The information system in the company - publié le 12/02/2010

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For the last few years, the sector of information systems has been in a process of change thanks to computers. This evolution is taking place on the methodological level as well as the plan of technologies and material architectures. Sources of information are diversified and can be internal or external to the firm. The intensity of flows of information depends on the geographic origin (local, regional, national, community or international) and on the structure of the company, the strategy and the size. It can also depend of the category of the industry. Nowadays, it seems essential that managers have a good understanding of information systems because most of the current organizations need it to survive and thrive. This report will help to understand the concept better.

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[...] INFORMATION SYSTEMS OF TRANSFORMATION OF THE CHAIN VALUE This first classification redefines chains of value and process between firms. It has the intention to use the multiple possibilities of the information technology and information systems, especially the potentials of technologies Net (Internet, Intranet and extranet) like levers of the organisational transformation. We can differentiate several examples of technologies of information: - The e-trade. The e-trade also called e-business, aims at a better integration and a better coordination of the commercial processes of sale, of distribution and of after-sales service. - The electronic business. [...]

[...] - The electronic management of the chain provisioning. The electronic management of the chain provisioning also called e-supply chain management aims at the integration of the planning of the request, the forecast, treatment of the orders, and the distribution of stocks It is important to highlight than these transformations can deeply modify the relationships to the internal customers and suppliers, operations and the infrastructures of the information technology. GENERAL TYPES OF THE INFORMATION SYSTEMS Atler said in 2002 that there are different general types of information which are: - Office automation systems - Communication systems - Systems of treatment of transactions - Management systems - Computerized decision-making systems - Strategic information systems Trough the following part, we will focus on each one. [...]

[...] This information comes from the network of sale of the company. This kind of information makes it possible to measure the level of adequacy between the production of a company and the request addressed to it. It also make possible to evaluate the impact of a price policy or to provide information as for the evolutions of the modes of consumption (evolution on behalf of market Information of technical order helps the company to define its mode of production by holding account constraints (planning of the tasks The control of this technical information is essential to define the productive process in order to be more effective as possible. [...]

[...] Theses tools, help to have permanent information but not necessarily available in time. It is important to make a diagnostic of the information system of management because it is essential to know up in what point it is possible to satisfy the needs for management. Bibliography - Strategic information systems: a European perspective. By Claudio Ciborra and Tawfik Jelassi, published by Chichester - Business SUCCESS: Strategic Unit Comprehensive Computer-based Expert support System. By Eli Sgev and Paul Gray, published by Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall, 1990. [...]

[...] THE STRATEGIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS The strategic information system makes the strategy of the company possible. Theses systems are characterized by applications that support strategies of business in terms of competitive advantages, competing answer, cooperation and alliance, differentiation, innovation and other strategic reason to invest in the information systems. Conclusion Nowadays, it is well-known that managers have to understand well all types of information system in order to perform. The majority of organizations need this kind of system to survive and thrive. [...]