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Management Information Systems

Chapter 2 Assignment

You have been assigned as senior director for a large manufacturing company. Your first assignment is to decide which type of MIS can best support your decision-making needs. For each of the following, determine which type of system you would use to help solve the business problem or make a business decision. State the system type you would select, and support your answer with examples.

1. You need to analyze daily sales transactions for each region.

2. You need to analyze staffing requirements for each plant.

3. You need to determine which customers are at risk of defaulting on their bills.

4. You need to analyze your competition including process, discounts, goods, and

services.

5. You need to analyze critical success factors and key performance indicators for

status on operations.

6. You need to produce a graphical display of patterns and complex relationships for

large amounts of data.