Life Coursework

Student’s Name
Professor’s Name
Course
Date
IT & Organizational Integrity
QUESTION 1
1A. For Management, issues include tediousness, live monitoring, efficient post-production information and Omnichannel experience provision (Christopher 4). For Organizations, issues include efficacious capitalization for features provided by the platform, shorter pitching span, greater visibility, higher throughput and greater susceptibility to security risks. For Technology, issues include opening innovative vistas for engaging businesses and customers together with interoperability with organizational vision.
QUESTION 2
2A. The advantages include inexpensive nature, exposure to large audiences, incurring brand loyalty, promote sharing and elicit valuable insights. Disadvantages include high time consumption and negative feedback.
QUESTION 3
3A. A business decision such as the implementation of sharing of economy principles marketed by Instacart with the aid of their trendy smartphone application and a familiar name (i.e. Instagram reminder) to present to their customer’s high-quality products (i.e. fresh organic groceries).

QUESTION 4
4A. All platforms have their advantages and disadvantages varying from case to case. Facebook and Twitter are rare exceptions that can be used by everyone from individuals to conglomerates but exceptions do occur when talking about other platforms that exist, such as LinkedIn (for B2B Service Providers) and Instagram (for lifestyle, food, and fashion).

QUESTION 5
5A. Competitive forces include fresh market entrance, no single vendor limitations, and cart customizability together with a high quality, great customer service. Value proposition includes vast inventory, tie-ups with major stores, part-time worker enthusiasm, quick service delivery and warehouse free operations.
5B. Instacart cuts expenses incurred from transportation and warehousing by employing independent contractors that follow a sharing economy principle. It has evolved its business model with partnerships, such as Petco, and allows freedom of operation for such partners to set their own prices; free from mark-ups while providing a stable profit structure.
5C. It includes a detailed map within its apps as well as complete inventory contents through drop-down menus that are also accessible from their site. It is tracked by contractual merchants affiliated with the company with a software-backed routing mechanism with added functionality to predict order failures.
5D. Instacard has great potential but is a risky commodity to pursue in terms of viability for online grocery selling due to low profits incurred and high expenditure.
QUESTION 6
6A. Priceline
6B. Benefits include further development of customer relations, boosting of SEO, affluent branding as well as the evolution towards being a DE (Digital Enterprise). The target market would be students, tourists, and businessmen. Copywriter or Editor within the company should author the blog with some recommended publications of titles: Top 5 cheap hotels in Ibiza & Top 10 inexpensive packages for your dream honeymoon.

Works Cited
Christopher, M. Logistics & Supply Chain. U.K: Pearson, 2016. Print