Integrated Accounting

To apply the development life cycle we would start with the planning and investigation step, this would be looking at the current issues with working with several different distribution spots and the lack of integration in their systems. The plan to automate many of these systems for example the order management, customer background check and financial information, and credit approval would increase the execution of the company. In our next stage of analysis we would highlight the strengths and weaknesses in the current system. The sales personnel working to input the orders on their POS would find that it is difficult to track the progress of their sales based on the fact that the system from different states are not integrated, this change would be viewed and correction uncovered by the sales force. While the design for the new system would be set by the information and database specialist. This team would be hired from outside the company to develop the system and place the pieces of the puzzle in motion. As the final cycle of this plan would include the implementation, follow up, and maintenance. The implementation would allow the end users to execute the plan during the changes in the system. The follow-up would allow the staff to give feedback to the system developers so that changes can be made during the system improvements. While the changes and maintenance would continue by both end user and system developers the integration would continue to grow and reach the desired outcome.

Integrating all of Riordan Manufacturing systems will improve the measuring and controlling of operational performance. Currently, all of Riordan Manufacturing locations use different systems. This affects operational performance because it delays the process on things that could be done easily. Integrating the systems will create a centralized database for all locations to work from. The four biggest improvements will be the financial statements, accurate billing,