Cause and Effect Analysis of Information Data

Cause and Effect Analysis

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1. Information contained in quarterly publish employee directory becomes out of date quickly

1. Company’s rapid growth with new employees make quarterly publish directory constantly out of date.

1. Lessen the impact on the administrator from 12 hours weekly to 1 or 2 hours
2. Delete the micro system
3. Enable e-mail system accessibility
4. Dispose of hardcopy directory – savings of $27,000
5. Engage employees to enter data in real time

6. Maintain security of the system to prevent unauthorized access from all locations
7. All computer desktops from all locations must be independently accessible to the system

Reduce the redundancy of keying in employee information into the mirco and

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2. Duplicate employee information in the micro and mainframe systems

1. Automation is non existent between the micro and mainframe systems user interface

2. Employees information is not centrally stored in one location

1. Eliminate the need for the micro system
2. Develop single source of entering employee information to eliminate duplicate keying information

3. Maintain security of the system to prevent unauthorized access from all locations
4. All computer desktops from all locations must be independently accessible to the system

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3. Maintaining and operating Mainframe system cost are high

1. Out of date technology of the system increases costs to maintain
2. Transactions are source of high cost with constant reprocessing to correct discrepancies

1. Decrease operating cost to a more manageable  level goal of 50% reduction

1. None  noted

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4. Employee data not current throughout current system

1. Administrator has to key in information on each employee submitted form causing a delay in system accuracy
2. Employee data is not available in real time

3. Allow employees to enter their own information into the system
4. Develop single point of entry to ensure employee data is in real time and made available to other legacy systems

1. Interfaces need to meet legacy specifications

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5. Employee information processing done by HR department is costly

1. HR staff labor is very extensive thus driving cost upward because of having to interface with each employee to fix discrepancies and input their data into the system

1. Eliminate the need for the micro system
2. Allow employees to enter their own information into the system
3. Develop single point of entry to ensure employee data is in real time and made available to other legacy systems

4. Maintain security of the system to prevent unauthorized access from all locations
5. All computer desktops from all locations must be independently accessible to the system

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6. Employees information is stored in different databases across the system

1. Employee data is not being stored in a single repository
2. Databases for storing employee data are application specific

1. Develop a database that is single source for employee information storage

1. Single source employee database will exceed the $225,000 budget when modifying the legacy application.
2. Provide the appropriate interfaces in lieu of modifying legacy applications

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7. Reports are not accessible when users need them

1. Current system does not have the capability to submit a query or ad-hoc function
2. Backlogs and priorities prohibit IS from responding on reporting requests

1. Provide a feature to enable the ad-hoc and query function to the users

1. Maintain security of the system to prevent unauthorized access from all locations

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8. United Way lacking employee participation

1. No means to track employee contributions

1. Provide management the means to monitor contributions and status by the use inquiries and reports
2. Enable each employee the ability to make contributions online

3. Maintain security of the system to prevent unauthorized access from all locations
4. All computer desktops from all locations must be independently accessible to the system