SRI SRI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES 2013-15 A FIELD REPORT ON MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS OF Submitted by: Group 7 Sameera Tamvada Aveek Raichoudhuri ABSTRACT Management information Systems (MIS)‚ sometimes referred to as Information Management and Systems‚ are the discipline covering the application of people‚ technologies‚ and procedures — collectively called information systems — to solving business problems
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CASE STUDY UPS COMPETES GLOBALLY WITH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY What are the inputs‚ processing‚ and outputs of UPS’s package tracking system? Inputs: The inputs of UPS’s package tracking system include package information picked up from “smart label”. The tracking system also include customer signature‚ pickup‚ delivery information by using hand held DIADs. The package tracking system also input the information about the current location (while en route) of the package and billing and customer
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the Problem-Solving Process The Role of Critical Thinking in Problem Solving The Connection Between Business Objectives‚ Problems‚ and Solutions 4. Information Systems and Your Career How Information Systems Will Affect Business Careers Information Systems and Your Career: Wrap-Up How This Book Prepares You for the Future 1.5 Hands-On MIS Key Terms The following alphabetical list identifies the key terms discussed in this chapter. The page number for each key term is provided
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MIS Case Studies Case 1 SystemX Inc. Withdraws Rs. 1 Billion SoftGuide Acquisition Offer The following is an excerpt from a news article in the Daily Update‚ March 07‚ 2010 “SystemX Inc.‚ called off its acquisition of SoftGuide Knowledge Consultants‚ Friday‚ saying that 1 Billion was too high a price.” (SoftGuide has a considerable market share in Training and Development services and would therefore help SystemX to diversify and expand its range of services to customers.) “Although SystemX officials
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all together in order for it to suppress all the difference of the idea and process the positive thoughts then release and take away destructive thoughts so far. 2. Can the information system aid in achieving shared values? In the view to Professor A.Van Cauwebergh of a turerup University‚ it is so called an aid in achieving shared values. It is not information system that makes work done but it is done with the help of planning and rule making in order for it to work. It is also known that
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CASE STUDY 1 – Unraveling the Jargon The consultant’s reply was: “In my investigation of your applications portfolios‚ I’ve applied … to the logical data structures and have discovered a very high frequency – approximately 93.286% - of data embedded in application program logic which is largely responsible for the integrity and synchronization problem currently being encountered. As a solution‚ I would recommend the design of a master database each of which would employ relational technology to
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Vans is considered as the largest and most profitable show manufacturer in the world. Vans’s success relies on the network structure that Vans founder and CEO Philip Knight created‚ allowing the company to produce and market shoes. Basically‚ the virtual organizational architecture that would allow Vans to focus on some functions such as design and leave others like manufacturing to keep costs low and to give the company greater flexibility. By far‚ the largest function of Vans Oregon is the design
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the finished product section. BMC have 420 employees‚ 170000 sq foot industrialized firm‚ and they prepared with “feeds‚ reels‚ electronic detection systems‚ welds‚ drills‚ taps‚ and assemble stampings” (Brown 699). Moreover‚ according to the book of MIS BMC’s assets are growing in last 6 years which means they are going profitable. In the beginning they had an employee lacking because of the high salary with the high skilled employees‚ and they had 3 people in 1994. Thus‚ they decided the major work
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PAGE NO 1. AVNET – DEVELOPING SYSTEMS TO SUPPORT GLOBAL STRATEGY 03 • SOLUTION 07 2. OFFSHORE OUTSOURCING – GOOD BAD OR DOES NOT MAKE A DIFFERENCE 10 • SOLUTION 14 3. COLGATE-PALMOLIVE KEEPS THE WORLD SMILING 16 • SOLUTION 20 4. BIBLIOGRAPHY 25 [pic] [pic] You probably have not heard of
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TUTORIAL 5 (WEEK 6) Case Study 3 – Enterprise Applications Move to the Cloud Useful Information for CASE STUDY QUESTIONS: Over the past couple of years‚ there’s been a lot of noise from business management software manufacturers about cloud computing and the impact of the cloud on their products and services. Especially from those that produce CRM and ERP applications. From a business user’s point of view‚ whether you choose to implement your software as an on-premise solution or choose a cloud-based
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