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 * From **
 *  Excellence in Business Communication **
 * Johan V. Thill **
 * Courtland L. Bovee. **

The tools of business communication evolve with every new generation of digital technology. Selecting the right tool for each situation can enhance your business communication in many ways In today's flexible office settings,communication technology helps people keep in touch and stay productive.When co-workers in different cities need to collaborate,they can meet and share ideas without costly travel.

This technology offers high-speed Internet access within range of a wireless access point.
 * Wireless Networks ** -> Laptop PCs with wireless access let workers stay connected to the network from practically anywhere within the office-any desk,any conference room.


 * Electronic Presentation **-> Combining a color projector with laptop or PDA running the right S.W. lets people give informative business presentations that are enhanced.

The system automatically forwards calls to a list of preprogrammed numbers and transfers unanswered calls to voice mail.
 * Follow-Me Phone Service ** > To be reachable without juggling multiple forwarding numbers,some people have follow-me phone service.Callers use one number to reach the person anywhere-at the office,a remote site, a home office.


 * Internets **


 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Electronic Whiteboards **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">communicating in the office:- **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Wikis <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Web-Based Meetings <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Interent Videophone <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Shared Workspace <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Videoconferencing and Telepresence --->less costly and travel

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">RFID <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">--->throughout the distribution chain,from factories to ships to warehouses to retail shelves,companies can replace manual tracking and reporting with automated systems that monitor small radio-frequency identification(RFID) tags attached to goods and containers.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">communicating remotely:- **

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Extranets

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Wireless Warehouses

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Package Tracking

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Supply chain management <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> --> advanced s.w applications let suppliers,manufacturers,and retailers share information-even when they have incompatible computer systems.Improved information flow increases report accuracy and helps each company in the supply chain manage stock levels.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Note: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">You can chick this link <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">http://www.marwanbahgat.com/2010/04/supply-chain-management.html <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">it talks about the supply chain management( in Arabic )..so you can understand it more clearly if you do not know exactly what it means and what its used for.