BUS 237 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Cost Accounting, Enterprise Application Integration, Information Silo

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Business Administration
• Course: BUS 237
• Professor: Peter Tingling

Document Summary

Need to avoid creating sys unrelated to org"s strategy. Produced little info, sys that computed payroll & wrote paychecks, inventory tracking. Functions added to calc sys programs to provide more value. Inefficient working in cooperation w/ other processes across businesses. But these need clear line of authority resulting in opposition to new sys. Inter-organizational sys are cross-functional sys used by 2+ related companies. Such as a company & its suppliers and/or customers. Is play important supporting role to all components of value chain (primary & supporting activities) Recruitment, planning, payroll, skill & performance management. Sales forecasting to assess customer demand & plan marketing strategies. Lead tracking to manage potential & existing customers. Used by companies that transform materials into products. Push production planning, org creates schedule & pushes goods thru manufacturing & sales. Pull production planning, responds to customer demand, reduction in inventory triggers production. Payroll, compensation, recruiting, assessing employee performance, skills, training, hr planning.