Slord Development Corporation: information system plan

• Main Authors: Atienza, Myra D., Barti, Bernadette, Co, Juliet K., Yap, Winnie C.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 1997
• Subjects: Computer networks; Management information systems; Computer integrated manufacturing systems; Computer storage device industry; Computer Sciences; Management Information Systems
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/6623
• Institution: De La Salle University

Slord Development Corporation (SDC) is a medium scale manufacturer of canned food products such as sardines, mackerel, squid, tomato paste, black beans, green peas and pork and beans. It manufactures, packs and distributes these wide array of products all over the country. It also offers subcontracting services to other manufacturing companies. At present, SDC maintains a manual-based information system and everything is done manually. As a result, the present system inevitably produces voluminous reports and piles of papers and forms. These are all kept for references and are also used as basis for new transactions and sales. Aside from this, file handling, record keeping and computations are aided only by calculators, typewriters, papers and pens. Moreover, the company is not performing any formal strategic planning as well as market and environmental analysis. It cannot make use of its current information and data to help the company compete in its industry because of information redundancies, inconsistencies and inefficiency. Also, the company cannot cope with the rapid information technology advancements. In line with these, the group proposed an Information System Plan (ISP) for the company. This ISP aims to systemize file handling, record storage, retrieval or critical reports generations, monitoring of sales, purchasing and inventories and computation. Aside from office automation, the proposed Information System Plan shall focus on strategic or mission-critical applications. There is a great deal of applications in marketing, sales, operations, purchasing and inventory management. With this, business production will increase because information system resources are used effectively and efficiently. Moreover, computer applications will emerge to provide better management information, improved decision making, greater productivity and competitive advantage.