computer information management

Definition: Management Information System

MIS is a combination of human and computer based system, which takes input both from inside and outside the environment of business, then store, calculate, analysis, summaries data and finally generate the output reports in various form to the various level of management for all business purposes to take timely and correctly decision for the organization and so how they control the business functions.

MIS is helpful to the manager to take the structured decision. MIS reports are also helpful to compare the current performance with the historical record.

MIS work on such data which are captured by the TPS system so the TPS is the base of the MIS. MIS report generated periodically, i.e. Weekly, Monthly, Yearly and so on.

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Why spend the time writing a resume if it isn’t going to get to a Hiring Manager? And it won’t if the computer doesn’t pick you. How can you make sure it screens you to the next step of the job search process – an interview with someone who can offer you a job?

At large companies, government and military agencies, and large recruiting firms most unsolicited resumes are never seen by human eyes. They are received and immediately scanned into a computer.

Now here’s the trick; you have to write your resume to catch the attention of the computer scanning software first. But from there forward it needs to be written for a person to understand it. Be sure you keep that in mind as you edit for the computer.

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Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) plays a critical role in business, requiring people to have a general understanding of the key components of ERP to function well in any organization. Businesses have been transitioning to computer technology at an increasing rate since the advent of the desktop computer in the early 80′s. The focus of computer technology in business has always been to increase productivity through information management. Since the introduction of the Internet and advances in networking technologies and software, businesses must implement some form of computer technology to automate common tasks like word processing, accounting, and Internet access by employees, to more advanced software applications covering all or most of an organization’s business processes. These advanced software applications, generally known as ERP, capitalize on computer technology and enable businesses to have detailed perspectives into a wide range of business operations, allowing them to share information quickly between organizations, departments and personnel for better management.

ERP is a loosely used term primarily describing software but encompasses hardware and software systems used by an enterprise to gather, store, retrieve, and use information flows through an enterprise. The term ERP, therefore, can apply to a single microcomputer using an accounting package (Quick Books for example) to track sales, inventory, billing and accounting, to more complex ERP systems that automate business processes across the supply chain from manufacturing, distribution, retail, service and, ultimately, the customer, who may be either downstream or upstream in the supply chain. These functional abilities of ERP are generally grouped into software categories known as Supply Chain Management (SCM) and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and can be implemented in small, medium, or large businesses using various hardware and software configurations. Complex ERP systems can be designed (hardware and software architecture) to service large multi-national corporations using the Internet, Intranets, and Extranets in their business operations. An Intranet functions like the Internet; however, it is limited to the organization and its users and denies access to the public. An Extranet, on the other hand, is a mechanism that allows authorized persons to access portions of an enterprise’s Intranet (over the Internet) with a username and password. For example, a manufacturer may allow dealers to access their Extranet to view product and pricing data, proprietary information limited to authorized dealers only.

ERP is an extremely complex subject best understood by looking at the major components of an ERP system including hardware, software, and primary areas of concern for business owners and managers. By looking at these major components from a conceptual viewpoint, we can side step technical jargon allowing for a greater understanding of the purpose of ERP and its importance in business and the workplace.

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