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BUS 391 Introduction to Management Information Systems (MIS). Organizations, Processes and Information Systems. Today’s Agenda. Introductions Overview of Business Processes & Information Systems Syllabus: Course Objectives Moodle : Poly Learn Break
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BUS 391Introduction to Management Information Systems (MIS) Organizations, Processes and Information Systems
Today’s Agenda Introductions Overview of Business Processes & Information Systems Syllabus: Course Objectives Moodle: Poly Learn Break Create a one table database in Access for an eBay business
Who are they ?What do they have in common?What do they have in common with the people in the previous slide?
Types of Information Systems Information Systems Inside an Organization
What do these acronyms and terms mean? • ICT • Silo • Business Process • CSF • SCM • CRM • ERP • SAP • SOA Information & Communication Technologies Functional View of Business Set of activities that “adds value” by converting inputs to outputs Critical Success Factors Supply Chain Management Customer Relationship Management Enterprise Resource Planning Systemanalyse und Programmentwicklung (System Analysis and Program Development – later "Systems, Applications and Products in Data Processing”) Service Oriented Architecture – Software as Services
Global competition • Design, manufacturing, materials, assembly, service, etc. • Examples: Apple, Nintendo, Nike • In different parts of the world • Why? • Increased competition • Global markets vs. Local • Pressures to be more efficient and effective
Apple Goes Global 27 products 6,658 employees < $6B in revenues 6 products 21,600 employees >$24B in revenues Manufacturing products – sold by resellers Outsourced manufacturing to Asia 1998 2008
Information revolution Increased use of IT to create, deliver and use information on a global scale Thought Question Are the advances in IT the cause or result of globalization?
Business processes Sequence of tasks or activities that take a set of inputs and convert them into desired inputs What are some Key processes? • Procurement • Order Fulfillment • Production What are the steps in the process? Who is responsible for them?
Financial impact • Key financial statements • Balance sheet • Income statement • Statement of cash flows