Autosystems: The Business Value of a Successful IT System for a Small Manufacturer.
Autosystems: The Business Value of a Successful IT System for a Small Manufacturer.
Foundations of Information Systems in Business
Walden University
Abstract This paper explores the real intern state of Autosystems, a manufacturing company, who included the design process into the company over time, which went through a transformation and is now looking for a future state of improvements and the usage of new software. The paper is based on the article which describes the company´s changes and which is contained in the first chapter of Foundations of Information Systems in Business; it shows the process by which Autosystems went through to reach the actual state. The paper also includes personal opinions as the response of analytic questions for the proper analysis of the case.
Autosystems: The Business Value of a Successful IT System for a Small Manufacturer.
Autosystems is an automotive company who is charge of lighting designer and manufacturing. It was established in 1986 and is located in Ontario; is the supplier for important companies as General Motors, Chrysler, Ford, Visteon, Harley-Davidson and others. In 1996, Autosystems did its first design and ventured to launch its design center, this made numerous customers to be more interested in Autosystems and the company grew. While trying to manage the floor shop manufacturing process, it decided to install software called TRANS4M, with which the process could be controlled and could replace all the paper forms that had to be filled manually.
After seeing the software as functional, Autosystems could realize that the software did not applied to the shop floor processes; it could not incorporate information written on shop documents into the manufacturing system or obtain timely information without risks and if this was correctly obtained it cost a lot of effort giving as consequence a lack of information and the status of not being worthwhile. Based on that and after doing a deep
Foundations of Information Systems in Business
Walden University
Abstract This paper explores the real intern state of Autosystems, a manufacturing company, who included the design process into the company over time, which went through a transformation and is now looking for a future state of improvements and the usage of new software. The paper is based on the article which describes the company´s changes and which is contained in the first chapter of Foundations of Information Systems in Business; it shows the process by which Autosystems went through to reach the actual state. The paper also includes personal opinions as the response of analytic questions for the proper analysis of the case.
Autosystems: The Business Value of a Successful IT System for a Small Manufacturer.
Autosystems is an automotive company who is charge of lighting designer and manufacturing. It was established in 1986 and is located in Ontario; is the supplier for important companies as General Motors, Chrysler, Ford, Visteon, Harley-Davidson and others. In 1996, Autosystems did its first design and ventured to launch its design center, this made numerous customers to be more interested in Autosystems and the company grew. While trying to manage the floor shop manufacturing process, it decided to install software called TRANS4M, with which the process could be controlled and could replace all the paper forms that had to be filled manually.
After seeing the software as functional, Autosystems could realize that the software did not applied to the shop floor processes; it could not incorporate information written on shop documents into the manufacturing system or obtain timely information without risks and if this was correctly obtained it cost a lot of effort giving as consequence a lack of information and the status of not being worthwhile. Based on that and after doing a deep