Kudler Fine Foods is a client of the accounting firm where you work. Kudler’s management is interested in effectively integrating technology into its business operations. They have asked you to prepare a brief detailing how computer systems might be more effectively integrated to meet their business needs and improve their accounting operations.
Identify Kudler’s key business and accounting information needs.
Analyze the strengths and weaknesses of Kudler’s current computer system and technology use, including hardware and software.
Explain what opportunities Kudler has in terms of technology and provide suggestions for improving Kudler’s ability to maximize these opportunities.
Evaluate the threats that Kudler may encounter given their current systems and offer your suggestions, in terms of using technology.
Use APA formatting where appropriate for references, citations, and title page.
Operations Support Systems- ch1
The role of a business firm's operations support systems is to efficiently process business transactions, control industrial processes, support enterprise communications and collaboration, and update corporate databases
Transaction processing systems are an important example of operations support systems that record and process data resulting from business transactions. They process transactions in two basic ways.
Management information systems (MIS) provide information in the form of reports and displays to managers and many business professionals.
The concept of data resources has been broadened by managers and information systems professionals. They realize that data constitute valuable organizational resources. Thus, you should view data the same as any organizational resource that must be managed effectively to benefit all stakeholders in an organization. • Databases that hold processed and organized data. • Knowledge bases