COCA-COLA COMPANY
Coca-cola Information System is a software that is used by most of the organization for actually analyzing and organizing data. Thus, the primary purpose of the information system is too raw seizure data into information that is useful and can also be used for deciding on an organization. Thus, the information system is used by organizations to help in answering questions and solving complex problems.
The information system and the Coca-Cola organization has become very close partners. Coca-Cola is spending a lot of millions of dollars annually upon digital marketing, this number is expected to continue rising, and almost all of this amount will be spent on IT-related. The Coca-Cola marketers started to think more seriously of the digital channel for the last five years, mobile adoption expanded, and the marketers began building a direct connection with the Coca-Cola customers through mobile applications that would be pushed for sites in social media as well as some loyalty programs
The Information Technology department has changed Coca-Cola Freestyle since its revolutionary fountain dispenser has become technology-driven; thus, it is effectively complex and very much sensitive in enterprise-planning of resource environment. There has been an embedded computer on the fountain machine that will be calculated with the surgical accuracy of at least 100 different beverages brand. There are some initial steps in the process of selecting and evaluating computerized information for Coca-Cola are as shown below.
The first step involves establishing a steering committee as well as the project committee. This committee will oversee the organization plans, thus making significant decisions, issuing policy and guidance as well as making the budgeted expenditure. The project committee usually conducts the department’s needs, identifies the system requirements, evaluate the vendors’ proposal, train the required personnel, and also implement the chosen system.
During the second step, there are assessments of needs that include the workload, the staff, operating requirements, and the physical layout. These assessment requirements are usually based on the Organization’s statement of vision as well as the strategic plan.
The third step involves the development of the information request and the proposal’s request. The application for the information document is usually designed to gather the preliminary information from the vendors’ extensive range. This information is crucial as it will be used to decide whether to the Request for Proposal to an individual provider.
The application for the proposal document will ask for more detailed information and issue the purchaser with the exact specification for the suitable system. Contractual information is also contained in the application for proposal documents. Coca-Cola usually interacts with a computer consultant for guidance to ensure that the project succeeds.
Information system managers and senior staffs are generally responsible for implementing the technology within the organization, directing the system work, and support all the specialists as well as the rest of computer-related workers. The following are the job functions that will significantly help the future information security:
-Upgrade scheduling and backing up the security for the system’s hardware and software
-making sure that the licensing laws of the software are adhered to.
-Protecting both the external and internal attack of the data
-managing the crisis situations that often include some sophisticated technical software or hardware problems.
Guaranteeing that all ICT systems are smoothly running, which provides for good antiviruses, email provision as well as print services.
