CHAPTER 1 ORGANIZATIONAL ANALYSIS

COMPANY NAME: Bloomer and Cascades House of Curtains Address: Unit T-54 Novaliches Plaza Mall, Quirino Hi-way, Novaliches, Quezon City Phone: 697-6083 Email: bloomerandcascades@gmail.com Industry: Retail and Manufacturing Products/Services: Home Interiors and Curtains

COMPANY BACKGROUND
HISTORY

Bloomer and Cascades is a small-scale business which manufactures and sells home decorations such as curtains, pillows, bed covers, seat covers, and many more. It opened its doors to the market on 1994. Since then, Bloomer and Cascades House of Curtains, has been providing quality and affordable products to the consumer public. Although not widely known throughout the whole country, this establishment managed to gain loyal customers by word of mouth. Most of its buyers came from the locality to where it is located, in Novaliches, Quezon City. Bloomer and Cascades first started as a hobby of owner, Nestor Buco. He and his wifes love for designing curtains gave them the inspiration to make it into a business. They first started out with designing little curtains for their own house, and then proceeded with developing more designs to sell. They invested on buying hi-speed sewing machines to aid them in the growing demand for more curtains. As the years go by, they ventured into the wholesale market, providing their quality and uniquely designed curtains through various markets in the Philippines, such as Pampanga, Nueva Ecija, Batangas, Bataan and Ilocos Norte. But, like other business, they too encountered many difficulties. They underwent some financial difficulties which led them to close their wholesale business. They then focused on strengthening their retail store and then eventually, found the market of house servicing. They gained more customers by offering their services to home owners who wants their house decorated but dont want to buy ready-made curtains, instead they want them made especially for their houses. Thus, their business again boosted into action.

VISION

Bloomer and Cascades House of Curtains aims to grow and provide better quality of services and products to its customers. We aim to be known nationwide as a premier provider of quality unique curtains at an affordable price, and eventually to be known globally.
MISSION

In line with our vision, Bloomer and Cascades House of Curtains will continue to improve in the market by coming up with new and unique designs without compromising quality, as we usually do.
STRATEGIC PLANS

Bloomer and Cascades House of Curtains, with its aim to provide better quality of services and products, plans to invest on the following actions: Expansion of business by providing more branches on different strategic locations across the Metro. Reviving its wholesale services to serve more customers within the country. Ensure better quality by implementing Quality Assurance measures. Ensure security among the establishment by installing CCTV services. Improve inventory of items by upgrading the current Inventory System. Networking of different devices for efficiency in the workplace.

ORGANIZATIONAL CHART

Owner

Retail Store Manager

Manufacturing Supervisor

Saleslady

Inventory Assistant

Quality Assurance Specialist

Sewers

PRESENT ICT SITUATION

Currently, Bloomer and Cascades is using the following technologies and equipment in the operation of their business: In the retail store, they use the following: 3 Desktop computers in the retail store. (one is used for the cashier, another one in the office, and one for other purposes) 1 Printer Point-of-Sales System(tracking purchases of products) Inventory System (tracking deliveries and sales of products) Laptop (brought by the owner occasionally) In the manufacturing area, they have the following: 2 Desktop computers (Used for tracking inventories) 1 Printer Inventory System (tracking stocks and deliveries of materials) Laptop Basically, Bloomer and Cascades House of Curtains, uses only the basic technology for their business operation. But these devices are not connected, and the transfer of files and data are done manually via USB file transfer.

These current situations became the main driving force for the proponents to propose a network plan that will help the company in managing its resources and also to save time. Basically, there will be two areas that need a network, but since, the devices are the same, the network plan can be applied to both.

CHAPTER 2 INFORMATION SYSTEMS STRATEGY

This chapter includes the description of computer networks as well as the network design and architecture to be used in the organization. This chapter will also explain how and why the proponents came up with these ideas.

Significance of the Study

This study would be beneficial to the Bloomers and Cascades business establishment and other employees working under it. This network plan will be a big help for the improvement of the said business establishment.

Network Design and Architecture

The proponents will be using a Client/Server type as its architectural design in this network proposal. Commonly, in this type of design there should be a file, printer and application server. And as a server one computer will be utilized. Star topology will be used as a network topology design. All computers will be connected to one central switch which will enable data and resource sharing. The central switch will be connected to the main server for monitoring data communications. This type of topology best suits the architecture design. Resource sharing (like the printer sharing) and file sharing can be available from the main server.

Wired Connection

Personal Computer

Printer

Switch

Laptop

Server PC

CHAPTER 3 INFORMATI0N AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT) SOLUTIONS

This chapter includes a list of all the resources required by the organization in this plan, specifically, the hardware, servers, software, network media and equipment, as well as the persons involved in the project together with their functions.

Hardware a. Server Specification

Table 1 shows the equipment to be used as the file server. As a server, its specifications must be fast and reliable to use. Table 1
Item Name Specifications

Acer Aspire M3970

Processor Chipset Memory Memory Hard Drive LAN I/O Expansion

Second Generation of Intel Ci5-2310 (6M Cache, 2.80 GHz) Intel H67 Express Chipset Intel NM10 2GB DDR3 ( up to 16GB of DDR3 1333MHz SDRAM ( Dual-channel support on four DIMMs) 1TB (1000GB) LAN Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express X16 slot PCI Express X 1 slot

b. Workstation Specification Table 2 illustrates the specification of the workstation to be used in the network. It is the equipment to be used as a host to connect to the main server. It should be reliable in terms fast data transferring and could handle a database of files as its main purpose in the inventory of stocks in the business establishment. Item Name Specification

Processor Intel Core2 Duo E7500 processor (2.93GHz, 3MB, 1066FSB, 65W) Intel G41 Express Chipset 1 GB DDR3 memory 320 GB SATA HDD One 5.25"drive bay One 3.5" internal drive bay

Acer Veriton X275 SFF

Chipset Memory Hard Drive Expansion Bays

Toshib a Satellit e C6401072U

PROCESSOR

Intel Pentium Dual-Core processor B950 (2.1GHz, 2MB L3 Cache)

OPERATING SYSTEM MEMORY DISPLAY SIZE

No Operating System 2048MB DDR3 1066MHz SDRAM 14.0" WXGA HD Clear SuperView LED Backlight TFT display (16:9), resolution 1,366 x 768

GRAPHICS

Intel HD Graphics, up to 729 MB total available graphics memory

HARD DISK DRIVE BATTERY

320GB (SATA) with shock absorbers 6-Cell Lithium Ion

Table 3 Item Name Specification

Canon PIXMA Ink Efficient E500

Maximum Print ing Resolution Print Head / Ink

4800 (horizontal)*1 x 1200 (vertical)dpi Type: FINE Cartridge Total Number of Nozzles: 1792 Ink Droplet Size (min.): 2pl Ink Tank: PG-88, CL-98

Print Speed Printable Width Paper Size

8.6 IPM (MONO) ; 5 IPM (COLOR) 4x6 photo: 44 seconds Up to 203.2mm (8-inches) A4, A5, B5, LTR, LGL, 4 x 6", 5 x 7", 8 x 10", Envelopes (DL, COM10)

Recommended Printing Area Paper Weight

Top margin: 32.5mm Bottom margin: 33.5mm Front Tray: Plain Paper: 64 - 105g/m2, Canon specialty paper: Max paper weight: Approx. 300g/m2 (Photo Paper Pro Platinum PT-101)

Ink End Dot count Sensor Print Head Manual Alignment Scan Specifications Scanner Type Scanning Method Optical Resolution Selectable Resolution Scanning Bit Depth (Input / Output) Line Scanning Speed Flatbed CIS (Contact Image Sensor) 1200 x 2400dpi 25 - 19200dpi Grayscale: 16 / 8 bits Colour: 48 / 24 bits (RGB each 16 / 8 bits) Grayscale: 1.147ms/lines (300dpi) Colour: 3.441ms/lines (300dpi) Scanning Speed Maximum Document Size Copy Specifications Maximum Document Size Paper Media A4, LTR (216 x 297mm) Size: A4, LTR, 4 x 6" Type: Plain Paper; Photo Paper Pro Platinum(PT-101); Photo Paper Plus Glossy II(PP-201); Photo Paper Plus semi-gloss(SG-201); Glossy Photo Paper "Everyday -Reflectives: A4 Colour / 300dpi: Approx. 14secs. Flatbed: A4, LTR (216 x 297mm)

Use"(GP-501); Matte Photo Paper(MP-101) Image Quality Copy Speed System Requirements Plain Paper: Fast,Standard / Other Paper: Fix Approx. 30secs. Windows: Windows XP SP2, SP3 / Windows Vista SP1, SP2 / Windows 7, 7 SP1 Macintosh: Mac OS X v10.4.11 - 10.7 General Specifications Quick Start Operation Panel Interface Operating Environment Approx. 1sec. Display: 7 segment LED USB 2.0 Hi-Speed Temperature: 5 - 35C Humidity: 10 - 90% RH (no dew condensation) Storage Environment Temperature: 0 - 40C Humidity: 5 - 95% RH (no dew condensation) Acoustic Noise (PC Print) Power Power Consumption Approx. 41.1dB. AC100 - 240V, 50 / 60Hz Standby Approx. 0.7W Copying: Approx. 12W

Software a. Operating System Table 4 specifies the operating system to be used as the control software on every workstation. Table 4