Study on establishment of management information systems (MIS) in distribution centers
Authors
Zhang, Daming
Issue Date
2003
Degree
BA (Hons) BIM
Publisher
Portobello College
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Abstract
This dissertation outlines the Information Systems (IS) revolution and the strategic role of Information Systems, organizations, and the evaluation of Management Information Systems (MIS) from their conception to present day. Today, online web site are already available in different types of business sectors such banking, insurance, stocks, auctions and airline industries and so on. So, using E-commerce and E-business for organizations and individual people is getting more and more important This dissertation outlines the Supply Chain Management (SCM) is a unifying concept incorporating both E-procurement and sales, coordination of all supply chain activities from suppliers and delivery of products to customers, source of competitive advantage via integration and possibility for enhancement through buy-side electronic-commerce, internal facilitations and sell-side electronic commerce, and emphasis on inter-party relationships and flow of information. This dissertation outlines the tool of storagement and warehousing in today's modem Distribution Centers by using the effective Management Information System (MIS) in order to obtain the competitive business environment. It is discussed in some relevant materials and cases. And this dissertation also analyzes the characteristics and content of Management Information System (MIS) in Distribution Centers, discusses the platform constitution of information management system