Club IT, Part 1
Linda Shellgren
BIS/219
April 3, 2011
Nabih Zourob

Club IT, Part 1 Club IT is a downtown nightclub catering to all ages of people who enjoy different types of music. The music selection changes each month and includes local bands, world DJs, NYC bands, open mike, country, San Francisco bands, alternative, R&B, hip-hop, Latin, jazz, and folk (WileyPlus, 2009). The IT department maintains a computer-based Information Systems (IS) department because the system collects and maintains all data on a computer. The IT department will collect, process, store, analyze, and disseminate the company information to keep the owners up-to-date on the company’s revenue and expenses. The owners of Club IT are Ruben Keys and Lisa Tejada.
Mission Statement The owners of Club IT mission statement is “We, Ruben and Lisa, offer you live music, DJ's, dance space and refreshments that suit your lifestyle. You are our friends, and we seek to build a community that meets regularly at Club IT" (WileyPlus, 2009). The remodeled club occupies about 6,000 square feet of space with a 600 square foot dance floor, seating for 220, a kitchen for appetizers and short orders, and a bar with four pour stations (WileyPlus, 2009).
Information Services Club IT has a full description Internet website for customers to check out the facility before they arrive at the club. It also has an employee intranet available. The Information systems (IS) department will maintain the company Internet website and the intranet website. The basic components of information systems are the hardware, software, a database, a network, procedures, and people (Rainer & Turbin, 2009, p. 32). The major capabilities of the IS department are to perform high-speed, high-volume, numerical computations, provide fast, accurate communication, and collaboration within and among organizations. Additional capabilities if the IS department is to store huge amounts of information in an easy-to-access, yet small, space, to allow quick and inexpensive access to vast amounts of information, to interpret vast amounts of data quickly and efficiently. The IS department will increase the effectiveness and efficiency of people working in groups in one place or in several locations and to automate both semiautomatic business processes and manual tasks (Rainer & Turbin, 2009, p. 33).
The Internet website. The Club’s Internet website is a typical business website that tells customers about the club. Also included on the website are the type of music and the music schedule, the menus and drinks, which are available, and the type of Club IT merchandise, which is available for purchase. The number of employees working when the customer arrives, a layout of the Club’s floor plan, and a password protected employee page that will take the employee to the company intranet are also present on the Club IT website.
The intranet. The club also has an employee intranet website that allows the employees access to all of his own personal contact information, year to date wages, vacation, and sick leave time accrued, and the employees home address. Ordering information of the food and drinks that includes the vendors name and contact information and the normal quantity ordered as well as the paper products used by the club, such as beverage napkins, dinner napkins, and straws are shown on the intranet. The employees can also access the sales data for food and drinks, the Club’s income statement from their budget. Employees can also access needed forms such as an accident report, payroll direct deposit request, and a buss pass purchase. The employees can download a copy of the employee handbook, health and safety manual, and the emergency procedures manual. Employees also have access to a list of all employees and the Club IT privacy policy.
The Competitive Strategy “A competitive strategy is a statement that identifies a business’s strategies to compete, its goals, and the plans and policies required to carry out those goals” (Rainer & Turbin, 2009, p. 33). A company can use their competitive strategy to obtain a competitive advantage, by out performing their competitors, such as speed, quality, or cost, within the industry.
Operational effectiveness strategy. Club IT should implement the operational effectiveness strategy to improve the manner in which internal business processes can execute so that the company performs similar activities better than rivals. Such improvements increase quality, productivity, and employee and customer satisfaction while decreasing time to market (Rainer & Turbin, 2009, p. 41). The entire ordering system should be automated by using electronic contact with each vendor, not just a few of them. The newly hired intern believes the possibly of investing in a bar code reading software to maintain accurate inventory control and product ordering would streamline the ordering system. A description of the recommended software follows. Barcode Reading Software 3.0.1.5 (Soft Land Mar,. 2010). Description “A Barcode is a representative of a product and its company in the marketplace. Barcode is best technology to create different types of barcodes and image files that follow complete rules of compatibility and portability with other applications and supports all windows-based operating system versions including Windows XP, Vista, Mac PowerPC, Linux, and Pocket PC, operating systems. Barcode creator software facilitates to print barcodes and image files on a sheet of paper supporting standard printers and scanners and no special or extra effort required. Barcode tracker software creates custom barcode images, graphics, ribbons, stickers and allows users to generate new barcodes or modify existing bar codes caption like font, style, alignment, size. Barcode labeling software produces different barcodes pictures just in single click. Barcode creator generates high resolution versatile barcode label images very easily. Barcode image generator and labeling software generates different styles of barcodes, colored printable image files, and provides different styles of text, image files and graphics to give a different and new look. Barcode imaging software can easily create barcode image files supporting different file formats like jpg, jpeg, bmp, gif, and supports different brands and standard barcodes type those are EAN 13, EAN 8, ISSN, UPCA, UPCE, Code 128, Code 11, Code 93, FIM Codes, Codabar, ITF 14, Postnet, customer barcode, etc.” (Soft Land Mark, 2010).
Conclusion
Club IT is a profit making business that provides the much needed relaxation and entertainment its customers. Revamping their IT department, the owners can make the employees and customers happy by ensuring that the company’s inventory control and ordering systems are on an automatic system that works well. The owners must realize that there may be some bumps in the road when the system is first brought online, but customers and employees will be happier if they do not run out of supplies. The word of mouth advertising of the efficiently run operation will spread, and the profits will continue to increase making the owners happy as well.

References
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Soft Land Mark. (2010). Barcode Reading Software. Retrieved from http://business.softlandmark.com/accounting_tools/Barcode_Reading_Software_Info.html
WileyPlus. (2009). Introduction to information systems: supporting and transforming business, 2nd edition. Retrieved from http://bcs.wiley.com/he-bcs/Books?action=resource&bcsId=4176&itemId=0470169001&resourceId=12379
WileyPlus. (2009). Introduction to Information Systems: Supporting and Transforming Business, 2nd edition. Retrieved from http://higheredbcs.wiley.com/legacy/college/rainer/0470169001/club_it/music.html
WileyPlus. (2009). Introduction to Information Systems: Supporting and Transforming business, 2nd edition. Retrieved from http://higheredbcs.wiley.com/legacy/college/rainer/0470169001/club_it/about.html