Blog Entry 3.3 - Cost Benefit Analysis

Blog Entry 3.2 - Building a Business Case

I believe that if we take on this information system, then we will have an advantage on our competitors.
If we do not take on this information system then we will surely be put out of business by our competitors.
Based on these statistics, our competitors are increasing sales by using this information system.

Blog Entry 2.2 - Automobile Industry

This one is about how there cannot be a "world car" for many different reasons.
1) Through outsourcing. Work Flow Software.
2) There are different tastes across the globe and economies are different.

Blog Entry 2.1 - Globalization Enablers

Flicker.com is a place online where people are free to post their images for either the world to see or just selected people. Some services include blogging, tagging, rotating, photo sharing and rating.

Blog Entry 1.3 - Organizational Chart

 The CIO is the head person in charge. The support department helps the staff and sets up networks. An example of someone in the support department is business analyst which develops business rules and what the product is going to do. The development department creates new things. An example of someone in this department is database administrator which is the person who works with data. The maintenance department fixes errors. An example of someone in that area is IFS auditor which assesses the information system to determine necessary changes. The three most important in my opinion are the business analyst, database administrator and the IFS auditor.

Blog Entry 3.1 - Value Chain Analysis

Blog Entry 1.1 - Fictional Company Introduction

Name: Ferrum Medical
Size: Small town
Location: Ferrum, Va
Employees: 2 Secretaries, 4 Nurses, 2 Doctors
Make money by offering medical aid to town members.

Blog Entry 1.2 - Data

The data would be the number 5555. From there the information would be 55-55. The knowledge would be that it is a patient's number whom is John Doe. The wisdom would be that John Doe has an appointment with Dr. David at 3:30 pm because he has an illness.

The data would be 233. From there we could find the information as 2-33. The knowledge would be that that is a doctor's code who is Dr. David. The wisdom would be that Dr. David has an appointment with John Doe at 3:30 for an illness. We could also find out the Doctor's schedule, pay rate, and other information.

The data would be 330. The information would be 3:30. The knowledge would be that it is an appointment for John Doe with Dr. David. The wisdom would be that the appointment that John Doe made was because he was sick.