The identificationThe problemThe end userThe company is called Vesco and has 13 stores across the UK. The manager of one of their stores in London asked me to do the following just for his supermarket. The Problem A company called Food on the Go is their home delivery company. The manager of Vesco asked me to issue invoices for the “food on go” company and their customers. Vesco's manager, DeanSmith, said their old way of billing people was very slow. What they did was send an employee around the supermarket to take every item that was ordered and at the end they would have to add up the prices. He wants me to make sure that when his employees do this, all they have to do is type in the serial numbers of the items and the computer will add the prices and add the sales tax on its own. You would also like the individual entries and subtotals to be displayed on your computer. Then, when the delivery company delivers the food to the home, people will be able to pay easily and quickly because they will easily see what they ordered. Some people may pay in cash, others may have already paid by credit card on their website. People order food by filling out an order form saying which items they want or filling out a form on the Internet. An additional 10% charge will be added to your invoice for this service. Possible solutions to the problem Manual solution As they receive orders, they can write what was ordered on a sheet of paper and post it on the notice board and at the end of the service. week one person could go around the store and take all the items from each list. ICT Solution They could put the items into a spreadsheet, this would be useful as a spreadsheet could add up the subtotal and add VAT. After adding VAT, it can automatically add up the final total. My solution is….. I will use the spreadsheet solution since the data embedded in the spreadsheet can be entered into a formula and therefore can be manipulated in a time consuming way. ta i - consumers have quick access times. I suggest they use a CD-RW. from the computer, it can also be presented professionally. I will use an ICT solution for the following reasons: The advantages of using the ICT solution are: · It is easier to modify the data and add it, e.g...
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