Bead Bar Networking

Bead Bar Networking

Meredith S., who opened a studio in New Canaan, Connecticut, founded Bead Bar in 1998(pg2). In the studio, customers sit at a bar and—using materials provided (beads, wire, and string)—create necklaces, bracelets, and other jewelry. Bead Bar at this present time has three divisions: franchises, studios and Bead Bar on Board (pg2). The company franchise division sells a complete beading supply package to businesses that want to open their own bead studio. The division is responsible for fulfilling franchisees’ supply requirements. There are currently five franchises Kansas City, Missouri; Chicago, Illinois; Los Angeles, California; Seattle, Washington; and Miami, Florida (pg2). The studio division oversees the company’s six bead bar studios. Along with the original, there are now two studios in New York City, one on Long Island one in Washington D.C. and one in Boston, Massachusetts (pg2).
The company has grown large enough to upgrade from the paper-based system, which has been non-efficient and has caused some errors’ and problems, including lost orders, non-correct invoicing, and restocking delays. Bead Bar is in need of an upgrade in today's technology; the poor efficiency of the Bead Bar's present system limits potential opportunities of growth in the global business market of today.

Bead Bar's information technology needs include the initialization of business website, information sharing between locations, and data confidentiality and security; this means the Bead Bar is in need of a strong networking system which is vital for internal and external communications. Systems in information   can solve most of the problems prevalent with paper-based systems including lost orders, invoicing errors, and order fulfillment delays. Computers are essential to the daily operations of a growing company such as the Bead Bar with the continuous processing of orders and the various benefits offered to the accounting professionals.

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