3/15/13

Today I went to Stone age tools to learn about how technology effects businesses. I wrote this brief review of the company and what I learned. I also learned that because my mentor inter view is so large i cannot upload it to the internet, to view it i can being it to who ever want to see it on a flash drive.

1. StoneAge develops tests and sells tools for high pressure water cleaning.
2. They use multiple different computer programs for 3D imaging and constructing of there products. They have a computer program that simulates the amount of pressure from the water passing through the equipment. Most of there computers are set up using only a couple servers and no towers, all computers are linked together and are called Virtual Machines. Your particular work station can be accessed from any of the access terminals.
3. Internet plays a major role in ordering, corresponding, tracking packages, clearing customs for selling over seas, Internet is used for phone calls using VoIP. With out internet or technology they would not be able to supply to as many customers with there products. Shipping would take much longer and ordering would not be as fast. Instead of using computers to create 3D models they would have to build them by hand. Testing would take much longer because all of the scenarios would have to be individually played out in real life instead of simulated. Everything would be filed in paper and not be as easy to find or organize.
4. We found that the idea that a 3D model could be created on a computer and then sent to the machine shop and created exactly how you designed it virtually, (down to a millionth of an inch) was the most interesting part of there system.