...Plan for Automating an Inventory System Tiffany N. Sommers Strayer University (Winter 2016) Instructor: Dr. Stephen Huber Plan for Automating an Inventory System During a conversation at the dinner table, I learned my sisters frustration with having to manually track and reorder high demand items. She wants to upgrade to an automated system using a small budget. Making a plan that fits her budget in this economy is going to be tough but is very manageable. If you look at businesses in the market, then one should know that a business should be able to adapt to change and provide a service that is fast and reliable. We are going to be taking my sisters manual tracking and ordering system to an updated automated system. In order to make her store automated we will have to go on a shopping spree and purchase the hardware for the automated inventory system. Since we are on a budget we will look at the main things that will be needed. Hardware is a major part of automating her business. Hardware consist of a computer or laptop, an operating system, keyboard, router, mouse, and external hardware (i.e. printer, fax, and copier). My assumption is that she does not have any of this so we are starting from scratch. After purchasing and setting up the hardware she will need we will move on to the next step, Software upgrades and requirements. Software can be simple or it can be complicated. It can also be costly if you are not careful. If we go with the more expensive route...
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...Implementing Automated Inventory Management Systems at Al-Baldani Trading Contracting Establishment. (BBA-604) Synopsis submitted by: Arifa Jamil Syed BBA (General) 541110506 Table of Content Executive Summary 3 Part 1: Understanding the industry & company 4 Part 2: Introduction 6 Objective 6 Methodology 7 Conclusion 8 5. Recommendation 8 Part 3: 1. Appendix 9 (Part 1) EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The goal of this project is to apply systems based engineering...
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...Topic: “The effects of road traffic congestion on residential decision- making of inhabitants of the city of Accra- A case study of communities along three congested routes” Transportation is essentially a response to the mobility needs of people, and this must be done in a timely fashion in order for people to realize its full benefits. Consequently, transportation plays a crucial role in the socio-economic and politico-cultural development of people and their communities. However, there are some related problems (such as congestion, mobility gaps, urban sprawl, and emissions amongst others) that come with it. In Ghana, transportation is almost synonymous with road transport as it is the major means by which peoples’ mobility needs are answered on daily basis. Road traffic congestion in the city of Accra has almost become an’ acceptable norm’ since residents have to live with this phenomenon every passing day of their lives. The factors responsible for this trend are as follows: growth in the population of Accra over the last 15 years (and this has been estimated to double in the next 20 years) associated with a continuing trend of reduction in population density; expansion in built-up area; growth in per capital income (which has also been estimated to have increased five folds over the last 15 years) with a concomitant increase in car ownership. Currently over 70% of major roads in Accra and Kumasi-the two biggest cities in the country- are said to be congested and should the...
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...Name: Peter Michelsen____________________________ CSI 242 01 Chapter 3 Homework 1. What is a type of law that represents all of the laws that apply to a citizen (or subject) of a jurisdiction? Civil Law 2. What is a type of law that addresses violations harmful to society and that is enforced by prosecution by the state? Criminal Law 3. Private Law is a type of law that regulates the relationship between an individual and an organization. 4. Public Law is a type of law that regulates the structure and administration of government agencies. 5. Ethics define socially acceptable behaviors. 6. Laws define rules that mandate or prohibit certain behavior. 7. True or False: ___True_____ The cornerstone of many current federal computer-related criminal laws is the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986. 8. __B___ is created by combining pieces of nonprivate data—often collected during software updates, and via cookies—that when combined may violate privacy. a. Contextual information b. Aggregate information c. Profile data d. Privacy data 9. The law that regulates the overall role of the government in protecting the privacy of individuals is the Federal Privacy Act of 1974. 10. The law that regulates the role of the health-care industry in protecting the privacy of individuals is the __C___. e. GLB f. FOIA g. HIPAA h. CFAA 11. True or False: __False_____ The law...
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...DESIGNING AN INVENTORY SYSTEM WEEK 2 – ASSIGNMENT 1 INVENTORY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS Designing an effective inventory system for a small business can have a rewarding effect on a business with proper planning and implementation to provide employees and management a way to manage inventory. Having a proper plan in place it will save the company money, time, and provide a balances way of having stock available for customer. Assigning product code numbers on clothing merchandise upon delivery from vendors allow the item to be accounted for and to re-ordered the item and ensure that it will always be in stock and not create overstock that hurts company profit. Not meeting customer demands for a product by not keeping it in stock lessens the chance of repeat customers. There are a few disadvantages to having an automated inventory system such as human error due to inventory not being logged properly, software issues such as power outages, and software errors. Viruses and hacking can be an issue as well. Providing a backup of the inventory is a great way to ensure no total loss of inventory information. Policy and Procedures will need to be developed for employees and management to ensure everyone is being consistent with documenting inventory and to reduce errors. A case study done on the Herman Goelitz Candy Co. showed the difference having an automated inventory system had on the operations of the company. By utilizing this time of inventory control it gave them greater control...
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...Inventory Management Systems CIS 210 Nathan Heil 10/17/14 Prof. Kurt Brandquist In a changing and growing market, many businesses are turning toward automated systems to perform not just inventory, but many tasks that are in their everyday routine. Automated systems can replace the cost and time consuming processes that were once completed by hand while providing companies with more accurate data. This system is used to track the merchandise and goods of retail stores, grocery stores, hardware stores, etc. In this paper I will discuss the background of automated inventory systems, including what they are, how they work and what type of data and what goes into the implementation of such a system. Automated inventory systems play a large role in today’s businesses, especially the retail industry. This is because businesses want the ability to access and organize data in a quick and efficient manner. With an automated inventory system, businesses can rely on computers to do tasks that were once performed manually, such as inventory checks and product sales. These tasks can be very overwhelming for businesses to do manually because of their size, number of stores, and their product diversity. This can all be changed, though. With automated inventory systems these processes can be handled in a timelier manner and also be more accurate and reliable than ever before. Automated Inventory Systems are specialized software that allows businesses to input their inventory...
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...are in transformation from manual inventory system to automated inventory system, including small businesses. Automated Inventory systems can reduce costs, retain the existing customers and gain profits. It can replace the time consuming manual process by providing more accurate data. Every business should have a proper inventory system in order to track whether the store is running out of the stock of an important item or there are some items that are obsolete. Nowadays, automated system is used almost by all the retailers, grocery stores and manufacturing companies. A good inventory control system will alert the retailer when it is time to reorder (www.barcodesinc.com). Automated inventory system will keep the competitive advantage of your company and increase the value of your business. This plan will describe all the necessary equipment required for a low-cost automated inventory system for a small clothing store. It will also explain the costs involved in creation of the system and describe the ongoing maintenance that will be required for the smooth running of the system and provide a workflow diagram of how the system will work. The equipments required to install a low-cost automated inventory system in small clothing store consists of a computer- desktop or laptop whichever is more cheaper, system requirements that can handle and store the inventory system, backup/recovery/portable hard disk and archive device, wireless router, inventory software, mobile scanning device...
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...System Analysis and Design Tony Eary October 20, 2012 Ibrahim Elhag– Instructor Strayer University Inventory Management Systems The necessary equipment for creating a low-cost automated inventory system would be a Rockwell Automation Printed Circuit Board, Wireless Antennas Cable with Circuit Board, Microcontroller Unit PIC18F4550, Handheld MC9190 G-Mobile Computer, and IR Remote Toggle Switch Kit, Bar Codes, and Personal Computer. The system I would want to create would be automated and run off wireless and IR signals where there will be some manual check, but the automated would be in place and manual is just to double-check on the automated system. There can be a lag in automated systems so there would be the need for manual checking in case the automated isn’t up to date because the last thing anyone wants is to be without what’s needed and then have to order it. The customer wouldn’t be happy and makes the business look bad at the same time. There will be an automated inventory system comprising of at least one bin configured to contain a plurality of stocked items, a platform configured to support the bin, a wireless circuit associated with each said platform and a wireless reader device having at least one microcontroller unit. The wireless reader device may be configured to read a wireless signal transmitted by the wireless circuit upon completion of printed circuit board. The printed circuit board includes a switch configured to selectively complete...
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...INVENTORY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS Joshua Crisp Prof. Raman Marwah CIS210 10 October, 2012 Manually tracking items in a store can be a waste of time and money. Most small businesses today use some type of automated inventory system that automatically updates inventory after point of sale (POS). This is especially important on high demand items that need to be reordered in a timely matter. First we need to look at the equipment, cost, and maintenance involved in adding an automated business system to the store. The vendor I choose was Wasp Barcode Technology Systems. EQUIPMENT First, we will look at the equipment necessary to implement a new inventory management system. To keep it simple we will need: * Software * UPC barcode printer * Labels * Scanner The software will tie into the POS system and automatically track sales, returns, and inventory levels. The software I suggest will alert you when inventory levels are low and need to be reordered. Every product will have a barcode that tells the software an item has been removed from the inventory or added to the inventory. Initially we will have to load the software with data about what products are associated with each barcode and print the barcodes to attach to the products. The scanner will be used to tell the software what items are being purchased or inventoried. COST After identifying what equipment we will use we can see how much the equipment and implementation will cost. * People-...
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...are in transformation from manual inventory system to automated inventory system, including small businesses. Automated Inventory systems can reduce costs, retain the existing customers and gain profits. It can replace the time consuming manual process by providing more accurate data. Every business should have a proper inventory system in order to track whether the store is running out of the stock of an important item or there are some items that are obsolete. Nowadays, automated system is used almost by all the retailers, grocery stores and manufacturing companies. A good inventory control system will alert the retailer when it is time to reorder (www.barcodesinc.com). Automated inventory system will keep the competitive advantage of your company and increase the value of your business. This plan will describe all the necessary equipment required for a low-cost automated inventory system for a small clothing store. It will also explain the costs involved in creation of the system and describe the ongoing maintenance that will be required for the smooth running of the system and provide a workflow diagram of how the system will work. The equipments required to install a low-cost automated inventory system in small clothing store consists of a computer- desktop or laptop whichever is more cheaper, system requirements that can handle and store the inventory system, backup/recovery/portable hard disk and archive device, wireless router, inventory software, mobile scanning device...
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...Assignment 1: Inventory Management Systems CIS 210 Prof. Souza April 16, 2014 In this paper I’m going to describe how I can come up with a plan to run automated inventory system on a low budget, for a retail clothing store. In detail I will describe the necessary equipment that it takes to run such a project. Also, I will be explaining the overall cost and the maintenance that is required to run the system properly. First off, we need to purchase an inventory management system. According to Inflow, (2014) over 300,000 small businesses use Inflow inventory. Joelle Krummenacher a uniform retailer states “I recommend it to any small business that needs software to manage all their inventory and orders with a limited budget.” For this software you have a choice to download it for free or pay $299 for the regular edition, which I recommend because you can read and write your data. To execute this plan fully, you would also need to purchase a barcode scanner, barcode printer, and labels. According to Barcodesinc.com, (2014) a barcode scanner cost $74, labels $18.00 and a high speed label printer with built in Ethernet and wireless cost $195, making this project total cost come to $586 dollars. Although this sounds good but, maintenance is required to keep this system running smooth. Wireman, (2014) states this catalog is not used for planning, since the on-hand or order information would be dated. But the catalog allows maintenance...
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...Inventory Management Systems Sean Reynolds Ali Shaykhian, Ph,D CIS 210 10/20/12 Automated inventory systems play a large role in today’s businesses, especially the retail industry. This is because businesses want the ability to access and organize data in a quick and efficient manner. With an automated inventory system, businesses can rely on computers to do tasks that were once performed manually, such as inventory checks and product sales. These tasks can be very overwhelming for businesses to do manually because of their size, number of stores, and their product diversity. This can all be changed, though. With automated inventory systems these processes can be handled in a timelier manner and also be more accurate and reliable than ever before. Since I would have had this conversation with a family member at dinner time I would more than likely have to have a further conversation later about what they would want as far as a system is concerned and what the budget was since there are a few ideas that come to mind about systems like that. I would have to ask them what they want to achieve with having the automated inventory system. I would also have to figure out what their budget is for it as there are different levels of systems depending on the budget of the company. The budget would have to include buying the system itself as well as the maintenance of the system. One of the things that would be needed in the inventory management system...
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...Inventory Management is a necessary Evil General Area: Supply Chain Management (SCM) Problem Area: Inventory Management a necessary Evil Ravi Kumar PGP/17/108 Email: ravik17@iimk.ac.in Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode Abstract This article tries to explore how inventory management is one of the integral part of various business units in today’s business world. There are many modeling techniques available in Inventory management evolving very rapidly over a period of time, which can be used for performing different functions of meeting the customer satisfaction and helping the firms to achieve highly efficient SCM and in turn increase their profit margin. Not just that Inventory management systems have capability of meeting the uncertainty of demand by providing planned and effective way countering these uncertainties. This articles also discuss the critical point of inventory being a necessary evil i.e. with inventory firms have to bear certain cost but without it they can’t beat the demand uncertainties. The current models available however have discussed various issues related with the inventory management in real world but models are evolving to get rid of obsolescence and be competitive. There is lot of potential locked up in these models which can change the way managements make decisions in today’s world. Thus there is scope for applying systems thinking methodology this area and bring out synergies in different applications of Inventory management...
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...automated asset tracking and management, Barcode and RFID technology, and client/server inventory management. They also offer installation services and 24/7 customer support. Intuit is the most popular inventory controls system since it is widely used in both small and larger organization. Intuit provides its customers with as easy startup plan that includes management inventory for tracking sales, returns, and exchanges, free hardware such as cash drawers, handheld scanners, pin number pads, and a “go payment” mobile card reader. Intuit also offers their customers full support on all hardware and software and a free trial period of 30 days. The current price for purchasing Intuits Management Inventory System is $900. James E Dodge Business Communications Author Note [Include any grant/funding information and a complete correspondence address.] automated asset tracking and management, Barcode and RFID technology, and client/server inventory management. They also offer installation services and 24/7 customer support. Intuit is the most popular inventory controls system since it is widely used in both small and larger organization. Intuit provides its customers with as easy startup plan that includes management inventory for tracking sales, returns, and exchanges, free hardware such as cash drawers, handheld scanners, pin number pads, and a “go payment” mobile card reader. Intuit also offers their customers full support on all hardware and software and a free trial period of 30...
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...will increase the efficiency of management, thus allowing management time to focus on the company core values. The reason KFF’s success and growth is because their strong core organizational values set forth by Kathy Kudler the owner. These values include the mindset of a small business culture, a customer oriented focus, and to provide quality gourmet foods for the customers’ greatest dining experience. Employing the invested technology will computerize the inventory and ordering system within KFF. This technology will save time, organize inventory, and reduce waste. The first option KFF is considering is hiring to help with purchasing and inventory control. The second option is training all managers to use a new automated system. Both options will contain some costs. However, by implementing an automated system KFF will save time, have better inventory control, and reduce waste for the organization. KFF is a small company so implementing an automated inventory and ordering system would be a significant new approach for the management. Kathy has solely and...
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