7. Management Information Systems
Span functional areas
Execute business processes across firm
Include all levels of management
Coordination and Integration of all related business
processes
work together as one corporate system.
automate the flow of information across
organizational boundaries
Enterprise Applications
8
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An Example: Before ERP
Customers
Customer
Demographic
Files
Sales Dept.
Vendor
Orders
Parts
Accounting
Accounting
Files
Purchasing
Purchasing
Files
Order is placed
with Vendor
Invoices
accounting
Inventory
Files
Warehouse
Checks for Parts
Calls back “Not in stock”
“We ordered the parts”
“We Need parts #XX”
“We ordered the parts”
Sends report
Sends report
Sends report
Ships parts
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An Example: After ERP
Database
Customers Sales Dept.
Purchasing
Warehouse
Accounting
Vendor
Inventory Data
If no parts,
order is placed
through DB
Orders
Parts
Order is submitted
to Purchasing.
Purchasing record
order in DB
Order is placed
with Vendor
And invoices accounting
Financial Data exchange;
Books invoice against PO
Books inventory
against PO
Ships parts
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Evolution of ERP
Source: http://www.intelligententerprise.com/020903/514feat2_1.shtml, viewed September 19, 2002.
31. ERP – Key Characteristics
Integration
Seamless integration of all the information flowing
through a company – financial and accounting,
human resource information, supply chain
information, and customer information.
33. Packages
Enterprise systems are not developed in-house
Mapping organizational requirements to the
processes and terminology employed by the vendor
Organizations enter into long-term relationships with
vendors.
Organizations no longer control their own destiny.
ERP – Key Characteristics
34. Best Practices
ERP vendors talk to many different businesses within a
given industry as well as academics to determine the
best and most efficient Business processes, called
“industry best practices”.
The general consensus is that business process
change adds considerably to the expense and risk of
an enterprise systems implementation.
Some organizations rebel against the inflexibility of
these imposed business practices.
ERP – Key Characteristics
53. Potential Benefits of ERP
Internal Benefits
Integration of a single source of data
Common data definition
A real-time system
Increased productivity
Reduced operating costs
Improved internal communication
Foundation for future improvement
54. Potential Benefits of ERP
External Benefits
Improved customer service and order
fulfillment
Improved communication with suppliers and
customers
Enhanced competitive position
Increased sales and profits
57. REMEMBER
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ERP IS NOT THE ONLY TYPE OF ENTERPRISE SYSTEM
COMPANIES OR FIRMS CAN DEVELOP IN-HOUSE ENTERPRISE
SYSTEMS OR ENTERPRISE APPLICATIONS TO MEET THEIR
SPECIFIC AND UNIQUE NEEDS .
USING J2EE OR .NET ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK
AND TOOLS
SAP IS BASED ON ORACLE AND ABAP/J2EE
61. Why CRM?
A shift in thinking
Transaction Learning relationship
Mass Marketing Individual marketing
Transaction Value Life time value
Product Life Cycle Customer Life Cycle
Customer Satisfaction Customer Loyalty
Share of the market Share of the customer
Product differentiation Customer
differentiation
62. Why CRM?
Recent Memo of Microsoft CEO
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First, we will obsess over our customers.
Obsessing over our customers is everybody's
job.
I'm looking to the engineering teams to build the
experiences our customers love.
I'm looking to the sales and marketing
organizations to showcase our unique value
propositions and drive customer usage first
and foremost
66. Company Product name
1. Microsoft Microsoft Dynamics CRM
3.0
2. Sage Software SalesLogix
CRM
3. SAP America Inc. SAP Business One
CRM
4. Parature Inc.
Parature
5. Entellium Entellium
CRM
6. Pivotal corp. Pivotal
CRM
7. Maximizer Software Maximizer Enterprise
CRM
8. Netsuite Inc. NetSuite
CRM+
9. Oncontact Software Oncontact
V
Where is Siebel??
CRM Providers
67. #1 in CRM?... maybe not!
Siebel claims to be #1 in CRM software
Siebel pre-Oracle…
Siebel post-Oracle…
68. Oracle Siebel CRM
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The world's most complete customer relationship
management (CRM) solution, Oracle's Siebel CRM
helps organizations differentiate their businesses
to achieve growth.
Siebel delivers a combination of transactional,
analytical, and engagement features to manage all
customer-facing operations.
With solutions tailored to more than 20 industries,
Siebel CRM delivers comprehensive on premise
and on demand CRM solution
http://www.oracle.com/us/products/applications/siebe
l/overview/index.html
71. ANALYTICAL CRM
Direct marketing:
Cross-product analysis
Customer profiling
Measures Churn rate
number of customers who stop using or purchasing products or
services
Determine Customer lifetime value (CLTV)
Revenue produced by a specific customer,
Expenses incurred in acquiring and servicing that customer,
and the
Expected life of the relationship
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Employees
Managers and
Stakeholders
How Do ERP Systems Work?
Central
Database
Reporting
Applications
Human
Resource
Management
Applications
Financial
Applications
Manufacturing
Applications
Inventory
And Supply
Applications
Human
Resource
Management
Applications
Service
Applications
Sales and
Delivery
Applications
Sales Force
And Customer
Service Reps
Customers Back-office
Administrators
And Workers
Suppliers
Source: Davenport, Thomas, “Putting the Enterprise into the Enterprise System”, Harvard Business Review, July-Aug. 1998.
Editor's Notes
Section-1 raising a series of important questions:
What is an information system and what are its management, organization, and
technology dimensions? Why are information systems so essential in businesses
today? Why are systems for collaboration and teamwork so important? How can
information systems help businesses become more competitive?
This part examines the core information system applications businesses are using today to improve operational excellence and decision making. These applications include enterprise systems; systems for supply chain management, customer relationship management, collaboration, and knowledge management; e-commerce applications; and decision-support systems.
This part answers questions such as:
How can enterprise applications improve business performance?
How do firms use e-commerce to extend the reach of their businesses?
How can systems improve collaboration and decision making and help companies make better use of their knowledge assets?
Reviewing all the different types of systems we have just described, you might wonder how a business can manage all the information in these different
systems. You might also wonder how costly it is to maintain so many different systems. And you might wonder how all these different systems can share
information and how managers and employees are able to coordinate their work. In fact, these are all important questions for businesses today.
Can someone give me an example where systems can not share information with each other.
Enterprise applications are used to manage the information used in the systems discussed previously. In other words, enterprise applications are used to ensure that TPS, MIS, DSS, and ESS work together smoothly.
Emphasize that each rectangle represents one part of the larger business process of order fulfillment. Notice that this business process spans several different functional areas of the business from sales (orders), to accounting, and to manufacturing. Important business processes typically span several different functional areas or divisions in a business.
Enterprise applications are used to manage the information used in the systems discussed previously. In other words, enterprise applications are used to ensure that TPS, MIS, DSS, and ESS work together smoothly.
The purpose of this graphic is simply to illustrate that enterprise systems are very large and diverse databases that pull information from many parts of the firm and enable processes both across the firm, at different organizational levels, as well as with suppliers and customers.
The triangle represents the organization, with different colors for the four main business functions. The ovals show that an enterprise application architecture incorporates systems used in sales and marketing, enabling these to communicate with each other and externally, with suppliers and customers. It also incorporates information supplied by knowledge management systems, manufacturing and finance systems, and other enterprise systems. The purpose of incorporating data and information from all of these sources is to enable and automate cross-functional business processes and supply accurate information to aid decision making.
Enterprise applications are used to manage the information used in the systems discussed previously. In other words, enterprise applications are used to ensure that TPS, MIS, DSS, and ESS work together smoothly.
EA are often costly and difficult to implement. Intranets and extranets deserve mention here as alternative tools for increasing integration and expediting the flow of information within the firm, and with customers ad suppliers.
Intranets use the same technologies and techniques as the larger Internet, and they often are simply a private access area in a larger company Web site. Likewise with extranets. Extranets are company Web sites that are accessible to authorized vendors and suppliers, and often used to coordinate the movement of supplies to the firm’s production apparatus.
Figure 9-2 provides a simplified illustration of Nike’s supply chain for sneakers; it shows the flow of information and materials among suppliers,
Nike, and Nike’s distributors, retailers, and customers. Nike’s contract manufacturers are its primary suppliers. The suppliers of soles, eyelets, uppers, and
laces are the secondary (Tier 2) suppliers. Suppliers to these suppliers are the tertiary (Tier 3) suppliers.
Nike’s contract suppliers do not manufacture sneakers from scratch. They obtain components for the sneakers—the laces, eyelets, uppers, and soles—
from other suppliers and then assemble them into finished sneakers. These suppliers in turn have their own suppliers. For example, the suppliers of soles
have suppliers for synthetic rubber, suppliers for chemicals used to melt the rubber for molding, and suppliers for the molds into which to pour the rubber.
Suppliers of laces would have suppliers for their thread, for dyes, and for the plastic lace tips.
Inefficiencies in the supply chain, such as parts shortages, underutilized plant capacity, excessive finished goods inventory, or high transportation costs, are
caused by inaccurate or untimely information. For example, manufacturers may keep too many parts in inventory because they do not know exactly when
they will receive their next shipments from their suppliers. These supply chain inefficiencies waste as much as 25 percent of a company’s operating costs.
If a manufacturer had perfect information about exactly how many units of product customers wanted, when they wanted them, and when they could be
produced, it would be possible to implement a highly efficient just-in-time strategy.
One recurring problem in supply chain management is the bullwhip effect, in which information about the demand for a product gets distorted as it passes
from one entity to the next across the supply chain. A slight rise in demand for an item might cause different members in the supply chain—distributors,
manufacturers, suppliers, secondary suppliers (suppliers’ suppliers), and tertiary suppliers (suppliers’ suppliers’ suppliers)—to stockpile inventory so each
has enough “just in case.” These changes ripple throughout the supply chain, magnifying what started out as a small change from planned orders, creating
excess inventory, production, warehousing, and shipping costs (see Figure 9-3).
If a sales representative places an order for tire rims, for example, the system verifies the customer’s credit limit, schedules the shipment, identifies the best
shipping route, and reserves the necessary items from inventory. If inventory stock were insufficient to fill the order, the system schedules the manufacture of
more rims, ordering the needed materials and components from suppliers. Sales and production forecasts are immediately updated. General ledger and
corporate cash levels are automatically updated with the revenue and cost information from the order. Users could tap into the system and find out where that
particular order was at any minute. Management could obtain information at any point in time about how the business was operating. The system could also
generate enterprise-wide data for management analyses of product cost and profitability.
Customer Relationship Management Systems Firms use customer relationship management
(CRM) systems to help manage their relationships with their customers. CRM systems provide information
to coordinate all of the business processes that deal with customers in sales, marketing, and
service to optimize revenue, customer satisfaction, and customer retention. This information helps
firms identify, attract, and retain the most profitable customers; provide better service to existing customers;
and increase sales.
CRM has never been important than current era
The churn rate measures the number of customers who stop using or purchasing products or services from a company. It is an important
indicator of the growth or decline of a firm’s customer base.
Supply chain management systems require multiple organizations to share information and business processes. Each participant in the system may have
to change some of its processes and the way it uses information to create a system that best serves the supply chain as a whole.
Some firms experienced enormous operating problems and losses when they first implemented enterprise applications because they didn’t understand how
much organizational change was required.
Overstock.com’s order tracking system went down for a full week in October 2005 when the company replaced a homegrown
system with an Oracle enterprise system. The company rushed to implement the software, and did not properly synchronize the Oracle software’s
process for recording customer refunds with its accounts receivable system. These problems contributed to a third-quarter loss of $14.5 million that
year.