Information System in Manufacturing Industry

Running head: INFORMATION SYSTEM IN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY
Information system in manufacturing industry
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Abstract
The prime determination of the report is to highlight different aspects regarding the
development of an Information System in the business environment of a commercial
establishment. This report will have different segments and each of the section will be very
much significant to maintain the reliability of this paper. Diverse aspects of project
management like selection of the project methodology, tools used in the system development
process, cost details, project scheduling will also be highlighted in this report. The ways to
prevent a project failure will also be discussed in the conclusion segment of this report.

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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................4
Analysis of the project case and its organisational context........................................................4
Technologies used in ALS limited.............................................................................................5
Impact that the selected project..................................................................................................6
Reasoning for selecting the project........................................................................................7
Processes and methods used in project......................................................................................7
Provide justification for the methodology..................................................................................8
Tools used in the system development processes......................................................................9
Alignment of the project with the strategic goals of ALS limited.............................................9
Scope of the project..................................................................................................................10
Project scheduling....................................................................................................................12
Cost details of the project.........................................................................................................13
Preventing project failures.......................................................................................................15
Relevant literature....................................................................................................................15
Conclusion................................................................................................................................16
Reference..................................................................................................................................17

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Introduction
The main objective of the report is to focus on the development of an Information
system (IS) in ALS limited which provides a wide range of service in terms of the life
sciences, commodities and industrial testing and engineering procedures (Muller, 2017)).
Different categories of soaps and cleaning chemicals are provided by this organization to
their clients. However, this commercial establishment is facing serious problems to identify
the needs and expectations of the consumers of this organization (Meredith, Mantel Jr &
Shafer, 2017). The incorporation of a new and advanced Information System can be very
much significant for this organization to identify the loyal customers of this organization so
that the business reach of this organization can be enhanced (Madon & Krishna, 2018). The
incorporation of the Information System will be very much significant in order to augment
the competency of the stakeholders associated with the business.
Analysis of the project case and its organisational context
Size: The incorporation of the Information System in ALS limited will require the
effort from both the internal stakeholders of the business such as the operational manager,
project manager, floor manager, IT team of the organization as well as it requires effort from
the external stakeholders of the business like service providers, financial management team
and resource management team.
Budget: The installation of the new Information system is a medium size project and
will require a budget of $50000 AUD. The board of directors of this organization will be
funding the entire amount from the yearly savings account of this organization.
Problems: The prime problems of this projects is the availability of different
categories of resources which are required from the starting phase of the project to the project

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closure phase (Phadermrod, Crowder & Wills, 2019). The other significant problem
associated with this project is maintaining the financial plan through each phase of the
project. The other significant problem associated with the installation of the new IS is
aligning the functionality of the system with the business norms which are followed by the
workers of this organization.
Project objectives: The foremost goal of this project is the installation of an error
free IS which can help this organization to enhance the business reach by understanding the
needs and expectation of the consumers of this organization. The other significant objective
of this project is to complete the project within a specified time so that there are no real budge
issues associated with this project.
Technologies used in ALS limited
This commercial establishment uses different categories of technology like big data
technology, cloud services and augmented reality. The use of these technologies are very
much helpful for this organization to enhance the business operations and identify the
efficiency of the stakeholders of the business.
This commercial establishment is completely dependent on these technologies. Big
data technology are increasingly used in this organization to categorise the raw data of this
organization with the structured data of this organization (Schlegel, McLeod & Selfridge,
2018). Virtual Reality is used by the strategic team of this organization to understand the
strength and weakness of the organization as compared with the other similar organizations in
Brisbane. At the same time it can also be business data as well as the financial data of this
organization are stored in the Amazon Web Services.
Deployment: The deployment of the virtual reality has successfully reduced the
business risks of this organization in terms of the creation of new products and services.

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Realistic scenarios are very much considered along with this technology so that changes are
made in the strategic decision makings (Liu et al., 2017). The deployment of the big data
technology is very much significant for this commercial establishment as it can help them to
maintain the reliability as well as the consistency of the essential business document which
can have an impact on the long term growth of the organization. The exact form of the data
are maintained using this advanced technology (Wagner, 2017). Cloud computing technology
can be very much significant to maintain the cash flow of the entire business. The different
categories of overhead cost associated with the business are maintained using cloud
computing services.
Impact that the selected project
The incorporation of a new IS can have a huge impact on both the workers of the
production room of this organization as well as the strategic team of the organization. At the
same time, it can also be said that the net profitability of the organization can be improved
significantly due to the deployment of the new IS (Lientz & Rea, 2016). It can be said that the
success of this commercial establishment will be depending hugely on the installation of the
new IS (Yin et al., 2016). The SWOT analysis description can be very much significant in
order to identify the impact of the new IS in this organization as well as for the workers of
this business.
Impact of the IS on the
worker
Impact of the IS on the
business
Strength The incorporation of the IS
can be very much significant
for the workers this business
as it can help them to grow
for providing better quality
service to the consumers of
the business.
The net profitability of the
business can be improved
using the new IS.
Weakness The lack of technical
knowledge is the prime
weakness for the workers of
Huge amount of investments
are required for the
installation of the new IS