Research And Development About Changchun Netcom Company Office Automation (OA) System

Office Automation (OA) is a new method of combining the modern office business with computer networks. It is a very active field in technological application with strong vitality in the present technical revolution. It is also an outcome of the information-based society. Through the network, all the personnel in an organization at all levels can work in coordination without the restraints of time and space. Office automation system can help an organization to realize messages in collection, processing, flowing and share in departments of all levels and organs inside and outside the organization as well as scientific decision-making. Thus with the advanced computer and communication technology, it build up an official business working information system covering all departments, which helps us to exchange information between local network and other special-purpose computers, and to set up the high-efficiency information networks in high quality, and also offer serves for decision-making , handling official business and information share.There are several phases in the development of OA, electronic phase, collaborative phase and the new generation OA phase. OA not only have replaced the handcraft way, but also reactions the business process, which makes the business process more standard and effective, thus promoting the productivity. At present, the rush of many products of OA can prove this.It is especially important for a team to collect various relevant information immediately to work in coordination in the intensely competition in telecommunication industry. Facing such situation, China Netcom Group write in《China Netcom Group information system plan》(2005 - 2007) in December, 2004. Communication companies in various provinces and cities are introducing the office automation system to daily work and manages, in order to change the past pure manual work way. So information share, working in cooperation and scientific decision-making can be realized to enhance the competitive power and realizes the brand-new digitized work pattern.