Part Why MIS? AllRoad Parts • 10-year-old, privately owned company selling parts for adventure vehicles dirt bikes, 4-wheel drive offroad vehicles • • Sells new high-end, expensive parts; a line of specialized, hard-to-find repair parts Jason Green is the founder and CEO – Senior year of college started informal eBay business buying and selling hard-to-find mountain bike parts – Has marketing and management experience Copyright © 2015 Pearson Education, Inc Part 1-2 AllRoad Parts(cont'd ) • • • • High margin products and high inventory costs Large selection of repair parts is the key to AllRoad’s competitive success Thinking about 3D printing for specialized parts to reduce inventory costs Forms a project team to investigate feasibility Copyright © 2015 Pearson Education, Inc Part 1-3 Opportunity Assessment Team • • • • • Kelly Summers, CFO, to lead the team Lucas Massey, Director of IT services Drew Mills, Operations Manager Addison Lee, head of Purchasing Jennifer Cooper, a relatively new employee about whom there are a number of complaints Copyright © 2015 Pearson Education, Inc Part 1-4 Next Three Chapters • Chapter discusses the importance of information systems Definitions are provided and a component model is introduced Consideration of information and systems are also made • Chapter addresses collaboration information systems Their characteristics and purpose as well as criteria for success are addressed Available tools are also introduced • Chapter relates information systems to the overall competitive strategy of an organization Copyright © 2015 Pearson Education, Inc Part 1-5 Part 1-6 ... importance of information systems Definitions are provided and a component model is introduced Consideration of information and systems are also made • Chapter addresses collaboration information... costs Forms a project team to investigate feasibility Copyright © 2015 Pearson Education, Inc Part 1-3 Opportunity Assessment Team • • • • • Kelly Summers, CFO, to lead the team Lucas Massey,... Director of IT services Drew Mills, Operations Manager Addison Lee, head of Purchasing Jennifer Cooper, a relatively new employee about whom there are a number of complaints Copyright © 2015 Pearson