Reliable Pharmaceutical Service Case Study

External Factors
The external factors are referred to the identifiable element in the economic, political and another related environment outside the project team. The external factors may have a various impact to the business organization and the implementation of an Information System. The external factors are unpredictable because of its uncertainty, in this way it may directly influence the project's effectiveness. In this case, the Reliable Pharmaceutical Service focuses on providing pharmacy services for small health care businesses, therefore, external factors could affect the development of the extranet, which has both positive or negative influence for the productivity. This part will evaluates relevant external factors that have the different function to the Reliable Pharmaceutical Service. socio-economic The key focus of socio-economic factor is the values of business, which directly related to the performance of the organization. In this way, the Socio-economic affects the economic abilities of the target customers, whether if they can afford the product. To reduce the negative influence of bad socio-economic, the extranet should have a price control functional element to get more customer orders. It can be achieved by applying a maximum limit of the orders, and recommend substitute inexpensive medicine and consultant with …show more content…
For example, the bankrupt of the key supplier may cause the shortage of a certain product in a time. Hence, the extranet should be able to have flexible component to deal with the change of supplier. The tight connection between supplier and Reliable should maintain to face the changes in the first time. Then the extranet development needs the function to switch the changes and another situation requires