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Unit 6: Information Technology Framework

 Management Control is characterized by an evaluative, tactical, intermediate-term focus Notes
that evaluates past performance and identifies alternatives.

 Logistics information systems combine hardware and software to manage, control, and
measure the logistics activities.
 Planning and coordination include the activities necessary to schedule procurement,
production, and logistics resource allocation throughout the enterprise.
 A comprehensive information system initiates, monitors, assists in decision making, and
reports on activities required to complete logistics operations and planning.

 The ERP or legacy systems are the backbone of most firms’ supply chain information
systems.
 Enterprise execution systems work in conjunction with the firm’s ERP to provide specific
functionality to support logistics operations.
 Planning systems can generally be grouped into two categories, strategic and tactical.
 Information technology is also critical for information sharing to facilitate logistics and
supply chain planning and operations.
 Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and enterprise execution systems are the major software
components of logistics information systems.
 The centre of the system is the central database or information warehouse where all
information is maintained to facilitate access to common and consistent data by all
modules.
 The supply chain information system is the backbone of modem logistics operations.

6.10 Keywords

Architecture: Architecture is both the process and product of planning, designing and construction.
Comprehensive Information System: A comprehensive information system initiates, monitors,
assists in decision making, and reports on activities required to complete logistics operations
and planning.
Customer Orders: It reflects demands placed by enterprise customers.
Decision Analysis: This focuses on decision applications to identify, evaluate, and compare
logistics strategic and tactical alternatives for managerial decisions.
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP): It systems refer to the mainframe applications that were
developed prior to 1990 to automate transactions such as order entry, order processing,
warehouse operations, inventory management, transportation, and related financial transactions.
Extensible Markup Language (XML): It is a flexible computer language that facilitates information
transfer between a wide range of applications and is readily interpretable by humans.
Information: Information is stimuli that have meaning in some context for its receiver.
Logistics Information Systems: Logistic information system is nothing but a part of Management
Information System to manage, control and measure the logistical activities.
Logistics Requirements: Logistics requirements coordinate the facility, equipment, labour, and
inventory resources necessary to accomplish the logistics mission.

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