Week 1 Discussion

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Managing the Digital Organization

Let us begin by discussing the management of digital enterprises.

Managing the Digital Organization

Let us understand some commonly used terms of management information systems (MIS).

An IS is composed of inter-related components that work together to collect, process, store, and disseminate information in order to facilitate decision making, coordination, control, analysis, and visualization in an organization. The following three activities within the IS function generate the required information for organizations to make decisions, control operations, analyze problems, and create new products or services:

Input: Captures or collects raw data from within the organization or from the external environment.

Processing: Converts the raw data into a meaningful format.

Output: Transfers the processed information to users who can use it or to activities that use it. IS also requires feedback, which is in the form of output that is returned to the appropriate user in order to help them evaluate information.

MIS combines the theoretical work of computer science, management science, and operations research to develop system solutions for real-world problems and manage information technology (IT) resources.

Mass customization refers to the capability of offering customized products or services by using mass production resources. IS enables mass customization by using individual order data to drive production equipment. For example, a customer walks into a Levi’s store in the Prudential Center in downtown Boston, Massachusetts to take the measurements for a custom pair of Levi’s jeans. The

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customer's measurements are fed into a kiosk that is networked with the Levi’s factory’s ERP system in Monterey, California. The custom pair of Levi’s jeans are then packed and shipped directly to the customer’s home address.

Inter organizational systems are systems that automate the �ow of information across organizational boundaries and link a company to its customers, distributors, or suppliers.

A digital market is a virtual marketplace related to IT that links buyers and sellers.