Management Information Systems (MIS)

By Ashwin Dedhia

Everyone knows ‘MIS’ is a planned system of collecting, storing and disseminating data in the form of information needed to carry out various functions of management. Management Information System (M.I.S.) is basically concerned with processing data into information which is then communicated to the various departments in an organization for appropriate decision-making.

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Superficially, using spreadsheets for MIS reporting may seem attractive….

By Ashwin Dedhia

However, actually delivering a secure, robust, appropriately functional and reliable solution is considerably more complex (and therefore expensive / time-consuming) than it seems at first sight. We know…. we developed 1KEY Framework to develop robust MIS reporting solutions!

Why spreadsheet based heavy data solutions with MIS reporting should be avoided in principle?

MIS Reporting involves […]

MAIA Intelligence CIO Power List 2008 – People Who Matter!

- CA Ashwin Dedhia

A much awaited MAIA CIO Power List 2008, an annual listing of selected “C”elebrity – “I”ntelligent – “O”uststanding – CIOs who matter the most in coming year was out last week. The CIO Decisions, January 2008 issue had cover feature, MAIA Intelligence CIO Power List 2008 - the selected power number of […]

CIO: “What do you want?” CEO: “What can you do for me?”

CA Ashwin Dedhia, Director – MAIA Intelligence

When you see this kind of dialogue happening in your organization it emphasizes that there is no IT road map clearly defined, there is no joint dialogues happening with IT team and business users and there is no common objective shared by both CIO and CEO. There has to […]

Business intelligence market consolidation won’t terminate Innovation

CA Ashwin Dedhia

Business intelligence (BI) is no longer a back-office, nice-to-have application. It’s the next business differentiator.  Acquisitions & mergers are taking place in BI and corporate performance management (CPM) market.  2007 has been the year of dramatic BI consolidation.  One of the hottest segments of the tech industry, BI software, is going through […]

Business Intelligence (BI) supersedes MIS

Author:  Ashwin Dedhia, Director
Information systems and information technology are integral components of every modern organization. Part of this relationship is the role IS and IT plays in the pursuit of a business’s strategy and long term goals.
 
Management needs information to run business. Better the system to get the information better the control, growth and […]

MIS fails, but for technology

Author:  Ashwin Dedhia, Director
Management Information Systems (MIS) is the application of information technology to support business decision making activities. Because businesses are rapidly changing, there is a growing demand for graduates who have the analytical skills and business background to make business processes more productive. One has to analyze an organization’s information needs, design […]