1. Using the example of a bank, give examples of information systems for each of the four levels of scope shown in Figure 7-1. Describe three workgroup information systems that are likely to duplicate data. Explain how the characteristics of information systems in Figure 7-1 relate to your examples.
In the example of a bank, personal, workgroup, enterprise, and inter-enterprise information system are personal email of a single employee (for example 000@audi.com), Customer service system, Audi online webpage, and AUB cashier’s office and Audi Bank relatively. The three workgroups are the customer service, accounting, and sales department. They all share common information of customers such as customer’s name, age, account ID …etc.
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For example, the customer service would have client’s name, age, address, year of birth and birthday, nationality. Accounting would have client’s name, account number, transaction history as well as balance amount. As for the sales/marketing department would have client’s name, age, profession, and interest for their marketing purposes. These three silos are likely to cause data duplication and inconsistencies, and as well as lack of integrated information. All of these problems will lead to an increase expenses.
3. Using your answer to question 2, describe an enterprise information system that will eliminate the silos. Would the implementation of your system require process reengineering? Explain why or why not.
An enterprise information system that would eliminate these silos and their problems would be one that would connect all systems together. This system is ERP(Enterprise Resources Planning) and implementing this system requires business reengineering because a change to the entire system must be done and it is done through business reengineering.
4. Is the information system you proposed in your answer to question 3 an application of CRM, ERP, or EAI? If so, which one and why? If not, explain why not.
The information system I proposed in question #3 is an ERP(Enterprise Resources Planning). I proposed this system because this system collects all the informations in one and single database where
The different information systems are filing cabinets where hard copies are stores or electronically which can be saved changes can
Question 1: Describe two effects of database tools and technologies on business performance and decision making.
5. Enterprise systems potentially integrate the business process functionality and information from all of an organization's functional areas. True False
Watch any amount of television throughout the day and at some point a sexually charged commercial advertisement will be aired. The commercial could show to barely dressed, large breasted, beautiful women fighting in a public location about whether or not the beer is "great tasting or less filling". Another commercial will hint that using their body spray will lead to attracting not only one women but an entire room full of women. Not to worry, the advertising agencies have not forgotten about giving the ladies some commercial eye candy as well. Remember the commercial about the office full of women employees drinking there diet soda while staring out the window at the shirtless,
Improve information and management systems o Implement a new ERP system to provide accurate, timely data; reinvestigate MRP system
Phase 3 tasks 1 Components of technology systems Questions 1-4 for Group project, part 2:
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Q4: Can a standard software system like SAP give adequate computer support to an individually designed business management system? Take a stand, and give some rationale for your position.
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Our company needs a mission critical information technology system. We are going to develop a workflow system that will help in eradicating the bottlenecks we are experiencing in the current paper based system. The system is important to the business, as it will ensure integrated approval of hires, routing, approval of requests and expense reporting. To facilitate operations, we are going to have a single database for storage will be accessible from different locations (ITL Education Solutions, 2010).
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3. Give three business examples (not mentioned in the text) of data that must be processed to provide useful information.
In today’s day and age where sexuality and the need to be thin has become prominent in both fashion and the advertising market, it is important to create product for everyone in mind. The purpose of Forces of Nature’s research is to determine if there is a market in producing clothing that is made with the everyday girl in mind.
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