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Proposal - Information Systems
Proposal - Information Systems
Proposal - Information Systems
Information System
Implementation
Proposal
Client: SPORTS GO
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SUMMARY
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1 Introduction
After the previous contacts between SPORTS and Astrea we hereby respond to the request
made to present a proposal to provide professional services to clean, design and implement a new
Information System to support the SPORTS GO chain stores.
We would like to thank for this opportunity, submitting this proposal and assuring that the
services offered here will be the subject of our best attention during all project.
The conducted analysis of the current business cases across the company enabled us to
design the main processes flows where an innovation digital transformation is required.
This overall view of how the company works let us understand the functional and technical
debts that employees and customers are now facing and represent several risks to the company.
Time consumed by Telephone Operators to register the Order data maintained in silos.
request in the Excel file. No integration with registers done in
Telephone Operators has no access to centralized Website/Front Stores.
information.
Time consumed by Managers (in stores), Designers and Request/orders can be lost/delayed
Sellers to receive personally the request/orders information in
paper.
Requests/Orders management is difficult since there is no
priority definition
Time consumed by Managers (in headquarter) to centralize Decisions made supported by wrong
the request/order info sales/stock data.
Susceptible to errors Data privacy/Security issues regarding the
No Real-Time Inventory/Sales Management Box cloud
Overstocking or under-stocking of inventory
Mismatched of marketing and selling
strategies
Design concept of products based on the feedback from Product offer can be biased
customers who call the Telephone Operators (not general
consumers)
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Website Order Management
Time consumed by Telephone Operators to update orders Customer and orders data maintained in silos
Info from a proprietary web system to the Excel file since there is no integration with register done in
No Real-Time Inventory Website/Front Stores
Susceptible to errors Overstocking or under-stocking of inventory
Time consumed by Managers (in headquarter) to centralize Decisions made supported by wrong
the request/order info sales/stock data.
Susceptible to errors Data privacy/Security issues regarding the
No Real-Time Inventory/Sales Management Box cloud
Overstocking or under-stocking of
inventory
Mismatched of marketing and selling strategies
Stock Management
Time consumed by Managers (in headquarter) to centralize Decisions made supported by wrong
the stock information from all stores sales/stock data.
Susceptible to errors Data privacy/Security issues regarding the
No Real-Time Inventory/Sales Management Box cloud
Overstocking or under-stocking of
inventory
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Mismatched of marketing and selling strategies
Production Management
Products to be prototyped are decided only by the CEO Own branded products might not fulfil the
vision. overall customer’s needs.
There is no possibility to collect/analyse customer feedback
or similar/related products prototyped before.
Products to be produced are decided only by the CEO vision. No customer satisfaction/retention/loyalty
There is no way to evaluate the possible retention of
customers to the products to be created.
Campaigns are launched by CEO without any marketing The investment on the new products might not
support. be reflected in profit to the company.
Time consumed by Managers (in headquarter) to store all Decisions made supported by wrong
information regarding products and sales info send monthly by sales/stock data.
Retail Stores Data privacy/Security issues regarding the
Susceptible to errors Box cloud
No Real-Time Inventory/Sales Management Overstocking or under-stocking of
inventory
Mismatched of marketing and selling strategies
in the retails business
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2 Proposal scope
The present agreement become effective after the last signature date and represent the
mutual agreement between the SPORTS GO and the Astrea, in order to consolidate the proposal for
the design and development of the new Information System to support the bicycles chain stores.
The system will allow users to place and track orders through the company’s mobile app or
website;
The staff will also be able to receive the orders through the app or website and update their
status to the clients;
Each customer will be able to create an account to log into the system, which will make the
processes of order and payment easier since the system is able to save the customer’s info;
The design will be minimalistic and simple, making it very easy to navigate through.
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3 Proposed solution
In this chapter we present the solution description that we propose to be implement based
on the high-level requirements identified with the SPORTS GO.
The solution we chose is SAP Business One with the modules of ERP and CRM and then for
the Commerce System, SAP Commerce Cloud.
During the solution implementation we will always have in mind the objective of obtaining a
reliable, secure, scalable, and high-performance system, with an easy installation, administration,
operation, and use.
According to the needs identified, we consider that the solution can be divided into the
following modules, as shown in the diagram below and described thereafter:
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Features
The modules presented are described by presenting their main features to be developed or
delivered under this project.
A system that enables Telephone Operators in real- This system will support/help managers (stores) to
time to check the stock available and processes the receive the request/order info.
requests/orders by forwarding them to the
responsible according to the customer needs.
A system that enables Managers (in stores) to have a This system will support/help managers (stores) to
dashboard to track the new requests in real-time and receive the request/order info.
prioritize work based on customer needs.
A system that enables Managers (in This system will support/help managers (stores),
stores)/Designers/Sellers to have a dashboard to designers and sellers to receive the request/order
provide the status of the orders in preparation in real- info.
time.
A system that enables Customer to track their orders This system will support/help managers (stores) to
status once they are delivered in Post Office. receive the request/order info.
Marketing System
A system that enables Sellers to perform appropriate This system will support/help sellers to receive and
recommendations (cross- and up-selling) based on centralize the request/order info.
predictive models that consider the customer data
and his order history.
Create social media accounts in diverse networks to This system will support/help the CEO to launch
advertise the company campaigns.
Website
A system capable to ensure that the information to This system will support the Managers (in
create an invoice is provided via an electronic headquarter) to manage the Retail Stores’ Invoices.
message from the retailers’ system to us in order to
create an invoice upon manager’s approval. If the
retailers’ system is unable to provide this message, an
invoice template will be provided so it could be
uploaded in our system.
4 Project approach
This chapter describes the approach and the planning proposed by the Astrea for this project,
detailing the main phases and activities to be done.
We reinforce that the project realization does not depend solely on the Astrea, being
fundamental that SPORTS GO comply with their responsibilities, carrying out a set of activities that
are absolutely necessary and critical to the overall project success.
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Understanding of the business flows and the current functional and technical debts faced by
Sports GO as well as the respective risks and business Impact;
Meetings with Sports Go employees, in order to define the Business needs and the Functional
Requirements as part of the project Scope;
Research about solutions available in the market to improve and update Sports GO Information
Systems and the modules that could be implemented to fulfil the desired features;
Detail the features requirements (main functionalities) and the business expectations (to
whom);
Considering the risks identified, the following implementation priorities of the systems were
defined:
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The effort to integrate the different information systems proposed also needs to be planned;
Development
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Testing in the quality environment all Information Systems (User Management System, Order
Management System, Stock Management System, Billing Management System, Marketing
System);
Bug Fixing;
Develop professional training about the Information Systems with Sports GO employees;
Go Live
4.2 Planning
For the full implementation of the services described under this proposal we foresee a period
of 20 weeks.
5.1 Team
Understanding that this is a project that requires decision making and a strong commitment
by each of the parties involved, Astrea Company proposes the following organization for the project:
Monitoring Committee – The monitoring committee is going to be responsible for controlling the
project phases and the work in every aspect. We will ensure that any question or observation by
Sports Go will be directly assigned and heard by us, and we will always be available for any
assistance needed.
From Astrea Company, our director Rodrigo Marcelino will be part of this committee.
Project Management – We will make sure that our team is coordinated and ready to make decisions
in any situation, and we will prepare ourselves so that the project runs smoothly and without any
problems. Our project management team will assure that:
- All the procedures are and correctly implemented;
- The budget is respected and used wisely in order to maximize the values;
- Resolve any possible problem that might occur mid project;
- Ensure that the deadline is respected, meaning that we will guarantee that the project is done
on time and without delays;
From Astrea Company, our project manager will be João Martins.
Project Team – Our team will be distributed in relation to all activities and responsibilities necessary for
the execution of the project, identified under the project scope. We should ensure the needed reporting
to monitor the project, perform diagnostic meetings and decide on operation matters.
Our initial team proposal is: one developer and three business analysts (one CRM/Marketing
consultant, one ERP Consultant who has shared responsibilities as a Project Manager and a Commerce
Consultant). These numbers can be reviewed if necessary.
1
Roberthalf.com.au. 2020. Software Developer Job Description And Duties | Robert Half. [online] Available at:
<https://www.roberthalf.com.au/employers/it-technology/software-developer-jobs> [Accessed 5 December 2020].
2
Betterteam. 2020. Business Analyst Job Description. [online] Available at: <https://www.betterteam.com/business-analyst-job-description> [Accessed
5 December 2020].
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5.2 Requirements to begin project
In order to begin the project, there is a set of requirements that have to be met. These are:
SPORTS should identify a single point of contact who will be responsible for coordinating the
execution of the project in conjunction with the Astrea’s project manager João Martins.
SPORTS should identify the interlocutors that will facilitate the phases Analysis and design,
development, testing and Go Live, and those that will be part of the whole process and the
project implementation.
We need to be aware of the main business needs of SPORTS GO to understand how we can
intervene in order to help them improve their business;
After the meeting with the CEO of SPORTS GO, we believe that we possess all the information
and resources needed to assure the implementation of the Information systems;
Astrea Company decided that the project will be developed in SPORTS GO headquarters, so that
we can have a wider idea of our client, infrastructures and work environment;
Astrea will provide to their consultant the IT resources (laptop, wireless router, phones) needed;
We could assure that the professional formation of employees will be done by our company in
SPORTS GO headquarters;
If everything goes according to the plan, Astrea Company will need roughly 2 weeks to do the
planning.
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6 Responsibilities and assumptions
6.1 Responsibilities
The Astrea project execution have in consideration the timely and effective execution of the
SPORTS GO’ responsibilities, described here in, as well as the timely decision making, and approvals
required during the project execution.
Because of the temporal limitation of the project, SPORTS GO undertakes to comply with each
of its responsibilities below in a timely and expeditious manner.
Firstly, SPORTS GO needs to accept the terms and conditions of Astrea Company.
Furthermore, SPORTS GO needs to assure that exists involvement of its key users. Key users
from areas that suffer transformation must be involved since the beginning of the project. This
allows the key users to assimilate the whole changing process. To achieve this, communication
and feedback from its employees it is crucial in order to understand the company doubts and
needs.
Commitment by all the stakeholders is also relevant. The total commitment and involvement in
the project by all the levels in the organization bring forth a truly team spirit, even though all the
responsibilities assumed by each entity should be very well defined since the beginning of the
project.
Privilege the use of standard solutions. Whenever possible the standard solutions of the systems
should be implemented as well as the less changes as possible on that systems.
Besides that, we need to guarantee that our project is strictly confidential and the
implementation phases are only for the use of SPORTS GO, therefore this cannot be shared or
shown to third parties.
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6.2 Assumptions
The estimated duration of the project presented in this document and the corresponding fees
take into account the following additional assumptions:
The project plan will be reviewed and detailed during the first days of the project, which must be
approved by SPORTS GO. This plan should be mutually agreed and not be exclusively an Astrea
plan;
In order to ensure proper execution of the project, the remaining decision-making should be
timely taken by the SPORTS GO the team, no later than 20 days after request;
Any modifications requested by SPORTS GO team with impact on the scope of services and
results, the project team and / or calendar should be the subject of a formal addendum to this
Agreement;
In case of interruption, the project restart will occur after reaching agreement between the
parties, and only after remedied the causes that constituted grounds for interruption.
The project implementation should start in 2021. This will be the reference year for the costs and
billing calculation.
There may be reasons for the interruption and suspension of the project by the Astrea, if one or
more of the following facts occurs:
The effort and cost estimations are based on the following business assumptions:
o Planning:
Our director will attend the monitoring committee with no cost associated
to SPORTS GO.
Our project manager will have shared responsibilities as Commerce
consultant.
Our developer is expert in the SAP suite systems.
o Implementation:
Standard price of SAP Business One Solution – Cloud version
Reference price solution for SAP Commerce Cloud
Consulting services defined on chapter 7. Cost and billing
o Maintenance:
No license and fees variation for the next three years
Cost consideration concerning the new stores opening. One on 2021 and
two in 2022. The Setúbal store was taken as a reference.
Encompasses the configuration of the stores to open 2021/2022
In the maintenance years no other system implementation or upgrade is
considered.
o Through the implementation and maintenance phases the distribution of business
users per role considered is:
Managers and sellers will be assigned one business user per function and
store;
Designers and telephone operators will be assigned one business user per
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function;
CEO, CIO, and IT director will be sharing the same business user.
7.1 Costs
The fees estimated for this project were based on our resources time involvement shown previously.
The fees and payment terms are detailed in accordance with the implementation scenario.
The full implementation of the project, including all phases proposed and described herein, have the
following value:
Value of services (excl. VAT) + Value of hardware and software (excl. VAT) EUR 246.250
SAP Business One on Cloud uses financial model based on a subscription of users per month.
Due to this we need to determine the minimal of users for our systems.
Designers and telephone operators will be assigned one business user per function;
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CEO, CIO, and IT director will be sharing the same business user.
*110€ per user/per month each Professional user SAP Cloud Hosted subscription3
**The total value represents the costs only for seven months of the initial year. The remaining five
months the system is not live, therefore no subscription fees applied.
* The SAP Commerce Cloud fees aren’t publicly available. In order to get a realistic price, we took the
approach of consider the direct competitors (Magento Commerce, Shopify Plus) values as a
reference.4
**The total value represents the costs only for seven months of the initial year. The remaining five
months the system is not live, therefore no subscription fees applied.
*110€ per user/per month each Professional user SAP Cloud Hosted subscription3
3
Seidor.us. 2020. SAP Business One Price. [online] Available at: <https://www.seidor.us/content/seidor-us/en/blog/sap-business-one-price.html>
[Accessed 5 December 2020].
4
Shopify Plus. 2020. Shopify Plus Pricing. [online] Available at: <https://www.shopify.com/plus/pricing> [Accessed 5 December 2020].
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SAP Commerce Cloud (Monthly) 2,000 €*
SAP Commerce Cloud (year) 24,000 €
* The SAP Commerce Cloud fees are not publicly available. In order to get a realistic price, we took the
approach of consider the direct competitors (Magento Commerce, Shopify Plus) values as a
reference.4
*110€ per user/per month each Professional user SAP Cloud Hosted subscription3
* The SAP Commerce Cloud fees aren’t publicly available. In order to get a realistic price, we took the
approach of consider the direct competitors (Magento Commerce, Shopify Plus) values as a
reference.4
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Costs regarding the second year 2022- Maintenance
Sales Values
Monthly Sales k€
Own branded 310
Accessories and 3rd Party 120
Total 430
Stores 6 8 9 9
Sales increase 10% 15% 30% 5%
Year 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Monthly Sales Total Total Total +15%* Total +30%** Total +5%***
Own branded 310000€ 341000€ 392150€ 51150€ 509795€ 117645€ 535284.75€ 25489.75€
Accessories and
120000€ 132000€ 132000€ 19800€ 132000€ 39600€ 138600€ 6600€
3rd Party
Total Monthly
430000€ 473000€ 524150€ 70950€ 641795€ 157245€ 673884.75€ 32089.75€
Value
Year 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Annual Sales Total Total Total +30% Total +15% Total +10%
Own branded 3720000€ 4092000€ 392162€ 613800 6117540€ 1411740€ 6423417€ 305877€
Accessories and
1440000€ 1584000€ 132000€ 237600 1584000€ 475200€ 1663200€ 79200€
3rd Party
Total Annual Value 5160000€ 5676000€ 524162€ 851400€ 7701540€ 1886940€ 8086617€ 385077€
*With the opening of 1 new store and the implementation of the information systems it is expected an
increase in sales.
**Taking in consideration the 1 new store that was open in 2021 and the 2 new stores open this year
(2022) it is expected the biggest increase in 2022.
***In the third it is expected that the number of sales become more constant again.
Margins Values
Margins %
Own branded 305
Accessories and 3rd Party 105
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01 Sports GO - Minutes. (2020).
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Year 2020 2021 2022 2023
Margins % +23% +23% +23%
Own branded 30 23* 23* 23*
Accessories and 3rd
10 23* 23* 23*
Party
*These values only take in consideration the increased caused by the implementation of the
information systems.6
Cost Savings
Knowing that SPORTS GO is going to open new stores and that are expected increases in sales,
without the Information Systems they would probably need to hire new employees. Therefore, we can
assume the following numbers:
- Hiring at least one telephone operator per year in the next three years;
- Hiring at least one designer per year in the first two years, were the biggest increase is
expected.
Considering the implementation of the Information Systems we can assume that SPORTS GO
will not need to hire anyone else because:
- The telephone operators will have less job since most of the sales are now made directly
through the website or the mobile app and these platforms are now able to process the order without
the need of a telephone operator intervention;
- The designers will also save time because with the new Information Systems they receive
directly the orders and the requests information.
These values will be increased by VAT (value added tax), according to the legal value in place at
the invoice issuing date.
6
(2020). Retrieved 12 December 2020, from http://clients.23k.com/SAP/7910-SoH_Ebook/USHA/31294_USHA_BTS.pdf
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As previously stated in this document, the value of the above-mentioned fees may be subject
to joint review in the event of any changes in the objectives, scope or assumptions, as needed.
Return On Investment
Return-Investment
ROI = X 100
Investment
To calculate the Investment value, it was considered all the costs regarding the new
Information Systems, as detailed in Value of services (excl. VAT) and Value of hardware and software
(excl. VAT) sections above.
- The difference between the increase of sales after the opening of the new stores and the
implementation of the Information Systems, as detailed in Sales Values section above.
- The difference between the increases of the margins caused by the implementation of the
Information Systems, as detailed in Margins Values section above;
This performance metric demonstrates that the Return on the investment would be 2.21 times
the initial investment.
Therefore, it is clearly illustrated the added value that this Information System implementation
would represent to the SPORTS GO mainly after the second year (2022) where the expected increase
of sales leads to huge returned that covers all the costs regards services as well as hardware and
software (excl. VAT).
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7.2 Conditions and payment plan
Invoices must be settled within 30 days from the date of issuance.
The services will be billed based on the following payment schedule and in accordance with
the project phases:
Value of services (excl. VAT) EUR 74.800 EUR 29.920 EUR 29.920
EUR 25.000
Option A EUR 25.000 EUR 29.920 EUR 29.920
EUR 24.800
EUR 15.000
EUR 15.000
Option B EUR 15.000 EUR 29.920 EUR 29.920
EUR 15.000
EUR 14.800
For the value of services (implementation and maintenance), two options can be provided.
In the option A, the implementation cost for 2021 can be paid in three partials: on the
signature of the project, once the development phase is finished, and immediately after
the GoLive, respectively. The maintenance costs are one-time annual fees paid in 2022
and 2023.
In the option B, the implementation cost for 2021 can be paid monthly during the five
months of this phase. The maintenance costs are one-time annual fees paid in 2022 and
2023.
The value of hardware and software (license and fees) is expected to be annual paid directly to
SAP.
Therefore, the payment terms must be agreed with SAP Account Manager.
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Value of services (excl. VAT) + Value of hardware and software (excl. VAT) EUR 246.250
Value of services (excl. VAT) + Value EUR 74.800 EUR 29.920 EUR 29.920
of hardware and software (excl. VAT) EUR 24.010 (SAP) EUR 43.800 (SAP) EUR 43.800 (SAP)
EUR 25.000
EUR 29.920 EUR 29.920
EUR 25.000
Option A EUR 43.800 (SAP) EUR 43.800 (SAP)
EUR 24.800
EUR 24.010 (SAP)
EUR 15.000
EUR 15.000
EUR 29.920 EUR 29.920
EUR 15.000
Option B EUR 43.800 (SAP) EUR 43.800 (SAP)
EUR 15.000
EUR 14.800
EUR 24.010 (SAP)
The total value of services (excl. VAT) and the value of hardware and software (excl. VAT)
can be paid according to the Astrea conditions presented above or upon further agreements with
SAP.
The present document is owned by the Group 12, and cannot be transmitted to any other
entity, individual or collective, external to SPORTS GO.
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8 Signatures
SPORTS GO Astrea
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(Authorized Signature) (Authorized Signature)
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