
Time waits for nobody so is the technology. Technology is sprouting so rapidly in the today's
era that it is quickly shifting the workplace environment of the organisation with acceptance of
latest technology. Business leaders are often accepting the latest technology to enhance their
office infrastructure or to provide the better pay to their employees, to improve the transport
facilities are the various changes within the workplace to change the existing outdated work
practices which can help the organisation in increasing their productivity as well as the morale
of the employees.

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Change in communication pattern
With the changing technology organisations are changing the way the business
communicates within and outside the organisation. Change in communication process is
making the workplace more modern. With the arrival of Smartphone’s, social networking sites,
various software’s with the chats and internal mailing systems Smartville is securely and safely
communicating with the employees within an organisation to manage the subordinates and
also aboard to communicate regarding products and their supply chain from head office.

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Fully organised organisation
Technology is evolving the organisation to become fully organised with instalment
of software's in their systems. Technology has come with the various supply chain
management software’s, project management software’s, Human resource management
software’s etc. This software’s with latest technology is helping the organisation in building a
delicate and easily accessible organised firm.

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New business security
Every business organization requires the great level of security at the division of its
organization for its safe and secure running. Technology is having a very vital role in
providing the hard core security to the organizations. Latest technologies of providing
encryption in the form of end to end hardware and software to ensure that only authorized
people within an organization can access the data.

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Improved cost management
The latest technologies are helping the organizations true ultimately their goal that is
improving the profitability and the productivity within an organization. Smartville is adopting
the innovative technological software's of accounting and finance to manage their financial
statements. Adoption of the latest technology tools like SAAS in the workplace benefits the
Smartville in reducing the cost of the products and the operating cost can also be reduced and
making the innovation more cost-effective.

Adverse impacts of technology on the
organizational structures
Use of technology in an organisation can be served as a blessing and the curse
organisation structure and the employees of the organisation. With the use of latest
technologies there is used transformation in the working activities of the organisation.
Technological revolution obviously has bring many benefits is within an organisation but it is
also downside which has infused the organisation structure and lives of the employees.

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The negative impact of technology in the organization structure and employees are discussed
underneath:
Technology bring great amount of distraction: With technology the organization structure
really getting unbalanced due to the distractions caused by constant notification through mail
or chat box etc. Technology is causing the biggest reason behind the lack of attention among
the employees due to long term distractions that causes poor productivity and performance in
the organization structure.

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Lack of interaction: Latest technologies are creating the lack of interaction among the employees
within an organisation as employees are more engaged in the technology rather than communicating
with the other employees in personal in an organisation. Sometimes this lack of interaction leads to
miscommunication among the employees those results in clashes among the employees that reduces
efficiency and productivity in the organisation. The adverse condition can also lead unhealthy and
messy workplace environment.

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Security issue: Modern technology has implemented the tablet, Smartphone’s within an
organisation but these modern technology devices require the larger support and security.
These portable devices with mobility go in the hands of many people that bring the risk of
privacy to information within those devices. With the adoption of latest technology it is getting
very critical for the organisations to monitor and to prevent the loss of data.