final blogpost no.05

As a topic before, KBS, DSS & VO, identify & describe 1 company that adopts an MIS. Include in your discussion how MIS help & support the company, it managers & other employees in thier problem solving & decision making.

NOKIA CORPORATION

Nokia is the world leader in mobility, driving the transformation & growth of the converging Internet & Communicating industries. it tells about enhancing communication & exploring new ways to exchange information.
Nokia devotes substantial time and resources to creating standards and specifications for the communications industry. We promote open standards that match our customers' needs. Below you can find brief descriptions of those cooperation forums as well as standard and specification making and promoting bodies in which Nokia sees specific interest and opportunity, and also where our participation is most active.
Nokia is the world leader in mobile communications. Backed by its experience, innovation, user-friendliness and secure solutions, the company has become the leading supplier of mobile phones and a leading supplier of mobile, fixed broadband and IP networks. By adding mobility to the Internet, Nokia creates new opportunities for companies and further enriches the daily lives of people. Nokia is one of the most broadly held companies in the world with listings on six major exchanges.

• Nokia adopts MIS by the term technology it helps much in communicating industries w/c give a specific information & make every individuals work more easier & faster. Nokia is a telecommunication w/c give & help greater career opportunities. It gives an immediate response in every individuals to get the right information to make decision.
  

Further information:
Communications Department, Nokia Networks
Tel. + 358 7180 38195
E-mail nokia.networks@nokia.com
www.nokia.com

final blogpost no.4

1.describe or define KBS (the Knowledge Based System)

-Knowledge-based system as a computer system that is programmed to imitate human problem-solving by means of artificial intelligence and reference to a database of knowledge on a particular subject.
Knowledge-based systems are systems based on the methods and techniques of Artificial Intelligence.

2.Distinguish KBS from MIS

-KBS are the knowledge base and the inference mechanisms,it uses methods and techniques of artificial while MIS it used in business environment as a generic references to all technology, procedures, systems, people associated w/ computers & info. processing.

3. Illustrate (give ex.) how KBS can improve company competitive advantage & org. performance.

-KBS can improve company competitive advantage & org. performance by introducing such technology into the workplace and public life, expert systems, application of knowledge-based methods, integration with conventional technologies, software tools for KBS construction, decision-support mechanisms, user interactions, organisational issues, knowledge acquisition, knowledge representation, languages and programming environments, knowledge-based implementation techniques and system architectures.

final blogpost no.03

1.The Virtual Office
-is a term for shared office services, which normally includes business address, mail & courier services, phone services, fax services, answering services, web-hosting services, and meeting & conference facilities. Is also a common term for an environment that enables a network of co-workers to run a business efficiently by using nothing other than online communication technologies.^[3]

2.Distinguish VO from MIS

-Mobile or remote work-environment equipped with telecommunication links and basic office furniture, but without a fixed office space, Management Information System is the system of persons, data records and activities that process the data and information in a given organization, including manual processes or automated processes.3. Illustrate (give ex. how VO can improve company competitive advantage & org. performance

3. Illustrate (give ex. how VO can improve company competitive advantage & org. performance.

-Superiority gained by a firm when it can provide the same value as its competitors but at a lower price , or can charge higher prices by providing greater value through differentiation . Competitive advantage results from matching core competencies to the opportunities.

final blogpost no.02

1.The Decision Support System

-A system that supports technological and managerial decision making by assisting in the organization of knowledge about ill-structured, semistructured, or unstructured issues. A structured issue has a framework comprising elements and relations between them that are known and understood. Structured issues are generally ones about which an individual has considerable experiential familiarity. A decision support system (DSS) is not intended to provide support to humans about structured issues since little cognitively based decision support is generally needed.
Decisions may be described as structured or unstructured, depending upon whether or not the decision-making process can be explicitly described prior to its execution. Generally, operational performance decisions are more likely than strategic planning decisions to be prestructured.


2.Distinguish DSS from MIS
-decision support systems are a set of manual or computer-based tools that assist in some decision-making activity. In today's business environment, however, decision support systems (DSS) are commonly understood to be computerized management information systems designed to help business owners, executives, and managers resolve complicated business problems and/or questions.
MIS' is a planned system of collecting, processing, storing and disseminating data in the form of information needed to carry out the functions of management.

3.Illustrate (give ex.) how DSS can improve company competitive advantage & org. performance.

-DSS is extensively used in business and management. Executive dashboard and other business performance software allow faster decision making, identification of negative trends, and better allocation of business resources.
DSS software furnishes support to the accountant in the decision-making process. It analyzes a specific situation and can be modified as the practitioner wishes. Models are constructed and decisions analyzed. Planning and forecasting are facilitated that can help improve company competitive advantage.

final blogpost no.1

HAVILL Company


Havill’s MIS group offers an array of database development, mining, and modeling services to help with these problems. Filling the most elementary need, the MIS group can help you build a central sales and marketing database using D&B, third party, and proprietary prospect data sources. Next, potential sales opportunity can be attached to each prospect record using a data enhancement model designed for your product. Good Customer models are used to identify the prospects that look most like your best customers. Marketing Channel models help you identify prospects that look most like customers acquired through a specific marketing channel. Direct Mail and Telemarketing Response Models developed by the MIS group are designed to improve direct marketing campaign response rates.

Havill’s MIS group can append useful business demographics to your existing customer database, then use that information to build a profile of those customers. This profile, or template, can then be applied to a prospect database to identify prospects that fit the same demographic profile as your existing customers. This approach is especially useful when the existing customer data set has fewer than 10,000 records. A more sophisticated approach can be taken with larger customer data sets. Using historical sales information in your customer database, a model can be developed to forecast sales opportunity associated with each prospect. Or, in a similar sense, each prospect can be scored to identify how well it resembles your best customers.
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blogpost no.3

For those who are not working, research one company in the net who is using computerized database systems. Describe the use and/or nature of these systems and describe too the benefits/disadvantages from these systems. Include your reference.

Micromain Corporation

MicroMain Corporation provides award-winning asset and facility management software and services to organizations worldwide.
Using MicroMain's software as part of its maintenance excellence practice, Mammoth, a leader in manufacturing excellence, has reduced overall maintenance costs by 52%. And that's just the beginning.
An industry leader in custom heating, ventilation and air conditioning equipment (HVAC), Mammoth has embraced many technological changes since opening its doors as the Brown Sheet Iron and Steel Company in 1935.
Innovation in the form of MicroMain's computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) was implemented in 2000, as part of the company's new maintenance excellence program.
"Facility maintenance costs decreased by 52 percent," says Jeff Nevenhoven, Technical Support Manager at Mammoth's headquarters in Chaska, Minnesota. "Overtime is down by 48 percent, and more work is getting done with 42 percent less manpower. Overall our emergency responses have decreased greatly. This is a direct result of an increased focus on corrective and preventive
maintenance work."
Prior to using MicroMain, Mammoth used a manual system for maintaining its facility and equipment, with an emphasis on responding to down equipment. That was quite a challenge considering maintenance is responsible for Mammoth's multi-million-dollar sheet metal equipment, paint booths, welding machinery, overhead cranes and water test tanks in addition to the entire facility, grounds and support systems.
With the CMMS, maintenance technicians and a planner/scheduler are now able to easily schedule preventive maintenance and focus on preventing problems rather than resolving them.

MicroMain XM Enterprise™ enables your enterprise to conserve resources through strategic, comprehensive asset management. This enterprise asset management (EAM) system enables you to optimize your plant or industry assets and generate higher profits, reduce equipment downtime,
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midterm blog post no.2

Research 1 company & describe how they protect their company from internet risk.
also research for possible risk or dangers & or impacts or internet related crimes to a company.

Smart Card Company

A smart card, chip card, or integrated circuit card (ICC), is defined as any pocket-sized card with embedded integrated circuits which can process information. This implies that it can receive input which is processed - by way of the ICC applications - and delivered as an output. There are two broad categories of ICCs. Memory cards contain only non-volatile memory storage components, and perhaps some specific security logic. Microprocessor cards contain volatile memory and microprocessor components.

The use of this Company automation systems, including computers, fax machines, and all forms of Internet/Intranet access, is for company business and for authorized purposes only. Brief and occasional personal use of the electronic mail system or the Internet is acceptable as long as it is not excessive or inappropriate, occurs during personal time (lunch or other breaks), and does not result in expense to the Company.

The Company prohibits the use or possession in the workplace of any type of camera phone, cell phone camera, digital camera, video camera, or other form of image-recording device without the express permission of the Company and of each person whose image is recorded. Employees with such devices should leave them at home unless expressly permitted by the Company to do otherwise. This provision does not apply to designated Company personnel who must use such devices in connection with their positions of employment.

Another problem of smart cards may be the failure rate. The plastic card in which the chip is embedded is fairly flexible, and the larger the chip, the higher the probability of breaking. Smart cards are often carried in wallets or pockets — a fairly harsh environment for a chip. However, for large banking systems, the failure-management cost can be more than offset by the fraud reduction. A card enclosure might be a good idea.

Using a smart card for mass transit presents a risk for privacy, because such a system enables the mass transit operator (and the authorities) to track the movement of individuals. In Finland, the Data Protection Ombudsman prohibited the transport operator YTV from collecting such information, in spite of YTV's argument that the owner of the card has the right to get a list of journeys paid with the card. Prior to this, such information was used in the investigation of the Myyrmanni bombing.