Information systems can be implemented to support specific function or multiple functions performed in an organization. When changes are in process, ensure you improve your services to the greater services. A system that supports typical functions of a department can be referred to as a functional system. Such a function has the following features:
- It is made up of smaller information systems that support specific activities performed by each functional area
- Specific applications in each functional area can be integrated or can be completely independent
- These systems can interface with each other to form an organization wide information system
- These systems can interact with the environment to form a collaborative system that integrates direct input from the environment e.g. systems that support customers and render data requests in order to enhance the organization’s responses
- Functional information system applications support all the levels of an organizations’ activities i.e. the operational knowledge level, managerial level and the strategic level
An example of a functional information system can have the following at the strategic level, it can be composed of applications to perform tasks such as operation strategies capacity planning, facility planning and location, robotics and long term focusing. At the managerial level the system can be made up of applications such as inventory management, maternal requirement planning, manufacturing resource planning, total quality management, computer aided manufacturing and short term forecasting. At knowledge level, applications such as design and engineering, marketing and financial analysis, human resources management, manufacturing standards, quality control standards, time and motion standard, customer and vendor analysis can be implemented. At the operational level, applications such as materials management, cost analysis, quality control, short term scheduling can be implemented.
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