Discuss the challenges or obstacles to the implementation and use of global information systems. In your discussion, explore and explain how different standards (or lack of standardization) affect the ability of international companies to implement a global information system.

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Different Standards and Global information systems implementation Standards considered when integrating ISs internationally Records may be incompatible United States uses English system of weights and measures Rest of world uses metric system Communicating dates Times Temperatures Addresses United States uses month/day/year format Rest of world uses day/month/year

Different standards very costly NASA lost spacecraft because of measurement unit discrepancy European Article Number (EAN): barcode that includes an extra number to identify country Universal Product Code (UPC): American standard without last extra number Uniform Code Council (UCC): promoted use of European standard