IT Director (CIO) How can IT contribute to JA Companies’ operation? Erwin Huang, Councilor HK IT Federation Oct 08

How can IT contribute to JA Companies’ operation?

Erwin Huang, Councilor HK IT Federation

Oct 08

What does IT Director do? Traditional role: Technical support?? Using IT to Transform business Know better Learn faster Operate more effectively Communicate clearer

Traditional role: Technical support??

Using IT to Transform business

Know better

Learn faster

Operate more effectively

Communicate clearer

IT as a Marketing tool Web: Where is your Website? eBrochure, email + sms marketing advertising Intra+Inter school Blogging Print: Brochure, Poster, T-shirts Annual Report

Web:

Where is your Website?

eBrochure, email + sms marketing

advertising Intra+Inter school

Blogging

Print:

Brochure, Poster, T-shirts

Annual Report

Technology as a Communication tool Internal: Team building: Virtually and Physically Intranet: Discussion forum File sharing Shared Library Graphics and Corporate ID MSN + Email SMS

Internal:

Team building: Virtually and Physically

Intranet:

Discussion forum

File sharing

Shared Library

Graphics and Corporate ID

MSN + Email

SMS

IT as a Communication Tool (External of Company) Suppliers, Partners Email, Invoices, Purchase Orders Shareholders Newsletters, Annual Reports Customers Web Forum Email, newsletters, eDirect Mail

Suppliers, Partners

Email, Invoices, Purchase Orders

Shareholders

Newsletters, Annual Reports

Customers

Web

Forum

Email, newsletters, eDirect Mail

IT as a Research Tool What’s out there? using Google Sourcing Knowing your competitor, Market Intelligence? learning from them Know your customers What’s the best Pricing? email Survey

What’s out there? using Google

Sourcing

Knowing your competitor,

Market Intelligence?

learning from them

Know your customers

What’s the best Pricing?

email Survey

Modeling your business for success Finding the Breakeven Model what is the right sales price? what is the right fixed cost, what is the variable cost? at what price can we breakeven and optimize Profit? Keeping track of Expenses and Sales Inventory Control

Finding the Breakeven Model

what is the right sales price?

what is the right fixed cost, what is the variable cost?

at what price can we breakeven and optimize Profit?

Keeping track of Expenses and Sales

Inventory Control

IT as Digital Graphics Brand building Designing a Logo, reports format, Powerpoint templates Web and Print

Brand building

Designing a Logo, reports format, Powerpoint templates

Web and Print

Thinking Out of the Box Facebook Xanga, Uwants Youtube.com Digital Coupon e-IPO Service center Online FAQ

Facebook

Xanga, Uwants

Youtube.com

Digital Coupon

e-IPO

Service center

Online FAQ