Cis/205 Information Systems Paper
Information Systems Paper
Scott Clark
CIS 205
June 20, 2011
Robert Meyers
In society today it has become increasingly necessary to effectively use technologically advanced Information systems and software applications to run an organization. In our technologically advanced and dynamic society, organizations are being pushed to use and operate updated and advanced information systems and software applications to store information, process data and effectively manage day to day operations. In this paper the subject discussed will be how a CIS (computer information systems) can help an organization, what they are, and an example of a CIS and its uses in a retail environment. Referred to as a CIS (computer information system), which include computers, software, hardware, operating systems and …show more content…
Sales data in my company determines allowable labor usage, and labor cost percentage which allows us to calculate employee productivity. At one time, sales figures and data were kept track of manually and they were stored at the main office. At this time my company has updated its CIS by installing two large IBM server banks that allows these figures and data to be tracked by software on a business computer. Now this data is stored at the store level and we can access the figures and data at any time just by accessing one of our many business computers. To aid in ordering and inventory, we have also upgraded to hand held computers. These computers, called Telzons, are wireless hand held computers that allow us to check prices, inventory on hand and order products just by scanning the UPC label of an item. This also used to be done manually, since upgrading, these computers have not only saved time and money, but also have far more accurate pricing and inventory
Scott Clark
CIS 205
June 20, 2011
Robert Meyers
In society today it has become increasingly necessary to effectively use technologically advanced Information systems and software applications to run an organization. In our technologically advanced and dynamic society, organizations are being pushed to use and operate updated and advanced information systems and software applications to store information, process data and effectively manage day to day operations. In this paper the subject discussed will be how a CIS (computer information systems) can help an organization, what they are, and an example of a CIS and its uses in a retail environment. Referred to as a CIS (computer information system), which include computers, software, hardware, operating systems and …show more content…
Sales data in my company determines allowable labor usage, and labor cost percentage which allows us to calculate employee productivity. At one time, sales figures and data were kept track of manually and they were stored at the main office. At this time my company has updated its CIS by installing two large IBM server banks that allows these figures and data to be tracked by software on a business computer. Now this data is stored at the store level and we can access the figures and data at any time just by accessing one of our many business computers. To aid in ordering and inventory, we have also upgraded to hand held computers. These computers, called Telzons, are wireless hand held computers that allow us to check prices, inventory on hand and order products just by scanning the UPC label of an item. This also used to be done manually, since upgrading, these computers have not only saved time and money, but also have far more accurate pricing and inventory