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JIT= Just in time manufacturing
Uses computer systems to ensure raw processes and stock levels are kept to a minimum
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EDI= Electronic data interchange
Sends data in agreed formats between computer applications in different organisations
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BACS= The bankers automated clearing service
A method of processing financial transactions electronically
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Operational level
Structured decision, short term effect, detailed degree of detail needed
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Tactical level
Semi-structured decision, medium term effect, some summary degree of detail needed
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Strategic level
unstructured decision, Long term effect, summarised degree of detail needed
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CSF= critical success factors
The essential areas of activity that must be performed well if the objectives or goals of an organisation or project are to be achieved
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Payroll
The administartion of wages and salaries
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HR= Human resources
The department that deals with the management of the people who work for an organisation. Soemtimes it is called the personnel department
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Data portability
The ability to transfer data between different software packages or systems
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Data transferability
The ability to import data from an old ICT system to a new one when the new one is being installed
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Back office systems
The ICT system that runs the internal operations of an organisation and are not accessible or visible to the general public
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Transaction processing systems
These carry out the day-to-day activities of most organisations at operational level
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Workflow management systems
Software that helps organisations analyse and manage their business processes by using a computer model to represent the logic of the workflow
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Metadata
Data about data. It provides information about the content of documents using key words, descriptions and dates
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MIS= management information systems
Takes data from internal and external sources and processes it to provide information that can be used by managers at different levels to aid effective decision making.
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DSS= Decision support systems
Computer based systems that analyse data to provide information to help managers make decisions.
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Enterprise systems
Those that serve the entreprise as a whole rather than any individual department
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Data mining
The extraction of previously unknown and potentially useful information
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Data warehouse
A storage facility for large quantities of data
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E-commerce system
Designed to support the buying and selling of goods and services, usually over the World Wide Web
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CRM= Customer relationship management
Used to maintain key information about customers and for analysing customer expenditure patterns and habits. Often used as the basis of loyalty card systems
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Strategy
A long term plan for achieving a goal
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Policy
A statement which defines the organisation's position on a particular issue and may determine decisions, actions and other matters
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Offshoring
The transfer of an organisational funstion to another country, regardless of whether the work is outsourced or stays within the same corporation
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Protocol
A standard set of rules. For example, a communications protocol is a standard set of rules used to ensure the proper transfer of data between devices
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OSI= Open systems interconnection
A set of protocols allowing computers of different origins to be linked together.
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TCP/IP= Transmission control protocol/ internet protocol
The set of working practices that allow internet users and providers to communicate with each other no matter what type of equipment they are using
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HTTP= Hypertext transfer protocol
The set of rules used on the world wide web for communicate between sites
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HTTPS
A secure version of http
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FTP= File transfer protocol
The set of rules that govern hardware and software settings when transferring files over the internet
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IP address
Uniquely identifies a physical computer linked to the internet
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
Sends data in agreed formats between computer applications in different organisations
Back
EDI= Electronic data interchange
Card 3
Front
A method of processing financial transactions electronically
Back
Card 4
Front
Structured decision, short term effect, detailed degree of detail needed
Back
Card 5
Front
Semi-structured decision, medium term effect, some summary degree of detail needed
Back
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