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A 5 page paper requesting that a 3-location furniture store dramatically update its IT system. Colfax is in an ideal position to implement automation of processes. It needs the more accessible information for use in making management decisions about the company. If accepted, this proposed project will provide cost savings that far exceed the costs of the small system. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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File: CC6_KSitPropTriCom.rtf
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has outgrown its long-standing methods of managing business processes. This is a request to automate business processes in a manner that does not require the companys non-technical owner and
employees to become experts in hardware and software management, yet achieve and maintain greater efficiency and effective management information. The Situation Colfax Furniture
is a three-location business serving the cities of Greensboro, Winston-Salem and Kernersville, North Carolina. The primary location of the company is the Greensboro store, which possesses a single older
computer running proprietary software developed for the computers original owner. Some records are kept on the computer but are duplicated manually, because Colfaxs manual systems have been more reliable
in the past than its automated ones. Currently, the company routinely uses its single existing computer only to print sales price tags for the stores inventory. Request
This is a request that Colfax Furniture: * Acquire a client/server computer system; * Acquire pre-packaged software; * Contract the services of an application service
provider (ASP) to manage the system; and * Redesign outdated business processes for automation. Rationale Superficially, it may seem to be counterproductive to
replace the existing computer, particularly when it never has performed to the expectations with which it was acquired. The current approach to information management is not reliable, however.
Its cost does not include only its purchase price. It requires the too-regular attention of a costly consultant without providing the benefits that the company should be able to
expect from it. One long-term employee - the bookkeeper - is retiring soon. An effective information system can enable the company to avoid replacing that employee right away,
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