Software For Business
Why has the use of Business Software grown exponentially since the early 19th century, and what influence has computer technology had on the costs associated with doing business.
To answer these questions we must look back to the days when computers were nothing but a pipe dream, and it was common to find many hundreds of workers in the back offices of Blue Chip Company’s, compiling data by hand and entering it onto cards to be alphabetically stored, in mountains of filing cabinets.
The days when it might take weeks or months to get invoices, replies, or paperwork in general have been replaced by the use of modern Business Software (or so it seems), purchase order software has streamlined the replenishment of stock, and stock control has become a one button checkup proposition enabling business budgeting soft ware to seamlessly supply management with the facts on stock levels that will enable them to make informed decisions.
Business software solutions have taken much of the demand for white collar labor, and redistributed the tasks that were the bread and butter of the clerical worker, the automation of the general ledger, fixed assets and inventory ledgers, to name a few, have all been bundled into software for small business programs, these small programs can complete the tasks that might previously have been accomplished, by a small army of clerical staff.
Fixed asset software and sales management software, all of these products have been driven by the demand of business to streamline and cut costs, were would we be today if the computer had never been invented, would software for small business consist of comfy chairs and a pencil sharpener, with bigger buildings to house larger filing cabinets.
And now the next revolution in business is with us, the internet, with networking databases and online storage, perhaps we are seeing the end of business software in its current form, cloud computing where everything is online is now available, automatic backups and off site storage are being offered to the business of the 21st century.
By: Anthony Gloster-Guest