Icementrics is a subcontract manufacturer that produces prototype products for organizations that may possibly want Icementrics to later manufacture their products for them.Icementrics has a R & D division and a manufacturing division. The R & D division performs research and develops prototype products for companies for a consulting fee. The manufacturing division manufactures products for companies and charges a fee per unit of product produced.

Research different Midmarket accounting systems and make a recommendation to Icementrics on whether to stay with Quickbooks or implement a new software system.A: Write a business report summarizing the following:1. Background?Existing system and reason for change

2. Discussion?Including answers to questions

3. Software system recommendation and justification for the system selected

4. Provide one software product not recommending and reasons for not recommendingB: Additional Discussion Questions:Questions your client (Icementrics) asks during the discovery stage that should be addressed in your final report.

1. Will we need to change business processes when we replace Quickbooks?

2. Should we fully automate everything or will there still be some manual processes?

3. Our CFO wants the system to fully integrate across business processes. Will this system do this? Are there any business processes that will not integrate? If so, what and why not?

4. Would our company benefit from using cloud computing rather than client server computing?

5. Can you provide examples of how our new system will reduce costs, time, and errors?

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Quick books-GL, AR, AP Inventory/ Manufacturing-on Excel Current System: $2.5 million Annual Revenue: Employees: 25 Customers: 1,000 Vendors: 4,000 Core Business Processes: Manufacturing Job Cost/Consulting Revenue/Purchasing/Payroll