Who is iTek? And what is it that we can do to better help your company add value? iTek is an all-encompassing company from printing to specialty finishings to distribution, which is a rare thing to find around here. But before we get into the present and future lets start at the beginning. iTek was founded in 2010 by our 3 owners, together they worked hard to create iTek, a commercial print shop for all your printing needs, and take the necessary steps to get us to where we are today.
Now fast forward to the present, iTek’s location is in Concord, North Carolina but we were previously located in Charlotte, North Carolina. The building we currently occupy allowed for us to design the entire inside of the building to our specifications so that we can maximize efficiency of the space and be able to expand for future purchases in equipment and services. On top of an awesome space and great owners, we have a top of the line team of experienced and qualified employees in all areas of operation that are committed to producing quality printing and exemplary customer satisfaction.
In today’s society and in the future, everything is fast paced, technology is constantly changing and advancing, which means new equipment and services are always coming about. As a company that strives to better our customers, we are always purchasing new
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We can show soft or hard proofs depending on what you prefer, to the last step of fulfillment and mailing (distribution) of your finished project. We are with our customers every step of the way because if we were in your shoes that is how we would want it to
The IT Guys information technology company was started in 2013 in the city of Houston, TX. It currently employs 15 personnel and performs anywhere from 15 – 40 information technology related trouble calls a week. Initially the IT guys were a small organization with only a limited clientele roster. Now that word is spreading, the IT guys are looking to add to their employees and areas covered.
“We enable consumers to improve the quality and convenience of their lives by providing innovative electronics solutions.”
While faced with competitive markets and globalization, companies are always looking for ways to improve their overall cost and pricing structure. It is becoming increasingly more difficult to maintain quality levels of service while providing good and services at rates where companies can remain profitable.
The team members are still operating under the old attitude, that the equipment, sells itself and that the customer will do all the integration of the products into their operations. The notion of helping the customers from initial call through implementation and use of the system is still quite unknown to many of them. Customers are more particular about the service/product, and looking for complete system solutions, more customized software, and more value-added services.
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Changing technology may affect the demand for a firm’s products and services but on the other hand due to technology businesses can have systems that provides faster services like the retail businesses have systems that does stock control, cash and customer service.
As technology continue to refine how products and services are delivered to consumers, competition among industry participants becomes more refined. Organizations that are able to keep up with changing technologies become leaders while those that are not fall behind. Mergers and acquisitions are increasing while causing small businesses to sell out or seek partnerships and cooperatives in order to remain competitive and relevant.
Best Buy Co., Inc. is currently the world’s largest retailer for consumer electronics. The company has 1,400 brick and mortar stores and is a popular online retailer as well. The stores serve as display room for various online retailers. Best Buy consumers can purchase electronic products such as mobile, corded and cordless phones, televisions, cameras, personal computers, laptops, appliances and more (David & F.R., 2015). Today’s society relies on convenience and technology, forcing companies to implement new ideas and projects in an effort to maintain their ability to compete with other companies. For continued success the company must look at the internal and external issues the company may face as well as their competitors and their best practices that are contributing to their success.
TI is aware that its customers depend on the company to assist them innovate and get to market first. The company, therefore, drive toward
Concord, NC – May 19th, 2016 – iTek Corporation, a leading provider of commercial print and business solutions to businesses in a wide range of industries, including professional sports marketing, education, biopharmaceutical, energy, manufacturing and advertising, has announced it will move its offices and manufacturing facility from Charlotte, NC to a new larger quarters at Airport Industrial Park in Concord, NC. The move is effective October 1st, 2016.
The partnership at Hefty Hardware between IT and the business is not effective. One of the core problems faced by Hefty Hardware was the lack of a productive, working relationship between the company’s IT and business divisions. The four building blocks needed for a foundation on which a solid relationship could be constructed; competence, credibility, interpersonal interactions, and trust, were not present between the two divisions (McKeen & Smith, 2012). The business division felt IT lacked competence when dealing with business needs, demonstrated by the IT department not having knowledge of Hefty Hardware’s basic business concerns, goals or processes.
iTeam Inc is based on Walnut Creek, California just outside of San Francisco. It produces, markets, and sells its own line of computer systems, peripherals and consumer electronics to corporate customers and electronics retailers. They house their own research and development team and have historically found success by being a low-cost provider over the past five years. Their sales are currently focused
There is a long term vision concerning the information strategy of the IT systems utilized by integrated manufacturing at Stryker Instruments. A thorough understanding of the organization, management, personnel, and the technologies that comprise the system was required to develop the information strategy of the company. The IT system employed by
Software and hardware systems are the main source of how companies are ran today. To remain influential in today’s markets, businesses must remain flexible, and technology integrated. The implications of not acquiring up-to-date technology may be the demise of a company as a whole. While remaining technology up-to-date can cut cost, and implement the highest productivity of a company helping insure satisfied customers. Business requirements thus, drive businesses to change the way production, and customer satisfaction is met.
• Product – can we upgrade our product or options offered? How long will it take and at what cost? Will it canalize existing products?