5 page paper, excel sheet, 5 slide power point

INTRODUCTION This course culminates with the creation of a recommendation for a complete information system for a medium-sized manufacturing company. The final project should demonstrate understanding of the reading assignments and labs as well as the implications of new knowledge. The project should integrate scholarly research, readings, and your class discussions and assignments into the final product. The purpose of the final project is for you to showcase the learning you have achieved in the course by describing your understanding and application of the knowledge you have gained. ________________________________________ YOUR PROJECT You have been hired by a medium-sized widget manufacturing company (approximately 200 employees) to do a complete evaluation of their computer needs and make recommendations to them about an information system to support their business. Currently several of their support departments are using manual processes, and they wish to automate their accounting and human resources business processes. They also want to harness the power of the Internet in their business. Your recommendation to the widget manufacturing company will consist of the following three components: 1. Written report 2. Excel spreadsheet detailing the costs of the information system components 3. PowerPoint presentation that you will present to the company executives Details for all three components of your recommendation are provided below. Consult the Course Calendar for due dates. ________________________________________ PART 1: WRITTEN REPORT Your written report should be 5 pages, double-spaced report in APA format and using Microsoft Word in which you address the following topics, giving support to your recommendations: ● The components of the system that you recommend including input devices, output devices, and storage ● The operating system, utility, and application software that you recommend ● The company’s communication and network needs ● The database management system that you recommend ● Information about development of the information system ● The enterprise integration of the new information system ● Your plan for the company’s utilization of cloud storage ● Your recommendations for harnessing the power of the Internet and the World Wide Web to give the company a competitive advantage ________________________________________ PART 2: EXCEL SPREADSHEET Next, you will conduct research to determine the cost of the various components that you are recommending and create a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet that displays this information clearly to the company executives. Your spreadsheet should calculate a total cost of the information system and display the costs of individual components in a graph. You will create an Excel spreadsheet that clearly displays the research you have done to determine the cost of the various components of the new information system you are recommending to the company executives. Your spreadsheet should calculate a total cost of the information system and display the individual components costs in a graph. ________________________________________ PART 3: POWERPOINT PRESENTATION Create a presentation in Microsoft PowerPoint that will present information about the components of the system that you recommend as well as the cost data to the company executives. You will create a PowerPoint presentation to present the findings of your research to the widget company that has hired you as a consultant. Use one of the design templates that best reflects the professional manner in which you wish to make your presentation. You must include five or more slides that detail the recommendations you are making to the company executives.