AIS/ERP Systems Analysis of a Bakery

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AIS/ERP Systems Analysis of a Bakery
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction................................................................................................................................2
2. Defining Business Processes......................................................................................................2
3. Developing Business Requirements...........................................................................................4
3.1. Processes Indispensible to Perform..........................................................................4
3.2. Outcomes Needed From Processes to Attain Business Objectives..........................5
4. Determining System Requirements............................................................................................7
5. Software Selection......................................................................................................................8
5.1. Entry level solutions.................................................................................................8
5.2 Small to Medium scale Business Solutions...............................................................8
5.3 Enterprise Accounting Software................................................................................9
6. Vendor Selection........................................................................................................................9
6.1. Comparison of Functionalities of Two Accounting Software..................................9
6.1.1. SAGE 100 ERP..................................................................................................9
6.1.2. Microsoft Dynamics........................................................................................10
6.1.3. SAP Business by Design.................................................................................10
6.2. Vendor Selection Recommendations......................................................................11
7. Conclusion................................................................................................................................13
Reference List..............................................................................................................................14

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1. Introduction
B Bakery is a family owned company with approximately 70 workers and income of $
13.5 million in the previous year. It is observed that the company contracted an accountant who
maintained the company’s accounts along with delivering financial report each year. Considering
this, the company observed they needed more data for maintaining the business productively
(Apostolou et al. 2014). The report intends to describe the business activities of a company along
with elaborating vital business processes. In addition, the paper will also explain software
functionalities and features that can be used by the organization in attaining IT investment
objective. Moreover, comparison of functionalities of two accounting software along with final
vendor selection related recommendations will be offered to the bakery company.
2. Defining Business Processes
B Bakery is renowned as family owned business with approximately 70 workers that has
attained increased profits in previous year. It is operating within same industry for more than 50
years and offers bread along with confectionary items to various successful organizations,
including general stores and bar chains. The firm has encountered mixed fortunes over years
after business expansion, however over the recent years it has encountered development in orders
for new bakery items (Bai, Koveos and Liu 2016). In such case, B Bakery has recently lost
certain records because of not being capable to deliver some of its items at a competitive cost.
Despite the fact that the firm contracted an accountant who was keeping maintaining accounts
for them and creating the financial report every year, the firm noticed that they required

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considerably more data to truly maintain their business proficiently. They felt that they expected
show an interest in an accounting programming to take their business to the next level.
At B Bakery they cherish baking foods (Dameri, Garelli and Ricciardi 2013). They keep
up the best of customary systems while grasping what current innovation and thinking brings
success to the B Bakery. As an organization they are centered, prepared and energetic about their
items. Utilizing these customary strategies, B Bakery’s master group of pastry specialists keeps
on producing an excellent range of healthy breads, cakes and dessert shops. Here at B Bakery
they are glad to be one of the renowned sweet shops full of management bread shops. Each bit of
the company’s palatable craftsmanship is wonderfully made in a new style and exclusively
customized to the customers’ needs (Delfmann et al. 2015). Admirers of culinary craftsmanship
depict their plans as spectacular and delightfully life-changing. The most ideal approach to
become more acquainted with the company is by using their items. B Bakery offers rich smooth
cakes and desserts along with solid and tempting sandwiches and servings of mixed greens.
 B Bakery precisely picks all its scope of business success.
 Scrupulousness guarantees consistency of the idea and brings straightforwardness to the
company’s customers. B Bakery’s designs and plans assume a key part in this procedure.
 B Bakery utilizes just best quality materials sourced from around the globe to meet the
guidelines of a top notch cooking brand.
Lifestyle components and pictures in the stores emphasize on the B Bakery legacy:
 normal brickwork
 genuine oak wood planks
 hand completed, polished