Many businesses are using technology to make mundane business ...

[ereecah]

Many businesses are using technology to make mundane business tasks easier and more efficient. Assume you are an intern working for the sales manager of a company that sells truck equipment and parts. The companys salespersons travel to meet with fleet managers and often stay in hotels, rent cars, and entertain customers at restaurants. All of these salespersons hate keeping track of their receipts and doing their expense reports at the end of each month. Using the Apple App Store and/or Google Play, identify at least two apps that the salespersons could use to scan their receipts. Read the reviews of these apps and, in about 200 words, write a summary and recommendation of one or more of the apps that you could give the sales manager to help her decide which to adopt.

Question 2

Review both the Etsy and the We Love Etsy Web sites. In about 200 words, explain how Etsys Web site and business philosophy make it a social networking site in addition to being an online business that sells goods. As part of your answer, describe the specific characteristics of Etsys buyers and sellers that make the social networking elements particularly important to Etsys success and explain how the We Love Etsy site (which is not controlled by Etsy) could create issues for Etsy.

[Carliemb17]

Answer to Question 1

Recommended apps:

Expensify:

• Easy Receipt Capture: Simply take a picture of your receipt and then throw it away


• Automatic Receipt Scanning: Our SmartScan Technology reads your receipt and creates an expense


• Mobile Expense Creation: Create and edit expenses on the go - in your car, at the airport, anywhere


• Time Entry: Enter your hourly rate and length of time worked


• Mileage Entry: Enter distance, use your phones GPS, or take a picture of your odometer


• Bank & Credit Card Import: Sync your card with Expensify and well automatically pull your transactions into your account


• Easy Report Submission: Email expense reports to your manager or convert to PDF and save

Source: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/expensify-expense-reports/id471713959?mt=8

Abukai:
Scan receipts and finish your expenses in seconds with ABUKAI

• Step 1. Simply take a picture of each receipt while on the road or in the office.


• Step 2. Press Submit anytime you are ready.

You will receive your finished expense report with cost categorization, date, vendor and all the other information already filled in for you.
Source: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.abukai.expenses

Answer to Question 2

Etsys business philosophy is based on community outreach. It is an online community of designers, in over 150 countries, creating and selling a wide array of products.

Elements of social networking on the site include:

• A blog


• Community


• Request for custom items


• Etsy on Twitter


• Etsy on Facebook

Etsy on YouTube

[ereecah]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

[deja]

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