1.     Information Technology and Technology Adoption and Business Intelligence

IT and Business Intelligence have become synonymous with evolution of various Technologies as focus has shifted from being advance in adoption to being leader in effectiveness the more and more tool are evolved now and more tools will be evolved in manner that business process management will be a function of a KEY PEOPLE and KEY CONTROLS, SME’s can play duel role in same, First Role of Adoption of newest and best tools and Second Role of DEVELOPERS of Such Tools. SME’s Operate in specific domain and they can pin point inefficiencies and opportunities more rapidly than others, in this case by joining hands with tech developers they can earn lead in same and become change makers.

But as a user first SME’s Need to screen heir own infrastructure and for that following are the key points to be dealt with:

1.       Use of IT for Increased Productivity

2.       Use of IT for Knowledge Sharing

3.       For Seamless Communication

4.       For Business Process Management

5.       For Cost Reduction

6.       Does IT Department Understands complete Operations Chain right from Material management to cash receivable and Post Sales Activities?

7.       Does System Allows Least Data Input Time Feature

8.       Does it have fairly evolved Analytical Abilities

9.       Does it Provide Internal Control Over all functions?

10.   Does it help all users to get relevant information in defined manner to avoid risk of information leak and wrong use of information

11.   Does it support requirement of Specialized requirement like Conversion of Unit of Measurement or Production Scheduling and Capacity Planning

12.   Does IT Infra adequately provides functionality for Engineering and other Specialized Software’s

13.   Does Data Security and Information Breach Incidences are promptly dealt with

14.   Does Preventive Measures are provided with adequate Infrastructure (Hardware)

15.   SOP Set for Data Security and Consistency of Uptime

16.   DBMS Quality and Analytical Qualities

17.   Cross Department Usability for Business Process Management

18.   Reduced Time Cycle for Query Running

19.   Optimized Hardware for Reduced Computational Time and Operational Time

20.   Interdepartmental Collaboration Flexibility

21.   **Strategic Advantages Created by Use of IT Tolls

22.   Knowledge Management using Software’s

23.   Developing Effective Work Culture

24.   Master Production Schedule Based Business Process Management across all Departments

25.   Data Management and Security Measures provided by IT

26.   Business Intelligence created with use of IT Tools

Does IT Department find best Business Process Management Tools and assess their Distinctive features that can be incorporated into their own Systems.