Operational issues faced by the organization

Discuss about the Continuous Sampling Plan in Preventing Defects.

The paper focusses on the “Lion Beverage Company” that mainly operates as a leading food and Beverage Company in Australia and New Zealand.  The main aim of this paper to elaborate the organizational structure of Lion Beverage Company in order to analyze number of operational problem that are generally related with the organizational structure of the company (Lionco.com 2017).   The paper also illustrates that ERP system is one of the most likely acquisition method that generally helps in mitigating different types of challenges which are mainly related with the organizational structure of the company. Proper flowchart is also provided in this paper in order to reflect on the sales system of the organization.

Organizational structure is referred as a system which is mainly used in order to elaborate the organizational hierarchy. It is mainly utilized for determining different power, roles and responsibilities which are mainly coordinated, assigned as well as controlled by various management level of the organization (Lionco.com 2017). It is found that the organizational structure generally helps in playing a significant role in elaborating the different types of functional process of the organization. The figure that is provided below is the organizational structure for the company “Lion Beverage Company” which further assists in elaborating the hierarchy that is mainly followed within the organization.

The organizational structure of the company “Lion Beverage” is considered as one of the significant aspect that helps in simplifying as well as managing the organizational growth in context to organizational development. In addition to this, it is found that for managing the sustainable standards of the company within the market, the company “Lion Beverage” mainly engages in competition with various competitors of the market. According to Zhang (2013), an organization has number of departments and it is very much essential to manage each of the organizational department successfully in order to achieve functional benefits as well as success within the entire organization of Lion Beverage. There are number of issues as well as challenges that are mainly faced by the company “Lion Beverage” and the problems as well as issues are elaborated below:

 Inappropriate communication: Improper communication is considered as one of the most important operational problem within an organization as due to lack of communication, the organization faces lot of challenges as well as issues which are mainly related with the organizational structure as well as management procedure. The organization “Lion Beverage” does not take appropriate action and as result number of conflict arises within the organization that further creates number of obstruction in accomplishing functional benefits as well as target markets of the organization (Subramanian, Venkateswaran and Fu 2013).  In addition to this, the lion beverage organization are not capable of treating all their employees equally and therefore the staffs who are working in  lower grade does get proper priority from the higher authority of the organization.

The most likely acquisition method for the organization

Improper strategic management: The potential growth of “Lion beverage” mainly depends on the organizational structure. In addition to this, it is identified that various strategic functionalities as well as processes of decision making are managed with the help of the structure of the organization (Zhang, Hoque and Isa 2015). Due to absence of proper strategic management within Lion Beverage the organization faces number of challenges as well as issues which are mainly related with strategic decision making process. It is found that the lion beverage company generally loose sustainability for managing their target market.

Reduced productivity: Reduced productivity within an organization suggests that the structure of the organization is not proper. The main reason behind poor organization structure of the organization “Lion Beverage” is poor concentration during the development of organizational structure in context to different organizational objectives as well as goals (Lionco.com 2017).   In addition to this, it is identified that the organization does not manages the significant approaches as well as functional area of development including different standards of communication, supply chain management and various measures associated with production.

Improper human resources management: The organization “Lion Beverage” does not give proper facility related with human resource for handling different functions of the organization. It is found that all the aspects generally occurs due to improper functionalities as well as structure of the company “Lion Beverage” (Subramanian, Venkateswaran and Fu 2013).

Inefficient supply chain management: Inefficient supply chain is found as one of the major issues that is related with the organizational structure as it generally creates lot of challenges as well as issues for the growth of the organization (Zhang, Hoque and Isa 2015).  It is found that the structure of the organization mainly assists in organizational relation with other stakeholders of the organization weak that further raises lot of challenges that are mainly associated with organizational supply chain management

 The most likely acquisition method for the organization “Lion Beverage” is the enterprise resource planning system. According to Chou et al. (2014), ERP system mainly helps in providing proper tool to both the organizational managers as well as users so that they are capable of creating proper as well accurate forecasting for the organization. This generally assists in resolving the challenges that are mainly related with improper estimation due to organizational structure.  It is opined by that Lin, Zhao and Wei (2014) that Enterprise resource planning system can be utilized by the organization “Lion Beverage Company” for growing collaboration between various organizational departments and it can be done by minimizing the conflict that generally occurs due to improper communication within the organization.

Description of system flowchart for the sales process of the organization

It is stated by Lin, Zhao and Wei (2014) that ERP system helps in reducing the repetitive procedure and thus it further helps in eliminating the process of entering information and data manually. In addition to this, the ERP system is also helpful in streamlining various types of procedures for making it much more efficient as well as easier for the organization. Furthermore it is elaborated by Zach, Munkvold and Olsen (2014) that it is quite simple to provide proper quality service to the client due to the utilization of ERP. Therefore, the organization “Lion Beverage” for providing proper facility to the clients as well as customers of the organization.

The sales flowchart for the organization “Lion Beverage” is provided below. The sales flowchart helps in reflecting the problems that are associated with the organizational structure as well as architecture of the organization (Van and Broekmeulen 2013).

 Misplacement of different inventory items generally helps in rising number of control challenges within the system. The most important problem that is associated with the design of the sales system is due to failure of the system in integrating number of types of methods as well as procedures that are considered to be quite important in cross referencing items (Viswanathan 2015).   In addition to this, it is identified that due to the problems within the sales systems, number of items can be misplaced, stolen as well as lost which can further raise issue associated with inventory as well as labour cost of the organization. Thus, it is found that it is very much necessary to incorporate some of the design solutions properly so that it can be helpful in cross checking number of orders effectively.

 This section of the paper mainly focuses on the adoption and development of accounting software, which is defined as one type of application software that helps in recording as well as processing number of accounting transactions within various functional modules including accounts payable, general ledger, accounts receivable as well as trial balance. It is identified that accounting software generally functions as an information system (Drury and Vickers 2015). The paper mainly focusses on XERO accounting software in order to illustrate the entire procedure of adoption as well as development. In addition to this, the paper also helps in illustrating the size of the market, leaders within the Australian market as well as different types of challenges and gaps that are mainly related with the accounting software “Xero”

The accounting software packages are quite beneficial for the organizations as due to the utilization of accounting software the organizations will be able to save time, can be able to monitor finance, cash flow management, minimizing mistakes as well as assists in computerized invoicing. Additionally, it is identified that Xero which is one of the accounting software organization mainly helps in developing proper software support for developing different types of standards as well as functions in order to operate issues that are related with the accounting department (Jenkins 2016).  It is found that both small sized as well as medium sized organizations are present as target market within Australia who generally used accounting software in order to handle as well as supervise issues that are related with the accounts department of the organizations.

Moreover, this accounting software is quite helpful in changing both functionalities as well as standards which are mainly related with the organizational structure of the companies (Hingorani, Beasley and Bradford 2015).  It is very much essential to handle both the needs as well as demands of the organization effectively with the help of proper technical team who generally involve themselves within the accounting system of the organization. It is identified that Xero is very much helpful in giving proper access to both the new standards as well as processes that further helps in managing the accounting related details of the management.

The competitive market reflects that both Xero and MYOB accounting software packages have high demand within the market of Australia. It is identified that Xero accounting software package is considered to be most suitable for most of the organizations as it generally assists in managing various organizational operations. Additionally, Xero assists in providing proper support in order to manage different financial operations that are mainly related with the organizations (Dunbar, Laing and Wynder 2016).  In addition to this, it is identified that Xero generally assists in offering number of operational features as well as functionalities for managing the organizational operations.

It is found that Xero also assists in offering number of automatic functionalities to its clients so that they can does not have to face the challenges that they used to face by utilizing the manual system. Xero accounting software assists in offering updates about different types of financial data what further assists in minimizing the errors from the different data sets that are mainly used or encountered within the architecture of the system (Dimitriu and Matei 2014). It is identified that there are number of advantages of using accounting software as it generally assists in fulfilling the demands of the organizations. In addition to this, Xero is considered to be quite beneficial for the clients in comparison to other accounting software packages.

It is identified that numerous investigations are mainly performed on Xero accounting software and it is analyzed that it provides numerous benefits to its customers. The benefits that is provided by Xero accounting software are elaborated below:

 Interface simplicity: The Xero accounting software helps in providing simple user interface architecture for the users.  Both the fundamental as well as functional development of standards of accounting software are generally helpful in providing proper details that are generally associated with operational structure (Hingorani, Beasley and Bradford 2015).Additionally, it is identified that there are number of challenges as well as issues that can be generally managed properly in a very much simpler way in context to various operational measures. Xero accounting software helps in giving proper availability of interface for both the users and customers in order to attract them in context to application usability.

Cloud based set up: Xero accounting software is mainly based on cloud set up in order to provide proper data as well as information to the users as well as customers. It is found that cloud based systems are quite advantageous in giving proper competitive advantages over the different types of choices of the customers.

Fast functional outputs: The setup of Xero accounting software package helps in offering functional operations to the clients that is considered to be quite beneficial for them.

 Automatic backup: Due to the utilization of Xero accounting software, all the data are mainly backed up daily so the management of the organization does not need to worry about the manual backup of the data. If also the computer crashes, all the important data related with accounting will be generally stored remaining unaffected as it is generally stored within the cloud.

Customized invoicing: Xero helps in allowing one to create, send as well as automate professional looking invoices. It is identified that with online invoicing, one can email the customer link for the live invoice (Dimitriu and Matei 2014).  This generally reflects payment status, history as well as pay now bottom for accepting the entire payment online. It is found that paying online is done faster as well as in a very much simpler way for the customers.

Cloud based accounting: The most important benefit that the organizations achieves due to the utilization of Xero accounting software is that the information as well as data can be accessed from any locations. The organizations does not have to maintain bookkeeper and they can be accessed from anywhere at any time.

The gaps and challenges that are mainly related with Xero accounting software are provided below: The gaps and challenges include:

Time consumption: Proper time is required for handling as well as supervising the accounting software within different functional system of both the medium sized as well as small sized organizations which further assists in managing the accounting details of the organizations quite effectively.

Complexity: Xero accounting software is considered to be quite complex as compared to other accounting software and therefore due to its complexity the users as well as clients faces lot of challenges and issues while using it (Hingorani, Beasley and Bradford 2015).

Security issues: As Xero accounting software is one based software solution, it generally needs proper authentication as well as privacy for keeping the data as well as information secure.

Performance issues: It is identified that performance of Xero accounting software is not good and thus the team needs to prepare for the changes in order to bring performance of the organizations back properly with proper expectations (Oram 2014).

Management of cash flow: Getting finance for starting the business is considered as one of the biggest challenges. It is found that it is quite difficult to see where the money will be properly spent.

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