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Nature of MIS
• Report orientation: Through MIS, every individual can perform their duty and
the system automatically produces performance reports to send for
evaluation to the next level of hierarchy according to the company and
system specifications and / or requirements.
• End-user oriented: Main emphasis is given on the end-user, who uses the
system. The system must be understandable and easy to access for the end
user for a seamless operation of the system.
• MIS may not have requisite flexibility to quickly update itself with the
changing needs of time, especially in complex environments
• MIS cannot provide tailor made information packages suitable for the purpose
of every kind of decision making scenario
Q8 (A) –
Framework of MIS / Needs to have MIS 2005
Q2 (B) –
Input of MIS
• Strategic plan or corporate policies
• Contains major financial objectives and often projects financial needs.
• Transaction processing system (TPS)
• Important financial information collected from almost every TPS -
payroll, inventory control, order processing, accounts payable,
accounts receivable, general ledger.
• External sources
• Annual reports and financial statements of competitors and general
news items.
Output of MIS
• Scheduled reports
• Produced periodically, or on a schedule (daily, weekly, monthly)
• Key-indicator report
• Summarizes the previous day’s critical activities
• Typically available at the beginning of each day
• Demand report
• Gives certain information at a manager’s request
• Exception report
• Automatically produced when a situation is unusual or requires
management action
Q3 (C) –
Subsystems and Interconnected systems of MIS 2009
• Financial
o Provides financial information to all financial managers within an
organization
o Inputs
Strategic plan or corporate policies
• Contains major financial objectives and often projects
financial needs.
Transaction processing system (TPS)
• Important financial information collected from almost
every TPS - payroll, inventory control, order processing,
accounts payable, accounts receivable, general ledger.
• External sources
• Annual reports and financial statements of competitors
and general news items.
o Outputs
Profit/loss and cost systems
Auditing
Internal auditing
External auditing
Uses and management of funds
• Manufacturing
o Inputs
Strategic plan or corporate policies.
The TPS:
• Order processing
• Inventory data
• Receiving and inspecting data
• Personnel data
• Production process
External sources
o Outputs
Design and engineering
Master production scheduling
Inventory control
Manufacturing resource planning
Just-in-time inventory and manufacturing
Process control
Computer-integrated manufacturing (CIM)
Quality control and testing
• Marketing
o Supports managerial activities in product development, distribution,
pricing decisions, and promotional effectiveness
o Inputs
Strategic plan and corporate policies
The TPS
External sources:
• The competition
• The market
o Outputs
Marketing research
Product development
Promotion and advertising
Product pricing
• Human Resource
o Concerned with all of the activities related to employees and potential
employees of the organization
o Inputs
Strategic plan or corporate policies
The TPS:
• Payroll data
• Order processing data
• Personnel data
External sources
o Outputs
Human resource planning
Personnel selection and recruiting
Training and skills inventory
Scheduling and job placement
Wage and salary administration
• Accounting MISs
o Provides aggregated information on accounts payable, accounts
receivable, payroll, and other applications.
• Geographic information systems (GISs)
o Enables managers to pair pre-drawn maps or map outlines with tabular
data to describe aspects of a particular geographic region.
Q2 (C) –
Difference between DSS and MIS
2006
The terms MIS and DSS stand for Management Information Systems and Decision Q3 (B) –
Support Systems respectively.
DSS, many consider, is advancement from the original MIS. However, this is not the
sole difference between the two. While there may not be too much separating the
two, the difference is still there, as is apparent when we say DSS is an advancement
over MIS.
The essential difference between the two is in focus. DSS, as the term indicates, is
about leadership and senior management in an organization providing good,
reliable judgment as well as vision. MIS, on the other hand, is about focusing on the
actual flow of information itself.
It is often said that MIS and TPS are subsystems of a total CBIS that feeds data in
lateral and integrated manner to the DSS system. Where MIS is more strict and
format oriented in contract with DSS which is more flexible as the ultimate decision
maker after all is a human.
Features
• Rapid response
• Reliability
• Inflexibility
• Controlled processing