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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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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Business Processes and Information Systems of ODEL Management Information System UNITE CODE-O52 [pic] BY: Mohamed Kathafi Eyahudeen ID NO: 12222 UNIT LEADER: George 1. Introduction From a very simple beginning to a grand success story‚ ODEL has changed the clothing retailing business in Sri Lanka with leaps and bounds. ODEL offers not just clothing solutions for its millions of customers spread across borders‚ but a change in life style and a memorable shopping experience.
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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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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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Individual Information Systems Proposal Bobbi Secrist March 31‚ 2013 XBIS/220 Introduction to Computer Application and Systems John Sallee The Ultimate Record Store Table of Contents Page Title Page …………………….............................................................................................. 2 Introduction ……………………………............................................................................. 4 Background Information ……………………………………………………………….. 5 Types of Organizational
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Background Party Plates is a company that designs and manufactures decorative and disposable paper plates and napkins for special occasions. Objective The president of Party Plates has requested that our team form a new proposal. She wants information on wireless technologies and how they might be helpful to the company. As a group we have chosen two major forms of wireless communication that we think would be very helpful in running your operations. We will also state the pros and cons for
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Arlene F. Vinuya‚ Joana Jessica C. Submitted to: Ms. Ma. Lourdes Cervantes December 10‚ 2012 1. Summary of the case The Microsoft case describes how the company was built and gives an insight in their human resource policies‚ from the early 1980’s until 2001. Bill Gates created a competitive work environment in which there was an enormous drive to achievement. Microsoft employed a hiring policy and pushed employees and improves their dedication to the company in exchange with the opportunity
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Critical Information Systems Paper A lot of things in a business can be managed with a well thought out Information System. Regardless of a business‚ computers can help keep up with things that are repetitive tasks‚ and usually involving many man-hours that can be easily saved. They can also give the ability to check critical aspects in seconds instead of having to manually go check on things. One of the biggest things that an Information System can do for a grocery chain is manage inventory
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