DenimFit by Jeans Company Case Study

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Subject Area:Business

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Retail information system has got a number of functions in a company set. The major function of this system is collecting data from the customers, stalking of inventories, conducting market research as well as providing services at the point of sale terminal (Dhillon, 1997, Pp. Taking a particular example with DenimFit by Jeans company, the retail information system will be could help the company in keeping the name of its customers in their own databases, carry out an automatic stack checkup as well as giving an alert in cases where customers have made a communication to the company among many other advantages that the company will enjoy (Dhillon and Backhouse, 2000, Pp. Among the advantages associated with the system, one of the advantages is that there are no package purchases in the proposed system.

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Package subscription is substituted by a purchase of software package that will facilitate the development of the system. Enhance communication This system allows real-time communication between the clients and the company admiration. With such a system, customers will be enjoying instant messaging and instant emails. The aspect of video and audio conferencing is as well enhanced by this system. This is because video and audio calls are reasoned and they are also made slightly cheaper (Kumar, 1990, Pp. i. iii. Cost-effectiveness advantage This system will enable clients to carry out electronic shopping. This will minimize the transport costs. There are other charges which occur when one, for instance, goes to buy a certain product only to realize that the product is not available in the market, and the date has been postponed.

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It calls for extra costs for you to come back again for the same products. ii. Compliance Integration of social login credentials to the currents competitive market can be challenging in a way. This calls for brands to remain competitive to the rapid changes of private policies. The company also must maintain compliance with the state or regional policies. Implementation Implementation issues End-user training requirements The company’s staff will need the following training; i. By the time they get serious with the working of the system in the workplace, they will already be familiar with absolutely everything. iv. Generating a training program. This is also an important requirement. When the plan is tailored towards a specific system it becomes productive due to the time span that is allocated rather than making the training generic (Barnett, et al, 2008, Pp.

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Balancing normal business operations with training is another challenge associated with the system. Integrating this challenge with a lengthy implementation period worsens the situation. Migration of data from the existing system to a new system remains a time-consuming issue as well (Kappelman, McKeeman and Zhang, 2006, 35). The very best solution to this challenge is to incorporate the existing workers in the phases of the system development (Dhillon and Torkzadeh, 2006, 310). The system will grow as the experience in them grows, therefore, they will not need excess time for them to train on how to work with the new system parallel to its functioning. Pp. Another challenge is lack of support beyond implementation. After full implementation of a system, it remains wise enough to consider vendor’s assistance even after go-live date has expired.

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A successful system implementation from the vendors can be a failure from the side of users (Henry and Stone, 1994, Pp. They may experience roadblocks as they are fighting hard to cope with it. Security issue when implementing a system i. Delayed updates Delayed updates in implemented systems leave such systems vulnerable to security risks. Updates sometimes come with security measures (Flyvbjerg and Budzier, 2013, 467). The solution to this is getting in touch with an automatic updater. ii. Although, there are some challenges associated with the system implementation, the risks can be easily mitigated hence it is wise for the company to implement this system. Bibliography Kappelman, L. A. McKeeman, R. and Zhang, L. A replicated survey of IT software project failures. IEEE Software , (5), pp. Nelson, R. R. IT project management: Infamous failures, classic mistakes, and best practices.

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The impact of size and volatility on IT project performance. Communications of the ACM, 50(11), pp. Barnett, G. O. Winickoff, R. and Stone, R. W. A structural equation model of end-user satisfaction with a computer-based medical information system. Information Resources Management Journal (IRMJ), 7(3), pp. Rasmussen, J. S. Patent 5,649,186. Miller, J. and Doyle, B. A. Management Science, 26(9), pp. Barnett, G. O. Justice, N. S. Van Deusen, F. R. and Greenlee, J. K. COSTAR—a computer-based medical information system for ambulatory care. Managing information system security. Pp.

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