Acme supply sells cooking supplies to restaurants via six wholesale outlets in the metro area. The company wants to introduce a same-day delivery program that would guarantee four-hour same-day...

Acme supply sells cooking supplies to restaurants via six wholesale outlets in the
metro area. The company wants to introduce a same-day delivery program that would
guarantee four-hour same-day delivery to preapproved customers who order by noon,
and 8AM next day delivery for orders received after noon. Such a program would
allow restaurants to carry fewer supplies, yet have a reliable delivery options. The
restaurants order by phone and are billed monthly for their purchases. You have been
asked to design the systems in a way that optimizes cash flows. Do so by responding
in detail to the following
a. What criteria would you use to prequalify customers?
Ans- Following criteria should be used to prequalify the customers-
1. Customer should agree with the delivery time line i.e. orders after noon will be
delivered only by next day 8 AM.
2. The location of the restaurant should not be more than 2/3 hour travel time from
any one of the wholesale outlet for order of before noon.
3. The required cooking supplies from restaurant should be available to anyone of
wholesale outlet whose location is not far more than 2/3 hour travel time for order
of before noon and for after noon orders cooking supplies should be available in
any one of the wholesale outlet.
4. The customer (Restaurant) should not be payment defaulter.
5. The order volume should be high enough to provide free transportation or for
lower volume of order, transportation cost should be extra and customer should
agree on that.
b. What are the input and output transactions (excluding reports) that the system must
process.
Ans- The system must process following input- output transactions-
1. Customer information including customer identification details link with the details
of the orders as well as location of the restaurant.
2. Purchasing details including...