AN INFORMATIVE REPORT ON
‘SHELL GAS LPG’
By
MUHAMMAD ADIL KHOKHER
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SUBMITTED TO:
Department of Business Administration
SUBMITTED BY:
MUHAMMAD ADIL KHOKHER
BBA – III
ENROLMENT NO : BAC/AIBA/1245/2004
SEAT NO : AB0431005
ADAMSON INSTITUTE OF BUSINESS
ADMINISTRATION & TECHNOLOGY
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
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I, Muhammad Adil Khokher, would like to thank Ms. Maheen Ghauri for giving me
an opportunity to seek exposure on the practical side of Management Information
System, and its working in the corporate environment.
Through this project report I have learnt a good deal about the management and
formation of Information Systems.
I specially thank Mr. Habib Hyder, Marketing Strategy Manager and Mr. Faisal
Sadruddin, Database Administrator, Shell Gas LPG for their time and efforts assist
me in achieving the task.
I am also thankful to Business Communication teacher [Link]
Qureshi who has supported me immensely through out this project.
8th November, 2005
The Department of Business Administration
University of Karachi
Karachi
To Whom It May Concern:
Dear Madam or Sir,
Presented here is a report on “SHELL GAS LPG” as part of the requirement for the
course “Business Communication-II”, BBA III, at the Adamson Institute of Business
Administration & Technology.
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This report follows the guidelines given in the course outline provided by the
University of Karachi. It has been reviewed and duly approved by our course
instructor.
It is hopped that this project will come up to the standards and meet al academic
requirement.
Thank you,
Yours truly,
MUHAMMAD ADIL KHOKHER
BBA 3RD SEMESTER
Adamson Institute of Business Administration & Technology
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This report is taken into consideration the Accounting Information System at Shell
Gas LPG, which is a part of Shell Pakistan Limited.
Shell is a known international brand, which deals in oils, automotive lubricants,
LPG etc. But Shell Gas LPG, a part of Shell Pakistan deals specifically in LPG or
Liquid Petroleum Gas.
Shell Gas LPG, since 10 years has been using an Accounting IS system, which
was developed by local vendors. This system consisted of 3 Modules namely,
Account Payables, Account Receivables and General Ledger.
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There were some consistent problems faced by the end users of this system; like
delayed retrieval, inaccurate figures and retrieval of transactions and accounts
only on month end, which was incurring a lot of company’s valuable time and
implicit costs.
Then, Shell Gas LPG planned on switching to the JD Edwards Accounting System,
which is already in use by its parent company, Shell Pakistan Limited. With this
new system which will be used by Shell Gas LPG in a week’s time, a lost of time
efficiency will be attained
In addition to this, the new JD Edwards is user friendly and helps in quick retrieval
and updating, like online software. This will greatly enhance the speed of
transactions and would minimize time loss.
Unlike the old system, JD Edwards uses 5 Modules viz. Account Receivables,
Account Payables, General Ledger, Fixed Assets, and Logistics. This new system,
which provide information to the end-users according to their needs and
requirement that is information will be tailored to the need of each end user. This
will help in managing information better and getting only what is required.
Shell Gas LPG went through the phases of Systems Development Life Cycle for
this new system according to which this system is economically feasible and more
convenient. They had an option of another system called SUN but they chose JD
Edwards over SUN as it (JD Edwards) is already being used by Shell Pakistan
Limited, so they will just need to “hook” on to the new system so start operations.
On the other hand, SUN needed to be started from scratch.
After analyzing the comparative benefits of this system through proper procedures,
Shell Gas LPG has decided to employ this system in a week’s time.
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TABLE OF CONTENT
Topic Page #
Introduction 1
History 2
Company profile 4
Logo history 7
Shell Gas Pakistan 8
Product And Services 8
Objective 9
Competition 9
Communication 10
About Accounting It System 10
Shell Gas Accounting System-The History
And Present 11
Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) 12
Investigation 12
Feasibility Study 13
Sales and profit analysis 13
Cost Benefit Analysis 16
Analysis 17
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Design 18
SWOT Analysis 18
Product & Services 21
Press Release 23
Responsibilities 24
Economic Principles 26
Business Integrity 27
Health Safety & Environment 29
The Community 29
Conclusion 30