Ford Company's Information Systems: A Comprehensive Report

This report provides an overview of the information systems employed by the Ford Motor Company. It begins by defining information systems and their importance in business operations, then categorizes different levels of management and their associated information systems, including operational, tactical, and strategic levels. The report further classifies organizational information systems into transaction processing systems, management information systems, and decision support systems, outlining their respective functions and applications within the Ford Company. Specific systems like the Ford Production System and the Order to Delivery system are detailed, highlighting their roles in managing production activities and expediting product delivery. The report concludes by emphasizing the role of information systems in enabling Ford to meet customer needs and achieve its business goals, referencing several academic sources.

REPORT IF FORD
COMPANY IN IS SYSTEMS

INTRODUCTION
The integrated set of entities for collection, storage as well
as processing of data for rendering knowledge, information
and digital products is referred to as information system.
This involves carrying out as well as managing operations,
communicating with suppliers and customers for competing
within the marketplace

DIFFERENT INFORMATION SYSTEM
i. Operational management level: This
kind of level is associated with carrying
out each day transactions within the
organisation.
• For an instance, level of management
comprises of bank tellers, customer care
staff and many more. In this case, Ford
Company will be able to formulate
structured decisions by making its use.

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ii. Tactical management: Middle level
managers like supervisors, head of
departments, etc. dominate this level
of information system.
 Within the Ford Company, the users
present in this level will oversee
activities of people at operational
level.

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iii. Strategic management: This aspect
involves senior levels within the
organisation; the users within this level
possess liability for formulation of
unstructured decisions.
 In this context, emphasis in Ford
Company is made on long-term
planning for the organisation.

TYPOLOGY FOR CLASSIFICATION OF
ORGANIZATION
Transaction processing system: The information
processing system that is liable for business
transactions and comprises of collecting,
altering as well as retrieving transactional data
is referred to as transaction process system.
 In this case, Ford Company can opt for making
use of batch processing where multiple requests
can be implemented at peculiar instance of
time.

CONT..
Management information system: The
utilisation of people, business processes and
technology for recording, storage as well as
processing of data for producing information.
 This will enable to formulate decisions can
be with respect to day to day operations is
referred to as management information
system

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Decision support system: The
computerised program that is utilised
for supporting judgements, courses
and determination of course of actions
within the business is defined as
decision support system.
 This can be used via Ford Company to
analyse ample of data by compiling
comprehensive data which can be
utilised for solving problems within
decision making.

INFORMATION SYSTEM OF FORD
Ford Production system: It is liable
for management of activities
associated with production and this
involves actual productions along
with procurement of supplies.
 It is a distributed system that
enables organisation to manage
their production lines across world.

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Order to delivery system: This is
decision support system which is
formulated to expedite deliver of their
products to customers.
 OTD is accountable for management
of orders that varies from production
till they are delivered and clients also
have the ability to track their offerings.

CONCLUSION
Information system aids firm within making sure that they are
able to deliver their services by taking into consideration needs
of their potential customers.
There are different types of information systems that can be
utilised by Ford Company as per their requirements that will
lead them to attain goals within short frame of time.

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