The National e-Commerce Extension Initiative
Southern Rural Development Center
Marketing Food Speciality Products Online
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What do We Mean by Information Technology?

This is the equipment that collects, stores, manipulates, and transfers digitized information within the business or between the businesses.  There are many different forms of information technologies.  It can include phones, faxes and cellular communications.

e time outWhat we are focusing on is primarily the E-Business functioning tools or the power of adding the e to your business.  Think about and consider some point-of-sale and checkout tools, inventory scanners, and other similar tools and what a difference those types of technological advancement have done to grocery sales. Remember it was not so long ago that UPC was introduced to the industry.

Take an the e timeout and read about the history of UPC codes.


 


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CSREES These materials were developed as part of the Southern Rural Development Center’s National e-Commerce Extension Initiative. They are based upon work supported by the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, under Award No. 2005-45064-03212

Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the U.S. Department of Agriculture or the Southern Rural Development Center.