Essays on Pos

Payment methods and technologies have shifted a great deal over the years. Gone are the days where cash and check transactions make up the bulk of the give and take that occurs when people engage in commerce, travel and otherwise spend their money. Credit and debit cards have ruled the roost for a while but some new contenders are starting to emerge. The first major alternative to the conventional credit cards and other more traditional methods was PayPal (PayPal, 2017). However, smartphone-enabled technologies such as Apple Pay, Samsung Pay and Android Pay are starting to dominate the commerce and ...

Choosing the best health plan for patient care is one of the most difficult decisions for some patients and their families because of the fine line distinguishing which plan suits them best. However, every plan is designed to suit a patient according to the kind of treatment they need, the cost of the treatment and the insurance covering every kind of treatment plan. Therefore, there are three main kinds of treatment plans that are offered in general, namely, HMO, PPO, and POS (Web MD, 2016). There are fine differences between the three, based on the need of primary physician ...

Statement of the Research Problem

Currently, there are a vast number of reported cases of online fraudsters who tend to break into people's systems without their consent. The threat of online fraud has an impact on operations of business in the hospitality sector. The adoption of technological advancements improves the efficiency of firms such as the hospitality industry that can guarantee them more advanced customer service and consequently tremendous profits. However, the increased use of the internet makes the hospitality industry prone to fraudsters. For instance, the Marriot Milwaukee Downtown which is a major hotel in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, faces the threat of fraudsters mainly ...

4. Environmental Analysis 4.1. Operating Factors Some of the common goals in any restaurant regardless of size is the desire to make money, control food and labor cost and to retain employees . A restaurant is one of the toughest businesses to run successfully because of the long hours involved, the high turnover and the relatively low pay when compared to the number of hours. Therefore it is clear that human resource is a critical operating factor. An understanding of the nature of the market is also essential; factors like market saturation and market trends are critical to operating a ...

The objective of this paper was to carry out a comprehensive assessment of the possible security vulnerabilities that an organization’s computer and network operating systems may have; and also to provide appropriate techniques in order to boost protection based on the findings of the said assessment. The organization, whose computer and network operating system framework would be focused on, that was chosen is Target, operator of one of the largest network of malls in the United States’ retail industry. What makes this computer and network operating system security case analysis significant is that any form of risk involving ...

Internal Analysis of McDonald’s Corp.

Introduction McDonald’s is the biggest chain of hamburger fasts food cafes around the world with over 50 million consumers. The corporation was started in 1940 by two brothers in San Bernardino, California (McDonald’s. com, 2016). Today, McDonald's is the leader in global food service retail with around 35,000 locations in more than 100 nations. However, most of its worldwide restaurants are owned and operated by independent local business people. Additionally, the alignment strength in McDonald’s is its franchisees and suppliers. This system has been the reason for the long-term success of the corporation. In the ...

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My internship at GE

Conceptual framework Working at GE Energy has always been my dream. The fact that I am doing my internship in the company is a dream come true. However, while working with the company, I came to realize of many problems that the company faced. Even though to the outside world the company is doing well, it faces daily internal problems that are always handled on a daily basis. The company could be no company if such matters could have been ignored. Just to pinpoint but a few, some the problems faced by the company emerge from the Generators. Problems ...

Zara is using the Microsoft Disk Operating System (DOS) which has become obsolete since Microsoft is no longer providing support. With the withdrawal of support, it is risky for Zara to continue using DOS. In case, they encounter a technical problem, or the system fails, the entire operations of the company could stall; from selling points at the stores to inventory management, as well as productions would be slowed down. The only result from this is a reduction in the number of sales volumes or no sales at all which will be a crippling loss in revenue. Besides, the ...

Objective

CardConnect Company faces challenges in international management. In the recent past, the company has failed to formulate an effective strategy, structuring an appropriate organizational design and managing people in an international surrounding. The CardConnect firm is forced to handle technical, economic and social differences in the business environment. Although CardConnect has reached the global market scene, it still faces international challenges while competing with other credit card companies. CardConnect firm should take precaution to protect the Clover (POS company) because it is depicted as one of the commonly applied computing systems around the world. The hackers have targeted the ...

The DBIR 2015 is the ninth one from Verizon, and similar to the others, it highlights patterns and trends present in an aggregated incident data set. The report begins by emphasizing that there are few unique breaches in the cyber-world, and that the likelihood that an intrusion mechanism has been applied previously is relatively high. Furtherance, the DBIR informs against the presumption that victims of data breach believe they are in isolation; it is this falsehood that impedes on information sharing on attack patterns, which could collectively help prevent future intrusions. Verizon has managed to develop a classification for ...