PROGRAM STUDI : SISTEM INFORMASI

Nama : Ardi Alfarisi Kelas : 1D

NIM : 22572014 Nama Dosen : Muhamad Soni, M.Pd
Mata Uji : Bahasa Inggris
Semester : 1
Tahun Akademik : 2022/2023

Naskah Soal :
A. Read the following text and complete the questions!

USING TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION FOR STRATEGIC ADVANTAGE

Organization may view and use information technology in many ways. For example, companies, companies may
choose to use information systems strategically, or they may be content to use IT to support efficient everyday operations.
If a company emphasized strategic business uses of information technology, its management would view IT as a major
competitive differentiator. They would then devise business strategies that use IT to develop products, services, and
capabilities that give the company major advantages in the markets in which it competes.

One of the most important implementations of competitive advantage strategies is business process reengineering
(BPR), often simply call reengineering. Reengineering is a fundamental rethinking and radical redesign of business
processes to achieve dramatic improvements in cost, quality, speed, ad service. BPR combines a strategy of promoting
business innovation with a strategy of making major improvements to business processes so that a company can become a
much stronger and more successful competitor in the marketplace. Making radical changes to business processes to
dramatically improve efficiency and effectiveness is not an easy task. For example, many companies have used cross-
functional enterprise resource planning (ERP) software to reengineering, automate, and integrate their manufacturing,
distribution, finance, and human resources business processes. Although many companies have reported impressive gains
with such ERP reengineering projects, many others either have experienced dramatic fail-user or did not achieve the
improvements they sought.

Many companies have found that organizational redesign approaches are important enabler of reengineering,
along with the use of information technology. For example, one common approach is the use of self-directed cross-
functional or multidisciplinary process team. Employees from several departments or specialties, including engineering,
marketing, customer service, and manufacturing, may work as a team on the product development process. Another
example is the use of case managers who handle almost all task in a business process instead of splitting tasks among
many different specialists.

Information technology plays a major role in reengineering most business processes. The speed, information-
processing capabilities, and connectivity of computers and Internet technologies can substantially increase efficiency of
business processes, as well as communication and collaboration among the people responsible for their operation and
management.
Based on the reading text above, please answer as the following questions about “Using Technology Information
for Strategic Advantage.”

1. Do companies use IT to support efficient everyday operations?

2. What are the most important implementations of competitive advantage strategies?
3. Is BPR the same as reengineering?
4. What is meant by reengineering?
5. Why does BPR combine a strategy of promoting business innovation with a strategy of making major improvements
to business processes?
6. Do all the companies succeed to use ERP?

B. The following topics can be written into a simple paragraph. Please, choose one of the topics and make
it into a paragraph.
a. A daily day of my life
b. Our past holiday
c. My dreams after graduating from System Information

Jawaban :

A. Read the following text and complete the questions!

1. the company emphasizes the strategic business use of information technology, its management will view
IT as a key competitive differentiator. They will then design a business strategy that uses IT to develop
products, services, and capabilities that give the company a major advantage in the markets in which it
competes.
2. business process reengineering (BPR), often simply called reengineering. Reengineering is a fundamental
rethinking and radical redesign of business processes to achieve dramatic improvements in cost, quality,
speed, advertising services.
3. yes, it is
4. Reengineering is a fundamental rethinking and radical redesign of business processes to achieve dramatic
improvements in cost, quality, speed, advertising services.
5. so that the company can become a stronger and more successful competitor in the market. Making radical
changes to business processes to dramatically increase efficiency and effectiveness is no easy task. For
example, many companies have used cross-functional enterprise resource planning (ERP) software to
reengineer, automate, and integrate their manufacturing, distribution, finance, and human resources
business processes.
6. Not at all, many companies fail to implement ERP or do not achieve the improvements they seek
 B. The following topics can be written into a simple paragraph. Please, choose one of the topics
and make it into a paragraph.

Our Past Holiday in Pangandaran

Hi, my name is Ardi my last holiday was a three-day trip to Pangandaran Beach in the West Java. I know Pangandaran is a
wonderfull Beach, because I have many time visit to Pangandaran.
Instead of staying in a hotel, I renting a small house for myself. It was so much fun, and a little bit like my old me, because
my last time I’m visit to here was 10 years ago. It has changed a lot and looks more clean and many cool facilities. I also
went to market near my rent house with quickbike. I loved seeing all the different foods. I was really happy to find my
favourite foods and drinks but they were a bit more expensive than I remember!

I did some touristy things too. I’m sailing to beautiful White sand. The views of the beach are amazing. Then I walked across
the Beach. I also tasted the feeling of riding a banana boat and some fun water sports. Those things haven't changed, of
course.