This paper presents a model of the IS applications portfolio and illustrates how its "health" can be assessed through an example from process manufacturing. The health assessment is based on an ...

Nearly all organizations rely on computer and information technology (IT) to conduct business and to operate efficiently. Computer systems analysts work with specific types of computer systems—for ...

Supply chain management can be regarded as being composed of different stages that represent physical locations, processing activities and/or bill of materials, or BOM. These stages can further be ...

The purpose of a management information system, often referred to simply as MIS, is to help executives of an organization make decisions that advance the organization's goals. An effective MIS ...

As the pace of competition intensifies in the 80's, the use of information systems as competitive weapons is accelerating. Among the now classic cases are the computerized reservation system of ...

Strengthen information infrastructure and enhance their management capability. The MIST was structured to serve both as a national and regional integrated Management Information System. It comprises ...