Information System in Manufacturing Industry

This report focuses on the development of an Information System in a manufacturing industry. It discusses project management, tools used, cost details, project scheduling, and ways to prevent project failure.

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

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this organization as there
will be lots of new features
which are increasing used in
diverse Information System.
and separate investments
may be required according
to business conditions.
Opportunities Development of better
security protocols is one of
the most significant
opportunity for the workers
of this organization. Any
sort of inaccuracy of the
data can be maintained using
the new IS.
The incorporation of a new
IS will provide this
organization a competitive
edge over the other similar
organizations in Brisbane.
Threats The network issues can be
one of the most devastating
threat of this IS.
The prime threats of the
incorporation of the new IS
is aligning with the
organizational needs of the
business.
Table 1: SWOT Analysis
(Created by author)
Reasoning for selecting the project
The selection of the new IS can be very much significant in order to overcome the
prime issue of this organization which is to comprehend the expectation of the consumers of
this commercial establishment (Laudon & Laudon, 2016). The efficiency of each of the
stakeholder of the business can also be obtained using the new IS. It can also be said that the
decision making of this organization can be improved using the new IS.
Processes and methods used in project
There are different categories of methods which were selected by ALS Limited in
order to discover the precise way to comprehend the expectation of the consumers of this
business like Customer Relationship Management (CRM). It can be said the strategic team of
the organization understood that the incorporation of the Information System.

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The entire project can be processed using different phases such as the project
initiation phases, project planning phase, project execution phase, and project monitoring and
project closure.
Justification: The selection of this project process can be very much significant in
order to manage each chapter of the project from the initial phase to the project closure phase.
The role of the operational manager as well as the project manager is very much significant in
order to manage each phase of the project.
Provide justification for the methodology
The incorporation of the new IS in the business environment of ALS limited will be
considering the Agile methodology, as interaction with highlight skilled IT programmers will
be safeguarding the success of this project right from the designing phase of the IS to
uploading the end product in a secured server. Close interaction with the clients of the
consumers will be encouraged during the project (Klymash et al., 2016). The diverse
categories of uncertainties associated with this project such as the internal uncertainties like
technical limitation of the developers, resource management and external uncertainties like
changing needs and assumptions of the consumers of the organization and changes in
business strategy can be addressed in an organized manner if agile methodology is selected in
this project (Kerzner, 2018). High level of competency can be maintained for the new IS if
agile methodology is considered in this project. This project methodology also have different
methodologies like Extreme Programming (XP) and Feature Driven Development (FDD).
Visualization of the workflow is the other major contribution of this methodology, thus it can
be said that the roles and responsibilities of the stakeholders can be revised at any stage of
this project.

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Justification of alternative: Waterfall methodology could be the alternative to ALS
limited as compared with the agile methodology. Waterfall methodology could have aligning
the entire designing and developmental phase concerning the development of the new IS. The
control over the total outcome of the project could have been increased if this methodology is
selected for this particular project.
Tools used in the system development processes
There are diverse categories of tools, software applications and graphical
representation which are increasingly used by most of the manufacturing industries all around
the world which are used in the system development processes like Joint Application
Development (JAD). It can be said that system development tools such as the Node, Codekit,
DevDocs and Engine Yard can be very much significant in order to maintain the Quality of
Services (QoS) which are provided by this organization over the years.
It can also be said that graphical representations in terms of the deployment of
Histogram which can be very much significant in order to understand the system
development process. Aligning the new IS with the organizational targets is the other
significant contribution of histogram (Kerzner, 2017). Graphical representations like the
Smooth Frequency Polygon (SFP) can be the other significant platforms which can be used in
the system development processes (Zhang et al., 2015). Pie Diagram can be the significant
tool which can be very much useful to measure the effectiveness of each phase of this project
starting from the documentation phase of the IS to the project closure phase of the project.
Alignment of the project with the strategic goals of ALS limited
The strategic goals of this commercial establishment includes the advanced inspection
capabilities for the mineral salts, metals, ores and solid fuel, and engineering services of the
organizational assets (Joslin & Müller, 2016). Identifying the value of the coal products along

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with the identification of the drug compounds is the other significant strategic goal of this
organization. The advanced testing procedures are widely used in different types of industries
and providing geochemistry services are the other goals of this organization. At the same
time, it can also be said that the services given to the pharmaceutical industry is also one of
the most significant strategic goals of this commercial establishment (Joslin & Müller, 2015).
The incorporation if the IS can be very much useful for this company to improve the
efficiency of operations in each of these departments. The resource management as well as
the financial management can the other significant contribution of the new IS in this
company.
However, it can also be said that also be said that the incorporation of the new IS also
have lots of limitations like the huge expense required for the new IS. The need of training
for the associated stakeholders of the organization is the other limitation of the new IS.
Flexibility of the new IS is also the other change of this project which has to be managed in
the first place using the professional plan (Joslin, 2019). Maintaining the security of the
organization data must also be considered in the first place due to the increasing amount of
social engineering concerns.
Management of the IT strategy is very much significant for ALS limited as new
modules and features will be added to the new IS according to the requirement of each
department within the organization. Digital technologies can be used in order to identify the
efficacy of the chosen IT strategy.
Scope of the project
Scope of the project: The major possibility of this project is the development of a
new IS which can help to comprehend the requirements and expectancy of the stakeholders of
the business. The new IS will be access from different categories of browsers and mobile

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devices. Each of the activities in the strategic rooms and productions can be managed using
the new IS. Deadlines are very much significant in each segment of this project in order to
complete the task within the allocated budget.
Major features of the IS
The new IS will have a wide range of specifications and functionality such as the
storing and securing the data which are stored in the Information Systems. The data
processing capability of the new IS will be much more than big data technology which will
be very much beneficial for the organization to categorise the raw data and structured data
(Hornstein, 2015). Quick notification to each of the stakeholders of the project is the most
significant functionality of this new IS.
Project Limitations and issue of scope changes
Changes in the scope of the project in the middle of each phase of the project is one of
the significant limitation of this project which has to be understood in the first place before
the start of the project.
Scope Statements
The scope statement of this project is to address the issues faced by this organization
in their production rooms using a new and advanced Information System. However,
maintaining the perfect balance between the stakeholders of the project and time required in
each phase of the project is very much required to complete the project within an estimated
timeframe.

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Requirement Analysis Document
Needs and conditions keeps on changing every moments which is the main reason
behind the need of having (RAD). Roles and errands of diverse categories of stakeholders
allied with this project can be made transparent to the every stakeholder of the project using
RAD.
Set of user stories and acceptance test
The effectiveness of the agile methodology can be obtained from the user stories and
acceptance tests (Horita et al., 2015). Artifacts such as the user story and acceptance tests are
very much significant in order to maintain high quality standard of product development.
Project scheduling
Each of the activities of this project are managed and monitored using a Gnatt chart.
The below diagram will be showing each of the activities of this project which shall be
managed by the main project manager of this project.

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ID Outline
Number
Task
Mode
Task Name Duration Start Finish Predecessors
0 0 Development of an IS in
ALS Limited
50 days Wed 10-07-19 Tue 17-09-19
1 1 Phase 1: Identification of
the issues
14 days Wed 10-07-19 Mon 29-07-19
2 1.1 Identification of the
issues in ALS limited
5 days Wed 10-07-19 Tue 16-07-19
3 1.2 Idetificatiomn of the
threats coming from
the issues
2 days Wed 17-07-19 Thu 18-07-19 2
4 1.3 Selection of a team
which will be
identifying the process
and methods to
address the identified
issue
3 days Fri 19-07-19 Tue 23-07-19 3
5 1.4 Gathering of
Information
4 days Wed 24-07-19 Mon 29-07-19 4
6 2 Phase 2: Risk mitigation 30 days Tue 30-07-19 Mon 09-09-19
7 2.1 Documentation of the
new IS
1 day Tue 30-07-19 Tue 30-07-19 5
8 2.2 Design phase 9 days Wed 31-07-19 Mon 12-08-19 7
9 2.3 Developmental phase 20 days Tue 13-08-19 Mon 09-09-19 8
10 3 Phase 3: Project Closure 6 days Tue 10-09-19 Tue 17-09-19
11 3.1 User acceptance test 3 days Tue 10-09-19 Thu 12-09-19 9
12 3.2 Aligning the new IS
with the organizational
target
3 days Fri 13-09-19 Tue 17-09-19 11
F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S
14 Apr '19 02 Jun '19 21 Jul '19 08 Sep '19 27 Oct '19 15 Dec '19 02 Feb '20 22 Mar '20
Figure 1: Project scheduling
(Source: Created by the author)
WBS of the project

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Figure 2: Work-Breakdown structure
(Source: Created by the author)
Cost details of the project
Figure 3: Valuation of the new IS
(Source: Created by author)

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Figure 4: Net Present Value
(Source: Created by author)
Figure 5: Breakeven occurrence
(Source: Created by author)
Cost Baseline
Cost Baseline
Design phase Developmental phase
Cost
Tim
e
Figure 6: Cost Baseline
(Source: Created by the author)

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Preventing project failures
Maintaining a resource management plan and financial management plan can be very
much significant in order to prevent any sort of issues associated with the different categories
of resources which are required in this project starting from the project to project closure.
Ability of each of the designers as well as the developers have to be tested before letting them
allow to work in this project (Eskerod & Jepsen, 2016). Selection of the correct methodology
is the other significant reason which can prevent project failures (Fowler, Lindahl & Sköld,
(2015). Maintaining correct amount of resources and setting the priorities of each of the
stakeholders of the project is the other significant risk prevention technique.
Relevant literature
As stated by Baptista et al. (2016), understanding the desires and necessities of
consumers has to be aligned with the functionality of IS is that the net profitability of the
business can be enhanced. The investigator of this paper stated that maintaining the reliability
and the consistency of the data is the most significant contribution of deploying new IS
(Binder, 2016). The paper also identifies that decision making is one of the most significant
contribution of deploying a new IS (Bogoviz et al., 2017). The efficiency of each of
stakeholder can be improved after deploying a new IS.
Even though Al Shobaki & Naser, (2016), mentioned that lack of flexibility and need
of training the employees of the business establishment are the prime limitations of deploying
a IS. The investigator of this paper mentioned that the different aspects of the business such
as maintaining a log of all the financial transactions is possible after the deployment of a new
IS (Andler, 2016). The paper also suggested that the communication issues of any business
can be addressed using IS.

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Conclusion
The report helps in concluding that there are different categories of risks associated
with the development and installation of an IS in ALS limited. The report helps in identifying
the size and budget of the project which is $50000 AUD. The project objectives was also
mentioned in the paper in an organised manner. The technologies which are already being
used in this organization can also be identified in this report such as big data technology,
cloud technologies and virtual reality. The impact of deploying a new IS in a business
environment can also be identified from this report using a SWOT table. The report also
identifies the process and method which are helpful to incorporate a new IS in ALS limited.
Justification of the chosen methodology was also stated in this report following by the tools
used in the systems development process such as Node and Code kit. Aligning the project
with the strategic goals of the organization was also mentioned in this paper. The scope of the
project was described in a detailed manner in this report. All the activities of this project was
presented in the project scheduling section which is followed by the cost-benefit analysis of
this project. The report highlighted the ways to prevent project failure and opinion of
researchers who have stated their opinion about the impact of deploying an IS in a business
environment.

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