DIPLOMA COMPUTER ENGINEERING INFORMATION SYSTEMS TIME ALLOWED: 3 Hours Question 1 Why do businesses and other organisations have to plan strategically? What factors affect the timescale of the strategic plan? (20 marks) Question 2 Describe the benefits and difficulties that might arise for a small building society that wishes to install an expert system to undertake checking the suitability of potential borrowers. (20 marks) Question 3 A long-established traditional furniture manufacturer has a
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1. Explain Porter’s Five Forces Model and how Bill can use it to analyze his current business and his expansion. Be sure to address each of the 5 forces and explain to Bill what they mean for his business. Sassy shoes needs to stay competitive and profitable in the shoe industries. In order to do this they will need to analyze the business environment to determine the strategies they will need to implement. To do this they will use Porter’s Five Forces Model. • Threat of Substitute of Products
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PROJECT 2ND SEM 2011- 2012 PROJECT NAME: PATIENT INFORMATION SYSTEM Project Specifications: Patient Information System (PIS) - Introduction This software can be used to keep track of the patients registering in a hospital or clinic. Also‚ this system supports accessing the previous visit histories of any patient‚ search for patients by name and other properties etc. Patient Information System - Requirements PIS will support registering patients.
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Introduction and Case Background “Knowledge management systems are knowledge-based systems that support the creation‚ organization and dissemination of business knowledge within the enterprise.” (O’Brien and Marakas‚ 2006‚ p15) In today’s information age we are constantly reminded of the importance of storing or retaining knowledge; with more people now employed as knowledge workers than ever before‚ the concept of a knowledge management system to retain within an organisation its knowledge and make
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tracking system? The company’s inputs are: package information‚ customer signature‚ pickup‚ delivery and timecard data‚ data location and billing and customer clearance documentation. And how they process it is by simply transmitting data into the central network. The driver places the DIAD into the UPS truck’s vehicle adapter then the package tracking information is then transmitted to UPS’s network for storage and processing in the main computers. And the output will be the information can be
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Preparation Resources Module 9: Information systems and decision support systems Overview This module looks at information systems in the context of business management‚ and explores the key aspects of the various types of decision support systems. It begins with an introduction to the three types of management decision support systems — management information systems (MIS) (operational)‚ decision support systems (DSS) (tactical)‚ and executive support systems (ESS) (strategic). The functions
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UPS COMPETES GLOBALLY WITH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Q1. Inputs‚ processing‚ and outputs are the three activities for the UPS’s package tracking system. The inputs include package information‚ customer signature‚ pickup‚ delivery‚ time-card data‚ current location‚ and billing and customer clearance documentation. Processing is transmitting the data to a central computer and stored for retrieval. Data are also reorganized so that they can be tracked by customer account‚ date‚ driver‚ and other criteria
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3.2 Advantages of the IS system 3.2.1 Intranet By using the Intranet to inform the detail of visual merchandising and windows display‚ is a simply but efficient way. It can enhance the efficiency of information sharing by the expert team in the Galician headquarter. First‚ Intranet is a user-friendly information system‚ it can be easily operated by the staff members. Visual merchandiser in each store can enter the Intranet by their staff identity‚ details of the new visual merchandising can
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of MIS 2.The relationship between organizational structure and MIS 3.Information requirements for MIS 4.Different types of MIS 5.The process of developing a MIS 6.Criteria for MIS 7.Strategies for determining MIS design STEP 1 = MIS- MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM "An integrated user-machine system for providing information to support operations‚ management and decision making functions in an organization. The system utilizes computerized and manual procedures; models for analysis‚ planning
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Running head: INFORMATION SYSTEMS PROPOSAL Information Systems Proposal BIS/220 January 26‚ 2012 Information Systems Proposal The De-Vinyl Record Store Prepared for Co-partner The De-Vinyl Record Store Prepared by Co-partner The De-Vinyl Record Store Proposal Number: CB01-12 Table of Contents
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