MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM

MEANING:

MIS is a system which helps management in

performing its jobs, in making & implementing plans and
controlling decisions.

MIS refers to the study of how organizations use

language and data processing to carry out daily operations, establish
management control and plan for the future.

It is Computer Based Information System.

It is integrated system of man & machine.

PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT:

Production means transformation of Raw materials into

finished products for sale.

According to E. L. Brech,

“Production Management is the process of effective

planning and regulating the operations of that section of an
enterprise which is responsible for the actual transformation of
materials into finished products”.
Objective :

* To provide manufacturing services to the organization.

This involve manufacture of product of certain

specified quality and within certain cost in fixed time..

The system & methodology differs with respect to

manufacturing technology adopted.
INPUT TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS
• Production program
• Production schedule
• Process planning sheet
• Job card
• Quality assurance rating form
• Finished goods advice
• Breakdown advice
• Material requirement
• Customer order
APPLICATION

Production management is performed through

production planning and control, bill of
material processing etc…..
ROLE OF MIS IN PRODUCTION

PRODUCTION

STRATEGIC NEW PLANT LOCATION

TACTICAL
PRODUCTION BOTTLENECK

OPERATIONAL
DAILY SCHEDULING
Explanation

Strategic Information:
 This type of information is required at the top or senior manager level.

 A strategic decision by the production function of the management is a

New Plant Location.

 A strategic decision for the marketing function is a survey of

competition and the resulting strategy of gaining market share.

 While a detailed analysis of in- company sales and advertising is

a necessary pre – requisite, much will depend on the present and
future strategies of the competitors who are external to the
environment.
Explanation

Tactical information:

 this type of information is required at the middle level or the

managerial level. this level is responsible for taking certain
management related decisions.

 at the tactical one could visualize a production bottleneck

analysis in a manufacturing environment. such analysis would call
for senior management involvement by people with years of
experience. results arising out of such analysis are likely to have
medium range impact.
Information…

Operational or Lower Level Information:

 This information is required at the lower level of an

organization.

 Lower level means the clerical staff of the organization.

 Daily scheduling refers to assignment of jobs.

Production management system
DECISION ANALYSIS
TYPICAL DECISION:

 MAKE OR BUY
 USE OF ALTERNATIVE MATERIAL
 USE OF ALTERNATIVE PROCESS
 RESCHEDULING AND LOADING OF JOBS
 PLANNING AND SCHEDULING OF JOBS
 SELECTION OF PRODUCTION FACILITIES
CONTROL
 IT HAS TO BE ENSURED THAT PLANT,MACHINES
AND EQUIPMENT THAT HAVE HIGH INVESTMENT
ARE FULLY UTILISED.

 THERE ARE ALWAYS SOME JOBS WHICH HAVE

TO BE PUSHED THROUGH THE PRODUCTION
PROGRAMME BY WAY OF SCHEDULING AND
LOADING THE JOB ON MACHINES.
 CONCLUSION

 Statutory compliance:
There are few areas in production management which
required information for reporting to authority under
the category of Statutory compliance

 Operations update
This report provides information on day to day
events.
 …continued
 Decision analysis:
The decision analysis applications provide the reports
with specific key decisions in the production
function.

 These report provides information update on the post

implementation scenario of decisions.