Important points 1) Does your chosen business need IT? 2) Why IT is important for business survival? 3) What is required to apply IT into your chosen business? (I.e. cost, planning, designing,...

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Table of Contents
List of A
eviations ...................................................................................................................... 3
Executive Summary ........................................................................................................................ 4
Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 5
KiallaPure Foods ............................................................................................................................. 5
Importance of Information Technology .......................................................................................... 6
Conclusion .................................................................................................................................... 10
Recommendation .......................................................................................................................... 11
Bibliography ................................................................................................................................. 12
Appendices .................................................................................................................................... 14
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List of A
eviations
ERP Enterprise Resource Planning
OS Operating System
SAAS Software as a Service
IBM DB2 IBM dBASE II
MS SQL Microsoft Structured Query Language
HP-UX Hewlett Packard UniX
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Executive Summary
KiallaPure Foods is a food processing company. They procure materials from the local
Australian farmers and sell the processed products to the customers. It is essential for KiallaPure
Foods to consider the implementation of information technology in their business to obtain a
higher level of growth in the business. It will provide a better opportunity for them to grow and
implement various changes in the business as per the requirement. JD Edwards EnterpriseOne
ERP system is the best suitable system for KiallaPure Foods. They provide better planning and
assistance to the business in handling their procurement management, inventory management,
financial management and customer management.
ERP will provide a higher level of integration in the business process that is essential for
the company to monitor the quality of the product received by the company and the quality of the
product manufactured by them. It will improve the competitive position and advantage to the
company. The main risk factors implementing the ERP for the company is that in the case of any
problem in the server or database management system it will become difficult to retrieve the data
from the system. It increases the risk related to data integrity and privacy. KiallaPure Foods
should have an effective internal control system and cyber security system in the business to get
more benefit from the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne ERP system.
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Introduction
KiallaPure Foods is the organic grain millers, and they sell the products to retail,
manufacturing, wholesale and baking (Kialla Pure, n.d.). KiallaPure Foods is a food processing
company that has a more complex network and supply chain management system. KiallaPure
Foods is expanding their business into different countries, and there is significant growth in the
usiness size. Cu
ently, the business is not facing any trouble in their business operation, but it
is the appropriate time for KiallaPure Foods to implement information technology in their
usiness. There is more growth in the information technology, and it has become an integral part
of many businesses. In this paper, there is a detailed discussion about the business of KiallaPure
Foods, the importance of information technology in their business, suitable information
technology and the strategy for mitigating the risks associated with the information technology.
KiallaPure Foods
KiallaPure Foods is the organic grain millers, and they sell the products to retail,
manufacturing, wholesale and baking. The whole grain products are obtained using the old-
fashioned millstone as they retain the enzymes, nutrients and retains the goodness of grains.
They are food processing company and deals with the organic products so that they sell more
nutritious food to the people. KiallaPure Foods maintains SQF food quality and standards and
hold both domestic and international organic certification (Kialla Pure, n.d.). They sell
organically grown cereal grains and flours in the market.
The company has a certified organic mill that will mill only organic cereals and will not
mix with non-organic cereals, and they have 20 different grains from the certified organic
farmers (Kialla Pure, n.d.). The company makes use of both traditional milling technique and
modern milling techniques for producing organic meals, ki
les, and flours. The company makes
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use of organic grains grown in Australia and exporting to South Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia,
Japan, Taiwan, Italy, and the USA. There is a requirement for information technology in the food
processing industry to manage the business operation effectively.
Importance of Information Technology
The suitable information technology for KiallaPure Foods...