Essay on Executive Information Systems

Enterprise Resource planning software offers companies a way of tracking transactional data, yielding greater efficiencies and profits. However, to tap into that information and generate clear graphics that illuminate the direction a company is heading, executive information systems (EIS) and decision support systems software hold the key.

EIS software is aimed at providing top-level executives an easy-to-use way of tracking such business situations as asset-to-liability ratios, inventory levels and production rates.

DSS software in its original inception was aimed at lower-level management, but now there is little distinction between the two types of software. Both systems graphically display information that aids analysis of multidimensional data provided by the ERP.

The program might include arrows or color coding that indicates whether the company's status is improving, steady or declining. A quick glance will reveal business trends to an executive that were recorded by the ERP software.

The feature that attracts executives to these front-end tools is their adaptability and ease of use. The major vendors' software all use well-known drag and pull graphics familiar to users of Apple or Microsoft operating systems, and can be easily developed by executives to reflect and aid their particular businesses.

By the end of the development, an end user has created a custom information system geared to its own business and that of its customers. The reporting systems generated an EIS software is not only pleasing to look at but easy to use. It allows top-level executives who don't have time to hold weekly meetings or spend time developing complicated reports to get a window on the information they need to run their businesses effectively.

The flexibility of EIS programs allows databases across the entire enterprise to be accessed from departments ranging from distribution to human resources.....................

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