Professional Documents
Culture Documents
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Order Quantity
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Customers Sales
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1. Sales Enter
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Order Sales
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Data
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Enter Sales
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Sales 3.
Enter Sales Sales Order Prepare
2. Order Data Orders History File
Sales
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3. Order Report Order
Sales Order Report
History
Sales File
Sales
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Report Manager
Boundary of
the Firm
The Conceptual System
● Open-loop systems
● Management control
Information Information
Management
CURRENT STATUS
∙Step 4-weld supports to frame
∙Department 410-Welding
∙Date and Time Begun-10/8; 10:15A
∙Projected Job Completion-10/14; 9:30A
NEXT PROCESS
•Step 5-paint frame
•Department 632-Paint
The Information Processor Transforms
Data into Information
Information Information
Management Information
Processor
Data
Standards
Information
and
Decisions Information Data
Management Information
Processor
Data
Physical
Resources Physical
Resources
Input Transformation Output
Process Resources
Resources
Use of the
General Systems Model
● A Supermarket
- All flows are present but the materials flow is
most prominent
● A Law Firm
- Flows may be less obvious but they do exist