OPPapers.com

Healthlite Yogurt

Healthlite Yogurt
Background
Healthlite Yogurt Company is a leader in the yogurt and related healthy products marketplace in the U.S. Healthlite has corporate headquarters in Danbury, Connecticut and has several production plants in different states in the U.S.A. Healthlite has grown rapidly and is looking toward improving its business by making its sales and ordering processes more efficient.

Identification of Major Information Systems Issues
· Inefficient communications and systems enterprise-wide
· Inefficient order process
· Inefficient reporting process between sales and corporate
· Accounting discrepancies between sales and headquarters
· Conservative nature of management and rapid growth of the company contribute to information systems inefficiencies
· Management wants to reduce headcount by implementing a more effective system
Analysis of Issues
The purpose of this analysis of issues is to provide an in-depth look at the major information systems issues and to provide ways in which Healthlite can resolve the problems identified above. The Organization Overview, Major Business Processes, and Analysis of Problems explain the inefficiencies in the systems. The Management Plan, Major Business Process Changes, Major New Technology Components, Steps to Handle Conversion, Quality Assurance Measures, and Organizational Impact sections address the ways to resolve these inefficiencies.

Organization Overview
In the following paragraphs, the overview of the Healthlite Yogurt Company will be discussed according to the listed categories: organizational structure, products, and major business processes.
Organizational Structure
· Healthlite has corporate headquarters in Danbury, Connecticut and several production plants in New Jersey, Massachusetts, Tennessee, Illinois, Colorado, Washington, and California.
· At the corporate headquarters, Healthlite has a central mainframe computer system to maintain most of the major...