Assignment: Inventory Management Systems

Your sister owns a small clothing store. During a conversation at a family dinner, she mentions her frustration with having to manually track and reorder high demand items. She would like an automated system but has a very small budget.

Write a 4-5 page paper in which you create a plan for a low-cost automated inventory system in which you:

• Describe all the necessary equipment.
• Explain the costs involved in the creation of the system.
• Describe the ongoing maintenance that will be required.
• Provide a workflow diagram in Visio or equivalent software to illustrate how the system will work.

The specific Course Learning Outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Describe the types of business needs that can be addressed using information technology-based solutions.
• Create requirements for a system through a formal technique that enables a productive change in a way the business is conducted.
• Use contemporary CASE tools in process and data modeling.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in systems analysis and development.
• Write clearly and concisely about Systems Analysis and Development topics using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions.