Case Study

the_final_assessment.docx

Home >Information Systems homework help >Case Study

The Final Assessment

1. Identify three areas where IT could be applied to improve management of Unchained Melody Ulmus Company (UMUC).

0. _________________________

1. Explain how each solution would benefit the furniture outlets, specifically addressing how it could improve business intelligence (BI) and decision-making and/or overall management of the business.

0. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

0. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

1. Identify which of the three solutions you would suggest be implemented first and explain why you chose that solution over the others.

1. Name five IT best practices and methodologies and briefly explain how they apply to the IT solution named in #3 above.

1. _______________________________________________

1. Identify five hardware components that Donna will need to buy for her main location to implement the IT solution named in #3 above.

0. _______________________________________________

1. Identify five software suites/programs that Donna will need for her office. (These may or may not be part of your solution, but are programs she will need.)

5. _______________________________________________

1. Name three locations or businesses that need connectivity and for what purpose(s).

6. _______________________________________________

1. Do some research and list four names of different types of software products along with their corresponding categories that Donna can use to protect her data and her systems. These are to be specific products available in the marketplace, not general types of software.

7. _______________________________________________

1. Explain how Donna could benefit from implementing supply chain management (SCM) in her business. Be sure to address the entire supply chain in your response.

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

1. List five hardware components, software or connectivity capabilities that Donna could add to her system and processes in order to establish a business-to-consumer (B2C) eCommerce capability.

9. _______________________________________________