ERP System and Accounting Software Packages of Coca-Cola Amatil

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Table of Contents
Introduction.................................................................................................................................................3
Part 1...........................................................................................................................................................3
The current organizational structure of Coca-Cola Amatil...........................................................................3
Operational problems..................................................................................................................................4
System acquisition method.........................................................................................................................4
System flowchart.........................................................................................................................................5
Control issues and some sort to reduce fraud in the system.......................................................................6
Part 2...........................................................................................................................................................6
Development and adoption of accounting software packages....................................................................6
Current size in the market...........................................................................................................................7
Leadership in Coca-Cola Amatil...................................................................................................................8
Challenges and recommendations..............................................................................................................8
Conclusion...................................................................................................................................................9
References.................................................................................................................................................10
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Introduction
The main purpose of this task is to outline the ERP system and accounting software packages of
the company. Coca-Cola Amatil has been taken in the task. The report shows the organizational
structure of the company, the operational problems that it faces, the acquisition method that it
follows, how the sales process of the company takes place and also the ways by which it can
control these problems faced by the company. There are two phases of the task. In the first phase,
organizational structure, problems, methods, sales, and recommendations have been described.
In the second phase, the paper discusses the leadership style, current market size, software used
by the company and how to overcome the challenges raised in the company. Further detail of the
task has been detailed below.
Coca-Cola Amatil is a beverage company with its headquarters in Australia. The company was
founded in 1904 (ccamatil, 2018) in Australia. It is one of the biggest bottlers and distributors of
alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages and products in the Asia Pacific. Coca Cola Amatil
employs approx 14,000 employees within the organization.
Part 1
The current organizational structure of Coca-Cola Amatil
Coca -Cola Amatil is an Australian based beverage industry that serves the beverage across the
areas like Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Fiji and Samoa. Coca- Cola
Amatil is considered as the largest non- alcoholic beverage company (ccamatil, 2018). The
company sells carbonated drinks and fresh juices. The structure of the organization is formed in
chain of networks where the members of the organization are positioned. It is a hierarchy
showing top and down format according to the designation. The structure of the company is
designed in such a way that it helps the employees in specifying the members of the business.
The company has different International divisions. The International staff runs separately and
other divisions work separately that are divided in five further divisions according to the
continents. Each continent has a director who is responsible in controlling the functioning of
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their zone. The structure is made in such a way that it helps members to understand how
organization works (Shenkar, Luo and Chi, 2014).
Operational problems
The company operates on a very large scale and therefore also faces many problems while
functioning. The problems also affect the growth and cost of the company. Problems such as
unavailability of resources, conflicts between the members of the business, employees going on
strike, improper planning of strategies, higher demands of consumers, etc. These problems affect
not only the profits of the company but also affect its reputation in the market. It creates problem
in business operation. Some operational problems do not affect the availability of products in the
market as company maintain large amount of stocks but it does give stress and tension in further
sales (Shenkar, Luo and Chi, 2014). The growth of the company depends on the number of units
sold in the market. The company is able to manage the stock with the help of employees, if these
employees go on strike it becomes another challenge for the company to work in an effective
manner. This raises problems for the company in maintaining the availability of products in the
market. These problems become a kind of challenge for the company which can bring down the
cost of production of the company (Andini and Simatupang, 2014).
System acquisition method
The company follows three system acquisition methods that include Commercial system, custom
system and ERP system to run the business. The commercial system means taking care of the
purchase and sales on the business. It keeps a track record of the amount of products being sold
and purchased by the company. Whereas custom method deals with company’s rules and
regulation where company do whatever it wants not going with the opinions of others (Kidd,
2012).
It has been stated by Ng and Wang (2014) the system acquisition method followed by Coca-Cola
Amatil is Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP). The company uses this method as it is beneficial
and appropriate for the kind of approach it has to make in its business (Jewels, 2013). This
system helps in managing important parts of the business and leaving the minor problems for the
employees (Ng and Wang, 2014). ERP works well for the company. It helps them in making
plans and performing good strategies. They collect the data and integrated them into final
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