Assignment: Management Information System

Acknowledge to: Dr Farhan Mir

Acknowledge by: Muhammad Bilal Aslam

Roll: BE-16-68

Program: BBA(Eve)

Session: 2016-2020
Ford Motors Management Information System:
Ford not only just follows the web-site to provide the service to customers, for achieving total
supply chain visibility in real time, increasing dealer and customer service satisfaction and
minimizing costs, especially ongoing IT costs, Ford also using SAP® software, to improve the
performance on supply chain management and customer relationship management.

SAP allows businesses to manage financial transactions, product life cycles and supply chain
activities. The software has various analytical features, such as evaluating performance,
reporting and decision making. SAP can analyze data from any source and conduct
collaborative decision making. These features allow SAP to meet the needs of many complex
businesses and government organizations.

Payroll System:
Summary:
In short, Ford uses information technology on business manager, SCM and CRM, for enhanced
customer and supplier successfully. It can see that information system can help Ford achieve its
business model.
Nowadays, every company will develop the information system to achieve competitive, most of
them have the e-business, too. It is surly that information system is a very useful and major tool
to help company to meet their aims. However, it does not mean have information system can
help the company to do a successful business, because the most important is that company have a
correct business strategy. As the example on Ford, its business model is cost leadership; it is a
great competitive advantage at early 1900s when Ford provided Model T cars. However,
following the change of environment, it is not work now. So, if a company want to achieve
competitive, it is not only focusing on develop information system, but also focusing on the
business strategy.