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Management Information Systems

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Management Information Systems

Information Technology RULES the world!!!

Set of interrelated componentsCollects, stores and distributes informationSupports decision making and control in an organization

Key elements:

IS

IT Data

People Business Process

INFORMATION SYSTEMS

INPUT INPUTPROCESSING

ClassifyArrange

Calculate

PROCESSINGClassifyArrange

Calculate

OUTPUTOUTPUT

Regulatory Agencies

Stockholders Competitors

CustomersSuppliers

ENVIRONMENT

ORGANIZATION

Feedback

INFORMATION SYSTEM

INFORMATION SYSTEMS COMPONENTS

• Inputs: raw data– May be physical, electronic or conceptual– May use a manual or automated process

• Processing: conversion of inputs to outputs– May be comprised of computations, data storage, choosing

alternatives– May be a manual or automated process

• Outputs: information used to make decisions– May be delivered in paper form or electronically– Outputs of one system may be inputs to another system

• Feedback/assessment: outputs used to improve system performance– Can flag for incorrect processing– Cue for managerial interventions– Supply estimates of future input values (forecasting)

NEED FOR INFORMATION SYSTEMS

•Globalization opportunities

Emergence of the internet

• Emerging Digital Firm

digital firm – one in which all significant business relationships are digitally enabled and core business processes are accomplished through digital networks. any information available anytime anywhere responds rapidly to environments flexibility

time shifting 24x7 work culture space shifting global workshop

From customer• Dealer Identification #• Model• Color

Data

• Shipping instructions• Invoices• Production reports

INFORMATION SYSTEM

INFORMATION SYSTEM

Information

Vehicle Order Management System

Manufacturing plants

Manufacturing plants InventoriesInventories FactoriesFactories

OBJECTIVES OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS

INFORMATION SYSTEMS

IMPROVED DECISION MAKING

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE

NEW PRODUCTS,

SERVICES & BUSINESS MODELS

CUSTOMER-SUPPLIER INTIMACY

OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE

SURVIVAL

OPERATIONAL

EXCELLENCE

OBJECTIVES OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS - 1

IMPROVE EFFICIENCY

HIGH PRODUCTIVITY

The Wal Mart Example

•It is the world's largest public corporation by revenue, according to the 2008 Fortune Global 500

•largest private employer in the United States

•and the largest grocery retailer in the United States

Information Systems+

Brilliant business practices+

Supportive management

=

Success

Wal Mart uses RetailLink System

OBJECTIVES OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS - 2

NEW

PRODUCTS,

SERVICES &

BUSINESS

MODELS

ENABLING TOOL TOCREATENEW PRODUCTS, SERVICES & BUSINESS MODELS

A SAMPLE BUSINESS

MODEL

CUSTOMER-

SUPPLIER

INTIMACY

KNOW YOUR CUSTOMER

Good service

Revenue&

Profits up

KNOW YOUR SUPPLIER

Cost down

Engaging suppliers

OBJECTIVES OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS - 3

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The JCPenney Example

TAL Apparel, a shirt maker in Hong Kong (China),+

retail giant JC Penney in the United States

=Power Synchronization

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JCPenneyStore 1

JCPenneyStore 2

JCPenneyStore n

TAL(Hong Kong)

Point of s

ales data

JCPenney cedes functions to TALTAL responds directly to customer-demandManufacturer-customer link is strongTAL analyses sales of a new design in JCPenney StoresTAL, not JCPenney, decides how many more of the new design to manufactureSales forecasting was now done by TAL and not JCPenney

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Analyse this relation called VENDOR-MANAGED-INVENTORY

Advantages:

•Saves time •Saves money

Hurdles:

•Suitable only for big firms because it requires high investments.

OBJECTIVES OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS - 4IM

PROVED

DECISION

MAKING

Lack of Information

forecast

best guesses

luck

Over Production

Under Production

Poor response

times

Misallocationof

resources

OBJECTIVES OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS - 5COMPETITIVE

ADVANTAGE

IMPROVED

DECISION

MAKING

CUSTOMER-

SUPPLIER

INTIMACY

NEW

PRODUCTS,

SERVICES &

BUSINESS

MODELS

OPERATIONAL

EXCELLENCE

COMPETITIVE

ADVANTAGE

Charging less for superior products

Responding to customers and suppliers in real time

Higher salesHigher profits

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THE DELL

EXAMPLE

Dell Computer has changed the competitive landscape by:

•Offering customized products directly to customers on demand without premiums in either price or lead time

•Minimizing inventory to unthinkable levels

•Being agile—quickly responding to the market/technology changes

•Eliminating the cost and risk of finished goods inventory

•Successfully executing a mass customization strategy quarter after quarter, year after year

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Mass customization is the use of flexible computer-aided manufacturing systems to produce custom output. Those systems combine the low unit costs of mass production processes with the flexibility of individual customization.

SURVIVAL OBJECTIVES OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS - 6

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END OF SESSION - 1

September 7, 2009 - Section ASeptember 8, 2009 - Section B

DIMENSIONS OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Information Systems

Organizations Technology

Management

Effective understanding of organization, management & IT

Organizations

•Key elements

People Structure Business Process Politics Culture

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People

• Executives• Knowledge workers• Data workers• Production workers• Service workers

Organizations

Structure

Strategic Management

Tactical Management

Operational Management

InformationD

ecis

ions

Structured

Semi-structured

Unstructured

Ad HocUnscheduledSummarizedInfrequentForward LookingExternalWide scope

Pre-specifiedScheduledDetailedFrequentHistoricalInternalNarrow Focus

Organizations

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Supervisor

• Requires detailed information• How many items available?• How many items on order?

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Branch Manager

• Requires less detailed information & more general information• How much stock to order?• How much floor space required?• Dollar value of sales

Operational Level

Tactical Level

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Strategic Level President/ Vice President/ CEO/ Directors• Requires even less detailed information • Overall branch performance• To open/ close a branch• Strategies

illustra

tion

Business Process

Manufacturing & Production Assembling the product

FUNCTIONAL AREA BUSINESS PROCESS

• checking for quality• Producing bills of materials

Sales & Marketing Identifying customers

• making customers aware of the product• selling the product

Finance & Accounting Paying creditors

• creating financial statements• managing cash accounts

Human Resources Hiring Employees

• Evaluating employees’ job performance• Enrolling employees in benefit plans

•Manner in which work is organized, coordinated, focused to produce a valuable product or service•These processes can be decomposed into several sub-processes, which have their own attributes. •All these sub-processes contribute towards achieving of the major goal.

Organizations

SALES

ACCOUNTING

MANUFACTURING & PRODUCTION

Generate order

Submit order

Check audit

Approve credit

Generate invoice

Assemble product

Ship product

A sample business process

Politics

Political Behavior

•Activities that are not required as part of one’s formal role in the organization•But influence, or attempt to influence, the distribution of advantages or disadvantages within the organization

Different people Different view points

resources

rewards

punishment

about

Conflict

Organizations

Culture

• Bedrock, unassailable, unquestioned assumptions that define goals and products• What the organization should produce?• How the organization should produce the products?• Rarely publicly spoken

Powerful unifying force

•Restrains political conflict•Promotes common understanding, agreement on procedures & common practices

Powerful Restraint on change

•Resists change to any basic assumptions

Organizations

Management

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MANAGER

• BERATE ANYONE WHO’S SLIGHTLY LATE• UNNECESSARY MEETING• PROMOTE THE UNQUALIFIED• DUCK OUT AT 3:00 PM TO PLAY GOLF

Manager must

• perceive business challenges in the environment• set organizational strategy to address these challenges• allocate human and financial resources to coordinate work • exercise responsible leadership • create new products and services• be creative

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Success

Management

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Technology

• Computer Hardware physical equipments

• Computer Software preprogrammed instructions

• Data Management Technology software concerning storage of data on physical storage media

• Networking and Telecommunications Technology physical devices and software to link various systems for data transfer networks - internet/ intranet/ extranet

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Hardware

Software

Databases

Networks

Other related components

is used to buildINFORMATION SYSTEMS

Payroll System

Inventory System

Marketing System

Customer Service System

INFORMATION SYSTEMS Vs INFORMATION TECHNOLOGYTechnology

Business StrategicObjectives

Business Processes

Business StrategicObjectives

Business ProcessesSoftware

Hardware

Data Management

Tele-communicationsBusiness Firm Information

System

INTERDEPENDENCE BETWEEN ORGANIZATIONS AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS

A BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE ON INFORMATION SYSTEMS

support of business operations

automation of business process simplification of business processes reengineering of business processes

support of managerial decision making

Improved co-ordination among various functional areas Dynamic scheduling among the different functional areas

support of strategic competitive advantage

Shortening of response time Up-to-date information on revenues, budget performance E-business opportunities

The Indian Railways Passenger

Reservation System example

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• Largest and busiest rail networks in the world• 18 million passengers and more than 2 million tonnes of freight daily• 6,909 stations over a total route length of more than 63,327 kilometers

Aug2005

Aug2006

Aug2007

Aug2008

299 e-tickets

295, 062e-tickets

1,093,961 e-tickets

3,269,681e-tickets

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Speaks of ecommerce viability in India

Impact of Information Systems

•Reduction in cost of labor

•Reduction in transaction cost for customers, suppliers, distributors

•Faster decision support resulting in customer satisfaction

•Higher productivity and performance

CONTEMPORARY APPROACHES TO INFORMATION SYSTEMS

MIS

Sociology

Economics

PsychologyManagementScience

ComputerScience

Operations Research

BEHAVIORAL APPROACH

TECHNICAL APPROACH

TECHNICAL APPROACH

Features:

•Use of mathematical models to study IS•Physical technology & Formal capabilities of IS

COMPUTER SCIENCE

Theories of computabilityMethods of computationMethods of efficient data storage

MANAGEMENT SCIENCE

Decision-making modelsManagement practices

OPERATIONS RESEARCH

Mathematical Techniques

BEHAVIORAL APPROACH

Features:

•Does not ignore technology•Development and Maintenance of IS

SOCIOLOGY

Studies how Groups, OrganizationsIndividuals influence system development and vice versa

PSYCHOLOGY

Studies how decision-makers use information

ECONOMICS

Studies dynamics of digital markets and how IS can affect cost and structures within a firm

HOW BUSINESSES USE INFORMATION SYSTEMS

BUSINESS PROCESSES AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS

• What is a business process?

Unique ways of workflowsA business is a collection of business processesSource of competitive strength if they enable the organization to innovateLiability if based on outdated waysTied to a specific functional areaMay cross different functional areas

HOW DO INFORMATION SYSTEMS ENHANCE BUSINESS PROCESSES ?

•Increasing the efficiency of existing processes Automating business processes

•Enabling entirely new processes that are capable of transforming the business

Changing flow of informationSimultaneous access to informationEliminates delay in decision-makingExamples: iTunes

Amazon

END OF SESSION - 2

- Section B

TYPES OF BUSINESS INFORMATION SYSTEMS

FUNCTIONAL PERSPECTIVE

SALES Contacting customersSelling the products and servicesTaking ordersFollowing up on sales

MAREKTING Identifying customersDetermining customer needsPlanning and Developing products & services to meet customer needAdvertising and promoting products & services

SALES & MARKETING SYSTEMS

MARKETING INFORMATION SYSTEMS

For monitoring the efficiency and effectiveness of the distribution of their products and services, sales managers need information to plan and monitor the sales force

Management needs information on the performance of specific products, product lines, or brands

Price, revenue, cost and growth information can be used for pricing decisions, for evaluating the performance of current products, and for predicting the performance of future products

System Description Groups Served

Order processing Enter, process & track orders

Operational Management

Pricing analysis Determine prices for products & services

Middle Management

Sales trend forecasting Prepare five-year sales forecasts

Senior Management

Monitor trends affecting new productsPlanning for new productsMonitor performance of competitors

Supports market research

Analyses advertising & promotional

campaigns

Locating prospective customersTracking sales

Processing orders

• Sales support systems are applications that facilitate the interface between the sales force and the corporation in the support of the customer

SALES SUPPORT SYSTEMS

Sales file

Sales System

Data elements in Sales File

Store #Item #Item descriptionColor

Sales data

Management reports

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Online Queries

A SALES INFORMATION SYSTEM

Sales Report : November 2008

Item# Description Units sold

1234 ABC 850

5678 XYZ 1050

To inventory & production systems

MANUFACTURING & PRODUCTION SYSTEMS

MANUFACTURING & PRODUCTION

PlanningDevelopmentMaintenance of production facilitiesEstablishment of production goalsFacilities, materials, laborScheduling of equipmentAvailability of production materials

Machine control Controls the actions of machines & equipment

Operational Management

Production Planning Decides when and how many products should be produced

Middle Management

Facilities location Decides where to locate new production facilities

Senior Management

System Description Groups Served

Inventory Master

file

Inventory Control System

Data elements in inventory master file

Item CodeDescriptionUnits on orderReorder point

Shipment & Order data

Management reports

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Online Queries

AN INVENTORY SYSTEM

Item Code

Description Units on hand

Units on order

1234 Fan belt 10, 211 0

5678 Power cord 55, 710 77,000

FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING SYSTEMS

FINANCE

ACCOUNTING

managing firm’s financial assets (cash, stocks, bonds etc) managing the capitalization of the firm determining ROI

maintaining and managing firm’s financial records oversee and manage flow of funds into the firm

System Description Groups Served

Accounts receivable Tracks money owed by the firm

Operational Management

Budgeting Prepares short-term budget Middle Management

Profit Planning Prepares long-term profit Senior Management

A/R Master

file

Accounts Receivable

System

Data elements in A/R Master file

Customer #NameAddressCredit limitInvoice number

Invoice Customer data

Management reports

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Online Queries

AN ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE SYSTEM

Cust #

Name Current Balance

1234 ABC 2011.00

5678 XYZ 5510.00

To general ledger

HUMAN RESOURCES SYSTEMS

HUMANRESOURCES

responsible for attracting, developing and maintaining firm’s workforce

System Description Groups Served

Training & Development Tracks employee training, skills & performance appraisals

Operational Management

Compensation analysis Monitors the range and distribution of employee wages, salaries & benefits

Middle Management

HR Planning Plans the long-term labor force needs of the organization

Senior Management

Employee Master file

Human Resources

System

Data elements in Employee Master file

Employee #NameAddressAgeEducational Background

Employee data

Management reports

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AN EMPLOYEE RECORD KEEPING SYSTEM

Employees before December 2008

Emp# Name Date of Join

1234 ABC 13/05/2007

5678 XYZ 06/11/2008

To payroll

CONSTITUENCY PERSPECTIVE

TYPES OF BUSINESS INFORMATION SYSTEMS

• Examines systems in terms of level of management and types of decision that they support

INFORMATION

Senior ManagersMiddle Managers

Operational Managers

Knowledge workers

Summaryinfo

SpecificInfo on specific Functional areas

Transaction-levelinfo

External or internal databases

TRANSACTION PROCESSING SYSTEMS (TPS)

• Keeps track of elementary activities and transactions of the organizations• Performs and records the daily routine transactions necessary to conduct business• most suitable for pre-defined, structured tasks• usually has high volumes of inputs and outputs• repetitive in nature• central to a business • major producers of information for other types of systems• managers use TPS to monitor internal operations and relations with external environment

Operational Managers

Order Processing

System

Materials ResourcePlanning System

General ledger System

MIS files

Sales data

Unit product costdata

Productchange data

TPS

Expense data

MIS

Order file

Productionmaster file

Accountingfile

MIS

reports

managers

Middle ManagersMANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS

• serves middle management• normally draw data from TPS • converts data into information for monitoring performance• transactions in TPS are analysed and reported by MIS• large volumes of inputs & summary report outputs• generally provide answers to routine questions specified in advance• follows a predefined procedure for answering questions• not flexible• have little analytical capability

MarketStar caseExhibit 2

Corporatedatabasesofinternaldata

Databasesofexternaldata

Databasesofvalidtransactions

Operationaldatabases

Transactionprocessingsystems

Managementinformationsystems

Decisionsupportsystems

Executivesupportsystems

Expertsystems

Businesstransactions

Input anderror list

Drill-down reports

Exception reports

Demand reports

Key-indicator reports

Scheduledreports

Employees

Corporateintranet

Applicationdatabases

SOURCES OF MIS

OUTPUTS OF A MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM

• Scheduled reports• Produced periodically, or on a schedule (daily, weekly,

monthly)

• Key-indicator report• Summarizes the previous day’s critical activities

• Typically available at the beginning of each day

• Demand report• Gives certain information at a manager’s request

• Exception report• Automatically produced when a situation is unusual or

requires management action

Scheduled Report Example

Daily Sales Detail Report

Prepared: 08/10/xx

Order#

CustomerID

Sales Rep ID

ShipDate Quantity Item # Amount

P12453 C89321 CAR 08/12/96 144 P1234 $3,214

P12453 C89321 CAR 08/12/96 288 P3214 $5,660

P12453 C03214 GWA 08/13/96 12 P4902 $1,224

P12455 C52313 SAK 08/12/96 24 P4012 $2,448

P12456 C34123 JMW 08J/13/96 144 P3214 $720

Key Indicator Report Example

Daily Sales Key Indicator Report

ThisMonth

LastMonth

LastYear

Total Orders Month to Date $1,808 $1,694 $1,014

Forecasted Sales for the Month $2,406 $2,224 $2,608

Demand Report Example

Daily Sales by Sales Rep Summary Report

Prepared: 08/10/xx

Sales Rep ID Amount

CAR $42,345

GWA $38,950

SAK $22,100

JWN $12,350

Exception Report Example

Daily Sales Exception Report – ORDERS OVER $10,000

Prepared: 08/10/xx

Order#

CustomerID

Sales Rep ID

ShipDate Quantity Item # Amount

P12453 C89321 CAR 08/12/96 144 P1234 $13,214

P12453 C89321 CAR 08/12/96 288 P3214 $15,660

P12453 C03214 GWA 08/13/96 12 P4902 $11,224

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Middle ManagersDECISION-SUPPORT SYSTEMS (DSS)

• support non-routine decision making for middle management• follow procedures which are not fully predefined• combines information from external sources ( eg: current stock prices)• use a variety of models to analyze data • condenses data into a form in which decision-makers can analyse • include user-friendly software

Characteristics of a DSS (1)

• Handles large amounts of data from different sources

• Provides report and presentation flexibility

• Offers both textual and graphical orientation

Characteristics of a DSS (2)

• Supports drill down analysis

• Performs complex, sophisticated analysis and comparisons using advanced software packages

Characteristics of a DSS (3)

• Performs different types of analyses– “What-if” analysis

• Makes hypothetical changes to problem and observes impact on the results

– Simulation• Duplicates features of a real system

– Goal-seeking analysis• Determines problem data required for a given

result

Capabilities of a DSS (1)

• Supports– Problem solving phases– Different decision frequencies

Frequencylow high

Merge withanother

company?

How many widgets

should I order?

Capabilities of a DSS (2)

• Highly structured problems– Straightforward problems, requiring known

facts and relationships.

• Semi-structured or unstructured problems– Complex problems wherein relationships

among data are not always clear, the data may be in a variety of formats, and are often difficult to manipulate or obtain

EXECUTIVE SUPPORT SYSTEMS

• Characteristics– A specialized DSS that

includes all the hardware, software, data, procedures, and people used to assist senior-level executives within the organization

Board of directors

President

Function areavice presidents

Function areamanagers

Senior Managers

Characteristics of ESS• Tailored to individual executives• Easy to use• Drill down capabilities• Support the need for external data• Help with situations with high degree of uncertainty• Linked with value-added business processes• Address non-routine decisions requiring judgment,

insight, evaluation• Draw summarized information from external MIS and

DSS

ESS

MIS DSS

TPS

INTER-RELATIONSHIP OF SYSTEMS ON ONE ANOTHER

ENTERPRISE SYSTEMS (1)

MANUFACTURINGMANUFACTURING

SALES & MARKETINGSALES & MARKETING

FINANCEFINANCE

HUMAN RESOURCESHUMAN RESOURCES

BUSINESS PROCESS

BUSINESS PROCESS

ENTERPRISE – WIDE BUSINESS PROCESS

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ENTERPRISE SYSTEMS (2)

• Also called Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems• Integrates key business processes of a firm into a single system• Enables information to flow seamlessly throughout the organization• Main focus on internal processes •May include transactions with customers & vendors• Enables speedy communication of information