Development of management information system (MIS) for a medium size ceramic products manufacturing enterprise

Abstract

In Bangladesh either in an industrial unit or in any business enterprise economic growth ~s not yet very promin~nt' as management desciplines' are not being followed. 'Real situation' prevailing in industrial units or business fields are rarely examined and for the decisions .based on assumptions or wrong informations, the industrial or business sector faces financial, losses. A way to analyse the real situation is to store every I ' information of the organisation and to take decision as per the report of the analysis. With the objective of developing Manageme'it Ipformation System (MIS) in an enterprise where none has any experience on the MIS, a methodologi~al approach had been followed in',the present work. In step-by-step phases to develop a MIS, at first a general system analysis has been conducted where existing information system, manufacturing system, organi~ation structure, product flow system, key problems of the man,agement etc. were studied. In the, second phase a general design of proposed system was done, where a brief idea has been given how the proposed system would work. In the 3rd phase, an evaluation of the proposed system was conducted by a cost-benefit analysis. In the 4th phase detail formats of input data and reports for,various sub-system was prepared. Finally an implementation plan was given. To show the application ,of MIS, ABC analysis and EOQanalysis was carried for the inventory sub-system of an industrial unit. data (for yearly materials consumed in quantity and their value~) was taken for' four consecutive years. This , . data was processed in I~. :..•. -~ . computer to get percentage contribution of individual. item and to arrange the data in descending orders. From the report it would be shown that on the top of the report the items have come whose contribution by value are greater and. they are listed in descending order. It would be further'noticed that about 80 ~'90% of money had been spent to procure on 10 15% even less ., percentage. of total items .So their control should be restricted. Next a group of item has come, their contribution by' value is less and next a group of item has come having negligible contribution. ,