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INFOSYS.110 BUSINESS SYSTEMS:

DELIVERABLE 2: BUSINESS SECTION
2014

Name Jing Liu
NetID jliu994
Group Number: 149
Website Link: http://infosys110group149.blogspot.co.nz/
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INTRODUCTION
People who live in the big and bustling city face this problem at the daily bases. Its so hard
to find a parking space in the downtown or busy shopping centre. This problem is one of the
most problematic issues and existing in many countries in the world. Use our application
can simply slove this problem. Our app can provide specific parking information to our
customers, including the position of depot, the available parking space, even the expiration
time of other vehicles parking. Not only just the query system, our app also provide the
booking service. User can reserve the available parking spaces through our app and we will
keep the space for our customers until they arrive or cancel the booking. Therefore, the
parking troubles will no longer being the issuse in our life.
3. BUSINESS SECTION
3.1 Vision
Control and provide the traffic information to all the drivers around the workd. Help people
to slove the traffic problem they may face everyday. Make the traffic in the world to be
more convenient.
3.2 Industry Analysis: Online parking reservation industry
Industry: Online parking reservation industry: Online parking reservation industry is an
industry which provides an online parking reservation service and parking inquiry service. It
is the product of 20
th
century telecommunication and information technologies.

Force: High/Low: Justification:
Buyer power: Low In New Zealand, there are a lot of people will
drive. They are all possible to be our customers.

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(No author, 2014) Because our serivice is unique,
therefore these people doesnt have too many
choices of using other app to meet their
requirment.
Supplier power: Low From the research, there are lots of IT companies
in new zealand which can provide us technical
support. We have many choices of our supply
company.
Threat of new entrants: High It is really hard to create a successful app,
because to achieve this, it need to spend lots of
time and money to create a good app. A company
also earned less money for a period of time until
their app become more popular. Its a very risky
investment. (Sam Laird, 2012)
Threat of substitutes: high There are still some similar software cound be the
threat of substiitutes such as PrimoSpot Parking,
SpotSwitch and google map. These app has the
same function which could people to find the
parking lots. These apps has been used widely.
(Mike Schramm, 2009)
Rivalry among existing
competitors:
High As we know some app such as google map is very
popular right now and it also free to download
and used. It also help people to find the location
of parking lot but not providing booking serives.
Therefore, it will be very interesting to some
people and a strong competitor for our

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business.(No author, 2010)
Overall attractiveness of the industry: Online parking reservation industrys overall
attractiveness is high. It will encounter some obstacles in the similar serivice and product
industry competition.

3.3 Customers and Thei r Needs
The target market of our product will be all the New Zealanders who will dirve. Once they
drive to an unfamiliar place or some busy commercial distric or shopping centre. They could
not find a parking space immediately, therefore they could use our application to help them
quciky find a parking space. Our customers want to get the fast serivice and accurate
information, as well as convenient reservation service. Our serivices are able to meet their
needs
3.4 The Product and Service
Our customers could use our application at anytime, anywhere, as long as your smart phone
can recevice the 3G or wifi network. Our application is very simple to use, just a few simple
actions can help our customers quickly find their parking spaces. Meanwhile, we can also
provide booking services according to our customer needs. We will set aside the parking
spaces for our customers immediately. This will provide a convenient and efficient service to
our customers.
3.5 Suppliers and Partners
For this software to work, we will need to work with IT companies. IT companies will follow
our requirements to make the application for our customers, and they will also provide
maintenance and updateing service. IT companies is the supplier of our technical assistance.
In order to make our software more extensive and accurate. Establish a partnership with the
parking lots is very necessary. Parking lots will provide the parking spaces and set aside the
space for our customers. Therefore, those parking lots are our main suppliers and also our
partners. Not just the parking space in these parking lots, our application also help our

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customers to find those temporary parking spaces which on the street. To achieve this, we
also need to cooperate with Auckland transport.
3.6 Strategy: Cost leadership
Using our software does not need to pay high fees and our software is also free to
download. Therefore, our customers are only required to pay their parking fees and a liitle
service charges. Our cost strategy is focus on the low cost.
New Zealand is the whole market for our business. In this country, most of people will drive
and these people are likely to become our customers. We have huge number of people to
be our customers therefore our competitive scope is broad market.
The overall strategy is therefore Cost leadership.
3.7 Value Chain Activity: Deliver the services
The most important value chain activity for this business is Deliver the services
Delivering the service to our customers is the most essential value chain activity to our
company. This is because Delivering the service to our customers is the most essential value
chain activity to our company. This is because our company is focus on providing the
convenient, faster and more accurate service. Let our customer satisfaction with our service,
its will help us to improve our credibility and visibility.


3.8 Business Processes
3.8.1. SOFTWARE MANAGEMENT PROCESS This process is really important for our business.
The purpose of this process are the software monitoring and control which keep our
application work in a good conditions and up to date. If the software deviates from the plan
or have some problem, then the project manager can take action to correct the problem at
the first time. This process can improving the stability of the system.

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REPLACE WITH BUSINESS PROCESS 1 MODEL
START
Monitoring Control
Regularly check the
operation of
system
Its our system running in
the good condition
No
Take the action to
correct the problem
Recheck the system
and see if the problem
has been fixed
YES
END
NO
Yes
Collating of the
update resources
Installed the update
resources to the
system
Check if the system work
properly with the new
resources
Yes
Uninstalled the
resources and re-
design the upgrades
No
Check the new
system
YES
No


3.8.2. PARKING SPACE DELI VERY PROCESS - This is one of the crucial processes in our
companys business as we are providing delivery convenience to our customers. This
process focus on the customers reservation. It will help us to provide the convenient
service and accurate information to our customers. Through this process, we can ensure our
customers get their parking spaces which they have been delivered. They do not need to
worry about the parking space being taken away by other people. This process can improve
the quality of our service and increase the satisfaction of our customers.




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REPLACE WITH BUSINESS PROCESS 2 MODEL

Start
System received the
booking information
from our customers
smartphone
The system
automatically send
a message to the
designated parking
lots
The administrator
will check the
message which
been send by
system and take the
action to keep the
parking space for
the customer
Check If the previous
car leaved or still park
in that space
Warning the owner
or impose a fine
yes
Administrator will
send the
information back to
the system
The system send the
new message to
the customer and
find another parking
space for our
customer
END
No


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3.9 Functionalities
3.9.1. SOFTWARE MANAGEMENT PROCESS
Maintain and improve the softwares system, increase the software stability
Update the softwares system.
3.9.2. PARKING SPACE DELIVERY PROCESS
Provides booking services
Reserved the parking space for the customers.
3.10 Systems

3.10. 1. SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE SYSTEM This system is established for the
maintenance and inspection of the software. Therefore, we could find some errors and
problems which exist in our software. It can greatly enhance the stabilty of the software
running and make sure the software is not easy to make mistake when the people using it.
3.10. 2. SOFTWARE UPGRADE SYSTEM The software upgrade is also very important for
our company. The role of system is to regularly carry out some necessary software
upgrades. For example, add some new functionalities into the software or change the
Software appearance. Improve the functionailty of our software and make it becmoing
more and more advanced.
3.10. 3. DELIVERY SYSTEM - This is the key system for our entire companys services. This
system will be able to help us to reserve a parking space for customers in the most efficient
way. With this system, it will greatly improve customers satisafaction with our serivices and
also improve our companys visibility and credibility. This is especially important for the
future development.

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3.11. Summary Table: Value Chain to Systems

Value Chain
Activity
Processes Functionalities Specific Information
System(s)
Broad Information
System(s)

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1. Software
managemen
t process
1. Maintain and improve the softwares
system, increase the software stability

2. Update the softwares system
Software maintenance
system

Software upgrade system
Decision support system


Decision support system
2. Parking
space
delivery
process
1.Provides booking services


2.Reserved the parking space for the
customers


Delivery system

Customer relationship
management system

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CONCLUSION
Our business included inquiries, reservations and other convenient customer service. We
aim to provide the most accurate and efficient parking reservation service to our customer.
A good and friendly relationship has to be establish between our company and customer.
We also have a complete system and business process to ensure the operation of our
serivices. Our business can also help to fix some traffic problems and improve the urban
construction, provide more convenient and technology living environment to the people.
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IndexNZ. Searched for Software Firms in New Zealand. Retrieved from:
http://www.indexnz.com/Top/Computers-and-Internet/Software/Software-Firms

Sam Laird. (2012). Why Creating a Successful App Is Harder Than You Think. Retrieved
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Mike Schramm. (2009). Two apps to help you find a praking spot. Retrieved from:
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Find a Parking Spot with Google Maps. (2010). Retrieved from:
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