A managerial element in the UPS tracking system described in the chapter is

Captures raw data from organization or external environment

Converts raw data into meaningful form

Transfers processed information to people or activities that use it

Output returned to appropriate members of organization to help evaluate or correct input stage

operational

end-user

middle management

senior management

Batch processing

Data redundancy

Data independence

Online processing

True

False

Captures raw data from organization or external environment

Converts raw data into meaningful form

Transfers processed information to people or activities that use it

Output returned to appropriate members of organization to help evaluate or correct input stage

integrated data processing throughout the firm

transaction process reporting

employees with online access to historical records

middle management functions

end users

developers

system analyst

first users

computing power will eventually level off

transistors decrease in size 50% every two years

data storage costs decrease by 50% every 18 months

computing power doubles every 18 months

supplying online access over networks to storage devices and storage area network

managing combinations of applications, networks, systems, storage, and security as well as providing Web site and systems performance monitoring to subscribers over the Internet

self-contained services that communicate with each other to create a working software application

hosting and managing access to software applications delivered over the Internet to clients on a subscription basis

taking inventory

providing package status reports to customers

the decision to use automation

in – house package tracking software