INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Transaction Processing Systems is an information processing system for the collection, storage, modification and retrieval of all transaction data.

Example: the systems employed by major credit card companies found in retail store

Process Control System is used to control and monitor industrial processes.

Example: thermostat

  

Enterprise Collaboration Systems is an information system which is a combination of groupware, tools, internet, extranets, and other networks used to facilitate efficient sharing of documents and knowledge between teams and individuals in an enterprise.

Example: video conference, email

Management Information Systems is an information system that gives information to help organizations in making decisions and manage themselves better.

Example: sales analysis, inventory performance, production performance

Decision Support Systems is a form of management information systems specifically designed to support planners and stakeholders in decision-making. 

Example: profit prediction, product pricing

Executive Information System is a type of management information system to inform from MIS or DSS that facilitate and support the decision-making needs of senior executives.

Example: actions of competitors

Expert Systems is a computer systems that perform a task by a human expert and is designed to solve complex problems with reasoning about knowledge.

Example: financial forecasts, diagnose human illnesses, and schedule routes for delivery vehicles

Knowledge Management Systems is an expression that describes a set of strategies, systems and techniques used by organizations to create, represent, distribute and enable adoption of insights and experiences.

Example: term bank construction, system design and specification, documentation or ontology design for language processing

Strategic Information Systems is a computer system that helps organizations in implementing business strategy to achieve a particular aim, or gain an advantage over similar organizations.

Example: e-business, online stock trading

Functional Busines Systems is a process that provides information on daily business operations that is used as a delivery mechanism for providing specific goods or services to customers.

Example: finance, accounting, operations management, marketing