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2.1 © 2007 by Prentice Hall
2
Chapter
Global E-Business:
How Businesses
Use Information
Systems
2.2 © 2007 by Prentice Hall
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Management Information Systems
Chapter 2 Global E-Business: How Businesses Use Information Systems
• Define and describe business processes and
their relationship to information systems.
• Describe the information systems supporting the
major business functions: sales and marketing,
manufacturing and production, finance and
accounting, and human resources.
• Evaluate the role played by systems serving the
various levels of management in a business and
their relationship to each other.
2.3 © 2007 by Prentice Hall
• Explain how enterprise applications and intranets
promote business process integration and
improve organizational performance.
• Assess the role of the information systems
function in a business.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES (Continued)
Management Information Systems
Chapter 2 Global E-Business: How Businesses Use Information Systems
2.4 © 2007 by Prentice Hall
Information Systems Join the Tupperware Party
• Problem: Continuing expansion and transition to
multilevel compensation structure.
• Solutions: Revised ordering processes and monitoring
service levels and sales increase sales.
• Oracle Collaboration Suite and Portal enable order entry
via Web interface, access to integrated corporate
systems, and personal e-commerce sites.
• Demonstrates IT’s role in designing compensation
structure and system integration.
• Illustrates the benefits of revising internal and customer-
related business processes.
Management Information Systems
Chapter 2 Global E-Business: How Businesses Use Information Systems
2.5 © 2007 by Prentice Hall
Business Processes and Information Systems
• Business processes
• How information technology enhances business
processes: efficiency and transformation
Management Information Systems
Chapter 2 Global E-Business: How Businesses Use Information Systems
2.6 © 2007 by Prentice Hall
The Order Fulfillment Process
Figure 2-1
Fulfilling a customer order involves a complex set of steps that requires the close
coordination of the sales, accounting, and manufacturing functions.
Business Processes and Information Systems
Management Information Systems
Chapter 2 Global E-Business: How Businesses Use Information Systems
2.7 © 2007 by Prentice Hall
• Systems from a functional perspective
– Sales and marketing systems
– Manufacturing and production systems
– Finance and accounting systems
– Human resources systems
• Systems from a constituency perspective
– Transaction processing systems
– Management information systems and decision-support
systems
– Executive support systems
• Relationship of systems to one another
Types of Business Information Systems
Management Information Systems
Chapter 2 Global E-Business: How Businesses Use Information Systems
2.8 © 2007 by Prentice Hall
Overview of an Inventory System
Figure 2-3
This system provides information about the number of items available in inventory to
support manufacturing and production activities.
Types of Business Information Systems
Management Information Systems
Chapter 2 Global E-Business: How Businesses Use Information Systems
2.9 © 2007 by Prentice Hall
• Read the Interactive Session: Organizations, and then discuss
the following questions:
• Why was it so difficult for Kia to identify sources of defects in the
cars it produced?
• What was the business impact of Kia not having an information
system to track defects? What other business processes besides
manufacturing and production were affected?
• How did Kia’s new defect-reporting system improve the way it ran
its business?
• What management, organization, and technology issues did Kia
have to address when it adopted its new quality control system?
• What new business processes were enabled by Kia’s new quality
control system?
Information Systems Help Kia Solve Its Quality Problems
Types of Business Information Systems
Management Information Systems
Chapter 2 Global E-Business: How Businesses Use Information Systems
2.10 © 2007 by Prentice Hall
• Read the Interactive Session: Management, and then discuss
the following questions:
• What kinds of systems are described here? What valuable information do
they provide for employees and managers? What decisions do they
support?
• What problems do automated expense reporting systems solve for
companies? How do they provide value for companies that use them?
• Compare MarketStar’s manual process for travel and entertainment
expense reporting with its new process based on Concur Expense
Service. Diagram the two processes.
• What management, organization, and technology issues did MarketStar
have to address when adopting Concur Expense Service?
• Are there any disadvantages to using computerized expense processing
systems? Explain your answer.
Managing Travel Expenses: New Tools, New Savings
Types of Business Information Systems
Management Information Systems
Chapter 2 Global E-Business: How Businesses Use Information Systems
2.11 © 2007 by Prentice Hall
Interrelationships Among Systems
Figure 2-10
The various types of systems in the organization have interdependencies. TPS are major
producers of information that is required by many other systems in the firm, which, in turn,
produce information for other systems. These different types of systems are loosely coupled in
most business firms, but increasingly firms are using new technologies to integrate information
that resides in many different systems.
Types of Business Information Systems
Management Information Systems
Chapter 2 Global E-Business: How Businesses Use Information Systems
2.12 © 2007 by Prentice Hall
• Enterprise applications
• Enterprise systems
• Supply chain management systems
• Customer relationship management systems
• Knowledge management systems
• Intranets and extranets
• E-business, e-commerce, and e-government
Systems That Span the Enterprise
Management Information Systems
Chapter 2 Global E-Business: How Businesses Use Information Systems
2.13 © 2007 by Prentice Hall
Enterprise Application Architecture
Figure 2-11
Enterprise applications automate processes
that span multiple business functions and
organizational levels and may extend outside
the organization.
Systems That Span the Enterprise
Management Information Systems
Chapter 2 Global E-Business: How Businesses Use Information Systems
2.14 © 2007 by Prentice Hall
Example of Supply Chain Management System
Figure 2-13
Systems That Span the Enterprise
Management Information Systems
Chapter 2 Global E-Business: How Businesses Use Information Systems
Customer orders, shipping notifications, optimized shipping plans, and other supply chain information flow among Haworth’s Warehouse
Management System (WMS), Transportation Management System (TMS), and its back-end corporate systems.
2.15 © 2007 by Prentice Hall
• The information systems department
• Organizing the information systems
function
The Information Systems Function in Business
Management Information Systems
Chapter 2 Global E-Business: How Businesses Use Information Systems

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laudon_mis10_ch02.ppt

  • 1. 2.1 © 2007 by Prentice Hall 2 Chapter Global E-Business: How Businesses Use Information Systems
  • 2. 2.2 © 2007 by Prentice Hall LEARNING OBJECTIVES Management Information Systems Chapter 2 Global E-Business: How Businesses Use Information Systems • Define and describe business processes and their relationship to information systems. • Describe the information systems supporting the major business functions: sales and marketing, manufacturing and production, finance and accounting, and human resources. • Evaluate the role played by systems serving the various levels of management in a business and their relationship to each other.
  • 3. 2.3 © 2007 by Prentice Hall • Explain how enterprise applications and intranets promote business process integration and improve organizational performance. • Assess the role of the information systems function in a business. LEARNING OBJECTIVES (Continued) Management Information Systems Chapter 2 Global E-Business: How Businesses Use Information Systems
  • 4. 2.4 © 2007 by Prentice Hall Information Systems Join the Tupperware Party • Problem: Continuing expansion and transition to multilevel compensation structure. • Solutions: Revised ordering processes and monitoring service levels and sales increase sales. • Oracle Collaboration Suite and Portal enable order entry via Web interface, access to integrated corporate systems, and personal e-commerce sites. • Demonstrates IT’s role in designing compensation structure and system integration. • Illustrates the benefits of revising internal and customer- related business processes. Management Information Systems Chapter 2 Global E-Business: How Businesses Use Information Systems
  • 5. 2.5 © 2007 by Prentice Hall Business Processes and Information Systems • Business processes • How information technology enhances business processes: efficiency and transformation Management Information Systems Chapter 2 Global E-Business: How Businesses Use Information Systems
  • 6. 2.6 © 2007 by Prentice Hall The Order Fulfillment Process Figure 2-1 Fulfilling a customer order involves a complex set of steps that requires the close coordination of the sales, accounting, and manufacturing functions. Business Processes and Information Systems Management Information Systems Chapter 2 Global E-Business: How Businesses Use Information Systems
  • 7. 2.7 © 2007 by Prentice Hall • Systems from a functional perspective – Sales and marketing systems – Manufacturing and production systems – Finance and accounting systems – Human resources systems • Systems from a constituency perspective – Transaction processing systems – Management information systems and decision-support systems – Executive support systems • Relationship of systems to one another Types of Business Information Systems Management Information Systems Chapter 2 Global E-Business: How Businesses Use Information Systems
  • 8. 2.8 © 2007 by Prentice Hall Overview of an Inventory System Figure 2-3 This system provides information about the number of items available in inventory to support manufacturing and production activities. Types of Business Information Systems Management Information Systems Chapter 2 Global E-Business: How Businesses Use Information Systems
  • 9. 2.9 © 2007 by Prentice Hall • Read the Interactive Session: Organizations, and then discuss the following questions: • Why was it so difficult for Kia to identify sources of defects in the cars it produced? • What was the business impact of Kia not having an information system to track defects? What other business processes besides manufacturing and production were affected? • How did Kia’s new defect-reporting system improve the way it ran its business? • What management, organization, and technology issues did Kia have to address when it adopted its new quality control system? • What new business processes were enabled by Kia’s new quality control system? Information Systems Help Kia Solve Its Quality Problems Types of Business Information Systems Management Information Systems Chapter 2 Global E-Business: How Businesses Use Information Systems
  • 10. 2.10 © 2007 by Prentice Hall • Read the Interactive Session: Management, and then discuss the following questions: • What kinds of systems are described here? What valuable information do they provide for employees and managers? What decisions do they support? • What problems do automated expense reporting systems solve for companies? How do they provide value for companies that use them? • Compare MarketStar’s manual process for travel and entertainment expense reporting with its new process based on Concur Expense Service. Diagram the two processes. • What management, organization, and technology issues did MarketStar have to address when adopting Concur Expense Service? • Are there any disadvantages to using computerized expense processing systems? Explain your answer. Managing Travel Expenses: New Tools, New Savings Types of Business Information Systems Management Information Systems Chapter 2 Global E-Business: How Businesses Use Information Systems
  • 11. 2.11 © 2007 by Prentice Hall Interrelationships Among Systems Figure 2-10 The various types of systems in the organization have interdependencies. TPS are major producers of information that is required by many other systems in the firm, which, in turn, produce information for other systems. These different types of systems are loosely coupled in most business firms, but increasingly firms are using new technologies to integrate information that resides in many different systems. Types of Business Information Systems Management Information Systems Chapter 2 Global E-Business: How Businesses Use Information Systems
  • 12. 2.12 © 2007 by Prentice Hall • Enterprise applications • Enterprise systems • Supply chain management systems • Customer relationship management systems • Knowledge management systems • Intranets and extranets • E-business, e-commerce, and e-government Systems That Span the Enterprise Management Information Systems Chapter 2 Global E-Business: How Businesses Use Information Systems
  • 13. 2.13 © 2007 by Prentice Hall Enterprise Application Architecture Figure 2-11 Enterprise applications automate processes that span multiple business functions and organizational levels and may extend outside the organization. Systems That Span the Enterprise Management Information Systems Chapter 2 Global E-Business: How Businesses Use Information Systems
  • 14. 2.14 © 2007 by Prentice Hall Example of Supply Chain Management System Figure 2-13 Systems That Span the Enterprise Management Information Systems Chapter 2 Global E-Business: How Businesses Use Information Systems Customer orders, shipping notifications, optimized shipping plans, and other supply chain information flow among Haworth’s Warehouse Management System (WMS), Transportation Management System (TMS), and its back-end corporate systems.
  • 15. 2.15 © 2007 by Prentice Hall • The information systems department • Organizing the information systems function The Information Systems Function in Business Management Information Systems Chapter 2 Global E-Business: How Businesses Use Information Systems