ADMS 2511 Lecture Notes - Management System, Enterprise Resource Planning, Transaction Processing System
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Your firm, abm inc. , is an international software developer and hardware manufacturer. The company has locations around the world and employs thousands of people. It markets software in all sectors by industry (for example, banking and retail) and by software type (for example operating systems, database management systems, functional software). Abm"s software can be used with a variety of infrastructures (small and large) and for different types of data communications. This means that organizations can purchase abm"s software for use internally, or for external use, and for small internal systems through to larger systems that involve international data communications. For each of the following information systems, describe the information system and provide an example of how abm employees could use the system. (6 marks: transaction processing system, enterprise resource planning system, functional area information system. Refer to: transaction processing systems, section 8. 1, p. 240; enterprise resource planning.