Parts Copyright 2015 Pearson Education Inc 10yearold privately owned company selling parts for adventure vehiclesdirt bikes 4wheel drive offroad vehicles S ells new highend ID: 639537
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Why MIS?
Part 1Slide2
AllRoad Parts
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10-year-old, privately owned company
selling
parts for adventure
vehicles--dirt bikes, 4-wheel drive off-road vehicles.
S
ells new high-end
, expensive
parts;
a line of specialized, hard-to-find repair
parts.
Jason Green
is the founder
and
CEO
S
enior
year of
college started
informal
eBay
business buying and selling hard-to-find mountain bike parts.
Has
marketing and management
experience.Slide3
AllRoad Parts(cont'd )
High margin products and high inventory costs.
L
arge
selection of repair parts
is the key
to AllRoad’s competitive success.Thinking about 3D printing for specialized parts to reduce inventory costs.Forms a project team to investigate feasibility.
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Opportunity Assessment Team
Kelly Summers,
CFO
, to lead the team.
Lucas
Massey,
Director of IT services. Drew Mills, Operations Manager.Addison Lee, head of Purchasing.Jennifer Cooper, a relatively new employee about whom there are a number of complaints.
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Next Three Chapters
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Chapter
1
discusses
the importance of information systems. Definitions are provided and a 5 component model is introduced. Consideration of information and systems are also made.
Chapter 2 addresses
collaboration
information
systems. Their characteristics and purpose as well as criteria for success are addressed. Available tools are also introduced.
Chapter
3 relates information systems to the overall competitive strategy of an organization.Slide6