Computer Information Systems Brief: Kudler Fine Foods
Crystal Levine
February 3, 2014
ACC/542
Facilitator Yasin Dadabhoy

Introduction Kudler Fine Foods is an upscale specialty food store that provides the very best domestic and imported foods from all around the world. They have a wide variety of specialty baked goods, fresh produce, and fresh meat and seafood. Kudler Fine Foods currently has three locations in the San Diego metropolitan area, and prides themselves on pleasing their customers and providing them with a delightful shopping outing.
Kudler’s Key Business and Accounting Needs Kudler Fine Foods has some important business and accounting needs in order to allow for their businesses to run smoothly. Their needs include things such as inventory control, accurate recording of accounting transactions, and efficient tracking of customer accounts. Currently Kudler Fine Foods uses a Retail Enterprise Management System (REMS) for their current accounting information system. This is currently being maintained by Smith Systems Consulting. Currently Kudler’s REMS provides them with many important financial modules. The general ledger module provides them with functions such as the ability to run financial reports, and transaction details and roll-ups. The accounts payable module allows them to do things such as print checks and also allows the purchase order module to post vendor orders directly to the AP module. What they do need in this module is the system’s ability to handle large cash purchases. There should be no reason why records of large transactions should need to be faxed to F & A, and then manually entered into the system. Although spreadsheet software can be reliable when creating databases, Kudler Fine Foods also needs to have a reliable asset tracking module. This will minimize error, and keep accurate track of the organization’s