Introduction to the company

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Introduction to the company

• InterAustin Software Consultancy

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Background Information

• InterAustin Consultancy was set-up by three
  information system professionals.
• The company was founded in January 1999
• The company has over 5 years of industry
  experience, specializing in the modernization of
  (POS) Systems, and associated processes.
• The company is based in Los Angeles, CA
• The company as 3 main branches located in
  strategic markets around the world, Europe, Asia.
• Recent Project undertaken ( Race Way Project)

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Company Portfolio

• The Raceway POS System Consultation Project.
  Completed October 2004

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Company Directive

• We provide client focused services, which are
  designed to underline the clients requirements
• We facilitate the location of POS systems for
  clients
• We search for vendors that can fulfill the
  clients requirements.
• We locate suitable legal professionals to ensure
  that our clients are protected.
• We provide pos system integration consultancy for
  our clients.
• We aim to validate the claims of any POS Products
  that are recommended to us by vendors

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Womens Plus Company Background

• Womens first Ltd, a global fashion
  manufacturer and retail company has decided that
  they would like to update the current Point of
  Sale (POS) systems, inclusive of software and
  hardware components. The current (POS) system
  being utilised by womens plus, cannot perform
  the variety of functions required by the
  individual retail outlets, and as a result of
  this factor the company has experienced inventory
  problems across a majority of their older retail
  outlets.
• Since Womens first plans to implement a new
  e-business division within the next 2 years, they
  want to ensure that their POS infrastructure will
  be compatible with the e-business division of the
  company. The companies planned e-business
  infrastructure will not only facilitate online
  purchasing, but will consolidate sales and
  inventory statistics from retail outlets around
  the globe. The CEO of Womens plus decided to
  contract a (POS) consultancy firm to handle the
  procurement, implementation and Legal factors
  involved in the upgrade of the current system.
• After much consideration and negotiations,
  Womens Plus Selected InterAustin Consultancy as
  the consultancy company, that they would enlist
  to handle the entire global POS systems upgrade
  project for company. The decision to enlist the
  services of InterAustin consultancy Services Inc,
  was based on the experience of the company, and
  the success of previous (POS) projects which had
  been completed.
• Being a woman never felt so Good
  Womens Plus Mission Statement

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Problem Analysis

• Womens Plus is a large multinational retail
  company, specializing in womens clothing and
  underwear, would like to upgrade their current
  POS systems worldwide.
• The company has retail outlets in 4 countries
  London (UK) , New York (USA),Hong Kong(Japan) and
  Ecuador (Quito).
• The company has a budget of 2 Million Dollars for
  the entire project.
• The current POS System used by the company has
  become almost obsolete. The Current POS system
  was purchased in the early 90s
• Since the company has retail outlets around the
  world, the POS System will have to be compatible
  with various standards and currencies.
• Current POS system is incompatible with the
  companies scope in terms of e-business
  connectivity and integration scope

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Research of Available POS Systems

• http//www.pos-software.org
• http//www.tarsuspos.com
• http//www.possystems.com
• http//www.microworkspos.com
• http//www.posprofits.com
• http//www.scanonline.com/pos2-systems.html
• http//www.possystems.ie
• http//www.pc.ibm.com/store/products/pos
• http//www.runit.com
• http//www.worksoftwaresystems.com
• http//www.iposltd.com
• http//www.retail-pos.com
• http//www.squirrelsystems.com
• http//www.dataguardsystems.com

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Vendor Quotes
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Validation Vendor Claims

• Checked Vendor Website for references
• Evaluate the references
• Check vendor reputation
• Check Vendors Financial Records
• Check Vendor Credit History ( Where possible)
• Perform a key word search using a recognised
  search engine (Google,Yahoo)
• Review POS specification for software Hardware
  for all vendors
• Test performance of prototype POS systems
  Software.
• Request recent Listing of POS systems purchases.

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Evaluate and Rank Quotes
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Scaling and weighting of Vendor Products
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Formal Contract Award Procedure

• Informal meeting the with vendor representative
• Informal meeting with the client and associated
  entities
• Formal meeting with Clients and Vendor
  representatives( with the supervision of a legal
  professional)
• Initial agreement created.

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Legal Sites

• http//www.mytechnologylawyer.com
• http//www.hollanderco.com
• http//www.iprightscenter.com
• http//www.sandlermercer.com
• http//www.kyroslaw.com
• http//www.becker-poliakoff.com
• http//www.pickalawyer.com
• http//www.sebastiangibsonlaw.com
• http//www.briffa.com
• http//www.cybertriallawyer.com
• http//www.dww.com/areas/it.htm

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Contract Finalization

• Formal meeting with Legal Professionals and
  Clients.
• Formal meeting with Legal professionals and
  Vendor representatives (Client)
• Formal Signing of the contract including any
  amendments to contract wording.

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Implementation Strategy

• Implementation strategy designed for each of the
  world wide company retail outlets (Inc Vendor
  Representatives Company Representatives)
• Implementation Budget formalized by InterAustin.
• Implementation strategy formalized, framework for
  implementation distributed to all associated
  parties.

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