Creating an information systems strategy

Running head: STRATEGIC INFORMATION SYSTEM
Strategic Information System
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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................1
Data Flow diagram for Revenue cycle............................................................................................1
Data Flow Diagram for Expenditure cycle......................................................................................3
Internal Control Weaknesses in Giant Eggplant’s Systems............................................................3
IT Controls in Giant Eggplant’s Systems........................................................................................5
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................6
Bibliography....................................................................................................................................8

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Introduction
Giant Eggplant is handling a business that is handled manually by its currently employed
25 employees. All the business processes that are included in Eggplant are handled manually.
The sales that is included in the market is handled by registers. The registers are handled by the
sales staffs, store supervisor and finance clerk. The sales registers includes cash in term of coins
and floats that would be required by the sales staffs to take cash payment from the customers.
This sales process is handled manually and all other processes that are included in the market and
in the warehouse of Eggplant is handled manually by the employees working for the company.
The items that are bought from other suppliers are also ordered over phone or through email. No
automated process is followed in the system. There is revenue cycle and expenditure cycle
within the working process of the company that are handled manually by the system. There are
only two computer system that are used to update the stock and finance accordingly to update the
system.
This report explains all the weaknesses that Giant Eggplant includes in handling the
business process. This report shows the present data flow system that is included in the system.
The data flow diagram includes revenue cycle and expenditure cycle. As all the processes in the
system are handled manually, so there are internal weakness that are to be managed and those
internal weaknesses are explained in the system. This report also explains IT control processes
that can be implemented to handle the manually handled processes. IT control processes would
help to complete the work automatically resulting in less chance of making mistakes.
Data Flow diagram for Revenue cycle

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Figure 1: Data flow diagram of Revenue Cycle of Giant Eggplant
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