Investigating the Implementation of a MIS Strategy in an Australian SME

IT system could fulfil strategic information needs provided the right system has been selected and implemented. Very often, however, the selection is far from the ideal one: tactical considerations dictate implementation of inferior systems, which in the long run costs organisations dearly. This paper describes lessons learnt in pursuit of improving IT strategy in an Australian manufacturing company. Initially, a MIS software, called ManuSoft, was introduced primarily on ad-hoc basis. Later, its utility to management was improved with the development of 20 interface programs. The whole IT system is now under threat of being replaced by a completely new system.