Geng Wang Case ABCs of Spend Analysis Why are data analysis skills and thinking so important to spend analysis? Can’t software applications be used to generate the information needed automatically? Data analysis skill is important to decision making. We cannot understand why the company isn’t doing well but keeps very high productivity without data – perhaps the total cost for operating the robots are too high‚ perhaps the number of workers is too big‚ perhaps the demand for the products
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is “Captures raw data from organization or external environment”. Based on this definition‚ in UPS packaging tracking system‚ inputs are the detailed information about the senders‚ the destination‚ and when the package should arrive. All of the information is saved in the scannable bar-code label which is attached on a package. Also‚ when a package arrive a UPS milestone station‚ or on the way to a UPS station‚ the location information of this package is an input. Processing is changing or transforming
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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 would not comment
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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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Business informatics iPad Case Study 1- Evaluate the impact of the iPad using porter’s competitive forces model. 2- What makes the iPad a disruptive technology? Who do you think are the winners and losers of the iPad’s success? Why ? • iPad can be considered as a disruptive technology because it is achieving success in many fields ‚ specially in media ‚ so many users of normal ways of viewing media are transferring from those traditional ways and start using iPad ‚ so iPad is destroying other’s
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MIS 2301 Winter Gear Distribution Case Study wPlaces order Confirm order and delivery date‚ issues invoice confirms invoice fulfills order and ships goods follow up delivery conditions met‚ and payment received wPlaces order Confirm order and delivery date‚ issues invoice confirms invoice fulfills order and ships goods follow up delivery conditions met‚ and payment received Winter Gear Distribution Winter Gear Distribution FastFit FastFit 1. WGB WGB FastFit
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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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include pickup and delivery times‚ location while en route‚ and package recipient. The outputs also include various reports‚ such as all packages for a specific account or a specific driver or route‚ as well as summary reports for management. CASE STUDY QUESTIONS 1. What are the inputs‚ processing‚ and outputs of UPS’s package tracking system? Inputs: The inputs include package information‚ customer signature‚ pickup‚ delivery‚ time-card data‚ current location (while en route)‚ and billing
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Case Study: UPS ( page 54) 1. What are the inputs‚ processing‚ and outputs of UPS’s package tracking system? Inputs: The inputs include package information‚ customer signature‚ pickup‚ delivery‚ time-card data‚ current location (while en route)‚ and billing and customer clearance documentation. Processing: The data is transmitted to a central computer and stored for retrieval. Data is also reorganized so that it can be tracked by customer account‚ date‚ driver‚ and other criteria. Outputs:
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from MIS and how they • Demonstrate how executive support systems (ESS) help senior managers make better decisions. • Evaluate the role of information systems in helping people working in a group make decisions more efficiently. 12.2 © 2010 by Prentice Hall Management Information Systems Enhancing Decision Making Decision Making and Information f S Systems • Business value of improved p decision making g • Improving hundreds of thousands of “small” decisions adds up to large
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