...P4 - Describe the features and functions of information systems Features of information systems Information systems have five main features, which are data, people, hardware, software and telecommunications. Data – The data input to the system has to be as accurate as possible, subject to it's cost and timescales for capture. It should then be stored in the most logical way. This often differs from how the data is input. The data then needs to be summarised to create information in a way that best meets the needs of the system's user, this may not necessarily be the most logical way or the easiest or cheapest for the IT team. People – People are involved both in capturing the data and in exploiting the information. It is important to motivate those who capture the data by highlighting the value that the exploited data brings to the organisation. Hardware – In a small organisation the MIS ( management information system) may run on just the sales or finance director's PC. In larger businesses it usually runs on a server either shared or dedicated with internet or intranet access for those who need it. It is unusual to require specialised hardware. Software – The simplest MIS can be built using standard software. However, most MIS use specialised software, which has the most common features of an MIS already built in. The developer configures this by describing the database and its structure, where the data comes from, how to summarise the data ans what standard...
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...How to Use the Command Line A Second Lesson The article How to Use the Command Line, A First Lesson briefly describes the command line, explains why it is important, and tells how to access it. It also introduces what are probably the three most basic commands on Linux and other Unix-like operating systems: pwd (which shows the directory in which the user is presently working), ls (which lists the files and directories) and cd(which changes directories). This lesson introduces six commonly used commands for creating, removing, copying and moving files and directories. The touch Command The touch command is the easiest way to create new, empty files. Its syntax is touch [option] file_name(s) No options are required for basic file creation. Thus, for example, to create a new file named file1 within the current directory(i.e., the directory in which the user is currently working), all that is necessary is to type the following command and then press the ENTER key: touch file1 Any number of files can be created simultaneously with touch. Each name must be separated by at least one space. Thus, example, the following would create three files named file2, file3, file4: touch file2 file3 file4 The existence of these new files can easily be confirmed by using the ls command and seeing if they are included in its output. For example, the following would provide the names of all of the files and directories in the current directory: ls A useful feature...
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...The Role of Computers in Our Future As far as computers in the future, I feel that they are going to play a major role. They will be in everyday life, in everything we do. There will be many areas affected by the wide use of computers. Areas such as: home, work, schools, automobiles, electronics, and humans. Although these areas are already affected, they will be even more as we move into the future. To begin this discussion I will show you the effects on the work place and humans. As for humans in the work place, work will become easier. So this means less stress for humans because the computers will be doing all the work. This in turn means that humans will be doing less and less because the computers will be slowly taking over. As for a human going to work, this may only consist of telling a computer what to do all day. Or even from your own home, waking up and telling your computer what to do so you do not even have to go into work. Now for communication with computers, this may get so advanced that your computer may even ask you questions about the work it is doing and that you are getting paid to do. So this is where I see computers going as far as work and humans. Now for computers in the schools, I feel we will soon have no books and all work will be done on computers. Even homework will be done on the internet and e-mailed to the teacher. Children will be taught about computers at a younger and younger age. This in turn will make the younger generations...
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...Infosys. |Gem Infosys Policy Sections | |1.0 |Identification of Incidents/Threats | | |Gem Infosys incident-response policy requires that every personnel including the Information Security Office (ISO), report suspicious| | |activity during system usage, or while conducting a proactive monitoring of the organization’s network and information system | | |activities (Yale University Policy, 2012; SANS Institute, 2001). Reports will be done via incident reporting system tickets which | | |shall be sent to the authorized individuals or departments. | | |Symptoms of Computer Security Incidents; | | |System alarm from incorporated intrusion detection tools | | |Unsuccessful login attempts | | |Unexplained new user accounts | | |Unexplained new or unfamiliar files ...
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...Computer Information System Brief Delvin M. Howard ACC/542 06/02/2012 Instructor Brad Thompson Abstract This brief will identify Kudler’s key business and accounting information needs and analyze the strengths and weaknesses of Kudler’s current computer system and technology use, including hardware and software. It will also explain what opportunities Kudler has in terms of technology and provide suggestions for improving Kudler’s ability to maximize these opportunities and evaluate the threats that Kudler may encounter given their current systems and offer your suggestions, in terms of using technology. Computer Information System Brief When it comes to the Kudler account after months of review the company needs an accounting information overhaul because their way of doing business is outdated. Thare are some strengths and weaknesses associated with this old way of doing business. However the company needs to be updated to compete with its major competitor Whole Foods who is becoming the corporate giant in the health food industry. The company needs an updated inventory accounting system and a system that incorporates this information so it can be interpreted. This brief will explain how Howard & Co. will facilitate this transition. Strengths and weakness We feel that your strengths are in the realm of customer service even though Kudler fine foods have more than one location it still has the feel of a...
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...Computer Information System Kerry Seeley ACC542 January 9, 2012 Jana L. Highwart, MBA Computer Information System Kudler Fine Foods is a specialty food store in the San Diego area (Apollo Group, Inc., 2010). Kathy Kudler opens three stores, first store is La Jolla, second store is Del Mar, and the third store is Encinitas. According to Apollo Group, Inc., (2010), Kudler Fine Foods has an assortment of local and international food and beverages including items such as seafood, produce, condiments, meat, dairy products, bakery, packaged foods, wine, and cheese. Kudler Fine Foods hires Seeley’s Firm to evaluate Kudler’s accounting and information technology systems. Seeley’s Firm will report Kudler’s business and accounting needs, current hardware and software, strengths and weaknesses of current computer system, investigate prospects to improve the technology use, assess risks concerning the current computer system, and recommendations to improve Kudler’s ability to manage business. Business and Accounting Needs Concerning Kudler’s over-all business and accounting needs, the general needs are human resources, maintenance, sales, information technology marketing, consumer relations, communications, and advertising. Kudler’s accounting needs is inventory, purchasing, security, payroll, general ledger, bank reconciliations, accounts payable, point of service transactions, capital assets, and accounts receivable. It is essential that Kudler Fine Foods needs are met...
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...COMPUTER INFORMATION SYSTEM BRIEF-KUDLER FINE FOODS Kudler Fine Foods expresses on their website that they “will go to extensive lengths to assure that Kudler Fine Foods is the purveyor of choice for customers aspiring to purchase the finest epicurean delights”. This information lets our company know that we are working with a company that is ready and able to take that next step into the 21st century when it comes to technology and accomplishing any business goals. Kudler Fine Foods, as our client, has asked how computer systems might be more effectively integrated to meet their business needs and improve their accounting operations. In the following brief, our company will attempt to give suggestions on making Kudler Fine Food’s information system more successful for their business and accounting operations. IDENTIFYING BUISNESS AND ACCOUNTING NEEDS Kudler Fine Foods seems to have the internet site set up very well. It allows the customers to see what the company has to offer as well as give them important contact information on where the product is sold, and how to get it. One need as far as the customer’s base is concerned is maybe reaching out to more paying customers. Kudler Fine Foods are searchable through the world wide net and that also means that they can receive profits from all parts of the world. As far as addressing business needs, an internet site where products can be purchased would be greatly beneficial. When it comes to the Kudler’s intranet...
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...IT140-1203B-04 Phase 2 Discussion Board: Components of a Computer System Michael M. Noone 8/29/2012 There are several considerations that must be looked at before making a decision to upgrade from a Windows NT domain with a primary controller, and a secondary domain controller to a Windows Server 2008 with active directory. The first thing I would recommend considering is whether or not this server upgrade will require the company to upgrade the workstation OS’s, or the machines entirely. It is important to consider whether or not the project will be cost effective. If the company is running older machines, hardware upgrades may need to be made to complete the transition. The next thing to consider would be that this jump will require updating to Windows Server 2000/2003, then ultimately to Windows 2008. Finally we need to look at whether or not we construct new servers to migrate the current information to, or will the company be able to withstand a considerable length of downtime to simply upgrade the current servers. Now that we have made considerations for this change, we must now take some preliminary action in order to make it work. First, if we are considering upgrading the current system, we must first ensure that our hardware will support the change. If we are going to construct a new system we would begin to set up our new servers and databases. To conduct the upgrade we will want a plan of action. The first order of business would be to set up the Windows...
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...Computer Information System Brief ACC/542 Kudler Fine Foods is a small network of specialty grocery stores. They have asked us to study and comment on their computer systems and information technology. In particular they are interested how technology can be effectively integrated into their operations. Following are their key business needs for information technology: cash registers, human resources and accounting department. Cash registers service for processing credit card payments or cash payments. Simultaneously as transactions are rung up, these systems also collect data that influence reports and other data. Sales information send data to general ledger, updating debits and credits, calculates cost of goods sold, calculates inventory and calculates daily profit. Human resources collect employee data that relates to their payroll, tax liabilities, performance and disciplinary issues. Also HR creates reports for OSHA and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Quick Books software is used to create employee database that includes such information about employees as pay rate, exemptions, seniority date. Accounting department is involves information systems in several areas. They collect data from POS to update General Ledger, some manual entry is involved. Bank helps accounting department to create cash reports. Accounting department handles check printing, control bank accounts, sets up cash accounts for cash payments to local farmers, separates...
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...Computer Architecture has had a few great improvements since the birth of the computer. Reduced Instruction Set Computing (RISC), Pipelining, Cache Memory, and Virtual Memory are the four most important advances. If any of these techniques were to be implemented separately there would not be as great of an improvement in the computer systems we have today. They are each dependent upon the other to amplify the performance increases. While each of these performs separate tasks to improve system performance, Pipelining has helped to improve system performance the most. Reduced Instruction Set Computing simplifies the instructions that are executed for a microprocessor. The RISC architecture was developed not to speed up the time with which processors can complete the instructions, but to simplify the instructions themselves. According to Masood in his article entitled RISC and CISC the Reduced Instruction Set Computer uses a “small, highly optimized set of instructions”, as opposed to the more complex instructions in other architecture systems. When a RISC architecture, which simplifies the instructions, is coupled with other methods, such as pipelining the system has a CPI of one cycle (Masood, 2011). Cache Memory improves system performance by storing recently accessed data not in the main memory, but in a high-speed intermediate memory location. This reduces the time used to fetch these instructions. Modern microprocessors use various levels of cache memory to perform...
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...Computer Information System Brief ACC/542 Computer Information System Brief Kudler Fine Foods operates in La Jolla, Del Mar, and Encinitas California providing gourmet meats, cheese, produce, wine, and deserts to the community. Kudler Fine Foods offers its customers a selection of fine foods from around the world as the company takes pride in providing the finest epicurean delights. During the review of Kudler Fine Foods determined the company’s needs to strengthen accounting practices and fix the technological weaknesses found with the technology and computer systems. This brief will discuss the key business and accounting information needs; strengths and weaknesses of Kudler’s current computer system and technology use; explain the opportunities Kudler has in terms of technology and provide suggestions; and evaluate the threats that Kudler may encounter with the current systems. Computer System Kudler Fine Foods success depends on the systems three stores have in place. As each store sells meat, bakes goods, produce, cheese, wine, and dairy products, the computer system must allow managers and employees of the company to track inventory, sales, spoilage, and consumer purchasing trends. The current computer system in each store is accessible 24 hours a day, and the owner is responsible for training the employees to ensure each employee understands the daily operating system. The decision to have the owner train the employees serves as a strength because...
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...paying attention to it. After this period, information can be lost or replaced with new incoming information in the short term memory. Whenever user want to interact with the world using the information from the short term and long term memory, a third type of memory i.e. working memory (WM) comes into picture which helps us make decisions, and remember and retrieve facts. Since user actively use these memories while interacting with the computer systems, a designer have to carefully consider their respective limitations while developing the interface for optimal performance. User satisfaction is one of the key aspects that measures the success and popularity of a computer system or website. One important factor that contributes to user satisfaction is the response time of the system. Response time is generally measured as the number of seconds it takes from the moment a user initiates an action, usually by pressing the Enter Key or a mouse button, until the computer begins to present the results (Shneiderman B and Plaisant C., 2009). Once the system response is completed and observed by the user, he/she will start thinking on the next action in the process. Time taken between the computer’s response and the user’s initiation of...
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...1. INTRODUCTION Information system can be categorized into two which is manually and automatically or also known as Computer Based Information System (CBIS). Before we are using CBIS, all the data is done manually, where all the information is written and store in a different file. Sometimes, this process is called non-computerized system. Non-computerized is not efficient because it consumes a lot of time to find and modify the information. So, to eliminate this problem, a new system is created which is known as computerized system or CBIS.A computer-based information system (CBIS) is an information system that needs computer technology to perform some or all of its intended tasks. Such a system can include as little as a personal computer...
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...Computer Information System Brief Tina Monteverdi Accounting Information Systems ACC/542 July 15, 2013 Milan Havel Computer Information System Brief Kudler Fine Foods prides their selves on providing an upscale environment with all of the very best domestic and imported foods and wines. They have an experienced and knowledgeable staff that is able to assist customers. The founder, Kathy Kudler developed a business plan and obtained a financing and was able to open a store all within a six month time a turn that business into a profitable business in the first year. Over the next five years 2 more stores were opened and continuing to thrive. In order to continue growing Kudler’s is evaluating their accounting information system needs and determine if there are changes that can be made to improve their systems with either system changes or technology upgrades, as well as identify an potential technology threats that may need to be addressed. Identify Kudler’s Key business and Accounting Information Needs Kathy Kudler and her management team understand the benefits of a system that would meet the needs of this business and help to continue to thrive. Kudler’s computer system will be used to integrate their point of sale (POS) systems along with their asset management and accounting, accounts payable modules, general ledger, bank reconciliations, and lastly one of the most important systems the security systems. “The initial business plan for Kudler’s included...
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...Computer Information System Brief University of Phoenix Accounting Information Systems ACC 542 Jan 28, 2012 Computer Information System Brief Kudler Fine Foods a premier gourmet grocery store is considering the best methods to integrate technology into its business operations. Kudler currently has three store locations in southern California and is considering adding a fourth store in Carlsbad (Kudler Fine Foods Virtual Organization, 2011). Currently the organization uses Microsoft Retail Enterprise Management System (REMS), Quick Books, and Microsoft Excel for their software needs and has a system of microcomputers and server at each store. This brief will discuss an analysis of the company’s business and accounting information needs, the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of the current computer system and technology use. Business and Accounting Information Uses The organization needs to record sales, transactions, human resources, and inventory data correctly and assist store managers in placing purchases order and efficiently using resources. The inventory system needs to be easily accessible and provide reports that would assist managers in minimizing inventory costs. Kudler needs to “…develop competitive strategies to counter the actions of the competitive forces they confront in the marketplace” (O’Brien & Marakas, 2008, p. 49). For future growth the business needs to explore the information system requirements to start the website for...
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