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| Eliminating duplicate recording, storage, reporting, and other processing activities in an organization |
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| A system analysis principle that states that changes in subsystems cannot be made without considering the effect on other subsystems and the system as a whole |
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| Data that have been organized and processed to provide meaning to a user. information can be classified as mandatory, essential, or discretionary. |
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| The state in which additional information cannot be used efficiently and has no marginal value. |
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| the benefit produced by the information minus the cost of producing it |
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| Information required by a governmental entity (such as a report to the IRS on taxable income and withholdings). Contrast with essential and discretionary information. |
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| Information required to conduct business with external parties (such as purchase orders and customers billings). Contrast with mandatory and discretionary information. |
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| Discretionary information |
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| Information that is available online to certain internal users |
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| consists of receiving, storing, and distributing the materials an organization uses to create the services and products it sells. For example, receiving, handling, and storing steel, glass, and rubber are some of the inbound logistics activities of an automobile manufacturer |
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| Activities transform inputs into final products or services to customers. For example, assembly-line activities at an automobile manufacturer convert raw materials into a finished car. |
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| Activities distribute finished products or services to customers. For example, shipping automobiles to car dealers is an outbound logistics activity. |
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| Activities help customers buy the organization's products or services. Advertising is an example of a marketing and sales activities. |
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| Activities provide post-sale support to customers. examples include repair and maintenance |
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| Is the accounting, finance, legal, and general administration activities that allow an organization to function. The AIS is part of the firm infrastructure. |
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| Activities include recruiting, hiring, training, and providing employee benefits and compensation. |
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| Activities improve a product or service. Examples include research and development, investments in a new information and technology, Web site development, and product design. |
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| activities procure raw materials, supplies, machinery, and the buildings used to carry out the primary activities |
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| Activities in the value chain that enable the primary activities to be performed efficiently and effectively. Examples include administration, purchasing, and human resources. |
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| Uses data warehouses and complex algorithms to forecast future events, based on historical trends and calculated probabilities. |
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