presentation ch 5
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Computer Apps LectureTRANSCRIPT
Data
•Management
•$125,000/yr
• Your Job– Where does the data come from?– What form?
• Pictures• Numbers• Telephone conversations
– How do I sort it -- organize it?
– How do I make sense of it?
•Make Decision
•NOW!!!
• Almost everyone’s job is to make decisions
• Management makes important high cost decisions
• Have powerful tools to help make decisions
History
• Payroll System• Invoicing System• Inventory System
• Production System• TPS System
• The MIS department
• Replaced by
• The Management System
•MANAGEMENT– Uses data organized to fit into computers
– Stored and sorted in computers– Available in whatever order you want it
•But:
•Don’t know what to do.
•You’re FIRED
• Next
• I KNOW
• I KNOW
•I KNOW
• Know what?
• I know what a Database management System is
• Know what?
• I know what a Database management System is
• I know what they are designed to do
• Know what?
• I know what a Database management System is
• I know what they are designed to do
• I know how to make decisions using the right data
•YOU Know what?• What ERP is
– and how it works
• What SOA is– And how it works
• What SaaS is– And how it works
•YOU Know what?• What Web 2 is
– and how it opens opportunities
• What Enterprise 2 is– And how it utilizes the best of ERP
• What web 3 is– And how social implications fit
•You’re Hired!
• Data• The format of facts….the elements
• Information• Arranged so that you can Manipulate, Sort, Graph and• Communicate
• Computer• The hardware in any form and linked by any source to
everything else…the invisible tool.
• Decisions……that’s your “thinking” job!
In the beginning
• There was a computer
In the beginning
• In an air conditioned room
• Secure (very expensive)
• Highly trained operators and programmers• Linked to CRT, printer and other input by
hard wires
• Backed up by tape systems
In the beginning
• The result of the computer’s work was specific in nature.
• Designed to do Inventory
• Designed to do Payroll
• BUT
• I want a different report
• And I want it NOW!@!!!!!
•Tough Luck!
• How about coming back next month!
• Maybe we will have it ready then.
Today
• Data Base management Systems provide the data
• You access the data
• You manipulate data to find the patterns
• You make decisions NOW!
Today
• Data from all sources
• Data can be Mined (sorted through) for specific relationships– Why is it so slow?– How can I make product faster?– How can I make the product faster?
– How can I make the product cheaper?
Today
• How can internet connect help?
• What web apps are applicable?
• How do we mash-up web apps to give us a competitive edge?
• Would a wiki work here?
• How can we use blogs to help?
• How can we interface with the masses on line?
Today
• Your Mind
•Is the IMPORTANT tool
Today
• Can you use the tools that management is expected to use?
• How much are you worth if you can’t?