Link between mis and bpr

Answer 1

Any excersie towards building design of the management information system will be processed by an excersie of business re-engineering. Building the MIS is a long term project.It is, therefors, essential to have a relook at the organizational where the mission and goals of the organisation are likely to be replaced. The business itself would indergo a qualitative chamge in terms of the change the platform of business calling for different MIS. The MIS will be concentrater more on the performance parameter evalution which is different in the prameter evaluation which is different in the re-engineered organisation. The data capture, processing, analysis and reporting would be process central and performance effeciency would be evaluated in relation to the value generated by the processes. The decision support systems will be integrated in the businmess process itself, where triggers are used to move the process. The triggers could be business rules and stored procedures, enabling the process to become automation in its execution. The MIS in the re-engineered organisation would be more of a performance monitering tool to start with and thenm a control for the performance. The traditional MIS in function-centered like finace, production, material, etc. The Management Information System in a re-engineered organisation would be process centered, evaluating customer stisfaction, expectation and perceptions. The role of Managemnant Information Systemswill be raised to a level where the following activities would be viewed for the management action:

1>Control of process cycle time

2>Work froup efficiency

3>Customer satisfaction index

4>Process efficiency and effectivness

5>Effectiveness of the Management in enterprise management and not in enterprise resource

6>The strength of the organisation in terms of knowledge, learning and strategic effectiveness The traditional role of the MIS as a decision supporter will continue, however.