商务英语：职场进阶Unit 2 Information.pptxVIP

Unit2InformationThereal-timeeconomyLearnBusinessDoBusiness1

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Businesstendtohaveseveral“informationsystems”operatingatthesametime.Matchthedifferentinformationsystemstotheirdefinitions.Thendiscussingroupswhowillbethemainuserofeachtypeofinformationsysteminacompany.ReadingWarmup3

1Itprovidesinformationaboutacompany’scriticalsuccessfactorstoassiststrategicdecision-making.2Ittakesdatafromthetransactionprocessingsystemandsummarisesitintoaseriesofmanagementreportsonoperationsofthecompany.3Itsupportsthedecision-makingprocessbyusingtoolsandtechniquestogatherrelevantinformationandanalysetheoptionsandalternatives.4Itexiststohelpcreateandshareinformationandknowledgeinanorganisation.5Itisdesignedtoprocessroutinetransactionsefficientlyandaccurately,egstockcontrolsystem,billingsystem,productionsystemandpurchasingsystem.6Itimprovestheproductivityofemployeeswhoneedtoprocessdataandinformation.ReadingWarmup4DCAEFB

Real-timeeconomyReal-timeeconomy?isanenvironmentwhereallthe?transactions?betweenbusinessentitiesarein?digitalformat,increasinglygeneratedautomatically,andcompletedinrealtimewithoutforwardprocessing.Inareal-timeenterprise,newinformation,suchasanorder,isautomaticallyprocessedthroughafirmscomputersystemsandthoseofitssuppliers.?Thecoreobjectiveofthereal-timeeconomyisthereductionoflatencybetweenandwithinprocesses.Latencyreductionwillreducecapitaloccupancycostsbyoccupyingassets(physicalandlabor)forlesstime.5ReadingBackgroundinformation

initiativen.计划；措施e.g.ThisisanewinitiativeforpeaceintheMiddleEast.AndMrReinerheadsthecompany’smostimportantinitiative:computerising,or“digitising”,asmuchofitsbusinessas