Transcript CHAPTER 2

EXECUTIVE INFORMATION SYSTEMS
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Executive information system (EIS) – specialized DSSs
designed for use by senior-level executives in order to
make upper level decisions.
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Most EISs offering the following capabilities:
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Consolidation – involves the aggregation of information and
features simple roll-ups to complex groupings of interrelated
information
– Drill-down – enables users to get details, and details of details,
of information
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Slice-and-dice – looks at information from different
perspectives
Table 5.1
The Capabilities of Dashboards
Figure 5.3
Sample Performance Dashboard
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Figure 5.5 A Human Resource
Dashboard/Scorecard
Courtesy of iDashboards
Figure 5.6 Management Cockpit
The Management Cockpit is a registered trademark of SAP, created by Professor M. Georges.
Data Visualization Technologies
• Data visualization
– The process of presenting data to users in visual formats, thereby
making IT applications more attractive and understandable to
users
– The Value of Visualization
• Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
– A computer-based system for capturing, integrating,
manipulating, and displaying data using digitized maps
– Geocoding
• the process of assigning geographical location to every object
• Enables users to generate information for planning, problem solving,
and decision making
– Examples: ESRI, Intergraph, Pitney Bowes Mapinfo
• Reality mining
– Using GISs and Global Positioning Systems (GPSs) together
– Allowing analysts to extract information from the usage patterns
of mobile phones and other wireless devices
Digital Dashboards
• Digital dashboard – integrates information from
multiple components and presents it in a unified
display