Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Support Systems
Executives
Communications
Office automation
Analysis support
Intelligence
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Corporate-wide system
Provides holistic information
From a corporate view
Part of enterprise resource planning (ERP)
systems
For business intelligence
Leading up to enterprise information portals
and knowledge management systems
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Wetherbe's Approach
1. Structured Interviews
IBM's Business System Planning (BSP)
Critical Success Factors (CSF)
Ends/Means (E/M) Analysis
2. Prototyping
Watson and Frolick's Approach
Other Methods
Characteristics of EIS
Drill down
Critical success Factors (CSF)
Status access
Analysis
Exception reporting
Colors and audio
Navigation of information
Communication
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Quality of information
User interface
Technical capability provided
Benefits
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EIS
Data access
Data warehousing
OLAP
Multidimensional analysis
Presentations
Web
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Multidimensional Analysis
Representative OLAP /
Multidimensional Analysis
Packages
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Definitions of ODSS
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Common Characteristics of
ODSS (George, 1991)
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Supply Chain
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SCM Benefits
inventory levels
cycle time
processes
customer service
Increase profitability
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Upstream
Internal supply chain
Downstream
Involves product life cycle activities
Example (Figure 8.2)
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Supply Chain
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Outsourcing
Buy, not make
Configure optimal shipping plans
Optimize purchasing
Strategic partnerships with suppliers
Just-in-time delivery of purchases
Reduce intermediaries
Reduce lead times (EDI)
Use fewer suppliers
Improve the supplier-buyer relationships
Build-to-order
Accurate demand by working with suppliers
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Computerized Systems
MRP
ERP
SCM
Integrating the supply chain
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SAP
Baan
PeopleSoft
Oracle
J.D. Edwards
Computer Associates
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ERP
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Outsourcing
groupware technologies
presentation and customization
publishing and distribution
search
categorization
integration
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