Question

Answer the a, b, c & d questions for PVF case 1-25 (pictures are attached). The total number of words for ALL answers only should be a minimum of 480 words and a maximum of 960 words. Do focus on the question being asked, be specific and relevant in your answer (no more than the specified word limit, please).

Case Problems his sales force, expand his product line, and renovate PVF's information systems. As the company began to grow, Alex organized it into functional areas-manufacturing, sales orders, accounting, and purchasing. Origi nally, manual information systems were used; however, as the business began to ex- pand rapidly, a minicomputer was installed to automate applications. 1-25. Pine Valley Furniture Alex Schuster began Pine Valley Furniture (PVF) as a hobby. Initially, Alex would build custom furniture in his garage for friends and family. As word spread about his quality craftsmanship, he began taking orders. The hobby has since evolved into a medium-sized business, employing more than fifty workers. Over the years, increased demand has forced Alex to relocate several times, increase

Answer 1

Answer (a) : Pine Valley Furniture (PVF) choose the inhouse transfer of the manual systems from an application-based information system to a database-based information system. Earlier, the information system of VF was based on the work of separate applications and then a manual process would be done to get the financial and accounting information together to pile up the final data. However, with the further growth of the company, PVF has now managed to install a database, which would synchronize all the working and separate applications and pull out the data from them and give it a final shape. VF also had to option to continue with the same set of application working separately, but then, the problem with it was that , these applications were not integrated and therefore could not give out the final data. Therefore, PVF choose to develop its won database with the help of temporary hired staff to manage its information system and its proper function.

Answer (b) : Enterprise Wide Systems refer to the software’s and applications which are large in nature and work in the form of packages. SAP is one of such large multinational software and application-based system that organizes and manages the operation of business in a large organization and also integrates its relations with the customer. Enterprise Wide systems like SAP are so well integrated that these can be customized according to the functionality and environment of any organization very easily. The options to control its software are comparatively user friendly and can be easily handled. Such Enterprise Wide systems provide fast processing of the data of the organization with out most correction, thus making them very reliable. Moreover , they usually have a very long life span , which make them worth the price they are bought at.

Answer (c) : The Systems analyst’s must posses’ certain special skills to manage the operation and database of the PVF company. They must possess the qualification to manage and control and administer the database. Moreover, they must have good skill in the control of the particular applications that the used in the process f the financial and accounting data. They must also have knowledge of financial calculations and more importantly should posses good accounting knowledge. Since PVF would only have two application systems analysts’, it is desirable that they should also posses some experience in running such production systems. Below is the advertisement for the recruitment of the two systems analyst’s:

                      “The ‘Pine Valley Furniture (PVF)’ pvt. Ltd. Company seeks couple of experienced System Analysts to run the compete production system of the organization. Qualification: Administrator of Database, should have relevant experience in production control and managing applications an software’s accordingly. Sound knowledge of financial and accounting should be posed. Salary: negotiable. Type of Job: Permanent. Please visit ***** with your CV on ** of Jan’2019 at 10 am “

Answer (d) : Two types of information system are currently utilized in PVF, namely financial information system and the accounting information system. MIS (Application of Management Information system) is a financial information system application that helps the organization in processing the financial date and its related calculations. Similarly, AIS (Accounting Information System) is an accounting information system application that helps the organization in processing the accounting date and its related calculations. Both these applications can be integrated in the SAP which can together perform both these functions.