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ANALYSIS OF IS/IT AT GULF DISTRIBUTORS

ANALYSIS OF IS/IT AT GULF DISTRIBUTORS

A successful family-run company, Gulf Distributors is in a unique position to use technology to advance its already successful business strategy. The company deals with a variety of customers and suppliers located around the world, and it is in a unique position to enhance its position by using the Internet. By implementing a system that brings together customer relationship management and supply chain management, the company can take into account the different world views that are associated with its business and incorporate those into technology. At the same time, the technology will not replace the personal relationships that the company has with its suppliers and customers, but make those relationships more valuable by enabling Gulf Distributor personnel to focus on the out-of-the-ordinary and the unusual request. More time can be dedicated to substantive matters rather than on routine administration.

Gulf Distributors is a family-owned and operated company based in Kuwait and serving the Middle East. The company is an import-export organization with customers and suppliers in the Middle East, Europe and Asia. Primarily, the company imports goods from Europe and Asia for resale in the Middle East; however, there are also some goods which flow from Kuwait to Europe, as well. The company has been in business in one form or another for several generations, and has grown from a local trading company to the international company that it is today. Because of the nature of the business, the company was slow to automate with most transactions conducted on a "handshake." This was particularly true when the company operated only in Kuwait. Today, because of the international nature of the business and the increased complexity of transactions, it is necessary for the company to use computers and the Internet to conduct its business. However, no formal IT organization has been put into pl...

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