1 MIS Unit 1

1.
-A management information system (MIS) is an information system used for decision-making, and for

the coordination, control, analysis, and visualization of information in an organization and marketing.
The study of the management information systems involves people, processes and technology in an
organizational context.
In a corporate setting, the ultimate goal of the use of a management information system is to increase
the value and profits of the business. This is done by providing managers with timely and appropriate
information allowing them to make effective decisions within a shorter period of time.
2.-Companies using it are:
Management information systems (MIS) is a changing and challenging field. Modern businesses can’t
survive for long without using some sort of MIS to manage massive amounts of data, and there are
plenty of opportunities to study or work in the discipline. In business, management information systems
(or information management systems) are tools used to support processes, operations, intelligence, and
IT. MIS tools move data and manage information. They are the core of the information
management discipline and are often considered the first systems of the information age.
MIS produce data-driven reports that help businesses make the right decisions at the right time.
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP): This discipline ensures that all departmental systems are
integrated. MIS uses those connected systems to access data to create reports.
IT Management: This department oversees the installation and maintenance of hardware and software
that are parts of the MIS. The distinction between the two has always been fuzzy.
E-commerce: E-commerce activity provides data that the MIS uses. In turn, the MIS reports based on
this data affect e-commerce processes.
There are many companies which uses MIS like:
Amazon uses MIS systems to organize massive volumes of data into coherent reports. These organized
data are easily understood by managers and make strategic planning easy.
HONDA: MIS helps Honda in decision making, data collection, information system, management
methods, resource management and environment management. MIS also aids Honda in collating
valuable information and transform it into rational reports which otherwise be useless as it is impossible
to manage volumes of data manually. With the help of these reports, Honda can recognize trends and
patterns which would be impossible if all the work is done physically.
3. Uses of MIS are:

 MIS, both the department and the software system, can help companies gain a competitive
advantage. The data managed by an MIS system can help managers make better decisions
related to sales, manufacturing, resource allocation and more.
 MIS department and the software systems help organizations increase productivity by enabling
workers to spend more time on productive tasks.
 Management can get an overview of their entire operation through MIS.
 Managers have the ability to get feedback about their performance.
 Organizations can maximize benefits from their investments by seeing what is working and what
isn’t.
 Managers can compare results to planned performance by identifying strengths and weakness
in both the plan and the performance.
 Companies can drive workflow improvements that result in better alignment of business
processes to customer needs.
 Many business decisions are moved out of upper management to levels of the organization that
is closer to where the knowledge and experience lie.
4. Process of MIS:
• First establish management information needs and formulate broad systems objectives so as to
delineate important decision areas.
• Develop a general description of a possible MIS as a coarse design.
• Once the information units needed have been determined and a systems design developed,
decide how information will be collected.
• Develop a network showing information flows.
• Test the system until it meets the operational requirements, considering the specifications
stipulated for performance and the specified organizational constraints.
• Recheck that all the critical data pertaining to various subsystems and for the organization as a
whole are fully captured. Ensure that information is generated in a timely manner.
• Monitor actual implementation of the MIS and its functioning from time to time

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-A management information system (MIS) is an information system used for decision-making, and for

2.-Companies using it are:

There are many companies which uses MIS like:

3. Uses of MIS are:

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