UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN FACULTY OF ACCOUNTANCY AND MANAGEMENT ACADEMIC YEAR 2012/2013 BACHELOR OF ACCOUNTING (HONS) UKAI 2063 ACOUNTING INFORMATION SYSTEMS II TUTORIAL 6 Case 1: Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman Situation: The university is considering a new system that will speed up the registration process. As part of the systems development team‚ you are asked to develop a plan for fact-finding. (Adapted from Shelley & Cashman 2010‚ Chp 04 Apply Your Knowledge‚Elmwood College
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* INFORMATION SYSTEM BRIEFING * An information system is a combination of data‚ processes and information technology that interact to collect‚ process‚ store and provide output for an organization (Wager‚K 2009). In an health care organization there are two types of information systems: administrative and clinical. In order for an organization to find the best system they must follow the process for selecting and acquiring an information system. * System implementation begins when the
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Horton’s. Information retrieved from http://www.walmart.ca/canada-estore/catalog/helpcentercontainer.jsp?show=aboutwalmart http://corporate.walmart.com/our-story/heritage Information systems are believed to be essential in Walmart’s growth throughout the year. It’s inventory and distribution system is considered to be world leaders. Walmart had invested over 600 million in information systems over one 5-year period. Some of Walmart’s information systems include a point-of-sale system‚ which
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UPS COMPETES GLOBALLY WITH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Q1. Inputs‚ processing‚ and outputs are the three activities for the UPS’s package tracking system. The inputs include package information‚ customer signature‚ pickup‚ delivery‚ time-card data‚ current location‚ and billing and customer clearance documentation. Processing is transmitting the data to a central computer and stored for retrieval. Data are also reorganized so that they can be tracked by customer account‚ date‚ driver‚ and other criteria
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express. Those competitors are trying to provide customers a high level technology with lower cost‚ and create a new quick safe delivery method. Cost: UPS puts higher shipping costs on its franchisees because UPS manipulates the dimensional weight system used to calculate package size and weight for shipping. Technology: UPS needed a more efficient way to track the shipments. Others: They face daily problems are not supposed to happen‚ like lost packages‚ damaged packages‚ and uncollected
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Explain why information systems are so essential in business today: Information systems are a foundation for conducting business today. In many industries‚ survival and the ability to achieve strategic business goals are difficult without extensive use of information technology. Businesses today use information systems to achieve six major objectives: operational excellence‚ new products‚ services‚ and business models‚ customer/supplier intimacy‚ improved decision making‚ competitive advantage
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Homework assignment 3 Amartuvshin Narmandakh Read the case named Toyota as Number One‚ and respond to the following questions: 1. What are the basic principles of Toyota’s production system? To which areas of the organization do these principles apply? Toyota’s production system is unique system of production vehicles developed by Toyota. Toyota’s production system’s goal is emphasizes on speed‚ efficiency‚ and quality. TPS has two basic principles: * Just in Time * Jidoka / The
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Management and Information System a) Security/threats and its issues- Name of the company: TJX Inc. Date of impact: December 2006 Impact of security breach: 45 million credit cards information exposed. TJX failed to upgrade its data encryption system when the electronic eavesdropping began in July 2005. More than 45 million credit and debit cards exposed after the central database was breached. The investigation also stated that TJX had kept too much of customer’s personal information for far too
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Journal of Global Information Systems (GIS) Tuesday‚ 2nd July 2013 Abstract: The rapid changes in Information Technology (IT) has brought enourmous changes in the companies of each and every country and this made the companies to grow into Multi National Corporations (MNC). MNC’s are the driving force of building and operating the Global Information System (GIS). Intially Information System was focused to bulid and operate within the country. When the MNC companies started emerging globally the
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result‚ marketing becomes one of the most prominent philosophies in business. Therefore‚ to get a better understanding of today’s business‚ this essay will be discussing about three important concepts. These concepts are marketing as a business philosophy‚ the understanding of customer value‚ followed by the link between marketing and customer value. In addition‚ this essay will be using the Village “Gold Class” Cinema as example of the concepts’ application. MARKETING Marketing as a business
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