SYANDES QUIZ # 3Submitted by:

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Transaction Processing System (Definition)

Any event that generates or modifies data stored in the Information System

A system that helps with transaction processing

A style of computing that divides work into individual, indivisible operations, called transactions.

Also known as Transaction Processing or Real-time Processing

Transaction Processing System (Uses)

The TPS is an information processing system for business transactions involving:

Collection,Modification andRetrieval of all

transaction data

Other Transactions:Scheduling and load

balancingManaging system

resourcesMonitoringManaging dataManaging

communicationTime management

Transaction Processing System (Examples)

Automated Teller Machine enables financial transactions

without the need of a cashier/human

assistance

McDonald’s Online Delivery Allows Mcdonald’s customers to

Purchase online

Airline Reservation System Allows you to purchase and reserve

plane tickets online

Office Automations System (Definition)

Computer-based system used to reduce the need of human work in production of goods and services

Collects, processes, transmits and stores data and information

Helps accomplish many tasks simultaneously

Allows multiple people to update data simultaneously

Office Automations System (Uses)Word-processing

Accounting

E-mail

Desktop Publishing

Telecommunication

Document Image

Processing

Office Automations System (Examples)

Roverville Provides Office Automation that lets you customize

your own computer to make everyday tasks easier, faster and more efficient

Micosoft BizTalk Helps with payment processing, supply chain

management, reporting, and business-to-business interactions

FileBound Workflow Automation Solutions Improves processing and managing valuable

documents

Knowledge Work System (Definition)

Aids for the needs at the knowledge level of the organization

Helpful for knowledge workersPeople who hold formal degrees from a

university and are often recognized as those with profession (i.e. engineers, lawyers, doctors, and etc.)

Promotes creation of new knowledge and ensures it’s properly integrated in the system

Knowledge Work System (Uses)

Three Key Roles:Keeping the

Organization at current knowledge

Serving as internal consultants for knowledge

Acting as agents of Change

Knowledge Work System (Examples)

CAD/CAM Systems (Computed-aided Design/Computer-aided Manufacturing)Automate creation and revision of designs via

sophisticated graphics software

Virtual Reality SystemsUsed to aid drug designers, engineers, and factory

managers

Investment WorkstationsHigh-end PCs to analyze trading situations and to

facilitate portfolio management

Decision Support System (Definition)

Computerized Information System that supports business and organizational decision-making activities

Software-based system used to help decision makers compile needed information from data, documents, personal knowledge, business models

Helps in identifying and solving problems

Decision Support System (Uses)

Accessing current information assets Including legacy and relational data sources,

cubes, data warehouses, and data marts

Provides comparative sales figures between one week and the next

Projects revenue figures based on new product sales assumptions

Describes the consequences of different decision alternatives from the past

Decision Support System (Examples)

Clinical Decision Support System Used for medical

diagnosis of a patient’s data

Finance Center Helps make decisions for

financial institutions to increase their revenue

Uses SaaS (Software-as-a-Service)

CompareNet Helps users compare two

or more different brands but similar products with each other

Executive Support System (Definition)

Also referred to as Executive Information System (EIS)

A software that allows you to turn organization’s data into useful reports

Used by executive level managers to access reports from different departments

Such as: billing, accounting, scheduling, and more

Can also be used to predict a series of performance

Executive Support System (Uses)

Allows to enter, verify, and update data

Allows user to store and save data to search information easily

Provides a visual or permanent record for the executive to save or read

Used for manufacturing, marketing, and financial analysis

Can produce graphics for the executiveGraphics such as: time series charts, scatter

diagrams, motion graphics, sequence charts, and bar charts

Executive Support System (Examples)

Cambridge Systematic Provides information that is

combined with the investment plan in the Ministry of Transportation in Canada

Biometrics Provides data and information on

attendance of employees in a specific firm

MEDITECH’S General Accounting Provides data for executives and

department managers across healthcare organizations

Group Decision Support System (Definition)

Enhances digital communication with various tools and resources

Used to support projects requiring group work

Promotes participation

Helps streamline group communication at the same time fosters learning

A system specifically engineered to support a team or other groups

GDSS is related to decision support systems because they both support human-decision making

Group Decision Support System (Uses)

Used for local and distant participation

Used for meeting and scheduling group activities

Helps in documentation when group activities are held

Provides an auxiliary support feature for brainstorming

Provides information for a group/team to base their decision on

Group Decision Support System (Examples)

MeetingSphere An online tool used to make

meetings more productive and efficient

ThinkTank Helps leaders of large

organizations execute core processes with greater efficiency, consistency, and

transparency

Powernoodle Helps in decision making of the

business at the same time helps in participation at which step and when