COMM 190 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Sales Operations, Manufacturing Resource Planning, General Ledger
2 Dec 2013
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Is can affect competitive advantage by making the primary and support activities in an organization more productive than those of competitors. Increase productivity is realized when business processes within the organization become more effective and/or efficient. This is true for commercial companies as well as for non-profit organizations and government. Facilitated the work of a single department or business function. Use computer to improve operation and management of individual departments. Computed payroll and printed paychecks; applied debits and credits to the general ledger and the balanced the company"s accounting records. Payroll expanded to become hr, general ledger became financial reporting, and inventory was merged into operations or manufacturing. Integrated systems (also cross-functio nal or process-base d systems) Some info systems have begun to cross not only functional borders but also organizational boundaries. 2 or more related companies are referred to as inter-organizati onal systems. The problem w/ functional application s is their isolation.
