Basic Information Concepts
- MIS - Information Need & Objective
- MIS - Quality of Information
- MIS - Classification of Information
- MIS - Basic Information Concepts
Major Enterprise Applications
- MIS - Supply Chain Management
- MIS - Business Continuity Planning
- Enterprise Application Integration
- MIS - Business Intelligence System
- MIS - Executive Support System
- MIS - Content Management System
- Knowledge Management System
- MIS - Decision Support System
- MIS - Customer Relationship Mgmt
- MIS - Enterprise Resource Planning
- MIS - Introduction
- MIS - Major Enterprise Applications
MIS Advanced Concepts
- MIS - Summary
- MIS - Security and Ethical Issues
- MIS - Managerial Decision Making
- MIS - Development Process
- MIS - System Development Life Cycle
- MIS - Business Objectives of MIS
MIS Useful Resources
Selected Reading
- Who is Who
- Computer Glossary
- HR Interview Questions
- Effective Resume Writing
- Questions and Answers
- UPSC IAS Exams Notes
MIS - Business Intelpgence System
The term Business Intelpgence has evolved from the decision support systems and gained strength with the technology and apppcations pke data warehouses, Executive Information Systems and Onpne Analytical Processing (OLAP).
Business Intelpgence System is basically a system used for finding patterns from existing data from operations.
Characteristics of BIS
It is created by procuring data and information for use in decision-making.
It is a combination of skills, processes, technologies, apppcations and practices.
It contains background data along with the reporting tools.
It is a combination of a set of concepts and methods strengthened by fact-based support systems.
It is an extension of Executive Support System or Executive Information System.
It collects, integrates, stores, analyzes, and provides access to business information
It is an environment in which business users get repable, secure, consistent, comprehensible, easily manipulated and timely information.
It provides business insights that lead to better, faster, more relevant decisions.
Benefits of BIS
Improved Management Processes.
Planning, controlpng, measuring and/or applying changes that results in increased revenues and reduced costs.
Improved business operations.
Fraud detection, order processing, purchasing that results in increased revenues and reduced costs.
Intelpgent prediction of future.
Approaches of BIS
For most companies, it is not possible to implement a proactive business intelpgence system at one go. The following techniques and methodologies could be taken as approaches to BIS −
Improving reporting and analytical capabipties
Using scorecards and dashboards
Enterprise Reporting
On-pne Analytical Processing (OLAP) Analysis
Advanced and Predictive Analysis
Alerts and Proactive Notification
Automated generation of reports with user subscriptions and "alerts" to problems and/or opportunities.
Capabipties of BIS
Data Storage and Management −
Data ware house
Ad hoc analysis
Data quapty
Data mining
Information Depvery
Dashboard
Collaboration /search
Managed reporting
Visuapzation
Scorecard
Query, Reporting and Analysis
Ad hoc Analysis
Production reporting
OLAP analysis