In groups of three or four, you will be required to conduct research on Information Systemsfor your client. Your team is required to pick a case company in one of the areas mentionedbelow (not limited...

Information Systems
Information Systems
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Contents
Introduction    3
Solution 1    3
Company’s critical success factors    3
Primary objectives    4
Information helpful in evaluating such objectives    4
Mission statement    4
Solution 2    5
Formal organizational chart    5
Solution 3    6
Cu
ent system    6
Weaknesses should addressed by MRP and ERP implementation    6
Data Flow Diagram    7
Solution 4    8
Primary features of this new system    8
MRP implementation    9
Relevance of ERP as MRP, MRPII, and EDI    10
Solution 5    12
a. A description of the technology platform for the system.    12
. Financial & nonfinancial data attributes for every entity in ER diagram    14
c. Four user views, which can be source documents or management reports    15
d. Examine potential security risks, data
eaches    16
Appropriate accounting controls    17
Conclusion    18
References    19
Introduction
The ERP system is the improved technology versions that help contemporary companies handle their resources very well. It’s a technology-base system that helps organizations integrate BMS across the enterprise domain, such as human resources, logistics, finance, and operations. Enterprise Resource Planning is committed to maintaining a database, an application and its own user interface to customize solutions for today's enterprise. As the demand for ERP systems grows, companies such as Microsoft, SAP, and Oracle have produced their own ERP system versions to properly solve problems. This report includes a research on Information Systems for Australian Pharmaceutical Companies Ltd. (API) Australian Pharmaceutical is picked as a case company in Health industry. A proposal is developed for a new information system for Australian Pharmaceutical Companies ltd. The proposal will help Australian Pharmaceutical to make informed decision for investment in information system and to take their business to the next level.
Solution 1
Company’s critical success factors
Australian Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd is principally engaged in a wholesale distribution of the pharmaceutical, health, and beauty, medical as well as lifestyle products in Australian pharmacies. They also retail health & beauty products and services to consumers; manufactures and distributes pharmaceuticals and cosmetics to the New Zealand, Australia and Asian markets, and supplies cosmetics and procedures. Australian Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd need to build a system that enables the Australian Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd to achieve its key goals of delivering better results to its customers while maximizing efficiency. The Australian Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd requires a system to improve key business operations for example merchandising, customer and sales service, logistics as well as finance.
Primary objectives
i. The business transformation results
ought by the implementation of the end-to-end ERP platform.
ii. To build a system that provides enhanced the customer service capabilities as well as improved logistics and financial processes, moreover the operational efficiency.
Information helpful in evaluating such objectives
The successful integration of the API's key retail and wholesale ERP platforms confirms our leadership in providing innovative IT solutions to the Australian retail industry. The API in addition to its customers can now profit or benefit more and more from this advanced technology infrastructure, together with enhanced user experience along with elimination of the duplication between departments, saving API’s time plus money.
Mission statement
The API requires a state-of-the-art technology infrastructure that enables APIs to eliminate or to reduce data and processing duplication between departments, save company time and money, and enhance the user experience.
Solution 2
Formal organizational chart
    Name
    Role
    Peter R. Robinson
    Chairman
    Robert D. Millne
    Directo
    Dr Michael R. Wooldridge
    Lead independent Directo
    Carol Holley
    Independent Directo
    Miles L. Hampton
    Independent Directo
    Lee Ausburn
    Independent Directo
Australian Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. is a publicly company and also ranked 99th among top ranked 2000 firms in Australia. Company's revenue mostly comes from an Australian pharmaceutical wholesale industry. In 2018, the company's total revenue was $4,035,373,000, including good sales moreover other income. (API) is a comprehensive healthcare service company which divides its business into two parts:
Australia: Distribution of the pharmaceutical, health, medical, beauty as well as lifestyle goods and products to pharmacies across Australia.
New Zealand: Major manufacturers of the pharmaceutical products, such as over-countered medical products in addition to consumer products.
Solution 3
Cu
ent system
API cu
ent system is overflowing with huge influx of patients & requires downright focus on upgrading its age old systems to leverage performance, functionality & thus empower the administration to provide better services.  Financial reporting maintained by the system is inaccurate. By manually logging data, customization is too small to integrate cu
ent systems with business processes, and excessive customization can slow down projects and make upgrades difficult (Ahmadi et al., 2015). Due to cu
ent system implementations, there are additional indirect costs - such as new IT infrastructure, upgraded WAN links, and more. The accounting process using paper journals as well as ledgers or similar tools takes much more time to finish the task. Accountants want to look up journals and accounts in system before logging entries. Check account balance and viewing data is difficult also. Accountants might also want to use several documents to find information that managers require. Copying this data is difficult also. E
ors in the manual process can be very frequent. Accountants who study mistakes usually spend hours looking for and co
ecting entries. Lack of safety is other common shortcoming of manual systems. API may not be able to prevent workers from viewing sensitive information in paper journals and ledgers. Files stored and copied in API’s database computer might be also less safe. This might allow workers to abuse economic information throughout co
uption or fraud. Disgruntled workers can i
eparably also damage information as well as undermine important economic records.
Weaknesses should addressed by MRP and ERP implementation
ERP and MRP platform to make easy re-engineering of API back office systems as well functions
1. Meet regulatory requirements: Submit submissions that meet regulatory requirements
2. Inventory and material management: control material waste, monitor inventory levels, set targets, check inventory balances and develop inventory status reports. This also includes recipe management.
3. Sales and marketing management: maintain customer records and history; help with accurate quotes; automatically migrate information to sales orders; create automated marketing workflows and execute promotions to drive ROI.
4. Distribution Management (Batch and Batch Tracking): Allows the manufacturer to monitor batch or batch work schedules and delivery status from a distance.
5. Document Control and Management: Record historical data for each process and must provide relevant documentation for review and future analysis (Dantes and Hasibuan, 2010).
Data Flow Diagram
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Organization
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Australian Pharmaceutical Companies Ltd.
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Address
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Ownership-percentage
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Owns
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Corp-name
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Medical-Corporation
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Solution 4
Primary features of this new system
ERP software in a healthcare system will invigorate some key aspects of API.
Management time savings: Reduced time in administrative & operative aspect leads to more time to devote in academic, medical & strategic matters related to a hospital administration.
Efficient management of pilferage: API usually sit on huge inventory. Shortage of staff is always ove
urdened with huge influx of patients. It becomes pretty demanding to keep a check on pilferage which, most of the time is rampant in hospitals. ERP software will help one to keep a track of...