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| The key to information systems |
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| the main reason to invest in IS |
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| states that the number of transistors per square inch on a chip doubles every 18 months |
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| the cost of storing data is essentially |
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primary-inbound logistics, operations, outbound logistics, sales and marketing, customer service
supporting-procurement |
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| bargaining power of suppliers and customers, competitive forces of existing rivals, new competitors, and substitutes |
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| data does not need to be complex it just needs to be sufficient for the particular use of the reader |
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| human perspective of data, knowledge does not derive from data, data is perceived along with human knowledge |
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| a primary key from one table that describes a relationship within another table, like student number in email table |
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| the main row in a table that is unique to each row, like student number in a student table |
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| a process that does not necessarily use IS, like finding more customers on twitter |
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| a process that is easy to use with an IS, for example returning a purchase or keeping track of inventory |
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| different tables form a line and shows the relationships that are involved in the table, N;M or 1:N, cardinality is included |
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max and min, how many relationships are involved
min: advisor can have no students
max: advisor has many |
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| ways to improve business processes |
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| measures, objectives, implementing IS |
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| able to find more efficient and effective ways if able to put a measure on something. Like using a GPS to cut down on the delivery time of pizza orders. |
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| efficiency- finding a better way to do something, linkage-determining things that relate to one another to simplify a process, control- limits behavior in order to reduce variations and keep things consistent |
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| service: something that is frequently done, encapsulation: giving only the details the receiving user needs, hiding other information, standards: one united way of using things or else it would be confusing between information systems |
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| layers of software to help link information systems |
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| package of processes, procedures, a database, information system, and software |
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| top 3 ERP vendors, SAP runs on oracle, oracle is expensive and useful for rich companies, SAP gold standard |
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| should companies have the right to restrict consumer access to competitor websites? charter can block netflix? debate |
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| using a pay as u go data storage unit known as the cloud, debate about privacy issues and ownership |
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