2. Management Information System
(MIS)
MIS stands for management information system
which provides high level managers with different
kinds of information and support for the process of
decision making. Every management information
system is an integrated collection of subsystems
which are typically organized horizontally within an
organization.

3. MIS reports
MIS reports generally helps the managers and high level
management system by providing adequate and mandatory
information and helps them in taking the required decisions
for the benefit of the organization.
MIS reports check the performance of the firm by comparing the
data from past and present and also forecast the relevant
demands in the future for the organization. It helps in finding
out the variances of the output of the firm’s performance
from present and forecasted data.

4. Types of MIS reports
1. Scheduled report : Produced periodically, or on a schedule
(daily, weekly, monthly)
This type of report is produced periodically or on scheduled
basis, these report provide activity of sales and others
attributes on daily, weekly or monthly basis.
2. Key Indicator report :
• Summarizes the previous day’s critical activities
• Typically available at the beginning of each day
This report helps the manager in comparing the actual sales and
the forecasted sales by the firm for a particular period like
for week, month or year.

5. 3. Ad- hoc (Demand) report : Gives certain information at a
manager’s request.
This report usually helps the manager or the high level
management system in finding out the demand for any
particular product or commodity in the present time.
4. Exception report : Automatically produced when a situation is
unusual or requires management action.
This report helps in getting an idea about the sales activity of any
particular product during a particular month or time.
5. Drill down report : Provide detailed data about a situation.
This report compares the actual and forecasted sales record of
the products and helps in finding the variance in them during
the fixed period of time during a year.

6. Scheduled report
Date Order# Customer ID Payment Item Qty. Amt (Rs.)
mode code
2/8/12 54632 C202150 Cash **12 6 36000
5/8/12 11256 C021563 Cash ##15 2 4000
7/8/12 15489 C102136 Credit ##26 1 2500
10/8/12 25869 C116993 Cash **#1 1 1500
15/8/12 22235 C000025 Credit #2525 2 1000
19/8/12 78955 C789563 Cash *2125 6 4800

7. Key Indicator report
Daily sales key indicator report
This month Last month Last year
Total orders month to date Rs. 1505 Rs. 1325 Rs. 1015
Forecasted sales for the month Rs. 1400 Rs. 1600 Rs. 1115

8. Ad- hoc (Demand) report
Daily sales by sales rep. summary report
Sales report ID Amount (Rs.)
JEN 25,150
BOT 19,125
MUG 14,440
CLOT 10,021

9. Exception Report
Date Oder# Customer Sales Item code Qty Amt(Rs)
ID Report ID
15/8/12 12234 P4554 MUG **234 121 15,276
19/8/12 34256 U5356 BOT **098 56 17,980
21/8/12 7652 F779 CLOT **54 115 56,000
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10. Drill down report
Earnings by quarter (in crores)
Actual Forecasted Variance (%)
4th quarter 2010 4.3 4.5 6.05
3rd quarter 2010 2.8 3.3 2.4
2nd quarter 2011 2.6 1.8 1.05
1st quarter 2011 1.8 1.7 0.94