1.

The MIS is an idea which is associated with employee,machine, marketi

ng and
methods for collecting information s from the internal and external source and pro
cessing this information for the purpose of
facilitating the process of decision-making of the business.helps in strategic p
lanning, management control, operational control and transaction processing
which is the core part of any business
1.2.
Alternatives of MIS
are classfied in three major reporting alternatives
1.perodic schedule report:most common practice to provide information in form o
f report/statement on regularbasis
eg: weekly sales reports,monthly financial report.
2.Excepptions reports:An exception report is a type of summary report that ident
ifies any events that are outside the scope.it includes the process of inventor
y reconciliation
project management investigation, and even employee assessments
3.Demand reports:On-demand reports provide specific information as and when need
ed. The content of these reports depends on
the circumstances and the requesting manager's requirements. These reports can b
e in a custom format or in one of the regular summary
or trend formats
for eg:For example, a small business owner might want to know how her products a
re selling around certain holidays
2.
Online analytical processing:
OLAP is a database technology that has been optimized for querying and reporting
, instead of processing transactions.
The source data for OLAP is Online Transactional Processing (OLTP) databases tha
t are commonly stored in data warehouses.
Considering the information needs of Wheelies Managers in their respective geogr
aphical areas,the data can be analysed to display a
spread sheet showing all of the
company's Bicycle -models sold in Miami in the month of July, compare revenue fi
gures with those for the same models in September, and
then see a comparison of other
models sales in Miami during the same time period.
Wheelies Managers in their respective geographical areas,the data can be analyse
d to display a spread sheet showing all of the
company's Bicycle -models sold in Miami in the month of July, compare revenue f
igures with those for the same models in September,
and then see a comparison of other models sales in Miami during the same time p
eriod.
To facilitate this kind of analysis, OLAP data is stored in a multidimensionaldatabase. A multidimensional database considers each
data attribute such as product, geographic sales region, and time period as a se
parate "dimension." OLAP software can locate the
intersection of dimensions all products sold in the Europe above a certain price
during a certain time period and display them. Attributessuch
as time periods can be broken down into sub attributes.

3.
Trends towards Cross-functional
Its an integrated combination of bussiness info recourses across the functional
units of org.This use IT to share info resourses,while improving
the efficiency and ectiveness of business processes.so due to this relationships

with customers, suppliers, and business partners

are formed and strengthened
4.
three Major cross functional:
CRM,ERP and SCM are three major cross functional information system used especia
lly in small-mid size business.
CRM:CRM uses information technology to create a cross-functional enterprise syst
em that integrates and automates many of the customer-serving processes
in sales, marketing, and customer services that interact with a company's custom
ers." One benets of CRM is that it allows a business to identify and target its
best customers and most protable ones so they can retain them for a lifetime to
become more protable
ERP:ERP) is an industry term for the broad set of activities supported by multimodule application software that helps a
business manage the important parts of its operations, including product planni
ng, parts purchasing, maintaining inventories, interacting with suppliers,
providing customer service, and tracking orders.
SCM:Supply chain management flows can be divided into three main flows:
The product flow
The information flow
The finances flow
The product flow includes the movement of goods from a supplier to a cus
tomer, as well as any customer returns or service needs.
The information flow involves transmitting orders and updating the status of del
ivery. The financial flow consists of credit terms, payment schedules,
and consignment and title ownership arrangements.

5.the e-business applications which can help small companies like wheelies:
EB-Suite (also know as Oracle's E-Business Suite): This application offer a set
of financial application which help in processing financial solution like
Prurchase-to-Pay business process flow involving activities such as procurement,
purchasing, making payment to Suppliers and subsequent accounting.
Order-to-Cash business process flow involves activities such as Customer Orders,
Order fulfilment, receiving payment from Customers & subsequent accounting
This will help company to track all financial related activities which eventuall
y help company to take decision on funding and sponsoring new products.

CRM softwires like,

Nutshell: It is a web and mobile customer relationship management (CRM) service.
It is composed of a web application, as well as mobile applications for the iOS
and Android platforms
Nutshell integrates with other SaaS services for small businesses, including Goo
gle Apps, Zendesk, MailChimp and Wufoo
Warehouse application
Warehouse application like
Fishbowl :
Fishbowl Inventory can meet the needs of companies that require more streamlined
inventory control, material requirements planning (MRP) and job shop
floor control/manufacturing execution. It takes an inventory-centric approach,
providing features for barcoding, asset management, raw materials management,
cycle counting and customized reporting. The system also automates the quoting,

ordering and purchasing processes.

Fishbowl Inventory is used in just about every industry by companies earning up
to $100 million in annual revenue. It offers extensive training and support reso
urces
through its training videos, online tutorials, in-house specialists and
more. Fishbowl s integration with QuickBooks makes
it simple for users to integrate manufacturing, sales and distribution processe
s with back office accounting