Term paper 1

 
Technical Paper: Final Project Plan
Due Week 10 and worth 200 points

Especially  for You Jewelers is a small jewelry company in a college town. Over the  last couple of years, it has experienced a tremendous increase in its  business. However, its financial performance has not kept pace with its  growth. The current system, which is partly manual and partly automated,  doesn’t track accounts receivables sufficiently, and the company is  finding it difficult to determine the reasons why the receivables are so  high. The company runs frequent specials to attract customers but has  no idea whether these efforts are profitable or if the benefit—if there  is one—comes from associated sales. Especially for You Jewelers wants to  increase repeat sales to its existing customers; thus, it needs to  develop a customer database. It also wants to install a new direct sales  and accounting system to help solve the outlined problems.

The  new direct sales and accounting system for Especially for You Jewelers  will be an important element in the growth and success of the jewelry  company. The direct sales portion must track every sale, be able to link  to the inventory system for cost data, and provide a daily profit and  loss report. The customer database must be able to produce purchase  histories to assist management in preparing special mailings and special  sales to existing customers. Detailed credit balances and aged accounts  for each customer would help to solve the problem with the high balance  of accounts receivables. Special notice letters and credit history  reports would help management reduce accounts receivable.

Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you:

Suggest at least five (5) expected business benefits that Especially  for You Jewelers company might derive from a new system. Provide a  rationale for your suggestions.
Propose at least five (5) system capabilities for the company. Provide a rationale for your proposals.
Ascertain the three (3) possible scenarios in this new direct sales and accounting system.
Using Microsoft Visio or an open source alternative such as Dia,  develop an activity diagram for each scenario that you have identified.  Note: The graphically depicted solution may not exceed one (1) page per  diagram. Provide a narrative that gives an overview of your diagram.
Using Microsoft Visio or an open source alternative such as Dia,  complete a fully-developed use case description for each scenario  identified. Note: The graphically depicted solution may not exceed one  (1) page per diagram.
Develop a system vision document for Especially for You Jewelers,  detailing the overall vision or plan for the new direct sales and  accounting system. A vision document generally contains:

Introduction
Business needs / requirements
Product / solution overview
Major features
Scope and limitations
Other needs

Use at least three (3) quality resources outside of the suggested resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.