Order Processing Systems FOR SKODA AUTO A.S.
Content 1. Types of Organisations information systems 2. The position of Order Proccesing within the information system 3. What is Order Processing system 4. Examples of OPSs 5. Benefits and disadvantages 6. Security issues, tracking systems 7. Skoda Auto OPS and
Types of information systems within a company
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Types of information systems within a company
Figure 2-1; Copyright © 2004 by Prentice Hall
Order Process ing System s
What is Order Proccesing System An Order Processing system (OPS) is a type of information system that collects, stores, modifies and retrieves the data transactions of an enterprise with functions of order the products online. OPS is a part of Transaction Processing Systems
Order Processing includes • Order approval (B2B) • Expiraton of orders handling
• Payment validation, authorization
and capture • Automatic E-mail notification • Output to statistics
Examples: Online B2C shop
Examples: B2B Extranet Domains purchase
Examples: Online B2C shop
Examples: Booking system of services
Benefits of Online processing
• Automatic integration with external
inventory systems • Integration with accounting systems/Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems • Extend approval process to include new business rules or multiple levels of approval. • Everything can be handled live without waiting
Disadvantages of Online processing
• High security concerns; the security
has to be handled with critical importance • Technological requirements servers, software (SW) • The exactness of the liv performance has to be ensured (live orders is difficult to get back) • Stuff need to be trained to use SW
Usual process of order
Aftter the order different payment options comes. The billing is procceed afterwards. © IBM Corporation and others 2000, 2004
The Merchant can • Manage the business guidelines associated • • • • •
with inventory and order processing Receive inventory for items either via an expected inventory record or an adhoc receipt Make adjustments to inventory Manage customer returns Manage customer complaints by using connected Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system Use expected inventory records to provide customer more accurate estimates of when backordered items will be available
The Customer can • Check availability of inventory before
submitting an order • Check expected shipping date for out of stock items before submitting an order • Submit an order and reserve available inventory or create a backorder for out of stock items • After submitting an order, customer will be given estimated ship dates for all items, whether available now or on
Usual process of order (1/2)
Usual process of order (2/2)
The Customer can • Check prices, delivery dates and • • • •
detailed product information Check availability of inventory before submitting an order Find out expected shipping date for out of stock items before submitting an order Submit an order and reserve available inventory or create a backorder for out of stock items Choose payment methods
Security issue • Security of authentication,
authorization, and access control has to be ensured • Access must be restricted to only those employees who require their use. Restricted access to the system ensures that employees who lack the skills and ability to control it cannot influence the transaction process. • Hardware security: firewalls, servers guarded by security service • Software and transactional security: secured protocols, limited access,
Data tracking and using • Data gathered by using OPS can be
used to:
– Sales statistics and prognosis – Marketing campaigns evaluations
– CRM purposes; increasing customer
loyalty – Customer primary research – Improving procurement system and logistics
Skoda Auto: current OPS (1/2)
• Skoda Auto use specialized e-
commerce systém VYZKOUSENO.cz for order gathering and processing generated by end users. • The system is developed on Microsoft Commerce Server 200 technology with implementation on individualized SpinxPersonal Web software.
Skoda Auto: current OPS (2/2)
• The system enables:
– To access the system from one point
with one login – Fast integration with other information systems of Skoda Auto run on Microsoft Commerce Server technology – Easy modifications and upgrades
Skoda Auto: recommendations
1) To intergrate the e-commerce system with CRM 2) To export and automatically evaluate order statistics 3) Enable to place imports from the system to Skoda Auto official dealers > increase the sales by using the same one system on more places
The presentation conducted on October 9, 2008 Nr. of slides: 24 Word count: 551
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