Acme supply sells cooking supplies to restaurants via six wholesale outlets in the metro area. The company wants to introduce a same-day delivery program that would guarantee four-hour same-day delivery to preapproved customers who order by noon, and 8AM next day delivery for orders received after noon. Such a program would allow restaurants to carry fewer supplies, yet have a reliable delivery options. The restaurants order by phone and are billed monthly for their purchases. You have been asked to design the systems in a way that optimizes cash flows. Do so by responding in detail to the following
- What criteria would you use to prequalify customers?
- What are the input and output transactions (excluding reports) that the system must process.
- What reports should the system produce? What application controls would ensure the completeness, accuracy and validity of the information in the reports?
- Draw a systems flowchart of the planned system.
- What are the threats to the system and what control procedures would mitigate these threats?