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Torcar Foods is a local wholesale organic food producer.
The company grows organic fruit and vegetables and supplies them directly to shops
and restaurants in the local area.
Torcar is currently based on single site which includes:
• a reception area and farm shop
• an office area
• greenhouses and fields where a range of fruits and vegetables are grown
• a warehouse where produce is stored before being packaged and shipped
to customers.
The company’s current IT infrastructure is out of date and needs to be replaced.
The company employs nine people; Aquilina Delany (Manager) and eight other workers.
You have been hired by Aquilina as an information technology (IT) professional to help
plan how she could use IT to meet the changing needs of the growing business.
ACTIVITY 1 – suggested time 6 hours
Produce a report for Aquilina Delany evaluating how IT infrastructure could be used to
meet the needs of Torcar Foods.
The report should:
• explore ways in which software, hardware, data connections, networks and emerging
technologies can meet the needs of the company and its stakeholders
• explore the impact of IT infrastructure on the company and its stakeholders
• provide justified recommendations for an IT infrastructure solution for the company.
It is suggested that you use a combination of written, tabulated and diagrammatic
information in your report.
This activity covers learning aim A.
A.P1, A.P2, A.M1, A.D1
ACTIVITY 2 – suggested time 6 hours
Produce a report for Aquilina Delany analysing how data and information can be used to
meet the needs of Torcar Foods and its stakeholders.
The report should consider:
• internal and external uses of data and information
• how and why Torcar Foods will make use of data and information (internally
and externally)
• ways in which information technology can support the use of data and information
• ways in which online communities can support the use of data and information
• ways in which data can be used and manipulated.
This activity covers learning aim B.
B.P4, B.P5, B.M2
