CH6 - DecisionSupportSystems
CH6 - DecisionSupportSystems
• Operational Management.
A summary of
attributes of
information
quality
- Decision Structure
DSS are designed to be ad hoc, quick-response systems that are initiated and
controlled by business decision makers.
A decision support system, on the other hand, would also interactively show
a sales manager the effects on sales performance of changes in a variety of
factors ( such as promotion expense and salesperson compensation).
4- Using Decision Support Systems
- What-If Analysis
- Goal-Seeking Analysis
- Features of an EIS
Don’t confuse portals with the executive information systems that have
been used in some industries for many years.
Portals are for everyone in the company, and not just for executives.
You want people on the front lines making decisions using browsers
and portals rather than just executives using specialized executive
information system software.
- Enterprise Information Portals
For many companies, enterprise information portals are the entry to corporate
intranets that serve as their knowledge management systems. That's why such
portals are called enterprise knowledge portals by their vendors.