SZABIST HYD

TEST MARKS:05
Spring 2021 Time 1 hr

Q1.Discuss enterprise application architecture. Which enterprise application serves

business processes outside the organizations and how?

Q2.Quincaillerie is a small family hardware store in Paris, France. The owners must use
every square foot of store space as profitably as possible. They have never kept detailed
inventory or sales records. As soon as a shipment of goods arrives, the items are
immediately placed on store shelves. Invoices from suppliers are only kept for tax
purposes. When an item is sold, the item number and price are rung up at the cash
register. The owners use their own judgment in identifying items that need to be
reordered.
What is the business impact of this situation? How could information systems help the
owners run their business? What data should these systems capture? What decisions
could the systems improve?

What is the business impact of this situation?

The billing will be inaccurate. There will be unbalance in Inventory Management. There can be
duplicity in Records. Operating costs will be high and there could be loss of Profit.

How could information systems help the owners run their business?

Information System can help owners by bringing Inventory Management in order. It will show
Owners how the business is running; how much inventory is selling and how much firm is
purchasing. There will be balance in Inventory Management. It can Maximize the floor Space as
their will be actual record of sales and previous balance through Information System so it will be
easier for firm to decide the Floor Space for Keeping Products.

What data should these systems capture?

1. The Number of Items (Products)

2. The Data of Sales
3. The Data of Remaining Products.
4. Demand of Products
 5. Supply of Products
6. Quantity of Reorder Level
7. Daily Transactions of How much Products are selling and how much are remaining.

What decisions could the systems improve?

System will improve Quantity of Reorder Level. It will help to identify Daily transactions which
will help to make further Decision (Whether to increase Productivity or not). Help to make cost
effective of Store.