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The following data have to be input into the system to make the order tracking system work:

a. The product manufactured consists of four typical components, i.e. subassembly 1, subassembly 2, housing (3), and of an external component (4) which is attached to the completed product.

Companies which manufacture «by order» (i.e. by customer order, by production order, or in using a combination of both) are faced keeping track of order progress. The management reporting systems in most Ukrainian companies, however, are designed to generate reporting by period (i.e. by month, quarter, year).

To enhance financial management a company typically needs to integrate its information systems, if one or more of the following criteria are met:

In order to implement the management tools, quite often it is necessary to improve the company system at the bottom level in order to automate the use of these tools as much as possible.

Historically, many companies converted from Mainframe to modern Intranet technologies and most encountered methodological problems in modernising their software. Various programmers using different languages developed programmes to overcome problems. However, programme source codes are usually insufficiently documented and business processes and document turnover are rarely formalised.

When selecting and analysing candidate companies for project assistance and working with the selected companies, a number of striking similarities were observed. These similarities led to the idea to formulate a generic methodology for MIS implementation.

Find an Appropriate ‘Executive Champion’ EIS projects that succeed do so because at least one member of the senior management team agrees to ‘champion’ the project. The executive champion need not fully understand the technical issues but must be a person who works closely with the senior management team and understands their needs, work styles […]

MIS implementation projects sometimes fail even in companies where management is effective in other terms. Even in cases when implementation goes more or less smoothly, it often happens that budget and time limits for achieving live operation are exceeded.

To manage a business efficiently, a manager (CEO) constantly needs current information about what is happening with production, sales, prices, quality of products etc. He/she does not need all of the data; rather some aggregated indicators which can give him a basic assessment of performance, evaluate results achieved, foresee possible problems and take timely corrective […]