Richie's Diner is a 1950s style restaurant chain with locations throughout southern California; you can learn more about them at wwwrichiesdinercom/. Richie's has a fairly standard process for serving food that goes something like this:

1. Seat customers.

2. Give each customer a menu.

3. Take the customer's drink order.

4. Take the customer's food order.

5. Prepare the food.

6. Deliver the food to the table.

7. Present the bill at the end of the meal.

8. Collect payment.

Servers record drink and food orders on paper; the kitchen uses those orders to prepare the food. Servers use copies of the orders to prepare the bill. Customers are supposed to pay at the cash register, but many give their credit card or cash to the server for processing.

a. Consider the five business processes described in the chapter. Which one best applies to the activities described? Why?

b. Does Richie's need an accounting information system? Why or why not?

c. If you were an accountant for Richie's, how might you demonstrate the AICPA core competencies discussed in the chapter in your interaction with management?

d. Suggest one example of each generic AIS element within the context of Richie's. The generic elements are input, process, output. storage, and internal control.

e. Do a Goole search on 'operating a successful restaurant.° Pick one of the articles it produces and evaluate it using the UMUC criteria.