第1章当今全球商企中的信息系统20140909.ppt

参考资料 Kenneth C. Laudon, Jane P. Laudon. Management Information Systems: managing the digital firm, 9th Edition Pearson - Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 2006 肯尼斯. 劳顿，简. 劳顿 箸. 薛华成 编译. 管理信息系统. 北京：机械工业出版社，2011. Challenge: 104 plants, 37 countries, 14,000 suppliers Solutions: Integrated Volume Planning System connects demand side of business with suppliers, reducing inventories. Powerway helps 3,400 suppliers track parts and quality, reducing errors. Demonstrates IT’s role in operational excellence, better quality products, and agility–time to market Illustrates the emerging digital firm landscape where information can flow seamlessly among business partners to create a superior customer experience * Emphasize the distinction between information and data. You could, for example, ask several students to list their ages and write the numbers on one side of the board – then you could calculate the average age of those students on the other side, oldest student, youngest student, and so forth, to illustrate the difference between raw data and meaningful information. * Use an example similar to the one given in the previous slide to illustrate the three activities involved in the function of an information system. Continuing with that example, the process of asking students their age would represent input, calculating the average age and determining the oldest and youngest age would represent processing, and writing that information on the board would represent output. * Explain to students that the ‘house’ analogy runs as follows: assuming that a successful information system is like a completed ‘house’, computers and software only represent the tools and materials used to build the house. Tools and materials don’t just suddenly become a completed house – outside (human) input is required. Systems need to be designed to fit the firms and the humans who work with the systems. * The point of this diagram is first of all to highlight the three basic activities of information