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INFOSYS.110 BUSINESS SYSTEMS: DELIVERABLE 2: BUSINESS SECTION2014

Name Adeeba AliNetID aali890Group Number: 131Website Link: http://infosys1102014fs131.blogspot.co.nz/p/d1.html

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INTRODUCTION

The 21st century has been fortune enough to have many inventions. The advances in

technology, machinery and infrastructure have changed the world largly. There have been

many great things that have come out of these advancements; e.g. the advances in

transportation. With the advancements of technologies, the environment has taken a back

seat with majority of the world’s population. An issue that effects the environment

everywhere, including New Zealand, is the waste in public places. The invention that my

group has created is a points scoring system; when a piece of rubbish is thrown into a bin

that is in a public area, one point will be collected. Every time 1000 points is reached in a

community, the government will donate $1000 towards community developments. To make it

interesting, we have added a fun element to our invention by placing a basketball hoop over

the bin. People have an incentive to dispose of their own rubbish, as it will be improving their

community.

3. BUSINESS SECTION

3.1 Vision

To preserve the natural environment of communities all around New Zealand by obtaining the help of all the citizens to create healthy and beautiful surroundings.

3.2 Industry Analysis: The Waste Industry

The Waste Industry comprises of many businesses that provide a range of goods and services that assist the disposal of waste.

Force: High/

Low:

Justification:

Buyer power: Low Buyer power is low as choices are limited that consumers have

as to which kinds of bins they can use to dispose of their waste.

Whether it is household waste that is being disposed, or waste

being disposed in a public place; there are few choices given for

the type of disposal method and for the collection of waste.

“Kerbside collection of waste is carried out by Transpacific”

(Transpacifc. Retricved: 16th May,

http://www.transpac.co.nz/content/home.aspx). For residential 2

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homes and public areas, Transpacific is the business that

collects the rubbish; the disposal method for residential homes

varies per region, for public areas it is almost the same method.

Supplier

power:

High Supplier Power is high. There aren’t many suppliers that supply

rubbish collection goods and services, meaning that they can

choose to increase the price of their products and services

without difficulty. E.G. if Transpacific choose to increase the

price of their collection services, the council will have to raise the

rates for the people that use the service.

Threat of

new entrants:

Low The threat of a new entrant is low, there are high set up costs

involved in setting up a rubbish collection company. E.G. in

Auckland, you need to obtain a waste collection license for your

business, costing $350, including one vehicle - each additional

vehicle is $70. (Auckland City Council (2012) Waste control and

recycling. Retrieved on 16th May 2014. From:

http://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/EN/environmentwaste/rubbis

hrecycling/Pages/wastecontrolandrecycling.aspx)

Threat of

substitutes:

Low The treat of a substitute is low, not many substitute products and

services are available to dispose waste into.

Rivalry

Amongst

Competitors

High The waste industry has low rivalry amongst competitors is low;

competition is contained.

Overall attractiveness of the industry: carrying out an industry analysis shows that the

industry may look attractive to people as there aren’t rigorous competitors. Although there

are high barriers to entry, new entrants may become hesitant in entering the industry.

3.3 Customers and Their Needs

We are not targeting a specific category of customers; we want to target our customers in groups. Our goal is for them to work together as a community to achieve the 1000 points and obtain the benefits. We want the customers to continue with our initiative, our invention will

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continue to add benefits, if the customers continue to place their rubbish in the bins in – not just as a one off. “Cleaning up litter and dumped rubbish costs Auckland about $6 million a year.” (New Zealand Herald, No Butts About it – its’ costly (article) Retrieved: 13 th May 2014, http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10841863). Instead of customers spending millions of dollars on taxes for the clean up of their own litter, they would benefit more from our initiative.

3.4 The Product and Service

Our invention is not just your average bin; it provides a service back to the community, which is intended to benefit them. Our bin has what we call a ‘fun solution’ added onto it; by placing a basketball over the bin; community members will be motivated to use the bins as they can aim their rubbish in the bin instead of just placing it in the bin normally. This element of our invention will particularly be appealing to children.

The $1000 creates an incentive for community members to throw rubbish in the bin as it is going towards building a better community for them and their families.

3.5 Suppliers and Partners

Suppliers: one of the suppliers we would consider for our product would be Pioneer. Pioneer is a waste and recycling equipment provider, they are a business that provides a wide range of equipment that process waste and recyclables in different ways, for different purposes and for different companies. “Pioneer 60 Liter Litter Bins are all plastic construction for the harshest environments, suitable for parks, towns, coastal areas & schools.” (Pioneer, 2009. Retrieved 24th May 2014, from http://pioneergroup.co.nz/waste-a-recycling-equipment/internal-recycle-bins/21-litter-bins).

Partners: one of the partners that we would consider to have is Transpacific. They are the company that currently empty’s the rubbish bins in public places and council areas. We will need to partner with Transpacific in order to figure out how they will efficiently empty the public rubbish bins when our invention is in place.

3.6 Strategy: Cost Leadership

Cost Leadership: Our business would benefit from following the cost leadership strategy. This is because our business doesn’t target a specific group of customers; it is a very broad market. Also, we want to be able to create the invention with a low cost budget; we want taxpayers money to be going towards improving their community and it will give us an edge in the market that is sustainable, plus we won’t lose customers because of a competitive price.

3.7 Value Chain Activity: Firm Infastructure

The most important value chain activity for our business is infrastructure. Our business needs to be able to have established systems in place in order for the business to be able to

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run efficiently and for our invention to work to its full capacity e.g. rubbish collection, points tally, funds transfer.

3.8 Business Processes

3.8.1. Rubbish Collection Process: after community members have disposed of their

rubbish and reached the $1000 point goal, the rubbish will have to be collected.

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3.8.2. Inventory (bins) Order Fulfillment Process: Our business will need to purchase inventory form Pioneer before we can start with our initiative.

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Transpacific dispose of waste

Rubbish is collected by transpacifc

Message is electronically sent to Transpacific

Bin tally reaches 1000 points

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Process Payment

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Invoice sent

Shipped order?

Invoive prepared

Yes

Credit Okay?

Credit checked

Order received by Pionner

Order submitted to Pioneer

Order generated for bins from Pioneer

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3.9 Functionalities

3.9.1. Rubbish Collection Process:

Electronic tally device which tallies up the amount of rubbish that is collected Information transportation device which lets transpacific know when the bin has

reached 1000 points

3.9.2. Inventory (bins) Order Fulfillment Process:

Calculation of shipment time of inventory Background check on business owners carried out for credit check

3.10 Systems

3.10.1. COMMUNITY FUNDS TRANSFER SYSTEM: When a community reaches

their goal of 1000 points they are to be given $1000 from the government for community

developments. The governments account system connects to the local councils account

system so that the $1000 would be there for the particular communities use.

3.10.2. INVENTORY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM: When dispatching the bins initially, we

will need to know the public areas that currently have normal rubbish bins, and then we will

need to replace them with our invention. We will need to use Google Maps system and

simultaneously use Pioneers search system which will help us determine how many and

what type of bins we will need for the specific areas.

3.10.3. SECURITY SYSTEM: Our invention has a basketball hoop attached to it, we will need a system in place that will keep it locked there. By having the basketball hoop attached to the bin and having an alarm on the padlock also; if there was an attempt of theft, the security company will be notified by their systems and the matter can be quickly dealt with.

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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)

1. Rubbish Collection Process

1. Electronic Tally Device2. Information Transportation Device

1. Inventory managenemnt system

2. Community Funds Transfer System

1. Maintenance System2. Community relationship system

2. Inventory

(bins) Order

Fulfillment

Process

1. Calculation of shipment time2. Background credit check on business

owners

1. Secuirty System

2. Inventory management system

1. Inventory replacement system

2. Sustainability system

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CONCLUSION

Our issue was that the developments of today have taken many peoples attention off the issues that affect our everyday lives. The environment is our surroundings and in order to live a clean healthy life, we must firstly keep our environment that way. Our solution combines the element of fun, with the basketball hoop and the element of added benefits to the wider community. This intern targets the initial problem of rubbish in public places, it is not a quick fire solution, it is a long term sustainable one.

REFERENCES

1. Statistics New Zealand: http://www.stats.govt.nz/browse_for_stats/industry_sectors/anzsic06-industry-

classification/tables.aspx2. Transpacific 2004:

http://www.transpac.co.nz/content/home.aspx Retrived: 16th May 2014 3. Auckland City Council 2014:

http://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/EN/environmentwaste/rubbishrecycling/ Pages/wastecontrolandrecycling.aspx) Retrived: 16th May 2014

4. New Zealand Herald: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10841863 )

Retrieved: 13th May 20145. Pioneer Group 2009:

http://pioneergroup.co.nz/waste-a-recycling-equipment/internal-recycle- bins/21-litter-bins). Retrieved: 24th May 2014

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