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| Using the Internet and other networks for e-commerce, enterprise collaboration, and Web-enabled business processes. |
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| Cross-functional enterprise systems |
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| Information systems that cross the boundaries of the functional areas of a business in order to integrate and automate business processes. |
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| Functional business systems |
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| Information systems that support marketing, production, accounting, finance, and human resource management. |
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| Enterprise application architecture |
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| E-business applications fit into a framework of interrelated cross-functional enterprise applications |
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| Enterprise application integration |
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| Software that interconnects enterprise application systems |
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| Marketing information systems |
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| Information systems for customer relationship management, sales management, and promotion management |
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| Collaborating interactively with customers in creating, purchasing, servicing, and improving products and services. |
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| Using mobile computing networks to support salespeople in the field. |
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| Manufacturing information systems |
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| INformation systems that support manufacturing operations and management |
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| Computer-integrated manufacturing |
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| A conceptual framework for simplifying and integraing all aspects of manufacturing automation |
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| Computer-aided manufacturing |
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| Using computers in a variety of ways to help manufacture products |
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| Enterprise collaboration systems |
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| Use electronic communications, conferencing, and collaborative work tools to support and enhance collaboration among teams and workgroups |
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| Using computers to operate a petroleum refinery |
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| Using computers to help operate machine tools |
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| Human resource information systems |
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| Information systems to support staffing, training and development, and compensation administration |
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| Using the internet for recruitment and job hunting is an example |
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| Accounting information Systems |
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| Accomplishes legal and historical record-keeping and gathers information for the planning and control of business operations |
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| Online Accounting Systems |
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| An examle is using the Internet and extranets to do accounts receivable and accounts payable activities |
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| Handles sales orders from customers |
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| Keeps track of items in stock |
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| Keeps track of amounts owed by customers |
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| Keeps track of purchases from suppliers |
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| Produces employee paychecks |
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| Produces the financial statements of a firm |
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| Financial management systems |
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| Information systems for cash management, investment management, capital budgeting, and financial forecasting |
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| Manufacturing execution systems |
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| Performance monitoring and control systems for factory floor operations |
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| Customized advertising and promotion methods to fit their intended audience |
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| Transaction processing cycle |
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| Data entry, transaction processing, database maintenance, document and report generation, and inquiry processing |
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| Collecting and periodically processing transaction data |
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| Processing transaction data immedietly after they are captured |
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| Online transaction processing systems |
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| Systems that immediately caputre and process transaction data and update corporate databases. |
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