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How do organizations gain a competitive advangatage using IS inside the organization?
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they determine a competitive strategy and design value chaines to achieve the strategy
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What are the three fundamental types of IS within Organizatons
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1. Calculation Systems
2. Functional Systems 3. Integrated, Cross-Functinal Systems |
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Calculation Systems
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-very first information systems
-purpose is to relieve workers of tedious, repetitive human calculations ex. payroll, general ledger, and inventory |
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Functional systems
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-second era facilitated the work of a single department or function
-sometimes called islands of automation becuase they work independently of one another |
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Integrated Cross Functional Systems
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systems were designed not to facilitate the work of a single department or function, but rather to integrate the activities in an entrie business process.
-sometimes called process-based systems becuase they support complete business processes |
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How do functional systems relate to the value chain?
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they are supported first by the humans that perform work in the primary activities, and the human resources with primary activities are supposted, in turn, by accouting and other infrastructure
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what are the basic types of functional systems?
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1. marketing and sales systems
2. operations 3. manufacturing 4. human resources 5. accounting and finance |
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The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
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revision of Exchange Act of 1934, enacted to prevent corporate fraud.
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What are the problem of functional systems?
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limitied becuase they work in isolation
-lack of data integrity |
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how do the cross-functional systems relate to the value chane?
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-designed to overcome problems in functional systems
-it intergrates primary value chain activities with human resources and accounting |
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primary activities
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relate directly to the organization's customers and products
ex. in bound logistics/ operations or manufacturing/out bound logistics/service and support/marketing and sales |
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support activities
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facilitated by human resource, accounting, and infrastructure, procurement, and technology activities
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push production planning
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organization creates a production plan or schedule and pushes goods through manufacturing and sales
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pull production planning
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responds to customer demand`
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radio-frequency identification tags
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a computer chip that transmits data about the container, product, or equipment to which it is attatched
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How do organizations gain a competitive advangatage using IS inside the organization?
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they determine a competitive strategy and design value chaines to achieve the strategy
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What are the three fundamental types of IS within Organizatons
|
1. Calculation Systems
2. Functional Systems 3. Integrated, Cross-Functinal Systems |
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Calculation Systems
|
-very first information systems
-purpose is to relieve workers of tedious, repetitive human calculations ex. payroll, general ledger, and inventory |
|
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Functional systems
|
-second era facilitated the work of a single department or function
-sometimes called islands of automation becuase they work independently of one another |
|
|
Integrated Cross Functional Systems
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systems were designed not to facilitate the work of a single department or function, but rather to integrate the activities in an entrie business process.
-sometimes called process-based systems becuase they support complete business processes |
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How do functional systems relate to the value chain?
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they are supported first by the humans that perform work in the primary activities, and the human resources with primary activities are supposted, in turn, by accouting and other infrastructure
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what are the basic types of functional systems?
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1. marketing and sales systems
2. operations 3. manufacturing 4. human resources 5. accounting and finance |
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The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
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revision of Exchange Act of 1934, enacted to prevent corporate fraud.
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What are the problem of functional systems?
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limitied becuase they work in isolation
-lack of data integrity |
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how do the cross-functional systems relate to the value chane?
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-designed to overcome problems in functional systems
-it intergrates primary value chain activities with human resources and accounting |
