Strategic choice in accounting software selection: Case Lähialuematkat Oy Russian Tours Ltd
Soloveva, Elizaveta (2016)
Soloveva, Elizaveta
Metropolia Ammattikorkeakoulu
2016
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201604144332
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201604144332
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This thesis describes the identification and evaluation of generic accounting software alternatives to be implemented at Lähialuematkat Oy Russian Tours Ltd. The author had an internship in the company and participated in the accounting system and business operations improvements. This project focused on the selection of an appropriate generic software alternative that would provide the company with a platform for the future and solve an issue with the payment module of the current accounting system.
In the first chapter of the thesis, objectives are set and research questions are defined. The main objective of the research is to define the most suitable generic option for the case company, as opposed to a specific software solution provider. To help answer the main research question, supporting questions are defined related to the necessity of changing accounting software, the benefits and costs of changing accounting software, the types of software licenses that exist, issues to be taken into account when changing software, and the best practices employed by companies when changing the software.
The second chapter provides the answers to the supporting questions that were introduced in chapter one through related literature review in order to prepare then theoretical perspective for the project part
The third chapter is devoted to the case company, Lähialuematkat Oy Russian Tours Ltd. There is a description of the company and of the situation when there is a need to make a strategic decision and buy or make the software. SWOT analysis and transaction costs analysis of all possible options for Lähialuematkat Oy are also performed in this chapter. The recommendation is to choose the option of buying the new software (package, not a module) and simplify the whole IT environment of the company.
Based on the research work and the analysis, the main findings of the thesis and recommendations concerning the further development of the project in Lähialuematkat Oy are presented in the fourth chapter.
In the first chapter of the thesis, objectives are set and research questions are defined. The main objective of the research is to define the most suitable generic option for the case company, as opposed to a specific software solution provider. To help answer the main research question, supporting questions are defined related to the necessity of changing accounting software, the benefits and costs of changing accounting software, the types of software licenses that exist, issues to be taken into account when changing software, and the best practices employed by companies when changing the software.
The second chapter provides the answers to the supporting questions that were introduced in chapter one through related literature review in order to prepare then theoretical perspective for the project part
The third chapter is devoted to the case company, Lähialuematkat Oy Russian Tours Ltd. There is a description of the company and of the situation when there is a need to make a strategic decision and buy or make the software. SWOT analysis and transaction costs analysis of all possible options for Lähialuematkat Oy are also performed in this chapter. The recommendation is to choose the option of buying the new software (package, not a module) and simplify the whole IT environment of the company.
Based on the research work and the analysis, the main findings of the thesis and recommendations concerning the further development of the project in Lähialuematkat Oy are presented in the fourth chapter.