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Technology Project Plan

Technology Project Plan: GE Sensing Boston Center

Information Management in Business
February 03, 2007

Abstract

This paper will propose a technology project plan involving an E Commerce solution for GE Sensing Boston Center. This solution will address the requirements highlighted by the business requirements analysis carried out on the same company. The E Commerce solution will involve all the major business processes of the company and will have a centralized web interface with differing access levels for various types of stakeholders identified in the paper. The requirements for implementing this solution in terms of networks, databases and programming will be analyzed. Finally the security considerations and the payoffs accruing to the various stake holders will be outlined.



Technology Project Plan: GE Sensing Boston Center
Introduction:
GE Sensing is a subsidiary of the General Electric Infrastructure and has a global footprint. Its core competence is in Instrumentation and the product portfolio is based both on individual devices and systems which enable its consumers to shield, supervise, manage, and validate their vital procedures and applications. The company is technology based and focuses on high growth engineering companies. GE Sensing’s products find diverse applications in sectors like ecological preservation, oceanography, meteorology, aviation, biotechnology, pharma, automobile, and transportation.
GE Sensing obtains 40 % of its revenue from USA, 40% from Europe and 20 % from Asia. This along with a dynamic product portfolio makes it a fit case to adopt E business strategies to optimise its business practices. GE Sensing has to concentrate on three areas. Firstly its supply chain which has a global foot print, this is essential to leverage IT to provide the manufacturing facilities with the required amount of spares and raw materials without maintaining an extensive inventory. Secondly, its business infrastructure and its...