- THE ACCURACY IN REPRESENTATION - The test of accuracy is how closely it represents a situation or event. The degree of precision will decide the accuracy in representation.
- THE FORM OF PRESENTATION - Forms are qualitative or quantitative, numeric or graphic, printed or displayed, summarized or detailed. Appropriate form is important.
- THE FREQUENCY OF REPORTING - How often the information is needed? How often it needs to be updated?
- THE SCOPE OF REPORTING - The coverage of information in terms of entities, area and range, and the interest shown by the recipient or the decision maker.
- THE SCOPE OF COLLECTION - Internal from organization or external to organization.
- THE TIME SCALE - It may relate to the past, the current and the future and can cover the entire time span.
- THE RELEVANCE TO DECISION MAKING - The information has relevance to a situation and also to a decision making. The irrelevant information is a data.
- COMPLETE FOR THE DECISION CONSIDERATIONS - The information which covers all the aspects of the decision situation by way of scope , transactions and period is complete.
- THE TIMELINESS OF REPORTING - The receipt of information on time or when needed is highly useful. The information arriving late , loses its utility as it is outdated.
Advantages and Disadvantages of EIS Advantages of EIS Easy for upper-level executives to use, extensive computer experience is not required in operations Provides timely delivery of company summary information Information that is provided is better understood Filters data for management Improves to tracking information Offers efficiency to decision makers Disadvantages of EIS System dependent Limited functionality, by design Information overload for some managers Benefits hard to quantify High implementation costs System may become slow, large, and hard to manage Need good internal processes for data management May lead to less reliable and less secure data
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