Complete 5 pages APA formatted article: Business Requirements in Supply Change Management. In addition to that, lorry space is at times wasted supplying products that are not required by the retailer. This has therefore necessitated the need to provide for a way of sharing real-time information between retailers and the supply team.

This project is a supply chain management initiative that connects store deliveries with the back end system of the business. The supply chain management system that is being developed is aimed at connecting the business and the retailers in order to improve supply visibility, allow for improved planning, and reduce the chances of unwanted deliveries to the retailers. In addition to that, the project is aimed at cutting paper works and ensuring that settlements are made in the right manner with the aim of reducing waste of space in the delivery lorries and trucks.

The role of the IT department in this project is to help in selecting and developing software that will improve the efficiency of the company’s supply chain and to determine the hardware requirements for the proposed software. In addition to that, the supply IT department will also be tasked with handling data integration issues which include the provision of functionalities to mobile workers so that the data that is entered into the mobile devices that they use are automatically transferred and synchronized to the back end applications in the company headquarter offices.

1. The static requirement of the new system which will include the terminals that are required and supported, the number of users both at the retailer end, and the back end system. There will also be re-engineered to allow for the handling of an increased volume of data since the company will require more retailers as it expands (Ross, 2010).

Customization Customizations will be limited to the Sales department data entry system so as it can be able to send information directly to the retailers and also receive information from the retailers.