Coty Case Study

This process reduced not just customer’s satisfaction but also profit; there is a need for a financial information management to integrate all their business processes. SAP (System Applications Program) was introduced to the company to ensure efficient communication among the different modules of the business process.

Changing technology may affect the demand for a firm’s products and services but on the other hand due to technology businesses can have systems that provides faster services like the retail businesses have systems that does stock control, cash and customer service.

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“Smart-Toys-Smart Kids” is a toy manufacturing company. They are providing toys to retail stores in the region. The company has 500 employees. The CEO of the company Fred is looking for alternatives to streamline B2B transactions between his employees and the retail stores. Fred's information systems department has presented him with two alternatives for developing the new tools for better customer service with the retail stores.

The Court need not delve into the question of whether or not the respondent did contract a bigamous marriage . . . It is enough that the records of this administrative case substantiate the findings of the Investigating Commissioner, as well as the IBP Board of Governors, i.e., that indeed respondent has been carrying on an illicit affair with a married woman, a grossly immoral conduct and indicative of an extremely low regard for the fundamental ethics of his profession. This detestable behavior renders him regrettably unfit and undeserving of the treasured honor and privileges which his license confers upon him.

Various benefits will be realized through the implementation of the SOA in the organization (Ross, Curran, and Chapman). First, on accurate implantation, SOA does not need use of new codes. Previously used codes can be reassembled and reused, saving time and other resources in the IT department. This would allow the department a chance to use familiar codes rather than design, test, and implement new ones that may take more time and require a new learning process. Moreover, SOA comes with the benefits of cost saving and increase in business agility. Implementation of SOA will also bring together all the IT workers to work close with relevant partners and other departments on organizational redesign strategies that will ensure an increase in the level of functionality of the departments. Eventually, there will be a suitable coordination between the IT department and other units available at the FBI. Reuse of the existing codes will promote quick adjustment of the workers to the new system. Minimal training will be required and hence, much time will be saved during the implantation

The ability of the systems to communicate between departments and support the manufacturing demands of the company is a huge advantage for the entire company. The new system would increase strategic processes for the different departments from planning to manufacturing to distribution to accounting by using the resources more efficiently. NIBCO would be able to identify discrepancies within their planning, purchasing, or manufacturing stages immediately. By decreasing redundant processes the firm is able eliminate waste in order to increase their profit. Another advantage for NIBCO was in establishing a timeframe in their strategic plan with a ‘go live’ date for the implementation of the IS system which meant that the company would be able to resume normal operations. A typical timeframe of installing a new IS system in a company typically occurs within a three to five year plan and NIBCO planned on having the software installed and operating within twenty-four months to limit the interruption for the

IT would like to spend more time on innovations and less time and on developing software. The SOA model has the ability to decrease IT budgets in several ways since the fundamental applications and technology to support an SOA are already in place with the development focus on integration and existing business logic remains viable cost on system maintenance. There would be no frequent upgrades and will not need to be re-architected or replaced to meet new business requirements.

The process efficiency of purchasing order release was also restricted by BAL’s existing IT system. Though BAL had capability to electronically cut purchase orders to larger suppliers via web-based online tools developed by these suppliers, BAL’s current legacy system was not supporting its interfaces connected to suppliers’ web browsers and thus resulted extra manual work to feed ERP system.

The new business process and integration tool also offered real-time visibility into its extensive manufacturing process, including tracking inventory, handling billing and monitoring vendor performance for on-time delivery and other measures. The system was fast, reduced errors and improved efficiency.

An information system is a base in today’s business world. Everything is electronic. In various businesses, the survival and ability to succeed strategic business goals is challenging without extensive use of information system. Businesses improve the efficiency of their operations in order to accomplish higher profitablity. Besides that, information systems are important tools available to managers for achieving higher levels of efficiency and productiviy in business operations. For an example, Zara uses the PDA technology to gather customer feedback and input.

The class text states that Supply chain management is frequently divided into supply chain planning applications, supply chain execution applications, logistics management, and warehouse management. Often when companies fail at implementing an efficient supply chain because of the planning section, or inaccurate demand forecasts. The text states electronic data interchange is one of the earliest uses of information technology for supply chain management, Electronic data interchange is the use of the Internet for everyday business transactions. “In this era of information a firm’s supply chain should operate at speed of thought and this is possible only by enhanced e-speed communications and information sharing with their critical partners.” (4)

Bata uses sales management and customer support in the CRM system to gather data about their customer and used to facilitate customer service transactions by making the information needed to resolve the issue or concern readily available to those dealing with the customers. This results in more satisfied customers, a more profitable business and more resources available to the support staff. Furthermore, CRM systems are a great help to the management in deciding on the future course of the company. (Andrew, 2011). In order for Bata to increase their profit they are trying to maximize their customer

HANA KIMI CO. would like to adopt an online Supply Chain Management System (SCM) whereby the customers may buy company 's products online via company 's website and able to track the status of the order including the availability of the stocks by integrating the Online Sales System with the company 's Inventory, Manufacturing and Production System.

The analysis above reveals the major problem areas for Comair airline, including its information systems. Information systems were first adopted into their critical business function in 1984 as a legal requirement, and fortunately, when combined with their reputation, Comiar was able “march to the top of the industry”. This benefit of the system however was short lived due to a lack of support and maintenance. They were able to recognizing the need to migrate to an updated information system, where maintenance and support would have been readily available; however management saw no urgency in such. The benefit associated with a new system were unknown to management, their limited view were the dollars and cents of the investment.