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This report is to be delivered by 25th May 2010 and is designed advise Rebecca Smith about various information system possibilities that would best suit the requirements of Rebecca’s business ‘Ready To Eat’ (RTE). The report firstly describes what an information system is, its purpose and how they work. This report will then discuss the increasing globalisation of markets and how IS can be utilised in small businesses to capitalise on these new markets and improve their competiveness. Further discussion are delivered on what information systems are available and describes how IS haves different functions but can and do overlap when providing support for the specific business function. The report identifies information system by their function and how they can assist RTE in managing the business. Managers and business owners are expected to make decisions which have a positive effect on the future of the business; this report describes how Information systems have directly influenced decision making and how if information systems to be effective need to integrate forecasting the future and offer alternative scenarios of the outcomes of decision. The report also offers the hypothesis of Porter's Competitive Forces model and advocates that this model is the foundation to understanding the strategic forces affecting businesses. The report characterises the role of information system and how the manipulated these forces give small business a strategic advantage. This report will identify the information requirements of RTE by advocating that the basic process of systems development involves defining the project, creating a model, deriving a model, measuring the costs and benefits of all alternatives, selecting the best option, designing the new system, completing the specific programming functions, installing... [continues]
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