Q. For the following scenario, identify five things you think were done appropriately in the information systems acquisi
Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2022 12:48 pm
Q. For the following scenario, identify five things you think
were done appropriately in the information systems acquisition
process, relative to what was discussed in class and in the
coursepack. Use appropriate terminology as much as possible.
Provide a brief justification for each one of your claims.
Bim Porton’s is a large national chain with 300 locations that
sells coffee, baked goods, and sandwiches. The Information
Technology group has decided that a new supply chain management
(ERP) system would be desirable given the many new ERP systems that
have recently come on the market that make use of new technologies.
The IT group held two 30-minute meetings with store managers and
the bakery goods production division to get a sense of their
functional needs and assessed their own internal expertise with the
technologies being used in the new systems. The IT group then
carefully assessed the other systems that need to be integrated
with any new ERP system to understand what data flows would need to
occur and how the systems would have to be integrated. Analysis was
also done to determine how many users would need to use the system
at the same time, the volume of orders that would need to be
managed, and the security needs of any new system. The IT group
then prepared an RFI to send to vendors and received responses from
five companies about their ERP systems. Based on a review of the
RFI responses, the IT group selected a well-known ERP Information
System provider based on their reputation, technology, and
reputation in the industry. A contract with the vendor was signed
that specified key dates for various events, including
installation, configuration, system testing, and training, and how
these events would be measured, as well as consequences for not
meeting the specified dates. All of these events occurred as
planned, with the IT group signing off once they had determined the
system was working to the IT staff ’s satisfaction. To convert to
the new system, the systems group decided to use a staged approach,
where stores in one region were transferred to the new system to
ensure it was working as intended, time, addressing any problems
that arose before adding an additional region.
were done appropriately in the information systems acquisition
process, relative to what was discussed in class and in the
coursepack. Use appropriate terminology as much as possible.
Provide a brief justification for each one of your claims.
Bim Porton’s is a large national chain with 300 locations that
sells coffee, baked goods, and sandwiches. The Information
Technology group has decided that a new supply chain management
(ERP) system would be desirable given the many new ERP systems that
have recently come on the market that make use of new technologies.
The IT group held two 30-minute meetings with store managers and
the bakery goods production division to get a sense of their
functional needs and assessed their own internal expertise with the
technologies being used in the new systems. The IT group then
carefully assessed the other systems that need to be integrated
with any new ERP system to understand what data flows would need to
occur and how the systems would have to be integrated. Analysis was
also done to determine how many users would need to use the system
at the same time, the volume of orders that would need to be
managed, and the security needs of any new system. The IT group
then prepared an RFI to send to vendors and received responses from
five companies about their ERP systems. Based on a review of the
RFI responses, the IT group selected a well-known ERP Information
System provider based on their reputation, technology, and
reputation in the industry. A contract with the vendor was signed
that specified key dates for various events, including
installation, configuration, system testing, and training, and how
these events would be measured, as well as consequences for not
meeting the specified dates. All of these events occurred as
planned, with the IT group signing off once they had determined the
system was working to the IT staff ’s satisfaction. To convert to
the new system, the systems group decided to use a staged approach,
where stores in one region were transferred to the new system to
ensure it was working as intended, time, addressing any problems
that arose before adding an additional region.