FEDEX CASE 1. List the business processes displayed in the video: 1. Federal express currier picks up a package 2. Currier scans the box to electronically alter FedEx that the package is in their hands 3. Packages are brought to a hub (a large FedEx warehouse) 4. Packages are unloaded onto a conveyer belt that carries to a scanner that weighs the boxes and measures the size. This tells FedEx how much to charge the customer for shipping. 5. Packages go to a multidirectional
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Managing Information Systems FedEx Case 1. List the business processes displayed in the video. - Pick up the package & scan the box. - Transfer of the packages & letters to a big rig - Packages are loaded to a conveyor and sorted regarding its final destination - The belt carries the package to a scan that register each of them according to their weigh and size. - The packages are then pushed different ways depending on their destination - The packages with unreadable label are treated
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FedEx video After watching the video, please answer the following questions: 1. List the business processes displayed in the video. A business process is a collection of related, structured activities or tasks that produce a specific service or product for a particular customer(s). In FedEx case, the business process is the packages sorting in order to ship them to customers in many destinations inside and outside the U.S. As displayed in the video, first, a FedEx agent picks up a package and
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FedEx Video En el vídeo se observa que FedEX utiliza un sistema de información para la administración de la ogística requerida para a operación, dentro del que se incluyen subsistemas para: 1) Rotulación de paquetes (por peso, tamaño, origen, destino, remitente y demás datos relevantes), 2) Selección y ordenamiento por destinos, 3) Despacho, 4) Diseño de rutas de distribución aéreas y terrestres, 5) Monitoreo de aeropuertos y vías de transporte, 6) Monitoreo del clima y 7) Entrega y recibo
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Question 1: List the business processes displayed in the video. FedEx is a logistical service company employing 100 000 employees all around the world. They are specialised in transportation, e-commerce and business services. In order to be successful in their job they came up with a really efficient information system. We are now going to describe the different business processes shown in the video that retraces the entire journey of a package. 1. First a FedEx employee goes to the house
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BITS/CM/HHSM ZC471 Management Information Systems Syllabus: Post Mid-Sem Portion EC-1 Assignment – Part 2: Case Study: FedEx & IT (Max Marks: 7) Last Date: 28/10/13 Important Note: 1. Assignment is individual. NOT a group assignment. 2. Copying cases will be awarded zero marks 3. Adhere to words limit set by instructor. 4. Do not wait for the last day to upload your document when
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Case 1 How FedEx Works: Enterprise Systems 1. FedEx uses many businesses processes when shipping an item. First they arrive to pick up the package, upon arrival they scan the package so they know it is now in their possession and it is able to be tracked. This is part of a manufacturing and production process, as well as a sales and marketing process. It is a manufacturing and production process because it starts the initial travel or shipping of the package to its destination. Sales and marketing
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Essentials of MIS 11 Video Cases Essentials of Management Information Systems: Managing the Digital Firm, 11th Edition Kenneth Laudon and Jane Laudon Azimuth Interactive, Inc. Copyright 2014 Questions and Answers Chapter 1: Business Information Systems in Your Career Case 1: UPS Global Operations with the DIAD 1. List the various ways that DIAD improves customer service. Faster pickup and delivery schedules. Real-time tracking of packages
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Q1: UPS 1 What are the inputs, processing, and outputs of UPS’s package tracking system? INPUTS: barcoded label (which has all the information regarding addresses, names and other info of the packages, all of this translated into a barcode). PROCESSING: the DIAD. OUTPUT: the information about the package (which was firstly translated into a barcode) that can be read by the DIAD, and so, the DIAD displays the addresses, names, etc. 2 What technologies are used by UPS? How are these technologies
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