Sunday, 23 September 2012

Chapter 11 and 12

In this chapter especially in chapter eleven, i wanna shared some knowledge and few comments in building a customer-centric organization and customer relationship management. Actually CRM enables an organization to provide better customer service, make call centers more efficient, cross sell products more effectively, help sales staff close deals faster, simplify marketing and sales processes, discover new customers and increase customer revenue. Using analytical CRM to enhance decisions such operational CRM which is supports traditional transactional processing for day-to-day and analytical CRM which is supports back-office operations and strategic analysis and includes all systems that do not deal directly with the customer and customer relationship factor include clearly communicate the CRM, define information needs and flows, build an integrated view of the customer, implement in iterations and last but not least scalability for organizational growth.
Then, in chapter twelve, it is about ERP which means Enterprise Resource Planning.At the heart of all ERP systems is a database, when a user enters or updates information in one module, it is immediately and automatically update throughout the entire system. IT will automate business process, and then bringing the organization together. ERP system must integrate various organization processes and be flexible, modular and open, comprehensive and also must beyond the company. So far..this is what i have learned in this chapter..many more that i should to undertsand. Thats all for today. Tq ! :)
Chapter 9 and 10

Assalamualaikum..today our topic for this chapter nine is about enabling the organization in term of their decision making. It would tell us bout the definition of system organizations use to make decision and gain competitive advantages, quantitative models typically used by decision support systems and relationship between digital dashboards and executive information systems also bout types of artificial intelligence. Overall, i satisfied on what i have learned especially in thier transactions making also the digital dashboard that tell us about it integrates information from multiple components and presents it in a unified display. :)
Then what about chapter 10??..just for our additional knowledge, it is about extending the organizational especially in supply chain management. SCM has three main links which is materials flow from suppliers and their "upstream" suppliers at all levels, transformation of materials into semifinished and finished products through the organization's own production process and also distribution of products to customers and their "downstream" customers at all levels too.The factor driving SCM is visibility which is ability to view all areas up and down the supply chain with Bullwhip effect, then consumer behavior, competition and speed.
Chapter 7 and 8

In chapter seven, it is all bout storing organizational information especially bout databases. As we know, information is stored in databases, it will maintains information about various types of objects such inventory, transactions, people, and warehouses. It include Hierarchical database model, network database model and relational database model. The relational database advantages here is, it will increased flexibility, then increase scalability, reduce information redundancy, increase information integrity and also increased information security. Database offer several security features such as password, access level which mean it determines who has access to the different types of information and lastly access control in term of types of user access.
Whilst in chapter eight, it tell us bout accessing organizational information especially in data warehouse. Data warehouse provided the ability to support decision making without disrupting the day-to-day operations. IT is a logical collection of information gathered from many different operational database that supports business analysis activities and decision making tasks and the primary purpose of it is to aggregate information throughout an organization into a single repository for decision making purpose. It have extraction,information and loading and datamart. Many more that i have learned in this both chapter include their multidimensional analysis and data mining, information cleansing and scrubbing and also business intelligence. OK ! i think it is enough for today. :)
Chapter 5 and 6

This chapter told me about organization structures that support strategic initiatives that detailed explain and give knowledge to me about its IT role and responsibilities in term of their related strategic position such Chief Information Officer, Chief Technology Officer, Chief Security Officer, Chief Privacy Officer and Chief Knowledge Officer. Business personnel possess expertise in functional areas such as marketing, accounting and sales.IT have the technological expertise and this typically causes a communications gaps between the business personnel and IT personnel. So,business personnel must seek to increase their understanding of IT by improving their communication.Ethics and security are two fundamental building blocks that organizations must base their businesses on to be successful. Ethics here means the principles and standards that guide our behavior toward other people and the security is important in order to protect the information  from accidental or intentional misuse by persons inside or outside an organization.
for chapter six,it is all about exploring business intelligence and valuing organizational information.Since the information is everywhere in an organization, employees must be able to obtain and analyze the many different levels, formats, and granularities of organizational  information to make decisions. The most important things here is the characteristics of high-quality information include accuracy, completeness, consistence, uniqueness and timeliness.

Thursday, 20 September 2012

Chapter 3 and 4

In this chapter,i have got knowledged on how the organization create a strategic initiative for implementing competitive advantages..
By using five basic components of supplier chain management such supply chain strategy, partner, operation and logistics.The most important thing here is effective and efficient SCM system can able an organization to decrease the power of its buyers and increase its own supplier power. Besides that, it also will increase switching costs to reduce the threat of substitute products or services, create entry barriers thereby reducing the threat of new entrants, then increase efficiencies while seeking a competitive advantage through cost leadership.CRM also can enable an organization to identify types of customers, design individual customer marketing campaigns, treat each customer as an individual and understand customer buying behaviors. Same goes to BPR, and ERP.
For chapter four, it is about measuring the success of strategic initiatives. It have key performance indicator(KPI) which means it measures that are tied to business drivers, then saying bout metrics that are detailed measures that feed KPI's. Efficiency IT metric measures the performance of the IT system itself including throughput, speed, and availability, then effectiveness IT metric measures the impact IT business process and activities including customer satisfaction, conversion rates, and sell-through increases. They have used metrics for measuring and managing strategic initiatives include website metrics, SCM metrics, CRM metrics, BPR metrics and also BPR metrics.Many more that I have learned in this two chapter.

Saturday, 30 June 2012

CHAPTER 2: Identifying Competitive Advantages

All organization should create a competitive advantage in order to survive and trive an organization.
the advantage can be seen in two ways, that is:
~Competitive advantage: a product or service that an organization's customers place a greater value on than similar offerings from a competitor.
~First-mover advantage: occurs when an organization can significantly impact its market share by being first to market with a competitive advantage.

An organization watch their competition through Environmental Scanning.
what does it work??..it is such acquisition and analysis of the events and trends in the environment external to an organization. =)

There are three(3) common tools used in industry to analyze and develop competitive advantages include:
           *Porter's Five Forces Model
           *Porter's three generic strategies
           *Value chains 


Porter's Five Forces Model determines the relative attractiveness of an industry.


Friday, 29 June 2012

MGT 300

hmm..subjek yg boleh kukirakan sbg subjek yg lain drpd yg lain..spnjg 5 sem aku blajar akhirnya aku nmpk btapa pentingnya ada Blog utk student mcm aku nih, sbb ni lah satu2nya peluang utk tambah markah kann..... !! hehhheh.
IT?! Blog?!..klaw ikutkan hati xnak ambil tahu bnde2 mcm nie..tapi kali nih,aku terpaksa ikutkn rasa..bukan nk m'binasakan diri,tapi nk bagi aku rasa sendiri cara belajar yg berfaedah..(memang suka pon jadi budak skema2 nih) hehhee.
. . . . .dah2,bkn nk bercerita psl 2 sbnrnya.. ! actually, i wanna share with u some input that i ve learn from Miss Salina's class..it's all bout technology, as what i ve learn in chapter one,i thought it's more better for me to share with u cuz it's ll give me more understanding bout business driven technology actually..
 . . .yaa ! anyway,I HAVE TO love this kind of subject !

BISMILLAHIRRAHMANIRRAHIM...

Firstly,in this chapter you should be able to comparing management information systems(MIS) and information technology(IT).There is totally have different meaning.
Management Information System is a general name for the business function and academic discipline covering the application of people,technologies, and procedures,so that's why it collectively called information systems in order to solve the business.

MIS is a business function and it is similar to Accounting, Finance, Operations, and Human Resources.

Information Technology means a field concerned with the used of technology in managing and processing information.
IT is an important enabler of business success and innovation.
That's all is the information technology basics that you should to know..
When beginning to learn about information technology, it is important to understand the following:
 *Data, information, and business intelligence
 *IT resources
 *IT cultures

What do you think about DATA??
Its such a raw fact that describe the characteristic of an event.

Then,what about INFORMATION meaning for us??
That is a DATA converted into a meaningful and useful context.

Business Intelligence?
It is an applications and technologies that are used to gather, provide access to, and analyze DATA and INFORMATION to support decision-making efforts.

IT resources..
~people
~information technology to work with
~information

IT cultures..
It is classified in four organizational information cultures such:
        *Information-Functional Culture
Employees used information as a means of exercising influence or power over other.
        *Information-Sharing Culture
Employees across departments trust each other to use information, especially about problems and failures to improve performance.
        *Information-Inquiring Culture
 Employees across department search for information to better understand the future and align themselves with current trends and new direction.
        *Information-Discovery Culture
Employees across departments are open to new insights crisis and radical changes and it will solve by creating competitive advantages.

What is the IT's impact on Business operation??
~Business functions receiving the greatest benefits from IT such in order below:
70% customer service
51% finance
42% sales and marketing
39% IT operation
17% HR
17% security
~Information Technology project goals:
81% reduce cost/improve productivity
71% improve customer satisfaction/loyalty
66% create competitive advantage
54% generate growth
37% streamline supply chain
16% global expansion
~Common Department in an organization:
*Accounting,marketing,operation management,human resources, production management,finance,sales and management information system.

Organizations typically operate by functional areas or functional silos.
Functional areas are interdependent.

Thats all for chapter one..later on we will proceed to another topics in chapter 2 in another day!! =)







Saturday, 23 June 2012

whoaa !! ade WIFI. . .!!
                                                                        krikk2 !!......
 ...hehehe hmm,mcm ni laa tiap2 hari..smenjak duk umah sewa makin sakan naa...
haduii...sakit poket aq fikir mcm2 yg nk kna bli buat sara diri bergelar NR student..tapiiii xpe,bnyk budget yg nk kne kluarkan just for first starting stay here in part 5 & 6 ONLY !!
Elehhhhhh...boleh survive ke???before duduk umah sewa bukan main lagi serabut psal duit..haa,,skrg nie amik kau ! dah duk umah sewa pun apa kurangnye ngan sblum ni..huhuhu..
tapi ok la jgk kan2??..boleh jgk jimat sikit2..nak makan masak di rumah je,xyah nk abiskn duit makan diluar..
masak simple2 pun dh kenyang smpai ke ptg..tapiiiiiiiii,xsmpai hati la nk ckp...ksian kami smua klaw dfikir2kan blk...menu utama kami srumah tahu x ape dia???
~nasi berlaukkan TELUR goreng !

                                        ~nasi berlaukkan KENTANG goreng masak kicap !

 
                                               ~nasi berlaukkan TELUR masak kicap !
...lagiii???!.....hmm,ape lg...kentang,telur,kentang,telur,kentang,telur laaa.....
arghh...lantak laa,xyah nk ngade2 lebih plak..prut kami ape kisah klaw kentang,telur,kentang,telur je tiap2 hari??!..
janji kenyangggggg, then,jimattt...simple2 sudahhh...
aduhh !!...sakit plak perut aq nih, geramm laa ! mkn nasik ngan lauk kentang td pnye psal nih..hm, xpe lah ye,hr nie just wanna story bout my simple food 4 uolllss only,bcoz of what??..dh ksian sgt kat diri ni haa,xtahu nk luah kat mne hihi, btw we will continue again 4 de new story okay !! bye2 ;-p