It provides the current inventory of your store and inventory that is coming. If you want to know if the store in the next district would have a particular item, they would be able to tell you by looking on the POS system. The POS has an auto replenishment feature which detects when a product’s model quantity is getting low and will automatically send an order to the warehouse. If a customer wants their transaction saved, all they have to do is give the associate their information and the associate will enter it in when processing the transaction. Therefore, you have a history to look up.
Also, various techniques can be sued to attract more and more customers to the store if correct business rules are adopted and utilized appropriately. Potential transactions that can be stored within the database: The various different transactions which can occur in the departmental store and need to be stored appropriately are as follows: 1. For every item available in store, an entry is made in the Inventory table for that product mentioning its quantity and cost. 2. For every customer visiting the store, a record in the customer table is added mentioning customer’s details.
The stores are stocked with the very best domestic and imported foodstuffs and divided into the following departments: * Fresh Bakery and Pastries * Fresh Produce * Fresh Meat & Seafood * Condiments and Packaged Foods * Cheese's and Specialty Dairy Products” (Tatum, Harris, 2011) Strengths of going public with IPO The strengths of a company are very important when it comes to decided such a huge change like becoming an initial public offering (IPO). In this case Kudler Fine Foods has a prominent structure that resorts into overall satisfaction of the customers. The locations are very supportive to elegant tastes. The strengths of moving Kudler Fine Foods to an IPO are very profitable in most cases to the owner. With the company being a private company they were only limited to the investments from themselves.
Customer purchasing trends and supplier orders can be automated. Kudler’s current automated system is biometric and performing regular maintenance prior to each pay date ensures the system is running properly. Kudler should upgrade the AIS to accommodate stores in different states with various tax laws for the payroll. This will help in reducing human errors and reduces the time consumption. • Explain the characteristics of the system that support the recommended course of action • Describe how the accounting information systems incorporating the recommended changes add value to the accounting operations of Kudler Fine Foods.
Transaction Processing Systems (TPS) These are operational level systems usually dealt with by shop floor workers and front line staff. Main feature: To collect and store information relating to transactions. For example, the sale of an item would class as a transaction. 2. Knowledge Work Systems (KWS) These are used by technical staff to convert ideas into graphical designs.
The clerk enters all the raw materials information directly into the inventory system. The data entered in the system includes the type of materials, the vendor, and the quantity. As the raw materials and sub-assemblies are taken out of inventory the staff completes an inventory usage form and then gives it to the clerk to enter into the inventory system. Once the team builds the sub-assemblies and final products, another inventory form is filled out and turned into the inventory clerk. When the sales department completes orders, they are then entered into the shipping and billing system.
Computer Information System Brief Aaron Allen ACC/542 May 20, 2013 Christy Countryman Kudler Fine Foods Kudler Fine Foods is a specialty food store located in the Sand Diego metropolitan area. There are three different stores located in La Jolla, Del Mar, and Encinitas. Kudler has the very best in domestic and imported fare, which include bakery and pastry products, fresh produce, fresh meat and seafood, condiments and packaged foods, and cheese and special dairy products. This paper will identify Kudler’s key business and accounting information needs as well as the strengths and weaknesses of Kudler’s current computer system and technology. This paper will also explain Kudler’s opportunities in terms of technology as well as their
Using the information on Kudler’s website in the intranet section provides for an understanding of how the company currently runs operations. Access data tables take an abundance of information and simplify the information into one particular area. The access data table on Kudler’s website joins the customer and inventory together. This is a good idea because the inventory coincides with what the customers purchase or do not purchase. The customer has shopping habits, food preferences, and a specific income.
The Point of Sale (POS) cash register information is transmitted via the network on a daily basis through uploads at the store downloads at corporate. In a special report written by Liz Parks and published by Supermarket News (Parks 2005), independent grocers were encouraged t invest in technology as a way of streamlining operating costs. Chase, Jacobs & Aquilano (2005) discuss the benefits of using Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) computer software to manage business operations with a single integrated set of corporate data. Having an (ERP) in place allows an organization to streamline processes through the reduction of time needed to process supplier payments or process customer orders. Kudler would be able to use an ERP to forecast future needs to assist with accurate purchasing, track vendor and retail pricing as well as other financial information.
A grocery consultant that will enter your list into a computer and organize it by the rows, give nutritional value and sales. All of these enhancements that these companies implemented have been done by their managers/owners first “creating a vision of perfection centered on the customer”. This detailed vision encompasses every detail of the experience that you want the customer to have. It is the model that you can strive for, that will show you the changes needed in your organization, but this model is not static and must be adjusted as we combine it with the other concepts. For illistrating the concept of “Discover what the customer wants”, Charle introduces the area manager to one more company.