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| Company | Types of IT enablers | Challenges |
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| A | Wide area network (WAN) with shared server, Internet service for employees, ongoing task for development of management information system that comprises different packages | Lack of expertise and know-how in ICT especially software programming and application |
| B | E-mail connection with suppliers and head office but in poor connection | Lack of professionals and expertise in ICT infrastructure and software and application |
| C | The organization is locally connected and Internet services except production and technical department which has its dial up connection | Organizational structure and building have not facilitated the connection works |
| D | Only financial department has been computerized and use software | Financial constraint |
| E | Company is not internally networked, but planning to implement MIS with company specific ERP | Financial constraint for big investment in IT, poor integration from end-to-end, low level of vertical and horizontal integration, low awareness as advantages integration |
| F | Firm is not networked but dial up e-mail is used for communications, company planning to implement MIS with company specific ERP | Lack of expertise and know-how in IT application |
| G | Internal and Intranet connections with data sharing in company common folder, the company has started to implement locally prepared software for integration such as inventory information management, procurement information system, finance information system | Lack of expertise, experience, and exposure in related topics from developed world and outside Ethiopia. It was hard to convince board of directors to implement the new system with considerable investment, financial and other human related thinking and mentality factors constraints |
| H | Not networked but e-mail is used for communications, company planning to implement MIS with company specific ERP | Lack of expertise and know-how in uses and advantage of IT application |
| I | Only financial department has been computerized and use software | Lack of expertise and know-how in uses and advantage of IT application, financial constraint |
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