Acme supply sells cooking supplies to restaurants via six wholesale outlets in the metro area. The company wants to introduce a same-day delivery program that would guarantee four-hour same-day delivery to preapproved customers who order by noon, and 8AM next day delivery for orders received after noon. Such a program would allow restaurants to carry fewer supplies, yet have a reliable delivery options. The restaurants order by phone and are billed monthly for their purchases. You have been asked to design the systems in a way that optimizes cash flows. Do so by responding in detail to the following:
1) What criteria would you use to prequalify customers?
2) What are the input and output transactions (excluding reports) that the system must process.
3) What reports should the system produce? What application controls would ensure the completeness, accuracy and validity of the information in the reports?
4) Draw a systems flowchart of the planned system.
5) What are the threats to the system and what control procedures would mitigate these threats?