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ICT in Business (6) Flashcards

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CAM?

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Computer-aided manufacturing

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CAD?

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Computer-aided design

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Uses of CAD and CAM

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  • product design
  • fashion design
  • designing cars
  • house designing
  • landscape/garden design
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Input devices

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  • scanner
  • digital camera
  • graphics tablet and pen
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Output devices

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  • plotter

- high resolution colour monitor

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What is a plotter?

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Plotters are used for hard copies of drawings

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Features of software

HATCHING/RENDERING

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Definition: different finishes or materials can be displayed

Advantage: can do many ‘what if’ type investigations to explore the best finishes

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Features of software

ZOOM

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Definition: enhance parts of a drawing to make it bigger

Advantage: to produce work of more detail or add detailed design

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Features of software

ROTATE

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Definition: rotate in 3D across an X, Y, and Z axis

Advantage: able to see the design from all angles

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Features of software

WALKTHROUGH

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Definition: visit rooms etc in 2D

Advantage: allows spatial awareness of what the design looks like in relation to other features

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Features of software

COSTING

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Definition: produce estimate of cost of building materials

Advantage: automatic estimates are given and designer can investigate different options or work within a budget

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Features of software

STRESS AND STRAIN

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Definition: working out the weights materials can take

Advantage: avoids disasters later on when building as the designer should build well within the safety requirements

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Features of software

WIRE DRAWINGS

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Definition: see design without any finishes or solid form

Advantage: helps within perspective and working out stresses and strain areas

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Vector drawings

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  • saved by a series of instructions

- have the ability to be changed at a later stage (more flexibility and easily amended)

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Bitmap drawings

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  • the position and colour of pixels on screen

- don’t have the ability to be changed like vector drawings

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Uses of CAD and CAM in product design

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  • reduces the time taken from design to production

- allows us to amend the designs easily

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Uses of CAD and CAM in architectural design

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  • easily amendable
  • they can tour the house going into different rooms and looking at different angles
  • change certain features
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Uses of CAD and CAM in garden design

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-can generate a prediction of what the garden will look like in a few weeks/months (when planting)

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Uses of CAD and CAM in fashion design

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  • able to view in 3D (every angle)

- 3D body scanning (view different shapes and body types)

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Advantages to customer of online shopping

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  • don’t have to travel long distances
  • don’t have to struggle through crowds
  • beneficial to disables customers
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Advantages to business of online shopping

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  • more publicity

- able to view other companies and keep up with the competition

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Disadvantages of online shopping

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  • some people don’t like giving payment details online

- anyone can set up an online business (some will not be run in an honest and reliable manner)

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E-commerce

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Carrying out business activities over the internet

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Roles of e-commerce

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Buyers: people who purchase a good or service

Sellers: people who offer goods and services to buyers

Producers: people who create the products and services that sellers offer to buyers

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EPOS

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  • Electronic Point of Sale
  • tills
  • the printer attached to the EPOS prints a receipt and also details of the time and supermarket the products were purchased at, which minimises mistakes and lessens the time the customer has to spend at the till
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Bar codes

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  • many barcodes use the EAN which is a 13 digit number which can be used to uniquely identify a product
  • the barcodes are read by the EPOS tills at the checkouts
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Automatic stock control

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  • when the store closes, the computer system automatically updates it’s record of the number of stock of every item in store
  • the SEC allows managers to get a real time stock picture and allows a manager to escalate stock deliveries
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Just in time control systems

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  • the ‘just in time’ system takes advantage of a stock information system and automatically orders more stock when it falls below a set level.
  • meaning the bare minimum of stock is ordered so the warehouse is not packed with un-necessary stock
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Advantages and disadvantages of just in time stock systems

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Adv:

  • money is saved: less warehouse spaces maintained and purchased + not ordering too much stock and paying for it
  • fewer staff needed to maintain warehouse
  • business is more aware and responsive to changes in supply and demand

Disadv:

  • if there is a disruption in the transport system, they will quickly run out of stock
  • sudden changes in patterns can mean they haven’t got the stock customers want
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Control systems

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  • computers also used to control the temperature of freezers in shops
  • sensors monitor the temperature and the system can change depending on if it’s too hot or too cold

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