Examples of network in the following topics:
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- A storage area network (SAN) is a dedicated network that provides access to consolidated, block level data storage.
- A campus area network (CAN) is a computer network made up of an interconnection of LANs within a limited geographical area.
- A backbone network is part of a computer network infrastructure that interconnects various pieces of network, providing a path for the exchange of information between different LANs or subnetworks.
- Network performance management, including network congestion, are critical parameters taken into account when designing a network backbone.
- Backbone networks are similar to enterprise private networks.
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- Routing is the process of selecting paths in a network along which to send network traffic.
- Routing is the process of selecting paths in a network along which to send network traffic.
- Routing is performed for many kinds of networks, including the telephone network (circuit switching), electronic data networks (such as the internet), and transportation networks.
- A transport network, (or transportation network in American English), is typically a network of roads, streets, pipes, aqueducts, power lines, or nearly any structure which permits either vehicular movement or flow of some commodity.
- A transport network may combine different modes of transport.
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- A firm using a network structure may outsource certain tasks to external service providers and managers to coordinate external relations.
- Companies that outsource their help desk functions to call centers in foreign countries are creating a network structure through its contract.
- An example of a modern structure is network structure .
- In essence, managers in network structures spend most of their time coordinating and controlling external relations, usually by electronic means.
- For example, H&M is outsourcing its clothing to a network of 700 suppliers, more than two-thirds of which are based in low-cost Asian countries.
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- Of course, not every cooperative network is filled with sunshine and smiles.
- As with any group endeavour, cooperative networks are susceptible to people problems.
- For example, a network can collapse when a key player leaves or if members grow too like-minded and become immune to new ideas and new ways of thinking.
- Similarly, networks can contain some participants who take more than they give or there might be a general falling-out between individuals that results in the taking of sides.
- Claims have also surfaced that state that business networks can take a great deal of time to make decisions.
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- The foremost indicator of a successful business network is a common purpose.
- For example, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government's ‘Municipal Environmental Protection Ordinance' in Japan developed a series of cooperative networks one of which involves a shared delivery system enjoyed by 15 different retail companies.
- By consolidating deliveries to the 30 stores owned by the 15 companies, the network reduced the amount of delivery vehicles on Tokyo's roads by 50%, which eased traffic congestion and reduced carbon emissions by 4,000 tons per year.
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- How do networks begin?
- The San Francisco Bay Area Green Business Program offers similar networking support.
- The second approach to the creation of a network is more personal and involves the introduction of two or more like-minded businesspeople at a social gathering or a personal agreement between long-term acquaintances.
- Either way, the ingredients for a successful cooperating network revolve around mutual interests (and trust) combined with a can-do attitude.
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- Problems within the networked organization usually arise due to the failure in identifying all stakeholders and network partners.
- All nodes and partners in the networked organization have to know and recognize all the stakeholders involved.
- Therefore, when choosing a supplier or a partner in the networked organization, having similar goals, missions, and similar ways of performing the business processes are vital for the success of the relationship.
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- Most cooperative business networks rely heavily on relationship building.
- Cooperative business networks are professional relationships and should not be considered as friendships.Keep partners close yet still at ‘arm's length'.
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- Supply chain management is the management of the network of interconnected steps involved in the provision of product and service packages.
- Supply chain management (SCM) is the management of a network of interconnected businesses involved in the provision of product and service packages required by the end customers in a supply chain.
- Distribution network configuration: number, location and network missions of suppliers, production facilities, distribution centers, warehouses, cross-docks and customers.