ISO Assignments

Outline
 Case
Consider Tesco Plc. It is a successful retailer with many branches in all cities and towns of Introduction
the UK, as well as in many other countries. They are linked up with many other suppliers 1-retailer_Tesco Plc
and manufacturers such as farmers (for dairy products, fruits and vegetables), fashion 2- Product they sell
retailers (for clothes and shoes), etc. They have also diversified into banking and insurance 3- How they work
sectors, as well as providing e-commerce arm called Tesco Direct. 4- Competitor situation
They have many UK based competitors such as Sainsbury’s, however, many new European
retailers such as Aldi and Lidl are becoming much more successful in the UK. Tesco Plc
have, therefore, the following challenges to address:
• How to compete with new European retailers
1-Challenge- Competitor
• How to diversify so that Tesco remains as attractive as before
2- How to Survival
• How to cut margins and yet remain profitable
3- Margin?
• How to update Information Systems (IS) and make better use of them
4- Its IS & use
• How to use IS to profile and understand customers better
5- benefit from IS to service
• How to invest in computing infrastructure and yet cut costs
customer
• etc.
6- Investment cost
Task 1
Task 1 – 20 Marks
Critically analyse the use of
TWO (2) of the main
enterprise systems (ES) that
your organisation has
implemented, by providing
the benefits that these
information systems offer to
your organisation. Discuss
how operational efficiency of
your organisation might
reduce if these ES are
removed from the
organisation’s ES portfolio.
1-Two main ES
1- Customer Profile system
2- Sales Order System
3- Credit Control System
4- Warehouse information System
2- benefit
1- Timely information ---Decision making
2- Planning for future growth
3 Control for cost and performance standard
3 – reducing
1- Cost efficiency might reduce
2- No service for customers
3- Duplicate effort
4- time consuming

Task 2- 25 mark
Acquiring new information systems (IS) and
hardware infrastructure can be expensive for
businesses. (training, Hire Man, Installation, etc.) Identify existing strategy to reduce capital
Discuss (adv & disadv) the strategy that your
organisation has formulated that helps to reduce Does changes in operation process? (off course)
excessive capital expenditure and yet results
in increased benefits.
If there is no such strategy at your selected
organization, then suggest a sensible strategy
for acquiring new IS, that helps to reduce cost of
capital expenditure and yet provides certain
benefits.
Outline
Why IS cost are so high? (Identify what costs)
Hardware (COMPUTER, Equipment, network,
ect)
Software (training, install, programming)
expenditure and result benefit.
Bespoke (inhouse), off the shelf (buy or lease)
Cheap buying?
Reduce labour? (user friendly)
(Implementation)
(Time, Quality, $)
Suggest IS acquiring strategy to cut cost and
provide benefit`
What IS to acquire? What cost to reduce?
How will impact on operational efficiency?
What other benefit will achieve?
 Task 3
Organisations are generally keen to
be environmentally friendly and
follow the cultural and societal
norms to keep their clients on
board.
Discuss in detail, how (with the aid of
information systems) your chosen
organization is working towards this goal.
In doing so, provide clear evidence or
examples taken from the documentation
that your organization has made available.
Environmental Friendly????
Carbon, wastage, recycle, save energy
Clean energy,
Example company??
In What area? In your selected company
How IS will help to achieve this goal
(environmental)?
(Virtual meeting), Ecommence- offline shoping
not need.
(Case example)
1- Information provision
2- Analysis of Info (recalculate)
3- Historical data and trend (forecast)
Provide the evidence – Statement from
organization (sustainable report, green report
etc.) annual report
 ISO
Assignment 4 & 5
 Task 4 – 25 Marks
Critically evaluate the effect of
deployment of new emerging
technologies on the following aspects of
your chosen organisation.
If there is not enough relevant
information available then discuss how
some of the latest technologies can
prove useful in the following aspects of
your chosen organisation:
• Working environment and working
practices of the staff
• Operational processes of the
organisation
• Interaction between your organisation
and its customers and/or partner
organisations.
Identify Lastest Technologies.
(eg Video Confirencing, E commerce, AI, etc..)
• Working environment and working practices of the staff
Save time, save work place, how changes made
• Operational processes of the organization
How
Automation, Less error, Quality. , eliminate duplicated
effort
• Interaction between your organisation and its customers
and/or partner organisations.
Better Service, Good relations, Data sharing, Effictive
communication.
Task 5 – 10 Marks the Rolfe, G., Freshwater, D. and Jasper, M. (2001) model
Using the Rolfe, G.,Freshwater, 1.What? Current problem
D. and Jasper, M. (2001) model, – describe a particular situation, then focus on achievements,
critically review the learning that consequences, responses, feelings and any problems.
you have undertaken in order to
complete this assignment. 2.So what? Course and Effect
– discuss what you have learnt about yourself, relationships,
Based upon your learning, your
models, attitudes, cultures, actions, thoughts, understanding
reflection should include
and any improvements.
a description;
an analysis and; 3.Now what?
– identify what you need to do in the future in order to improve
An action plan (Suggestion or
future outcomes and develop your learning.
Recommend)
in order to bring about
improvements in the future.