...) and Atkinson (1999) each suggest information quality and its use are linked to project success. Other studies have revealed that data are an important part of a decision support system since they form the basis of the information that is delivered to decision makers (Rockart and DeLong, 1988; Watson et al...

...B.S. Sahay; A.K. Gupta The thrust of this paper is to develop a comprehensive software selection criterion and view information technology related issues in supply chain management. This paper furnishes implicit details of decision support systems, software solutions and factors associated...

...‐systems were prevalent. Furthermore, ICT did not provide much help with respect to the necessary social interactions in the decision‐making process. Implications of these findings are discussed for the design of future decision‐support systems. © MCB UP Limited 2002 Information technology...

.../distribution center operations. © MCB UP Limited 2002 Human resource management Decision‐support systems Order picking In modern distribution industry, a distribution center (DC) must increase its operational efficiency (in both time and cost) to satisfy its customers’ high demands in low...

...: prehistoric times, middle ages, data revolution, and the information based management era. Administration Data processing Decision‐support systems The concept of data warehousing springs from the combination of two sets of needs: the business requirement for a company‐wide view of information...

.... © MCB UP Limited 2000 Inventory control Decision‐support systems Problem solving Monte Carlo simulation The specification in Visual IFPS/Plus of a fixed cost for setting up the order of $5,000 plus the “incremental‐quantity” discount structure defined in Table III can be written...

...Sean B. Eom This study investigates the changing intellectual structure of the decision support system (DSS) field by means of an empirical assessment of the DSS literature over two successive time periods, 1971‐1990 and 1991‐1995. A multivariate data analysis tool, cluster analysis, is applied...

... into many new systems, including decision support systems, where they perform many of the necessary decision support tasks formerly relegated to humans. Software agents are useful in automating repetitive tasks, finding and filtering information, intelligently summarizing complex data, etc. Just like...

... primarily to give a general idea of the breadth of the groupware domain. Basically six categories are included. They are message systems, multiple‐user editors, group decision support systems and electronic meeting rooms, computer conferencing, intelligent agents and coordination systems (Ellis et al...

...Claire Cassie Discusses the application of decision support systems (DSS) to assist in solving marketing decisions. As the marketing environment becomes more competitive the pressure to gain the “edge” over your competitors becomes more intense. Marketing decision support systems (MDSS...

...Bel G. Raggad Using a decision support system (DSS) delays the decision‐making process and commits the user to the cost of invoking the system. The existing configurations of decision support systems do not guarantee the profitability of the DSS. If the DSS generates messages that the decision...

...Susan Coles; Jennifer Rowley Considers the potential use of spreadsheets as decision‐support systems (DSS). Commences by considering the nature of DSS and the advantages and disadvantages of spreadsheets as DSS, and then proceeds to consider and illustrate some of the models that can be easily...

... and end‐user’s conceptualizations of the subject matter domain[ 2 , 11 ]. © MCB UP Limited 1996 Decision-support systems Expert systems Knowledge‐based systems Lifecycle costing Expert consultation systems (ES) are different from most management information systems (MIS...

...Bel G. Raggad Examines the effects of decision unstructuralness (unstructuredness + noisiness) on decision‐support systems (DSS) adoption. Suggests that end‐users are sensitive to “unstructuralness” when they select a decision support approach. Problem structuring at the intelligence phase...

.... In 1989, Frito‐Lay, Inc. prepared 75 local‐area networks in its regional offices worldwide to run customized versions of its mainframe‐based executive information system. The system creates specialized decision‐support systems tailored to local needs and is built on Cornshare, Inc. Commander EIS shell...

...Larry W. Jacobs; Joachim Lauer Presents a microcomputer‐based interactive decision support system (DSS)to assist managers to improve decision making for machine scheduling in a job shop environment. The system downloads data from a factory information system, and schedules work into the appropriate...

...Rajeev Kaula Decision support systems (DSS) like individual DSS, group DSS, or organization DSS, have traditionally been developed separately. Attempts to integrate their separate development into a unified framework. Specifies the relationship between the decisions supported by different DSS...

...Hossein Bidgoli Shows how to introduce computer support for the implementation of different decision‐making settings. Provides a comparison between decision support and expert systems. Analyses the similarities and dissimilarities of decision support systems (DSS) and expert systems(ES...

... groups Decision‐support systems Expert systems New technology Performance management USER EVALUATION OF EXPERT SYSTEMS 17 E nsuring that the aims of expert systems designers and users are congruent helps to promote successful computer use. User Evaluation of Expert Systems Patricia L. Rees...

...(decision support systems) and ESs. The integration of symbolic and connectivist theories have resulted in the neural network ES, which can learn and adapt to situations, becoming an emerging trend. Certain facts about ESs which should be remembered by managers, in general, which can be treated as a set...