Reference no: EM13333046

SUBJECT : MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM

o Organization : Coles

o Coles Supermarkets, commonly known as Coles, is an Australian supermarket chain owned by Wesfarmers. Founded in 1914 in Victoria, Coles operates 741 stores throughout Australia, including 45 BI-LO Supermarkets. Coles employs over …

Coles Supermarkets, commonly known as Coles, is an Australian supermarket chain owned by Wesfarmers. Founded in 1914 in Victoria, Coles operates 741 stores throughout Australia, including 45 BI-LO Supermarkets. Coles employs over 100,000 employees and, together with rival Woolworths, accounts for 80 per cent of the Australian supermarket market.

o en.wikipedia.org

The numbers of words limitation are 2,000+250 words

Assignment questions 

Choose an organization and one recent Information System used in this organization that all members in the group having interested and curious about the way it work, its benefits and future trend. An example of the Information System is Opal, Retina/Fingerprint scan system, Sensor system, SAP, etc.). Throughout the process of researching this, present the following answers in your research, 

1. Explain the organization profile and the Information System use in this organization (COLES). 

2. Discuss three major business processes in this organization. Draw a diagram to present one business process to show interaction of process among different department/people. 

3. Explain how does this system support each major business processes of the organization? (Please note that for the ppt presentation, only explain how does the system use to support/improve the process shown in the diagram from answer 2) 

4. Relate to answer 3, what strategic business objectives this Information System address? (Operational Excellence, New Products, Services, and Business Models, Customer and Supplier Intimacy, Improved Decision Making, Competitive advantage and Survival) Justify your answer. 

5. Discuss three challenges after implementing/using this system? Propose the solution to overcome each challenge? 

6. Individual reflection (extra 200-250 words) 

- What connections have you made between your research and what you already knew or 

the knowledge learnt in other subjects? 

- What adds value to your learning from working with this assignment? 

- What have you learnt through the process of producing this assignment? 

- What have you learnt about teamwork and collaboration in this assignment? 

- Other possible improvements? 

The written assignment is required to use Harvard referencing style

Note: You are highly expected to have varieties of references, including textbooks, websites, 

journal articles. In-text references are required to present in the body of your report