Costco Wholesale Corporation : IT Technology Application

There is an excellent example. Write a research report based on the excellent example. The focus of the report is to highlight the application of Costco's it technology. The repetition rate is required to be below 15%

Tips of report writing

1. Introduction of the company

It shows your overall understanding of the company.

1. Describe the IT applications in the company, emphasizing ONE major IT in the company.

This is the part you need to search by yourself via the company’s annual report, website, or newspapers, etc. Please give a brief introduction of ALL/major IT applications first before focusing on ONE major IT. It shows your overall understanding of the company’s IT usage.

The IT applications and the one major IT issue in the company are the broad categories we have learnt in the lectures, e.g., TPS, ERP, E-Commerce, IT security, KM, etc. One major IT should be included in the introduction of these IT applications. 

One or two paragraphs are sufficient to address the issue.

1. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages the ONE major IT have brought to the company.

This is the major part of the report. For example, you can discuss the benefits/advantages and problems/challenges E-Commerce has brought to E-Bay, or KMS has brought to Tata.

1. Give possible suggestions/solutions to the problems/challenges of the ONE major IT.

 Another important part of the report! Please give your suggestions/solutions to the problems you have addressed in part B, point by point. 

 Last, please remember that the group written report is quite different from your presentation. Additional references or supports are needed in your report writing. We are looking for a scientific paper with appropriate insertion of figures, charts and/or tables.

1. 1.      Project written report 

3.1   Content

In this project, you should complete the following tasks:

A: Identify a company and its smart IT application(s) (maybe beyond our lecture content); after a general introduction of all the IT applications the company is using, please focus on a new and smart IT application adopted by the company, and give an in-depth study of it.

— this is an introductory part of the whole project report. Please include the company’s general information, a brief implementation story on the selected smart IT and some basic study on that IT.
The smart IT application could be any ONE in the following list:

-          Social media/social network technology (Enterprise 2.0)

-          Big data/Business Intelligence applications

-          New E-Commerce applications

-          Enterprise applications based on the big four IT areas

-          Wireless technologies (e.g., IoT, NFC)

-          Cloud computing

-          Intelligent knowledge management systems

-          Web 2.0/3.0 technologies

-          Smart machines/robots/AI

-          AR/VR

-          Blockchain

-          Any other new IT applications

(Note: Please communicate with your lecturer for comment.)

B: Evaluate the effectiveness of the particular smart IT application

 — this is a major part of this project which analyses the benefits and problems the smart IT application bring to your company. Can consider different perspectives of the influence (e.g., technology, management, organization, society, customers, and others).
Analyses should be comprehensive and critical. It should be a full demonstration of your understanding on the impact of IT on an organization. 

C: Recommendations or Suggestions

 — another key part of this project. You should relate the suggestions on improvement or solutions (point by point) with the problems identified and discussed in part B.
Be creative in problem-solving and forecasting.

* Please note that more research and analysis on your own is required.  Necessary supports  and references are needed.  

3.2   Format & referencing

-          Length: no more than 20 pages, including tables, figures and references.

-          Font: 12 size

-          Line space: 1.5 or double

-          Margins: 1 inch (2.54 cm) all around

-          Cover page: list group name, all members’ names and student IDs.
                    Group name example: LTL401, represents Lecture 004, Group 1;
                                                        LTL706, means Lecture 007, Group 6.

-          Reference: Please follow APA reference style

 http://www.apastyle.org/learn/tutorials/basics-tutorial.aspx

3.3   Deadline

April 23^rd, 2021, 12 pm (Friday noon) Softcopy only

 (Late submission leads to mark reduction.)

3.4   Submission matters

-          Softcopy – Blackboard – Assessments – Group report (Turnitin)

* Name the document(s) with your group number, as exemplified in Point 3.2, in your
   e-submission                                                                                                   

-          One submission ONLY for each group.

3.5   NO plagiarism!

The originality report from Turnitin software should be submitted together with your  group report. Similarity index >15% is hardly acceptable; index > 20% will lead to

 “0” mark automatically.

Note: For the second and subsequent submissions, Originality Reports will require at least 24 hours to process. Tunitin student guide: http://edc.polyu.edu.hk/PSP/SG_Turnitin.pd