final blogspot#4

Knowledge Based System

KBS-is used to optimize the information collection,organization and retrival organization or for general public,it represent all the varieties of system that assist users in making the necessary inputs and interpreting the outputs of the firm.

Distinguish KBS from MIS:

KBS assist users in making the necessary inputs and interpreting the outputs of the firm while the MIS used in the business environment as a generic reference to all technology and information processing.

Illustrate(give example) on how KBS can improved campanies competitve advantage and organizational performance:

One of the example of this is a public library,it gives a related information from the topic researching. It can improved the companies competitive advantage by giving the company an enough information that helps them solve some problems of the firm.

References:
MIS seventh edition by Raymond Mcleod JR. and searchcrm.techtarget.com

final blogspot#3

Virtual Office
Virtual office- describe the automation applications which are intended to facilitate communication among managers and non- managers inside and outside the firm.

Distingush VO from MIS:

VO describe automation to facilitate communication inside and outside the firm while the MIS provide information that support managers and non- managers to make decission to solve the firms problems.

Illustrate(give example) how VO can improve companies competitive advantage and organizational performance:

One of the example of this are the call center agents because they services to the customer by using communication technologies.It can improved the companies competitive advantage because the information flow of the company can easily send from one department to another.

References:

MIS seventh edition by Raymond Mcleod Jr.

Final blogpost # 2

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM

DSS –provide information in the form of special reports and periodic reports to assist managers in making decisions to solve semistructured problems

Distinguish DSS from MIS
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DSS support the managers decision-making effectiveness while the MIS provide information in all forms of computer output which is used by managers alike in decision making.

Illustrate (give examples) how DSS can improve company's competitive advantage and organizational performance.

For example a manufacturing managers enters data that describes a plant and equipment, and then a linear programming model determines the most efficient layout. So in this case the manager used the decision making

final blogpost#1

CSFI International Corporation

The company was originally founded in Dayton, Ohio in 1980 as a provider of on-line transaction distribution software for legacy computer systems. The evolution of the Automated Teller Machine (ATM) and the company's expertise in on-line transaction management led to the company's rapid growth as the ATM and self-service industry emerged over the past several decades.
Today, CSF International (CSFi) is recognized as a leading provider of electronic payments and transaction switching applications worldwide. The company's software solutions provide services to hundreds of companies in over twenty countries, process millions of transactions every year, and support thousands of ATM and POS terminals worldwide. Clients range from de novo community banks to multi-bank holding companies and processing centers.

The MIS Reporting System integrates with u/SWITCHWARE® and uses web-based technology to provide critical management information right at your finger tips. The reports can either be generated as needed or can be defined to automatically generate on a peridodic basis. The available reports include; ATM availability, transaction types and volumes, foreign vs. on-us transactions, popular withdrawal amount, transaction activity, transaction fees and transaction response times. The reports can be generated by institution, region, node, device type and date/time period.

Mission Statement
Our mission is to provide flexible products that can be scaled to the needs of financial institutions of all sizes and maintain a cost/performance ratio that enhances productivity and profitability. Our focus is on delivering leading edge software solutions that incorporate the latest advancements in self-service technology, transaction security while never losing sight of our constant commitment to providing superior and responsive customer support services.


Reference:
www.cfi.com/company.com

Midterm question # 3

Computerized Database of Baptist Hospital

Computerized Patient Records .Benefits/Problems SolvedBaptist Health Systems (BHS) of South Florida has embarked on a long-term journey towards Computerized Patient Records (CPR). As part of their "continuum of care" effort, Baptist Health Systems will evolve from a series of hospitals to an Integrated Delivery System that also provides well-care. As a result, they will need to manage all clinical information generated as their organization(s) interacts with its patients and other customers.
During their growth, Baptist is required to manage diverse information across very distinct clinical disciplines including diabetes, radiology, pharmacology and pathology. Typically, different vendors specialize in different aspects of healthcare informatics. Although this provides very good departmental solutions, it fosters a sub-optimal enterprisefunctionality, for example, failing to produce consistent identification of a patient across multiple hospitals (or even across different departments within a hospital). Direct access to clinical information is non-existent in these stove-pipe systems. Data is re-populated across the different stovepipe systems through message exchange. The end-result is an inefficient and non-scaleable solution for creating computerized patient records.
Unfortunately, there is not a single information system vendor that covers the full spectrum of managing information throughout the continuum of care. The Baptist Health Systems approach allows the best vendor solution to be implemented for a particular clinical discipline, provided that their solution adheres to an Information Architecture which addresses the shortcomings of the previous generation information systems.
The Information Architecture is equivalent to a blueprint that enforces components of a building to be constructed in a predefined, consistent fashion. Just like each of these building components are guided by standards and standard interfaces, components in the Information Architecture of a healthcare organization must be defined by a set of standard interfaces.
Baptist Health Systems is basing their Computerized Patient Record systems on CORBA and in turn are actively promoting the standardization of their interfaces through the OMG process. Thus far, BHS has signed two contracts for OMA compliant information systems with two separate vendors. BHS has direct access to the CORBA interfaces (IDL) of these systems and expect the CPR to be built as a collection of services/components, each with a set of interfaces. BHS has made OMG conformance an absolute requirement in it's information selection process, and they expect to sign several more multi-million dollar vendor contracts within the upcoming months.

midterm blogspot#2

Ayala Corporation

Ayala Aon Risk Services Inc., the country's biggest retail insurance brokerage firm controlled by the Ayala Corp., is planning to offer insurance packages for dotcom firms in the country to shield them from the risks of doing e-commerce bussiness. Michael Rellosa, vice president for corporate division of Ayala Aon, said the company was negotiating with three information technology firms that were interested in their proposed solutions against the liabilities of e-commerce business. ''There is a great need to manage cyber risks and we at the Ayala Aon have the solution. We are currently working with three dotcom companies relative to their Internet solutions. We're now reviewing their exposures and finding out solutions for them,'' Rellosa said. According to Rellosa, doing business over the Web exposes companies to potential hazards like suits from angry customers who may have been denied of service; lawsuits for transmitting viruses, and complaints for allowing the distribution of defamatory statements through their systems, among others. ''Insurance is the last option. What we package is a solution containing information on how to avoid such risks plus an insurance package,'' Rellosa said. Based on an industry study by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC), computer attacks via the Internet had increased by 183 percent in 1999. An extensive survey of 2,700 executives in 49 countries by Information Week, an online magazine, corroborated the finding. The survey revealed that 64 percent of the companies surveyed admitted that their security system had successfully been breached by at least one computer virus resulting in information loss and theft of data and trade secrets. According to James Patrick Matti, president of Ayala Aon, companies engaged in e-commerce should address their exposure to the Internet. ''These liabilities translate to loss of revenues,'' he said. Ayala Aon is a joint venture company between the Ayala Corp. and Aon Corp., the world's second largest insurance brokerage and risk management consultancy.

Midterm Blogspot #1

G-Cash - Globe's Flagship-M-Commerce service, was born from a simple goal of transforming a mobile phone into a wallet. G-cash effectively given Globe and TM subscribers access to a cashless and cardless method of facilitating money remittance,donations,loans,settlement,disbursement and salries on commission, and payment of bllis, products and srvices, with just a text message.
G-cash is mobile electronic wallet facility that alloows person- to person money transfer. It user can send and recieved cash, make purchase abs bill payments, as will as give some donation all via sms. This also in ables oversees Filipino to send remittance to their families in tne philippines.