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2 A COMMUNITY EYE MOBILE APPLICATION INTRODUCTION The community eye information system technology application conveys the idea that vagilance prevents crime and by increasing foot traffic through troubled areas, it will decrease the likelihood of people committing small crimes like breaking into houses burglary, and property damage. This information system will decrease the crimes that is likely to cause a problem in the community. 3. BUSINESS SECTION 3.1 Vision The vision statement is to create safer communities through community involvement to prevent crime.
3.2 Industry Anal ysis: Community Eye application Industry: Community Eye application. An application used to prevent crime in a community. Force: High/Low: Justification: Buyer power: low It is low, because buyers have only two choices, one is that they can download the application on their mobile phone, the other one is that they can just walk through the community where the crimes are. preventing crime does not certainly mean that they have to challenge dangerous situations in the community.They can meet the people who live near by, and get to know their names, what cars they have and exchange phone numbers to have a better community. 2014 - Crime Prevention Tips Visisting and walking through a
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3 community will prevent crimes. Supplier power: High It is high because the power of downloading the app and walking through the community is low, as buyers get a point only when they walkthrough an area where there are crimes. The victim of the crime becomes paranoid and obsessiveness, as they are Scared to walk through that area and look for a crime. 2014 - Crime Prevention Tips If they are scared to walk through that area where you can find a lot of crimes, then you wont receive sufficient points for it.
Threat of new entrants: High It is high because it is a very small industry that allows everyone to go and download the app for free and get a point when they find a crime in that particular area that they are walking through in order to prevent a crime in a community. One of the best ways to ensure that a burglar does not target your house door to break in is to make your entire street or block a highly secure area. This involves working with your neighbours so everyone watches out for each. 2014 - Crime Prevention Tips Threat of substitutes: High It is high, because anyone can get the app and can download it to keep the community safe from crimes as it is a non-cost free application created to help the community be safe and reduce crimes. If everyone downloads the app then there will be less crime around that area. Once you get to know the people around you, you will be better prepared to notice strangers who seem to be hanging around a lot.
Rivalry among existing competitors: low It is low because there arent any other apps like this that are created to the customers to have it in their devices to prevent crimes in a community. It is low for the competitors to copy and create this app as it has a higher requirement. Its rivalry originates from different categories In the low and mid-range the product are feature-wise-fairly similar and numerous, and the competition has a strong price Focus. (Coyne,k and Subramanian S. 1998)
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4 Overall attractiveness of the industry: The industry analysis for the community eye mobile application shows that these analysis are used to show how the indutry power interms of the five porters industry analysis. 3.3 Customers and Their Needs Potential customers and their needs of this app is that, customers need to download this app in order to prevent the crimes and to keep the community safe. Their need is, they can provide a community that is safe by having the app on their phones as well as going to a specific area to look for a place where the crimes are and get the point by preventing the crimes. The police need to identify the places where customers should walk through to that area where they can receive a point.
3.4 The Product and Service The product is crime stoppers or neighbourhood watch. We create a map application that has troubled area identified by local police and if you walk through that area then you get points which are redeemed on a card that allows you to get discounts at shops and staff. That way, foot traffic increases through troubled areas leading to decreased crime in the area and it encourages fitness and health at the same time .These will allow customers to get points that are redeemed online on a website that is directly linked to the application.
3.5 Suppliers and Partners:
The suppli ers wi l l be telecommuni cation or Vodafone that upgrades the product based on their standards that the application needs to have in order for the customers to access i n to this product. The partners are the police who create the application map that are offered to the customers identified by the local police who allow customers to have this app on and get it on their devices. The partners are those who advertise this app on online to help customers get the app, these partners help the customers to walk through an area where the crimes are and help them get a point when they have identified a crime. In this situation the police are the ones who create a map application that has troubled areas.
3.6 Focused low cost Strategy:
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5 This product is a crime stopper or neighbourhood watch. These products are also created by local polices to prevent crimes in a specific area. This is a small business that is created to stop breaking into houses and burglary and property damage. This product wont cost any money, it is a free cost app that anyone can download in their devices. The main point of this product is to prevent crimes in a specific area and to have a safer community.
3.7 Value Chain Acti vity: Technology Development The most important value chain activity for this business is Technology development. This value chain activity is important, as applications need to be updated when using a higher technology development to have a higher quality of firm that will allow customers to have it in their devices with fast and quick technology information. The product has focused on low costs to create safer communities through community involvement to prevent crimes by getting through the area with a higher quality technology application and will be able to prevent crime in the community. 3.8 Business Processes
3.8.1. TECHNOLOGY research DESIGN Process This business process helps to develop a new application that is created for the customers to have it in their devices. It also helps to have a new product development that creates a prototype design that will have new suitable technology researches. These will help the product to have high quality design and it also helps the product to be a fast technology usage that will allow the product to capture values, it also helps the product to be well organised, and well designed.
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BUSINESS PROCESS 1 model
start New suitable technology research Prototype design Prototype research Offer the product to service Presenting management Send payment slip end
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3.8.2. TECHNOLOGY REASEARCH PROCESS This business process develops research on the product between customers and sellers. It also allows for the product to sell and market by offering advertising campaign development in order for the customers to download or have the app in their devices. This process helps to promote the product in order to attract customers. This process helps market the product as well as giving the potential sales opportunity for customers to have the app in their phone and allows them to walk through areas where the crimes are and find the crimes and get the points. This process will help to have customer relationship establishment with the marketing campaign to have a reputation of customer relationship maintenance. It allows having customer information/feedback/complaint analysis.
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BUSINESS PROCESS 2 MODEL start Invention the product Design the product Improvement occurs while designing the product Construct new technology researches to the product Develop the product Offer the product to the customers online Customers receive a request to download the app Customers accept the request and download the app yes end No
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10 3.9 Functional iti es 3.9.1. BUSINESS PROCESS 1 TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH DESIGN process Customers can access online to check on the technology of the product. Customers can check the design about the product. Customers will be able to check the quality of the product
3.9.2. BUSINESS PROCESS 2 TECHNOLOGY REASEARCH PROCESS Customers can review the reputation about the product to make a decision on getting the app on their mobile phone Customers getting access online to download the application. Customers can access on the internet to research about the product.
3.10 Systems
3.10.1 Prototype design management system These systems support the product to have more time for design. Technology research design helps the product to come up with a well quality product that is full of good technology research to help prevent crimes by using this well quality application that is guided with researches. This system helps to develop customers evaluation by giving the chance to customers to work on the prototypes in order to evaluate its operations and features. According to the working of the system, customers give a positive and negative feedbacks to the designer of the product. This system also helps the designer to review the feedbacks from customers, which will help customers to see the improvement they have made for the complaints.
3.10.2 Prototype research management system prototype research management system is a network combination, which defines a common data model and it is a set of operations that has the ability to transform the node operations in a consistent manner. It is a set of node behaviours which simplify the installation and structures of a group of nodes to form a measurement capacity or control operation. This system will help customers to make a decision about downloading the app based on the quality of the product.
3.10.3. Constructing new technology research management system: This system has the potential to create new technology researches to the product then adds to the application. If the application has new technology, then the seller of the product will enable to get more customers. This system will also help the seller to maintain customers in the business rather than losing them. It is the most important system that will bring customers to have these app in their devise and use it suitably to prevent a crime. This system may also have the ability to help users identify a place to find a crime in a community.
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11 3.11. Summary Table: Value Chai n to Systems
Value Chain Activity Processes Functionalities Specific Information System(s) Broad Information System(s)
Technology development 1. Technology research and design 1. Customers can access online to check on the technology of the product.
2. Customers check the design about the product.
3. Customers will be able to check the quality of the product.
Prototype design management system
Prototype research management system Supply chain management System
Customer relationship management system
customer feedback management system
customer complaints management system 1. TECHNOLOGY REASEARCH PROCESS 1. Customers can review the reputation about the product to make a decision on getting the app on their mobile phone 2. Customers getting access online to download the application. 3. Customers can access on the internet to research about the product.
Constructing new technol ogy research management system
Prototype research management system Customer relationship management system
Decision supporting System
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12 CONCLUSION In conclusion, community eyes industry analysis information technology system will be able to prevent crimes in the community. This application is supported by technology systems offered to customers to have it in their devices and to help prevent crime in a community. This application can be well trusted to use as it is a well updated application that has being supported with quality technology system that has the potential to indicate crime in the community. This application will help the community to have a safer and well protected community.
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