DAIRY FARM GROUP- FIRM A RECOMMENDATIONS

SECTION C GROUP 11 : ANISH RAMTEKE HARSHA JM RITU YADAV SANJU SIRINIVAAS SHRAVAN POTNURU VINIT ANAND

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Firm-A is primarily focusing on the development of a management information system and use of emerging trends in technology Primary focus: DFG had an excellent network of retail stores and product lines which gave it an edge over its competitors How to go about : Building a corporate management information system, supported by the right technology and communications infrastructure Advantages : It would enable managers to access corporate information in various ways and across all the functions Facilitation in decision-making process Exploiting the potential of electronic commerce (EC) Going at par with the emerging technology trends

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STORE OPERATIONS DFG can significantly improve its sales by adopting electronic retailing to captivate virtual customers in addition to its ongoing physical retailing provided by physical stores Virtual store would help achieve following: Internet based retail system providing services of a fulfillment center Interface to link all functional units with retail operations NETWORK COMPUTING AND APPLICATION RE-DESIGN Applications to be re-written and redesigned and centrally deployed in mainframe environment This would help in information access, data sharing, scalability, maintenance and software

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APPLICATION INTEGRATION AND INFORMATION SHARING Integrate set of applications within each BU to facilitate information interchange Creating an interface with all the operations systems REMOTE ACCESS Secured, location-independent access to corporate information resources for the three classes of mobile users with distinct needs DATA WAREHOUSE AND DATA MART Replacing the repetitive process of data aggregation and collation with data warehouse and data marts to facilitate data analysis and decision-

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INVENTROY MANAGEMENT Access points to be provided to vendors on the proposed corporate intranet to facilitate direct buying through EDI formats It would help in faster processing of orders, leading to reduced inventory at warehouses Enable computerized matching of orders with invoices thereby reducing manpower overheads DEVELOPMENT OF CORE COMPETENCIES Systematic assessment of required technical skills Providing training plans Working upon recruitment schemes