The Consumer Loan Department of a Community Bank
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The purpose of this research study was to examine the situation at the Consumer Loan Department of the target organization, a community bank, with a view toward developing recommendations to improve the organizational productivity of the Consumer Loan Department. The increased volume of activity has overwhelmed the capacity of the document management function in the Consumer Loan Department to the point that efficiency, productivity, and the level of customer service all are deteriorating.The selected option is the alternative policy decision. The alternative policy decision option in relation to the project problem and characteristics of the target organizationùthe community bankùis characterized by the fewest and least significant constraints. Further, the driving force for selection of this option is that of all the available options the alternative policy decision option has the highest probability of success. Therefore the selected project option is the alternative policy decision. A total of three research objectives were pursued through the conduct of this project. The three research objectives sought through the conduct of this project were as follows: Objective 1. The first objective sought through the conduct of this project was to increase the number of customer contacts per loan officer by 15 percent within 90 days. Objective 2. The second objective sought through the conduct of this project was to increase the number of loans granted 15 perc
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les for its four-color computer catalogs to their imaging service. Falcon can then transmit the finished art for catalogs back to its imaging service for delivery to the printer. The link saves three to four hours every day and saves hundreds of dollars each month in courier services (Cohen, 1993).
As a consequence of the speed offered by the new network, Falcon is also able to move 150 megabits of image files directly from its computers to its image service firm in an hour. This capacity compares to the hour that would have to be spent putting these files on disks, the two hours more it would take to send them by courier to the imaging service, and the additional hour that the service would need to copy the disks onto its machines (Cohen, 1993).
Broadband IT also permits far more efficient retrieval and handling of complex documents and images, such as forms and legal agreements that are part of the daily business of banks and stock brokerage firms (investment banking firms). Banks and stock brokers use a large number of documents that are stored as digital images on a computer. These firms need to find these forms rapidly and to transmit them to customers or to other businesses.
While this task could be done at lower s
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Approximate Word count = 9253
Approximate Pages = 37 (250 words per page)
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