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HI5019 T XXXXXXXXXXMidTerm) - Assessment 2: Group Assignment
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HOLMES
INSTITUTE
FACULTY OF
HIGHER
EDUCATION

ASSESSMENT DETAILS AND SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Trimester T XXXXXXXXXXMidTerm)
Unit Code HI5019
Unit Title Strategic Information Systems for Business and Enterprise
Assessment Type Assessment 2: Group Assignment
Assessment Title System Analysis and Selection
Purpose of the
assessment (with
ULO Mapping)
Students are required to:
• Critically evaluate the purpose and role of accounting
information systems in today’s business environment (ULO 1),
• Evaluate systems development methodologies and the role of
accountants in system development projects (ULO 3), and
• Appraise the risks inherent in computer-based systems/ERP,
including the role of ethics and the various internal control
processes that need to be in place (ULO 4).
Weight 30% of the total assessments.
Total Marks 30 Marks.
Word limit Up to 3,000 words.
Due Date The written report is due in Week 11, dated 14th October 2020, on
Wednesday at 11.59 pm.
Submission
Guidelines
• All work must be submitted on Blackboard by the due date along with
a completed Assignment Cover Page.
• The students are required to work in a group of 1-4 students.
• The assignment must be in MS Word format, double spacing, 12-pt
Arial font and 2 cm margins on all four sides of your page with
appropriate section headings and page numbers.
• Reference sources must be cited in the text of the report and listed
appropriately at the end in a reference list using Harvard referencing
style.
• Include a minimum of ten (13) references, at least five (7) from peer-
eviewed journal relevant to the unit.
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Assignment Details
Background
You are recently employed as a graduate consultant in a management consultancy firm. One
of your firm’s clients is cu
ently evaluating its information systems, and the Managing
Director of your client thinks that they needed to invest in an Enterprise Resources Planning
(ERP) system to support the growth of the business.
Required
You are required to prepare a report to evaluate and recommend an ERP software for a listed
company of your choice (your firm’s client).1 The report should include the following
components:
1. Background of the Selected Business
• Describe your client’s business and its business activities.
• Discuss the key business processes for your client.
• Based on our discussion in Interactive Tutorial 4 to 6, evaluate the business process of your
clients to identify potential weak internal controls and the risk associated with these
potential weak controls.
• Recommend the control techniques that will reduce or eliminate these potential risks.
2. Systems Requirements
• Outline the software features and functionalities that your client should consider
supporting its business activities.
3. Software Selection
• Discuss the history of ERP, particularly the history of ERP in the modern manufacturing
world.
• We have discussed the general functionalities and key elements of ERP systems in Week 9
and 10 (Chapter 11: Enterprise Resource Planning System). Compare and contrast the
features and functionalities of three ERP software packages offered by the ERP vendors.
• And finally, identify the most suitable vendor and ERP software package for your client
and explain why it is the best option.
Assignment Structure
The report should include the following components.
1. Holmes Institute Assignment Cover Sheet
2. Executive Summary
The Executive summary should be concise and not involve too much detail. It should make
commentary on the main points only and follow the sequence of the report. Write the
Executive Summary after the report is completed, and once you have an overview of the
whole text.

1 The selected company should be a manufacturing firm listed on either The Australian Stock Exchange or the
Stock Exchange of your home country. The chosen company is your firm’s client. See the requirements of your
client in the Background Section, above.
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3. Contents Page
This needs to show a logical listing of all the sub-headings of the report’s contents. Note this
is excluded from the total word count.
4. Introduction
Typically, the introduction is a short paragraph which includes background, scope and the
main points raised in the order of importance. There should be a
ief conclusion statement
at the end of the introduction.
5. Main Body Paragraphs with Numbered Sub-headings
This section contains the detailed information which elaborates on the main points raised in
the introduction. Each paragraph should begin with an exact topic sentence, then supporting
sentences with facts and evidence obtained from research and finish with a concluding
sentence at the end.
6. Conclusion
This section contains a logical and coherent evaluation based on a thorough and objective
assessment of the research performed.
7. Appendices
This section includes any additional explanatory information which is supplementary and/or
graphical to help communicate the main ideas made in the report. Refer to the appendices in
the main body paragraphs, as and where appropriate. (Note this is excluded from the total
word count.)
Note: The report should be grounded on relevant literature, and all references must be cited
appropriately and included in the reference list.
Marking criteria
Marking criteria
Weighting in
Total Grades
Describe your client and its business activities 3%
Evaluate the key business processes for your client 5%
Outline the software features and functionalities that your client
should consider supporting its business activities
3%
Discuss the history of ERP, particularly the history of ERP in the
modern manufacturing world.
5%
Compare and contrast the features/functionalities of three ERP
software packages offered by the ERP vendors.
5%
Identify the most suitable vendor and ERP software package for your
client and explain why it is the best option
5%
Presentation 2%
Research quality 2%
TOTAL Weight 30%
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Marking Ru
ic
Excellent Very Good Good Satisfactory Unsatisfactory
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Describe your client
and its business
activities.
(3 Marks)
An excellent
description of your
client and its business
activities.
A very good
description of your
client and its business
activities.
A good description of
your client and its
usiness activities.
An adequate
description of your
client and its business
activities.
Inappropriate
description of your
client and its business
activities.
Evaluate the key
usiness processes for
your client. (5 Marks)
Demonstrate an
excellent
understanding of key
usiness processes for
your client in the
discussion.
Demonstrate a very
good understanding of
key business processes
for your client in the
discussion.
Demonstrate a good
understanding of key
usiness processes for
your client in the
discussion.
Demonstrate an
adequate
understanding of key
usiness processes for
your client in the
discussion.
Unable to present a
proper discussion of
key business processes
for your client.
Outline the software
features and
functionalities that
your client should
consider supporting its
usiness activities. (3
Marks)
Present an excellent
discussion on the
features and
functionalities of
accounting software
that your client should
consider.
Present a very good
discussion on the
features and
functionalities of
accounting software
that your client should
consider.
Present a good
discussion on features
and functionalities of
accounting software
that your client should
consider with minor
e
ors and/or
omissions.
Present a discussion
on features and
functionalities of
accounting software
that your client should
consider with e
ors
and/or omissions.
Unable to present a
proper discussion on
features and
functionalities of
accounting software
that your client should
consider
Discuss the history of
ERP, particularly the
history of ERP in the
modern
manufacturing world.
(5 Marks)
Present an excellent
description of the
history of ERP,
particularly the history
of ERP in the modern
manufacturing world.
Present a very good
description of the
history of ERP,
particularly the history
of ERP in the modern
manufacturing world.
Present a good
description of the
history of ERP,
particularly the history
of ERP in the modern
manufacturing world
Present the history of
ERP, particularly the
history of ERP in the
modern
manufacturing world
with e
ors and/or
omissions.
Unable to present an
accurate description of
the history of ERP,
particularly the history
of ERP in the modern
manufacturing.
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with minor e
ors
and/or omissions.
Compare and contrast
the
features/functionalities
of three ERP software
packages offered by
the ERP vendors.
(5 Marks)
Present an excellent
comparison of features
and functionalities of
three ERP software
packages.
Present a very good
comparison of features
and functionalities of
three ERP software
packages.
Present a good
comparison of features
and functionalities of
three ERP software
packages with minor
e
ors and/or
omissions.
Present a reasonable
comparison of features
and functionalities of
three ERP software

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SYSTEM ANALYSIS AND SELECTION
Executive Summary
As most of the business organisations all across the globe are expanding themselves to withstand the increased competition and to maximise their profits by focusing on a wider section of the market, it has become essential for organisations to invest in Enterprise Resource Planning to support the growth and expansion of the business. ERP tools are capable enough to allow the business organisations to share a common process and data model. This report has been written with a purpose to evaluate and recommend an ERP software for Coles that can assist in smooth growth of the business. 
Table of Contents
Introduction	4
Company Background	4
Key Business Processes of Coles	5
Software Features and Functionalities Supporting the Business Activities of Coles	5
Enterprise Resource Planning Systems	7
History of ERP Systems	7
Features and Functionalities of Three ERP Software Packages	8
SAP ERP	8
Oracle E-Business Suite ERP	9
Sage X3	11
Recommendations	11
Conclusion	12
References	13
Introduction
As most of the business organisations all across the globe are expanding themselves to withstand the increased competition and to maximise their profits by focusing on a wider section of the market, it has become essential for organisations to invest in Enterprise Resource Planning to support the growth and expansion of the business. In such case, Coles is no different from other business organisations, who have been expanding their business rigorously and therefore an ERP system is essential for them. Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) can be described as an integrated management of the core processes of the businesses with the help of software and technology (Ali & Miller, 2017). ERP tools are capable enough to allow the business organisations to share a common process and data model. This report has been written with a purpose to evaluate and recommend an ERP software for Coles that can assist in smooth growth of the business. 
Company Background
Coles Supermarket Australia Pty Ltd, which operates all across Australia with the name Coles is an Australian supermarket and retail chain, with its headquarters in Melbourne, Australia. Coles has managed to attract and retain a huge customer base by providing them with quality products essential for our daily survival at unimaginably low prices (Colesgroup, 2020). Coles is known all across Australia for selling groceries, fresh fruits, vegetables and meat. The business operations of Coles are dedicated towards delivering quality services to the Australian families so as to provide value to them for the money they spend. Coles has been taking sustainability and corporate social responsibility quite seriously and most of the strategies and business decisions of Coles revolves around these two aspects. 
Chief business activities of Coles include operations associated with the sale of groceries and food through its supermarket chains all across Australia. In addition to this, other major activities of Coles include sale of liquor through its Coles liquor and sales of petrol through Coles Express outlets. Coles has also been reaching its customers through online stores to provide its customers with anytime and anywhere shopping experience. Coles has also come up with financial services under the name of Coles Financial Services, which has been providing the customers with services like persona loans, insurance and credit cards (ABDAT, 2019). With more than 2500 outlets all across Australia, Coles has managed to emerge as the largest competitor of the largest supermarket chain of Australia, which is Woolworths. The business activities of Coles are focused towards customer satisfaction and creating value for its shareholders in the long-term. 
Key Business Processes of Coles
Coles is a business enterprise focused at providing exceptional services to its customers. In most of the cases Coles adds values to the products by acquiring products from the suppliers situated at remote locations and by assembling them into a regional warehouse, distributing them to the local stores through logistics and finally selling the products of the local suppliers to the customers under the brand name of Coles. The key business processes of Coles can therefore be described in a logical flow as gathering the products from the local suppliers and farmers, storing them into a regional warehouse, distributing them to the local stores, selling them to the local customers (Colesgroup, 2020). 
The business processes of Coles can further be described as defining the business concept in terms of detailed set of system requirements. The requirements of the system being implemented by Coles is then transformed into a tangible design. This is then followed by constructing the structures, procedures, and agreements that are essential to make up a business. The final process of the business results into structures that are employed to facilitate the services provided by Coles. The functional activities of Coles begin with the remote suppliers, which produce and release the produced stock to be transported to the regional warehouse of Coles. 
Transporters and logistics are an essential activity of the business to maintain a balance into its supply chain. The products are further being transported to the local stores, where the products are organised into the stores and the stock is displayed into these stores so that the products and services being offered by Coles can easily be accessed by its local customers. The local customers then shop the products at the stores and the stock is maintained over and over again following the same business processes (Colesgroup, 2020). The business processes in entirety can be summarised into four major business processes namely defining the core processes, designing the core processes, constructing core processes and provisioning the core processes. 
Software Features and Functionalities Supporting the Business Activities of Coles
Coles is expanding at a very fast pace all across Australia and therefore, it has become essential for this supermarket giant to focus on optimising its business activities and to come up with a comprehensive framework, which can facilitate the activities of the business. In order to manage the activities and functionalities of the business in a most efficient and effective manner, Coles must consider deploying a software that will help to support the functionalities of its business. One of the primary features of the software that Coles must deploy to support the activities of its business is integration. Coming with a software that supports integration will ensure that all the business activities of Coles are on a single platform and work together for the benefit of the organisation in perfect sync and harmony with each other. This will help to manage, analyse and monitor all the data driven tasks of business and therefore, will help to ensure that there is an open communication between different departments of the business carrying on different activities (Jagoda & Samaranayake, 2017).

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