Sew What and Information Technology

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Ty, AubreyDominia, MichaelMolina, CristhelFlores, RozzanePalacios, RobbiLu, Michael

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Company History

Founded in 1992 by Megan Ducket

Creates Theatrical Drapes and stage curtains

“From backdrops and grand drapes to cycloramas and Venetian curtains, drapery is a special effects tool, an art and an industry as old as theatre itself. Only technology – both in manufacturing and delivery – sets it light years apart from its predecessors. – Ducket”

+Information System

E-Commerce System ( Website )

Enterprise Resource Planning (Intuit’s Quick Book Enterprise Solutions Manufacturing )

Barcode System (Plan for Future Development)

+Components of Information System

System Input Process Output

1. Ecommerce System

Customer Spec. about Drapery

Order Processing

Sales Order

a. Customer Purchase Order

a. Assemble Items.

b. Get Total Cost

2. ERP System Financials Perform Computations.

Reports

3. Barcode (Future)

Item Scan Barcode Track Item in Product Workflow

a. Trace Process

+Type of IS Found

Operations Support System

a. Transaction Processing System

b. Process Control System

c. Enterprise Collaboration System

Management Support System

a. Management Information Systems

+Functions Supported

Website that supports Sales and Marketing Operations

Enterprise Resource Planning System that supports Manufacturing and Administrative Operations

Barcode System that supports Manufacturing, Logistics, and Financial Operations

+Stake Holders

Stake Holders Sew WhatWebsite (End-users, particularly customers; Website maintenance team)

Customers Website Users, Local Customers

Employees Ducket, 45 employees

CompetitorsShowBiz Enterprises, Rose Brand, Show Tex, Universal Stars, Gerriets Intl

Suppliers Dell, Microsoft, Intuit

Business Owner Ducket

Website (End-users, particularly customers; Website maintenance team)

Customers Website Users, Local Customers

+Hardware Components

Dell PowerEdge 860 server, sporting an Intel Xeon processor and 146 GB of disk storage

Dell PowerEdge 500 server

Dell Desktop PCs

+Software

Website (Microsoft Publisher to Dreamweaver)

Enterprise Resource Planning (Intuit’s Quick Book Enterprise Solutions Manufacturing and Wholesale Edition and Microsoft’s Windows Server operating system)

Bar code software to track changes.

+Software

Website (Microsoft Publisher to Dreamweaver)

Enterprise Resource Planning (Intuit’s Quick Book Enterprise Solutions Manufacturing and Wholesale Edition and Microsoft’s Windows Server operating system)

Bar code software to track changes.

+Network Components

Internet

Extranet

+Data Used in the System

Customer Information Operational and Financial Quickbook Files Drapery and

Fabric Images

Customer Instruction

Document Files

Color Swatches that can be used to simulate orders in the website

Measurement Calculation of Project Size Differences between Scrim, Tormentor and Traveler Curtain Barcodes

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Reason for Using the System

+Online Design – Custom Swatches

+Online Catalogue

+Enterprise Resource Planning

The ERP system allows to monitor the financials and profitability of the business.

+Bar Code System (Future)

Allows to Monitor the stages of the product workflow.