IS Strategy, Management and Acquisition: Nabco Furniture Centre

Running head: IS STRATEGY, MANAGEMENT AND ACQUISITION
IS Strategy, Management and Acquisition: Nabco Furniture Centre
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IS STRATEGY, MANAGEMENT AND ACQUISITION
Table of Contents
1. Introduction............................................................................................................................2
2. Discussion..............................................................................................................................2
2.1 Verification of Business Intelligence Solutions being aligned with Overall Strategy for
Nabco Furniture Centre..........................................................................................................2
2.2 Examination of Business Intelligence Value Creation for Nabco Furniture Centre with
process of BI being used as a Vehicle in Strategically Supporting to Maintain Competitive
Advantage..............................................................................................................................3
2.3 Suitable Recommendations of Technological Solution for the Organization to Improve
its Overall Performance..........................................................................................................5
3. Conclusion..............................................................................................................................5
References..................................................................................................................................7

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IS STRATEGY, MANAGEMENT AND ACQUISITION
1. Introduction
An IS/IT strategy is the planning document, which is responsible for explaining the
process of information system and technology being used as the part of organizational
business strategy and must be designed for the purpose of supporting the entire business plan
of the company. An IT or information technology strategy is a major comprehensive
planning, which can outline the process of technology to be used for meeting business and IT
objectives (IşıK, Jones and Sidorova 2013). The following report outlines a brief discussion
on the effect of using business intelligence solution in a furniture organization in Qatar,
namely Nabco Furniture Centre. The IT director of this particular retail company has decided
to implement BI solutions in their business. This report will be focusing on value creation of
BI with proper recommendations.
2. Discussion
2.1 Verification of Business Intelligence Solutions being aligned with Overall Strategy
for Nabco Furniture Centre
Nabco Furniture Centre is a retail furniture company in Qatar that had been serving its
customers from the year of 1996 and they provide their customers with world class services
and crafted furniture as well as accessories at the most outstanding value. This particular
organization has considered IT/IS strategies in their business for the maintenance of soft
furnishing products and for maintaining their inventory without much complexity. These
strategies eventually allow the organization in responding to change and provide them
parameters for any type of creative and innovative thinking (Sauter 2014). Moreover, this
type of strategic plan has helped them in communicating their business intentions to the
senior leadership. Since, they are involved in soft furnishing sector, it is extremely important